MILLENNIUM PROJECT ITALIAN
NODE ASSOCIATION
(M.P.I.N.)
Activity and prospects report
Boston (USA)
6-8 July 2010
By Enrico Todisco, MPIN President
Targets and aims - 1
From the M.P.I.N. Statute
• Art. 1 – The duration of the Association is established as being indefinite
• Art. 2 – The Association – which is non-profit making – directly or by
agreements and conventions with other associations, with both Italian and
foreign public institutional bodies, Ministries of the Italian Republic,
Regions, Provinces, Municipalities, other local bodies, Italian and foreign
universities, Foundations, research units, private bodies and person
interested in the Association’s activities, carries out activities in favour of
studies and research in the sector of future oriented research and studies
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Targets and aims - 2
From the M.P.I.N. Statute
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Continuation art. 2 of Statute:
The Association proposes to operate in close connection with the inspirational
philosophies and the intervention methodologies of the Millenium Project of
which it is a part.
The Association aims in particular to:
a) promote and make the best use of studies and research on the future of
mankind and the globe, from both a physical (natural resources) and an anthropic
point of view (human resources) and their interactions,
b) promote, sustain and carry out training activities at all levels, aimed at giving
the necessary objective and concrete level of maturity to learners, regarding the
main social and environmental problems and their interactions, all of which will
have an impact on the community of mankind in the near future
c) collaborate with public and/or private bodies for an open and participative
debate for the coordination of projected actions to be proposed to politicians,
administrators, scholars, academics, public decision-makers, information
managers and public opinion
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(other 14 points follow)
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Agreements and convenctions
• 16 March 2010 – IRPPS-CNR, Institute of Researches on Population and
Social Policies, National Council of Research (to find some common issues
of research and to start up joint working groups)
• 12 May 2010 - Unesco Chair in Population, Migration and Development,
located in Rome, Sapienza University of Rome ( to find common issues of
research and to schedule seminars, workshops, lectures, conferences on
the future and future studies)
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Performed activities
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SOF 2008 translation by Jacques Maritain Insititute
Different seminars, meetings, lectures addressed to university students on diverse topics with
special attention to the future (among the long list: “Legal governance of globalisation”, “Ecological
aspects of sostenible development”, ”AIDS, malary and the great endemies in the future of the
global mankind” , “Food security and right to food”, “Imagining the future of East Africa” “Older
but in better condition” “Social illiteracy and meritocracy”, “ The Corporate Social Responsability,
from instrument to target”, ………..
Elements for a pharmaceutical scenario, workshop (21.03.2009) in Chieti (Italy) with Jerry Glenn
A glance to the future: problems,aspects, connections, different approaches, workshop (23.3.2009)
in Rome with Jerry Glenn (Future concepts, methods, and overview of the 2008 State of Future)
Decision Making, Futures, and Ethics, workshop (november 2009) in Rome, Sapienza University,
Faculty of Statistyics, Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Sociology, and in Pescara, University
G.d’Annunzio, with particiopation of Ted Gordon and Eleonora Masini
Lecture of Fabio Capani (Vice-president ) on Diseases and social borders: the pandemia of diabetes
in the modern societies, in cooperation with the Unesco Chair, Sapienza University of Rome, 21
May 2010
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In progress activities
Translation of SOF 2009
Update of the M.P.I.N. web-site
Publication of an electronic review
Promotion campaign do get new adherents
Recognition of the M.P.I.N. as Non profit organization
Subscription of other agreements and convenctions with Associations,
Institutions, Public as well as Private Organizations
Meetings on atmospheric climate,economic climate, social climate
Meetings on integralism vs integration
Meetings on borders and security
Agreement with the National Statistical Office to activate a sector of future
studies
Contacts with government and academic institutions. Participation to
conference and meetings with experts and scholars on the future studies
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