Chile Node
The Chile Node was formed in 2007, when Mr. Jerome Glenn, Director of the Millennium Project, visits Chile as a head of a delegation of latinamerican members of the Millennium Project.
Node Chair is Professor Héctor Casanueva (www.hectorcasanueva.blogspot.com),Director-Executive of the Latinamerican Center for the Relationship with Europe (CELARE) www.celare.org. Member of the Academic Board of the Latin American Institute for International Studies, University Miguel de Cervantes, Director of the Institute of Globalization and Prospective (www.institutodeglobalizacionyprospectiva.blogspot.com).
The Node includes a very important group of Chilean professionals and academics, from several universities, such as Catholic University of Chile; University of Chile; Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences; Catholic University of Valparaiso. The Node includes also professionals from the UN Economic Commission for Latin America; The Center for Regional Studies of Valparaiso ((includes 8 universities, regional government, and business); The Chamber of Commerce Manufacturers Association; The Manufacturers Exports Association; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs; The Alcantara High Schools.
The Node is in informative contact with more than two hundred people in Chile, who have participate in different activities organized by the Node, such as the public presentation of the State of The Future Report in Spanish, with the cooperation of the Commerce Chamber of Santiago and the University Finis Terrae; the Seminar of the State of the Future at the Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences; the Seminar of State of The Future organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Planning, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In May 2007, Jerome Glenn, Director of the Millennium Project, and the delegation, met with the President of the Chile Senate, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, for discussing the formation of a Commission of the Future dedicated to help the Chilean Parliament to carry out political analyses to improve the management of the future.
Glenn was accompanied by Miguel Angel Gutiérrez, Argentina, Director of the Center of Globalización and Prospectiva and Chair of the Millennium Project Argentina Node; Jose Cordeiro, Director of the Venezuela Society of the Future and Chair of the Millennium Project Venezuela Node; Luis Ragno, Director of the Center of Prospective Studies of the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina; and Héctor Casanueva, Chair of the Chilean Node.
The Director of The MP and the delegation also met the Board of the Chilean Federation of the Commerce and Production (CPC); the Board of the Center for Regional Studies of Valparaíso and the Principals of the eigth universities of that region; the Governor of the Region of Valparaíso; The Director of El Mercurio Newspaper; The Academic Board of the Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences. Mr. Glenn was nominated as Honorary Professor by the University Miguel de Cervantes.
At the present time, the Node is promoting the participation of Chilean experts in the Real Time Delphy questionary for the study “Latin America 2030”. The Node is working, also, on the membership, and planning activities with the other Latinamerican Nodes.
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Jerome Glenn, Director General del Milleniumm
Project encabezó la delegación
que se entrevistó en 2007 con el Presidente del Senado Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
para informarfle respecto de las Comisiones de Futuro que se están
formando en los Parlamentos de varios países dedicadas a efectuar análisis políticos
para mejorar la gestión del futuro. Glenn estuvo acompañado
de Miguel Angel Gutiérrez, Director del Centro de Globalización
y Prospectiva de Argentina; José Cordeiro, Director de la Sociedad venezzolana
del Futuro; Luis Ragno, Director del Centro de Estudios Prospectivos de
la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo; y Héctor Casanueva. |
Node contact:
Prof. Héctor Casanueva
email: hcasanueva.millenniumproject@gmail.com