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| ====Global Business Network====
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| The [http://www.gbn.com/ArticlesDisplayServlet.srv?taxId=111 website] of the Global Business Network gives us valuable information concerning the economy and future trends.
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| ====World Economic Forum====
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| The [http://www.weforum.org World Economic Forum] is an independent foundation, with representatives from many leading companies, aiming at cooperation between businesses to address global social issues like poverty. Working from the point of view that major social issues need to be addressed by working together on a global scale, and that the private sector has a responsibility to play an important role in this.
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| Looking ahead, anticipating the future is an important tool for this organisation.
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| ====European Round Table of industrialists====
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| [http://www.ert.be ERT] is a forum of around 45 European industrial leaders aiming at promoting the competitiveness and growth of Europe's economy.
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| ''This section contains links to political sites that are of interest for scenario thinking.''
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| ====Project for the New American Century====
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| [http://www.pnac.info/ Page] by conservative Americans who are 'concerned with the decline in the strength of America’s defences, and in the problems this would create for the exercise of American leadership around the globe and, ultimately, for the preservation of peace.'<br>
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| And [http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1036571,00.html here] you will find a comment on this movement by the British newspaper ''The Guardian'', linking the organisation to the last war in Iraq.
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| ====International Institute for Strategic Studies====
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| [http://www.iiss.org/showpage.php?pageID=6 IISS] is an independent organisation for conflict studies. It's aim is to provide policy makers all over the world with 'the best possible objective information on military and political developments relevant tot the prospects, course and consequences of conflict having an important military dimension'.
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| ===Science and Technology===
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| ''This section contains links to sites about scientific and technological development, that are of interest to scenario thinking.''
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| ====Foresight Institute====
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| [http://www.foresight.org An institute] aiming at preparing the world for technology's to come. Mainly focused on nanotechnology.
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| ====Institute of Physics====
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| The [http://www.iop.org/ Institute of Physics] is a promotional institute on the education and knowledge of pure and applied physics.<br>
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| Site with information about a wide range of topics concerning physics. Many free online journals on different topics, including new technologies.
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| ====Information on Cold Fusion====
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| [http://blake.montclair.edu/~kowalskil/cf/19loncha.html Site] with many links to articles about cold fusion. Treating it as a serious scientific subject. Site and articles by Ludwik Kowalski from the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Montclair State University
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| ====Edge Foundation====
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| A [http://www.edge.org think-tank site] for the worlds top scientists. Aimed at promoting 'inquiry into and discussion of intellectual, philosophical, artistic, and literary issues, as well as to work for the intellectual and social achievement of society.'
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The Scenario Thinking Portal is the place where we can share our favourite URL's on scenario thinking and the future in general. You are invited to use the links provided by others. But don't forget to leave your own favourite URL's as well.
The idea is to accompany the links by a short description of the site.
This section contains links to other scenario resource sites.
This section contains links to example scenario processes.
This section contains links to processes that are going to change the world.
This section contains links to on different fields of interest, including business and economy, politics and science.
Statistics
This section contains links to useful statistical data.
Demographical Data
UN Department of Economic and Social affairs
UN site with lots of useful demographical data, economical as well as social. Contains prospects of population, urbanisation and other demographical development as well.
Gender Stats
Database of gender statistics by the world bank. Contains statistics per region, theme and per country.
Interactive Map
Map of Europe with different demographical data.
Economical Statistics
WTO Trade Statistics
Up-to-date trade statistics by the World Trade Organisation. Statistics on World trade as well as statistics per country. Current as well as past statistics.
IT Statistics
European IT statistics
Statistics relating to information technology in the European Union and other selected countries. Site by European Telework Online (ETO).
Futurism
This section contains links to sites about and from futurists and their activities.
What is the difference between Futurism and Scenario Thinking or Scenario Learning
Association of Professional Futurists
Page of a community of professional futurists.
World Future Society
The www.wfs.org WFS is an open society for people interested in the future, in social as well as technological areas. Site with forecasts, recommendations, and alternative scenarios.
Consultancy Organisations
This sections contains links to website of scenario consultancy organisations
Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies
The CIFS is an organisation for future based consultancy on decision-making, for public and private organisations.
Digital Thinking Network
The DTN is a network of scenario consultants and their clients.
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