The New Brazilian Paradigms
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“Because all of Latin America is watching us,
and because we bear hopes of all Latin
Americans, we do not have the right to fail”
President Lula
• Social inclusion as the development axis– Hunger Zero– Land Reform– Education
• Institutional ethics and transparency • Participatory democracy• A new education• Latin America leadership in process (hand in hand)• Increasing participation in the global scenario• In search of autonomy in the world economy• Praise to cultural identity• Sustainable development• Long range planning
The new Brazilian paradigms
Social inclusion as the development axis
1% of the population
has 53% of the wealth.
Employment increase and renda per capita
internal market growth
more investments in social and economic infrastructure
The right for all citizen
to eat three times a day
– Universal Declaration of Human Rights
– Brazilian Constitution
Hunger Zero
A new education
• Bolsa Escola (School Incentive)
• Double vacancies in universities
• War against illiteracy• Schools modernization• Focus on women• Retired people• Studymania
“We have to take education beyond the classrooms”
Cristovam Buarque, a futurist as the leader of the new Brazilian education program
Sustainable development
• Marina Silva - an activist of the environmental movement as the Environment Minister
• Development and implementation of long range policies to allow a better income sharing together with biodiversity conservation
Latin America Active Voice
“We want a free trade but it must
be based on reciprocity”
President Lula
World Social Forum
1. Democratic and sustainable development
2. Principles and values, human rights, diversity, equality
3. Media and culture against hegemony
4. Political power, civil society and democracy
5. Democratic world order, actions against militarization and peace promotion
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NEF Scope
GLOBAL - Millenium Project
Futures Studies - Social Development - Social Responsibility
LOCAL - Organizations of the Future
Knowledge Management - Learning Organizations - Knowledge Technologies
INDIVIDUAL - The Human Potential
Leadership - Creativity - Ethic and Spirit in Organizations
Update• Middle Peace Study
– Shalom Salam Peace
• S & T - 2025 Scenarios• Hazel Henderson weeks (November and January)
– New paradigms in progress– Sustainable development– Quality of life indicators– World Social Forum
• Website www.pucsp.br/nef • Folder• New members
– Fabio Feldmann– Jorge Carcavallo– Oriana White
Projects in Progress
• Futures Studies Program – PUC-SP• New indicators conference (October 23
– 25)• Imagine Brasil• ISI - Inter-institutional solidarity
initiative
Brasil.com
Futures Studies Academic Program
• 15 challenges• Futures
research • Organizationa
l learning• Guest
speakers
New indicators conference
• Implement new indicators for sustainable development
• All the best expert statisticians from around the world
• Announce the "state-of-the-art" national accounting protocols
• Add asset accounts to complement GDP's current "cash flow" approach: ecological, social and human assets
• Implement the new System of National Accounts
Redefining progress and
prosperity
Futures Studies
Program
PUC-SPImagine Campinas
Girasonhos
Brasil.com
Imagine Brasil
Understand what is
Imagine what can be
Create what will be
Intergenerational dialogues
ISI – Inter-institutional
solidarity initiative Information exchange
Communication issues
Funding strategies
Government, NGO´s, business, schools
Event to be held in June – Campinas
Support of Embrapa
The Millenium Project In Brazil
• Develop Futures Studies in the Brazilian Academy• Stimulate futures thinking in public and private organizations• Gather and develop regional data to support global research• Support public organizations with prospective methodologies• Disseminate the 15 challenges as a framework for strategic
planning and policy making• Publish “The State of the Future”• Help civil society to have a vision of the future• Empower young generations to foster long range planning with
decision makers and leaders• Produce futures studies literature• Cumulative evaluation of knowledge sharing• Organize catalyst events about the future• Create a virtual forum in the Internet
The Millenium Project In Brazil
Coordinators Arnoldo de Hoyos - PhD - PUC-SP (Business School)
and Unicamp - University of Campinas (Education
for Peace)
Rosa Alegria - UHCL, University of Houston, ClearLake - and Women Council of Sao Paulo
Brazilian Council1. Ubiratan D´Ambrosio - PhD - ex-dean PUC-SP and coordinator of the Future Studies Institute
2 Ladislau Dowbor - PhD - PUC-SP
NEF - Futures Studies Center - PUC-SP
International CouncilPeter Bishop - University of Houston, Clear LakeFrancisco Mojica - University Externato BogotaHazel Henderson – Foundation of Social Innovation
Executive Committee – new members1. Vitoria Dib - PhD - PUC-SP - Social Sciences2. Claudia Pellegrini - PhD - PUC-SP - Education3. Lala DeHeinzelin - Culture and
Communications4. Beatrice Gropp - PhD - University of Paris - Anthropologist - PUC-SP - Business
Administration5. Oriana White – Researcher and
psychologist6. Fabio Feldmann – environmentalist, ex-Sao
Paulo secreatary7. Jorge Carcavallo – communicator
Obrigada!
Thank you!Rosa Alegria
NEF – Núcleo de Estudos do Futuro Brazil