{"id":2898,"date":"2022-12-13T13:05:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T12:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/?p=2898"},"modified":"2022-12-13T13:05:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T12:05:32","slug":"looking-back-at-world-futures-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/?p=2898","title":{"rendered":"Looking back at World Futures Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cornelius Holtorf attended the proceedings of the first UNESCO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\/days\/world-futures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>World Futures Day<\/em><\/a> at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 2 December 2022.<a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/files\/2022\/12\/WFD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2901\" src=\"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/files\/2022\/12\/WFD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2022\/12\/WFD.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2022\/12\/WFD-300x95.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>The full day programme featured a meet and great session for some 30 UNESCO Chairs and other foresight experts associated with the Futures Literacy Network at UNESCO, a panel chaired by Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director-General for the Social and Human Sciences, and a reception, among others.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Among the highlights were the following quotes used during the day:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe Future is not the goal but only an excuse, a means, to think better for the world\u201d, Gabriela Ramos, ADG for SSH<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe live for the future, that\u2019s where the action is\u201d, Patrick Noack, Director Dubai Future Foundation, UAE<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present.\u201d \u201cBe the change that you wish to see in the world\u201d, Mahatma Gandhi, India<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span><span class=\"s1\">\u201cFocus on it being a world worth saving rather than try saving the world\u201d, Geci Karuri-Sebina, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cornelius Holtorf attended the proceedings of the first UNESCO World Futures Day at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 2 December 2022. 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