Scotland's Futures Forum
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The Futures Forum is a think tank
set up by the Scottish Parliament
. According to the Parliament:
When it was launched, the Forum webpage on the Parliament website included links to two other corporate lobby groups, the International Futures Forum
and the Global Business Network
which had been influential in setting up the Forum.
Think tank
A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...
set up by the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
. According to the Parliament:
- 'Scotland's Futures Forum, the Scottish Parliament's initiative to develop strategic thinking on the issues which will shape Scotland's future, moves forward today with the announcement of the eight individuals who will make up the Forum's board of directors. The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate BodyScottish Parliamentary Corporate BodyThe Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body is a body of the Scottish Parliament responsible for the administration of the Parliament. It also has a role in provision of services to Commissioners and other statutory appointments made by the Parliament....
(SPCB) has agreed to create a new company, with the SPCB as the sole member, which extends the Parliament's outreach and participation work to academia, the arts, blue chip companies, civic Scotland and entrepreneurs. Leading figures from the private and public sectors have volunteered their services on a two year initial basis.'
When it was launched, the Forum webpage on the Parliament website included links to two other corporate lobby groups, the International Futures Forum
International Futures Forum
The International Futures Forum is research institute and associated consultancy funded by business, philanthropy and the public sector. It has links to a variety of other forward thinking groups and organizations largely through common memberships....
and the Global Business Network
Global Business Network
Global Business Network, or GBN, is a strategy consulting firm and member of Monitor Group, that helps businesses, NGOs, and governments use scenario planning to plan for multiple possible futures....
which had been influential in setting up the Forum.
Board of directors
- Alex Fergusson MSP, Presiding Officer to the Scottish Parliament
- Linda FabianiLinda FabianiLinda Fabiani is a Scots-Italian politician. A member of the Scottish National Party . She is the Member of the Scottish Parliament for East Kilbride....
MSPMember of the Scottish ParliamentMember of the Scottish Parliament is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.-Methods of Election:MSPs are elected in one of two ways:... - Ross FinnieRoss FinnieRoss Finnie is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and former Member of the Scottish Parliament. He is a former Minister for the Environment and Rural Development in the Scottish Executive, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for the West of Scotland region...
MSP - John ParkJohn Park (politician)John Park is a Scottish Labour Party politician and was elected a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region in May 2007. He is Labour's Chief Whip.-Background:...
MSP - Susan Rice, CEO, Lloyds Banking Group, Scotland
- Tim O'SheaTim O'SheaTim O'Shea is an American college basketball coach. He is the current head coach of the men's basketball team at Bryant University. He has vowed to bring Bryant to multiple NCAA tournaments...
, Principal, Edinburgh University - Campbell ChristieCampbell ChristieCampbell Christie, CBE was the General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress from 1986-98.The son of a Galloway quarryman, he joined the civil service at the age of 17, rising through the ranks of the Civil Service Clerical Association...
, Vice Chair, British Waterways - Mary Grant, Managing Director, UK Rail
- Stuart CosgroveStuart CosgroveStuart Cosgrove is a Scottish journalist, broadcaster and television executive. As a journalist Cosgrove served on the NME and The Face during the 1980s, before joining Channel 4 in April 1994, serving for eight years as Controller of Arts and Entertainment and currently as Head of Programmes...
, Head of Channel Four regions and Nations