This present moment used to be the unimaginable future Stewart Brand
You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one John Lennon
We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims R. Buckminster Fuller
Don't panic The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced James Baldwin
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades Timbuk 3
Sólo le pido a dios, que el futuro no me sea indiferente Léon Gieco
The most important question we must ask ourselves is: are we being good ancestors? Jonas Salk
If I'm not imagined in your future, do I exist in it? Hodari Davis
The best way to predict the future is to invent it Alan Kay
Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads Back to the Future

    “Future orientation” and “effective leadership & governance” are critical factors that drive prosperity and well-being (Commission on Growth and Development).  But the world’s persistent development gaps and inequalities continue to illustrate how short in supply these factors are.

    Project Vision is an upcoming initiative to examine how countries start and sustain future-focused reform in pursuit of growth and development. Its ultimate objective: to help narrow the gap between the desirable and the feasible. 

    Project Vision will analyze and draw lessons from:

    • how countries conduct strategic foresight about global mega-trends – such as climate, demography, globalization and technology – that are reshaping the global development landscape;
    • how such foresight informs vision and feeds into actionable growth and development strategies; 

    • how institutions and practices help ensure that strategies “stick” and get implemented effectively –  that is, continuously and consistently.

    Project Vision will produce data analytics on trends, develop primary data on vision, strategy and implementation, propose best practices on the above, and serve as a repository of analysis and a forum for discussion. 

    Project in Project Vision thus refers to both a noun and a verb: an ongoing próject to document trends, visions & strategies and their implementation, and also the aspiration to projéct best practices and thereby promote future orientation and effective leadership & governance. 

    Coming to you in the foreseeable future!