Welcome to Scotland's Future Forum
The Forum is an increasingly important organisation to help promote new thinking in Scotland and is uniquely placed to help stimulate public policy debate. It operates in a fully participatory transparent and open source manner, and seeks to share findings as widely as possible.
The Forum was created by the Scottish Parliament's Corporate Body to help MSPs, along with policy makers, businesses, academics, and the wider community of Scotland, look beyond immediate horizons to some of the challenges and opportunities we will all face in the future.
In 2007 The Forum looked at the positive aspects of Scotland's ageing population. The report 'Growing Older and Wiser Together' is available HERE
In 2008, The Forum published its report on how Scotland can reduce the damage caused by alcohol and drug misuse by half by 2025. The report publications and an interactive flash systems map are outlined below.
Over the next twenty four months, The Forum will investigate the future of 'community' in Scotland, and what sustainable community looks like and means in Scotland. Further details are available HERE
The Forum also runs lectures, seminars, events, community projects and particpates in other creative futures related work. Additionally The Forum undertakes commissions on futures projects. For more information on Forum activities, browse through the website or contact us using the contacts page
Scotland's Future Forum Flash Demonstration
Flash demonstration can be viewed by clicking here.
Recent Publications
- 9 JUNE 2008
- Approaches to Alcohol and Drugs in Scotland: A Question of Architecture
A systemsmapping approach to how Scotland can reduce the damage to its population through alcohol and drugs by half by 2025
- 9 JUNE 2008
- A Question of Architecture: Executive Summary
This report has a companion document published by Scotland’s Futures Forum as part of its alcohol and drugs project, Approaches to Alcohol and Drugs in Scotland; A Question of Architecture. This can be viewed at www.scotlandfutureforum.org alongwith an interactive project FLASH site.
- 9 JUNE 2008
- 12 Dimensions of a Manageable Problem
This report is a companion document to the Report, A Question of Architecture: The Structure&Design of 21st Century Alcohol&Drugs Policy, A SystemsMapping Approach to HowScotland can reduce the damage to its population through alcohol and drugs by half by 2025, published by Scotland’s Futures Forum