Club of Budapest International Foundation - critical analysis of a think tank report

Brief summery of the Foundation:





Ervin Laszlo (left) and Karan Singh (right) at the launching meeting, 28/29 July 2004

Club of Budapest International Foundation

Founded in 1993, the global Club of Budapest is an informal international association dedicated to developing a new way of thinking and a new ethics that will help resolve the social, political, economic, and ecological challenges of the 21st century. The idea of the Club of Budapest was developed in 1978, in a discussion between Aurelio Peccei, a founder and first president of the Club of Rome, and Ervin Laszlo, a systems philosopher and also a member of the Club of Rome at that time. They were convinced that the enormous challenges to humanity can only be dealt with through the development of a cultural and cosmopolitan consciousness. The successful merging of the two cities Buda and Pest is symbolized by the famous Chain Bridge. It visualizes our ambition to build bridges between generations, disciplines and cultures. Therefore, it was selected as the logo and signet for the objectives of the Club.Since 2008 the operational platform of the Club of Budapest is the WorldShift Network, which was established by Ervin Laszlo, Wolfgang Riehn and Johannes Heimrath in 2007 as an international foundation. It has its seat in Germany. In future the WorldShift Network will be responsible for the international projects of the Club as well as for the coordination of the National Clubs.

The four main Mission of the Club of Budapest are:

• Promoting the emergence of planetary consciousness
• Interconnecting generations and cultures
• Integrating spirituality, science, and the arts
• Fostering learning communities worldwide

During the years of 1996-2007 the Club of Budapest has received a serious of awards for the outstanding global consciousness in action. The prizes were in two main categories: Planetery Consciousness Award, and the Change the World-Best Practice Award.

The World Wisdom Council (WWC) has been convened with the Club of Budapest in cooperation of the World Commission on Global Consciousness to advocate that the world can constructively changed by women and men wherever they live, whatever their interests in their lives. The World Wisdom Council (WWC) is politically, socially and culturally non-partisan and it aims to inform people that they can move towards the world, where they can live in peace and harmony.

The Club of Budapest, currently has national branches in several countries, some of them are: Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hawaii, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, United States, and Venezuela.

On 29 November 2008, the Club of Budapest - with the cooperation of Ervin Laszlo and David Woolfson - worked out the "State of Global Emergency Declaration" by calling attention to the dangers as well as the opportunities that confront the human community. The Club of Budapest will also hold an upcoming event in Berlin on 03 June 2011, together with the European Leadership Academy (ELA) to promote global planetary consciousness in a sustainable world.




referencies:

www.clubofbudapest.org