-- DRAFT –

REPORT ON THE STW FORUM  DISCUSSION ON THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL’S  CALL FOR ‘REVOLUTIONARY THINKING AND ACTION TO ENSURE AN ECONOMIC MODEL FOR SURVIVAL’.

Note:  this is a rough DRAFT of a 'STW UN REPORT' on the LinkedIN 'SystemsThinking World'  discussion on the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's call for 'revolutionary thinking and action to ensure an economic model for survival' at the WEF 2011 meeting in Davos, started and expertly moderated by Helene Finidori.  Discussion participants are invited to edit these drafts, adding  or deleting material, correcting mistakes or awkward or inappropriate wording.

The material is largely cobbled together from previous material and will have some repetition, personal bias, while missing newer information from the discussion, thus very much needing attentive editing. The drafts will be posted here section by section, starting with the proposed tentative table of contents, below.  'Empty' headings are calls for suggestions (e.g. 'title  … '  below). Draft corresponding maps for some sections are included ; the google.docs instructions note a 2000 pixel limitation for graphics, so I don't know how legible they will be.  (The maps may need to be broken up into smaller parts for legibility)

T. Mann 

C O N T E N T S

Title                                                ... ?

Subtitle                                                ... ?

Authors / Contributors                        ... ?

Date                                                ... ?

Address / Recipient introduction?            ... ?

Abstract                                                ...?

I   Introduction                                               

            The discussion: range, themes, limitations

            Insights                                   

            Problems                                    

            Goals of the report                       

            Principles                                    

            Approach                                   

II   Recommendations:

            Framework:  Overview

                        Action Projects (what to do  or support / what NOT to do)

                        Coordination and Support

                        Discourse

                        Research

                        Education           

            Framework:  Components  --  Details

                        Action Projects /Programs / Initiatives

                        Coordination           

                        Discourse

                                    Components / functions

                                    Priorities

                        Research

                                    Function

                                    Priorities

                        Education / Information

                                    Functions

                                    Priorities

                        'Missing' Aspects ?

III   Summary / Conclusion           

            Synopsis

            Priorities / first steps

            Conclusion

IV   Appendix:

            Projects, Proposals 

                        (mentioned by title and brief summary in main sections, described here in detail)

                        Ongoing work to be supported            ...

                        Habits, practices to be discontinued            ...

                        Examples of recommended projects to be developed /researched (suggestions?)

            Matching projects / responsibilities to agencies / agents  (for each project?)

            Measures of performance  (better in each project?)

            References, links ======