Madam France Marquet, SAF Representative to UNESCO attended UNESCO's World Futures Day on 2nd Dec 2025

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News UNESCO Headquaters, Paris - 4th December 2025

World Future DayMadam France Marquet, SAF Representative and Principal Trustee of MSF to UNESCO attended UNESCO's World Futures Day On 2 December 2025, the global spotlight turned toward shaping better tomorrows as UNESCO convened its annual World Futures Day (WFD) under the theme “Anticipation in an Era of Volatility.”

World Futures Day 2025 brought together thought leaders, policymakers, futurists and global experts across sectors to explore how “futures thinking” and “foresight” can be harnessed to navigate the growing uncertainties of our time: from climate change and demographic shifts to rapid technological and societal transformation. The event showcased UNESCO’s inter-sectoral and multidisciplinary approach to anticipating and preparing for change  leveraging the work of more than 1,100 UNESCO University Chairs worldwide, including 35 Chairs in Futures Studies.

A highlight of the day was the formal announcement of UNESCO’s new Global Anticipatory Policy Coalition, under the aegis of UNESCO’s MOST Programme. This coalition will serve as a global platform to foster peer learning, knowledge exchange, and the mainstreaming of foresight into policy-making across member states — including areas such as education, environment, governance, science, culture and social development.

Programme Details:-

14.00 – 15.30

  • Anticipating futures of public administration: a collective exploration of work, AI and governance (Room VI)
  • The futures of open ecosystems in science, learning, and data: renewing the social contract for inclusive knowledge creation (Room VII)
  • What will shape the futures of international cooperation in education? (Room VIII)
  • Imagining Africa’s Futures (Room IX)
  • Shaping the futures of science: The Role of the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development, 2024–2033 (Room III)
  • Futures Literacy in Art and Design Higher Education: Student Voices at Parsons Paris (Room V)

 16.00 – 17.00

  • Ethical futures of emerging and converging technologies (Room III)
  • Crisis preparedness and beyond: future-making through heritage (Room VI)
  • Open Education, AI: Synergies to invent [in French, by invitation only] (Room IX)
  • Reworlding Planetary Governance: Youth Contributions to the Implementation of the UN Declaration on Future Generations (Room VII)

Source: 
1Dec EN World Futures Day Programme
Anticipating Futures of Public Administration
Crisis Preparedness and Beyond
Ethical Futures of Emerging and Converging Technologies
Futures Literacy in Art and Design Higher Education
Shaping the Futures of Science
The Future of Open Ecosystems in Science, Learning, and Data
What will Shape the Future of International Cooperation in Education