==History==
:We were established in early 2001 with a generous grant from [[BP]] to explore how to take more effective action in the face of the complex looming issues that threaten our future.
:On its website IFF states that "We were established in early 2001 with a generous grant from [[BP]] to explore how to take more effective action in the face of the complex looming issues that threaten our future.We work in areas where there are no easy answers, where existing models fail to make sense of our confusing reality, where we are in over our heads, where we face an unacknowledged 'conceptual emergency'.We have developed a body of theory, practice and wide experience in taking on seemingly intractable challenges and developing the capacities in individuals, teams, organisations and communities to flourish in today's powerful times."<ref>[http://www.internationalfuturesforum.com/home.php IFF], International Futures Forum, accessed April 2008.</ref>
:We have developed a body of theory, practice and wide experience in taking on seemingly intractable challenges and developing the capacities in individuals, teams, organisations and communities to flourish in today's powerful times.' But, although [[BP]] provided the money, it was the [[Scottish Council Foundation]] which established The International Futures Forum (IFF) in 2001 "to bring international thinking to bear on our work".<ref name="Scottish Foundation">[http://web.archive.org/web/20060502015049/http://www.scottishcouncilfoundation.org/about.php "About Us"], Scottish Council Foundation, Accessed May 2, 2006.</ref>, i.e. to promote policy ideas derived from policy transfer. Today, the IFF is independent of the SCF and it seems as if it has not proven particularly valuable to the SCF's rather pragmatic approach to public policy. The IFF, which tries to bring together so-called "deep thinkers" in order to "examine[s] deep structures in the modern global system in its search for a second enlightenment", has rather obscure aims and purposes.
==Funding==
According to the On its website IFF [http://www.internationalfuturesforum.co.uk/partners.php website]: 'states that "We now enjoy a variety of productive and mutually beneficial relationships with sponsors, clients, subscribers, research funders and others".<ref name="Partners">International Futures Forum, [http://www.internationalfuturesforum.co.uk/partners.php "Partners"], accessed April 2008.</ref>
We are grateful to the following organisations for their core support
* [[BP]]
* [[BT]]
* [[Shell]]
These are some of the organisations we have worked with:
We have enjoyed research funding from:
* [[Scottish Enterprise]] Glasgow
* [[Society for Organisational Learning]] (Scotland)'<ref name="Partners"/>
==Activities==