THE CLUB OF

ROME ARCHIVE
ARCHIVING THE FUTURE:
From physical archives to a
digitized network
Maria Alejandra Leal Restrepo
Laura Gabriel Ramírez Baquero

Polytechnic of Turin -Master’s Degree Thesis in Systemic Design

THE CLUB OF
ROME ARCHIVE
ARCHIVING THE FUTURE:
From physical archives to a
digitized network

DEPARTMENT OF
ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
Master’s Degree
Thesis in Systemic Design
A.Y. 2018/2019

THESIS SUPERVISOR
Professor Pier Paolo Peruccio

PRESENTED BY
Laura Gabriel Ramirez Baquero
Maria Alejandra Leal Restrepo
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 "The profession of the historian consists,
precisely in making understand anyone who
wants to hear another voice: not so much
what pleases, but what is pure truth”1
-P. Boucheron, French historian. 2017-

1. Translated from French by the authors, Patrick Boucheron, Collectif, “Histoire mondiale de la France”, Seuil, Paris, 2017
INDEX
2.2 Club of Rome sources of information ........30
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ....................................i Introduction
ABSTRACT ...........................................................ii Description of The CoR’s digital resources
PREFACE ............................................................iii CoR archives around the world
THESIS METHODOLOGY ...............................iv CoR Winterthur’s archive
1. Description of the CoR archive
2. Systemic Analysis of The CoR archive
FIRST CHAPTER: 3. Valorization of The CoR archive
ARCHIVAL SCIENCE ........................................1 4. Digitizion of The CoR archive
CollectiveAccess Software
Introduction
Origin and Definition Club of Rome 50th Anniversary ......................48
Archivist Introduction
Archival Material Conversations and insights
History of archives Survey
Types of archives 50th Anniversary remarks
Organization and structure
Life stages of an archive
Selection and discard
THIRD CHAPTER:
Digital Archive or Repository
STATE OF THE ART ......................................55
The value of the archive
Case studies analysis
SECOND CHAPTER:
Comparison table
THE CLUB OF ROME ......................................11
United Nations
World Economic Forum
2.1 About the organization ...................................12
Internet Archive
What is it?
MIT Libraries
Mission
Greenpeace
Foundation
Roman State Archive
Aurelio Peccei
Positive and negative aspects
Alexander King
Remarks
Bases for its creation
Limits to Growth: The Club of Rome first Report
Members
Reports
National Associations
Club of Rome evolution
Remarks
FOURTH CHAPTER: SEVENTH CHAPTER:
CONCEPTS FOR THE CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE WORK ..........131
PROJECT APPROACH ................................71
Conclusions
Introduction Future steps
Systemic Design
Cultural Heritage
Digital library BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SITOGRAPHY .............137
Institutional repository (IR)
Digital interface Bibliography and Sitography
Information technology (IT)
Metadata
Social media APPENDIX .............................................................145
UX design
UI design Archive binders classification and content
Archive scanned content database
Minimum digitalization requirements
FIFTH CHAPTER: CoR 50th Anniversary Program
PROJECT APPROACH .........................................77 Youth Network Proposal
Case studies analysis database
Introduction CoR platform wireframes
Analysis of the problem Featuring Club of Rome Archives
User analysis
Users Remarks
Objectives of the project
Project proposal
Project concept
Justification of the study
Limits of the project

SIXTH CHAPTER:
PLATFORM PROTOTYPE
DEVELOPMENT .....................................93

Requirements
Navigation map
Wire-framing
Design style decisions
Functional prototype
 ACKNOWL-
EDGEMENTS
We would like to start by thanking our families for always
being there for us, supporting us and giving us strength
during our student life. We are also grateful to our friends
that had accompanied us through these 2 years, becoming
our second family. In addition, we would also like to thank
our professor, Pier Paolo Peruccio, for his help and guid-
ance and to Maurizio Vrenna for his dedication and ad-
vice. Last but not least, we would like to give special thanks
to the Club of Rome for giving us the opportunity of de-
veloping this thesis, especially to Alexander Stefes and Till
Telerhof, for all their support and kindness.

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ABSTRACT
The Club of Rome is an organization that through research,
debates, conferences, lectures, and publications of reports
promotes the understanding of the global challenges that
humanity and the world are facing. All of these activities
leave a valuable trace of potential information on their
archive. The goal of this project is to collaborate with the
main core of the organization, spreading knowledge that
leads to change, by transforming their historical archive
into instruments of strategic and cultural innovation by re-
covering and selecting documents for the creation of a dig-
ital archive. A digital archive based on the idea that thanks
to digital media, information can reach a vast amount of
people, and that through archives, memory can become
future, a future where people can make their contribution
and spread the word for change.

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PREFACE
The Club of Rome is an organization founded in
1968, that through research, debates, conferences, lectures,
and publications of reports, promotes the understanding
of the global challenges that humanity and the world are
facing. All of these activities leave a valuable trace of po-
tential information on their archive.
Nowadays their physical archive is located in the office at
Winterthur, Switzerland but is neither as rich nor orga-
nized as it should be for 50 years of research and work.
In addition to this, even though the organization is very
strong at making events, conferences, reports, and essays,
a huge part of the information and material related to these
activities are not available for the public.
Speaking in terms of digital information, The Club of
Rome has no digital archive, the information on its web-
page is very general, and is not as complete or updated as it
should be, according to all the work and research accom-
plished in all these years.
After analyzing the physical archive present at the Club of
Rome’s headquarter, and based on the desk and field re-
search it’s was concluded that the digitization was a key
element for the valorization of the physical archive.
The digitalization process presents several advantages, in
first place, it is a mechanism of documentary preservation,
it allows a more open consultation, valorizing of the ex-
isting historical material, enabling a two way consultation,
one to be used institutionally by Club of Rome community
and the other by the general public.
In addition to this, after the field research at the 50th An-
niversary conference and the analysis of the State of the
art, it’s was concluded that creating a digital platform was
the most suitable idea to fully develop the project because
it could be possible to update the existing Club of Rome’s
webpage, and link it to the digital archive and create a net-
work that connects the information with the social media
and other existing archives around the world.
In addition to giving the opportunity to the organization
to engage with younger audiences, facilitating the spread
of information to people all around the world and giving
special value to the information.
For the reasons mentioned above, this projects proposes
the transformation of the Club of Rome’s historical archive
into a digital platform of strategic and cultural innovation
that potentiate and makes the most of the organization’s
core values.
This digital platform will be an online and open network
of content that spreads the body of knowledge of the Club
of Rome within the organization and to the general pub-
lic, including all the information about the organization,
the members, projects, initiatives and most importantly,
making a valuable trace of information that comes from
the past to have an impact on the future.
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 THESIS
METHODOLOGY
50th Anniversary
Club of Rome
Club of Rome’s
Archives’
Physical Archive
systems analysis Problems and
IS
RESE ALYS opportunities
AR N
C H AND A

BACKGROUND FIELD CASE STUDIES

INFORMATION RESEARCH INFORMATION

Club of Rome’s Research analysis Comparison

Theoretical Analysis and integration and analysis
Problem analysis
and insights

Diagram1: The methodology of the project

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 Feedback loop

Mockup

Study of the Architecture

problem design

User Anlysis SOL Conclusions

UTI
ON
ROACH DE
T APP V
JEC E L O PMENT
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PR

DESIGN PROJECT FINAL

PROCESS PROTOTYPING DESIGN

Platform
Limits protype
Concept Future
Justification Requirements User experience work
Design
analysis
decisions

The project was developed following a systems think-
ing-based methodology where the holistic analysis of the
context, user, problems and needs trace the line from the
beginning until the end. The methodology is formed by
three interconnected main sections; research and analy-
sis, project approach and solution development through
which the project flow and consolidates.
Even though it is written in a linear course, when passing
through one phase to another, there is always the need to
take a step back and analyze the process made, based on
what has been done in the past phases.
It begins with a detailed research and theoretical analysis
of the relevant topics and their related concepts, then the
process passes through the field research, which in addi-
tion to the case studies, produces the main insights for the
next phase; the design process, where the purpose and
specifications of the project are born, to finally arrive to
the project’s prototype where the design blossoms for it to
be tested by the main users and improved based on the re-
sults.

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 FIRST
CHAPTER
Archival Science

First Chapter: Archival Science 1

 ARCHIVAL
SCIENCE
INTRODUCTION
Archives are collections of documents or re-
cords containing primary source material that have
been accumulated over the course of an individual or or-
ganization's lifetime. These documents have been selected
for permanent preservation to show the function of that
person or organization and because of their cultural, his-
torical or evidentiary value or as a source for research.
Professional archivists and historians normally understand
archives as records, normally unpublished and almost al-
ways unique, that have been generated as a product of
administrative, legal, commercial, or social activities. The
person who works in archives is called an archivist and the
practice or study of organizing, preserving, and providing
access to information and material in archives are called
archival science. Unlike what is commonly thought ar-
chives are quite distinct from libraries with regard to their
functions and organization.
ORIGIN AND DEFINITION
Oxford dictionary defines an archive as “a collec-
tion of historical documents or record providing information
about a place, institution or group of people.” 1 So, according
to this, the word archive as a collection or accumulation of
documents or records has its origin in "the early 17th cen-
tury in the sense ‘place where records are kept’: from French
archives (plural), from Latin archiva, archia, from Greek
arkheia ‘public records’, from arkhé ‘government’. The verb
dates from the late 19th century.” 2
In addition, based on the book The Story Behind the Book:
Preserving Authors’ and Publishers’, the word archive can
be used in two different ways: 3
1. The word archive refers to the permanently valuable
records—such as letters, reports, accounts, manuscripts,
1. “Archive Definition,” Oxford Dictionary.
2. “Archive Origin,” Oxford Dictionary, https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/
definition/archive (Consulted the 25th of August of 2018).
3. Laura Millar, The Story Behind the Book: Preserving Authors’ and Publishers’,
(2016).
2
and photographs— recorded by people, businesses, and
government. Records are kept because of their value re-
ferred to creating an agency and to other potential users.
They are the documentary evidence of past events. They
are the facts used to interpret and understand history.
2. An Archive (often written with a capital A and usually,
in plural) is an organization dedicated to preserving
the documentary heritage of a particular group: a city, a
state, or a country, a business, a community, or a Univer-
sity. For example, the National Archives and Records Ad-
ministration of a country, the MIT Library at the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology, and the Olivetti Archive
are institutions responsible for the preservation and man-
agement of their archives.
ARCHIVIST
Definition
The Society of American Archivists, oldest and
largest professional association dedicated to the needs and
interests of archives and archivists in the United States,
defines an archivist as a "professional who works assessing,
collecting and organizing, preserving and providing access to
the records kept in an archive. An archivists' duties include
appraising and acquiring new collections, describing and
managing records and also preserving materials." 4
The work of an archivist
Bases on the Society of American Archivists, and
archivist work is divided in various activities. They assess
because they have to select records because not every one
of them has an enduring value. This process requires an
understanding of the context in which the records were
created, their uses, intentions and relations to other records
or sources. Also, they collect and organize by arranging
the collection of records and describing them according to
different standards and practices.
In addition to this, an archivist works on preservation
because the rare, unique and specialize material found
on archives need to be protected from physical damage
or theft so they can be used every day and in the future.
Finally, archivists also provide access by identifying the
essential evidence and making sure it is available for stu-
dents, teachers, researchers, leaders or any individual with
information needs. Many archivists also plan exhibitions,
publications or programs to enlarge the use of collections,
helping people find and understand the information they
need.
4. “About archives,” Society of American Archivists, https://www2.archivists.
org/about-archives (Consulted the 25th of August of 2018)
Differences with other professions
Archivists are sometimes confused with other
closely related professionals, such as librarians because of
the way they deal with media, museum curators because
both have concerns about the preservation and custody of
information and content and also with records managers
and historians. This might be because archivist many times
share a location, materials, or goals with these professions
but although some work is related, various differences exist
in their work.
Librarians and archivists differ because, even though both
collect, preserve, and make accessible materials for re-
search, the way they arrange, describe, and use the mate-
rials in their collections is different. Libraries can usually
have new copies of worn-out or lost books but in archival
collections material is are unique and often irreplaceable.
In addition to this, although museum curators and archi-
vists' materials sometimes overlap, the museum curator
works mainly with three-dimensional objects, while the
archivist works with paper, film, audio, and electronic re-
cords.
Records managers control vast quantities of institutional
records, most of which are needed in the short term and
will eventually be destroyed, unlike archivist that are con-
cerned with smaller quantities of records that are import-
ant enough to be retained for an extended period. Last but
not least, historians and archivists have longstanding part-
nership since an archivist identifies, preserves, and makes
records accessible for use and a historian uses archival re-
cords for research.
ARCHIVAL MATERIAL
The records and materials contained in an archive
may be personal, unplanned, official, private or widely
shared and can come in a variety of forms such as letters,
notes, diaries, photographs, manuscripts, personal doc-
uments, financial or legal documents, recordings and/or
speeches.
Since the material in archives is so diverse, rare and
unique they normally count with access guidelines de-
signed to help preserve and protect materials and also to
ensure they will remain available for future researchers.
According to the Society of American Archivists this guide-
lines include registry and personal identification to famil-
iarize with the researchers, notes of recommendation or
special permissions. Removal of coats and bags, no food,
drink, or gum to help preserve the collections from irrepa-
rably damage documents or plagues.
In addition to this, the researcher is always asked to handle
carefully the material and maintain its order for ensuring
that materials are well maintained for future use. Also, it is
important that materials remain in the order in which the
researcher received them so they can be located later and
observed in their proper contexts.5
Document
Even though archives contain all type of material,
documents are the most common ones and it is of great
importance to understand its origin, definition and varia-
tions. The word document is based on “the root of the Latin
verb docere, that is to teach, it is therefore to indicate a tes-
timony that contains in itself information, everything that
serves to teach.” 6
Based on the book Elementi di archivistica (Archival Ele-
ments) of the state archivist born in 1950 Luigi Londei, two
types of documents can be determined; those called “vol-
untary” that are made with the explicit purpose of trans-
mitting knowledge and the “non-voluntary”, of which
the archival intended documents make no part of. 7
Voluntary documents can be divided into two groups; the
first group includes those documents born to transmit
information during a non-necessarily collective activity
such as bibliographic documents, that have a closed struc-
ture, are completed by themselves and addressed to a large
number of recipients. The second group of voluntary doc-
uments, to which the archival writings belong, are those
produced to transmit a set of information organized by the
author, they are produced progressively in the course of an
activity and their purpose is the exchange of information
necessary in the progress of the activity itself. This type of
documents make part of a complex, that’s why their whole
interpretations are possible just inside the context they are
found on, because they contain specific information they
have a specific type of recipients/readers.
HISTORY OF ARCHIVES
According to the reporter and editor Stuart Mur-
ray, the practice of keeping official documents comes from
a very old time, archaeologists have discovered archives
of hundreds and thousands of clay tablets going back to
the third and second millennia BC. In addition to this, ar-
chives were incredibly developed by the ancient Chinese,
Greeks, and Romans (who called them Tabularia) but sad-
ly all have been lost because documents were written on
5. “Typical Usage Guidelines in Archival Repositories,” Society of American
Archivists, https://www2.archivists.org/usingarchives/typicalusageguidelines
(Consulted the 5th of November of 2018)
6. Translated from Italian. Zanichelli, Vocabolario della lingua italiana Il Nuovo
Zingarelli, (2004).
7. Translated from Italian. Luigi Londei, Elementi di archivistica. (2003).
First Chapter: Archival Science 3
 materials like papyrus and paper. Unlike this civilization
archives, other archives such as the archives of churches,
kingdoms, and cities from the Middle Ages have survived
and are a basic tool for historical research nowadays.
Modern archival thinking is believed to have its roots from
the French Revolution. The French National Archives was
created in 1790 during the French Revolution from various
government, religious, and private archives and it possess-
es perhaps the largest archival collection in the world, and
have records going as far back as 625 A.D.8
On the other hand, based on the thesis of the architect
Michela Porta, the history of modern archives can be di-
vided into various key points to understand it in a more
clear way. First, files were only public and the information
belonged strictly to the state, then private companies be-
gan to create their own archives. But with the passing of
time, also families and individuals were able to have their
own place to keep their documents. Also, the concept of
archiving start to become popular and with it also the per-
manent document conservation rules such as that all files
should go first through a selection and disposal process.
The files that should be filed in an archive are defined by
Schellenberg as those who have been judged to be worthy
of permanent conservation or who have been selected to
be deposited in an archival institution.
In addition to this, at the beginning archives were only for
permanent conservation, the idea of being able to consult
them was from the Theodor Scheffenberg. The archive as
documents, of any public or private institution, that have
been deemed worthy of preservation, permeated for con-
sultation or research and that have been deposited or se-
lected for filing in an archival institution. Also, various
types of documents such as written material, graphics
(drawings, maps, plans), multi-printed, photographic, au-
diovisual were included as content of an archive recently,
before, archives were strictly dedicated to documents.9
8. Murray, Stuart (2009). The Library: An Illustrated History. New York:
Skyhorse Publishing. p. 7.
9. Translated from Italian. Michela Porta, Al di là dell’archivio: Percorso conos-
citivo nella disciplina archivistica tra certezze e contraddizioni, (Turin: Thesis of
second degree on Architecture, Polytechnic of Turin, 2006).
Image 1: Tabularium ruins (ancient roman archive), retrieved from https://up-
load.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Senatorenpalast_7.jpg
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TYPES OF ARCHIVES
The process of research at each archive in the
world is different and unique, depending on the guide-
lines of the institution that houses the archive. That being
said, there are many kinds of archives, the most recent
census of archivists in the United States identifies five
major types: academic, government, business (for prof-
it), non-profit, and other.10 It is important to understand
its differences to comprehend the aspects that shape and
characterize each archive.
Academic
Academic archives exist to preserve an academ-
ical institution history and serve its community. They
contain materials such as the institution's administrative
records, personal and professional papers of former pro-
fessors and/or presidents, memories related to school or-
ganizations and activities. To access the collections of these
archives an appointment is usually needed and its main
users are undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and
staff, scholarly researchers, and the general public.
Government
Government archives include those maintained
by the national or federal government but also those of
local and state government. Frequent users of these kinds
of archives include reporters, genealogists, writers, histo-
rians, students, and people looking for the history of their
home or region. A big amount of government archives are
open to the public and no appointment is required to visit.
For-profit institutions
Archives of for-profit institutions are normally
those owned by a private business. These corporate ar-
chives keep historic documents and records related to the
history and administration of the companies. The purpose
of these archives is to helping the corporations maintain
control of their brand by retaining memories of its past.
Typically they are not open to the public and are only used
by workers of the owner company, but some allow ap-
proved visitors by appointment.
Non-profit institutions
Non-profit archives include those of historical so-
cieties, not-for-profit businesses such as hospitals, and the
repositories of foundations or organizations. They are nor-
10. Victoria Irons Walch. 2006. "Archival Census and Education Needs Survey
in the United States: Part 1: Introduction" http://www.archivists.org/a-census/
reports/Walch-ACENSUS.pdf (Consulted the 5th of November 2018)
mally set up with private funds to preserve the papers and
history of the institution. These funds might come from
grand from the government as well as the private donors.
Users of this type of archive may vary according to the in-
stitution that holds them.
Others
Some archives are difficult to categorize. Any
institution or person wishing to keep their significant pa-
pers in an organized fashion that employs the most basic
principles of archival science may have an archive. For ex-
ample, many museums keep archives in order to prove the
provenance of their pieces, even if they are small archives.
These category "other" differs from the others because it
more typically to found in this kind of archives letters, pa-
pers, photographs, computer files, scrapbooks or diaries
created or collected by the individual. On the other hand,
other archive categories tend to contain other types of re-
cords, such as administrative files, business records, offi-
cial correspondence and meeting documentation.
ARCHIVES' ORGANIZATION AND
STRUCTURE
According to the studies in the thesis of the archi-
tect Michela Porta, in 1970 Claudio Pavone, Italian histo-
rian and archivist, argued that the relationship between
archives and his producer is that the former is the
way in which the latter organizes his memory, that is,
his capacity for self-documentation. 11
It is close to the conception of Pavone that of the state ar-
chivist Luigi Londei, which adds to it the concept of struc-
ture, meaning a systemic organization of predetermined
elements with a purpose. For him, therefore, the archive is
made up of organization and structure. The first is re-
ferred to the documents: they are collected to be used and
must, therefore, have an order, which is then determined
by the sequence in which they were produced. The second
is the set of elements necessary for the preservation of the
material, for its conservation and its use. It is precisely the
production, the activity of communication, the exchange
of information that constitutes the relationship between
different subjects.
The structural elements of an archive are of two types: intel-
lectual and material. The intellectual elements are the plans
for organizing and managing the documentation (owner,
services, regulations, technical prescriptions, etc.). The
material elements are part of the financial, instrumental
11. Translated from Italian. Michela Porta, Al di là dell’archivio: Percorso conos-
citivo nella disciplina archivistica tra certezze e contraddizioni, (Turin: Thesis of
second degree on Architecture, Polytechnic of Turin, 2006).
and human resources that make the intellectual structures
work and affect the reality. The most relevant structural el-
ement in an archive is that of the classification system, or
organization plan, of documents since this depends on the
operational capacity of the structure. It is the tool used to
implement the relations between the documents, tak-
ing into account the functions and activities of the subject
involved, in order to construct an effective memory.
Classification level
Since archives contain different kinds of material
and most of them are really rare and/or unique, the access
to each piece of material may differ based on their charac-
teristics and content. To understand how to classify each
document or material the Council of Europe created some
Guidelines for the document referencing and classification12
which determines the reading access right with an access
classification level that goes as follows:
Public material: Applies to unclassified documents that
are for public dissemination.
Restricted material: Applies to documents made avail-
able to the higher members of the organization or institu-
tion that owns the archive.
Internal material: Applies to documents that are acces-
sible to all internal users or staff or the organization or in-
stitution.
Confidential material: Applies to documents which can
be accessed only by a specific group of internal users and,
in some cases, specific external users defined by their roles.
Secret material: Applies to documents which can be ac-
cessed only by a specific group of persons, who are listed
by name and given authorization by the body concerned.
Provenance and Original order
Provenance or custodial history means the his-
tory of ownership related to a group of records or an in-
dividual item in a collection, referring to the individuals,
groups, or organizations that originally created or received
the items, but also, any subsequent owners of the records
and how the records relate to each other.
The principle of provenance believes that records origi-
nating from a common source should be kept together in
the way in which they are cataloged and arranged. On the
12. "Guidelines for the document referencing and classification," Council of
Europe, https://www.coe.int/en/web/documents-records-archives-information/
information-management-guidance#portlet_56_INSTANCE_s7HdT6YNKk-
mQ (Consulted the 5th November 2018).
First Chapter: Archival Science 5
 other hand, records of different provenance should be pre-
served and documented separately. This provides essential
contextual information for understanding the content and
history of an archive.13
Archives are kept necessarily in the order in which
they were originally created or used. It is really important
to understand this rule when working with archives so that
the preservation of the original order is always kept, allow-
ing to protect the authenticity of the records and providing
important information about how the archive was created,
kept and used. In addition to this, the relations between
the archival material and files are kept when maintaining
the original order because, unlike books, the meaning of
archival material is not understood as individual items.
Storage and Access
According to the UK National Archive's Principles
and Practices14, archives storage should be in a room with
cool, dry and seasonally stable conditions, with minimum
exposure to natural or artificial light and protection from
pollution or pest and access by unauthorized people. Ar-
chive material also needs to be packaged adequately and
handled carefully.
Any archive room should allow for expansion space for ad-
ditions to the collection or for repackaging because, after
it, the collections can take up more space than they did be-
fore. Providing good storage conditions slows down dete-
rioration over time and helps to prevent damage from dirt,
mould or pests. Instead, poor storage or environmental
conditions, inadequate packaging and handling arrange-
ments can also put archives at risk, encouraging deteriora-
tion of the archive over a prolonged period of time.
However, even if the archive storage is in perfect condi-
tions, not all archives are suitable for immediate access. If
they contain personal information or confidential infor-
mation a restricted access should be given to the archive.
If in doubt, it is better not to make the restricted or confi-
dential material available until there is a chance to consider
it further and consult the relevant people and legislation.
In addition to this, handling and access is a major risk to
the safety of documents. People viewing the archive should
be always supervised and provided with guidance on basic
document handling.
13. Jackie Bettington, Keeping Archives (Australia: Australian Society of
Archivists, 2008), p.16.
14. "Archive Principles and Practice: an introduction to archives for
non-archivist," UK National Archive, http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
documents/archives/archive-principles-and-practice-an-introduction-to-ar-
chives-for-non-archivists.pdf (Consulted the 5th of November of 2018).
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LIFE STAGES OF AN ARCHIVE
The primary purpose for which an archive is
formed and ordered is an administrative one, to meet the
business or operational needs of an organization or per-
son, allowing it to function effectively. While the records
are meeting these needs they are in active use, but this
function gradually diminishes while the cultural value of
the archives gradually increases.
When archives are no longer needed in active use, they
are reviewed to decide which should be selected to be-
come part of a cultural and historical research, this being
the secondary purpose. The cultural value function can be
divided into the first phase of self-culture, functional and
sectoral, and in a second historical-cultural phase, unlim-
ited in time and in investigative matters.
Archive phases
According to Giorgetta Bonfiglio, italian archivist
and paleographer, in general, there are three phases of ex-
istence for documents and archives: a current archive for
the management of documents concerning ongoing dis-
cussions; a deposit archive for the management of files
related to recently ceased business; and a historical ar-
chive for the conservation of documents considered to be
historical. The first two archives are incorporated into the
producer institution and specific regulations establish the
passage of the files from one to the other, while waste and
selection operations for conservation allow the passage of
the files to the historical archive. 15
- Current Archives: Its form and structure organize the
real archive, the moment of their formation is the most im-
portant because it constitutes the archival constraint that
unequivocally characterizes the complex of documents. In
the case of complex public or private structures, the func-
tional moments of an activity are based on procedures,
that is, sets of disciplinary rules. Each phase of the pro-
cedure (preparation, consultation, decision) requires the
provision of documents with diversified form and content,
which must be organized in such a way as to facilitate the
procedure itself.
- Deposit archive: Allows a quick access to documents
and maintains the original order created in the current
phase. This is a period of transition before the docu-
ments acquire a defined and permanent appearance that
will lead them to the historical archive or be eliminated
with the waste procedure in case of not deserving a per-
manent conservation.
15. Translated from Italian. Giorgetta Bonfiglio Dosio, Primi passi nel mondo
degli archivi, (2003).
- Historical archive: In this archive the purposes of use
change because when documents lost their practical use-
fulness, they start to be considered worthy of permanent
preservation. Following selection and discarding opera-
tions, they are transferred to the historical archive on the
basis of inventories or delivering lists, always maintaining
their original structure.
SELECTION AND DISCARD
Record management
Not every document is worthy of being kept in
perennial memory. All the organizations produce docu-
ments that might be useful at the time of their production
and for some time after it, but cease to have value when the
reasons that inspired its production are over.
Based on the studies in the thesis of the Italian architect
Michela Porta it possible to say that theory establishes that
all the documents produced by the institutions are not be
kept in the historical archive, but only a part of them after
proceeding an evaluation of their utility and value from the
point of view of permanent conservation. The assessment
of the importance should take place based on the activity
of the producer and, in general, it can be said that the most
important documents are those that testify to the most im-
portant aspects of the organization’s activities.16
In addition to what has been said above, according to the
UK Nation Archives, records that are not selected for per-
manent preservation should be destroyed when no longer
needed. If they contain sensitive or confidential material
they must be destroyed securely – they should never be
disposed of with general waste or recycling. Also, older
historical records should never be disposed of when there's
no complete secureness of whether to keep them or not.
Record keeping decisions should always be carefully man-
aged, documented, and signed by the person in charge of
the archive.17
In some cases it might be useful to understand if in the
institution or organization there are any historical records
being kept in other places such as offices or different stor-
age areas, these records should be moved to the central
storage area. This gives also the chance to understand the
way records are being created currently and how they are
structured. If they are well managed in the present, it will
be easier to review and select them in the future.
16. Michela Porta, Al di là dell’archivio, (2006).
17. "Archive Principles and Practice: an introduction to archives for
non-archivist," UK National Archive, http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
documents/archives/archive-principles-and-practice-an-introduction-to-ar-
chives-for-non-archivists.pdf (Consulted the 5th of November of 2018).
Cataloging and arranging
The records that get selected for preservation
in the historical archive should not be re-arranged, their
original structure and arrangement needs to be respected,
giving value to the principles of provenance and original
order. Sometimes as the archivist works through an ar-
chiving process, he might be able to recognize that some
archival material has been mixed over time and may have
lost its original order, but also working through it, the ar-
chivist might be able to recover some order and bring back
the sense of the original structure.
Cataloging gives the opportunity to document the con-
tents of the archive or to check it in case that it is complete,
also it helps to identify the particularly interesting records
or the ones that should not be open to the general public
for research. In addition to this, it is important to mention
that for archives open for research, describing the archive
content and even publishing catalogs online will enable
researchers to complete their initial investigations before
they visit the archive.
Specialist cataloging software is available with or without
payment for archives and archivist to make the inventory.
Alternatively, ordinary software such as Microsoft Word
or Excel can also be used to catalogue archives by creating
a structure and describe the information, it is even pos-
sible to upload Word catalogs into archival professional
systems. It is important to mention that Document Man-
agement Systems designed for the general sharing of ad-
ministrative and business records are not usually a suitable
product for cataloging archive material.
DIGITAL ARCHIVE OR REPOSITORY
Definition
A digital archive or digital repository is an online
database of digital objects that can include text, images,
audio, video, or other digital media. This material can con-
sist of originally produced digital content as well as digi-
tized content like documents or photographs. In addition
to its content, digital archives provide organizing, search-
ing and retrieving content means.
According to Ana Gonçalves Magalhaes; Giselle Beiguel-
man, authors of Possible Futures: art, museums and digital
archives18 this type of archives and repositories may vary
immensely in scope and size but as physical archives can
be maintained by individuals or organizations and its con-
tent can be stored locally or can be accessed from the dis-
tance via computer networks in any part of the world.
18. Ana Gonçalves Magalhaes; Giselle Beiguelman. 2014. Possible Futures: art,
museums and digital archives. Peirópolis LTDA.
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 Exactly as physical archives, digital archives contain pri-
mary sources of information and have their unique con-
tent organized in interconnected groups. The fundamental
characteristic of archives resides in their hierarchical or-
ganization expressing the context by means of the archival
bond. The technology used to create digital archives or re-
positories is revolutionary since it keeps the links between
the archives and also maintains its content unique, making
them keep the context in which the records were created
and preserving their informative content but also provid-
ing understandable and useful information for research.
At the digital level, archival descriptions are usually encod-
ed with a standardized electronic representation of archi-
val description which makes it possible to provide union
access to detailed archival descriptions and resources in
repositories distributed throughout the world.
Database
The Internet evolution brought to the archive
world the appearance of digital archives made of databases.
“A database consists of a series of information organized in
such a way that the computer can quickly find the requests,
in the desired order. An essential characteristic is that the in-
formation entered has a homogeneous structure, in the sense
that the same type of information always occupies the same
place.” 19
One of the advantages offered by the database is represent-
ed by the fact that, once introduced, the data can be pre-
sented or consulted in various ways, according to the
needs. A further element that differentiates an electronic
database from the corresponding categories of traditional
documents is the possibility of updating and modifying,
without any trace of the information substituted and elim-
inated. This feature, common to all types of electronic doc-
uments, if on the one hand is useful for making updates
with little effort and in a short time, on the other side is
dangerous because the information deleted can have utility
both on the practical level for the subject producer, both
cultural and conservation up to historical.
Institutional repository
Institutional Repository can be defined as a set of
services that an institution offers to the members of
its community for managing and disseminating digital
materials that have been created by the institution mem-
bers. It is essentially an organization's commitment to the
long-term preservation, organization, access and distri-
bution of its digital material or physical material that has
19. Translated from Italian. Michela Porta, Al di là dell’archivio: Percorso co-
noscitivo nella disciplina archivistica tra certezze e contraddizioni, (Turin: Thesis
of second degree on Architecture, Polytechnic of Turin, 2006).
8
been decided to be digitized. According to the book How
to implement an institutional repository of Carol Hixson
and Linda Cracknell, when an institutional repository
is compliant with open archives standards and Internet
searches lead back to the institution, it raises the profile of
an institution, in addition to giving personal visibility to
authors that collect their copyright owned output.
Also, Institutional Repositories improve access to materi-
als that would be hidden or have limited access and can
provide access to other Web-based resources. Also pro-
viding links from collection pages to resources on related
topics in the online catalogue, constructing keyword or
subject searches on related topics.20
Digitalization
The Collins dictionary defines digitization or dig-
italization as "the process of converting information into a
digital (i.e. computer-readable) format, in which the infor-
mation is organized into bits." The result of digitalization
is the representation of an object, image, sound, document
or signal and it is called digital representation or, more spe-
cifically, a digital image, for the object, and digital form, for
the signal.21
Digitization is important for archival science because it is
the creation of digital copies of records that were orig-
inated in traditional physical formats such as paper or pho-
tographs. Nowadays, many archives are beginning to dig-
itize their material to protect the originals and to provide
a wider access to it in response to technological change.
Based on the Archive Principles and Practice: an introduc-
tion to archives for non-archivist22 of the UK National Ar-
chives one aspect to be aware of is the intellectual proper-
ty, in some cases also when working with third parties to
digitize the archive's material. Before the digitalization, the
archivist needs to be sure that they own the copyright or
other rights of the records because If the copyright belongs
to someone else, you may need to arrange copyright clear-
ance with the rights owners.
Preservation
Digital records need to be actively managed in
storage, digital preservation aims to ensure that the record
and information systems remain accessible and usable in
the future. A critical aspect is that storage alone is not a
20. Carol Hixson & Linda Cracknell, How to implement an institutional repos-
itory, N.P: The serials librarian. 2007
21. "Digitalization", Collins Dictionary, https://www.collinsdictionary.com/
dictionary/english/digitalize (Consulted the 5th November 2018).
22. "Archive Principles and Practice: an introduction to archives for
non-archivist," UK National Archive, http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
documents/archives/archive-principles-and-practice-an-introduction-to-ar-
chives-for-non-archivists.pdf (Consulted the 5th of November of 2018).
solution to digital preservation, actually, a regime of pres-
ervation actions is needed to ensure that records remain
available over time.
Digital Preservation for an archive collection is a really
complex work area that requires some level of technical
knowledge and ideally, access to advanced expertise. Dig-
ital archives programs are used to store but also manage
digital records, material and information. They may be
complex server-based systems for large quantities of infor-
mation, or regimes of managing the preservation of data
on media such as CDs, DVDs and external hard-drives.
Positive aspects
The advantages of digital libraries are mainly the
way they easily and rapidly provide access to archival ma-
terial of various types. An important advantage to digital
conversion is increased accessibility to users, especially
those that to geographic location or other reason are not
able to get to the physical archive. Digital archives or re-
positories can easily adopt innovations in technology pro-
viding users with improvements in visual and audio tech-
nology and also presenting new forms of communication.
To summarize, Janet Gertz in her book Selection for Pres-
ervation in the Digital Age, list the positive aspects of a dig-
ital archive:23
No physical boundary: People from all over the world
can gain access to the same information, as long as an In-
ternet connection is available.
Round the clock availability: People can gain access
24/7 to the information.
Multiple access: The same resources can be used simulta-
neously by a number of institutions and patrons.
Information retrieval: The user is able to use any search
term (word, phrase, title, name, subject) to search the
entire collection. Digital archives can provide very us-
er-friendly interfaces.
Preservation and conservation: Providing access cop-
ies for materials that would otherwise fall to degradation
from repeated use.
Space: Have the potential to store much more informa-
tion, simply because digital information requires very little
physical space to contain them and media storage technol-
ogies are more affordable than ever before.
23. Janet Gertz. Selection for Preservation in the Digital Age. (Library Resources
& Technical Services, 2002).
Added value: Certain characteristics of objects, primarily
the quality of images, may be improved. Digitization can
enhance legibility and remove visible flaws such as stains
and discoloration.
THE VALUE OF THE ARCHIVE
"Archives have value to nations and regions, orga-
nizations, communities, and individual people. They pro-
vide evidence of activities which occurred in the past, they
tell stories, document people and identity and are valuable
sources of information for research. They are our recorded
memory and form an important part of our community, cul-
tural, official and unofficial history." 24
Since the early 17th century records were kept
because it was thought they had value, but until the 19th
century, the verb archiving was invented. Since that time
the archives have served as facts that evidenced past events
and help people interpret and understand history. Over the
years the concept of archiving started to become popular
and with it also the studies about archives and permanent
document conservation rules such as that all files should
go first through a selection and disposal process, for ar-
chives to be filled why actually valuable pieces of material
and not just generic documents.
The archiving process evolved and the Database appeared,
it didn’t replace the physical archive but it offered the pos-
sibility to present and preserved data in various ways, it
also permitted the modification and update of the infor-
mation. The archiving process has the same values and im-
portance nowadays. Digital or physical, keeping a record
of documents is what helps us to understand history and
testify to the most important aspects, in this case, of the or-
ganization’s activities. There are various benefits that flow
from managing archives, first of all, they provide evidence
of the organization activities, help to promote the orga-
nization's history and identity with supporters, users and
interested people. Also, it can be used as support for the
contemporary activities of the organization by providing
a source of information to the corporate website, activities
and educating the community on the history and identity
of the entity.
In conclusion, archives serve to strengthen collective
memory and protect people’s rights, property, and identity.
They benefit the entire society from Historians and gene-
alogists that rely on archival sources to analyze past events
to businesses people that use the records to improve their
public relations and promote new products, to the general
public that are given a new source of information.
24. "Why are archives important?," UK National Archive, http://www.nation-
alarchives.gov.uk/documents/archives/archive-principles-and-practice-an-in-
troduction-to-archives-for-non-archivists.pdf (Consulted the 5th of November
of 2018).
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SECOND
CHAPTER
Club of Rome

Second Chapter: Club of Rome 11

 ABOUT THE
ORGANIZATION
Image 2: Club of Rome logo, retrieved from https://www.clubofrome.org
WHAT IS IT?
The Club of Rome is a non-profit and non-po-
litical organization NGO1 that strives to make a dif-
ference, it is composed by a group of individuals deeply
concerned about the impending problems threatening
human society and the future of the world. The efforts of
the Club are supported by the Secretariat in Winterthur,
Switzerland, the European Research Center in Constance,
Germany and the National Associations in more than 30
countries around the world.
Their main objective is to bring the attention of the general
public and policymakers about the nature of the present
situation of mankind and the need for new approach-
es, this being reached by the development of research,
debates, conferences, lectures, high-level meetings and
events. The organization stimulates studies and publishes
its findings in peer-reviewed reports, the most famous of
which is “The limits to growth”.
1Defined by the NGO website, a non-governmental organization (NGO) is any
non-profit, voluntary citizens' group which is organized on a local, national or
international level. Task-oriented and driven by people with a common interest,
NGOs perform a variety of service and humanitarian functions, bring citizen
concerns to Governments, advocate and monitor policies and encourage polit-
ical particpation through provision of information. Some are organized around
specific issues, such as human rights, environment or health. They provide
analysis and expertise, serve as early warning mechanisms and help monitor
and implement international agreements. "Definition of NGO". www.ngo.org.
12
MISSION
The Club of Rome’s mission according to its web
pages is to promote understanding of the global chal-
lenges facing humanity and to propose solutions through
scientific analysis, communication and advocacy. In addi-
tion, the aims of the Club of Rome2 are: to identify the most
crucial problems which will determine the future of hu-
manity through integrated and forward-looking analysis;
to evaluate alternative scenarios for the future and to assess
risks, choices and opportunities; to develop and propose
practical solutions to the challenges identified; to commu-
nicate the new insights and knowledge derived from this
analysis to decision-makers in the public and private sec-
tors and also to the general public and to stimulate public
debate and effective action to improve the prospects for the
future.
FOUNDATION
As written on the file Some notes on its Origin and
Objectives3 found on the Club’s archive, the organization
was originated from conversations between Aurelio Pec-
cei, an Italian industrialist, and Alexander King, a Scot-
tish scientist, in Paris on April 1968. After their conver-
sations concerning the importance of our society tackling
the growing mass of interconnected problems, they decid-
ed to call together a small international group of people
from the fields of academia, civil society, diplomacy, and
industry to discuss the situation on serious terms.
They met with the financial support of the Agnelli Founda-
tion on may of 1968 at the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome
and at the end of the encounter, some of the participants
decided to continue with the debates naming their discus-
sion group “The Club of Rome” after the place of its initia-
tion. Consult original document on Image 4.
Image 3: Aurelio Peccei and Alexander King, retrieved from https://www.
clubofrome.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/1967-Meeting-of-Peccei-and-
King-400x300.jpg
2. N.A., Perspectives on Limits to Growth: Challenges to Building a Sustainable
Planet, (CORA, 2012).
3. N.A., Some notes on its origins and objectives, (CORA n.d.)
Image 4: N.A. Some Notes on its Origins and Objectives, CORA, p1. Second Chapter: Club of Rome 13
 AURELIO PECCEI
Based on the book Crusader for the Future: A Por-
trait of Aurelio Peccei, Founder of the Club of Rome written
by The CoR member Gunter Pauli and on the document
The Legacy of Aurelio Peccei written by The CoR honor-
ary member Eleonora Barbieri Masini, Peccei played a
historical role in bringing scientists and statesmen
together and motivating them on thinking about how to
tackle the problems of humankind. He was born in Turin,
Italy 1908- 1984. He was graduated in economics in 1930
and played an important role in Italian history. He was a
forward thinker, highly interested in meeting new peo-
ple, learning new languages, visiting new places and trav-
eling beyond Italian borders. These brought him to Fiat,
where he worked and lead their activities in China, Shang-
hai, and Nanchang in the mid-1930s.
At the eve of World War II, Peccei went back to his country
and soon became involved in Resistance and anti-fascist
becoming a member of ‘Giustizia e Libertà’. During the
war, he was arrested, tortured. However, as Peccei wrote on
his book The Human Quality, this period served to make
him better understand the importance of mankind’s inner
capacity and strength, which allows people in terrible situ-
ations to defend human dignity.
After the war, he played a central role in the Italian
post-war reconstruction. He was one of the founding
fathers of Alitalia in 1946, in 1958 became the chairman of
the Board of Italconsult (leading Italian firm of engineer-
ing and economic consultants). In 1964 he was asked to
manage Olivetti, a large and established firm, which had
been at the forefront in the development of typewriters and
other office machines.
Peccei was one of the principal architects of the Interna-
tional Institute of Applied SystemsAnalysis (IIASA) in
Laxenburg, Austria in 1972. IIASA became a meeting place
for scholars and scientists from around the globe provid-
ing a bridging function for the scientific world, producing
important studies in different fields, including climate
change, energy, and agriculture.
His strong interest in global issues, in particular in the
area of the environment. Took him to became a member of
the International Board the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
and in 1968 he was a co-founder of the Club of Rome.
"The message - Peccei wrote in his autobiography - must
be presented in a imaginative. (...) Has to hit people like a
shock therapy. (...) and to contain simple and persuasive
concepts and arguments able to trigger a debate and pro-
voke strong reactions (...). "
14
Aurelio Peccei as one of the founders of the
Club of Rome
Before describing Aurelio Peccei’s role as a found-
er of The Club of Rome, is of vital importance highlight his
unstoppable commitment and sense of responsibility for
mankind and its potential to change humanity.
In 1969 he wrote the book ‘The Chasm Ahead’. Which il-
luminated the principles which became the vision of the
Club of Rome. A future directed vision, that was identified
by the following :
- Humanity and the global environment are both parts
of the same integrated macro- system.
- Many of the components of this macro-system are at
risk of breaking down, or even of totally being destroyed.
- Developing such a global plan and implementing it
are a collective obligation of all groups that have the ca-
pacity to do so. 4
In 1967, backed by Alexander King, (as explained on the
Foundation section) The Club of Rome grew out of this
meeting of minds and people who were focused on the
about the global aspects of problems facing mankind and
of the necessity of acting at the global level. Becoming an
interdisciplinary and transcultural group focused on the
long-term, not a group with a narrow vision that looks at
things only from a certain disciplinary, or from the stand-
point of a given country or region.
ALEXANDER KING
Based on The CoR member, Keith Suter’s Obitu-
ary for Alexander King (published in The Guardian, Lon-
don). Alexander King was born in Glasgow on January 26,
1909, ‐2007, he studied chemistry at the Royal College of
Science, University of London, and in 1929, when Ger-
many was then the world’s leading country in scientific
research, he went on a chemical research post-graduate
fellowship to the University of Munich.
During the Second World War, he returned to London
University as a lecturer in physical chemistry and became
a successful writer of scientific books.
On the onset of World War II, he was recruited to work
for the British government. His first task was to devise
explosives to sabotage German vehicles in the event of an
invasion.
4. Eleonora Barbieri Masini, The Legacy of Aurelio Peccei, (Vienna: European
Support Centre of the Club of Rome, N.D),pg 7
When Japan entered the war, where there was a major
problem with Malaria transmitting mosquitoes. His re-
search team came across with a fighting chemical called
“DDT”.
Science had been an important factor in winning the
war and so it was necessary to mobilize it for peace.
He became a pioneer for the employment of science for the
betterment of the humankind.
From 1950 to 1956 scientists were needed to help British
factories to become more productive. King, became the
chief scientist at the Department of Scientific and Indus-
trial Research
In 1956 he was called to be the director of the European
Productivity Agency in Paris. And, in 1960 he became
director‐general of education and science at the Or-
ganisation for Economic Co‐operation and Devel-
opment (OECD), based in Paris. Before the time of his
retirement, in 1968 (As seen on the foundation section)
with Aurelio Peccei, they founded The Club of Rome.
THE PROBLEMA TIQUE
crisis
Outdated
institutions
Food
crisis
Inadequate delivery
mechanisms
Diadram 1: World’s problematique crisis and root causes
scheme
BASES FOR ITS CREATION
Based on the Club of Rome web page information
and the program The predicament of mankind5 found on
the archive of the organization it can be said that its back-
ground begins by the analysis of the problems of the mod-
ern world. Within the first decade of this millennium, hu-
manity already finds itself in at least five major ecological
and social crises. Each of the crisis is a warning sign, that
something is going wrong: An unemployment crisis, a
food crisis, a financial crisis, an economic crisis and
an ecological crisis.
Central to the formation of the Club was Aurelio Pec-
cei’s concept of the problematique. In his opinion, view-
ing the problems of mankind individually, in isolation or
as problems capable of being solved in their own terms,
was doomed to failure. As seen on the scheme (Diagram
1) these individual crises were, in fact, driven by many of
the same root causes: Values not aligned with the crises
and an antiquated belief system, an outdated econ-
omy, outdated institutions and inadequate delivery
Outdated
economy
Economic
crisis
Not aligned
values
Ecological
crisis
Finantial Antiquated believe
crisis system
5. N.A. The predicament of mankind. (CORA, 1970).
Second Chapter: Club of Rome 15
 mechanisms. All problems are interrelated. It is this LIMITS TO GROWTH: THE CLUB OF
generalized meta-problem (or meta-system of problems) ROME FIRST REPORT
which they have called and the world should continue to
call the “problematique” that exist permanently in our sit-
uation.

The world is faced with the necessity to evolve towards new

and higher social systems, that are needed to effectively
manage higher levels of technological capability, globaliza-
tion of society, greater human mobility, etc. So The Club of
Rome was born believing that the world should not focus
on what seems to have been lost, but on what humanity has
until now never possessed.

With reference to the project under consideration, the ma-

jor objectives of the Club of Rome are:

"1) To examine, as systematically as possible, the nature and

configuration of the profound imbalances that define today's
problematique throughout the world, and to attempt to de-
termine the dynamics of the interactions which seemingly
exacerbate the situation as a whole.

2) To develop an initial, coarse-grain, "model" or models of

this dynamic situation in the expectation that such models
will reveal both those systemic components that are most-
critical and those interactions that are most generally dan-
gerous for the future.
3) To construct a "normative" overview from the foregoing
models and to clarify the action implications --i.e., the po-
litical, social, economic, technological, institutional, etc.,
Consequences --that such an overview might entail and sub-
stantiate.
4) To bring everything that has been learned as a result of
this initial effort, to the attention of those in political au-
thority, in the hope that such findings might stimulate the
conception of new lines of policy that would be effective in
coping with our situation's overall dynamics and it's world-
wide dimensions.
5) To persuade governments to convene a World Forum,*
with whose consent, support, and encouragement an inten-
sive dialogue concerning the findings of the project would
be initiated to the end that a much larger and deeper effort
could be undertaken. Such an effort would aim at develop-
ing the needed operational "macro-models" conducive to
endeavors at integrated policy-planning and to the develop-
ment of new institutions within whose frame of competence
such work could be carried out." 6
Image 5: Limits to Growth book cover, retrieved from https://www.clubofrome.
org/report/the-limits-to-growth/
Based on the document Perspectives on Limits to Growth:
Challenges to Building a Sustainable Planet made for the
40th anniversary of the launching of Limits to Growth,
symposium held by The Club of Rome and the Smithso-
nian Institution. To continue developing the project, which
had become a clear objective for the Club of Rome, that
was to describe the ‘World Problematique’, they decided to
ask a group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) to describe and give bases to their project through a
mathematical model.
The proposal was originated by Jay Forrester who had been
working on dynamic systems at MIT, he outlined a mathe-
matical model for of the global problems which contained
interdependent parameters of population, depletion of
non-renewable resources, industrialization, food produc-
tion, and environmental degradation.
Forrester entrusted the project to Dennis Meadows, who
at that time was a young researcher in his group, in 1970
he assembled a team of 17 scientists that included Donel-
la H. Meadows, Jørgen Randers, and William W. Behrens
III, to conduct a two-year, computer-model based study on
the long-term causes and consequences of physical growth
on the world, funded by the Club of Rome, ‘The Limits to
Growth’, the first Report to the Club of Rome, was born.

6. N.A, The predicament of mankind Quest for Structured Responses to Growing

World-wide Complexities and Uncertainties, (1970) pg.9,10

16
The report was presented to the public for the first time
at the Smithsonian Institution Castle in March 1972. The
book was eventually translated into 30 languages and
was selected as one of the most influential environmental
books of the 20th century. 10 million copies of the book
were sold, helping the Club of Rome gain the world stage.
The conclusions of The Limits to Growth were :
1. If the present growth trends in world population, industri-
alization, pollution, food production, and resource depletion
continue unchanged, the limits to growth on this planet will
be reached sometime within the next one hundred years. The
most probable result will be a rather sudden and uncontrol-
lable decline in both population and industrial capacity.
2. It is possible to alter these growth trends and to establish
a condition of ecological and economic stability that is sus-
tainable far into the future. The state of global equilibrium
could be designed so that the basic material needs of each
person on earth are satisfied and each person has an equal
opportunity to realize his individual human potential.
If the world's people decide to strive for this second outcome
rather than the first, the sooner they begin working to attain
it, the greater will be their chances of success.7
Image 6: Club of Rome Members around the world
7. Eduard Pastel, A short version of The limits to growth, Abstract of The Limits to
Growth (CORA n.d.)
MEMBERS
As stated by Aurelio Peccei, “The Club of Rome
should be a small organization, with not more than 100
members; it should not have much funding in order to pre-
serve its independence; it should be apolitical but transcul-
tural (in terms of disciplines and cultures); and, finally, it
should be informal. In a sense, it should be a non-organiza-
tion, and one that should be dissolved once its objectives had
been reached.” 8
According to the Structures document found in The Club
of Rome archive the organization has 102 active members
from around 50 countries in the 5 continents (see Image
6). All members are notable scientists, economists, busi-
nessmen and businesswomen, high-level civil servants and
former heads of state from around the world representing
the vision of many independent concerned citizens with
access to the mass media and corridors of influence.9
Based on The Club of Rome document “Quest for Struc-
tured Responses to Growing Worldwide Complexities and
Uncertainties”. All members of the organization must have
access to considerable sources of information and knowl-
edge, acting jointly to mobilize enough intellectual and
financial support and going beyond the “conventional wis-
dom” perceiving the complex dimensions of the "problema-
tique" of the age, in order to formulate and develop long-
term options and alternatives needed for policy-making.
8 Eleonora Barbieri Masini, The Legacy of Aurelio Peccei, (Vienna: European
Support Centre of the Club of Rome, N.D),pg 8
9. N.A. Structures. (CORA n.d.)
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 The Membership section at the official CoR website,
describes and divides its members into various types:
Full Members: Are individuals of outstanding ability who
share a concern for the future of humanity. They current-
ly represent over 30 countries in five continents and have
a wide range of professional backgrounds. Potential new
members are proposed by existing members to the Execu-
tive Committee. Members change every 6 years
Honorary Members: Are distinguished international
personalities who support the work of the Club of Rome.
They are typically ex-heads of state, notable scientists or
business and community leaders of distinction.
Associate Members: Are individuals who are interested
in the Club’s work and wish to support it. They may apply
for membership or be proposed by other members and are
often those who have been Full Members but who wish to
play a less active role.
Ex-officio Members: Are individuals who lead the Na-
tional Associations.
Fellows: Are individuals who work with the Club on re-
ports or projects and who may become Associate or Full
Members in the future.
Executive Committee: Lead the organization, appointed
for three years and are eligible for re-election. They pro-
pose potential new members and also accept or reject the
application of associate members.
Club of Rome's presidents Timeline:
1969: The first elected president of The CoR was Aurelio
Peccei
1984: Alexander King
1990: Roberto Diez-Hochleiner, Spanish diplomat, educa-
tional reformist and economist.
2000: Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan, leading states-
man, promoter of human dignity and peacemaker.
2007: Ashok Khosla, a leading Indian environmentalist,
and Eberhard von Koerber, a German businessman.
2012: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, German leading ex-
pert in resources efficiency, and Anders Wijkman, Swed-
ish politician and former member of the European parlia-
ment.
2018: Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, medical doctor, author
and outspoken advocate for human rights, serving as a
Trustee of the Nelson Mandela Foundation and Sandrine
Dixson Declève, European and international policy maker
and business leader with a particular focus on EU and in-
ternational climate change, environmental, sustainability,
green growth and energy.
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REPORTS
What is a report by The Club of Rome?
The most important documents published by the
organization are the Reports of the Club of Rome. These
are peer-reviewed studies commissioned by its the Exec-
utive Committee, or suggested by a member or group of
members, or by an individual or institution outside The
CoR.
Related to the organization’s aims, the objective of this
documents is to identify the most crucial problems
which will determine the future of humanity through
integrated and forward-looking analysis; evaluating alter-
native scenarios for the future, presenting risks, choic-
es and opportunities; developing and proposing practical
solutions to the challenges identified; in order to commu-
nicate the new insights and knowledge derived from this
analysis
They are intended to expose, inform, explain and generate
discussions among decision and policy makers in the pub-
lic and private sectors business leaders, politicians, schol-
ars, investigators and people interested in the topic. With
the objective to stimulate public debate and create effective
actions to improve the prospects for the future.
Reports analysis
They have published 50 reports, see full list of
reports with publication data, title, authors and publisher,
the highlighted reports are available in PDF. Table1, 2 ,3.
According to the article Club of Rome Reports and Bifurca-
tions, a 50-year overview
The first "Report to the Club of Rome" arose from a project
falling directly under the cognizance of the Executive Com-
mittee of the Club of Rome during its formative stages. The
Executive Committee had asked the Institut Battelle at Ge-
neva to provide administrative support and act as managing
agent for a project Work Group and asked Hasan Ozbekhan
to undertake the overall direction of the project and ensure
the operational responsibility for the Work Group, calling
on consultants as required to transform the prospectus into
an action plan. The consultants included Alexander Chris-
takis, Erich Jantsch, and Aurelio Peccei. The "prospectus" in
the form of a "report to the Club of Rome" was entitled: The
Predicament for Mankind: Quest for Structured Respons-
es to Growing Worldwide Complexities and Uncertainties
(1970). Its proposals were rejected in favor of the "Club of
Rome Project on Predicament of Mankind at MIT" directed
by Dennis Meadows from 1970 to 1972. This resulted in the
publication of what is known as the first report to the Club of
Rome (The Limits to Growth, 1972).10
Taking thins into account, the first published Report by
The Club of Rome was The Limits to Growth ( See section
The Club of Rome first report ‘Limits to Growth’) and the
most recent one is Transformation is Feasible, a report by
Jorgen Randers, Johan Rockström, Per Espen Stoknes, Ul-
rich Golüke, David Collste, and Sarah Cornell.
Most of the authors, 68% have written 1 report, 20% have
written 2, and the remaining 16% was divided equally by
3, in respect of writing 3, 4 and 5 reports. (See graph 1)
NUMBER OF COR REPORTS WRITTEN BY
EACH AUTHOR
5 Reports
4 Reports
3 Reports
1Report
68% 20% 4% 4%
Graph 1: Number CoR reports written by each of author
The authors that written most reports are:
Professor Jorgen Randers, that wrote:
1. 1972, The Limits to Growth
2. 2004, Limits to Growth: a 30 year update
3. 2012, 2052: a Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years
4. 2016, Reinventing Prosperity: Managing Economic
Growth to Reduce Unemployment, Inequality and Cli-
mate Change
5. 2018, Transformation Is Feasable, How to achieve
the Sustainable Development Goals within Planetary
Boundaries.
Based on the official website of The Club of Rome, Pro-
fessor Jorgen Randers, has spent one-third of his life in
academia, one third in business and on third in the NGO
world. He has been chair of three banks, and non-exec-
10."Club of Rome Reports and Bifurcations, a 50-year overview" , Laetus in
Praesens, https://www.laetusinpraesens.org/links/clubrome.php
utive member of many corporate boards in Norway and
deputy director general of WWF International.
He is professor emeritus of climate strategy at the BI Nor-
wegian Business School, where he works on climate and
energy issues, scenario analysis and system dynamics. He
lectures and advises widely all over the world for corporate
and non-corporate audiences. He sits on the sustainability
council of Astra Zeneca in the UK and on the Executive
Committee of the Club of Rome.
Bertrand Schneider:
1. 1985, The Barefoot Revolution
2. 1988, Africa Facing its Priorities
3. 1991,The First Global Revolution
4. 1993, For a Better World Order
5. 1995, The Scandal and the Shame: Poverty and Under-
development
Bertrand Schneider, was born in Grenoble, France in 1929
and was the former Secretary General of the Club of Rome,
President of FWS (Futuring the World Society, 2000-
2003), consultant in Intelligence and International Strate-
2 Reports gy and Development. He was president of the World Sym-
posium on Information Technologies (Washington-1999,
Futuroscope-2000, UNESCO-2001). He is President and
Founder of the Global Future College For Human Mutual
Understanding
Other authors such as, Orio Girani and Ernst Ulrich von
Weizsäcker wrote 4 reports each, Anders Wijkman and
Mircea Malitza wrote 3 each and Donella Meadows, Edu-
4% ard Pestel, Ervin Lazlò, Elisabeth Mann, Yehezkel Dror,
Frederic Vester,. Dennis Meadows, Prince el Hassan and
Ugo Bardi wrote 2 Reports each.
Since the beginning of the organization, The Club of Rome
has published almost 1 Report a year, and in some years
they have published 2 o 3 Reports in the same year.
From the 50 published reports only 5 can have a PDF
downloadable version that can be consulted online for free.
In its early years, most of their reports focused on the na-
ture of the global problems, known as the “problematique”,
searching for new pathways for world development. In the
last years, The Club of Rome is focusing on the root caus-
es of the systemic crisis, defining and communicating the
need for a new vision, paradigm change and new econo-
mies that could produce real wealth and well-being, with-
out degrading the natural resources and providing mean-
ingful jobs and sufficient income for all people.
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 REPORTS ANALYSIS

NUMBER OF REPORTS
PUBLISHED BY DECADES

As seen in Graph 2, since the beginning

of the organization, The Club of Rome has
published almost 1 Report a year, and in
some years they have published 2 o 3 Re-
ports in the same year, in terms of decades,
on the period from 1980 to 1989 and from
Number of reports published

2009 to 2019, that are the decades were they

published the most, they published both 11
reports.

Time period in decades

Graph 2: Number of Reports published by decades

NATIONALITY OF THE
COR REPORTS' AUTHORS
Oceania
Asia
Africa
As seen in Graph 3, The Reports published by The Club of
Rome have been published by 61 authors from all around America
the world, although, most of the authors are from Europe
(44), most of them from Germany, France and Stockholm,
there are six from United States two authors from Austra-
lia, one from Ethiopia, another from Algeria , Morocco Europe
and another from Pakistan.

GENDER OF THE COR REPORTS'

AUTHORS

Women
78% 11% 5% 4% 2%
Graph 3: Nationality of the CoR reports' authors

As seen in Graph 4, The Club of Rome since the beginning

Men has been managed mostly by men, taking into account
the relation between women authors and men there is an
abysmal predominance by men, from a total of 61 authors,
56 are men and only 5 are women, Sarah Cornell, Cheryl
Desha, Donella Meadows, Elisabeth Mann-Borguese and
L. Hunter Lovins. They participated on the publication of
some Reports, but only Elisabeth Mann- Borguese, wrote
by herself two books, The Future of The Oceans and The
92% 8% Oceanic Circle: Governing the Seas As a Global Resource.

Graph 4: Gender of the CoR Report´authors

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 CLUB OF ROME REPORTS FROM 1970 TO 1993

Year Title Author(s) Publisher

Donella H. Meadows,
New American Library
1. 1972 The Limits to Growth Dennis L. Meadows, Jorgen Randers, and William W.
Universe Books
Behrens III.
E. P. Dutton
2. 1974 Mankind at the Turning Point Mihajlo Mesarovic and Eduard Pestel.
Hutchinson (1975)
RIO Report: Reshaping the
3. 1976 Jan Tinbergen E. P. Dutton
International Order
Goals for Mankind: New American Library
4. 1977 On the New Horizons of Global Ervin László et al. Signet
Community Hutchinson
5. 1978 Beyond the Age of Waste Dennis Gabor, Umberto Colombo Pergamon Press
6. 1978 Energy: the countdown Thierry de Montbrial Pergamon Press
No Limits to Learning: Bridging James W. Botkin, Mahdi Elmandjra and Mircea
7. 1979 Pergamon Press
the Human Gap Malitza
Road Maps to the Future:
8. 1979 Bohdan Hawrylyshyn Pergamon Press
Towards more effective societies
Impact of Microelectronics: A
9. 1980 Tentative Appraisal of Juan Rada Geneva International
Information Technology
Tiers-Monde: Trois Quarts du
10. 1980 Maurice Guernier Dunod
Monde
Dialogue on Wealth and Welfare:
Elsevier
11. 1980 An Alternative View of World Orio Giarini
Pergamon Press
Capital Formation
L'Imperatif de Cooperation Nord-
12. 1980 Sud: Jean Saint-Geours Dunod
La Synergie des Mondes
Microelectronics and Society, for
13. 1981 Adam Schaff and Gunter Friedrichs Pergamon Press
Better and for Worse
Le Tiers Monde peut se Nourir:
14. 1982 l es communautes de base, acteurs René Lenoir Fayard
du developpement
15. 1984 The Barefoot Revolution Bertrand Schneider Practical Action

16. 1985 The Future of the Oceans Elisabeth Mann-Borgese Harvest House
17. 1986 Africa beyond Famine Aklilu Lemma and Pentti Malaska Tycooly Intl
18. 1988 Beyond the Limits to Growth Eduard Pestel Universe Books
Pantheon
19. 1988 The First Global Revolution Alexander King and Bertrand Schneider
Simon and Schuster
20. 1991 The Limits to Certainty Orio Giarini and Walter R. Stahel Kluwer Academic
21. 1993 The Scandal and the Shame: Bertrand Schneider Vikas Publishing

Table 1: Club of Rome Reports from 1970 to 1993

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 CLUB OF ROME REPORTS FROM 1995 TO 2005

Year Title
Poverty and Underdevelopment Author(s) BertelsmannPublisher
22. 1995 Ist die Erde noch regierbar (1995) Yehezkel Dror Bertelsmann
Taking Nature into Account:
23. 1995 Toward a Sustainable National Wouter van Dieren Springer
Income
Allen and Unwin (1997)
Factor Four: Doubling Wealth,
24. 1995 Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, et al. Droemersche Verlagsanstalt Th.
Halving Resource Use
Knaur Nachf (1995)
The Employment Dilemma and
25. 1996 Orio Giarini and Patrick M. Liedtke The Geneva Association
the Future of Work
The Oceanic Circle:
26. 1997 Governing the Seas As a Global Elisabeth Mann-Borgese United Nations University Press
Resource
The Limits Of Social Cohesion:
Westview Press
27. 1998 Conflict And Mediation In Peter Berger
Bertelsmann
Pluralist Societies
La red: cómo cambiarán nuestras
vidas los nuevos medios de
28. 1998 Juan Luis Cebrian Círculo de Lectores
comunicación
(The Multimedia Society)
Globus Institute for
Governance in an era of
29. 1998 Ruud Lubbers Globalization and Sustainable
Globalization
Development
Menschlichkeit Gewinnt:
30. 2000 Eine Strategie für Fortschritt und Reinhard Mohn Bertelsmann
Führungsfähigkeit
31. 2001 The Capacity to Govern Yehezkel Dror Routledge
The Double Helix of Learning and UNESCO Studies on Science
32. 2001 Orio Giarini and Mircea Malitza
Work and Culture
The Art of Interconnected
33. 2002 Thinking. Ideas and Tools for Frederic Vester Mcb Verlag
tackling with Complexity

Limits to Growth: a 30 year Donella H. Meadows, Jorgen Randers

34. 2003 Chelsea Green
update Dennis L. Meadows,
The Future of People with
Disability in the World:
35. 2005 Rafael de Lorenzo Garcia Fundacion Oncé
Human Development and
Disability
Limits to Privatization:
36. 2005 How to Avoid Too Much of a Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (Ed.) Earthscan Publications
Good Thing

Table 2: Club of Rome Reports from 1995 to 2005

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 CLUB OF ROME REPORTS FROM 2006 TO 2018

Year Good Thing Title Author(s) Publisher

37. 2006 Global Population Blow-Up and Sergey P. Kapitza Global Marshall Plan Initiative
After:
the demographic revolution and
information society
38. 2009 The Blue Economy Gunter Pauli Redwing Books
Factor Five: Transforming the
Global Economy through 80% Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Karlson Hargroves,
39. 2010 Earthscan Publications
Improvements in Resource Michael H. Smitz, Cheryl Desha, Peter Stasinopoulos
Productivity
2052: a Global Forecast for the
40. 2012 Jorgen Randers Chelsea Green
Next Forty Years
Bankrupting Nature: Denying our
41. 2012 Johan Rockstrom and Anders Wijkman Routledge
Planetary Boundaries
Extracted: How the Quest for
42. 2014 Mineral Wealth Is Plundering the Ugo Bardi Chelsea Green
Planet
Change the Story, Change the
43. 2015 Future: A Living Economy for a David C. Korten Berrett-Koehler
Living Earth
On the Edge: The State and Fate
44. 2015 of the World's Tropical Claude Martin Greystone Books
Rainforests
45. 2015 To Choose Our Future Ashok Khosla Academic Foundation
Reinventing Prosperity: Managing
Economic Growth to Reduce
46. 2016 Graeme Maxton and Jorgen Randers Greystone Books
Unemployment, Inequality and
Climate Change
The Seneca Effect: Why Growth is
47. 2017 Ugo Bardi Springer
Slow but Collapse is Rapid
Come On! Capitalism, Short-
48. 2017 termism, Population and the Ernst von Weizsaecker and Anders Wijkman Springer
Destruction of the Planet
A Finer Future, Creating an L. Hunter Lovins, Stewart Wallis, Anders Wijkman
49. 2018 New Society Publishers
Economy in Service to Life & John Fullerton
Transformation Is Feasable, How
Jorgen Randers, Johan Rockström, Per Espen
to achieve the Sustainable
Stoknes, Ulrich Golüke, David Collste, and Sarah Global Challenges Foundation
50. 2018 Development Goals within
Cornell.
Planetary Boundaries.

Report freely accessible in PDF

Table 3: Club of Rome Reports from 2006 to 2018

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 Image 7: Reports of The Club of Rome, https://www.clubofrome.org/activities/reports/

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NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Nowadays The Club of Rome has nation-
al associations in 35 countries and territories (as seen in
Image 8). According to the Structures document found in
The Club of Rome archive each association acts as a relay
station for the Club’s ideas and activities and their mis-
sion is to spread the ideas and vision in their respective
countries, to offer solutions and to lobby for a more sus-
tainable and fair economy in their nations.11
THE CLUB OF ROME’S EVOLUTION
After 50 years of its creation, the Club of Rome
has clearly changed and evolved from what it was when
it was born. The organization was born with the specif-
ic mission of studying the situation of mankind and
the longer-term impact of accelerating economic, techno-
logical and other changes in an increasingly complex and
uncertain world, always with the global approach of the
Problematique in mind.
As it was written by Bertrand Schneider, former Secretary
General of the Club of Rome and consultant in Intelligence
and International Strategy and Development, in the docu-
ment The Club of Rome today and tomorrow 12 (see full doc-
ument on Image 9) after around 25 years of its founda-
tion, the original mission was still available but it has
also been enlarged including aims such as; identifying new
crucial issues when they appear, making all these issues
Image 8: National Associations’ map.
11. N.A. Structures. (CORA, n.d.)
12. Bertrand Schneider, The Club of Rome today and tomorrow, (CORA,1993).
known to major decision-makers and public opinion and
to initiate specific projects in fields in which bureaucracies
slow down or even block decision taking and action.
In the beginning, the Club was centered on studying just
the problems of the world’s situation, but this was no lon-
ger acceptable, they had to start worrying about actions
that would solve these problems. So in addition to the
Club of Rome approach of the global problematique that
has been a foundation for the club's development, a new
methodology or way of analyzing was included and adopt-
ed in the Club of Rome; the “world resolutique”.
Approaching the world problems as one, can be seen as
implying that there’s also only one corresponding global
solution to them at every level of world societies so to make
it clear and emphasize that this was not the approach of the
Club, Schneider explains that with the resolutique they are
not suggesting a method to attack all the elements of the
problematique in all its diversity and at the same time. The
Club of Rome proposes to act on the main elements con-
sidering the reciprocal impacts from each element to the
other elements.
With this in mind, it is possible to say that the Club of Rome
has evolved also on its activities and even though they are
various and multidisciplinary they have been ranked by
Schneider in 4 main areas (consult Diagram 2 pg 28):
1. Research and studies
2. Consulting to heads of State and in general decision
makers at all levels
3. Media and public awareness programs
4. Specific projects to resolve key problems
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26 Image 9: Bertrand Schneider, The Club of Rome today and tomorrow, (CORA, 1993), p1.
This categories have been valid from some time now and
are the recognizable also nowadays on the development of
the Club of Rome work and mission day by day. Finally to
talk about the future of the Club, by quoting Schneider “the
horizon is not the end of the path”, it can be said that the
idea would be to continue to work for longer-term think-
ing and continue to call for global will focusing on how the
world should gradually adapt their lifestyles around eco-
logical sanity, sustainable growth and solidarity.
Nowadays, in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary
of the Club of Rome, a two-day summit was held on Oc-
tober 17-18th of 2018 at the Istituto Patristico Augustini-
anum in Rome, Italy. The Conference’s aim was to expose
the critical problems that the humankind is facing today,
along with new ideas and initiatives developed to find a
solution, and purpose a more sustainable world. All pre-
sented by leading-edge speakers, both from outside and
from within the Club of Rome: academics, entrepreneurs,
intellectuals, policy makers and industrialists.
The 50th anniversary of the Club of Rome represents a
shift on the Organization, presenting for the first time two
women on the lead. With the vision of the new elected
presidents Mrs. Sandrine Dixson-Declève from Belgium
and Dr. Mamphela Ramphele from South Africa, the
CoR is pointing to innovate by finding smart ways of
spreading their word. Targeting to involve young peo-
ple, without leaving behind their classic point of view.
The Conference aimed at answering the difficult question
on why the world has not listened to the warnings of the
Club of Rome first report “The Limits to Growth” published
in 1972. The sessions revolved around:
1. Addressing a Planetary Emergency: Global Climate
Change
2. What Economy is Needed for a World of 10 Billion People?
3. Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
4. Prospects for Renewable Energy and a True Green Econ-
omy
5. Ensuring Humanity Survives the Anthropocene
6. Human Values for the Anthropocene”
(Club of Rome 2018)
During the conference, the Presidents stated:
“The latest IPCC report is a stark wake up call that the ex-
istential threat posed by climate change means ‘Business
as usual’ is no longer an option. We have to stop talking
about incremental actions and start promoting a vision for
transformation. The Club of Rome will take a leading role
in pushing the boundaries for feasible solutions and actions
that can deliver economic prosperity and the security of peo-
ple, nations and the planet in a time-frame consistent with
the science.”13, said Mrs. Sandrine Dixson Declève.
“The Club of Rome ought to be a catalyst for the emergence
of a new human civilization in harmony with nature, by
leveraging the complementary innovative capacities of the
network of networks of its members. In that context it is im-
portant to me to particularly influence engagement from my
own continent, Africa. We want to generate a new way of be-
coming a prosperous, sustainable continent which celebrates
human dignity and common good”, Said Dr. Mamphela
Ramphele.14
The newly elected co-presidents are expected to enhance
the Club of Rome efforts to translate thought leadership
into action as a response to the alarmingly growing eco-
logical crisis and the urgency in catalysing a new human
civilization that can live in harmony with nature. Focusing
on the root causes of the systemic crisis, defining and com-
municating the need for a new vision, paradigm change
and new economies that could produce real wealth and
well-being, without degrading the natural resources and
providing meaningful jobs and sufficient income for all
people.
In practice the Co-Presidents will further collaboration
with civil society, policy makers and the private sector and
expand membership to more youth and representation
from the South.
In addition, as many of the keynote lecturers said, is nec-
essary to make people understand to achieve transforma-
tion, when people is well informed and talk to other people
changes are made, collective action is what the world
needs. The Club of Rome has all the tools, but, they need
to put them to work.
13"Mrs. Sandrine Dixson Declève. Discourse at the 5oth Anniversary summit"
https://www.clubofrome.org/2018/10/21/new-co-presidents-of-the-club-of-
rome/
14 "Dr. Mamphela Ramphele. Discourse at the 5oth Anniversary summit"
https://www.clubofrome.org/2018/10/21/new-co-presidents-of-the-club-of-
rome/
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 CLUB OF ROME ACTIVITIES
AND OBJECTIVE S
Stimulate the conception of new Examine the profound
lines of policy that coping with the imbalances that define
world situation's and dynamics. today's problematique.
Persuade government sto Develop a models that reveals com-
consent, support, and encourage intensive ponents and interactions that are
dialogue with the scope of larger and dangerous for the future.
Advicing heads of Research and studies
State and decision
makers
Develop models that endeavor at
integrated policy-planning and
development of new institutions. CLUB OF ROME’S
ACTIVITIES AND
OBJECTIVES
Activities Projects to under-
Media and public
stand or solve
awareness
key world problems
Stimulate the public awarenes Objectives
through publications that spread
knowledge and lead to change. Construct a normative overview to clarify
thepolitical, social, economic, technological,
institutional, implications and consequences.
Diagram 2: Club of Rome's Activities and Objectives

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REMARKS
The Club of Rome is a really valuable organiza-
tion, that since the beginning and still nowadays believes
in making a change on the world’s predicament. The way
they approach and analyze the problems of the world
having always in mind that the world should be thinking
about the long-term future and the connection between
every action and aspects made by the humankind on the
earth is an example for today’s society that is focused only
on themselves.
Since the publication of The Limits to Growth in 1972,
they significantly contributed to the emergence of the
global environmental movement in the late 60s and be-
ginning of the 70s and alerted people all around the world
the, environmental pollution, dangers of climate change
and unlimited resource consumption. During their trajec-
tory, they have published 46 reports about the deep impact
on emerging environmental movement, and raise global
awareness of the urgent need to rethink human ac-
tivity on the planet, in a more sustainable, climate neutral
and environmental way.
To deepen on The Club of Rome, a special collection of
scanned relevant documents such as documents about
its foundation, mission, actions, members ans Limits to
Growth, was included on Appendix 1 (pg. 146):
- The Club of Rome official document, The predicament
of mankind Quest for Structured Responses to Growing
World-wide Complexities and Uncertainties
- Aurelio Peccei, Agenda for the end of the century - 1984
- Alexander King, Reaffirmation of a mission - 1986
- The Club of Rome official document, Some notes on its
origins and objectives
- The Club of Rome official document, Structure of the
Club of Rome
- Bertrand Schneider, The Club of Rome Today and To-
morrow
- Eduard Pastel, A short version of The limits to growth,
Abstract of The Limits to Growth(1972)
- Eleonora Barbieri Masini, The Legacy of Aurelio Peccei

They are committed to purpose a more sustainable fu-

ture for humankind, from a holistic, systemic and
long-term perspective. The global challenges facing hu-
manity are interconnected and cannot be tacked as singu-
lar, isolated events.

In its early years, The Club of Rome's aims were mostly

focused on the nature of the global problems, known as
the “problematique”, searching for new pathways for world
development. In the last years, The Club of Rome is focus-
ing on the root causes of the systemic crisis, defining and
communicating the need for a new vision, paradigm
change and new economies that could produce real wealth
and well-being, without degrading the natural resources
and providing meaningful jobs and sufficient income for
all people.

This project believes the aims of the Club of Rome are clear
and completely innovative for an institution and that their
belief that political action will follow only if pressured by
well-informed people is completely true, but with this in
mind it is easy to believe that they have the means to ex-
ploit this aspect, even more, arriving at a bigger population
and creating more awareness in the world.

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 CLUB OF ROME
SOURCES OF
INFORMATION
INTRODUCTION
The research work of the project was developed
divided into two related paths, desk and field research,
both of them being as important as the other and occur-
ring at the same time. As seen on the first part of the chap-
ter, in order to have a proper idea of the main topics of
work and their related concepts, an investigation about the
main core of the Club of Rome was carried out.
Alongside this research, to arrive to main focus of the
project, an analysis of the way the organization manages
their documentation and communication was needed to
fully comprehend the historical trace and path of the Club
of Rome but also to get to know their past in order to
understand their present and future, all of this was de-
veloped through a detailed revision of their existing infor-
mation sources which include their webpage, social media
and most importantly, the compilation of archives around
the world.
The research started with the Description of the Club of
Rome’s digital resources, where a detailed analysis of the
webpage and social media of the organizations was carried
out to understand the positive and negative aspects of the
current online material.
Apart from this, since the Club of Rome has always been a
global organization, their material and information are
spread all around the world. The members themselves can
be taken into account as living archives and besides this,
some of them have actual physical archives on their offices
or houses with material from the Club of Rome. Also, all
the reports published by the organization have all kinds
of background material that is not completely found at
the headquarter’s archive. Finally, there’s also been some
people around the world that have done some profound
investigations on the Club of Rome, that might have inter-
esting material on their archives. Therefore, it was of great
importance to have a general idea of the different archives
and materials of the organization and where they can be
found, as described in the Club of Rome’s archives around
the world, for a possibility in the future of the creation of a
network of archives.
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Subsequently, the project focused on the headquarter’s
archive because it is the most complete one and it was be-
lieved that it is more important to start by strengthening
the core of the organization to then give way to the oth-
er parts of the network. With a visit to the Club of Rome’s
headquarters in Winterthur, Switzerland the Description
of the Club of Rome’s archive was developed, in the first
contact with the physical archive a general description of
it was made, subsequently, concentrating on a detailed re-
search on the content of each folder, in order to understand
all the documents and information found on the archive.
The next step of the project was captured on the section
Valorization of the archive in which it was studied how to
give value to an archive, concluding with why and how
it would be important to develop a better solution for the
Club of Rome’s archive. Consequently, a gathering of data
procedure was carried out through digitalization to bring
together all the material that will become the base of the
project, this process is described in the section Digitaliza-
tion of the archive.
DESCRIPTION OF THE CLUB OF
ROME’S DIGITAL RESOURCES
The Club of Rome counts with various digital re-
sources that include a webpage, a Facebook page and
a Youtube account. The main webpage contains all the
information about the goal of the organization, their mem-
bers, history, reports and news, contact and donate options
and also the links to the other two digital resources. The
Facebook page keeps the interested people updated on
the current initiatives of the organization and the youtube
channel is centred more on interviews, lectures and pro-
grams.
Even though they have this sources up to date, they are
not at the level of professionalism as the organization be-
cause they are not being used in the best way, mainly as a
result of lack of information inclusion and visual de-
sign application, as seen on the next page.
 Breadcrumbs are included to
keep the user informed of the
path they followed.

Image 10: History time line, Club of Rome, retrieved from https://www.clubofrome.org/about-us/history/

The history explanation section looks for

an interactive way of explaining the more
important events of the organization.

The colors of the entire webpage are not

connected at all to the organization, seem
like they have been chosen randomly. Also
for such a serious and academic organi-
zation the colours and layout, although it
tries to be interactive, do not communi-
cate the level of professionalism that the
organization manages.

The layout of the texts is too long, which

make them difficult to read and do not
flow with the diagram in the upper part of
the page.

Image 11: Membership, Club of Rome, retrieved from https://www.clubofrome.org/membership/

The header contains the basic information

needed, such as the link to the social media, a
search bar and the contact and a donate option.

Even though the drop-down menu is good

and simple, in some cases the links to the
other pages are broken, which makes the
navigation difficult for the interested user.

Image 12: Projects, Club of Rome, retrieved from https://www.clubofrome.org/activities/projects/

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 CLUB OF ROME ARCHIVES
AROUND THE WORLD
The Club of Rome is an organization with its
headquarters situated on Winterthur, Switzerland. But as
it’s been said before, it is a global organization which mem-
bers and material are spread all around the globe. It’s
been found with a general investigation that in the world,
as seen on Image 13, there are at least 6 countries where
material and information about the Club of Rome can be
found. For this collection of the world’s archives different
types and classifications of archives were taken into ac-
count:
Members Living and Physical archives
The Members’ category of archives is divided in
two types of archives; Actual members that has
been taken into consideration since the organiza-
tion's members can be seen as living archives because of
all their knowledge about the organization’s history and
development. The exact location of each living archive
has not been included on the map because the majority of
them are constantly moving around the world, but in the
members section found in the previous pages a map with
the different nationalities of the map can be appreciated.
The other type of archives are the Physical Archives of the
current members of the Club of Rome that has been in-
cluded in the map based on the some members that have
their own physical archives at home or on their offices,
with information that can be liked to the Club of Rome.
- Gunter Pauli’s material. (South Africa)
- Jorgen Randers’ material. (Norway)
- Ernest von Weizsacker’s material. (Germany)
- Ugo Bardis’ archive (Italy)
Former members’ physical archives
The former members’ archive category was cre-
ated because some former members actually have
their own physical archives at home or on their
offices that can be linked to the Club of Rome, because of
the work they did on reports or linked to projects of the
organization.
- Donella Meadows and Dennis Meadows archives (USA)
- Bertrand Schneider Archive (France)
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Reports’ archives
The reports’ archive category was included be-
cause the background of some reports might
not be found in the main archive, but it might be
available on different archives or repositories around the
world.
- MIT’s Limits to Growth Archive (USA)
Associations’ Archives
The associations’ archive category includes the
national associations and other associations
linked to the organization that have important
material and publications of the Club of Rome's work and
initiatives.
- European Research Center Archive (Germany)
- Aurelio Peccei Foundation’s Archive (Italy)
Researchers’ archives
The researchers’ archive category was created to
include the people around the world that have
done investigations and research about members,
reports, or general historical information of the Club of
Rome and have their own archives with material that can
be linked to the organization.
- Enrico Cerasuolo’s material for the production of The
Last Call. (Italy)
Main archive
The main archive category was included with the
intentions of adding to the mapping process the
Winterthur’s headquarters archive, which can be
consider the main archive of the Club of Rome since now-
adays is the most complete and accessible.
- Winterthur’s headquarters Main Archive (Switzerland)
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Image 13: Map of the Club of Rome’s related archives around the world.

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 WINTERTHUR’S MAIN ARCHIVE

After the analysis and research of the archives

linked to the Club of Rome around the world, the focus
of the project was directed to the main archive found on 1. ARCHIVE
Winterthur’s headquarters, since it is the most complete DESCRIPTION
and accessible.

To understand in depth and have a true knowledge of the

Winterthur’s archive content and value, various field and
desk research were carried out. During these research, a
process of 4 different steps was put through, divided be-
tween the archive description, archive valorization, a sys-
temic analysis and the archive digitalization, as seen on the
diagram.

The archive description was done during the field’s re-

search and it consisted on getting to know what the main
archive was made of, a wide review of the shelves, binders 2. SYSTEMIC
and boxes of the archive to have a general idea of the ar- ANALYSIS
chive consistency. After that, the systemic analysis was
carried out, to have a holistic analysis of the actual situa-
tion of the archive and understand the weakness of it by
studying and highlighting its problems and issues, starting
by the most general ones and getting to the most detailed
ones.

Subsequently, after knowing the problems, the archive

valorization was carried out by making a background re-
search and based on a valorization criteria of the General
Archive of Mexico, to understand what is the real value
and importance of the main archive and how to make the
most of it based on the organization’s goals, interests and 3. ARCHIVE
capacities.
VALORIZATION
Finally, after analyzing the problems and the value of
the archive it was concluded that a digitalization pro-
cess was the next step to improve the archive and fulfill the
needs of the organization, since it would bring order to the
archive, it would enable an easier consultation and would
make the goal of spreading knowledge more effective
and open to the world.

4. ARCHIVE
DIGITALIZATION

Diagram 3: Club of Rome Winterthur’s Archive analysis

and research process.

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1. Description of the CoR's archive Archive analysis
During the field research on the Club of Rome’s
Archive’s consistency headquarters, a general study of the state of the archive was
developed and also more detail analysis and observation
The Club of Rome Archive is found in a room
process of the content of the binders was produced. After
dedicated to it in the headquarters of the organization in
listing all the binders found on the archive, it was noted
Winterthur, Switzerland. Currently, this archive is closed
that there were some binders related to others by its con-
to the public on a daily basis, but it is possible to consult the
tent or that already had the same label, therefore, a classi-
majority of the files by making an appointment. There are
fication was created starting with the decision of grouping
others specific files that are confidential and might need an
binders creating the following 13 general categories:
extra permit or explanations of the consultation reasons.
The archive is composed of 153 binders that reunite all
- Anniversary (A): Contains 3 binders with material
the information with the scope of keeping a record of the
about the reunions that celebrate the date on which the in-
history of the club. Each binder contains approximately
stitution was founded.
15 documents for a total of around 2,300 documents
in the archive, with documents that vary from 10 to 20
- Budget (B): Contains 8 binders with material about the
pages each, in addition to a box of media containing pic-
finances of the organization, including accounting, strate-
tures, CDs, DVD and movies in VHS and video cassettes
gies and fundraising.
formats. The archive’s material and documents are written
mainly in English but there are also some files written in
- Communication (C): Contains 14 binders with ma-
French, Spanish, German, Japanese and Arab.
terial about the visual aids of the organization including
press-releases, website content, and other media used for
activities and conferences.

- Conferences (CO): Contains 35 binders with material

about the formal meetings of the organization.

Image 14: Winterthur’s physical archive room.

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 - European Support Centre (E): Contains 5 binders
with material about the Europe national associations that
support the organization.
- General Assembly (G): Contains 5 binders with ma-
terial about the internal year meeting of the organization.
- Historical Documents (H): Contains 9 binders with
material about the foundation of the organization and its
first developments and activities.
- Limits to Growth (L): Contains 3 binders with mate-
rial about the first and most important report of the orga-
nization.
- Members (M): Contains 30 binders with material about
the active and former members, staff and other important
information.
- Members’ Executive Committee (ME): Contains 15
binders with material about the leading figure of the orga-
nization.
- Structures (S): Contains 2 binders with material about
the partners and supporters of the organization.
Table 4: Classification of the Club of Rome’ archive folders. (Complete document on Appendix 2 pg 188)
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- Works (W): Contains 16 binders with material about
the articles, reports, projects, papers and contributions
produced by the organization.
- Others (O): Contains 8 binders with material about dif-
ferent topics with a few amounts of documents that are not
enough to create a new category.
Each general category was given a letter or two and then
they were divided into different groups of folders labelled
based on their content also giving them a letter or group
of letters, each group of folders has been divided later into
sub-folders labelling them with a date or the general con-
tent, and giving them a number to create the coding classi-
fication of the binders. An example of the classification and
content of the first three categories is given on Table 4, to
see the complete classification catalogue refer to Appendix
2 (pg 188). Following, an example of the coding system:
BINDER CODE: B-A1
Category: Budget (B)
Folder group: Accounting and receipts (A)
Folder title: 2005 - 2007 (1)
Archival Media

18
Videocassette UCA 60:

17
- The Nature of Things, The Club of Rome, December 3,

16
1973

15
Audio:

13 14
- Club of Rome 12
- Club of Rome 19

12
VHS:

11
- “Reasons to live and to hope in the New Global Society”,

9 10
The Club of Rome, Conference XX anniversary, Paris Oc-
tober 1988

8
- HRH Prince Hassan at The Club of Rome 2002 Annu-

7
al conference, Bilkent University, Ankara 27-28 October,

6
2002, 1/4

5
- HRH Prince Hassan at The Club of Rome 2002 Annu-

4
al conference, Bilkent University, Ankara 27-28 October,

3
2002, 2/4

2
HRH Prince Hassan at the Ghandi, King, Ikeda exhibition

1
The Club of Rome Meeting in Amman 7 Oct, 2003

0
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
Time gaps analysis
In addition to the classification, a data-based re-

YEARS (1972-2018)
search was made, because even though the archive was cre-
ated with the organization in 1968, an important amount
of files of the first decades were not archived, another sig-
nificant amount has been lost over the years when the Club
of Rome changed location between Rome, Paris, Hamburg
and finally Winterthur, and others are not being archived

72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
nowadays. It was considered of great importance to under-

Table 5: Comparison between the years and the existing files in the CoR’s physical archive.
stand the years with and without information, so in the
future, a gap-filling procedure can be easily started.

A graph comparing the 13 categories with the years from

1972 (the oldest document found) until 2018 (present
year) was made to understand the dates variation of the
files on the archive as seen on Table 5.
After analyzing the first graph, its easy to conclude, as
found on Table 6, that the years with more files for each
category are from the late ’90s to the first decade of the
millennium, around 2009. And the years with fewer files
**Members' Executive Commitee

are the ones of the beginning of the Club’s development

*European Support Centre

and also the last few years, but this is empty because files
are still being used by the organization.

In the other hand, as seen on Table 7, the categories with

more files archived over the years are Communica-
tion, Conferences and Works, with files approximately
Works CoR
Anniversary

Conferences

ESC*

Structures

Others
Members

MEC**
Limits To Growth
General Assembly
Communication

Historical Documents
Budget

from the beginning of the organization until the last de-

cade. The categories with fewer files with a date or archived
over the years are Anniversary, European Support Centre,
Limits to Growth and Structures. CATEGORIES

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 Anniversary
Budget
Communication
Conferences
ESC*
General Assembly
CATEGORIES

Historical Documents
Limits To Growth
Members
MEC**
Structures
Works CoR
Others
72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
YEARS (1972-2018)
*European Support Centre
Table 6: Years with more**Members'
existingExecutive Commitee
files for each category in the CoR’s physical archive. Made by the authors.
Anniversary
Budget
Communication
Conferences
ESC*
General Assembly
CATEGORIES

Historical Documents
Limits To Growth
Members
MEC**
Structures
Works CoR
Others
72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
YEARS (1972-2018)
*European Support Centre
**Members' Executive Commitee
Table 7: Categories with more existing files over the years in the CoR’s archive. Made by the authors.

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2. Systemic Analysis of the CoR's archive problems that the main archive has (as seen on the dia-
gram below), taking into account the way it relates with the
systems outside the organization but mostly its relation
As it has been said before, the project was decided
with the organization and its needs.
to be approached by a systemic design thinking meth-
odology that allows delineating the inputs and outputs
The main problem that was found on the review of the
that flow within the organization system and also its con-
archive was the abandonment and lack of interest of
nections and relations with other systems.
the organization towards the archive, not giving it the val-
ue and importance that it deserves. A consequence of the
The principal objective of the project is to create network-
main issue mentioned above is the serious lack of archival
ing connections between the elements of the system in
management that the physical archive presents nowadays.
order to give value to the organization through the valo-
This lack of management might be also due to the exis-
rization of its material and information and through the
tence of incomplete information channels between the
enhancement of their identity and history. In this case
organization which produces various issues such as the
the system inside the organization that has been studied
lack of organization, lack of folders categorization, lack of
in detail, to optimize and organize all the actors and parts,
inventory and not nominated material which produces a
was the main archive found in Winterthur’s headquarters;
disinformation of the material content on the archive the
taking into account all the components that make part of
different uses it can have and advantages it can give to the
it, its relationship with the organization, its value for it and
Club of Rome but also to the general public.
its connection to other systems outside the Club of Rome.
In addition to this, the archive does not have a good con-
First of all, it was important to have a holistic vision that
servation environment which is a consequence of the lack
allows the understanding of the situation as seen on the
of control in the climatic conditions but also a lack of reg-
last section, to have a general idea of the actual consistency
ulations for the consultation of the material. Also, other is-
of the archive and how to create a virtuous network of
sues that the archive has, is the different uses that the room
relationships between the different flows of information
has, including shelves with office material that should not
and material.
be in there and last but now least, there is no connection
with the archives found around the world with material
Subsequently, to understand how to enhance the identity
and content important for the Club of Rome history and
and actually produce development and well-being for the
identity.
Club of Rome, it was necessary to analyze the networks of

Lack of Fungus and mold

interest
Yellow stains
Documents that
dont’s belong Bad climatic
conditions

Lack of Folds and creases

organization
Bad consulting
Bad conservation regulations
Folders made
environment
randomly
Lack of
folders categorization

CLUB OF ROME’S
PHYSICAL ARCHIVE No connection with related
archives around the world
Lack of inventory
No content
knowledge
Multiple uses for
the archive room
Not nominated material

Not related archive

material
Not labeled Pictures with
folders no date or place

Lack of archival management

Diagram 4: Winterthur’s Archive problems and issues analysis diagram.

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 3. Valorization of the CoR's archive
To understand how to give value to an archive it
was decided to carried out a background research about
the existing theories or methods on archive valoriza-
tion, as explained on the first section, subsequently, based
on a valorization criteria of the General Archive of Mex-
ico15, a document that contained a synthesis of the valori-
1
zation criteria history around the world, and also included
a questionnaire, that was answered in order to understand
deeply the characteristics of the Club of Rome archive and
exactly how or where value can be given to it.
Background
Based on the historical document for the val-
orization of archives of the General Archive of Mexico, it
made possible to understand that currently the criteria
that rule the valorization of an archive is mainly based
on the American archival techniques, but its origins
come from Britain and Germany. In order to make an
analysis of the modern archival valorization techniques is
necessary to understand first the German and the British
techniques.
In Germany the idea of archiving documents dates back
to the 19th century; in 1832 they started to use the tables
for documentary selection and since 1858 it was forbidden
to delete government documents without the knowledge
of the archival authorities. For German scholars, archiving
was a discipline that allowed a sensible, planned, organized
and efficient selection of all those archives that gave testi-
mony of each and every one of the components of society.
The phrase “Give value to conserve” was the guiding
line for the German archivists, based in the use of the ar-
chives, the importance of the producing organism, the ar-
chives as a testimony of the society or organization and the
inventory of the archives. This last one, the inventory of
the archives, was a huge contribution to the modern val-
orization of archives establishing 3 basic rules on how to
organize and give value to each document:
1. The age of the documents
2. The informative content of the documents
3. The hierarchical or classification order
On the other hand, the English archivists guiding line
was “Give value to eliminate”. From its origins, the En-
glish archival methods were ruled by the administration
of the files because England faced the problem of excess
of documents early in history. In 1877 the Public Offices
15. Translated from Spanish. Archivo General de la Nación México, El proceso
de valoración documental (2003), www.agn.gob.mx/menuprincipal/archivistica/
reuniones/2003/rna/pdf/0013.pdf
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Registration Act authorized the destruction of documents
after 1715 that did not have value for their legal, historical,
genealogical or antiquarian use. The Grigg Committee, es-
tablished in 1952 for the study of a selection of documents,
created a new method based on 2 criteria, management
and historical. With this method documents where first
selected and archived after 5 years of its creation based on
their value for the administrative part of the organization
and then after 25 years based on the value for the history
of the organization.
After understanding the German and English ideas, is
possible to get to the synthesis of the process of valoriza-
tion generated by the Americans. The contribution of the
American archivist consists of taking advantage of the de-
bates made by the European to create new criteria and new
ways of seeing the topic. For starters, two basic ideas on
the valorization matter are first to get rid of the duplicates
and second to understand the magnitude of defining the
permanent value, defined by the value that the institutions
give to the files and the utility that they have for the institu-
tion. To judge this utility is important to have in mind the
characteristics, the density and the qualitative value of the
information of the files.162
The criteria for selection and valorization were created by
Schellenberg on the 60s, by declaring that documents have
primary and secondary values. The primary value is the
one it has for the original institution; related to legal, fi-
nancial or administrative values. The secondary value
talks about the value a document has for the investigation
field and is divided into two types; testimonial value
(information about the history, the organization and the
function of the institution) and informative value (infor-
mation useful for general investigations). Helen Samuels
created a documentation strategy with the help of Richard
J. Cox on the article “Agenda to improve the identification
and conservation of collections of lasting value” to compre-
hend the characteristics and use of archives in topics such
as:
- Creation, management and use of archives by the cre-
ators.
- The value of the documents for the secondary users.
- An extensive documentary report to determine the val-
ue of the archival materials.
- Identification of the impact made by the technological
information.
To finalize, its important to mention the archive valoriza-
tion written on the book by Boles and Young, in which they
divide the valorization criteria in three basic modules:
16. Translated from Spanish. Philip Brooks, La selección de los registros para su
preservación, (n.d.).
- Criteria linked to the value of the information.
- Criteria related to the conservation costs.
- Criteria linked to the consequences of the decision that
will result from the valuation.173
Based on this investigation it was decided to choose the
American method of valorization since it is the most
updated and it takes what’s best from the European meth-
ods to make new criteria. Consequently, the criteria basic
modules questions where answered to understand how
and where was possible to give value to the Club of Rome’s
archive.
Valorization Criteria
Valorization of the information
1. Circumstances of creation:
Location of the organization: Where is it located institu-
tionally and hierarchically the generating office of the in-
formation?
The principal headquarter is in Winterthur but there are
members generating information on more than 30 nations
around the world.
Activities of the unit: What are the specific functions of the
unit generator?
The Club of Rome conducts research, host debates, confer-
ences, lectures, high-level meetings,events and publishes
reports.
Archive function: (Within the context of the unit) What
does the archive mean for the organization? How are the
files interlaced with its functions?
At the moment it is not totally integrated with the func-
tions of the organization and it is not given the importance
that it should. The archive is made and kept by the organi-
zation but it is not used on its full potential.
2. Content analysis
Practical limitations: Are the files decipherable, coherent
and clear?
In general the files are decipherable, coherent and clear
but some of the files are written by hand, damaged by the
humidity, mold and coffee stains that difficult its compre-
hension.
Duplicate information: Determine if the information is
duplicated on another type of medium or if it is duplicated
among the files of the archive.
Some information is photocopied, but is conserved on the
same folder.
17. Frank Boles, Julia Marks Young, The Appraisal of University Administrative
Records, (1985).
Gap in time: Do the archives really cover the expectations
of a certain period?
In the years that there is recorded information, it covers
the expectation of the period, however, there are many
years of missing information.
Generator-topic relationship: Is there a direct or indirect
relationship between the generator of the files and the top-
ic?
The relationship is completely direct, the topic of the ma-
terial is directly related to the organization.
Level of detail: Is the information superficial or deep?
The information available is deep and detailed.
Characteristics of the information: What type of questions
does the information in the archives answer? (Why, How,
What, Where, Who?)
There is all type of information on the archive, so all type of
questions are answered in different ways.
Quality of the information: What is the relationship be-
tween this information and the extensive universe of in-
formation? Is it new or verifies assumptions that have
previously been documented, or complements existing
information?
The information provided by The Club of Rome is either
new because they are constantly publishing reports about
the situation of humanity, or can complement information
already given by similar organizations.
3. Use of the files
Interest on the researcher: Are there people interested in
consulting the information in the files?
Yes, apart from the organization members, the informa-
tion can be useful for a lot of people (students, professors,
investigators,accademics) in the context.
Access restrictions: Determine the existence of possible
limitations for access to the information recorded in the
files or the need to impose measures for the access.
In general a limitation is that the information is found on
the principal headquarter and an appointment is need to
have access to it. In the other hand, some files are confiden-
tial and only some members of the organization can have
access to them.
Costs
1. Storage
Quantity: How much space do the files need?
At the principal headquarter in Winterthur there is a lim-
ited space dedicated for the archive.
Type: What characteristics needs the place where the ar-
chives will be safeguard?
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 It might need a better organization and display mode, be-
cause there some files that are being damaged by mold,
others such as press cuttings are being kept on folders that
difficult their reading and also there are a lot of stuff found
in the room that does not belong to the archive.
2. Processing and conservation
Experience level: Depending on the nature of the files and
their possible conservation problems, determine what lev-
el of expertise is required for the management of the infor-
mation and the possible solutions.
A high level of expertise is not necessary, however there’s
the need for some knowledge about the topic, a clear orga-
nization that makes it easy for everyone to understand and
the desire to keep the archive functioning.
Amount of work: Determine the amount of work required
for the description of the files and to carry out the mea-
sures taken to allow conservation.
At least a month is needed to start with the basic descrip-
tion of the files in order to achieve a detailed record of
what’s on the archive and understand the needs for con-
servation.
Supply costs: Determine the cost of supplies required to
carry out the processing and conservation measures.
The basic cost for this period include the salary of the ar-
chivists and the stationary material for the organization of
the files.
Conclusions
In conclusion, to achieve a proper valorization of
the archive it is vital to follow some steps, starting by cre-
ating consciousness among the organization, making them
comprehend the potential value and importance of the
current and future material. Sequentially, is necessary to
establish new rules and processes for the management of
the content, in order to have a clear and organized archive
that would be easy to understand by everyone. This would
be an exhausting and long work, at least a month is needed
to start with the basic description, but it would be worth it
because it will be easier to maintain and use the physi-
cal archive, permitting to proceed to the next valorization
step, the digitalization.
This new online resource would represent various advan-
tages for the organization, such as connecting members,
that can use and complement the resource, from around
the world. Facilitating the spread of information between
the organization, and making a fully functional and updat-
ed source of information for all the scholars, investigators
and people interested on The Club of Rome.

3. Reference
Level of experience: What level of knowledge is required to
provide physical and intellectual access to the information
contained in the archive once it is created.
A high level of expertise is not necessary, however there’s
the need for some knowledge about the topic, a clear or-
ganization that makes it easy for everyone to understand.

Amount of work: Determine the amount of work required

to adopt the measures to provide optimal physical and in-
tellectual access to the archive once it is created.
Once the archive is created there is not much work to do
apart from organizing new material and being there for the
people interest on visiting it.

Implications of the implementation

1. Implementation
In case the valorization recommendations are implement-
ed, what precedents should be established, reaffirmed, or
changed in the institution in relation to the archive?
Is necessary to establish new rules and processes for the
management of the material for the archive, in order to
keep it updated and fully functional, people from the or-
ganization need to understand the potential value and im-
portance of it.

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4. Digitization of the CoR's archive
After organizing the content of the archive as seen
on the Description of Winterthur’s Archive section to un-
derstand what the actual content of the archive is and then
having a clear idea of where the value of the Club of Rome
archive is and how to potentiate it as seen in the last sec-
tion, it was decided to proceed to the next step; the digiti-
zation process.
In order to carry out a detailed digitization process, a group
9 binders from the archive were selected. These binders
contain 214 documents that represent the 10% of the
total archive and were chosen based on the criteria of
choosing only public documents and not institutional pri-
vate information, in addition to selecting the binders that
were more complete in terms of the amount of content and
lack of time gaps. Subsequently, every folder followed the
process described next on this section, taking into account
only the documents written in English.
Selected folders
Enlistment:
1. Listed and entered in the database the inventory record
of each file on the folder.
2. Separated the documents that did not correspond to the
folder (these documents were not scanned and where left
at the beginning of the folder).
3. Verified the accuracy of file foliation and always kept it
in order.
4. Removed bends and materials that were not part of the
documentation.
5. Decontaminated the records with biological contamina-
tion.
6. Removed metallic material.
7. Joined tears and fragments of support with tape on the
backside of the document.
Capture:
1. Used automatic scanner for digital capture in 300 dpi
and 600 dpi (Documents in excellent state were scanned at
300 dpi and the resolution was increased if the documents
presented conservation problems).
2. Saved the files on PDF format for consultation and dis-
semination purposes.

Anniversary Category: Identification:

- Texts 1998 (A-X1) 1. Labeled each file with the name and author (if needed),
sub-folder, folder and category.
Conferences Category:
- Tokyo 1982 (CO-A1) Quality control:
- 1980/1992 (CO-V1) 1. Controlled the quality of the images, to guarantee the
legibility and integrity.
Works CoR Category: 2. Guaranteed the normal and total reading of the docu-
- Articles I (W-A1) ment on the monitor and at 100% size.
- Papers I (W-P1) 3. Compared each image to the real document verify its
- CoR Members (W-P2) quality.
- Projects and Papers III (W-PP3) 4. Checked that the images do not have dot, scratches or
spots generated in the scanner that could have affected the
Limits to Growth Category: readability.
- 1972 (L-L1) 5. Checked the orientation of the file and rotated it if nec-
- Press Cuttings (L-P1) essary.

Digitization process Storage:

1. Saved the image and the database in different storage
A database was created to fill during the units to keep it save.
digitization process in order to have a detailed list of the
content of the archive. Table 8, found on the next page, is Metadata:
an example for the folder “Tokyo Annual Conference 1. Included to the database 2 to 10 descriptive metadata,
on 1982” and the conferences from the “1980-1992” according to the characteristics of the document.
folder (to see the complete database refer to the Appendix
3 pg 190). The digitization steps that follow on this section Scan techniques:
were done based on the document Minimum Digitization 1. Applied OCR to generate text layer of the document.
Requirements184 from the General Archive of Colombia
and it was repeated with each folder mentioned on the sec-
tion above.
18. For the exact information on the digitization technique see Appendix 4 pg
194.

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 CONFERENCES

FOLDER GROUP FOLDER TITLE DATA PLACE NAME AUTHOR SCANNED CONTENT

Tokyo 1982 Approaching the 21st Century: Global Problems

Annual Conferences 1982 Tokyo Mohamed Kassas X The Global Biosphere: Conservation for survival
and Human Choices
Mr. Pentti Malaska Coping with unpredictability and uncertainty of the future
Sesion 1: Opening Adresses, Keynote Speeches Koji Kobayashi X Opening Adresses
Saburo Okita X Keynote Speeches
Sesion 2: Possible Measures for the Solution of
Mohamed Kassas X The Global Biosphere: Conservation for survival
the World Problematique
Y. Kaya, H. Kobayashi, S.
Kondo, Y. Suzuky, T. Tanaka X Management of global environmental issues
and Y. Murota
Session 3: Reform of Industrial Society Yukio Noguchi X From the Viewpoint of the Role of Government
From the Viewpoint of the Role of Enterprise "The Process of
Dr. Hugo Thieman Transition to the symbiotic societal enterprice - The transitional
X enterprise"
Session 4: Automation and Information Society Adam Schaff X The social consequences of microelectronic revolution
Hiroshi Inose and John R. Pierce X Information Technology and Civilization
F. A. Bernasconi X Automation and the Information Society Informatics for Development
Population Growth, Migration, And Rural Urban Problems in
Session 5: Human Settlement Claurio Stern
X Developing Countries
Open Session T. Renald Ide X Implications for Individuals in an Information Society
Ervin Laszlo X The Regional and Interregional Approach to the World Problematique
Andre Van Dam X Waste not, Want not
Gerald O. Barney X Report of the Research Program of the Woodlands Conferences, Inc

Various 1980 - 1992 June 1980 Athens Western Europe and the Arabic World Draft "Europe and the Arabic East"
Mr. Carlos Robles Piquer X Speech
"Toward a structured long-term cooperation between europe and the
Aurelio Peccei
X arab world" Introductory Remarks
June 1980 Athens Western Europe and the Arabic World (French)
October 1981 Jouy en Josas Club of Rome Special Meeting X (French) Participants Club de Rome
A proposal related to the Implications of Microelectronics for Less
T. R. IDE
X Developed Countries
Adam Schaff Letter (President of the board of directors)
Maurice Guernier (French) Réunion de cinq membres francais du Club de Rome
Maurice Guernier X 6 Proposals to the Club of Rome
Maurice Guernier (French) Club of Rome/CEE Proposal to Edgard Pisani
Andre Danzin (French) Elements de reflexion pour gouverner l'incertitude
Roberto Vacca X Note no. 2 and Note no. 1
Hugo Thieman X Proposal for Future Activities and Projects
Ricardo Diez Hochleitner X Avenues of action for the future
Daniel Janssen (French) Proposition pour action du club de rome
P. Piganiol (French) Perpectives pour le club de rome
Robert Lattès X Three suggestions or remarks
Federico Mayor X Document
Bertrand Schneider (French) Email to Madame Janine Satre
(French) Reciept Centre de Recherches et d'etudes des chefs
d'entreprise
October 1981 Sevilla Euro-Arab Dialogue X List of Participants
Aurelio Peccei X Informal Note "Heads of agreement for further action"
January 1983 Tunes Meeting (French) Bertrand Schneider Note convernant le projet de rapport au club de rome
Renö Lenoir Le tiers monde peut se nourrir
may. 1983 Kuwait Club of Rome Meeting X List of Participants
September 1983 Budapest Food for six billions X Press Release
X List of Participants
Dr. Khalid Tahsin Ali X "The situation on the Arab World"
Miguel Urrutia X "Natural Agricultural Policies and World Hunger"
Jozsef Bognar X "Trade and Financial Factors of World Food Crisis"
"The need for global approach. Global food problem: Elements of long
Academician J. M. Gvishiani
X term development strategy"
Fernando de Elzaburu X "Information society"
Prof. Tiberiu Muresan X The decisive factor of food production growth
Professor Dr. G. v. Kortzfleisch,
Dr. Y. Diarra and Dr. G. P. "Socio-eonomic Consequences of Irrigation Investments Towards Food
Gupta X Self-Reliance in Developing Countries"
October 1985 Salzburg Aurelio Peccei's Meeting Aufsteieg und verfall einer guten idee (German Newspaper article)
X Draft programme
Governor of Salzburg Letter to Mr ScheidnerSa
X Salzburg List
Bertrand Schneider X "Small Scale Development for Two Billion of Rural Villagers" (2 copies)
Belisario Betancur X "Peace as a way to reconcile man to his own fate"
Gunter A. Pauli X Opening Speech
(German) Kurzbiografie Alexander King (Short biography)
"The way ahead" Summary of a speech by Alexander KIng (president
X of the club of rome)
Elisabeth Mann Borgese X Remarks
Conference Report "The Grassroots Approach to Development - The
July 1990 Tokyo The world NGO conference
X International Role of Japan"
X List of Participants
(French) Programme de la Conférence
X Programme of the conference
Specified List of participants
(French) Document on whats the Club of Rome
The Contribution of Science and Technology to
Sept - Oct 1990 Berlin Programme of the conference
Global Environment Policy X
X Summary Report
Project of The Club of Rome "Mobilizing Science and Technology to
X face Global Challenges"
Proposal: "The Japanese Experience with the Innovation Process and
X its International Implication"
Martin Lees Summary Report
Programme on "Mobilizing Science and Technology to face Global
X Challenges"
X List of Participants
Working Paper "Ethics and the Environment: Themes and Constructs
Joel H. Rosenthal
X
Mr. M. Kulessa X Draft Report on the conference
Manfred Maxneef X Project Notes
Systems Analysis of the Development in a New Structure of
X Constraints (Proposals and Some Backgrounds)
1990 - 1991 Hanover International Partnership Initiative (IPI) (German) Invitation - All information
(German) Programme of the conference

Table 8: Content of the Club of Rome’ archive folders. (Complete document on Appendix 3 pg 190)

44
Author’s analysis
After scanning the files on the 9 folders chosen
and enlisting all the documents on the database, an analy-
sis of the content to classify the information and material
was carried out. It was noted that there was a big amount
of authors, exactly 164, and a lot of them were constant and
had written more than one document so, to have an idea of
the amount, repetition and variety of authors a graph com-
paring the authors and the number of written documents
was developed as seen on Table 9 (taking into account only
the authors that had written more than one document.)
Subsequently, analyzing the graph, from the total amount
of 164 authors, a group of 42 people are the ones that had
written more than one document and of those 42 authors,
the majority have written between 2 or 3 files found on the
binders scanned. Also, the authors that have written the
most are, with 16 documents, Bertrand Schneider; For-
mer Secretary General of the Club of Rome, consultant in
Intelligence and International Strategy and Development.
Followed by Federico Mayor, member of The Club of
Rome and scientist, scholar, politician and diplomat, with
9. In last, Alexander King, a founding member of the
Club of Rome and Scottish scientist with 7 documents.

Aga Khan Sadruddin

Behrens William W.
Betancur Belisario
Brunnhuber Stefan
Cleveland Harland
Colombo Umberto
Danzin Andre
Diez Hochleitner Ricardo
Dror Yehezkel
Foy Nancy
Furgler Kurt
Gianni Orio
Guernier Maurice
Heden Carl-Goran
Herrera Felipe
Ibrahim Anwar
Jaguaribe Helio
Kassas Mohamed
AUTHORS

King Alexander
Konig Cardinal
Lasylo Ervin
Lemma Aklilu
Lesourne J.
Lewis Anthony
Locke Brian
Malaska Pentti
Mann Borgese Elisabeth
Mayor Federico
Meadows Dennis L.
Meadows Donella H.
Nana-Sinkam Samuel C.
Peccei Aurelio
Prigogine Ilya
Prince Bin Talal El Hassan
Randers Jorgen
Renald Ide T.
Schaff Adam
Schneider Bertrand
Sterling Claire
Tamames Ramon
Thieman Hugo
Van Dieren Wouter
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS (1972 - 2013)

Table 9:Comparison between the authors and the number of files written in the CoR’s physical archive.

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 COLLECTIVE ACCESS SOFTWARE A tree data structure: can be defined as a collection of
nodes (starting at a root node in the case of the Archive,
with the series), where each node is a data structure con-
sisting of a value ( Set of Dossiers), together with a list of
references to nodes (the "children"in this case binders)

For the development of the project, this software was used

CollectiveAccess Logo, retrieved from: https://collectiveaccess.org/
CollectiveAccess is free open-source software for manag-
ing and publishing archival collections.
" portant information such as the reference number, data,
The two main components of CollectiveAccess are Provi-
dence, the core cataloging and data management applica-
tion, and Pawtucket, an optional "front-end" publication
and discovery platform.
Providence provides a relational approach to cataloging that
allows users to create and describe relationships between dif-
ferent record-types, and construct hierarchical relationships
for complex collections. Nuanced search and browse tools,
advanced display and reporting tools, batch edit and import
capabilities, superior media-handling and more enable users
to catalogue almost anything.
to create the tree structure of the archive, a visual form of
the catalog that shows how the archive is organized in real
life. It is composed by Series, dossiers, binders, and docu-
ments.
For each binder, a record card form was filled in with im-
consistency, language, content, authors, georeference and
linked files.
This software allows a creation of a database of all docu-
ments and authors, it also allows to download all the ac-
cessed information and exported to other archival man-
agement software.
Is possible to publish the Tree structure and create a web
page, and insert metadata for each document, that would
redirect people to the published information when using
search engines.

For publicly accessible collections, Pawtucket offers the web
presentation tools that can bring an archive to light."19 1
For the management of CollectiveAccess or any inventory
software is necessary to understand some Basic concepts
based on the Glossary of Records Management Terms20,
such as:
The use or archival management software serves to:
- Reduce the potential for inefficiencies and errors
- Creates guidelines for the creation of the inventory
- Support comprehension and understanding of the infor-
mation

File Series: A set of documents all having the same subject.

For example, invoices, purchase orders, resumes, job descrip-
tions, and meeting minutes are all different series (class) of
documents.

Format: The physical form in which material appears –

books, slides, photographs, film, recordings, etc

Public Record: All documents, papers, letters, maps,

books, tapes, photographs, computer based or generated in-
formation, or similar material prepared and maintained or
received in the course of the operation or a public office or
agency.

Records Inventory: A survey of records to determine the

size, scope, and intricacy of the department/agency’s records.
It should include the record series, inclusive dates, types of
records, quantity, arrangement, & description.
19. "Features", CollectiveAccess, https://collectiveaccess.org/features
20. "Glossary of Records Management Terms", https://registrar.gsu.edu/
files/2013/02/rmgormt.pdf

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CORA COLLECTIVE ACCESS
INVENTORY

CORA archive Series

Tree structure

Dossier

Binder
Image 15: CORA Tree data structure

Linked file

Binder Name
Document
data
Consistency
Language
Code number

Content

Authors

Image 16: Binder record card

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 CLUB OF ROME
50TH
ANNIVERSARY
COMMUNITY INSIGHTS FOR
THE PROJECT
INTRODUCTION
In commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of
the Club of Rome, a two-day summit was held on Octo-
ber 17-18th of 2018 at the Istituto Patristico Augustinia-
num in Rome, Italy. The Conference’s aim was to expose
the critical problems that the humankind is facing today,
along with new ideas and initiatives developed to find a
solution, and purpose a more sustainable world. All pre-
sented by leading-edge speakers, both from outside and
from within the Club of Rome: academics, entrepreneurs,
intellectuals, policy makers and industrialists. (Program
available in Appendix 5 pg. 200.)
The Conference aimed at answering the difficult question
on why the world has not listened to the warnings of the
Club of Rome first report “The Limits to Growth” pub-
lished in 1972. The sessions revolved around:
1. Addressing a Planetary Emergency: Global Climate
Change
2. What Economy is Needed for a World of 10 Billion
People?
3. Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs)
Image 17: Photo of Sandrine Dixon-Declève and Mamphela Ramphele at
The Club of Rome 50th Anniversary, retrieved from https://www.clubofrome.
org/2018/10/21/new-co-presidents-of-the-club-of-rome/ t
48
4. Prospects for Renewable Energy and a True Green Econ-
omy
5. Ensuring Humanity Survives the Anthropocene
6. Human Values for the Anthropocene” (Club of Rome
2018)
At the beginning of the program, the Future Presidents
of the Club of Rome Sandrine Dixson-Declève and
Mamphela Ramphele were presented. Representing a
shift on the CoR, presenting for the first time two wom-
en on the lead. At the introduction discourse, Mrs Dix-
son-Declève stated the importance of finding new and
smart ways of getting new generations interested. And
talked about the importance of remembering the past
to move into the future, by coming back to the roots in
order to find solutions to the problems.
CONVERSATIONS AND INSIGHTS
For a field research purpose, some investigations
and interviews were made, in order to obtain insights for
the work. The aim of the project was discussed with several
attendants and there was excitement and high expectations
about it. In addition, relevant information such as the rea-
sons why The Club of Rome doesn’t have a digital archive,
the existence of other archives, initiatives to involve young
audiences, lack of economic resources and general ideas
for the new phase of the Club of Rome, were gathered.
Currently, a digital archive hasn’t been created, due to the
fact that the CoR has had numerous changes of offices, and
some documents got lost, representing some gaps in the
current material, also because many important documents
are actually owned by the Aurelio Peccei Foundation. Tak-
ing into account, the previous information it could be in-
teresting to link to the future digital Platform. And also
with different archives, such as The Limits to growth ma-
terial at the MIT and Professor Ugo Bardi’s collection of
material for the creation of The Last Call.
On the other hand, During the Summit in Rome, a group
of young people that shares the ideas, concerns and ana-
lytical points of view of the Club of Rome was formed with
the aim of creating a network that serves as a bridge to the
gap between the CoR and young audiences. Also with the
interest of enabling youth to become more engaged with
the activities and reports of the CoR. Proposing to bring
young voices into the conversation to stir ideas, increase
the boldness of action-oriented discussions, and provide
strategic tools for a more effective communication. The
authors of the project are actively involved on the Youth
Network.
Inspired by the keynote speeches presented on the Sum-
mit, the primary objectives were developed, creating a net-
work that contributes to the spread of information, facili-
tate action and help create awareness towards an effective
movement that leads to a necessary, inclusive, and feasible
change. A proposal with the Youth Network initiatives
was presented to one of the CoR president Sandrine Dix-
on-Declève (File available in Appendix 6 pg 202) to eval-
uate the possibility of the creation of this group. This ini-
tiative represents a key point to the project because, in the
first place, it shows that there is a strong interest of young
generations on the Club of Rome, even though there are
not enough sources of information and connections to it.
Also, the creation of this group could help the spread of
information available on the archive and could contribute
with a new perspective and critic eye to the work.
Image 18: The authors and Professor Gunter Pauli at The Club of Rome 50th
Anniversary, photo taken by Daniela Nossa.
Conference remarks
“Students are the next generation”
“Importance of remembering the past to move into the
future”
“We need to come back to the roots to find a solution to the
problems”
“Find new and smart ways to get new generations interest-
ed”
- Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Special Advisor Sustain-
ability & Climate Solutions

“We need people talking to people”

- Gunter Pauli, Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives

“The Club of Rome as an agent for social inclusion”

- Johan Rockström , Director, Potsdam Institute for
Climate Impact Research
Image 19: The authors and Professor Jorgen Randers at The Club of Rome 50th
“We have to make people understand to achieve transfor- Anniversary, photo taken by Gianmarco Ferrante
mation”
- Anders Wijkman, Author, Member Royal Swedish
Academy Of Sciences

“Create the future together”

- Petra Kuenkel, Potsdam Leadership Institute

“We have all the tools lets put them to work”

- Hans Herren, President Millennium Institute

“People’s mind is like a parachute, it wont work if it is not

open”
-Thorhild Widvey, Chair Board of Directors, Statkraft

Image 20: The authors: Laura Ramirez and Maria Alejandra Leal at The Club of
Rome 50th Anniversary, photo taken by Daniela Nossa.

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 SURVEY Graph 1: Are you a part of the Club of
Rome Community?
A survey was prepared with Google Analytics in
order to collect information, insights and opinions about
the studied users, the Club of Rome community and
general public (Academics, professors, students and 50%
people interested in the subject). The group surveyed was Yes
composed by 32 people with 50% responses from the Club No
of Rome’s community and the other 50% from the general
public (Graph 1). 50%

There were answers from all around the world; Colom-

bia, Japan, Italy, Germany, USA, Australia, Mexico, Spain,
England, Norway, Switzerland and Holland (Graph 2),
with all kinds of occupations such as students, investiga-
tors and entrepreneurs (Graph 3).
Graph 2: Nationalities

Getting deeper on the awareness of the archive, only 28,1%

of the surveyed knew about the existence of Winterthur
archive (Graph 4), and the ones who knew and were re-
quested what they knew about it, answered the following:
“Not that much”
“From the staff of the Club”
“Collection of Reports to the Club of Rome and other rele-
vant literature”.
“Only that it is the headquarter, and I assume it has all the
historical files, but nothing more”
“Not much, just that there are a number a boxes in the office” Graph 3: Occupation
“It is a collection of documents and books”
“I’ve seen it, but not used it”
Student
Almost all the participants of the survey agreed that it
Academic
could be useful to create a Club of Rome digital ar- 28,1% 34,4% Entrepreneur
chive (Graph 5), considering essential to include informa-
tion about historical documents, media of the conferences, Policy maker
material related to reports and research, essays, projects, Economist
papers and presentations. All were voted by more than the 6,2% 31,3% Other
80% of the participants. Press cuttings were considered
important by the 37,5% and Budget and accounting 31,1%
(Graph 6).

Also the participants gave great opinions such as including Graph 4: Did you know that in Winter-
information about the members profile, publications and
thur’s headquarter there is the CoR’s phys-
history. In addition to 100% of them also agreeing that a
digital archive could be an useful tool to use inside the or- ical archive?
ganization (Graph 7).

28,1%
Yes
No
71,9%

50
 Graph 5: Do you think it would be useful Graph 8: Should the access to the digital
for the CoR to have a digital archive? information of the archive be?

7,2% Free with

Yes 50% inscription
96,8% No 5,3% Free
Charged
37,5% Other
3,2%

Graph 6: What should be an essential ele- Graph 9: Would you agree to share your
ments for the digital archive? information to enrich the archive?

9,4%

Yes
No
90,6%

Graph 7: Do you think that a digital archive

can be an useful tool to use inside the Graph 10: Do you think that the digital
Organization? archive could reach a bigger segment? Such
as academics or interested people?

Yes Yes
100%
No 100% No

In terms of information access the 87,5% of the partic-

ipants agree that the access to the digital archive should Graph 11: Do you think the archive should
be free but with an inscription (Graph 8). It was also be promoted by the CoR’s social media?
suggested to investigate about the possibility of academic
publishers such as Elsevier. In addition to this, 90% of the
participants agreed to share their information in order to
enrich the digital archive (Graph 9). Also, the totality of
the participants agreed that with the help of a digital ar- Yes
chive the Club of Rome could reach a bigger segment of 100%
people interested on the topic (Graph 10) and that social No
media could be an useful tool to promote it (Graph 11).

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 To finalize the survey there was space to live notes and the
participants left excellent recommendations for the project
and also, they encouraged the job that was made. Some of
the comments were the following:
“The digital archive should be easy to consult, with wise use
of keywords, divided in categories and years”
“I am not sure what you mean with ‘Promoted by the social
media’ Do you mean an one-off communication about the
existence of the digital archive?”
“Thank you for your efforts! Not only as ‘inventory ‘ but also
for starting new CoR, this archive might contribute much I
hope.”
“For reference, check out the Buckminster Fuller Institute
(www.bfi.org) and their archives both digital and physical:
Buckminster Fuller Archive at Stanford: https://www.bfi.
org/about-fuller/links/archive; Buckminster Fuller Chal-
lenge: https://www.bfi.org/challenge and https://www.bfi.
org/challenge/archive-2007-2017”
“When I wrote my book Collision Course: Endless Growth
on a Finite Planet (MIT Press 2014), which looks at the his-
tory of the limits to Growth debate and the rise of growth as
the core objective of governments and business, I would have
valued access to a CoR digital archive.”
“Other archives with similar information (e.g. the Aurelio
Peccei Archive) should be linked to the COR Archive”
“Develop 2 different parts: one for external use, one internal
one only for CoR members.”
“Keep info in the archive about National CoR actions - e.g.,
In the US we ran a summer school for gifted high school
students on Global Issues and the Future sponsored by Gov.
Thomas Kane that featured for example Denny Meadow’s
World Systems Game and climate disaster simulations. Also
include the work of Donella Meadows and Drew Jones on
C-Roads. Would also be good to know the founding and ori-
gins of the Forum Humanum, founded by Aurelio for young
leaders around the world. Happy to help with these and
more! Tom Cummings”
52
REMARKS
The 50th anniversary of the Club of Rome rep-
resents a starting point for the organization. With the vi-
sion of the new elected presidents Mrs. Dixson-Declève
and Mrs. Ramphele, the CoR is pointing to innovate by
finding smart ways of spreading their word. Targeting
to involve young people, without leaving behind their clas-
sic point of view.
As many of the keynote lecturers said, is necessary to
make people understand to achieve transformation, when
people is well informed and talk to other people changes
are made, collective action is what the world needs.
The Club of Rome has all the tools, but, they need to put
them to work.
Also the initiative of the Youth Network of the Club of
Rome that was created in the event, shows the present in-
terest of young people that shares the ideals, concerns
and analytical points of views that are presented by the or-
ganization, nevertheless, their information and work is not
as accessible as it should be.
Speaking in terms of the project, the Summit contributed
to give support, insights and encouraged the development
of it. Key information such as the words of Mrs. Dixon-De-
clève “We need to come back to the roots to find a solution to
the problems” And “Remembering the past is what allow us
to move into the future”, gave sense to the project because
the roots of the organization are present on the archive’s
content. This valuable information should be available for
everybody. Even though, in the present the physical ar-
chive at Winterthur is incomplete, there could be the pos-
sibility to link other existing archives such as the archive
of the Aurelio Peccei Foundation and the MIT Limits to
Growth archive.
The survey that was made, confirmed the need of the cre-
ation of a digital archive, that could have 2 different parts:
one for external use, were people could have free access
by subscription to relevant information related to the CoR
such as historical documents, media of the conferences,
material related to reports and research, essays, projects,
papers and presentations and information about the mem-
bers profile,publications and history. And another one for
internal use only for CoR community, where people can
use the normal archive but also have access to private doc-
uments such as budget and accounting files. Also having
the possibility to upload and update information.
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 THIRD
CHAPTER
State of the art

Third Chapter: State of the art 55

 CASE
13. The Rockefeller Archive Center
14. General Archive of the Nation Colombia
15. Javeriana University Archive
16. Einaudi Foundation

STUDIES
17. Agnelli Foundation
18. Olivetti
19. Volkswagen Foundation

ANALYSIS
First the cases were analyzed through a general look of their
website and information, then based in some important
characteristics that were found, a table was made to evalu-
ate and compare them in a deeper way (to see the complete
table go to page 66).

Categories of analysis:
- Name
As written in the “Guide to construct state of the art” - Website
developed by the International Corporation of Networks of - Type of entity
Knowledge, the state of the art is a documentary research - Type of organization
that enables critical understanding of the knowledge of a - Foundation
phenomenon in order to generate new knowledge and un- - Number of Members
derstanding1. It was of great importance for the project to - Main Focus
understand the way material is being managed nowadays so - Physical Archive (PA)
an state of the art documentation was carried out, in which - Digital Archive (DA)
through the revision, critical analysis and interpretation of - Social media
existing archives, a new perspective was created - Use of social media (1-5)
- Detail of the information (1-5)
To start the research, twenty case studies from all over the - Language
world were chosen as reference because of the different - App
ways in which they enhance the value of archives, although - Information access
the topic and the information varies, all of them have differ- - Type of material
ent and valuable characteristics, the majority of the entities - Old and new information
selected are similar to the Club of Rome, but others were - Archive search bar*
chosen only because of the way they give potential to their - Possibility to subscribe
material. - Streaming of events
- Notes
Case Studies:
1. Promemoria Group After analyzing and comparing all the archives studied in
- Archivisima the table, as seen on the next page a general positive and
- Archiui negative aspects analysis was carried out. Finally, from the
- Archivio Magazine table 4 case studies (MIT’s Libraries, United Nations, World
2. Internet Archive Economic Forum, Internet Archive) that were more com-
3. New York Public library digital collection pleted and had more useful characteristics were chosen
4. United Nations to carry out a more detailed and specific evaluation, found
5. World Economic Forum on the following pages in addition to a negative example of
6. People for ethical treatment of animals (PETA) a case study (Roman State Archive) that was only taken into
7. Roman state archive (IMAGO II project) account to understand some aspects that should not be in-
8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) cluded in the project, but actual not working archives where
9. Ford foundation archive not included in the case studies analysis.
10. International institute for applied systems analysis
(IIFASA)
11. Greenpeace
12. World Wildlife Foundation (WWF)

1. Translated from spanish. Olga L. Londoño, Luis F. Maldonado, Liccy C.

Calderón, Guía para la construcción del estado del arte, Iconk, http://iconk.org/
docs/guiaea.pdf

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MIT
LIBRARIES
Outstanding case study

They propose a library :

- As more than a conveyor of information; but as
an all-discipline maker space where people can
create new knowledge.
- Were people can interact with it’s content in more
active, innovative, and connected ways.
- A global platform open to anyone who wants
to build tools or use collections in novel ways –
whether by humans, algorithms, or machines.
- Its further mission is making their Institute’s
distinct body of knowledge more open, equitable,
accessible, and durable.
- Were research is applied to the toughest prob-
lems. The world needs new, better models and
systems for information exchange. It’s up to us, and
our partners around the world, to invent them.
Image 1: Screenshot of the home page of the MIT Libraries
website, retrieved from https://libraries.mit.edu

In the webpage is possible to

find full information about
the archive but not all mate-
rial is available online or is
reserved to the MIT commu-
nity

Digital Archive

Physical Archive

Image 2: Screenshot of the Institute archive and collections section at the Mit Libraries website, retrieved
from https://libraries.mit.edu/archives/research/collections/manuscripts-list.html

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 UNITED
The UN is very complete and reliable, digi-
tal and physical source of information. But
since they manage huge amounts of infor-
mation, the web page is no very user friendly,

NATIONS
it exposes a vast quantity of topics, creating
a difficult and exhausting navigation trough
the site, as seen on the page content. Also, the
footnote that can be appreciated on the im-
age, is present in all the pages of the website,
and is too extensive and occupies almost one
third of the site.
Outstanding case study

The UN web page equipped with a UN’s Official

Document System (ODS), That allows people to
search for documents using keywords. (As seen in
the search by symbol part of the image 3)
It also include a series of documents that could
be interesting to take into a count in the Club of
Rome’s digital archive such as:

Bibliographic Records

Page Content
- Multilingual versions
- Citation to documents
- Metadata
UNBISnet - Index to Speeches
- Provides access to meetings, classified by
country,organization, speaker, document sym-
bol, or topic.
UN Member States
- Searches available for each Member State
include:
- Key documents related to its membership
- Periodic reports submitted on Human Rights
conventions, and more.
United Nations Digital Library (UNDL)
- Documents
- Voting data speeches
- Maps
- Open access publications.
Multimedia
- Live webcast and archived videos of UN meet-
ings and events
- Photo Collection the history of the Organiza-
tion and its work.
- Publications Catalogs, in many languages in
Footer

print, electronic and multimedia formats.

Conferences and Events
- Press Releases
- Calendar of Conferences and Meetings
Archives
- UN Archives Collections Online

Image 3: Screenshot of the Document section of the United Nations web-

site, retrieved from http://www.un.org/en/documents/index.html

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It is really interesting
the way the digital
archive is made, as is
possible to appreci-
ate an example of the
archive of the Fonds
Secretar y-General
Ban Ki-moon. The
fact that the general At the principal page
topic is divided in sub is possible to find ba-
folders, evokes the sic information that
essence of the physi- contextualizes the
cal archive, and also user about the ar-
facilitates the naviga- chive. Such as Iden-
tion. tity , context, content
and structure, con-
ditions of access and
use, and some notes.

Image 4: Screenshot of the Archive of the Fonds Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,

at the United Nations website, retrieved from https://search.archives.un.org/secre-
tary-general-ban-ki-moon-2007-2018

The web site offers

several options re-
garding the archive,
that are accompanied
by images such as
the on line research,
information about
the management of
the records, informa-
tion about the phys-
ical archive, giving
the possibility to get
an appointment and
news about new doc-
uments.(As seen on
image 5)

Image 5 : Screenshot of the Archive and records management section at the UN website, retrieved from
https://archives.un.org/

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 WORLD ECONOMIC
FORUM
Outstanding case study

At the web page of the World Economic Forum there

is not an specific link of a formal archive but all their
new and past work is available and updated, is possi-
ble to find their:
- Agendas (more than 11.928): The stories shaping
the Global, Regional and Industry agendas
- Initiatives (more than 20): Activities tackling the
most significant global challenges through pub-
lic-private collaboration
- Reports (more than 700) and white papers(more
than 90): Based the broad range of global issues
they’re seeking to address
- Events (more than 60): Which work to shape the
Global, Regional and Industry agendas
- Media (more than 900): News and pictures
- Also in their homepage is possible to find the latest
work of the organization, as is possible to appreciate
in image 6.

Image 6: Screenshot of the Home page of the World Economic Forum’s

website, retrieved from https://www.weforum.org

In the footer is possible to keep connected

with the organization by subscribing to their
newsletter and following their social pages

The footer shows relevant infor-

mation but is too extensive, this The webpage can be seen in dif-
could be solved with a scrolling ferent languages, this is a key
menu point that ensures being glob-
ally connected and it facilitates
the spread of information

Image 7: Screenshot of the Footer of the World Economic Fo-

rum’s website, retrieved from https://www.weforum.org

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Images and videos, are constantly updated on their
website and social media pages. (See image 10 as
an example of a video posted on the organization’s
Facebook page) The use of this type of commu-
nication, serves as an effective way of spreading
information, since the content that is published in
their social media, is linked to the principal web-
site where people can find full information about
the concerned topics. (See image 8 as an example
of the full article posted on the organization’s web-
page)

Image 8: Screenshot of The video “These are the world’s 10 mos innovative universities” posted by
the World Economic Forum’s Facebook, retrieved https://www.facebook.com/worldeconomicfo-
rum/videos/705785546465840/

Image 9: Screenshot of The article “These are the world’s 10 mos innovative universities” posted in
the World Economic Forum’s webpage, retrieved https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/10/reu-
ters-top-100-the-worlds-most-innovative-universities-2018

It is very interesting the fact that they commu-

nicate their work in an interactive way, such as
using infographics and tables, as is possible to
appreciate in the example about the Rise of the
industrial robots.

Image 10: Screenshot s of the Home page of the World Economic Forum’s
website, retrieved from https://www.weforum.org

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 THE INTERNET
ARCHIVE
Outstanding case study

Image 11 : Screenshot of the home page of The Internet’s Archive website, retrieved from: https://archive.org/

The Internet archive contains:

- 279 billion web pages
- 11 million books and texts
- 4 million audio recordings (including 160,000
live concerts)
- 3 million videos (including 1 million Television
News programs)
- 1 million images
- 100,000 software programs

Is possible to find
- An archive of news,
media and press
- Recent news
- Factchecks organized
by tags (statements
collected in archives of
statements by elected
officials)
- Special collections
(Articles of news)
- Recent quotes

Image 12: Screenshot of the Tv news archive section at The Internet’s Archive website, retrieved from:
https://archive.org/details/tv

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 OCR Scanned books Books can be borrowed
for free by logged in users
for a period of two weeks.

Image 13: Screenshot of an example Famous problems, a borrowed

book, at the Internet’s archive website, retrieved from https://archive.
org/stream/famousproblemsof00klei#page/8/mode/2up Is possible to read the books
online or download an encrypt-
ed version with Adobe Digital
Editions, a free piece of software
used for managing loans.

With the Virtual Library Card,

is possible to:
- Upload items to archive.org
(video, audio, text, images)
- Borrow a book on Open Li-
brary
- Write reviews of items on the
Archive
- Post questions and messages
on forums
- Create a list of favorites
- Sign up for our newsletter

Image 14 : Screenshot of, the Books to borrow section at the Internet’s archive website, re-
trieved from https://archive.org/stream/famousproblemsof00klei#page/8/mode/2up

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 ROMAN STATE
ARCHIVE
Negative case study

- There is no search bar in the

home page
- The page has an outdated style
and is not intuitive
- Is difficult to navigate trough
the page

Image 15: Home page of the Roman State Archive retrieved from
http://archiviodistatoroma.beniculturali.it/

- The content should be

labeled by file name
- There is no Tree
structure or
breadcrumbs that
indicate in what part of the
archive you are located

Image 16: Catastro Alessandrino, retrieved from, http://archiviodistatoroma.beniculturali.it/

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The page is in construction
phase, so it advices the
reader that is possible to find
imprecisions, mistakes, and
incoherence. An official page
shouldn’t published material
that is not revised and ready to
consult.

There is a list of available

documents on PDF but is not
clickable, or linked to the
document.

Image 17: Notification about the inventary, retrieved from http://

www.cflr.beniculturali.it/index.html

There are three types of

inventories with different
archival management
with no graphical and use
similarities, that create
confusion in the users

Images 18, 19, 20: Different inventories retrieved from, http://archiviodistatoroma.beniculturali.it/

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 CASE STUDIES COMPARISON TABLE

Type of Type of
Name Website Foundation Members Main Focus PA DA Social media
entitie organization
https://www. Non profit, non Youtube, Facebook,
Club of Rome Organization 1968 109 Promote understanding of the global challenges facing humanity Yes No
clubofrome.org governamental Twitter, Linkedin
Recovering, conserving and enhancing the historical heritage of large
Promemoria Group: Agency Private 40
companies, institutions and collectors
https://www. Offers a programme of workshops, conferences, exhibitions,etc.. all focused on
- Archivissima Event-festival
archivissima.it/ records of the past, presenting new ways of valorising forms of heritage.
Digital platform consisting of open source solutions used for digital
- Archiui https://archiui.it/ Archive cloud
management and enhancement of archival assets, bibliographies, museums.
https://www.
ARCHIVIO magazine is an innovative publishing project which focus will be
-Archivio Magazine archiviomagazine. Publication
exclusively on the archive’s culture and reality.
com/about/
Building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital
Internet Archive https://archive.org Digital library Non- profit 1996 Yes Yes Twitter, Facebook
form
https: Private, non-
New York Public Digital library
//digitalcollections. governmental, non 4-mar.-05 Provide free and open online access to thousands of files of the library Yes Yes No
library collections
nypl.org profit
Facebook, Intagram,
http://www.un. Intergovernmental Promote international co-operation and to create and maintain international Linkedin, Pinterest,
United Nations Organization 26-jun.-45 193 Yes Yes
org/en/index.html organization order Youtube, Google+,
Twitter, Flickr
International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages
Facebook, Intagram,
World Economic https://www. 1,000 member political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and Yes, no
organization Swiss no profit 1971 No info Linkedin, Youtube,
Forum weforum.org/ companies industry agendas. link
Twitter
People for ethical Charitable, Focuses its attention on animals suffer, working through public education,
https://www.peta. Yes, no
treatment of Organization international non 22-mar.-80 6.5 million cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, No info
org/about-peta/ link
animals (PETA) governmental celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns
http:
Roman state archive The Imago II Project offer digital access to important collections of the Italian
//archiviodistatoro State archive Public 1871 - Yes Yes No
(IMAGO II project) State Archive
ma.beniculturali.it/

Massachusetts
https://libraries.mit. 25.120 Generate, disseminate, and preserve knowledge in physical sciences and Facebook, Instagram,
Institute of University Private 10-Apr-1861 Yes Yes
edu/archives/ (Community) engineering Twitter, Flikr
Technology(MIT)

https://www.
Ford foundation Foundation 16 board Document the foundation work on advancing scientific, educational and Facebook, Twitter,
fordfoundation. Private 15-ene.-36 Yes Yes
archive Library members charitable purposes for human welfare Youtube
org/about/library/
http://www.iiasa.
International ac. Scientific
International non- Research into the critical issues of global environmental, economic, Facebook, linkedin,
institute for applied at/web/home/resou research 1972 No info Yes
govermental technological, and social change Twitter, Flikr
systems analysis rces/publications/P organizarion
ublications.en.html
https://www.
greenpeace. Facebook, Twitter,
Environmental
Greenpeace org/archive- Non-govermental 1971 Creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems No Yes Youtube, instagram,
organization
international/en/#ta snapchat, pinterest
b=3
https://www.
worldwildlife. Charitable,
World Wildlife Inspiring, in-depth look at the connections between animals, people and our Facebook, Twitter,
org/pages/world- Organization international non 29-abr.-61 No Yes
Foundation (WWF) planet Youtube, instagram
wildlife-magazine- governmental
archive
Is an independent operating foundation that preserves and makes available for
The Rockefeller research the archival collections of members of the Rockefeller family, Facebook, Twitter,
http://rockarch.org/ Foundation Private 2008 Yes Yes
Archive Center institutions and organizations founded by Rockefeller family members and Youtube, instagram
other philanthropic and service organizations
General Archive of http://www. General Facebook, Twitter,
Conserving the historical legacy, as well as recovering and circulating the
the Nation archivogeneral. Archive of the Governamental 22-dic.-89 - Yes Yes Youtube, instagram,
documentary heritage of the country
Colombia gov.co/ Nation Flickr
https://www.
Comprehensive training of people, , development and transmission of science
Javeriana javeriana.edu. 26,192 Facebook, twitter,
University Private 1623 and culture, and contribute to the development, guidance, constructive criticism Yes Yes
University Archive co/archivo- (Community) instagram, youtube
and transformation of society.
historico
http://www. Research center that promotes the understanding and the dissemination of the
Facebook, Twitter,
Fondazione Enaudi fondazioneluigiein Fondation 1962 - Liberal political thinking, seeking answers for complex contemporary issues Yes No
Youtube
audi.it linked to globalization and to the rapid technological development

http://www. Deepen and spread, through research, seminars and publications, the conditions
9 (board of Facebook, twitter,
Fondazione Agnelli fondazioneagnelli. Foundation Non-profit 1966 that contribute to the economic, social, cultural and technological development No info Yes
directors) instagram, youtube
it/search/ of Italy

http:
Associazione The project aims to add value to an estate that is unique in its interdisciplinarity.
//archividigitalioliv
Archivio The platform hosts databases and digital resources related to the archives of
Olivetti etti. Private 2013 -
Storico companies, people, authorities and institutions, and also collections of
archiviostoricolivet
Olivetti documents of the Olivetti history, from 1908 to present
ti.it/en/
https://www.
Volkswagen Independent, non- 14 (Board of Facebook, twitter,
volkswagenstiftung Organization 1961 Funding research projects in all disciplines No info Yes
Foundation profit Trustees) youtube
.de/en

Sensible City lab

http://senseable. 7 (General Creatively intervene and investigate the interface between people, technologies
Database (Carlo Laboratory Private (MIT) 2004 No info Yes Facebook, twitter
mit.edu board) and the city
Ratti)

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 Use of social Detail of the Old and new Archive Posibility to Streaming
Language App Information access Type of material
media (1-5) information (1-5) information search bar subscribe of events
Youtube, Facebook,
2 2 English No

English (main) texts The files are completely free for the general Yes
Web, text, video, audio, software,
4 5 in more than 2500 Yes public but some are accesible only by creating Yes (waybackma Yes No
images
lenguages an account chine)
free download for personal, research, and Prints, photographs, maps,
0 3 English No Yes Yes No Yes
study purposes only manuscripts,
Facebook, Intagram, Archives over 20 years old are generally open Bibliographic Records, Index to
Arabic Chinese The United
to the public for research, unless the Speeches,Member States, documents,
5 5 English French Nations Audio Yes Yes Yes Yes
classification level of "Strictly Confidential" Multimedia, Conferences and Events,
Russian Spanish Channels app
(or related) applies. Press Releases, Archives
Facebook, Intagram, Agendas,Initiatives, Reports, Events,
English, Spanish, World Economic Their media is completely open for the
5 5 Industry agendas, Media, News, Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Forum Events general public
Pictures and Videos
English (main)
The PETA mobile Their media is completely open for the Investigations, Blogs, Videos,
German, dutch, Yes Yes Yes No
app general public Campaigns,Media
spanish
Their media is completely open for the cadastre, maps, ancient registers,
0 0 Italian No Yes Yes No No
general public precious books and elements
The general catalog of collection is open for
everybody. The students, personnel and
Facebook, Instagram, Excecutive Committee records are restriceted
5 5 English No Text, video, audio, images Yes Yes No No
and closed from 50 to 75 from its creation.
Some special collections are restricted
because of donors orders.
Yes (not so
4 3 English and spanish No Files are completetly free for everyone Text, video, images, speeches Yes No No
accurate)

Yes (press
4 4 English No Files are completetly free for everyone Text, multimedia, maps and charts Yes Yes No
list)

No
English (main) more (categories Yes (action
Youtube, instagram, 4 3 No Files are completetly free for everyone Text and multimedia Yes Yes
than 30 others selection alerts)
bar)

Yes
4 2 English Yes Magazines are completetly free for everyone Magazines No (just new) (confusing Yes (news) No
results)

Prints, photographs, maps,

3 3 English No RAC user community Yes No No No
manuscripts, documents

There are private, over special petition and Prints, photographs, maps,
Youtube, instagram, 4 4 Spanish Archiapp Yes Yes Yes No
open archives manuscripts, documents
Spanish (main),
Online files are completetly free for everyone,
english , italian,
4 3 No in the physical archive there are some Texts, video, images Yes No No No
german, french,
privileges for the university comunity
portuguese
Italian and some The inventoried funds are available by
3 3 No Manuscipts, documents and letters Yes Yes Yes No
english appointment,
Yes (not so
accurate -
Italian (main) and
4 4 No Free for the general public Text, videos, presentations Yes also No No
english
categories
seleccion)

No
No (mainly (categories Yes
4 3 English and German No Free for the general public Texts, video, images No
new) selection (newsletter)
bar)
Yes (on the
English (main) web page, Yes
5 5 No Free for the general public Web, text, video, audio, images Yes No
italian not on the (newsletter)
database)

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 POSITIVE Openness and accessibility of the files to the
general public, with free download or view of the

ASPECTS material.

Archive Examples:
- United Nations
- World Economic Forum
- Internet Archive
- MIT Libraries
Social media as an important part for the entity and
always being updated with the material produced or the
works carried out.
Information, even in big amounts, can be easily found and
analyzed because of the organization of the web page and/or
the search engine and metadata.

Variability of the type of material in the archive, such as images,

videos and different kinds of documents that make them more
dynamic.

Main page possibility to change the language for the different publics
and also documents in various languages.

NEGATIVE Complexity on the way the information is given,

the search process is unclear and not intuitive.

ASPECTS
Archive Examples:
- Roman State Archive Big amounts of information on the web page and web
page’s footnote that makes the navigation process diffi-
cult.

Big information gaps, in some cases the information is not

updated or in the other hand it is only possible to find new
information on the entities web page.

The lack of a proper archive page or section in the webpage; the

material is shown and save in a blogs way, posted mainly by date
and not developed in an interactive way.

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REMARKS
The analysis of the state of the art was carried out
.
to understand how the way material is being managed
nowadays; Through the revision, critical analysis and in-
terpretation of existing information resources. After devel-
oping a more general analysis that conducted to a detailed
description of outstanding case studies such as the United
Nations, The World Economic Forum, The Internet Archive
and the MIT Library and Senseable city Lab. The decision
was made based on the way they manage huge amount of
information, and achieve to communicate with their users
in effective ways. Each case study was different, and the
whole analysis provided parameters and key points to take
into account on the development of the project, based on
the general an detailed information that was carried out.

The insights found were the following:

- The main page should have the possibility to change the

language for the different publics and also documents in
various languages.

- Information should be managed using Information tec-

nology instruments such as metadata. So the information
of the entity could be easily found using searching engines.

- The variability of the type of material in the archive, such

as images, videos and different kinds of documents that
make them more dynamic and rich.

- Complex information should be presented in a dynamic

and creative ways such as infographics, videos and interac-
tive diagrams.

- Also these dynamic and creative representations can ap-

pear on the social media of the entities, capturing the atten-
tion of the users and linking them to the principal webpage
were the complete information is available.

- Social media should be an important part for the entity

and always being updated with the material produced or the
works carried out.

- The page should have familiar content such as the archive

that appears in a box that is divided in folders and the fold-
er in subfoldes, evoking the essence of the physical archive,
therefore the navigation would be more innate and easy to
use and understand.

- It is interesting the possibility to “borrow” books from a

digital resource because it makes the information available
for more people but the access can be controlled and it func-
tion as a real library.

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CHAPTER
Concepts for the
Project approach

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 CONCEPTS
To contextualize and provide a more clear reading
of this thesis it was considered necessary to make a list of
key concepts that have been applied for the development of
the project and represent the fundamentals of the work.
In this chapter, it was also included Systemic Design, UX
and UI Design that are the disciplines used in the approach
and development of the project. This methods, work to-
gether with the following concepts, in order to enrich and
allow a proper flow and construction of the analysis and
results.
SYSTEMIC DESIGN
Systemic design1 is a discipline that allows to de-
lineate and program the flow inputs and outputs that flows
from one system to another. It also designs the relation-
ships between the components that generate the system
and organizes and optimizes all actors and parts. With the
scope to create a virtuous network of relations between
the flows of matter, energy and information. Therefore de-
creasing the ecological footprint and generating a consid-
erable economic flow, enhancing the identity and produc-
ing development and well-being for the individual and the
community.
Systemic design is the discipline within the project is ap-
proached. The principal objective of the project is to cre-
ate connections in order to give value to the organization
through the valorization of its information and the en-
hance of their identity and history.

components interactions

equilibrium systemic
Relations quality

sustainable
development
SYSTEMIC
blue
awareness DESIGN economy

Identity Develop

behaviors processes

glocal
culture
community autopoiesis

Image 1: Maurizio Vrenna, What is systemic design, retrieved from http://www.mauriziovrenna.com/systemicdesign1.jpg

1 To delve into the subject see, Systemic Design Association (2018) Systemic
Design in simple words. Retrieved from: http://www.systemicdesign.org/ and
Bistagnino.L. (2009) Design Sistemico Progettare la sostenibilità produttiva e
ambientale. Slow Food, Torino

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CULTURAL HERITAGE
“Cultural Heritage is an expression of the ways of
living developed by a community and passed on from gen-
eration to generation, including customs, practices, places,
objects, artistic expressions and values. Cultural Heritage
is often expressed as either Intangible or Tangible Cultural
Heritage. As part of human activity Cultural Heritage pro-
duces tangible representations of the value systems, beliefs,
traditions and lifestyles.”2
Cultural Heritage plays a fundamental role on the inves-
tigation of the project, analyzing archives as visible and
tangible traces of past is what gives sense and value to the
project.
DIGITAL LIBRARY
“The “digital library” is not merely equivalent to a
digitized collection with information management tools. It is
also a series of activities that brings together collections, ser-
vices, and people in support of the full life cycle of creation,
dissemination, use, and preservation of data, information,
and knowledge. The challenges and opportunities that moti-
vate an advanced digital library research initiative are asso-
ciated with this broad view of digital library environment.
A digital library should be a seamless extension of the library
that provides scholars with access to information in any for-
mat that has been evaluated, organized, archived, and pre-
served. The digital library adds value and saves time while
shifting the times of access. It reduces need for proximity to
information resources, but still emphasizes the quality of
those resources. It is a library that can be individually cus-
tomized and, ultimately, will be easy to use”.3
INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY (IR)
“Clifford Lynch defines an Institutional Repos-
itory (IR) as “a set of services that a university offers to
the members of its community for the management and
dissemination of digital materials created by the institu-
tion and its community members. It is most essentially an
organizational commitment to the stewardship of these
digital materials, including long-term preservation where
appropriate, as well as organization and access or distribu-
tion.”
2.“Principles And Guidelines For Managing Tourism At Places Of Cultural And
Heritage Significance”, ICOMOS International Cultural Tourism Committee,
http://www.cultureindevelopment.nl/Cultural_Heritage/What_is_Cultur-
al_Heritage(Consulted the 5 November 2018)
3. Stephen M Griffin, (Program Manager of the Digital Libraries Initiative,
NSF) interview: “Taking the Initiative for Digital Libraries, “The Electronic
Library, vol. 16, no. 1, Feb. 1998: 24-27.
When the IR’s archive is compliant with open archives stan-
dards and Internet searches lead back to the institution, it
raises the profile of an institution. By providing a space for
authors to collect their copyright owned output, the IR gives
personal visibility. Institutional repository improve access
to materials that would be hidden or have limited access
and can provide access to other Web-based resources. Also
provides links from collection pages to resources on related
topics in our online catalog, construct keyword or subject
searches on related topics and then create a hot link to the
online catalog.”4 (Hixson & Cracknell 2007)
DIGITAL INTERFACE
“A digital interface is the medium through which
humans interact with computers. Interfaces represent an
amalgamation of visual, auditory, and functional compo-
nents that people see, hear, touch, or talk to as they interact
with digital devices.” 5
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
“Stands for “Information Technology,” and is pro-
nounced “I.T.” It refers to anything related to computing
technology, such as networking, hardware, software, the
Internet, or the people that work with these technologies.
Many companies now have IT departments for managing
the computers, networks, and other technical areas of their
businesses. IT jobs include computer programming, network
administration, computer engineering, Web development,
technical support, and many other related occupations.
Since we live in the “information age,” information technol-
ogy has become a part of our everyday lives. That means the
term “IT,” already highly overused, is here to stay.” 6
METADATA
Based on Bruno Agostino’s thesis Produzione
d’archivio e nuove tecnologie per la comunicazione sociale.
Metadata and TAGs play a fundamental role in cataloging
and research. The functionality of the logic and database
depends strongly on a good use of metadata. The real po-
tential of digital technologies can only be exploited thanks
to an accurate cataloging and the insertion of adequate
metadata that describe in the most appropriate way the in-
formation contained in the archive.
4. Carol Hixson & Linda Cracknell, How to implement an institutional reposi-
tory, N.P: The serials librarian. 2007
5. William j. Gibbs, Interface trends in human interaction, the internet of
things, and big data. Duquesne university, USA,2015.
6. Christensson, “Per. IT Definition”. TechTerms. https://techterms.com/
definition/it (Consulted the 20th of september 2018)
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 The use of metadata is therefore as important as it is diffi-
cult: to find an adequate standard that can be optimal for
any type of file is a difficult task. In particular, for research
in archives oriented towards the production of new materi-
al, words and TAGs chosen might hardly actually help the
user on the research phase. With this in mind, the “social
tagging” and “TAG cloud” are born to help minimize this
type of limitations induced by the system. Social tagging
is managed and displayed as a navigation tool within the
archive in the form of a semantic list. An instrument of this
kind, oriented to this type of visualization of the materials
present in the archive, undoubtedly becomes an excellent
resource for the researcher in identifying the desired con-
tents in a more targeted manner.
In the other hand, “TAG cloud” by definition is: an alter-
native way of visualizing data, capable of suggesting research
hypotheses and providing indications on previous classifica-
tion strategies (..). This strategy graphically presents the user
with the various tags inserted, and linked to the files in the
archives, and allows browsing through the materials (..). 7
The digital library, the institutional repository, digital in-
terface, information technology and metadata concepts
are the digital resources that would be used for the cre-
ation and digitization of the physical archive. Also they
would be used as case studies and as key elements to make
the project work.
SOCIAL MEDIA
“Social media is a computer-based technology, us-
ers can engage to it via computer, tablet or smartphone via
web-based software or web application. With the objective of
facilitate the sharing of ideas and information, and also the
building of virtual networks and communities.
Its power is the ability to connect and share information
with anyone on Earth (or multitudes of people) as long as
they also use social media.
Social media’s role in helping businesses is significant. It fa-
cilitates communication with customers,. Its ability to col-
lect information helps focus marketing efforts and market
research. And helps in promoting products and services, and
also can assist in relationship building, such as through loy-
alty programs linked to social media.”8
“Social networks are one of the fastest growing areas in mod-
ern communications technology and are an effective way to
encourage two-way communication with the stakeholders.
7. - Bruno Agostino, 2009. Produzione d’archivio e nuove tecnologie per la
comunicazion sociale. Thesis from cinema engineering, Polytechnic of Turin
- Domenico Morreale, 2008. Un ambiente partecipativo on-line per i patrimoni
documentali: il sito TRAME, M. Ricciardi (a cura di), op. cit. pl 61)
8. -“What is ‘Social Media’”, Investopedia, https://www.investopedia.com/
terms/s/social-media.asp#ixzz5VyLgdaND (Consulted the 5th of November
2018)
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Examples of such platforms and networks include:
- Social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn
- Video and photo sharing sites, such YouTube, Flickr, and
Instagram
- Encyclopedias, such as Wikipedia
- Electronic Newsletters
- Online forums and discussion boards
- Microblogs, such as Twitter and Tumblr
- Other online communities” 9
Image 2: Social media network, retrieved from: https://www.baicr.it/
nuova-edizione-corso-formazione-comunicazione/showcase-social-me-
dia-network/
Social media is a key element for the project because it
would facilitate the digital information spread and con-
nect people from all around the globe to the Club of
Rome.
UX DESIGN
“User experience (UX) focuses on having a deep
understanding of users, what they need, what they value,
their abilities, and also their limitations. It also takes into
account the business goals and objectives of the group man-
aging the project. UX best practices promote improving the
quality of the user’s interaction with and perceptions of your
product and any related services”. 10 9
“The User Experience Designer (UXD) is a professional who
deals with designing the ways in which users interact with
a product or service, mostly digital. His choices are guided:
from the observation of the user and the reference context;
from the knowledge of the main interaction patterns and
trends in progress; from consistency with the project require-
ments initially collected; from the measurement of insights.
A well-designed User Experience can satisfy both the end
user’s expectations and the client’s goals.
The UXD is a “hybrid” figure with both humanistic and sci-
entific skills. It uses multiple methodologies and
tools that give efficiency and quality to the design, allowing
9.-“Social Media Policy” Rockefeller Archive Center, http://docs.rockarch.org/
social-media-policy/ (Consulted the 5th of November 2018)
10. - “The Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines” U.S. Dept. of
Health and Human Services. https://www.usability.gov/sites/default/files/docu-
ments/guidelines_book.pdf
 UXDESIGN
INTERACTION DESIGN
WIREFRAMES &
PROTOTYPES
INFORMATION
ARCHITECT
USER RESEARCH
SCENARIOS
Image 3: Diference between UX and UI, retrieved from: http://www.writingfordesigners.com/?p=19528 and modified by the authors.
it to make the right reflections, quickly propose hypotheses
and verify their effectiveness, in an iterative (Agile) process
of gradual improvements leading to the final product.
The outputs produced by UXD are used to communicate
with the other components of the interface development
chain (visual designer, developer, project manager, the cus-
tomer himself, the end user ...) and consist in the creation
of user story, use case, personas, user journeys, flowcharts,
wireframes and prototypes.”11
UI DESIGN
“User interface (UI) design is “the process of mak-
ing interfaces in software or computerized devices with a fo-
cus on looks or style. Designers aim to create designs users
will find easy to use and pleasurable. UI design typically re-
fers to graphical user interfaces but also includes others, such
as voice-controlled ones.” 12
11.-“UX Profilo”, Poli.Design by Politecnico di Milano. https://www.polidesign.
net/it/uxd
12. - “User Interface (UI) Design” Interaction design Foundation, https://www.
interaction-design.org/literature/topics/ui-design
13. Usability: is the ease of use and learnability of a human-made object such
as a tool or device (Merriam Webster 2018)
14. Don Norman, Emotion & Design: Attractive things work better. New York:
Basic Books, 2005
UI
DESIGN
VISUAL DESIGN
COLORS
GRAPHIC
DESIGN
LAYOUTS
TYPOGRAPHY
“Good user interface design facilitates finishing the task
at hand without drawing unnecessary attention to itself.
Graphic design and typography are utilized to support its
usability13, influencing how the user performs certain in-
teractions and improving the aesthetic appeal of the design;
aesthetics may enhance or detract from the ability of users
to use the functions of the interface. The design process must
balance technical functionality and visual elements (e.g.,
mental model) to create a system that is not only operational
but also usable and adaptable to changing user needs.” 14
The project would be designed applying a combination of
User experience and User Interface design processes that
includes problem and user analysis, selection of the fonts,
colors and style, prototyping and user testing in order to
have a well designed functional and intuitive outcome.
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CHAPTER
Project Approach

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 PLATFORM ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEM
Due to the fact that the Club of Rome has a non-or-

DESIGN
ganization nature, many of the historical documents, have
not been recorded or have been lost in the changes of head-
quarters, also, some of them are in possession of actual and
previous members. Nowadays there is a space for the ar-
chive on the office in Winterthur but is not as rich as it

PROCESS
should be for 50 years of research and work. The existing
resources known, are not accessible to the public or val-
ued in an episodic and fragmentary way. Moreover, these
documents are subject to severe wear problems due to the
conservation environment, climatic conditions, mold, cof-
fee stains and sporadic consultation by the users.

One of the main objectives of the organization is the

Project Scenario spread of information. They are very strong at making
events, conferences, reports and essays. But a huge part
of the information and material related to these activities
After a phase of research and analysis, the steps
is not available for the public. Speaking in terms of digital
necessary to delimit the study, such as background and
information, The Club of Rome has no digital archive, the
field research and analysis of the state of art were held. The
information on its webpage is very general, and is not as
design process was conducted; it started with a general
complete or updated as it should be, according to all the
analysis of the problem, followed by a detailed description
work and research accomplished in all these years.
of the users, and after concluding those phases, certain pa-
rameters were established, that allowed a proper develop-
ment of the objectives, proposal, justification of the study
and limits of the project.

CLUB OF ROME’S ARCHIVE PROBLEMS

Missing
information

Bad conservation
Resources not environment
accessible to the public
CLUB OF ROME
ARCHIVE

Incomplete and unupdated Existing resources

digital resources Problems poorly known

Diagram 1: The problems of The Club of Rome’s Archive.

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USER
ANALYSIS
INTRODUCTION
The project was developed with the goal of mak-
ing design decisions following the users’ needs, so for it
to be precise and user-centred it was necessary to make a
detailed study about the different users related to the proj-
ect. User-focus tools and methods aim to provide a real
understanding of the requirements needed to develop the
project, helping to focus the design work on the issues that
are critical for the end-users to find a product or system
successful.
There are various user-focus techniques for gathering the
needs and desires of the users whether they are profession-
al or consumers, either located locally or around the globe.
Based on Usability Partners1, the range of tools and tech-
niques for analysis include:
Surveys: Both open-ended and focused surveys, conduct-
ed electronically or on paper.
Interviews: Typically conducted face-to-face, but also
over the telephone if deemed more appropriate.
Focus groups: Useful for discussing possible user re-
quirements and brainstorming ideas.
Field studies: Observing the end-user situation and envi-
ronment in which a new product or system will be used is
often extremely useful in understanding user needs.
Evaluation of an existing product: Usability evaluation
reveals and clarifies good and bad aspects of current solu-
tions.
User persona and empathy maps: Concrete and illus-
trative data about typical users, their characteristics, usage
situation, tasks and goals.
1. “User requirements analysis,” Usability partners, http://www.usabilitypart-
ners.se/services/user-requirements-analysis (Consulted 6th December 2018)
To develop a detail user analysis that brought up detailed
requirements for the project 4 types of tools where used.
First of all the formulation of interviews and surveys di-
rectly with the Club of Rome to find on first hand their
opinion and reasoning about the project initial concept,
also field studies to understand and observe the end user
in a deeper way and finally the creation of an empathy map
for each type of user to find out in detail the characteristics,
goals, thoughts and every day needs of the users.
The interviews, surveys and field research were developed
during the 50th year anniversary (explain on the first chap-
ter) and their insights were taken into account to develop
the empathy maps for each type of user. Before develop-
ing the empathy maps it was important to inquire what
the purpose of this tool and what exactly was important to
know about the users’ characteristics. There are two gen-
eral questions that UX research is helpful for answering:
What do people need? and What do people want?. It’s
almost mandatory to first understand the needs and wants
of users before worrying about whether the product is do-
ing that thing correctly.
An empathy map can be defined as “a collaborative visual-
ization used to articulate what we know about a particular
type of user. It externalizes knowledge about users in order
to create a shared understanding of user needs, and aid in
decision making. Traditional Empathy maps are split into 4
quadrants (Says, Thinks, Does, and Feels), with the user or
persona in the middle. Empathy maps provide a glance into
who a user is as a whole.” 2
Empathy map example
Image 1: “Empathy map format” retrieved from: Empathy
Mapping: First Step in Design Thinking
2. Sarah Gibbons, Empathy Mapping: First Step in Design Thinking, (2018).
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 Two types of users were considered, the main ones being
the community of the Club of Rome and the second group
being the general public that might be interested in using
the project. Since their needs are different, the study was
made separately but the process was the same for both
groups; first a general analysis of the user, then a more de-
tailed description through an empathy map and finally an
analysis of the key needs of the user based on the informa-
tion found. On the following pages its possible to find the
main user analysis and the secondary users analysis.

MAIN USER: CLUB OF ROME

COMMUNITY
The Club of Rome’s community is composed by
academics, scientists, businessmen and women, intellectu-
als, policymakers, former heads of state and industrialists
that come from different nationalities all around the world
and share a common concern for the future of humanity
and try to make a difference.

User photo
1 3

2
4

Image 1,2,3,4: Images related to primary users, COR community. In respective order; Ian T. Dunlop, Tomoyo Nonaka, Dr. Mamphela Ramphele and Dr. Maja Göpel,
full members of the Club of Rome, extracted from: https://www.clubofrome.org/members-groups/full-members/

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Club of Rome Community Empathy Map

CLUB OF ROME COMMUNITY

HEARS & SEES SAYS & DOES

Research and publications
Checks for continious updates
Keeps an elegant appereance
Tries to be polliticaly correct
Criticies others with respect
Observes and analyses critically

THINKS & FEELS

Worries about planet earth
Aspires on making a change
Susteinability as main goal
Question themselves
Feels exited and anxious about the future

PAINS GAINS
Spreading their work or point of view
Be recongnized in their context
Make a change in the world
Create knowledge and awareness
Diagram 2: Club of Rome community’s empathy map.

Key needs
1. Valorization and conservation of their work to make a
change in the world through the creation of knowledge
and awareness.

2. Spread their work and point of view to be recognized in

their context and by the general public.

3. Easy access to all the organization material to keep

themselves updated and to use as a source of information
in their research, projects or initiatives.

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 SECONDARY USERS Secondary Users Empathy Map
*See diagrams 3-8 on the following page
The secondary users studied, are people from all
over the world, in the age range of 16 to <, that can be di- Key needs
vided into 6 different categories (as seen below) that even
for different reasons, share the same will to inspire them- 1. Reliable information sources for their own research,
selves and others, to take action and to know about the projects or initiatives.
past and current problems of humanity and planet earth.
2. To keep themselves updated and informed about the
1. Academic community (students, professors, academics, world’s problems, future and projects that are being devel-
investigators, leading scholars) (Image 5, diagram 3) oped that might be interesting for their own context.
2. Sustainability community (think tanks, NGOs, activists)
(Image 6, diagram 4) 3. Easy access to information and all type of materials for
3. Media community (People interested in documenting all levels of interest, preparation, ability and desires.
information, such as video and filmmakers, public speak-
ers, journalists and news) (Image 7, diagram 5)
4. Business community (Entrepreneurs, economists, busi-
ness people) (Image 8, diagram 6)
5. Policy and decision makers (Image 9, diagram 7)
6. General public (Like minded people that shares the ide-
als of the CoR) (Image 10, diagram 8)

User photo

5 6 7

8 9 10
Photo 5-10: Images related to secondary users extracted from:5: https://pixshark.com/college-professor.htm 6: https://www.ted.com/talks/emily_esfahani_smith_
there_s_more_to_life_than_being_happy http://scan.lusu.co.uk/index.php/2017/06/05/lancaster-university-unicef-success-story/ 8: https://itpeernetwork.intel.com/
competing-on-design-thinking/9: https://www.cigionline.org/articles/why-policy-makers-need-get-bottom-whats-happening-china 10: https://www.bournemouth.
ac.uk/students/careers-employability/study-abroad

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 ACADEMIC COMMUNITY

HEARS & SEES SAYS & DOES

THINKS & FEELS

PAINS GAINS

Diagram 3: Academic community empathy map.

SUSTAINABILITY COMMUNITY

HEARS & SEES SAYS & DOES

THINKS & FEELS

PAINS GAINS

Diagram 4: Sustainability community’s empathy map.

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 MEDIA COMMUNITY

HEARS & SEES SAYS & DOES

THINKS & FEELS

PAINS GAINS

Diagram 5: Media community’s empathy map.

BUSINESS COMMUNITY

HEARS & SEES SAYS & DOES

THINKS & FEELS

PAINS GAINS

Diagram 6: Business community’s empathy map.

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 POLICY AND DECISION MAKERS

HEARS & SEES SAYS & DOES

THINKS & FEELS

PAINS GAINS

Diagram 7: Policy and decision makers community’s empathy map.

GENERAL PUBLIC

HEARS & SEES SAYS & DOES

THINKS & FEELS

PAINS GAINS

Diagram 8: General public empathy map.

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 USERS REMARKS
To sum up, it is important to take into account
that the project users come from different kinds of con-
texts and nationalities in addition to covering a big age
range, that makes them special, with specific thoughts
and ways of analyzing. But even though they have differ-
ent backgrounds, after studying them in detail, centring
on the research and information load context, they are not
as distinct as they appear. In the current information era
we are living in, people found themselves surrounded by
enormous amounts of information that change continu-
ously and is not always filter, save or reliable, and when it is
of good quality, in few cases it open to the general public.
For this reason its possible to say that all the project’s pos-
sible users are in need of the a similar solution, that they
can use depending on their specific needs and goals, but
in general they need a source of information to keep
themselves updated, to find information useful for
their own interest and desires, and also a place to get
to know all the Club of Rome’s material and initia-
tives.

Valorization and conservation

Spread their work and s of their work
point of view C oR
Co m m u nit y N eed

CLUB OF ROME
COMMUNITY NEEDS

Reliable source of information

for research, projects or
initiatives

Easy access to all the

Club of Rome’s material mon needs
’s com
User

SECONDARY
USERS NEEDS

Free, clear and organized

Updates on world’s problems, information (not overwhelming)
projects and future

Learn about new initiatives

and how to contribute

Secondary Users Needs

Diagram 9: The common and specific needs of the project’s users.

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PROJECT
- Create a set of parameters to digitize the historical, cur-
rent and future material of the Club of Rome

OBJECTIVES
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
Create a global platform that digitally spreads the
Club of Rome’s information, archival heritage, main work
and current research enabling the organization to have a
digital network that would help them fulfill its principal
objective of sharing knowledge and creating consciousness
to inspire individuals, communities, and governments.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
2. Connect the CoR to a digital network
- Create a digital library that contains all the digitized
material of the physical archive, investigations and initia-
tives of the Club of Rome.
- Make the Club of Rome’s body of knowledge more open
and accessible to people all around the world.
- Create an intuitive, user-friendly interface where people
can navigate easily through the archive.
- Intervene in the existing CoR website to make its con-
tent in more active, innovative, and connected.
- Activate social media and connect it to the platform.
3. Make information useful inside the organization
- Create an specific section of the archive for the CoR
community, where they can access confidential informa-
tion and exchange material.
- Create a user-friendly interface that permits the Club of
Rome Community to keep it updated.

1. Preserve information
- Organize the physical archive to then give value to the
material through its digitalization.

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OBJECTIVES

Organize the
physical archive
Create parameters to
digitize all the material

Digitalization of
the material
Preserve information

Create new
Creation of a knowledge
digital library
Spread information
Make CoR’s knowledge
available to people
CLUB OF ROME’S Connect the CoR to
GLOBAL PLATFORM a digital network More active, innovative,
and connected website
Intervene the CoR’s
existing online resources

Make a user friendly Activate social media and

interface connect it to the platform

Make information useful

inside the organization
Easy to keep updated

Material exchange
Diagram 10: The relation between objectives.

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 PROJECT
PROPOSAL

Transform the Club of Rome’s historical archive into a digital platform of strategic
and cultural innovation that potentiate and makes the most of the organization’s
core values. The digital platform will be an online and open network of content that
spreads the body of knowledge of the Club of Rome within the organization and to
the general public, including all the information about the organization, the mem-
bers, projects, initiatives and most importantly, making a valuable trace of informa-
tion that comes from the past to have an impact on the future.

Club of Rome Club of Rome

current initiaves Social media

CLUB OF ROME
DIGITAL PLATFORM
Club of Rome Past initiaves
Physical Archive and projects

Club of Rome Other archives

general information linked to the Club
Club of Rome’s
community

Diagram 11: Club of Rome digital network proposal

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PROJECT
CONCEPT
The concept of the project was generated with
the inspiration on some values and concepts such as Con-
sciousness, Network, Information, Sustainability, Activeness,
Change, System, Global, Knowledge, Past -Present - Future,
New, Foundations and Transcendence. The way these ideas
are created and how they interact with each other, with the
systems of the project and with the world around them is
the way the project wants to be represented. In the follow-
ing diagram it is s possible to contemplate the mood board
1 2
ROOTS OF THE FUTURE
1. Leaves changing. Retrieved from https://haikudeck.com/p/aoDqhK67J0
2. Spider web. Retrived from https://pin.it/37r4hzninzbyw3
with images that evoked these concepts; the autumn
leaves (1) that change of color, the spider web (2) that is
interconnected within itself and helps the spider to move
through it, the iceberg (3) which has all its power on its
base and foundations, and finally the book reservoir (4)
that mixes knowledge with nature and awareness.
3 4
3. Iceberg. Retrieved from https://goo.gl/images/678HV9
4. Book reservoir. https://goo.gl/images/Nk3sde
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 JUSTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT
In order to have a strong and reliable project
background and permit a correct development of the de-
sign process where the problem was delimited, the objec-
tives were established and the user was studied. A detailed
desk and field research and design process was carried out,
that included the analysis of the archive and archive valo-
rization, the visit to the Club of Rome archive, the analy-
sis of the organization, the 50th Anniversary of the CoR,
were interviews, and surveys were held, and recommenda-
tions and insights were given. In addition, 20 case studies
of similar and different entities websites and social media
were studied.
All of the above, gave place to the project proposal, of cre-
ating a digital platform were the digital archive of The Club
of Rome would be the beginning of a new digital era for
the organization, creating a network of information that
potentizes and makes the most of the organization’s core
value that is spreading informations that leads to change.
In first place, after analyzing the physical archive present
at the CoR headquarter located on Winterthur, and based
on the desk research and the information found on docu-
ment for valorization of archives of the General Archive of
Mexico and Colombia, the book Informatica e archivi Atti
del Convegno, and the thesis L’archivio in rete teoria pratica
dell’informazione on line, its been concluded that digitali-
zation was a key element for the valorization of the physi-
cal archive because it presents several advantages such as:
1. Traditional archiving involves considerable problems
that can be overcome by electronic archiving.
2. Electronic archiving is not an alternative to traditional
document preservation but is a digitization of the original
document before the paper version is archived. It guaran-
tees the integrity of the document, which will not be sub-
ject to disastrous events, such as fires or floods, or as sim-
ple as getting mold or coffee stains.
3. It valorizes the existing historical material and enables
its consultation.
4. Digitalization ensures an informative enrichment to
360º (ease and convenience in consultation, better quality
with the possibility of zooming) that can’t be done with the
original file.
5. Another key point of digital archives are the access strat-
egies, is possible to give confidential access to the organi-
zation community and also give the opportunity to general
users to consult the material by registering.
6. Documents can be shared across the network, so that
CoR Community users can view them simultaneously, up-
date them and upload new material.
7. The digitization of archival heritage must be made with
the objective that all information must be realized taking
into account that it must be easily changeable and under-
standable between the various systems, adopting iden-
tification and description tools such as metadata, allows
the success of the three basic activities of an information
system that are the identification, use, and conservation of
electronic resources.
After the field research at the 50th Anniversary conference
and the case studies that were analyzed, Creating a Digital
platform is the most suitable idea to fully develop the proj-
ect because:
1. Is possible to update the existing CoR webpage, link it
to the digital archive and create a network that links the
information with the social media and other existing ar-
chives.
2. It gives the opportunity to the organization to engage
with younger audiences.
3. It facilitates the spread of information to people all
around the world.
4. It gives value to the information.
5. Is possible to present the information in a dynamic way
Similar entities are using digital resources successfully.
LIMITS OF THE PROJECT
1. There are files on other languages (French, German and
Japanese) which difficult the archiving process.
2. Some files that can be useful for the archive are in pos-
session of members and ex members of the Club of Rome,
and can’t be found on the principal headquarter archive at
Winterthur.
3. The authors of some material have been deceased, so the
publication authorization might be difficult to get.
The Club of Rome doesn’t have enough economical re-
sources.
4. An interdisciplinary work group is necessary for the fi-
nal development of the project, such as archivists and web
developers.

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 PROJECT’S PROBLEMS,
LIMITATIONS AND
SOLUTIONS MAP

Reorganization of the
physical archive

Digitization of the
Some material is in physical archive
possesion of other
authorization for archives or members
author’s permissions
Missing
information

Bad conservation
Funding events
Resources not environment
accessible to the public
CLUB OF ROME
Connection with
ARCHIVE
the world
Not enough Need of an
economical resources interdisciplinary
group
Incomplete and not Existing resources
updated digital resources Problems poorly known

International
New sponsors
Files are found in internships

Promotion through Connection with

social media L i m it atio n s Google Scholar
Solutions

Diagram 12:Project’s problems, limitations and solutions map.

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 SIXTH
CHAPTER
Platform Prototype
Development

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 DESIGN According to Gerardo Rodriguez, those variables are called
requirements and are divided into various categories:

REQUIREMENTS Function: Those that by their content refers to the techni-

Based on the methods purposed by Gerardo
Rodríguez published on his book Manual de diseño in-
dustrial: Curso basico (Industrial Design Handbook: Ba-
sic course)1 and Armin Zahirovi book, The Encyclopedia
of Human-Computer Interaction2 when designing a hu-
man-computer interaction there are variables that must
fulfill a quantitative and qualitative solution, fixed first by a
decision, by nature, by legal requirements, or by any other
disposition that the solver of the problem has to fulfill.
In addition to this, there are variables that limit the alter-
natives of the product solver based on the needs of the us-
ers and the general mandatory specifications of the project.
1. Translated from Spanish. Gerardo Rodriguez, Manual de diseño industrial.
(Mexico: Editorial Gustavo Gilli, 1983).
2. Armin Zahirovic, Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd Ed.
cal principles of operation of a product.
Form: Are those that by their content refer to the aesthetic
characteristics of a product.
Use: Are those that by their content refer to the direct in-
teraction between the product and the user
Market and distribution: By their content refer to the
marketing distribution and potential demand of the prod-
uct by an individual or institutional buyers
Each requirement is divided into different categories that
delimit the requirement, and each category has a determi-
nant factor (DF) that explains more in detail the specifica-
tion. This have been the specifications taken into account
on the development of the project, they are part of the
process of a design exploration, prototyping and evalua-
tion dialogue with the user. Its important to mention that
normally requirements are filled in a chart, but for visual
purposes its been decided to show them in interconnected
circles.

REQUIREMENTS OF FUNCTION

MECHANISMS:
General:
-Function in different devices: Adaptation to web, mobile
and tablet
- Work on all browsers-: Crome, Safari, Mozilla Firefox, Internet
explorer

Give possibility to:

1.Club of Rome:
-Upload information
-Use of available information
-Use information inside the community (Executive functions)
2.Users:
- Use to get information about the CoR and CoR events
- Use it as an academic source of information
- Use it to keep themselves updated about sustainability issues and
wold predicament

Diagram 1: Visual representation of the requirements of function of the project.

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REQUIREMENTS OF FORM

STYLE: RHYTHM
Consider two types of
users: Club of Rome community AND UNITY:
and general public (scholars, policy 1.Apply Visual principles of hierar-
makers, academics etc) chy
2. Apply Gestalt principles
DF:
-Sober DF:
-Thrust full 1. -Law of the thirds
-Minimal -White space
-Focal points
2. -Continuity
- Connection
- Closure
- Similarity

INTEREST:
Dynamic and capturing ways of EQUILIBRIUM:
presenting information -Capturing and readable text:

DF: DF:
- Use of pictures - Big Sans Serif titles in contrast with the
- Infographics background
- Time-lines - Serif Body in dark gray in long paragraphs for
- Geolocalization optimal reading
- The background must be in contrast with
the text

Diagram 2: Visual representation of the requirements of form of the project.

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 REQUIREMENTS OF USE

PRACTICALITY:
Consider the UX and UI design method to
achieve an intuitive and user friendly interface
DF: Clear: The interface should be clear,
-language, flow, hierarchy and metaphors for visual elements.

Concise: The interface should be concise and clear at the same time
-Avoid having many topics or things at the screen
it makes it difficult to navigate and a tedious work

Familiar: If someone uses an interface for the first time, certain elements can still be familiar. SECURITY:
Facilitating the navigation
Existence of confidential material
-Real-life metaphors can be used to communicate meaning
DF:
Responsive: should provide good feedback to the user about what’s happening and whether Different access levels of information:
the user’s input is being successfully processed. 1.Club Of Rome Community: - Request
-The interface should use interactive methods and responses hierarchical permissions
2.General Public: -Subscription
Consistent: The interface should be consistent through navigation allowing users
to recognize usage patterns. -Access to encrypted data

Aesthetic: The interface should be enjoyable

for the user
Efficient: The interface should have
a productive navigation
- Shortcuts and good MAINTENANCE:
design.
Keep the archive updated

DF: Each CoR community user should have an account

on the website, and a section were is possible to update
and upload information
- Is necessary to include clear instructions and param-
eters on how to upload files in the upload/update
section

Diagram 3: Visual representation of the requirements of use of the project.

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REQUIREMENTS OF DISTRIBUTION
AND MARKET

PRICE

DF: 1. Club Of Rome community: Free access

2. Normal Users: Free access under a previous subscription

LEGAL
MARKETING
DF: Copyright: Published information should
be copyrighted DF: - Social media
-Privacy policy: When personal data is collected - User to user (word of mouth marketing)
(ex email address) is necessary to include a priva- - Newsletter
cy policy - Google adds
-Web disclaimer :When information is pub-
lished on a website is necessary to include
a web disclaimer

Diagram 4: Visual representation of the requirements of distribution and market of the project.

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 NAVIGATION The secret to user-friendly navigation begins with the nav-
igation menu. In order for users to get from Point A to
Point B, they need a map to guide them, the sitemap is gen-

MAP
The Navigation map or sitemap is a tool that provides
the foundations for any well-designed website. It is used
to plan and have a clear idea of the website’s information
architecture and explains the relationships between the
various pages and content elements. According to UX
Planet3,1a sitemap shows where content lives, typically in
an outline form where pages can be seen in sections and
there is no duplicate content, the same content does not
appear in more than one place in the webpage. The website
navigation shows how the menus/navigation on the web-
site will work and there can be more than one link to the
same page.
erally the vehicle that takes users where they want to go.
Designing the navigation menu should take precedence in
the design process. It is necessary to prototype the menu
before the development so it will provide the resources re-
quired to plan, visualize and interact with the content in
real-time, from the start.
The first step of creating the project’s navigation map was
planning the content starting from the menu and creating
a hand-made sketch of the site-map (Image1) to under-
stand it with its sections and hierarchies clearly developed.
After the navigation map was planned and sketched, the
next step was the digitalization of the map, which is possi-
ble to appreciate in Diagram 5.

3. “5 UI Patterns: Navigation at Makes Good UX Sense,” UX Planet,

https://uxplanet.org/5-ui-patterns-naviga- tion-that-makes-good-ux-sense-
92a65df7485d (Consulted the 14th of November 2018)

Image 1: The process of sketching the navigation map.

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CONTENT
The website that has been proposed consist of
9 sections that are contained in a fixed menu that can be
found on all sections, starting with the homepage the other
sections are the following:
About
1. It’s where is possible to consult information about The
CoR, who they are, their mission and history.
Members
1. It shows a section where is possible to see the actu-
al presidents and a time-line that shows all the historical
presidents.
2. Is possible to see all the actual community of The CoR
and it can be filtered to see fellows and full, associate,
ex-officio and honorary members. By clicking on each of
them is possible to see their profile.
Where In the world
1. Is possible to see a map where all the National Associa-
tions of the Club of Rome are located.
2. The explanation of what is an National Association
3. List of all the National Associations
Reports
1. Is possible to see a graphic that shows all the reports that
can be filtered by author, topic or year.
2. When a report is selected, is possible to see its descrip-
tion, author’s information, buy the book, borrow it or visit
the archive.
Archive
*This section is divided into 2 sections, one for the Club of
Rome community and other for the general users.
1. General section:
- What is it: with a description of what it is, a tutorial on
how to use it, where is possible to find help and a list of
frequently asked questions (FAQ) and a search bar to start
using it.
- Archive news and features: Where is possible to find new
uploads on the archive and featured information.
- Physical archive: It gives a description of the physical ar-
chive of the CoR, showing its location and the possibility
to book a visit.
-Related archives: Description, information about the
MIT’s Limits to growth archive and Aurelio Peccei Foun-
dation.
-Search archives:
_Is possible to consult a list of quick links that include:
The limits to growth, Conferences, Reports, Members,
Anniversaries, Projects, papers and presentations, and
Historical Documents. It is possible to filter the search by
categories, topics, year, author, type of media, language,
and continent.
_ It shows a list of top searches and a Search bar.
Is possible to consult all the content available but to consult
a selected document is necessary to register or log in.
Users with their profile can consult online media or down-
load encrypted files, have a history of research and save
documents on their account.
Reports can be borrowed in the archive section, this func-
tions as a digital library, the user have the possibility to
borrow a book and have access to the digital content for
2 weeks.
2. CoR community section:
- Is possible to access the normal content of the archive
-Consult institutional documents such as Budget and ac-
counting, Correspondence, executive committee, Europe-
an support center, General assembly, and structures.
-Private documents
-Update and upload information
News and Events
1. Is possible to consult the latest news, past news, upcom-
ing and past events.
Actions
1. Consult The CoR Projects & Research and initiatives
Contact and Donate
1. Contact information and the possibility to send a mes-
sage directly to the CoR
2. Gives the possibility to the interested people to support
the club of Rome with donations.
Footnote
1. Besides the fixed menu there is a fixed footnote present
in the bottom of all sections and it includes:
- The links to the social media and the subscription to the
newsletter
- List of Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
- Contact
- Change Language
- Search bar
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NAVIGATION MAP Home Social media links (subscribe to newsletter)
FAQ
Contact
Language
Main menu Footer Search bar
About Members Where in the world Reports Archive News and events Actions Contact Donate
National associations Map of all Latest news
Who we are Projects & Contact info
map reports
Mission News Research
History President section Upcomig events Initiatives Send us a message
What is a National What is it? Past events
Club of rome association Author
community Filters Topic What is the Description
List
CoR Archive FAQ
Year How to use the
archive Tutorial Info
Full members
Report description Search bar Limits to Borrow report
Filters Associate members
Author’s info Growth Related documents
Report Archive news
Buy book New uploads
Honorary members and features Media
Borrow book Featured archive Annual conference
Fellows Conferences Presentations
Conferences Agenda
Physical Description of the archive
Member profile Archive Location
Member
Publications and Book a visit Info
actions Reports All reports
Description Borrow report
Related
Aurelio Peccei Foundation Related documents
FAQ Archives
Help MIT’s Limits to Growth
Tutorial Fundrasing Historical members
& strategies Members
President’s history
Accounting &
General Budget and Search Quick links
reciepts
quick links accounting Archives Categories 20th
Finance Media
Topics 40th Presentations
User Anniversaries
CoR Log in Correspondence Year 50 th Agenda
Password Institutional
Filters Author
documents
Executive Type of media
commitee Language Projects, Papers

Log in
Top search Continent and Presentations
Private European
documents support center
Presscuttings
Historical
General Founding documents
documents
assembly
Supporting
Structures structures Search bar
Update and Partners Sitemap key
User Download encrypted file
upload info Introduction Log in Homepage
Log in Password Consult online 1st level
Your documents Save in account
Register Fill data 2nd level
Upload new 3rd level
4th level
Club of Rome community private section
Diagram 5: The CoR website navigation map

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WIRE-
ture, they are used to provide a framework for storing
the site’s visual design and content elements. They are
more detailed than sketches and can help identify potential
challenges and gaps. It is used to describe the functionality

FRAMES
of a product as well as relations between views (what will
happen when a certain button is clicked). The decisions on
what content or features and where to put it on the website
are made during this stage, always based on the require-
ments and the navigation site-map. But it is important to
take into account that this step does not cover the product’s
visual style design.
After creating the navigation map and the content
The next step for the project was the creation of the wire-
of the website the next step was creating simple sketches of
frames passing from a handmade sketch to a digitalized
the layout of each section, this phase is essential because it
product. A wire-frames key language diagram can
generates a brainstorming were all the ideas and details of
be found the following pages, explaining the function of
the visualization of the network are generated. It is possible
some basic elements used in the process of wire-framing
to contemplate this process below on Image 2.
the website, these elements were created especially for the
project based on icons that people are already familiarized
Based on the article on Wire-framing of the Interaction De-
with, to explain actions or aspects of the navigation-pro-
sign Foundation4,1a Danish initiative established on 2002,
cess. In addition to the Homepage and Archive main page
wire-frames are a more complex approach to mapping
wire-frames explanations can be found on the following
out the website, it is equivalent to the skeleton or struc-
pages, to see the full wire-frame work go to Appendix 7
on page 206.
4. “Wire-frames,” Interaction Design Foundation, https://www.interaction-de-
sign.org/literature/article/rapid-prototyping-faking-it-until-you-make-it-in-a-
ux-driven-world (Consulted 14th November 2018)

Image 2: The process of sketching the website layout.

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 WIRE-FRAMES KEY LANGUAGE

Logo:
Linked to Fixed menu
Home page
BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON

LINK > LINK > LINK

Bread crumbs*
"Lorem ipsum
dolor sit amet,
consectetur adipi-
scing elit, sed do Video
eiusmod tempor
incididunt ut
Linked
BUTTON
button

Purple line:
indicates that
there is more
information
after scrolling

BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON

HEADING
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consecte-
tur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod
tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore Text space
Image magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim
veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullam-
co laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo
consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in rep-
rehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum
dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur
sint occaecat cupidatat non proident,

BUTTON

BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON

BUTTON BUTTON
BUTTON BUTTON
Fixed
footer
Existence of
Search bar a gallery

More icons:
Lorem ipsum
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet”
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet”
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet”
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet”

Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum

Interactive action Scrolling filters Interactive timeline Location map

* Bread crumbs: Type of secondary navigation scheme that reveals the user’s location in a website

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HOME PAGE WIRE-FRAME

Captivating slogan that Introductory

leads to the About page video

BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON

"Lorem ipsum
dolor sit amet, Principal screenshot
of the Home page.
consectetur adipi- (Introduction)
scing elit, sed do
eiusmod tempor
incididunt ut
BUTTON

HEADING
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consecte-
tur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod
tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore Second screenshot
magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim
veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullam- of the Home page.
co laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo (News)
consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in rep-
rehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum
dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur
sint occaecat cupidatat non proident,

BUTTON

BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON

BUTTON BUTTON
BUTTON BUTTON

Latest news
interactive gallery

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 ARCHIVE MAIN PAGE WIRE-FRAMES

Direct search bar

Introduction to the archive in the main page

BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON

BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON

LINK > LINK > LINK

HEADING
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur First Screenshot
adipiscing elit, sed d o eiusmod t empor Archive page.
incididunt ut labore et dolore magna
aliqua. Ut e nim ad m inim v eniam, quis (explanation)
nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi
ut aliquip ex e a commodo c onsequat.
Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in
voluptate velit e sse cillum dolore eu
fugiat nulla p ariatur. E xcepteur s int oc-
caecat c upidatat non p roident, s unt in

BUTTON

BUTTON

Second
Screenshot
Archive page.
(Features of the
"Lorem ipsum "Lorem ipsum "Lorem ipsum "Lorem ipsum archive)
dolor sit amet” dolor sit amet” dolor sit amet” dolor sit amet”

HEADING
HEADING Third
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consecte-
HEADING
tur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod Screenshot
tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore
magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim Archive page.
veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullam- (Inscription)
BUTTON co laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo
BUTTON
consequat.

BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON

BUTTON BUTTON
BUTTON BUTTON

Space for the inscription Different sections to navigate

to join the Club of Rome differently the archive

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WIRE-FRAMES THUMBNAILS

Here is a compilation of all the wire-frames that

were made for each section of the web page, always taking
into account the requirements and the navigation map de-
sign, so the user is finds it pleasant to navigate through the
platform. To see the entire wire-frames work in a detailed
and bigger format go to Appendix 7 on page 206.

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 VISUAL
DESIGN
GUIDELINES
After analyzing, as seen in the previous sections,
which were the general requirements of the Club of Rome’s
platform in terms of use, structure, form and others, in
addition to creating a navigation map connecting all the
mandatory and useful content of the network, it was time
to focus on the visual design choices to capture and pres-
ent the information visually in the correct ways.
To start with the visual design guidelines it was important
to go deep in the different needs and the solutions to those
needs that express information visually in ways that repre-
sented it intuitively, clearly and accurately. For starters,
we analyzed two different concepts that should be taken
into account when developing a visual design; Elements
of visual design and Principles of visual design. As
the Interaction Design Foundation describe them, the ele-
ments of design are the building blocks of a product’s aes-
thetics and the principles of design are how the elements
can or should go together to achieve best results.51
Elements of visual design
The decisions for the selection of the elements
and principles of visual design used for the development
of the platform were taken into account because they fulfill
the Club of Rome’s need of an elegant, trustful, dynamic
and capturing website. The main elements were the line,
always geometric and uniform, the shape, being mostly
squares and rectangles that represent the seriousness of the
organization, the negative space, that balances the com-
position and the value and color, to keep a high contrast
between the elements that create clarity.
5. Interaction Design Foundation, The building blocks of Visual Design. Re-
trieved from https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/the-building-
blocks-of-visual-design
106
Principles of visual design
In the other hand, the principles used for the
design were the unity principle, willing to visually and
conceptually arrange elements together to create harmo-
ny between them, the clarity and contrast principle, to
create clear distinctions between elements and sections of
the pages to make the general processing of information
easier, the hierarchy principle, to show the difference in
importance between the elements, for example, by high-
lighting buttons and making large headers, and finally the
balance principle, to make an even distribution of ele-
ments that creates a symmetric and stable platform for the
users.
In addition to these, the design decision to include a high
amount of images was taken because images not only make
a page easier to digest, but also enhance the message in the
text, and can even transmit messages without people even
needing to read.
Visual design options
Subsequently, after making the decisions that
would lead the development of the Club of Rome’s plat-
form project, the creation of different visual styles based
on the chosen elements and principles was carried out to
have different options of color, concepts and fonts to se-
lect the proper one that truly represents in the best way the
core values and goals of the organization. The visual design
is a way to communicate and appeal to the site’s users, so
to develop the correct design 4 different styles were devel-
oped based on Mat Meazy’s style tile tool 6. The 4 options of
design tiles are the following:2
Option 1: Creative elegance
Option 2: Natural history
Option 3: Reliable new energy
Option 4: Sophisticated information
The style tiles were divided into 4 sections: the content
example, that shows the heading and paragraph fonts in-
teraction, the color palette, the key concepts on which
the platform will be created and the images/patterns that
make up a mood board for inspiration. As seen on the fol-
lowing pages, Option 1 and Option 2 have the same sec-
tions except for the content example in which the head-
ing font varies from Merriweather Sans to Oswald but the
paragraph font is Karma Regular for both tiles, the same
occurs in Option 3 and 4. In addition to this, for each tile, a
home page prototype was developed to analyze the way the
color pallet work together with the font and style.
6. Mat Meazy, Web Design Process. Retrieved from https://webflow.com/blog/
the-web-design-process-in-7-simple-steps
 OPTION 1: CREATIVE ELEGANCE
Style tile
CONTENT EXAMPLE COLOURS

CAPITAL LETTER HEADLINE

Headline

Sub Headline
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing
elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et
dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis
#cc6043 #431312 #12173d #0ba080
nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex
ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in
reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu
fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat
IMAGES / PATTERNS
non proident."

Link to another website

Link to another page

Button 1 Button 1

KEY CONCEPTS

History Responsibility

Elegance BALANCE

Creativity Information

Table 1: Layout option 1.

Home page mock-up

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Image 2: Roots. https://rogerknowlton.files.wordpress.com/2015/71797062.jpg Image 5: African baby. https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/story/karen-pauli-
Image 3: Orange sunset. http://neo-deco.es/producto/atardeceres/atardecer-af- na-biswell/
ricano/ Image 6: Purity waves. http://www.heartfulnessmagazine.com/principle-purity/

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 OPTION 2: NATURAL HISTORY

Style tile
CONTENT EXAMPLE COLOURS

CAPITAL LETTER HEADLINE

Headline
Sub Headline
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing
elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et
dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis
#cc6043 #431312 #12173d #0ba080
nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex
ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in
reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu
fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat
IMAGES / PATTERNS
non proident."

Link to another website

Link to another page

Button 1 Button 1

CONCEPT

Information Responsibility

Elegance History
Creativity BALANCE

Table 2: Layout option 2.

Home page mock-up

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Image 2: Roots. https://rogerknowlton.files.wordpress.com/2015/71797062.jpg Image 5: African baby. https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/story/karen-pauli-
Image 3: Orange sunset. http://neo-deco.es/producto/atardeceres/atardecer-af- na-biswell/
ricano/
Image 6: Purity waves. http://www.heartfulnessmagazine.com/principle-purity/

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 OPTION 3: RELIABLE NEW ENERGY

Style tile
CONTENT EXAMPLE COLOURS

CAPITAL LETTER HEADLINE

Headline

Sub Headline
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing
elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et
dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis
#307777# f9f5f2 #e4913c #5e1413 #0a1e38
nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex
ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in
reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu
fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat
IMAGES / PATTERNS
non proident."

Link to another website

Link to another page

Button 1 Button 1

KEY CONCEPTS

Powerful Reliability

Information STABILITY

New energy Elegant

Table 3: Layout option 3.

Home page mock-up

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brary
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Image 3: Yellow sunset. https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/494551602824292412/ Image 6: Knots. https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxiwinter/16803120909/

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 OPTION 4: SOPHISTICATED INFORMATION

Style tile
CONTENT EXAMPLE COLOURS

CAPITAL LETTER HEADLINE

Headline
Sub Headline
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing
elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et
dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis
#307777# f9f5f2 #e4913c #5e1413# 0a1e38
nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex
ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in
reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu
fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat IMAGES / PATTERNS
non proident."

Link to another website

Link to another page

Button 1 Button 1

CONCEPT

Elegant Reliability

STABILITY Powerful

New energy INFORMATION

Table 4: Layout option 4

Home page mock-up

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brary Image 5: Red wine. https://www.pinterest.cl/pin/502503270896858090/
Image 2: Blue books. https://www.pinterest.cl/pin/151926187408760613/ Image 6: Knots. https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxiwinter/16803120909/
Image 3: Yellow sunset. https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/494551602824292412/

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VISUAL DESIGN FINAL CHOICE
After analyzing the 4 style tiles, taking into ac-
count the way the 4 sections interact, the decision was to
choose Option 2 because it suited in the best way the
project’s requirements and concept.
To justify this decision is important to mention what the
fonts and the color pallet represent and the reasons why
they were chosen to begin with. First of all, the mixture of a
sans-serif font for the heading and a serif font for the body
was made because this gives the site’s text a contrast within
the elements and allows an easier reading for the user, be-
ing the big headings written in Oswald, that is a simple, tall
hight, serious but modern font, it is a Google font launched
in 20011, its characters were initially reformed to better fit
the pixel grid of standard digital screens. In addition, the
body of the webpage is written in Karma Regular, also
a Google font with serif that permits an optimal reading of
longer texts, published on 2014, it was developed for use
in body text on screen, featuring a construction style that
tends toward the mono linear.
On the other hand, is important to say that the color palette
tool, which refers to the collection of colors, was chosen
because it represents in the best way the interaction be-
tween colors. The palette was developed based in the color
theory, that is defined by the Interaction Design Founda-
tion as “a term used to describe the collection of rules and
guidelines regarding the use of color in art and design. In-
forming the design of color schemes, aiming at aesthetic ap-
peal and the effective communication of a design message on
both the visual level and the psychological level”.71
The 5 colors on the palette were chosen using the tetradic
scheme, which mixes 2 pairs of complementary colors and
adding a neutral one. Also, there was a decision of choos-
ing 1 pair of warm colors and 1 pair of cold colors to create
more contrast and dynamism on the platform. Warm col-
ors were chosen because they represent positivism, enthu-
siasm and energy and cold colors because of their calming
and reserved natures that in design gives a sense of profes-
sionalism.
The Dark coral and Dark Sienna were chosen because
red is an elegant and energetic color that represents power
and importance, also being associated with creativity. The
Maastricht blue was chosen because it represents reli-
ability and traditions, the Green Crayola because of its
sense of harmony and stability and the snow because it
represents pureness and elegance.
7. “What is Color Theory?,” Interaction Design Foundation, https://www.
interaction-design.org/literature/topics/color-theory (Consulted the 10th of
November 2018)

SELECTED STYLE (OPTION 2: NATURAL HISTORY)

CONTENT EXAMPLE COLOURS

CAPITAL LETTER HEADLINE

Headline
Sub Headline
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing
elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et
dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis
#cc6043 #431312 #12173d #0ba080
nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex
ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in
reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu
fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat
IMAGES / PATTERNS
non proident."

Link to another website

Link to another page

Button 1 Button 1

CONCEPT

Information Resposibility
Elegance History
Creativity BALANCE

Table 5: Selected Layout (option 2)

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 PLATFORM
PROTOTYPE
PROTOTYPES
According to the Interaction Design Foundation
prototypes are high-fidelity working models. Designed to
emulate not just the functionality of the product but also
the look and feel. Prototypes, by their very nature, take
longer to produce to produce than wire frames or sketch-
es but they a more close example of the reality the project
wants to produce, and it always takes into a count the re-
quirements found on the previous stages and he usability
and equilibrium of the visual design choices.81
On the development of the project, the tool that was used
for creating the prototype was www.wix.com a website that
allows creating real web pages in blanc templates, permit-
ting a totally customizable work. The platform was not de-
veloped at its 100%, the basic contents and sections with
designed courses were developed for testing its usability,
function, and design.
CREATION OF THE CLUB OF ROME
PLATFORM
To achieve the objectives of the project:
1. Preserve information
- Organize the physical archive to then give value to the
material through its digitalization.
- Create a set of parameters to digitize the historical, cur-
rent and future material of the Club of Rome
2. Connect the CoR to a digital network
- Create a digital library that contains all the digitized
material of the physical archive, investigations, and initia-
tives of the Club of Rome.
- Make the Club of Rome’s body of knowledge more open
and accessible to people all around the world.
- Create an intuitive, user-friendly interface where peo-
ple can navigate easily through the archive.
- Intervene in the existing CoR website to make its con-
tent in more active, innovative, and connected.
- Activate social media and connect it to the platform.
8. “Rapid Prototyping,” UX Driven World, https://www.interaction-design.org/
literature/article/rapid-prototyping-faking-it-until-you-make-it-in-a-ux-driv-
en-world (Consulted the 14th of November 2018)
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3. Make information useful inside the organization
- Create a specific section of the archive for the CoR
community, where they can access confidential informa-
tion and exchange material.
- Create a user-friendly interface that permits the Club of
Rome Community to keep it updated.
Taking into account that the project users come from dif-
ferent kinds of contexts and nationalities in addition to
covering a big age range. And the fact that in the current
information era, people found themselves surrounded by
enormous amounts of information that change contin-
uously and is not always filter, save or rely on, and when
it is of good quality, in few cases is opened to the general
public.
As previously explained, it was decided to fully redesign
the Club of Rome website, creating a coherent platform
were the new section dedicated to the archive was insert-
ed. This global platform aims to digitally spreads the Club
of Rome’s information, archival heritage, main work and
current research enabling the organization to have a digital
network that would help them fulfill its principal objective
of sharing knowledge and creating consciousness to in-
spire individuals, communities, and governments.
The Creation of The CORA’s Platform would represent sev-
eral advantages for the organization (as seen on Diagram
6), such as, making the most of their existing resources,
valorizing their actual information and the organization it-
self, through its history. The adequate management of their
material would result on updating their existing digital re-
sources and creating a reliable research and information
source, that would in one side engage new users with up-
dated and reliable information presented in an appealing
and interactive way, with the possibility to borrow reports
in the Digital library area. In the other side, it would be a
crucial tool used inside the organization to valorize their
personal work and consult, update and add material. The
creation of this platform would allow the connection to
other CoR archives around the world, giving the possibili-
ty to broaden the knowledge.
 CLUB OF ROME ARCHIVE’S Valorization of
PLATFORM VALUES The CoR through
it’s history
Open to the general
public Appealing and
interactive ways
of presenting
info

Engagement of Valorization
new users of the
information Regularity of available
information
Connection with other New features for
archives around the COR
the world Community
Valorization
of personal
work

Facilitation of CORA PLATFORM Upgrade of existing

Consultation VALUES digital resources Easier way of
sharing information

Reliable research and

Adequate management information source
of CoR’s material

Creation of the Make the most of

the CoR exsisting
Digital Archive resources
Updated
information Featured Collection
of the CoR

Dynamic Paths and storytelling

filters of Digital reports
information borrow
library

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 HOME
PAGE
OFFICIAL CURRENT PAGE
Important elements were situated in a fixed footer to make
them always available for the user without disturbing with
the main menu and a language change option was added

Link: https://www.clubofrome.org/

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PROJECT PROPOSAL PAGE

To avoid making an abrupt change on the webpage, the same

colors were used but in more sober and coherent tones.

It was decided to fully redesign the Club of Rome website, making it more appealing and coherent
with the project, it`s main elements remained and other features were added, on its homepage,
new users can have a general idea of what is the Club of Rome, with the use of key elements such
as a slogan, a video, and headline news, offering the option to go further to learn more about it .

Fixed home
page button
Fixed
menu

Captivat-
ing slogan
that leads
to about
page
Video

Improved
use of the
space
Fixed Website CoR Social Contact Frequently Language
Footer search bar media links asked changer
questions

Key elements from the footer were placed on the main menu, available in all the pages
Link: https://mariaalejandraleal.wixsite.com/clubofrome

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 ABOUT
OFFICIAL CURRENT PAGE

The about video

was placed on
the home page

The timeline remained but it was rede-

signed to make the most of the space of the
website and make it more interesting

Link: https://www.clubofrome.org/about-us/history/

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PROJECT PROPOSAL PAGE

The about page was fused with the history section, it covers three crucial topics “About us” where
the explanation about what is The CoR remained, their mission was added, with an animated
diagram of “The Problematique” and finally the timeline was made bigger and animated, showing
a general explanation of important events, linked to the CoR archive, were people can see import-
ant media about these events.

Use of different
color that indicates
current section

Interactive video
related to the
mission
Predominant
data

Full screen
related image

Important event description, that allows to go further into the archive to

see related documents and media
Link: https://mariaalejandraleal.wixsite.com/clubofrome/about

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 MEMBERS

OFFICIAL CURRENT PAGE

Explanation of types of memberships

Each clicked
option opened in
a separate page,
lacking of unity

Link: https://www.clubofrome.org/membership/
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PROJECT PROPOSAL PAGE

The members’ section was unified, an interactive grill with all The CoR community was creat-
ed, a system of filters was applied to show each type of membership if it is clicked, it shows the
members of each type with its explanation, In addition to click-able profiles that shows their
full information.

Members change
according to the
filter applied

Example of
Link: https://mariaalejandraleal.wixsite.com/clubofrome/shop-rvnn6 clicked filter

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 WHERE
IN THE
WORLD

OFFICIAL CURRENT PAGE

National Association window on the
About us section

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It was created a section for The National Associations (N.A), were is possible to see an inter-
active map were all the N.A are located, clicking in one is possible to see the full information
about the N.A and visit the webpage.

Example of
clicked N.A

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 REPORTS
OFFICIAL CURRENT PAGE
A section for the
Reports on the
Fixed menu was
created

It was decided to
start the section of
the Reports with
an explanation of
What they are

Link: https://www.clubofrome.org/activities/reports/

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PROJECT PROPOSAL PAGE
It was created a section for the Reports, Its basic concept remained the same, but the layout was reorga-
nized and some features were added. The filter of time was conserved, and filter by author and topic were
added, when a report is clicked is possible to consult a summary and direct links to buy the book, visit
the archive related to it and borrow the book, this is a special feature that works as a digital library and
allows registered users to consult it online or download an encrypted file for a period of 2 weeks.

Example of clicked
report, with features
such as Borrow
Report, Buy Report,
and Visit related
archive

Link: https://mariaalejandraleal.wixsite.com/clubofrome/reports

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 ARCHIVE
ARCHIVE HOME PAGE
All the previous work was made to create a coherent platform were the new section dedicated
to the archive was inserted, The home page included an explanation about the digital archive,
key sections such as search archive, featured collections, physical archive and Related archives.
It also offers the possibility to log in to enjoy all its features

Explanatory section of
the main functions of
the archive.
(Search bar to
directly search for a
material)

Section divided in the

four features in which
the archive is divided

Explanation section on
how to register on the
Archive community
(including a button to
directly get to the sing
up area)

Link:https://mariaalejandraleal.wixsite.com/corarchive

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LOG IN AND PROFILE

Is possible to join The Club of Rome Archive community, registered users have the possibility
to consult online media or download encrypted files, have a history of research, save and re-
view documents.

Singing-up options
with Facebook or
Google+

Sing up section with

a space for the email
and password

Archives fixed menu

when logged-in

Jhon Doe
johndoe@gmail.com

Archive personal
Jhon Doe account section

johndoe@gmail.com

Link: https://mariaalejandraleal.wixsite.com/corarchive

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 ARCHIVE
SEARCH ARCHIVE
At the Search Archive section is possible to see quick links that take the user to the main ar-
chives, consult the top search or search by catalog, were is possible to consult the full archive in
a dynamic way, filtering the research by categories, topics, year, author, type of media, language
and continent .

Quick links let the

user search based on
the categories of the
archive

Top Searches shows

what are the most
searched topics

SEARCH BY CATALOG

Filters that allow the

user to search in a
detailed and easier
way through the
archive

Series, dosiers,
binders and
documents tree

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SELECTED ARCHIVE

Consulting an archive gives the possibility to see the archive as it is organized in real life, it
shows the principal box, divided into folders and subfolders, when a document is selected is
possible to consult its technical information, leave comments and view the file.

Archive tree showing

the hierarchy of the
series, dossiers, bind-
ers and documents

Information about the

selected material

Possibility to view the

media online or to save
it directly.

Comment area

PDF files viewer with

the download, print
and zooming options

Link:https://mariaalejandraleal.wixsite.com/corarchive/selected-archive

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 ARCHIVE
CLUB OF ROME
ADMINISTRATIVE AREA

There is a private section on the archive dedicated to the CoR administrative area, only people
from the inside of the Organization have access to this section, after entering a password. In
this part is possible to consult Institutional Documents, Request access to consult private doc-
uments or update or upload new material.

Aministrative are
available only for
the Club of Rome
community.
(secret password is
needed to access)

Institutional doc-
uments section
that shows all the
material related to
the organization
management

Private documents The upload or update

section, where the section allows the CoR
restricted files are kept community to maintain the
information up to date.

Link: https://mariaalejandraleal.wixsite.com/corarchive/selected-archive

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CHAPTER
Conclusions and Future work

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 CONCLUSIONS
The project started with the general subject of the
Club of Rome’s Archive, which widely involved every flow
of inputs and outputs within the organization system and
also its connections and relations with other systems. Be-
cause of the large scale of the topic various questions and
unsolved aspects related to why and how to potentiate the
archive were born and analyzed at the beginning of the
process for the project to be developed to try to answer
them in the best and most fitting and effective way, always
taking into account the organization needs, values, history
and goals.
The main objective of the project was to create a global
platform that digitally spreads the Club of Rome’s infor-
mation, archival heritage, main work and current research
enabling the organization to have a digital network that
would help them fulfil its principal objective of sharing
knowledge and creating consciousness to inspire individ-
uals, communities, and governments. This objective could
not be completely fulfilled without understanding some
important aspects first, and, also without the creation of
networking connections between the elements of the sys-
tem, which in this case are the archival discipline and the
history and characteristics of the Club of Rome.
ARCHIVAL SCIENCE
In relation with the archival science it was real-
ly important to understood the origin of an archive and
the way it serves to its creator and producer as its memory,
giving the capacity of self-documentation. In addition to
the fact that nowadays, the archiving process has the same
values and importance as in the past; digital or physical, it
keeps a record of documents that helps us to understand
history and testify to the most important aspects, in this
case, of the organization’s activities.
Also it was crucial to learn about the different types of
documents, in order to know what were the specific doc-
uments that go into an archive. In this case, voluntary doc-
uments, that are produced to transmit a set of information
organized by the author, produced progressively in the
course of an activity and their purpose is the exchange of
information necessary in the progress of the activity it-
self. They are part of a document complex, that’s why their
whole interpretations are possible just inside the context
they are found on because they contain specific informa-
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tion they have a specific type of recipients/readers. It was
necessary to make sure this where the kind of documents
contained on the Club of Rome Archive.
In addition to this, the life stages of an archive were an-
alyzed to conclude that the actual archive of the Club of
Rome is in a second stage, a deposit archive, which allows
consultation but is a transition phase between the current
archive, where the decision of creating an archive is born
and a basic order and organization is given to it, and the
historical archive, in which documents lose their practical
use and start to be worthy for permanent preservation.
THE CLUB OF ROME ANALYSIS
Referring to the Club of Rome’s history and char-
acteristics it was crucial to get to know their past to actually
understand their future, but also to get to know their goals
and objectives, such as, bringing the attention of the gen-
eral public and policymakers about the nature of the pres-
ent situation of mankind and the need for new approaches,
but, analyzing deeply all their sources of information they
are being left behind by lack of innovation and desire on
approaching new generation and different types of publics.
On the other hand, the specific objectives of the project
were divided into 3 different points, the first one being to
preserve information by organizing the physical archive to
then give value to its material through digitalization, with a
set of parameters that enables the digitalization of the his-
torical, current and future material of the Club of Rome.
This objective was achieved through the detailed revision
of the existing information sources such as the webpage,
the social media and the different archives around the
world, with a focus on the main archive of the Winterthur’s
headquarter.
The main problem that was found on the review of the ar-
chive was the abandonment and lack of interest of the or-
ganization towards the archive, not giving it the value and
importance that it deserves. A consequence provoked by
this main issue, is the serious lack of archival management
that the physical archive presents nowadays. This lack of
management might be also due to the existence of in-
complete information channels between the organization,
which leads to various issues such as the lack of organiza-
tion, lack of folders categorization, lack of inventory and
no nominated material, which produces disinformation
about the material content, and the different uses and ad-
vantages that could give, not only to the Club of Rome,
but also to the general public.
Giving a holistic vision to the archive’s situation allowed
the understanding of the actual consistency of the archive
and how to create a virtuous network of relationships
between the different flows of information and material.
Also to understand how to enhance the identity and actu-
ally produce development and well-being for the Club of
Rome, it was necessary to analyze the networks of prob-
lems that the main archive has taken into account, and the
way it relates with the systems outside the organization but
mostly its relation with the organization and its needs.
In addition to this, to achieve a proper valorization of the
archive it was vital to follow some steps, starting by creat-
ing consciousness among the organization, making them
comprehend the potential value and importance of their
current and future material. Sequentially, it was necessary
to establish new rules and processes for the management
of the content, in order to have a clear and organized ar-
chive that would be easy to understand by everyone. This
will be an exhausting and long work but it is worth it, be-
cause it will make easier to maintain and use the physi-
cal archive, permitting to proceed to the next valorization
step, the digitalization.
The other two points in the specific objectives where, in
first place, to connect the Club of Rome to a digital network,
by creating a digital library that contains all the digitized
material of the physical archive (investigations and ini-
tiatives), with an intuitive, user-friendly interface where
people can navigate easily through the archive; making the
Club of Rome’s body of knowledge more open and acces-
sible to people all around the world. In second, it was nec-
essary to intervene in the existing CoR website, in order to
make it more coherent with the archive section, and also to
its content more active, innovative, and connected. In ad-
dition, to making their information useful inside the orga-
nization by creating a specific section of the archive for the
CoR community, where they can access confidential infor-
mation and exchange material and creating a user-friendly
interface that permits the Club of Rome Community to
keep it updated.
CONCEPTS NEEDED TO APPROACH
THE PROJECT
Before getting to deeply develop the solutions for
these objectives it was noticed that an exploration of key
terms was needed to create a connection between the field
and desk research material and the knowledge produced,
in order to start the design process with solid foundations.
For starters, systemic design was the discipline within the
project was approached, also cultural heritage played a
fundamental role on the investigation of the project, be-
cause analyzing archives as a cultural heritage, conducted
to understand them as visible and tangible traces of past,
which gave sense and value to the project.
The terms digital library, institutional repository, digital
interface, information technology and metadata were the
digital resources used for the creation and digitization of
the physical archive and they were needed as case studies
and as key elements to make the project work. Also, social
media was a key element for the project because it facili-
tates the digital information spread and connects people
from all around the globe to the Club of Rome. Finally, the
project was designed applying a combination of User ex-
perience and User Interface design processes that included
problem and user analysis, selection of the fonts, colours
and style, prototyping and user testing in order to have a
well designed functional and intuitive outcome.
INSIGHTS OF THE CLUB OF ROME
COMMUNITY
In the other hand, when developing the solution
processes for the objectives it was really important to an-
alyze the opinion and thoughts of the organization about
the project, that’s why attending to the 50th anniversary of
the Club of Rome was really useful. First of all, with a close
approach to the organization it was understood that with
the vision of the newly elected presidents Mrs Dixson-De-
clève and Mrs Ramphele, the Club of Rome is pointing to
innovate by finding smart ways of spreading their word.
Targeting to involve young people, without leaving behind
their classic point of view. Also, as many of the keynote
lecturers said, is necessary to make people understand to
achieve transformation, when people are well informed
and talk to other people changes are made, collective ac-
tion is what the world needs. The Club of Rome has all the
tools, but, they need to put them to work.
Specifically for the project, the Summit contributed to give
support, insights and encouraged the development of it.
Key information such as the words of Mrs. Dixon-Declève
“We need to come back to the roots to find a solution to the
problems” And “Remembering the past is what allow us
to move into the future”, gave sense to the project because
the roots of the organization are present on the archive’s
content.
The survey that was made during the summit with the
Club of Rome community and other general public at-
tendees, confirmed the need of the creation of a digital
archive, that could have 2 different parts: one for external
use, were people could have free access by subscription to
relevant information related to the CoR such as historical
documents, media of the conferences, material related to
reports and research, essays, projects, papers and presenta-
tions and information about the members profile, publica-
tions and history. And another one for internal use only for
CoR community, where people can use the normal archive
but also have access to private documents such as budget
and accounting files. Also having the possibility to upload
and update information.
Seventh Chapter: Conclusions and Future work 133
 INSIGHTS FROM THE CASE STUDIES
In addition to the insights given by the Club of
Rome community, it was necessary to study different case
studies of all over the world to deeply understand the way
material is being managed nowadays so through the re-
vision, critical analysis and interpretation of existing ar-
chives, a new perspective was created. This perspective
generated various insights for the development of the proj-
ect such as the main page should have the possibility to
change the language for the different publics. Also, there
should be variability in the type of material in the archive,
such as images, videos and different kinds of documents
that make them more dynamic and rich. Complex infor-
mation should be presented in dynamic and creative ways
such as infographics, videos and interactive diagrams.
In addition to this, the platform should have familiar con-
tent such as the archive that appears in a box that is divided
in folders and the folder in subfoldes, evoking the essence
of the physical archive, therefore the navigation would be
more innate and easy to use and understand. Finally, it was
interesting to take into account the possibility to “borrow”
books from a digital resource because it makes the infor-
mation available for more people but the access can be
controlled and its function as a real library.
THE MAIN CHOICES OF THE
PROJECT
Finally, main decisions of the project were made taking
into account the profound study of the different type of
users (Club of Rome community and general public) that
even though they come from different kinds of contexts
and have different backgrounds, after studying them in
detail, centring on the research and information load con-
text, they are not as distinct as they appear. In the current
information era we are living in, people found themselves
surrounded by enormous amounts of information that
change continuously and is not always filtered, safe or reli-
able, and when it is of good quality, in few cases, it is open
or accessible to the general public. For this reason its pos-
sible to say that all the project’s possible users are in need
of the a similar solution, that they can use depending on
their specific needs and goals, but in general they need a
source of information to keep themselves updated, to find
information useful for their own interest and desires, and
also a place to get to know all the Club of Rome’s material
and initiatives.
After all this analysis it was concluded that digitalization
was a key element for the valorization of the physical ar-
chive because it presents several advantages such as being
a digitization of the original document before the paper
version is archived. It guarantees the integrity of the docu-
134
ment, which will not be subject to disastrous events, such
as fires or floods, or as simple as getting mould or coffee
stains. Also, it gives value to the existing historical material
and enables its consultation in addition to having different
access strategies, is possible to give confidential access to
the organization community and also give the opportunity
to general users to consult the material by registering. Last
but not least, it gives the opportunity to the organization
to engage with younger audiences and also facilitates the
spread of information to people all around the world.
In conclusion, the project was build with foundations such
as the systemic methodology (holistic view of the archival
discipline and The Club of Rome), the user and problem
analysis and a case studies research that produced a deep
analysis of the requirements of the project which are vari-
ables that must be fulfilled by a quantitative and qualita-
tive solution and that limit the alternatives of the product
solver; function, form, use, structure, market, distribution,
identification and legal.
After the requirements analysis the creation of a navi-
gations map was needed to shape the platform and give
form to the main core of the project to continue with the
creation of wire frames that developed each page and give
the possibility to understood in a deeper way how the in-
teraction between the different systems, users and materi-
al should happen and which was the best way to make it
successful. Then, all the reasoning around the style deci-
sion was produced to decide which colors, fonts and styles
should be used in the Club of Rome’s platforms responding
to the needs, values and the project and the organization,
to finally arrive at a prototype that translates all the project
work to a useful platform for the users to understand the
concept.
The project was developed until this conceptual prototype
that fulfil the requirements of the design and mainly the
needs of the different users, but of course it has to be said
that it is not on its final stage and although the objectives
were achieved, a lot of future works are still needed to be
done before the project can be properly transformed into a
totally functional product and service.
FUTURE STEPS
The further step to be able to apply the Thesis to
real life would be, in the first place, to organize, classify and
manage 100% the physical archive located in Winterthur.
After finishing this crucial phase, is necessary to digitize
and compile the form of each valorized archive in the soft-
ware Collective Access.

In the other hand is necessary to test the webpage proto-

type that was made, with the primary and secondary users,
gather information, correct errors and make updates with
the help of a multidisciplinary team of designers, web de-
velopers, and archivists.

After all, the physical and digital resources are ready, is

necessary to make a set of rules and step by step tutorials
for the Club of Rome community in order to have a clear
and correct management and function of the physical and
digital archive.

Also, it would be ideal to involve the Youth Network in

the platform creation, giving them a dedicated space for
communication, a spread of ideas and critics. And connect
with other archives in the world try to fill the time gaps
present on the principal archive.

This future plan could be achieved economically by a

sponsoring of the Polytechnic of Turin and the Club of
Rome, an internship at the Club of Rome or a crowdsourc-
ing request. Due to the fact that is labour that requires a
minimum work period of six months to one year with a
moderate to high workload. And the domain of the web-
site and the publication of the information in the software
CollectiveAccess have additional costs.

Seventh Chapter: Conclusions and Future work 135

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 APPENDIX 1: THE PREDICAMENT OF MANKIND (PG. 1 - 10)

THE CLUB OF ROME

THE PREDICAMENT OF MANKIND

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Quest for Structured Responses

to Growing World-wide
Complexities and Uncertainties

A PROPOSAL

1970

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WORK STATEMENT PROPOSAL

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WORK STATEMENT AND PROPOSAL

I INTRODUCTION

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Appendix 155
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Appendix 165
 REAFFIRMATION OF A MISSION

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Appendix 169
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Appendix 171
 SOME NOTES ON ITS ORIGIN AND OBJECTIVES

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Appendix 175
 THE CLUB OF ROME TODAY AND TOMORROW

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Appendix 177
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Appendix 183
 STRUCTURE OF THE CLUB OF ROME

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 APPENDIX 2: ARCHIVE BINDER’S CLASSIFICATION AND CONTENT

CATEGORY FOLDER GROUP FOLDER TITLE # CONTENT

1 ANNIVERSARY XXe Anniversaire Textes 1998 A-X1 Conference a Paris 25 - 28 octobre 1988
Textes 1998 (II) A-X1.1 Conference a Paris 25 - 28 octobre 1988
40TH Anniversary A-F1

2 BUDGET Accounting and Receipts 2005-2007 B-A1

2005-2006 (01-05) B-A2
2006 (06-12) B-A3
2007 (1-6) B-A4
Finance B-F1
Fundraising I B-FU1
1990 - 1997 B-FU2
Strategy and fundraising B-S1

3 COMMUNICATION Articles NYT 1992 C-A1

Article de presse C-AP1
Activities Reports From 1984-1995 C-AR1
From 1996 (1999-2006) C-AR2
Events C-AR3
Communication -Strategy -PR strategy - Website C-C1
Events and Conferences (Participation RML) File 1: 2008 C-E1
File 2: 2008-09 C-E2
File 3: 2009 C-E3
Documents since 10/2009 C-E4
Media C-M1
Press Cuttings 2012 C-P1
Website C-W1
2013 (Jan- Apr) C-W2

2010 International conference on strategies for

Financial report CO-XI1
4 CONFERENCES international development in the 21st century
Narrative report CO-XI2
2011 International conference on the future of energy
I CO-XIC1 General content
and the interconnected challenges of the 21st century
Financial report CO-XIC2
Articles, correspondence, notes CO-XIC3
Annual Conferences 1982 Tokyo CO-A1
1982 - 1991 CO-A2
1988 Paris CO-A3
1992 Kuala Lumpur, 1992 Budapest, 1990 Tokyo CO-A4
1992 - 1998 CO-A5
1992 Kuala Lumpur CO-A6
1997 Washington CO-A7 Global information society
1999 Vienna CO-A9
1999 Wein CO-A10
2000 Moscow CO-A11
2001 Valdivia - Chile CO-A12
2002 Ankara CO-A13 General Assembly
2003 Amman CO-A14
2004 Helsinki CO-A15 General Assembly
2005 Norfolk (Programme - Correspondance) CO-A16
2005 Norfolk (ExCom meeting) CO-A16.1
2005 Norfolk (General Assembly) CO-A16.2
2006 Mexico CO-A17
2007 Madrid CO-A18
2007 Madrid (September) CO-A18.1
Various 1980 - 1992 CO-V1
April 2005 - Vienna CO-V2 International conference
Johannesburg Rio + 10 (2002) CO-V3
June 2005 - Rome CO-V4 G8 + G5 Countries
November 2008 - Climate change conference CO-V5
November 2010 - Bern CO-V6 International conference
October 2011 - Basel Content CO-V7 International conference
Symposium "Riding the global wave" CO-V8
The first global revolution I CO-T1 Orders and lauch
II CO-T2 Articles and reports

5 EUROPEAN SUPPORT CENTRE (ESC) ESC 2000 E-X1 Board 1 - 2 - 2.00, and Diverses
ESC Box (2000-2005) E-B1
ESC Regional Centres (1999-2000) E-R1
2008 proposal for an initiative for members, National
ESC E-E1 Associations and TT30 groups of TCR, ECS Board Nov 03
European National Associations of the COR (1999-2000) E-EN1

6 GENERAL ASSEMBLY Amsterdam 2009 G-A1

Delhi 2011 G-D1
Rome 2008 2008 G-R1
Meeting June 2008 G-R2
Winterthur 2010 G-W1

7 HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS COR 1999 H-X1 Organization of the COR

Character
The mission
COR 2003 H-X2 Annual conference Amman 2003
Helsinky 2004
COR AB 11/04-12/05 H-A1
2006 H-A2
2006 (II) H-A2.1
2007 H-A3
2007 (II) H-A3.1
2008 H-A4
2008 (II) H-A4.1

8 LIMITS TO GROWTH LTG 1972 L-L1

1986 - 1987 Beyond the limits to growth L-B1
Press cuttings 1971 - 1972 L-P1

CATEGORY FOLDER GROUP FOLDER TITLE # CONTENT

9 MEMBERS 2002 M-X1

Active and associate members 1997 - 1998 M-A1

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 CATEGORY FOLDER GROUP FOLDER TITLE # CONTENT

9 MEMBERS 2002 M-X1

Active and associate members 1997 - 1998 M-A1
1999 M-A2
2000 - 2001 M-A3
* M-A4 2002 - 2006
Alphabetisch 2008 M-AL1
Since 10/2009 M-AL2
Mitglieder CoR Alphabetisch 2008 M-AL3
Correspondence 1996 I M-C1
Ex-Officio M-EX1
Friends M-F1 How can I support The Club of Rome
Former Members ab 2009/2010 M-FM1
Full Members 2009-2010 M-FU1
Honorary members M-H1
Internship M-I1
Members a-j M-M1
k-z M-M2
Membership List 1/2000 M-ML1
Until 10/2000 M-ML2
12/2000 - 12/2002 M-ML3
Focus on sustainability 2002-2005 M-ML4
Nominations M-N1
Peccei M-P1
Persons M-PE1
Prince Hassan HRH M-PH1
* M-PH2
President + Treasurer M-PT1 Secretary and general
Staff M-S1
II M-S2
Steering commitee M-SC1

10 MEMBERS EXECUTIVE COMMITEE 2002 Brussels and Ankara Meetings ME-X1

Agenda, Minutes 1999 - 2000 ME-A1
2001 - 2002 ME-A2
2003 ME-A3 General assembly 2002 - 2007
Aqaba April 2001 ME-AA1 Excom meeting and conference
COR Excom/Steercom ME-C1 Budapest excom
Paris excom
Bucharest excom
Wien excom
Alte excom
Documents 2008 ME-D1
ExCom 1998 ME-E1
02/2006 Brussels - Gent ME-E2
04/2010 ME-E3
2008 - 08/2010 ME-E4
Meetings ME-M1
Paris 3/04 ME-P1
**** Meeting Winterthur 2009 ME-Z1
**** To all ExCom members ME-Z2 Manuscripts and abstracts of reports

11 STRUCTURES Supporting structures S-S1

Partners S-P1

12 WORKS COR Articles I W-A1 A: 1-25 (general trends of the COR)

B: 1-22 ( Abstracts of books address notes)
C: Authors
II W-A2 I/1
II/1
III
IV/10
III W-A3 X 1-6 (energy)
XII 1-6 (environment)
XIII 1-6 (Europe)
XIV 1-10 (Geostrategy) (Governance and Democracy)
IV W-A4 XV 1-6 (threats for peace)
XVI 1-12 (New Global Society)
XVII 1-2 (Problems of society)
XVIII 1-3 (prospective)
XX (health)
XXI (science and Technology)
Articles of Relevance W-AR1
Papers I W-P1
CoR Members W-P2
Presentations May 09 RML W-PM1
Projects W-PR1
Projects and Papers I W-PP1
II W-PP2
III W-PP3
Reports and Contributions 2005 W-R1
Reports proposals W-R2
Blue Economy and Factor five (2009) W-R3
*** A future for the club of Romeome W-Z1

13 OTHERS Copyrights O-C1

Dokument sammlung - Since 10/2009 O-D1
Enquiries 2005 O-E1
FIela Becker-Brost Manuscript "Wachstw ohne Grenzen" O-F1
National chapters O-N1
Newsletter Brussels - EU chapter O-NB1
Statuten CoR O-S1
WSIS Geneva O-W1

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ANNIVERSARY

FOLER GROUP FOLDER TITLE DATA NAME AUTHOR SCANNED CONTENT

XXe Anniversaire Textes 1998 25 - 28 OCT. 1988 (French) Programme CoR

(French) Une nouvelle approche de la responsabilite unique de
chaque etre humain vis-a-vis de la nouvelle societe mondiale Sadruddin Aga Khan
(French) Speech Sadruddin Aga Khan
(Spanish) La caja de resonancia Belisario Betancur Ponencia
(French) Adress to the CoR 20th anniversary Royal Highness Crown Prince
El Hassan Bin Talal
Royal Highness Crown Prince
Adress to the CoR 20th anniversary X
El Hassan Bin Talal
(French) Document Prince Hassan di Jordanie
(French) Vers un meilleur ordre economique et financier Michel Camdessus
William U. Chandler, Howard S.
Energy Efficiency: A new Agenda Geller, Marc R. Ledbetter X
In The International System, What Works and Why Harland Cleveland X
(French) Qu'est-ce qui marche dans le systeme international et
pourquoi? Harland Cleveland
The Great Transition. Reasons to live and to hope in a new global
society Umberto Colombo X
(French) Energie et environnement Umberto Colombo
(French) La philosophie de l'instabilite vue a travers la complexite Andre Danzin
The philosophy of instability seen through complexity Andre Danzin X
Environmental Education Ricardo Diez Hochleitner X
Building up the new global society. Education and Training Ricardo Diez Hochleitner X
Inequitable Gaps John E. Fobes X Paper
(French) Gouverner dans la complexite et dans l'incertitude Kunt Furgler
(French) Communication for the anniversary Mr. Hans-Peter Furrer
The New Progress and the Quality of life J.R. Gass X Agenda for Discussion
(French) Pour un nouveau Rapport du CoR Mihonea Gheorghiu
(French) Intervention Orio Giarini
Notes on Changing elements of the new problematique: Economic
and Social COnsequences of Technological development Orio Giarini X
(French) Intervention John Harris IV
Brief remarks Jay Harris X
Can the management of information have bearing on the financing
of international governance? Carl-Goran Heden X
The management of complexity - A global challenge for the 90s Carl-Goran Heden X
Learn to be: Education and development Felipe Herrera X
Present Educational Challenges Felipe Herrera X Summary of the document presented at the anniversary
(French) Inegalites Renald Ide
The Ethical Problem in Contemporary Technological Mass Society Helio Jaguaribe X
(French) Le probleme de l'ethique dans la societe technologique
contemporaine Helio Jaguaribe
(French) INtervention at the anniversary Mohamed Kassas
Introduction Alexander King X
(French) Introduction Alexander King
(French) Gouverner dans la complexite et dans l'incertitude Edem Kodjo
(French) La responsabilité de l'homme Cardinal Konig
The responsibility of the individual Cardinal Konig X
Intervention Aklilu Lemma
Africa Beyond Famine Aklilu Lemma, Penti Malaska X Sinopsis of the report of the club of rome afreica project
Disparity T. Renald Ide X
(French) L'education et la formation cles du developpement J. Lesourne
Education and training. the keys to development J. Lesourne X
Energy, Servant for the future Brian Locke X
L'Energie, serviteur de l'avenir Brian Locke
The British Group of the Club of Rome Brian Locke X
(French) Gouverner dans un contexte de complexite et
d'incertitude Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
(French) Intervention Pentti Malaska
Intervention - Summary Elizabeth Mann Borgese X
(French) Intervention Elizabeth Mann Borgese
Diversity vs. Uniformity Mr. Federico Mayor X
(French) Diversite ou Uniformite? Mr. Federico Mayor
(French) Intervention Mesarovic
Leadership and its Dilemas Donald N. Michael X
Communicating the world's future Marie Jennings X

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 CONFERENCES

FOLDER GROUP FOLDER TITLE DATA PLACE NAME AUTHOR SCANNED CONTENT

Approaching the 21st Century: Global Problems

Annual Conferences Tokyo 1982
1982 Tokyo Mohamed Kassas X The Global Biosphere: Conservation for survival
and Human Choices
Mr. Pentti Malaska Coping with unpredictability and uncertainty of the future
Sesion 1: Opening Adresses, Keynote Speeches Koji Kobayashi X Opening Adresses
Saburo Okita X Keynote Speeches
Sesion 2: Possible Measures for the Solution of
Mohamed Kassas X The Global Biosphere: Conservation for survival
the World Problematique
Y. Kaya, H. Kobayashi, S.
Kondo, Y. Suzuky, T. Tanaka X Management of global environmental issues
and Y. Murota
Session 3: Reform of Industrial Society Yukio Noguchi X From the Viewpoint of the Role of Government
From the Viewpoint of the Role of Enterprise "The Process of
Dr. Hugo Thieman Transition to the symbiotic societal enterprice - The transitional
X enterprise"
Session 4: Automation and Information Society Adam Schaff X The social consequences of microelectronic revolution
Hiroshi Inose and John R. Pierce X Information Technology and Civilization
F. A. Bernasconi X Automation and the Information Society Informatics for Development
Population Growth, Migration, And Rural Urban Problems in
Session 5: Human Settlement Claurio Stern
X Developing Countries
Open Session T. Renald Ide X Implications for Individuals in an Information Society
Ervin Laszlo X The Regional and Interregional Approach to the World Problematique
Andre Van Dam X Waste not, Want not
Gerald O. Barney X Report of the Research Program of the Woodlands Conferences, Inc

Various 1980 - 1992 June 1980 Athens Western Europe and the Arabic World Draft "Europe and the Arabic East"
Mr. Carlos Robles Piquer X Speech
"Toward a structured long-term cooperation between europe and the
Aurelio Peccei
X arab world" Introductory Remarks
June 1980 Athens Western Europe and the Arabic World (French)
October 1981 Jouy en Josas Club of Rome Special Meeting X (French) Participants Club de Rome
A proposal related to the Implications of Microelectronics for Less
T. R. IDE
X Developed Countries
Adam Schaff Letter (President of the board of directors)
Maurice Guernier (French) Réunion de cinq membres francais du Club de Rome
Maurice Guernier X 6 Proposals to the Club of Rome
Maurice Guernier (French) Club of Rome/CEE Proposal to Edgard Pisani
Andre Danzin (French) Elements de reflexion pour gouverner l'incertitude
Roberto Vacca X Note no. 2 and Note no. 1
Hugo Thieman X Proposal for Future Activities and Projects
Ricardo Diez Hochleitner X Avenues of action for the future
Daniel Janssen (French) Proposition pour action du club de rome
P. Piganiol (French) Perpectives pour le club de rome
Robert Lattès X Three suggestions or remarks
Federico Mayor X Document
Bertrand Schneider (French) Email to Madame Janine Satre
(French) Reciept Centre de Recherches et d'etudes des chefs
d'entreprise
October 1981 Sevilla Euro-Arab Dialogue X List of Participants
Aurelio Peccei X Informal Note "Heads of agreement for further action"
January 1983 Tunes Meeting (French) Bertrand Schneider Note convernant le projet de rapport au club de rome
Renö Lenoir Le tiers monde peut se nourrir
may. 1983 Kuwait Club of Rome Meeting X List of Participants
September 1983 Budapest Food for six billions X Press Release
X List of Participants
Dr. Khalid Tahsin Ali X "The situation on the Arab World"
Miguel Urrutia X "Natural Agricultural Policies and World Hunger"
Jozsef Bognar X "Trade and Financial Factors of World Food Crisis"
"The need for global approach. Global food problem: Elements of long
Academician J. M. Gvishiani
X term development strategy"
Fernando de Elzaburu X "Information society"
Prof. Tiberiu Muresan X The decisive factor of food production growth
Professor Dr. G. v. Kortzfleisch,
Dr. Y. Diarra and Dr. G. P. "Socio-eonomic Consequences of Irrigation Investments Towards Food
Gupta X Self-Reliance in Developing Countries"
October 1985 Salzburg Aurelio Peccei's Meeting Aufsteieg und verfall einer guten idee (German Newspaper article)
X Draft programme
Governor of Salzburg Letter to Mr ScheidnerSa
X Salzburg List
Bertrand Schneider X "Small Scale Development for Two Billion of Rural Villagers" (2 copies)
Belisario Betancur X "Peace as a way to reconcile man to his own fate"
Gunter A. Pauli X Opening Speech
(German) Kurzbiografie Alexander King (Short biography)
"The way ahead" Summary of a speech by Alexander KIng (president
X of the club of rome)
Elisabeth Mann Borgese X Remarks
Conference Report "The Grassroots Approach to Development - The
July 1990 Tokyo The world NGO conference
X International Role of Japan"
X List of Participants
(French) Programme de la Conférence
X Programme of the conference
Specified List of participants
(French) Document on whats the Club of Rome
The Contribution of Science and Technology to
Sept - Oct 1990 Berlin Programme of the conference
Global Environment Policy X
X Summary Report
Project of The Club of Rome "Mobilizing Science and Technology to
X face Global Challenges"
Proposal: "The Japanese Experience with the Innovation Process and
X its International Implication"
Martin Lees Summary Report
Programme on "Mobilizing Science and Technology to face Global
X Challenges"
X List of Participants
Working Paper "Ethics and the Environment: Themes and Constructs
Joel H. Rosenthal
X
Mr. M. Kulessa X Draft Report on the conference
Manfred Maxneef X Project Notes
Systems Analysis of the Development in a New Structure of
X Constraints (Proposals and Some Backgrounds)
1990 - 1991 Hanover International Partnership Initiative (IPI) (German) Invitation - All information
(German) Programme of the conference
Registration form
(French) Invitation to
X Congress Programme
X East Europe Participant List
Specified List of participants (confidential)
Prof. Meyer-Dorm, Dr. Miehe Letter to Mr. Dr. Alexander King
X A proposal to the IPI
Alexander King X "The productivity Movement in Post-War Europe"
Joachim Miehe (German) Letter to Dr. Alexander KIng
Christian Claussen Telefax to Mr. Bertrand Schneider (Secretary General)
Letter with the speakers, programme, participants and preliminary
X remarks attached
Hugo B. Conclusions of the session with Mr. Daniel Goeudevert
Letter to Mr. Alexander King with the Programme and list of
Dr. A. Graf Wass von Czege
participants attached
** World Data Bank X

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 LIMITS TO GROWTH

FOLDER GROUP FOLDER NAME DATA SOURCE NAME AUTHOR SCANNED CONTENT

Presscuttings 1971 - 1972 4 feb. 1973 The New York Times Shoulder to Shoulder to Shoulder Aurelio Peccei X
7 jul. 1972 The Times Educational Supplement X
Club of Rome Merges World's Woes into One and
4 oct. 72 Wall Street Journal Tries to Solve It Bowen Northrup X
2 mar. 1972 Club of Rome Tackles the Planet Problematique Claire Sterling X
June 1972 Growth and its Enemies Rudolf Klein X
14 jul. 1972 Nature Vol. 238 A Model of Doom Jeremy Bray X
27 jun. 1972 Japan Econmic Journal Environmet and Economic Growth X
1972 European Business The Case of MIT/Club of Rome/Mansholt...exercise Francois Hetman X
15 jun. 1972 New Scientist Britain to start a limits to growth unit Jon Tinker X
3 jun. 1972 The Economist Fall of Rome X
16 jun. 1972 SPF - Responsible Science X
D. F. Heathfield and E. N.
3 jun. 1972 The Times Prophecies of ecodoom
Willmer X
11 jun. 1972 Sunday Times Watching Our Doom X
Peter Passell, Marc Roberts and
2 april 1972 New York Times Book Review
Leonard Ross X
14 jun. 1972 Financial Times Barre takes issue with Mansholt on growth Lorelies Olslager
may. 1972 Research Administration Scientists and economists blast "doomsday" report X
June 1972 Futures Books: The limits to growth John M. Francis X
4 may. 1972 New Scientist Painting the world with a wide brush Nancy Foy X
20 apr 1972 New Scientist Limits of Models Joseph Hanlon X
2 Key European Aides at Odds Over Continued
14 may. 1972 The New York Times Clyde H. Farnsworth
Economic Growth X
31 may. 1972 The Times Flaws in ecodoomsters' arguments Peter Jay X
11 may. 1972 New Scientist The Limits to Growth and world development David Dickson X
14 may. 1972 The Times Higher Education Supplement Doubt cast on computer predictions of future Alan Cane X
13 apr 1972 New Scientist An ecology backlash? Nancy Foy X
11 march 1972 Science News Vol.101 Economic growth versus human survival
1 april 1972 The Times The compassionate computer Francis Arnols X
Newsletter for the Science and Public
March 1972 Policy Studies Group Firts you have to draw their attention X
31 march 1972 Nature vol. 236 Correspondace-Limits to Growth C. H. Waddington X
Lionel Penrose, Kenneth
31 march 1972 The Times Higher Education Supplement Assessing the limits to growth Mellanby, Denis Gabor, P. E.
Kent X
Science News Vol.101 Limits to Growth: Debating the future Richard H. Gilluly X
17 mar. 1972 Science Vol.175 Number 4027 LImits to Growth Philip H. Abelson X
The New York Times. Science. Math ModelsWise Up! That computer is just a giant moron Harry Schwartz X
16 march 1972 New Scientist. Feedback The Club of Rome's co-funder X
16 march 1972 New Scientist. Forum New York scene - The Limits to Growth Peter Gwynne X
16 march 1972 New Scientist. Comment Growth and anti-growth E. J. Mishan X
13 march 1972 Newsweek. Science To Grow or Not to Grow X
13 march 1972 Newsweek. More on Growth Henry C. Wallich X
The LImits to Growth: Hard Sell for a Computer View
10 mar. 1972 Science, Vol. 175 of Doomsday Robert Gillette X
10 march 1972 Nature vol. 236 Another Whiff of Doomsday X
6 mar. 1972 C&EN World Model Forecasts Collapse X
31 Jan 1972 New York Herald Tribune The Earthy Future: To Grow and to Die I Anthony Lewis X
March 1972 Ecology and Politics Anthony Lewis X
1 feb. 1972 New York Herald Tribune The Earthy Future: To Grow and to Die II Anthony Lewis X
19 mar. 1972 The observer When the Growing has to Stop X
11 mar. 1972 The Economist Limits to misconception X
6 mar. 1972 Guardian Extra Predicament of man Anthony Tucker X
2 mar. 1972 The Washington Post Predicament of mankind Allen Kneese, Ronald Ridker X
3 march 1972 The Financial Times The fate of an unplanned world Claire Sterling X
World set on catastrophe course warns Club of
The Times Higher Education Supplement
31 marc 1972 Rome report (Leader) Eric Ashby
Limits to credulity (Comments)
For poorer, for poorer (Comments)

Exercise on the Dynamics of Commodity Production

1972
LTG 9 oct. 1970 M.I.T. Cycles Dennis Meadows X
Proposal for a one-time Research Grant to the
August 1970 Volkswagen Foundation in Hannover X
January 1971 Counterintuitive Behavior of Social Systems J. W. Forrester X
9 July 1971 The Limits to Growth: A Global Challenge System Dynamics Group Preliminary Draft - distributed for comment
Governance for Global Tranformation (The Capacity
Yehezkel Dror A report to the CoR - Quasi-final Draft
to Govern)
Material prepared for the Club of ROme Meeting and
CoR - Project on the Predicament of Mankind presentation to Canadian Officials
Preface
Introduction to Phase One: Dinamics of Global
6 nov. 1970 Equilibrium Dennis L. Meadows X
World 3: The global Model X
29 mar. 1971 World Population Dynamics Donella L. Meadows X
Population Dynamics in the Traditional Agricultural
29 mar. 1971 Village Donella L. Meadows X
A Preliminary Analysis of Labor Displacement and
29 mar. 1971 Absortion in a Two-Sector Economy Peter Milling X
Nature and Implications of Unemployment in Eric Zahn
29 mar. 1971 Developing Countries X
29 mar. 1971 Rural-Urban Migration in Developing Countries Michael R. Goodman X
Donella L. Meadows and Farhad
The Dynamics of Rising Aspirations Hakimzadeh X
30 mar. 1971 A Dinamic Reserve Life Index William W. Behrens X
29 mar. 1971 Linking Socio-Political Factors to the World Model Steffen C. Harbordt X
Nazli Choucri, Dennis Meadows,
31 mar. 1971 Determinants of International Conflict Robert North X
List of Principle M. I. T. Presentations of the project X
List of Research Seminars X
28 Jan. 1971 The Dynamics of Solid Waste Generation Jorgen Randers x **Out of the folder
26 may. 1971 The Dynamics of Natural Resource Utilization William W. Behrens x **Out of the folder

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FOLDER GROUP FOLDER TITLE DATA PLACE NAME AUTHOR SCANNED CONTENT

Articles I GENERAL TRENDS OF THE CLUB OF ROME

Presentation
Index X
(French) Le Club de Rome
The Club of Rome X
Structures of the club of rome X
Some notes on its origins and objectives X
(French) Qu'est-ce que le club de rome en 1983?
1984 Rome Schematic Profile X List of reports and main meetings (2 copies)
1985 Paris Trends and Alternatives X List of Major reports, companion studies, current projects
1985 - 1986 Rome Mangement and Budget
1988 (French) Fiche de Presentation du Club de Rome
Paris The Club of Rome Today and Tomorrow Bertrand Schneider X
Reflections
(French) Reflexion sur le Club de Rome en 1984 (2 copies)
Words of the President of Colombia Belisario Betancur at the founding of
1984 The Open Sea of the Destiny of a Man Belisario Betancur X the Colombian Chapter
1986 Paris The New Approach to the Achievements of its Mission X Note by the president
CoR - Statement Dr. Kurt Furgler X Working Paper
1991 CoR - Statement on Human Responsibility X Approved at the Punta del Este Conference of the CoR
1993 Laws of Nature: the search for certainty Ilya Prigogine X
1993 Brussels Science, Reason and Passion Ilya Prigogine X
1993 A brief history of certainty: Science and the invention of future Ilya Prigogine X
1994 Stockholm Elite Toasts Humanity Ervin Lasylo X
1994 Time, Chaos and the Two Cultures Ilya Prigogine X
Why Irreversibility? The Formulation of Classical and Quantum
1994 Mechanics for Nonintegral Systems Ilya Prigogine X
1994 (French) Repenser la Repartition des Richesses Bertrand Schneider
Founding texts
1973 Washington Congressional Record/Senate X Presscutting (2 copies)
1984 Rome CoR - Agenda for the End of the Century Aurelio Peccei X
1986 CoR - Reaffirmation of a Mission Alexander King X Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
1998 Rome New Scenarios for a Changing World Ricardo Diez-Hochleitner X Thirty Years of The Club of Rome
ABSTRACTS
Of Books
(French) Liste des textes Club de Rome
1995 (French) Liste des Articles Members
1995 (French) Liste des Textes Bertrand Schneider Bertrand Schneider
The First Global Revolution Bertrand Schneider Draft
Donella H. Meadows,
Dennis L. Meadows,
Abstract
Jorgen Randers, William
The Limists To Growth W. Behrens III X
The Scandal and the Shame Bertrand Schneider Executive Summary
Address Notes
Alexander King, Bertrand
To Members of the Executive Committe Schneider
Initiative by the Club of Rome to stop the sale of arms by the
industrilized countries, particularly by the USA and the USSR, to Alexander King, Eduard
nations in the developing world Pestel X
1987 Washington Statement Alexander King X U. S. Association for the Club of Rome, Member meeting
1991 Conversation with Alexander King X
1992 Washington Adress to the Asia Society Washington Center Anwar Ibrahim X
1992 Kualalumpur Speech at the Seminar on Post-Marxian Political Though Anwar Ibrahim X
1992 Kualalumpur Speech at the Opening of the Exhibition "Nuances of China" Anwar Ibrahim X
1992 Kualalumpur Keynote Adress at the Opening of the Club of Rome Conference Anwar Ibrahim X
1993 Address to Bertelsmann Forum Bertrand Schneider
1994 Japan In search of tolerance and peace Ricardo Diez Hochleitner
1995 Madrid (French) Symposium sur la tolerance en Espagne Federico Mayor
1995 Madrid (French) Liberte et ethique dans la coexistence democratique Federico Mayor
(French) Address a l'atelier regional asiatique Ecotechnie et
1996 Madras
contruction de l'avenir Federico Mayor
(French) Address a l'Assemblee mondiale des villes et des
1996 Istanbul
collectivites locales Federico Mayor
1996 Istanbul (French) Address a la seance plenierede la Conference Habitat II Federico Mayor
(French) Address à la céremonie d'hommage a Leopol Sedar
1996 Paris Senghor Federico Mayor
Authors
Alphabetical List of Authors X

Papers I 2005 The Feedback Crisis in Climate Change David Wasdell The meridian report
Bernard Lietaer and
2004 Money and Sustainability - the Missing Link Stefan Brunnhuber Report to the Club of Rome
Ten Thousand Cultures, One Single Civilization Miercea Malitza Towards the Geomodernity of the 21st Century
R.F.M. Lubbers and J.G.
1999 Govenance in an are of Globalization Koorevaar Paper for the Club of Rome
Global Human Referendum Bus Productions World Vote Manual v. 1. 0.
Stefan Brunnhuber and
2003 (German) Wie wir wirtschaften werden Herald Klimenta

CoR Members 1997-1998 How New Media are transforming Society Bertrand Schneider Unpublished Report
2005 Monetary Simplification Euro/Dollar: Towards a Global Currency Ramon Tamames
Hostages of the Horizon - The twin Challenge of Ignorance and
2005 Indifference Aleksi Neuvonen Draft
Victor Vovk and Thomas
2003 Red Past. Green Future? Prugh World Watch Institute
The future of Global Urbanization. The relevance of space in
2004 sustainable development Jesus Moneo Preliminary Draft
1998 Sociocybernetic Transients of Work in the Late-Industrial Period Pentti Malaska Paper to be presented in the World Congress of Sosiology of Montreal
Global Population Growth and the future of humankind S. Kapitza
UNITAR Training Programme to Enhance Conflic Prevention and
2000 The Sources of Conflict Samuel C. Nana-Sinkam Peacebulding in Africa
Peace Bulding in an intermestic Scenario: What Lessons for the UNITAR Training Programme to Enhance Conflic Prevention and
2000 future? Samuel C. Nana-Sinkam Peacebulding in Africa
2000 A Moralizing Stock Exchange Wouter van Dieren Interview
The Peasant Wedding
2000 The Peasant Wedding Report: An economic-ecological analysi of Foundation - Wouter van
the transition to sustainable agriculture in an age of globalisation Dieren
2000 World Economic and Environmental Order Ramon Tamames United Nations, Unesco

Projects and papers III "Re-thinking international governance"

Letter to Ricardo Diez-Hochleitner Harlan Clevelan
Core Group Members "Re-thinking international governance" List of participants
Document of recommendations from the report Bertrand Schneider Executive Summary for Yehezkel Dror
1987 Retrofitting Central Mind of Governments Yehezkel Dror
Ocean Governance: A model for the global governance in the
21st century Internation Ocean Institute Background Paper
To be published by Kenyon B. De Greene. The Systemic Basis of
School for Rulers Yehezkel Dror Policymaking in the 1990s
1991 Training Senior Civil Servants for the 21st Century Yehezkel Dror Preapred for the Meeting of the INternation Steering Commitee
To be published in a special issue of Futures, devoted to the European
Upgrading EC Strategic Choice Capacities Yehezkel Dror Community
Project Evolving Concept of International Cooperation for Development 1993
1992 Fax to Bertrand Schneider and R. Martin Lees B. Bassin
Attached agreements between CoR and Swedish Internation
1994 Letter to Mr. Arne Strom Bertrand Schenider Development Authority
Copy of Final agreement CoR and Swedish Internation
Development Authority
Fee Contract between UNESCO and CoR
Letter to Mr. Arne Strom Bertrand Schenider Attached Financial Statement of program
Fax from Bertrand Schenider to Mr. Arne Strom Attached budget for the program
Global Project: Evolving Concept of International Cooperation for
1992-1993 Development
Report Conference: Evolving Concept of International
1992 Cooperation for Development
Follow-up Programme: Evolving Concept of International
1992-1993 Cooperation for Development
The Scandal and the Shame Bertrand Schneider Executive Summary
Project Teletravail 1995
1995 Letter to Bertrand Schneider Peter Johnston
Workshop "the information society and sustainable development" Agenda, assitants, Minutes and Proposal
Memorandum of Understanding on the Workshop "the
information society and sustainable development"
Letter to Patrik M. Liedtke Orio Gianni Project on the future of work (the empoyment dilemma)
Attached 4 letter between Bertrand Schneider and Isabel Montraveta and
Study on Telework. Perspectives and Relaties Antonio Aliana
(French) Proposition D'etude sur les realites et les possibilites du
Teletravail dans les pays de l'ocde Letter from Bertrand Schneider to Alain Modoux
(French) Etude sur le teletravail perpectives et realites
A study of the Club of Rome on Telecommuting/Telework Attached Questions for the teleworkers and companies
Bertrand Schneider and
1995 (French) Teletravail Realite ou espeance? Nicole Rosensohn
Club of Rome Working
1993 Crude Running Draft Group
2004 Evaluation of Virtual Reality in Africa David Lockwood

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REQUISITOS MÍNIMOS
DE DIGITALIZACIÓN
[ Última actualización: 05 julio 2018, versión 2.0 ]

Subdirección de Tecnologías de la
Información Archivística y Documento Electrónico

Alistamiento

Levantar y digitar en la base de datos el registro de inventario de cada expediente 1

con los metadatos descriptivos definidos previamente por el contratante, de acuerdo a
cada serie documental.

Si es el caso, se deben retirar los documentos que no correspondan al expediente;

estos deben ser entregados al funcionario asignado por el contratante. Dichos
documentos deben estar debidamente identificados, relacionando la cantidad y
referenciando el expediente del que fue retirada la información.

Verificar la exactitud de la foliación del expediente y volver a foliar cuando se presenten

inconsistencias, dejando constancia de este hecho, para informar al Contratante.

Quitar dobleces y materiales que no hacen parte de la documentación.

Hacer descontaminación biológica puntual de los expedientes con contaminación

biológica activa.

Eliminar material metálico.

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 nir rasgaduras y fragmentos de soporte que no superen los 10 cm de largo. ara
casos de deterioros más graves, se hará una fotocopia a costa del contratista, para
ser usada en el escáner, o en su defecto se usará un escáner de cama plana para no
causar más da os.

Se aceptará la utilización de cinta mágica para los primeros auxilios, por la

cara posterior del documento, a n cuando se recomienda el uso de cinta de
reparación de documentos.

Captura
2

sar escáner automático para la captura digital, teniendo en cuenta una

resolución entre 00 dpi y 00 dpi, para lo cual se tendrá como criterio que los
documentos en excelente estado de conservación se digitalizarán a 00 dpi y
se irá aumentando la resolución en la medida que los documentos presenten
problemas de conservación o contraste.

Escala de grises para documentos manuscritos, mecanografiados, impresos en equipo

de matriz de punto y o impresos sobre papeles de colores.

Color cuando la documentación posea información relevante que se encuentre en

colores, ejemplo en mapas.

En caso de digitalizarse documentación con características heterog neas, se puede

utilizar la profundidad de acuerdo con el tipo de documento.

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 Identificación

El proveedor debe realizar la identificación de las imágenes por foliación, expediente

documental, subserie documental y serie documental.

Control
de Calidad
3

El proveedor debe realizar el control de calidad al 100 de las imágenes, para

garantizar la legibilidad e integralidad de la imagen.

arantizar la lectura normal y total del documento en monitor y al tama o del 100 .

Se podrán utilizar procesos de compresión para reducir el tama o de imágenes cuya

digitalización sea con fines de difusión.

El menor detalle capturado debe tener completa legibilidad por ejemplo, el menor tama o
de fuente para el texto; claridad de los signos de puntuación, incluidos los decimales .

a integridad de los detalles por ejemplo, no aceptabilidad de caracteres

interrumpidos o de segmentos que faltan en las líneas .

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Exactitud dimensional comparada con el documento papel Tama o 100 .

o tener puntos, rayas o manchas generados en el escáner que afecten la legibilidad,

es decir, un punto no presente en el documento de origen no digital.

o presentar imagen incompleta es decir, falta de información en los bordes del área
de la imagen .

a orientación de la imagen digital debe ser en forma de lectura humana.

a densidad de las áreas negras debe ser sólida.

o presentar la exposición de la imagen con mucha luz o muy oscura, es decir muy
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 APPENDIX 5: CLUB OF ROME’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM

50th Anniversary conference of the club of rome

OCTOBER 17-18, 2018
Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum
Via Paolo VI, 25 - 00193 Rome

program

day 1: october 17, 2018 | morning session

Facilitator: Sandrine Dixson-Declève*, Special Advisor Sustainability & Climate Solutions

9:00 - 9:15 Introduction and Welcome by the Future President(s) of the Club of Rome:

9:15 - 9:45 Opening Addresses

Sergio Costa, Italian Minister for the Environment, Protection of Land and Sea
Lorenzo Fioramonti, Italian Deputy Minister for Education, University and Research
Virginia Raggi, Mayor of Rome
9:45 - 10:45 Keynote Debate: 50 Years of the Club of Rome – How Much Has the World Changed?
Gunter Pauli* §, Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives
Jorgen Randers* §, Norwegian Business School

10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break

11.15 - 12:30 Keynote Addresses: Living in the Anthropocene

Johan Rockström §, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research: Can
Humanity Survive the Anthropocene?
Catia Bastioli*, CEO of Novamont: Eliminating plastics from soil and water: a driver
for territorial regeneration

12:30 - 13:45 Lunch Break

day 1: october 17, 2018 | AFTERNOON session

Facilitator: Sandrine Dixson-Declève*, Special Advisor Sustainability & Climate Solutions

13:45 - 15:15 Keynote Debate: What Economics Does a Full World Need?
Tim Jackson*, University of Surrey
Pavan Sukhdev, President, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Robert Costanza*, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Mariana Bozesan*, AQAL Capital and AQAL Foundation

15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break

15:45 - 16:30 2018 Aurelio Peccei Lecture: Global Climate Change

John Schellnhuber* §, Director Emeritus, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

16:30-16:45 Anders Wijkman* §, Author, member Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: Crafting a
Climate Emergency Action Plan

16:45-18:30 Keynote Debate: Can the Climate Emergency Action Plan lead to Collective Action?
Connie Hedegaard, Former European Commissioner for Climate Action
Ian Dunlop*, Safe Climate Australia
Camilla Born, Senior Policy Advisor E3G
Yoshitsugu Hayashi*, President of the World Conference on Transport Research Society
John Schellnhuber* §, Director Emeritus, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

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 day 2: october 18, 2018 | morning session
Facilitator: Nora Bateson* President, International Bateson Institute

9:00 - 10:00 The Latest Club of Rome Reflections, Insights, and Actions:
Wouter Van Dieren*, Dutch Author and Founder of IMSA: Launch and Aftermath of the
Limits Report
Ugo Bardi*, Università di Firenze: The Seneca Effect
John Warner*, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry: Catalyzing Innovation while
Addressing Global Challenges

10:00- 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:00 Keynote Discussion: Values for the Anthropocene and a Quest for a New Enlightenment
Tomoyo Nonaka*, GAIA Initiative
Ernst von Weizsäcker* §, Past President International Resource Forum (UNEP), Founder
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
Chandran Nair*, Founder and CEO Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT)
Anders Wijkman* §, Author, Member Royal Swedish Academy Of Sciences

12:00- 13:15 Lunch Break

day 2: october 18, 2018 | AFTERNOON session

Facilitator: Nora Bateson* President International Bateson Institute

13:15 - 15:15 Keynote Discussion: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) –

Today’s Implementation Challenges
Enrico Giovannini* §, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Spokeperson Italian Alliance for
Sustainable Development (ASviS)
Petra Kuenkel*, Potsdam Collective Leadership Institute
Hans Herren*, President Millennium Institute
Mamphela Ramphele*, Nelson Mandela Foundation
Zhou Jinfeng*, Secretary-General of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green
Development Foundation (CBCGDF)

15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break

15:45 - 17:15 Keynote Debate: Energy for the Future - Turning a Solution into Collective Action!
Jerry Brown, Governor of California (tbc)
Jeremy Leggett, Chairman Solar Aid
Francesco Starace*, Enel CEO and General Manager
Thorhild Widvey, Chair Board of Directors, Statkraft

17:15 - 17:45 Closing remarks by the Future President(s) of the Club of Rome: A Call to Action
17:45 - 18:15 Press Conference

notes
* Member of the Club of Rome § Aurelio Peccei Lecturer

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 APPENDIX 6: YOUTH NETWORK PROPOSAL

28 October 2018 Proposal for Youth Network

Club of Rome – Youth Network

Contact persons: Guia Bianchi bianchiguia@gmail.com, Johannes Kronenberg johannes@gcnl.nl

Suzana Carp suzana@sandbag.org.uk, Emily ter Steeg emstersteeg@gmail.com

Summary
Who: Network of young and engaged sustainability practitioners, aiming to inspire individuals, communities
and governments to take action, attendees of the 50th Anniversary of the Club of Rome and aspiring members.
We share the ideals, concerns and analytical viewpoints of the Club of Rome (hereafter the CoR) and we wish to
build a strong link between this network and the Club itself.
What: The aim of this network is to bridge the gap between the CoR and young audiences. The implications of
the CoR reports have a very strong inter-generational dimension and yet, due to their level of technicality and
pre-required knowledge, they run the risk of only reaching audiences which gravitate around the CoR, such as
academia or very senior professionals. We think there could be more constructive engagement with the youth
sector, especially those engaged in sustainability and climate policy and activism. We could provide a platform
for input, as well as launch calls to action amongst the youth and be catalysts for stronger dedicated action
around the implications of the CoR reports.
The Network should enable youth to become more engaged with the activities and reports of the CoR. It can
bring young voices into the conversation to stir ideas, increase the boldness of action-oriented discussions, and
provide strategic tools for a more effective communication. For instance, it could foster the inclusion of
successful and failed examples of sustainability-oriented actions and policies during CoR events. Besides this, it
can connect and bring together a generation that will face the outcome of countless sustainability challenges in
the coming decades. This generation will thereby be the bridge between the problems raised by the 20th and the
solutions required by the 21st century. This group wishes to facilitate wider access to the urgency and feasibility
of the proposed solutions, with a view to developing a net zero emissions circular economy and to remain within
planetary boundaries.
Very much inspired by the keynote speeches of 17 October 2018, we want to spread information to facilitate
action and help creating awareness towards effective action that leads to change and transformation that is
necessary, inclusive, and feasible. We want to do this by connecting people with the same purpose who talk to
other people (G. Pauli).
How: Inclusive participation and communication are the key ways in which this network can contribute to the
impact of the CoR in general and especially with a younger audience. Three areas should be taken into
consideration as points of focus:
- Youth Chapter or integrating youth in the Club of Rome - this will essentially be a bridging project and
would involve consultations with those young members of the chapter who are also active in research
and advocacy in related fields and who could contribute on both the content and outlook of the work;
- Education: e.g Academy for leaders of tomorrow, a mentoring program or other forms of engagement;
- Using the voice of youth to strategically disseminate Club of Rome messages and build scope for
developing inclusive proposed actions

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The Youth Network

For the moment, we will have an internal mailing list and a LinkedIn group to understand who wants to get
involved and how much they can contribute. We have a list of email addresses of students and young
professionals who were interested in joining this network at the Conference. At this point, four people coordinate
communication between the growing Youth Network and the Club of Rome: Johannes Kronenberg (26, NL),
Guia Bianchi (27, IT), Suzana Carp (31, Romania/Belgium) and Emily ter Steeg (2?, NL).

1. Constructive perspective on CoR reports (Youth Chapter)

When significant reports are to be published, the Network could be invited to provide early feedback or to raise
questions, discuss it and provide input from their own work. They could also ask questions to the authors, either
by inviting them at their institution, meeting them at an event, or via email or by promoting complementary
analysis and evidence. The discussion materials could then be published online.

2. Interactive mentoring program

Members of the CoR and the Youth Network will be able to participate in a mentoring program. This program
will connect members with corresponding youth in their field or in their countries of residence. Members of the
CoR can indicate how many youngsters they are able and willing to mentor. The duration of a mentorship is one
year but can be extended. A list can be published with to-be mentors and subsequently members of the Youth
Network can apply to their preferred mentor by submitting their CV and cover letter.

Mentors are free to fill in their position according to their own vision. Suggestions for mentorship are:
- Regular check-ins (via Skype) for tutoring and coaching
- Exchange of feedback on (written) work between mentor and student
- Trainings in soft skills (such as ethical leadership and active listening)

3. Increased impact of CoR reports (Youth Chapter)

We would like to write about the activities of the CoR and the implications of its reports in order to make the
work of the CoR more accessible to young audiences. Our intention is to create digital output, which can easily
be shared on social media platforms (video, drawings, articles, photo series etc.). This output will summarize the
latest report and convey its core messages. Young people are not likely to buy and read entire reports or books.
We could share output on the new platform ‘come_on’, which was presented during the conference.

Questions:
- How to determine what can be shared and who is responsible for content published by the Network?
- Do we share our critical assessments of reports of the CoR or only promotional/descriptive output?

4. Regular meet-ups and events (using the voice, as well as catalyst potential of youth)
We could organize events, like the event organized with Pr. Ugo Bardi, a ‘Meet the speaker’ event at the
European Forum Alpbach, especially dedicated to a young audience, where he presented his work with the Club
of Rome and a Q&A session. Another example was the seminar with several members, during the political
symposium at the European Forum Alpbach.
We could gather information about these events (who will attend, where, when, how to participate, etc) ex-ante,
and publish a summary of the event ex-post. This way we know when (and where) members of the Club of
Rome are presenting their work to the public and how we can interact with them.

5. Participation and organization of annual CoR conference

The CoR organizes an annual conference to which the Youth Network would like to contribute.

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Panel members
The last panel of the conference included, Camilla, a young professional. More panels could include young
professionals or PhD students to provide another critical and fresh perspective. The Youth Network can provide
suggestions for young experts to the CoR.

Seminar assistants
Lectures could be transformed into smaller seminars during which members or invited speakers engage in
discussion with attendants. Members of the Youth Network can be paired up with members and speakers to
assist them during their seminar.

PhD academy / Youth Day

This could happen a day before the main Conference. In this academy PhD students from different disciplines
would have the chance to present their work and get a feedback on it. It might also be a good opportunity for
networking. Throughout the day other activities could be organized, for instance workshops on how to
effectively present your work, engage with the audience, obtaining funding, how to make academic output an
input for policy making, etc.

More participatory and interactive engagement with the conference attendees

The format in which the 50 years summit was held seemed to be very traditional; it might be activating to create
a more participatory and engaging format or include it in the lecture/panel styles which where used this time.
The Art of Hosting with World Cafe and Open Space Technology might be interesting to do so (also used in
EU).

The Youth Network could add one day to the annual conference of the CoR to present their own work and get
feedback. During this day, presentations and debates will be organized and monitored by members of the Youth
Network.

Exhibition
An exhibition can be organized with works of young artists related to sustainability, climate change and other
themes addressed during the conference. Members of the Youth Network can curate this conference to present
the members of the CoR with an artistic perspective of youngsters on their agenda. Attendees can visit the
exhibition during coffee breaks, provoking extra discussion.

6. Youth Academy
Building on the Youth Academy that took place in the summer in Austria 2016, Florence 2017, gathering around
the theme of Reclaiming Economics (Azadeh Farajpour and Tobias Orthen were present in 2017 and at the 50
years summit). There was also a collaboration with other events like INET, and the Network for Plural
Economics in Germany. Till Kellerhof shared the Spring Academy 2019, which is upcoming.

7. Connect CoR to other Youth Organizations

The Youth Network should be closely connected to existing organizations and network. There are already many
local sustainability initiatives (for young people) and this network should make use of pre-existing structures and
serve to connect the CoR to their members. WeAll is a good example but also the Youth organization of the
World Wide Fund for Nature (was present at summit).

8. Representation of the Youth Network

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An elected board can be created to represent the Youth Network vis-à-vis the co-presidents and executive board
of the CoR for communication and coordination purposes. All members (board and non-board members) can
apply to attend CoR events (internal and/or external) and report back to the network. Also, they can report to
broader audiences through social media platforms.

Questions to CoR
At this point, we would like to ask you:

- What level of participation of a Youth Network would be appreciated from your side? We understand
that to integrate such a Network in the formal structure of the CoR will take time, and might be
considered undesirable, however we would like to take on some sort of advisory role to ensure that
younger and diverse voices are being heard and listened to.
- We are not asking for any funding, but we would like to be in close correspondence with you throughout
this process.

Issues that need further attention

- We are really focused on academics as we all have an academic background. We also need to account
for youth outside of the higher education system, maybe by making partnerships.
- We talked a lot about the link between developing countries and Europe. We would ask if there are such
youth networks in those countries with which we can share knowledge, mutually and actively listening
to each other

- Perhaps the Club could encourage Higher Education Institutions Chapters? To be discussed further
- We received a couple of initiatives/clubs/groups of young people with similar intents. Starting from
now, we could ask one or two volunteers to look for such initiatives worldwide, i.e. not only in Europe.
Members of the CoR could provide some inputs if they are aware of some, for examples at their
universities.
- How to reach out to a diverse range of young people to become part of the Youth Network (online call
perhaps)

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Introduction to the archive

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Archive featuring

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 ABOUT WIREFRAMES
Principal screenshot of about
Who is the CoR

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Third screenshot of Archive
Log in

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General user profile

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Screenshot after login
Club of Rome community profile

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First screenshot of the archive tutorial

Interactive tutorial
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