Mahdi Elmandjra

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Nationality Moroccan Role Economist		Name Mahdi Elmandjra

Born March 13, 1933 ( 1933-03-13 ) Rabat, Morocco Occupation futurist, economist and sociologist Died June 13, 2014, Rabat, Morocco Books The United Nations System: An Analysis Education The Putney School, London School of Economics and Political Science, Cornell University Similar People Mircea Malita, Roger Garaudy, Michel Jobert

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Mahdi Elmandjra (Arabic: مهدي المنجرة‎‎; March 13, 1933 – June 13, 2014) was a Moroccan futurist, economist and sociologist.

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Education

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Elmandjra started his high-school education at Lycee Lyautey (Casablanca) in 1944 where he got his Baccalaureat in 1948 . He then went to Putney School, Vermont, U.S.A. (1948–1950) before joining Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (1950–1954) where he obtained a B.A. Government degree. Elmandjra then went to England where he enrolled in the London School of Economics, and the University of London (1954–1957) obtaining a PhD.

Career

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Mahdi Elmandjra graduated from Cornell (USA) and obtained his PhD from the London School of Economics. He has taught international relations at the University of Rabat since 1958.

Elmandjra has held many occupations throughout his career. After finishing his studies, ElMandjra started his career as Director General of the Moroccan Broadcasting Service (RTM) and as a Counselor of the Moroccan Mission to the UN. He occupied various functions in the UN body from 1961 to 1981 including that of Assistant Director General of UNESCO for Social Sciences, Human Sciences and Culture as well as Coordinator of the Conference on Technical Cooperation between Developing countries at the UNDP.

He was President of the World Futures Studies Federation and of Futuribles International as well as the founding President of the Moroccan Association of Future Studies and the Moroccan Organization of Human Rights.

He is a member of the African Academy of Sciences and of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco. He has been a Visiting Professor to Tokyo University (1998) and a Visiting Scholar of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) at the Tokyo Keizai University (1999).

UNESCO (1961-1969)

Chief, Africa Division (1961–1963);

Director of the Executive Office of the Director general (1963–1966);

Assistant Director General for the Social Sciences, Human Sciences and Culture (1966–1969);

Visiting Fellow, Center for International Studies, London School of Economics, Univ.of London (1970);

UNESCO (1971-1976)

Assistant Director General for Programming and Future Studies (1971–1976);

Special Adviser to the Director General,(1975–1976);

Professor, Faculte des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et Sociales, Universite Mohamed V, Rabat (1976–1979);

Assistant Secretary general, United Nations Programme for Development (UNDP): Coordinator, Conference on Technical Cooperation between African Countries (Nairobi, 1980);

Special Consultant to the United Nations during the International Year of Disable Persons,(1980–1981);

Special Advisor to the Director General of the Intergovernmental Bureau for Informatics IBI)(1981–1987);

Adviser to the Secretary general of the United Nations on the programmes of the UN System against the Abuse of Drugs (1990–1991);

Professor, Faculte des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et Sociales, Universite Mohamed V, Rabat (1981);

Visiting Professor, Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo (1998);

Professional associations

World Future Studies Federation (WFSF), President (1977–1981);

Futuribles International, President (1981–1990);

Club of Rome (resignation in 1988);

Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco;

World Academy of Art and Science;

World Academy of Social Prospective;

African Academy of Sciences (Exec. Comm.);

Pugwash Movement;

Society for International Development (SID), Council (1982–1988), Exec. Comm.(1985–1988);

International Union of Architects, Rapporteur XIII World Congress of Architects, Mexico (1978);

Third World Forum;

Founding President of the Moroccan Association of Future Studies (AMP);

Founding President of the Moroccan Organization for Human Rights (OMDH);

Morocco-Japan Association, Founding Member and Vice-President;

Moroccan Association of Economists;

Moroccan Association of Philosophy;

Moroccan Association of Historians.

Publications

He has published several books and over 500 articles in the fields of the human and social sciences. He is a co-author of "No Limits to Learning" (Report to the Club of Rome, 1979) and the author of several books including "The United Nations System" (1973), "Maghreb et Francophonie" (1988), "Premiere Guerre Civilisationnelle" (1991), "Retrospective des Futurs" (1992), "Nord-Sud, Prelude a l'Ere Postcoloniale" (1993), «Cultural Diversity Key to Survival» (1995),» (1996), «Decolonisation Culturelle : Defi majeur du 21e Siecle» (1996), "Reglobalization of globalization" (2000), "Communication Dialogue" (2000),“Intifadates” (2001), Humiliation a l'ere du mega-imperialisme (2003) et Ihana (2004). Many of his books have been translated to Japanese such as “The First Civilizational War” (1999) and “The Afghan War : The Second Civilizational War, The End of an Empire”.

Professor Elmandjra received the Prix de la Vie Economique 1981 (France), the Grand Medal of the French Academy of Architecture (1984), the distinctions of Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (France, 1985) and of the Order of The Rising Sun (Japan, 1986). He also received the Peace Medal of the Albert Einstein International Academy and the Award of the World Future Studies Federation (WFSF) in 1995. In 2002 he was made the first honorary member of the Moroccan Association of Researchers and Scientists (MARS).

Major television programmes

Maroc 2000 (6 hours), RTM, Rabat (1978);

Les Dossiers de l'Ecran, "La Prochaine Decennie", TF 1, Paris (1980);

Dossier, "Le Grand Maghreb", RTT, Tunis (1980);

Lendemains pour l'Homme, "En finir avec la Faim", Antenne 2, Paris (1981);

Le Tiers Monde et Nous, Antenne 2, Paris (1981);

Rencontre Avec ..., RTS, Dakar (1981);

L'Avenir du Futur, "An 2020 Surpopulation ?", Antenne 2, Paris (1981);

"Informatics & Development", U.N. TV, New York (1982);

L'Avenir du Futur, "La Revolution Vegetale", Antenne 2, Paris (1983);

From 1984 to 2000, WDR 3, Cologne (1985);

La Clave, "Death in Abundance", Madrid (1985);

Morocco and Latin America, RTM, Rabat (1985);

Document, RTM, Rabat (1985);

"The Child and the Computer", RTM, Rabat (1986);

"The Future of International Cooperation", with J.J. Servan-Schreiber & Isomura, NHK 3, Tokyo (1986);

"Architecture Islamique", Prix de l'Aga Khan 1986, Emission "Mosaique", FR3, Paris (1986);

"Architectures Dynastiques", Dossier du Mois, RTM, Rabat (1987);

"L'Avenir du Monde Arabe", FR 3, Paris (1988);

"Rencontre", Immigration, FR 3, Paris (1989);

"The Gulf War", WDR, Frankfurt (1991);

"Les Nations Unies et la Guerre du Golfe", TV Tunis (1991).

Juries

International Architectural Contest for the Islamic Cultural Center of Madrid (1980);

Vice-President of the Jury of the International Architectural Contest for the "Tete de la Defense" project, Paris (1983);

World Contest of Young Architects, Tokyo (1984);

Venice Film Festival (1984);

Master Jury of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (1986);

Jules Verne Science Television Prize, Paris (1990–1993);

President of the Jury of Third National Film Festival of Morocco, Meknes (1992).

FOUNDER of the "North-South Cultural Communication Prize" given annually since 1992 (financed from the royalties of the author).

Awards and decorations

Curzon Prize of French Literature, Cornell University (1953);

Rockefeller Award for International Relations, London School of Economics (1955);

Order of Independence of the Kingdom of Jordan (1959);

Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters, France (1970);

Honorary Architect, International Union of Architects (1978);

Prix de La Vie Economique (1981), Paris;

Grand Medal of the French Academy of Architecture (1984);

Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters, France (1985);

Order of the Rising Sun (III), Japan (1986);

Peace Medal of the Albert Einstein International Academy (1991).

Award of the World Future Studies Federation (1995)

References

Mahdi Elmandjra Wikipedia

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