Human potential and development project

• Information: descriptive profiles / data /checklists / on-line access
• Projects
• Commentary: rationale
• Statistics
• Publications / CD-Roms
• Bibliography
• Documents: studies / research
• Knowledge management: transdisciplinarity, comprehension
• Multi-media
• Questions: FAQs
• Feedback: including on-line user commentary
• Context
  

Profiles of human development approaches and modes of awareness, and their relationships, as perceived by different beliefs systems, disciplines, religions, and cultures (notably those represented by international organizations -- profiled in a complementary source: Yearbook of International Organizations):

• Approaches / Mode entries currently profiled: more than 4,400. Relationships between them more than 15,000 (see Statistics)
• Profiles published in book and CD in Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential (see Publications)
• On-line access
• alternative entry points:
• general entry point via http://www.uia.org/db/
• alphabetical checklist (offering access via first letter codes directly to the index pages)
• alphabetical index (over 4,805 names and keywords)
• access policy
• on-line comment facilities and user feedback (see Feedback)
• search possibilities
• human development type codes / symbols used
• associated mapping experiments (see Multi-media)
• Entry content and organization
• Editorial methods and guidelines:
• General summary (for a participative encyclopedia)
• Specific to world problems: FAQs | Significance | Method (Critieria) | Comments
• Disclaimer /Warning
• Websites of other international organizations and NGOs concerned with problems.
• Websites of other sources of information

Source: There are no official lists of approaches to human development -- nor to their associated modes of awareness. The approaches to human development profiled here are derived from extensive literature searches across disciplines, cultures and spiritual traditions. In some cases what is named may not appear either like an approach to human development, nor a mode of awareness, but it may be interpreted as such by some within the culture or discipline concerned.

Names: Approaches to human development may have a variety of names, especially through the manner in which they are translated between different languages and spiritual traditions. The alphabetic index list, based on a single name per approach, is therefore an essentially arbitrary ordering of the items in the database. As a random presentation of the contents of the database, it has the advantage of drawing attention to the variety of pathways and understandings which individuals may encounter during their personal and collective development.

Disclaimer: Whilst honouring the views of quite different cultures and belief systems, these profiles do not endeavour to distinguish between "positive" and "negative" approaches to human development. It is important to recognize that for advocates of particular approaches to human development, alternative approaches may be perceived as totally misleading, if not downright dangerous. Such views are usually reciprocated and lead notably to religious conflict. The purpose of this list is to raise questions about the circumstances under which particular approaches may be seen as constructive or destructive. It is for the reader to exercise discrimination in determining under what circumstances particular approaches amy be considered as "positive" or "negative" in their implications. Presence of items on this list in no way implies approval of a particular approach by the UIA as an organization. Extensive commentary on these issues is provided in the Encyclopedia.

Development: Although this is the complete list of the human development entries published in the Encyclopedia, it is important to recognize that the database is continually being expanded, notably through the addition of other approaches that are aspects of those already included in the list.

• Summary
• Concepts
• Modes of awareness
• Entry content and organization
• Origins and development since 1972, with the support of Mankind 2000
• Description of the Encyclopedia Project (of which this is a part)
• Sponsorship of this project:The UIA is a financially independent non-profit research centre and information clearing house. The compilation of the Encyclopedia is done with very tight budgets, as funds become available.You may be interested in supporting, or sponsoring, the further development of this database. 

Collection of 27 explanatory documents on significance , method (critieria), and general commentary. On-line profiles also offer access to other websites and specific query-links to web search engines.

Encyclopedia Project in general: Collection of 27 explanatory documents on overview (significance), content, method, assessement, and general insights.

• Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential (every 3-4 years)

They are also also available on-line

• Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential (every 3-4 years)
• Encyclopedia Plus (CD-Rom)

International organizations concerned in various ways with human development are profiled in:

• Yearbook of International Organizations (hardcover edition).
• Yearbook Plus (CD-Rom)

• Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential (every 3-4 years)
• Encyclopedia Plus (CD-Rom)

The relevant bibiliographies are also available on-line together with access to other websites and specific query-links to web search engines