Global Issues Problem Solving

What is Global Issues Problem Solving?

Global Issues Problem Solving (GIPS) is a competitive component of the Future Problem Solving Program International (FPSPI). It is a team activity in which participants research a series of global topics and learn a six-step creative problem-solving process. In competition, participants apply their knowledge and the problem-solving process to address a Future Scene, an imagined situation set in the future. Topics for the Future Scenes include global issues in the areas of business and economics, science and technology, and social and political areas. Each year five topics are addressed: two practice problems, a qualifying problem, an Affiliate Bowl/Final problem, and the problem at the International Conference. Approximately forty-five states within the United States and fifteen countries throughout the world are Affiliate Programs or Mentored Regions involved in FPSPI.