The Federation was chartered at the 1973 meeting of the International Futures Research Conference.
It can still perform the role of a modest bridge between people who are concerned with building a humane world.
"[3] UNESCO financed the participation of nationals of developing countries in the events organized by the WFSF until the end of the 1990s.
Subsequently, UNESCO supported the organization of Introductory Courses in Futures Studies in the Asia Pacific Region, e.g. Fiji Islands in 1993; the Philippines in 1994.
[4][5] The World Futures Studies Federation has partnerships with institutions like Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University (PMU) in Saudi Arabia,[citation needed] University of Hawaii,[6] Turku School of Economics[citation needed] and RMIT University Global Cities Research Institute, Melbourne[citation needed] as well as other international groups like Club of Rome.