One of the main governmental management challenges in today’s highly competitive environment is that decision makers are caught up in their day-to-day responsibilities.

Managers don’t get much time to deep thinking, and if it happens, they rely on self-judgment and perceptions to decision making; so, the success cannot be guaranteed.

On the other hand, in today’s intricate and uncertain landscape, the absence of a forward-looking perspective in the energy industry and between policy makers, managers and executives poses significant challenges to the and bring exorbitant costs and slow down Iran’s growth in the Economics and industrials.

external pressures such as sanctions, policies and management disturbances have reduced the managerial decision-making to daily activities. So, founding the external organizations dedicated to interdisciplinary research and policy as an independent consultant is essentials in energy ecosystem.

Think tanks play a vital role in shaping policy, economic, social and cultural interactions, fostering informed debate, and driving positive change.

especially organizations providing services to different strata of society, has they channel knowledge between scholars, policymakers, and civil society. and convert multidisciplinary theory and empirics into insights and recommendations packaged to inform and meet decision-makers’ needs.

‘’The Energy and Commodity Foresight Group’’ or ‘’ Materials and Energy Foresight Group’’ brings together specialists in energy futurology and strategic planning to streamline of strategic and forward-looking thinking in the country’s energy decision and policy-making body the policy-making. This group officially began in 2023.

The GAMMA think tank was founded by  Future Development Foundation  in 2023 — the culmination of a long-standing energy studies in this institute, which has been carrying out study, think tank and implementation projects in the field of energy since 2006.

The Energy and Commodity Foresight Group for energy and oil and gas value chain provides meaningful policy analysis on the most critical challenges facing Iran and Facilitating the decision-making process by creating “strategic intelligence”.

GAMMA is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision making through research and analysis cooperates with government policy makers.

The GAMA think tank is home to futurology and strategic planning leading experts of oil and gas industry, in the academia, the private sector and government hailing. Our fellows provide the highest quality research and analysis on critical domestic policy issues. 

 

Think tank is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-governmental organizations, but some are semi-autonomous agencies within government, and some are associated with particular political parties, businesses or the military. Think tanks are often funded by individual donations, with many also accepting government grants.

 

This type of think tank, according to its definition in the Oxford dictionary, is ” a group of experts who provide advice and ideas on political, social, or economic issues’’.

 

Also, based on the definition provided by Goodman: ” A think tank is an organization that sponsors research on specific problems, encourages the discovery of solutions to those problems, and facilitates interaction among scientists and intellectuals in pursuit of these goals. A public policy think tank explicitly focuses on government policies, usually for the purpose of improving those policies or creating viable alternatives.”

 

In some countries (especially in the United States of America), think tanks play a major role at the national level in the form of research organizations in the field of public policy. They support the policies of government institutions by conducting relevant research. In this regard, James McGannon defines think tanks as “organizations that produce policy-oriented research, analysis and advice on international and regional issues in order to empower policymakers to make informed decisions.” Subsequently, the application of this concept has been developed in economic fields, including to find suitable markets for economic activities.

 

The term think tank was first used in military jargon during World War II to describe a safe place where plans and strategies could be discussed, but its meaning began to change during the 1960s when it came to be used in the United States to describe private nonprofit policy research organizations.

The first generation of the idea of think tanks in America were study and research institutions that were formed in the early 20th century with the aim of carrying out academic projects, training political elites and indirectly directing government policies.  

A second wave of think tanks arose after 1945, when the United States assumed the mantle of super power and (with the outbreak of the Cold War) defender of the free world. Many such institutions received direct support from the U.S. government, which devoted massive resources to defense scientists and researchers. The RAND Corporation, initially established as an independent non-profit institutionwith Air Force funding in 1948, launched pioneering studies of systems analysis, game theory, and strategic bargaining that continue to shape the way we analyze defense policy and deterrence decades later. 

Over the last three decades, a third wave of think tanks have crested. These institutions focus as much on advocacy as research, aiming to generate timely advice that can compete in a crowded marketplace of ideas and influence policy decisions. The prototype advocacy think tank is the conservative Heritage Foundation, established in 1973. The liberal Institute for Policy Studies plays a similar role.

The main effort of this generation of think tanks was to find a suitable market for the products. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) as well as the Heritage Foundation are examples of third-generation American think tanks. 

Our areas of study reflect our comparative advantages in expertise and ability to add value. We study critical topics in domestic policy, including strategical and futurology studies related to energy, oil, gas, power and environmental and more. Our range of expertise allows for interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers.

We applied advanced analytics and strategic planning of downstream oil and gas industries, research institutes and governmental organizations.

In addition, futurological studies, scenarios planning, developing road maps and patent analysis, environmental scanning, and creating forward-looking structures in organizations have also been carried out by this team in the past years.

We help our clients to formulate, approach and solve the problem in a forward-looking manner, and try to solve the not only relying on the application of scientific methods of future research, but to facilitate the policy-making, decision-making and planning processes.

The interdisciplinary expertise of the members, the ability to manage expert knowledge and the ability to implement future research methods according to projects are among the components that have made the group and its network of colleagues successful.

main activities:

Applied research: conducting research in value chain of oil, gas and alternative energy sources such as renewable energy focused on improving production methods and technologies and using energy resources, reducing pollutants and energy efficiency.

Strategic documents preparation: Energy optimal exploitation strategic documents design and preparation for organizations and industries, for the With special attention to resources, technologies and human capital, these documents can provide a basis for decision-making and policy adoption for governing institutions.

Foresight and discovering alternative scenarios: Paying attention to possible upcoming changes and identifying uncertainty factors, is effective in planning in the oil and energy sector. Providing detailed information based on key drivers, regional and world developments consideration, makes decisions easier to senior managers.

Training and knowledge transfer: providing training programs and developing skills, includes professionals training to develop new technologies, optimal use of energy resources, and informing about reducing the use of fossil fuels and transitioning to greener technologies.

Cooperation and networking: Establishing cooperation and creating networks with universities, research centers, industry and governmental and international organizations.These collaborations help in transferring knowledge, upgrading technology and facilitating the exchange of information and resources for the exploitation of energy resources.

We also work with universities, research institutes, industrialists and government to participate in its research plans and projects.

Risk management: analyzing possible risks and providing management solutions to reduce effects. This includes environmental impact analysis, safety solutions and energy efficiency.

Technical-Economical Analysis: Using technical-economical modeling, we evaluates the costs and benefits of new methods and technologies in the field of materials and energy. These services are used in evaluating the financial, social and environmental consequences of using different technologies in industries and countries.

Goals

• Investigating technological and scientific trends
• Forecasting society needs
• Identifying and evaluating environmental limitations for the production and use of materials and energy
• Proposing practical solutions and executive policies for optimal use of natural resources and clean energy
• Cooperation with other groups and organizations