What is Global Issues Problem Solving?
Global Issues Problem Solving (GIPS) is a competitive component of Future Problem Solving
Program International (FPSPI). It is a team or individual 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.