The World Economic Forum: Platform for Impact
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06 Our institutional DNA 09 The story Contents 10 Our communities 12 How to engage 16 Who we are
06 Our institutional DNA 09 The story Contents10 Our communities 12 How to engage 16 Who we are
Our institutional DNA The World Economic Forum is the International Our role Organization for Public-Private Cooperation The orld Economic orum is the International Organiation for ublicrivate Cooperation Our purpose is to empower global leaders to shape the future for the better ith the pace of change accelerating, even the most innovative governments, businesses and organiations will struggle to meet the world’s technological, environmental and social challenges on their own e are a trusted platform for all staeholders of global society to integrate and aggregate their efforts to improve the state of the world Only through the power of collaboration can we successfully solve our shared global challenges 6 7
Our institutional DNA The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation Our mission Committed to improving the state of the world Our vision To leverage our trusted status as the global platform for shaping the future of economic, social and industry systems Our values Independence, impartiality, integrity Our motto Entrepreneurship in the global public interest 6 7
engagement, and the creation of different communities, such as artners and €embers To inform those communities, it created its own research and nowledge The story generating capabilities, starting in ‚ƒ„ƒ with the Global Competitiveness Report Today, it focuses on strengthening impact through n 1970 as a young roessor numerous initiatives and pro…ects, which with strong usiness have helped improve the lives of hundreds of millions of people eerience wrote a oo on moern management The orld Economic orum’s role as the escriing what is toay calle trusted global platform for staeholder engagement was recognied in †‡‚ˆ, when the sta eholer concet€ t it concluded a host state agreement with recogni‚e that the usiness ‰witerland to become the International o usiness was not simly Organiation for ublicrivate Cooperation In †‡‚ƒ, that was further strengthened by a serƒing shareholer interests strategic partnership framewor agreement ut eƒeryone who has a with the Šnited Nations sta e in the “well…eing” o ‰ince its founding, the orum has the enterrise‡ emloyees developed as a powerful public platform customers an society€ engaging the global audience, but it has also served as a place for private dialogue That boo inspired the first Davos meeting and reconciliation in ‚ƒ„‚, creating a platform for business to As we now face the ourth Industrial meet and interact with all its staeholders ‹evolution, I am convinced of the This led to the creation of the notfor staeholder concept’s relevance The profit foundation which is today the orld orld Economic orum – and its wor with Economic orum leaders from all areas of global society – Over the last half century, the staeholder has never been more vital concept has significantly evolved Corporations are now being called upon to serve as coowners of our global future ‰ince its creation, the orum has gone through several phases of development In the very beginning, it created a global convening of leaders, helping them to understand the nascent challenges of environment and ine‘uality To deal with these challenges re‘uired trust, sustained Professor ƒlaus chab Founder and E€ecutive Chairman of the World Economic Forum 8 9
engagement, and the creation of different communities, such as artners and €embers To inform those communities, it created its own research and nowledge The story generating capabilities, starting in ‚ƒ„ƒ with the Global Competitiveness Report Today, it focuses on strengthening impact through n 1970 as a young roessor numerous initiatives and pro…ects, which with strong usiness have helped improve the lives of hundreds of millions of people eerience wrote a oo on moern management The orld Economic orum’s role as the escriing what is toay calle trusted global platform for staeholder engagement was recognied in †‡‚ˆ, when the sta eholer concet€ t it concluded a host state agreement with recogni‚e that the usiness ‰witerland to become the International o usiness was not simly Organiation for ublicrivate Cooperation In †‡‚ƒ, that was further strengthened by a serƒing shareholer interests strategic partnership framewor agreement ut eƒeryone who has a with the Šnited Nations sta e in the “well…eing” o ‰ince its founding, the orum has the enterrise‡ emloyees developed as a powerful public platform customers an society€ engaging the global audience, but it has also served as a place for private dialogue That boo inspired the first Davos meeting and reconciliation in ‚ƒ„‚, creating a platform for business to As we now face the ourth Industrial meet and interact with all its staeholders ‹evolution, I am convinced of the This led to the creation of the notfor staeholder concept’s relevance The profit foundation which is today the orld orld Economic orum – and its wor with Economic orum leaders from all areas of global society – Over the last half century, the staeholder has never been more vital concept has significantly evolved Corporations are now being called upon to serve as coowners of our global future ‰ince its creation, the orum has gone through several phases of development In the very beginning, it created a global convening of leaders, helping them to understand the nascent challenges of environment and ine‘uality To deal with these challenges re‘uired trust, sustained Professor ƒlaus chab Founder and E€ecutive Chairman of the World Economic Forum 8 9
Our communities „usiness ‡oung ˆeaders A group of ‚,‡‡‡ leading global Over ‚,‡‡‡ of the world’s most recognied companies is engaged as artners leaders in their thirties are engaged as This group is further strengthened “oung ’lobal ”eaders, and close to and diversified through our special ‚‡,‡‡‡ outstanding young people in their communities of emerging global twenties contribute as ’lobal ‰hapers, enterprises, technology pioneers active in more than •‡‡ cities around and startups the world …overnments ‰cademia and cience and International Organizations The world’s leading e–perts engage through our Councils Topraning global research Engaged through …oint pro…ects universities mae up our ’lobal Šniversity and cooperation agreements ”eaders orum Civil ociet† Šedia The leaders of globally active N’Os, trade —ournalists and editors from the world’s unions, cultural leaders and other civil leading news organiations are engaged society institutions are integrated into all through our International €edia Council our communities and advisory councils This is reinforced by our community of social entrepreneurs, woring on models of social innovation 10 11
Our communities „usiness ‡oung ˆeaders A group of ‚,‡‡‡ leading global Over ‚,‡‡‡ of the world’s most recognied companies is engaged as artners leaders in their thirties are engaged as This group is further strengthened “oung ’lobal ”eaders, and close to and diversified through our special ‚‡,‡‡‡ outstanding young people in their communities of emerging global twenties contribute as ’lobal ‰hapers, enterprises, technology pioneers active in more than •‡‡ cities around and startupsthe world …overnments ‰cademia and cience and International OrganizationsThe world’s leading e–perts engage through our Councils Topraning global research Engaged through …oint pro…ects universities mae up our ’lobal Šniversity and cooperation agreements”eaders orum Civil ociet† Šedia The leaders of globally active N’Os, trade —ournalists and editors from the world’s unions, cultural leaders and other civilleading news organiations are engaged society institutions are integrated into all through our International €edia Council our communities and advisory councils This is reinforced by our community of social entrepreneurs, woring on models of social innovation 10 11
articipation in collaborative latforms 1 e are living in a more complicated and fast changing world with interconnected problems and challenges “our organiation is undertaing initiatives to define these problems, search for solutions and tae action šut how do your company’s efforts to address these challenges feed into interconnected global systems, or attract wider public attention for more impact™ The orum offers latforms to integrate and aggregate these efforts Our institutional role as the International Organiation for ublicrivate Cooperation and our strategic partnership framewor agreement with the Šnited Nations ˜ow to engage helps us channel impact more effectively Each orum latform is stewarded by public and privatesector leaders who provide insight into ey drivers and interconnections between particular issues Each latform is supported by leading e–perts from our ’lobal uture Councils and community of ‰trategy Officers To ensure sustained progress, orum initiatives and pro…ects are defined in one of three ways› fully orumdeveloped and resourcedœ …ointly developed and resourced by a consortium of ˜ow does the orld Economic orum engage staeholdersœ and fully led and resourced by a leaders to shape the global agenda™ thirdparty “champion”, yet always contributing to the common latform The orum invites its artners and €embers The platform approach has also been designed to foster closer global cooperation, to engage through its collaborative latforms, supporting international organiations that digital interaction and nowledge networs, and advance progress in specific areas, while being embedded into overall global efforts through highlevel personalied communication 12 1ˆ
articipation in collaborative latforms 1 e are living in a more complicated and fast changing world with interconnected problems and challenges “our organiation is undertaing initiatives to define these problems, search for solutions and tae action šut how do your company’s efforts to address these challenges feed into interconnected global systems, or attract wider public attention for more impact™ The orum offers latforms to integrate and aggregate these efforts Our institutional role as the International Organiation for ublicrivate Cooperation and our strategic partnership framewor agreement with the Šnited Nations ˜ow to engage helps us channel impact more effectively Each orum latform is stewarded by public and privatesector leaders who provide insight into ey drivers and interconnections between particular issues Each latform is supported by leading e–perts from our ’lobal uture Councils and community of ‰trategy Officers To ensure sustained progress, orum initiatives and pro…ects are defined in one of three ways› fully orumdeveloped and resourcedœ …ointly developed and resourced by a consortium of ˜ow does the orld Economic orum engage staeholdersœ and fully led and resourced by a leaders to shape the global agenda™ thirdparty “champion”, yet always contributing to the common latform The orum invites its artners and €embers The platform approach has also been designed to foster closer global cooperation, to engage through its collaborative latforms, supporting international organiations that digital interaction and nowledge networs, and advance progress in specific areas, while being embedded into overall global efforts through highlevel personalied communication 12 1ˆ
˜ighlevel personalied 2interaction To achieve its mission, the orum leverages its unparalleled ability to engage the most relevant and nowledgeable leaders into peerlevel conversations e bring together our staeholder communities for our Annual €eeting in ‰witerland The meeting taes place in —anuary each year and has become the world’s foremost summit for shaping global, regional and industry agendas Integration into A second Annual €eeting, focused on ˆdigital and nowledge entrepreneurship and innovation, taes networs place in China The orum, through its latforms, engages the most innovative companies, academics, and In addition, the orum organies a public officials to create systemic and strategic ‰ustainable Development Impact ‰ummit intelligence to help leaders understand and in New “or every year, in con…unction with anticipate the forces transforming industries, the Šnited Nations ’eneral Assembly The businesses, and societies The orum also summit focuses on enhancing global public digitally maps these integrated insights to goods and seeing innovative solutions to create a visually dynamic tool built on e–pert achieve the ‰ustainable Development nowledge and AI ’oals To advance cooperation and e–plore more specific conte–ts, the orum also Top”in, our digital platform, sustains ongoing hosts meetings in ey regions and countries interactions and conversations through around the world research, Al and nowledge tools The orum has unrivalled e–perience and The orum’s unmatched media and public e–pertise in bringing together leaders engagement amplifies these efforts by raising from all its communities This allows for awareness and furthering opportunities for yearround engagement opportunities and dialogue interactions that span industry sectors, academic disciplines and geographies 1‰ 1Š
˜ighlevel personalied 2interaction To achieve its mission, the orum leverages its unparalleled ability to engage the most relevant and nowledgeable leaders into peerlevel conversations e bring together our staeholder communities for our Annual €eeting in ‰witerland The meeting taes place in —anuary each year and has become the world’s foremost summit for shaping global, regional and industry agendas Integration into A second Annual €eeting, focused on ˆdigital and nowledge entrepreneurship and innovation, taes networs place in China The orum, through its latforms, engages the most innovative companies, academics, and In addition, the orum organies a public officials to create systemic and strategic ‰ustainable Development Impact ‰ummit intelligence to help leaders understand and in New “or every year, in con…unction with anticipate the forces transforming industries, the Šnited Nations ’eneral Assembly The businesses, and societies The orum also summit focuses on enhancing global public digitally maps these integrated insights to goods and seeing innovative solutions to create a visually dynamic tool built on e–pert achieve the ‰ustainable Development nowledge and AI ’oals To advance cooperation and e–plore more specific conte–ts, the orum also Top”in, our digital platform, sustains ongoing hosts meetings in ey regions and countries interactions and conversations through around the worldresearch, Al and nowledge tools The orum has unrivalled e–perience and The orum’s unmatched media and public e–pertise in bringing together leaders engagement amplifies these efforts by raising from all its communities This allows for awareness and furthering opportunities for yearround engagement opportunities and dialogue interactions that span industry sectors, academic disciplines and geographies 1‰ 1Š
ho we are šoard of Trustees and €anaging šoard The orum adheres to the highest governance standards Its šoard of Trustees – the orum’s top governing body – consists of global leaders from government, business, civil society, the arts and academia The orum’s €anaging šoard – the main operational body – also reflects the best e–perience from each of these sectors Our people Our people are at the heart of the orum’s ability to serve its communities and fulfil its mission The orum’s latforms are curated and supported by more than ¡‡‡ highly ‘ualified and motivated team members, coming from over ¡‡ countries e currently have offices in ’eneva, New “or, ‰an rancisco, Toyo, šei…ing and €umbai 16 17
ho we are šoard of Trustees and €anaging šoard The orum adheres to the highest governance standards Its šoard of Trustees – the orum’s top governing body – consists of global leaders from government, business, civil society, the arts and academia The orum’s €anaging šoard – the main operational body – also reflects the best e–perience from each of these sectors Our people Our people are at the heart of the orum’s ability to serve its communities and fulfil its mission The orum’s latforms are curated and supported by more than ¡‡‡ highly ‘ualified and motivated team members, coming from over ¡‡ countries e currently have offices in ’eneva, New “or, ‰an rancisco, Toyo, šei…ing and €umbai 16 17
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