It's a Forum of Communities

"So what do you do the rest of the year?"

This is a question I’m sometimes asked when I tell people I work at the World Economic Forum.

My answer? Well, the Forum is not just about bringing the world’s most influential leaders together each January for the Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The Forum also has various communities of leaders committed to improving the state of the world.

For example, the Forum’s Arab Business Council has made huge strides in developing a blueprint for reform. And it isn’t just a document, Arab countries like Jordan and Morocco (as well as the United States) have recognised it as plan for regional development.

We have other communities: Forum of Young Global Leaders, New Asian Leaders, Religious and Labour leaders, Technology Pioneers, Industry Governors, International Business Council, West-Islamic World Dialogue and NGOs.

Comments

[Garsett Larosse]

The answer, my friend, are TeleCommunities:
http://www.telecommunity.info

[Garsett Larosse]

The link to NGOs gives a Lotus Domino error.

[theglobalchinese]

How can we organize a worldwide awareness to implement a CAM (click and mortar) styled Marshall plan to help eradicate poverty in the poorest countries of the world?
The International Year of Microcredit 2005 In 1998, proclaiming 2005 as the International Year of Microcredit (resolution 53/197 of 15 December), the General Assembly requested that the Year's observance be a special occasion for giving impetus to microcredit programmes throughout the world. The Assembly asked all those involved in poverty eradication to take additional steps to make available credit and related services for self-employment and income-generating activities to an increasing number of people living in poverty. Governments, NGOs, the private sector and the media were invited to highlight the role of microcredit in poverty eradication, its contribution to social development, and its positive impact on the lives of the poor. Visit the official website of the International Year of Microcredit The Year was launched on 18 November 2004 worldwide
UN Resolutions and Documents UN Report: Role of microcredit in the eradication of povertyUN Resolution: International Year of Microcredit 2005United Nations - General Assembly Resolution 52/194Letter dated 30 June 1998 from the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UNImplementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006) and draft programme of action for the International Year of Microcredit, 2005UNCDF: Building Inclusive Financial Sectors to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals - CONCEPT PAPER Key Links to Organizations Lead agencies for IYM2005: UN Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) The Microcredit Summit Secretariat News and Announcements 4 Sept.: Microcredit and microfinance are important poverty reduction tools - AnnanThe Microcredit Summit Secretariat's draft recommendations for IYM2005 to be submitted to UN Division for Social Policy and Development. - completed Related Information Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Thanks for your comments
theglobalchinese