WEF World Economic Forum is an unofficial international organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Its predecessor was the "World Economic Forum European Management Africa Summit" founded by klaus schwab, the current chairman of the forum and a professor at Geneva Business School, on 197 1. 1987, the European Management Forum was renamed the World Economic Forum. This forum is also called "Davos Forum" because its annual meeting is held in Davos. The annual meeting of the Forum held in Davos is usually held in late 1 month, with a duration of about one week. Determine a theme every year, and arrange more than 200 sub-forums on this basis. Up to 20 10, 39 annual meetings have been held.
Forum annual meeting
1 The annual meeting held in Davos at the end of this month is the flagship activity of the World Economic Forum. The annual meeting held in Swiss Alpine Resort attracts 1000 CEOs of forum member companies every year, as well as many representatives from politics, academia, NGOs, religious circles and the media. Only those invited by the World Economic Forum can participate. Every year, about 2200 participants attend five-day meetings, and more than 220 meetings are included in the official agenda. The agenda of the meeting emphasized the focus on global key issues (such as international disputes, poverty and environmental problems) and possible solutions. About 500 journalists from the Internet, print media and radio and television media from all over the world came to the venue to report. The media can enter all the meetings on the official agenda, and some of them can be watched through online video.
Regional conference
The World Economic Forum holds more than 65,438+00 meetings every year, enabling business leaders to communicate closely with local governments and non-governmental organizations. Conferences are held in Africa, East Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, and different host countries are selected every year. But in the past decade, China and India have become long-term hosts of the forum.
Activity initiative
Global Health Initiative (GHI) was put forward by Kofi Annan at the annual meeting in 2002. Its goal is to make commercial enterprises participate in public-private health projects to deal with AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other diseases, and to establish a better health system.
The Global Education Initiative (GEI) was launched at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in 2003. Global IT companies and government officials reached agreements in Jordan, Egypt and India to introduce new PC hardware into more school classrooms and train more local teachers who master electronic teaching methods. This move has had a tangible impact on children's lives. GEI model has become an expanding and sustainable project, which has been included in the education plans of many countries, including Rwanda.
Environmental initiatives focus on climate change and water resources. At the G-8 Summit Climate Change Dialogue held in Gleneagles, Scotland in 2005, the British government invited the World Economic Forum to assist business members to participate in the 3 1 G-8 Summit Climate Change Dialogue, and to make suggestions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Before the G-8 Summit held in Toyako, Japan in July 2008, a series of environmental protection proposals approved by many CEOs around the world were submitted to countries.
The "Water Resource Initiative" has been supported by various stakeholders, including Alcan, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, USAID/India, United Nations Development Programme/India, Federation of Indian Industries, Rajasthan Government and NEPAD Business Foundation, which have carried out public-private cooperation in water resource management in South Africa and India.
"Anti-Corruption Partnership Initiative" In order to strengthen the anti-corruption power, at the annual meeting of Davos in June 5438+ 10, 2004, CEOs from the engineering, construction, energy, metal and mineral industries jointly launched the "Anti-Corruption Partnership Initiative" (PACI). This move provides a platform for peers to exchange practical anti-corruption experience and face difficulties. 140 enterprises signed this initiative.
"Innovation: Imperative" [9] is the theme of the 7th Summer Davos Forum on 20 13. More than 500 politicians and entrepreneurs from more than 90 countries and regions attended the three-day meeting. The meeting discussed in depth issues such as sustainable growth, energy security, trade and investment.