Global Shapers Community

An introduction

What is the Global Shapers

Community?

The Global Shapers Community is a network of hubs founded

and led by young people who are exceptional in their potential,

their achievements and their drive to make a contribution to

their communities.

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What is the Global

Shapers

Community?

The Global Shapers Community is:

— united by a common desire to channel the members’

tremendous energy and enthusiasm into building a more

peaceful and inclusive world.

— diverse in demographics, geographical areas, social

backgrounds and sectors

The Global Shapers Community

— provides youth with a global platform to shape the future,

integrating the personal, community and global dimension.

— catalyses and enhances, individually and collectively, fresh ideas

and entrepreneurial solutions to the world’s most pressing

challenges.

— Provides the shapers with the opportunity to get involved in

crossmentoring with the communities of the World Economic

Forum

Why the Global Shapers?

“We are becoming increasingly aware that solutions to our

global challenges must purposefully engage youth, at all levels

– locally, regionally, nationally and globally. This generation has

the passion, dynamism and entrepreneurial spirit to shape the

future.”

Professor Klaus Schwab

World Economic Forum Founder and Executive Chairman

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Why the Global

Shapers?

— 50% of the world’s population is under the age of 27, the majority of

whom live in urban areas

— the millennial generation consider themselves as “active agents of

change” rather than passive bystanders. In a recent study

— 92% agree that the world must change;

— 84% consider it their duty to drive this change

— almost 82% believe they have the power to make it happen

— this generation is increasingly self-empowered and thanks to

information and technology has catalysed tremendous opportunities

for interaction and collaboration

Why the World Economic

Forum?

The World Economic Forum has successfully

established a history of engaging young leaders to

positively and proactively impact the global agenda.

What is the World

Economic Forum?

— The World Economic Forum is:

— an independent international organization committed to improving the

state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other

leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.

— not-for-profit foundation, tied to no political, partisan or national interests.

— The World Economic Forum engages its members and constituents

into responsible and responsive global citizenship, integrating four

pillars into a unique value proposition:

— Communities

— Interaction

— Insight

— Impact

What is the World

Economic Forum?

— The World Economic Forum is the world’s foremost

multistakeholder community, engaging leaders from business

(members) and non-business (constituents).

Constituents

— Governments and Political Leaders

— Labour Leaders and NGO Leaders

— Global Agenda Councils

— Global Issues Group

— Media Leaders

— Young Global Leaders

— Social Entrepreneurs

— Global Shapers

— Cultural and Spiritual Leaders

— Women Leaders

Members

— International Business Council

— Strategic Partners

— Industry Partners

— Foundation Members

— Global Growth Companies

— Technology Pioneers

Why the World

Economic Forum?

— The World Economic Forum is uniquely positioned to provide

Shapers with the knowledge and insights that engender a better

understanding of the global, regional and industry agendas.

— The World Economic Forum will help the Global Shapers achieve

their objectives by:

— Establishing a privileged interaction with some of the existing

Forum communities, such as the Young Global Leaders, the

Social Entrepreneurs and the Technology Pioneers

— Providing access to all its other communities - the top leaders

from politics, business, civil society, media, science, arts and

culture, faith - with the objective to provide a maximum of

possibilities for interaction and mutual mentorship.

— Selected Shapers will be asked to attend and actively participate in

some of the World Economic Forum Annual Meetings and

Regional Summits (e.g. as speakers in panels, as discussion

facilitators, etc)

Who are the Global Shapers?

Young extraordinary individuals with great potential for future

leadership roles in society.

Between 20 and 30 years of age, they represent all walks of life

and share a spirit of entrepreneurship in the global public

interest.

Who are the Global

Shapers?

— between 20 and 30 years of age at the time of nomination

— from all walks of life and socio-economic backgrounds

— highly committed to developing their leadership potential towards

serving society

— adhering to the highest standards of moral and intellectual integrity

— possessing unique qualities that set them distinctly apart from the

mainstream

— entrepreneurial track record, having already initiated and delivered a

major project or founded a company or organization, exceptionally

contributing to serving society at large

— ready to deeply engage in the community, reinforcing its mission

and objectives and supporting fellow shapers in their individual and

professional development

What do Global Shapers do?

Global Shapers undertake activities that generate a positive

impact by increasing each individual Shaper’s ability to

improve the state of their community and by providing

opportunities for Shapers to have local and global impact.

The Global Shapers Community is energised by the many

interactions generated inside each hub, between hubs and on a

global level.

What do they do?

Local Hubs

— Local Hubs are established in major cities around the world

— Joining the Global Shapers Community begins by joining a local

hub. Local hubs are committed to local impact and are designed

to be local in focus, activity and governance.

— Local Hubs interact and collaborate across borders on global or

regional projects, to gain insight and impact the global dimension

— Hubs will provide Shapers with the opportunity to actively develop

and contribute to initiatives which focus on future-oriented

challenges that this community is uniquely positioned to address

— The local hub must remain impartial and independent and therefore

cannot be formed on any political, cultural, racial or religious basis

What do they do?

Local Hubs

— Each local hub is organised in an autonomous way and must

develop its own Guidelines

— Each hub develops its own activities/programming, including:

— events that facilitate interaction between members of a hub - strengthen linkages

between Shapers and the local community - strengthen linkages between Shapers and

the global community

(i.e. Social gathering, Hub visits, regional shapers meetings, trainings,…)

— opportunities to give Shapers the knowledge and the insight that leads to a deeper

understanding of global, regional, national and industry issues

(i.e meet Young Global Leaders, Social Entrepreneurs, Technology Pioneers,…)

— undertaking at least one project with local impact each year

— Each hub selects a « Curator » to act as the hub Chair. The Curator,

together with the « past » Curator and the « next » Curator, form the

Curatorship of each Hub and are responsible for governing its

affairs and ensuring that its activities reflect positively on the Global

Shapers Community and the World Economic Forum in the spirit of

entrepreneurship in the global public interest.

What do they do?

Global Hub

— The Global Hub is the aggregation of interactions between local

hubs and focuses on increasing the profile and the exposure of

individual Shapers or individual hubs at the global level

— Global Hub activities include:

— Inter-hub activity based on a sub-region, region or issue

— Multi-hub participation in special activities (Intellectual activities,

attendance of special events, Local projects with impact in one or more

places)And more…

— The Global Hub is facilitated by the head office of the Global

Shapers Community based in Geneva, Switzerland. Other activities

of the Head Office include:

— governance of the Global Shapers Community: mainly via a Board of

Trustees which is appointed in a process that includes Global Shapers.

— Annual Curators Meeting: workshops for incoming Curators (leaders) of

hubs.

Online presence

“Complementing face-to-face meetings, particular emphasis will

be placed on the virtual dimension – enabling shapers to

collaborate and learn from each other through the community

platform..”

The Global Hub exists continually in the private virtual

network of the Global Shapers Community.

Online presence:

Private Platform

— Private platform: a dedicated, private interaction platform

for Shapers, based on off-the-shelf enterprise collaboration software

(Tibbr).

— Familiar interface & standard functionalities:

— Directory of Hubs and Issues

— Discussions

— People directory and rich profiles

— Integrated chat

— Mobile Apps available

— Possibility to develop new features

Where to find Global Shapers

Public website: www.weforum.org/globalshapers

Twitter: @globalshapers http://twitter.com/GlobalShapers

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/GlobalShapers

Email contact: globalshapers@weforum.org