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Global Shapers Community

The Global Shapers Community is an initiative of the World Economic Forum consisting of nearly 400 local hubs around the world that bring together over 8,000 top young leaders between the ages of 20 and 30. It is described as the sister community to the Forum of Young Global Leaders (YGL).[1]

History

The Global Shapers Community was founded in 2011 by Klaus Schwab, Chairman of the World Economic Forum.[2][3]

COVID-19

On February 10, 2021, the Global Shapers Community launched the Davos Lab initiative which aimed to "mobilize all interested citizens, stakeholders, and decision-makers to shape ten big youth-driven recovery efforts for the current decade."[4]

Organization

Name Position Notes
Klaus Schwab Founder World Economic Forum
Natalie Pierce Head of the Global Shapers Community[5] -
Wadia Ait Hamza Head of the Global Shapers Community (former)[6] Forum of Young Global Leaders

Hubs

  • Global Shapers Abuja
  • Global Shapers Auckland
  • Global Shapers Bangkok
  • Global Shapers Boston[7]
  • Global Shapers Brussels
  • Global Shapers Calgary
  • Global Shapers Cambridge
  • Global Shapers Detroit
  • Global Shapers Gaza
  • Global Shapers Harare
  • Global Shapers Karachi
  • Global Shapers Manaus
  • Global Shapers Mexico City
  • Global Shapers New Delhi
  • Global Shapers Oslo
  • Global Shapers Ottawa
  • Global Shapers Paris
  • Global Shapers Sacramento
  • Global Shapers Sydney
  • Global Shapers Tunis
  • Global Shapers Turin

Partners

Project and funding partners of the Global Shapers Community include:[8][9][10][1:1][5:1]

  • 1t.org
  • Academia de Vida
  • Accenture
  • Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Centre for Cybersecurity
  • Centre for the New Economy and Society
  • The Climate Reality Project
  • Coaching.com Foundation
  • Coca-Cola Company
  • COVID Action Platform
  • Edraak
  • EthicalCoach
  • Forum of Young Global Leaders (YGL)
  • Generation Unlimited
  • Give and Take
  • Givitas
  • GMR Group
  • The Great Reset
  • Hanwha Energy
  • MOOR Initiative
  • National Trust for Italy (FAI)
  • National Youth Council Singapore
  • Oando
  • Office of the African Union Chairperson’s Youth Envoy (AUCYE)
  • Procter & Gamble (P&G)
  • Project Everyone
  • Reliance Industries Limited
  • Rosamund Zander
  • Salesforce
  • Scale360°
  • Social Enterprise Institute (SEI)
  • Social Shifters
  • TikTok
  • UNHCR Sub-Office Kakuma
  • United Nations (UN)
  • Wear Forward
  • WHO Regional Office for Europe
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Yara International
  • Youth Corps Singapore

Publications

  1. Schwab, K., & Hamza, W. A. (2021). Global Shapers Community Annual Report 2020–2021. Box; World Economic Forum. https://weforum.ent.box.com/v/gsc-annual-report-20-21 ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Who are the Global Shapers? (2011, October 7). World Economic Forum. http://archive.today/2023.01.15-143942/https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2011/10/who-are-the-global-shapers/ ↩︎

  3. Building a movement. Global Shapers. Retrieved February 8, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.02.08-214410/https://www.globalshapers.org/story ↩︎

  4. The Davos Lab: Building Our Future. (2021, February 10). Global Shapers. http://archive.today/2023.12.07-185649/https://www.globalshapers.org/news-updates/the-davos-lab-building-our-future/ ↩︎

  5. Schwab, K., & Pierce, N. (2022). Global Shapers Annual Report 2021 - 2022. Box; World Economic Forum. https://weforum.ent.box.com/s/s1pu3rhxv4757degjrtom1mzow6x7i8b ↩︎ ↩︎

  6. Schwab, K., & Hamza, W. A. (2019). Global Shapers Community Annual Report 2018-2019. World Economic Forum. https://web.archive.org/web/20231203225149/https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Global_Shapers_Annual_Report_2018_2019.pdf ↩︎

  7. Boston Hub. Global Shapers Community. Retrieved June 6, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20200606051016/https://www.globalshapers.org/hubs/boston-hub ↩︎

  8. Building collaborations. Global Shapers. Retrieved December 3, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231203225123/https://www.globalshapers.org/partnerships/ ↩︎

  9. Schwab, K. Global Shapers Community Annual Report 2017-2018. World Economic Forum. Retrieved December 3, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231203225148/http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Global_Shapers_Community_Annual_Report_2017_2018.pdf ↩︎

  10. Schwab, K., & Hamza, W. A. (2020). Global Shapers Community Annual Report 2019-2020. Box; World Economic Forum. https://weforum.ent.box.com/v/gsc-report-2020 ↩︎