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Innovative Water Partnerships: Experiences, Lessons Learned and Proposed Way Forward Since 2006, the World Economic Forum’s Water Initiative has pursued a Water Partnership Projects workstream in India, Southern Africa and, more recently in Jordan. This publication provides details on the work, its impacts and learnings. The report ...
Annual Report 2008-2009 In light of the heightened importance of personal interaction to identify the best strategies and solutions moving forward, the Forum’s partnerships and memberships, as well as the number of participants at our events throughout the year, reached record ...
Business Leaders Highlight Close Links between Sustainability and Competitiveness Business leaders: sustainability and corporate competitiveness are closely linked Sustainability goes beyond reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It must be embedded in the business and visibly supported by the CEO. Tianjin, People’s ...
The European Union failed to meet its goal to become the most competitive region in the world   Matthias Lüfkens, Associate Director, Media, Tel.: +41 (0)22 869 1212; E-mail: matthias.luefkens@weforum.org • Nordic countries continue to lead the way on EU competition benchmark, the “Lisbon Goals” • Several 2004 accession countries are ...
Youth as a Catalyst for Peace Youth as a Catalyst for Peace 21.05.2006 World Economic Forum on the Middle East 2006 Young people are often the actors in violent uprisings, but they also hold the potential for catalysing peace within and between nations in the Middle ...
Davos WorkSpace - Marketing and Branding the Middle East Davos WorkSpace Marketing and Branding the Middle East 21.05.2006 World Economic Forum on the Middle East 2006 Mohammed Alshaya, Chief Executive Officer, Alshaya Group, Kuwait Jean Claude Baumgarten, President, World Travel and Tourism ...
Closing Plenary 2006 Closing Plenary 2006  29.01.2006 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2006 The key message of the closing plenary was: translate ideas generated at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting into action. As one participant put it, "I would ...
Purse Strings and Democracy Purse Strings and Democracy 25.01.2006 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2006 An African politician justifies spending scarce public funds on a personal jet as"capacity building" to beg for more aid. Another shuns the conditional ...
The Big Debate: Setting the Business Agenda Questions Demanding a Creative Response The Big Debate: Setting the Business Agenda 25.01.2006 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2006 In a session designed to map the agenda for this year's Annual Meeting, participants discussed five subthemes designed to highlight the key ...
ICT in India: Time for Version 2.0? ICT in India: Time for Version 2.0? 29.11.2005 India Economic Summit 2005 What role can the IT sector play in developing competitiveness? What are the top issues and constraints on growth? Participants at different tables shared ideas ...