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Context
The Centre for the New Economy and Society (CNES) aims to shape prosperous, resilient and equitable economies and societies that create opportunity for all. The Centre creates new insights and develops systems change initiatives across five areas:
1.Economic Growth, Revival and Transformation
2.Work, Wages and Job Creation
3.Education, Skills and Learning
4.Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice
5. Global Risks
Our work impacts the lives and livelihoods of millions of people globally and provides blueprints for scaling best-in-class approaches. Through collaboration, stakeholders deepen their understanding of complex issues, shape new models and standards and drive scalable, collaborative action for systemic change. The Centre also houses the Forum’s global risks practice, providing risks analysis across a range of topics pertinent to the global agenda.
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The Centre creates new insights and develops initiatives or alliances across four areas. Explore Projects by these 5 action areas
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ECONOMIC GROWTH, REVIVAL AND TRANSFORMATION
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WORK, WAGES AND JOB CREATION
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EDUCATION, SKILLS AND LEARNING
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DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
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GLOBAL RISKS PRACTICE
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Engage in 17 multistakeholder projects relating to the Platform’s priorities
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Global Parity Consortium
The events of recent years have shown that progress on inclusion is easily reversible. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a generational loss on gender equality, increasing the projected time to reach global gender parity f...
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Accelerators Network
Prosperous, resilient and equitable economies are built on collaboration, coordination, and systemic solutions. The Accelerators’ Network links country accelerator programmes driving impact in five key areas: educatio...
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Future of Growth Consortium
The Future of Growth Consortium is a coalition of ministers, CEOs and other leaders who share the vision of a strong growth agenda anchored in societal and environmental vitality and resilience.The consortium will pro...
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Reskilling Revolution Consortium
Preparing 1 billion people for tomorrow's economy Reversing rising inequality and polarization amid a changing technology landscape The Fourth Industrial Revolution is creating demand for millions of new jobs, with ...
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The Refugee Employment Alliance
The World Economic Forum’s Refugee Employment Alliance, co-chaired by the UNHCR and the Ingka Group, accelerates multistakeholder support for the economic integration of refugees globally.The Alliance has three object...
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The Jobs Consortium
The Jobs Consortium The World Economic Forum’s Jobs Consortium is a coalition of CEOs, Ministers and other leaders with a common vision for a better future of work for all. They promote alignment and action on three...
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Chief Human Resources Officers Community
A Peer-to-Peer Community of People Leaders The world’s leading Chief Human Resources Officers (CHROs) from 140 companies, across over 20 different industries, spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa an...
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Chief Economists Community
The World Economic Forum’s Community of Chief Economists is designed to:Understand the evolving contours of the economy in the context of the pandemic and other unfolding technological, social and political developmen...
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Global Parity Alliance
Accelerating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Outcomes The Global Parity Alliance is a cross-industry group of global organizations that are taking holistic action to accelerate diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&...
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Good Work Alliance
OverviewThe Good Work Alliance is a global, cross-industry initiative for forward-thinking companies, with input from unions and independent experts, to leverage their individual and collective power towards building ...
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The Future Skills Alliance
The Future Skills Alliance – a community of the world's leading skills and learning solutions providers – aims to coordinate the supply and demand of skills to deliver learning solutions to individuals and enable them...
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Partnering for Racial Justice in Business
OverviewThe Partnering for Racial Justice in Business initiative is a global coalition of organizations and their C-suite leaders committed to leveraging their individual and collective power to build equitable and ju...
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Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officers Community
A Peer-to-Peer Community of Inclusive LeadersThe world’s leading CDIOs from more than 135 companies, across 22 different industries, spanning North America, Europe, MENA and Asia come together in monthly virtual meeti...
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Market Creators Alliance
The challenges we face today require an economic transformation of depth, scale and speed unmatched by any in human history. For the first time in the past three decades, there is a growing consensus that we need new ...
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Chief Learning Officers Community
ContextThe World Economic Forum’s New Economy and Society Platform aims to work with its partners to provide better education, skills and jobs to 1 billion people by 2030. The urgency around this agenda has been given...
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The Valuable 500 - Closing the Disability Inclusion Gap
Accelerating Disability Inclusion through the Power of Business LeadershipThe World Economic Forum Platform for Shaping the Future of the New Economy and Society aims to close the disability inclusion gap by driving b...
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Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality (PGLE)
Accelerating LGBTI Equality through the Power of Business LeadershipThe Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality (PGLE) is a coalition of organizations committed to leveraging their individual and collective advocacy to ...
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