The World Economic Forum has successfully established a history of engaging young leaders to positively and proactively impact the global agenda. In addition to its existing community of Young Global Leaders, who are in their mid to late 30s, the Forum is establishing a special community of young people in their 20s. This new community – the Global Shapers Community – will provide youth with a glo
bal platform to shape the future – integrating the personal, community and global dimension. Through the unparalleled convening power of the World Economic Forum, the Global Shapers Community is diverse in demographics, geographical areas and sectors. However, it is united by a common desire to channel the members’ tremendous energy and enthusiasm into building a more peaceful and inclusive world. Who Are the Global Shapers?
• Young extraordinary individuals with great potential for future leadership roles in society
• Between 18 and 27 years of age at the time of nomination
• Representing all walks of life and sharing a spirit of entrepreneurship in the global public interest
• 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
• Endorsed by an existing shaper or another member of the World Economic Forum Community
What Do They Do? Shapers are organized in a network of local hubs based in each major city around the world. They undertake events and activities that generate a positive impact within their local community. The community is vitalized by the manifold interactions generated inside each hub, between hubs and on a global level. 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. Shapers will have an impact by catalyzing and enhancing, individually and collectively, fresh ideas and entrepreneurial solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. Shapers will also get involved in cross mentoring with other World Economic Forum communities. The Forum is establishing this special community of young people in their 20s to provide youth with a global platform to shape the future at different levels. Global Shapers will 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 community will work in collaboration with the Forum of Young Global Leaders and will operate out of more than 75 local city hubs
The Global Shapers Community is based on the concept of a global network of local hubs in the most important and the most challenging cities in the world. To that end, the Global Shapers Community will undertake events and activities that generate a positive impact within their local community but which also remain connected to global issues through the interactions generated inside each hub, between hubs, and on a global level.
