Social Entrepreneurs at Annual Meeting

At the beginning of each year, Davos becomes a true global village assembling business, political, intellectual and civil society leaders to define the priorities on the global agenda and possibly look for solutions.
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Managing Director and Member of Managing Board World Economic Forum, Borge Brende (R) listens as Indian Minister for Commerce and Industry and Textiles Anand Sharma speaks during the World Economic Forum summit in Gurgaon on November 8, 2012. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Britain's former Premier Gordon Brown are among the top draws along with other corporate honchos at the three-day Indian edition of World Economic Forum, which began on November 6, in Gurgaon. AFP PHOTO/ Prakash SINGH (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images)
Managing Director and Member of Managing Board World Economic Forum, Borge Brende (R) listens as Indian Minister for Commerce and Industry and Textiles Anand Sharma speaks during the World Economic Forum summit in Gurgaon on November 8, 2012. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Britain's former Premier Gordon Brown are among the top draws along with other corporate honchos at the three-day Indian edition of World Economic Forum, which began on November 6, in Gurgaon. AFP PHOTO/ Prakash SINGH (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images)

The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting takes place in a few days, and again the Social Entrepreneurs will be a major part of it. At the beginning of each year, Davos becomes a true global village assembling business, political, intellectual and civil society leaders to define the priorities on the global agenda and possibly look for solutions.

The participation of Social Entrepreneurs ensures that the interaction in Davos is confronted with the realities on the ground. Social Entrepreneurs, together with Young Global Leaders and Global Shapers, demonstrate that to address environmental disasters, improve education and health standards, and eradicate poverty, we need entrepreneurial solutions. Governmental plans and actions have to be complemented by innovative ideas taking into account local conditions.

The Forum's mission statement is, "improving the state of the world" and Social Entrepreneurs who are living this mission on a daily basis bring to the Forum the passion, vision and experience so much needed in a world which becomes ever more cynical.

My wish is that your spirit of social commitment penetrates the Annual Meeting in Davos and that everybody is engaged to make the world a social enterprise.

Learn more about the innovative models of the Social Entrepreneurs attending the Annual Meeting 2013 in Davos

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