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| INSIDE THIS ISSUE | |
| Global Leadership in the 21st century, Baku Creative Solutions for Global Education: WAAS Partnership with UNESCO Upcoming: 4th Intl. Conference on Future Education, Serbia Future of Capital Forum, UN HQ, New York Roundtable on the Future of Money, Dubrovnik Emerging New Civilization Initiative, Dubrovnik The Role of Cultural Diplomacy, Bucharest |
The Levant Initiative for World Peace, Rome Approaching 20?? Year, Podgorica Topical Issues in the Globalizing World, Moscow The Kopaonik Business Forum, Serbia Reimagining Higher Education, Lisbon Enabling Human Development & Harmony Upcoming: Cognitive Computing, Society & Well-being, Milano Human-Centered Computer Systems, Bari |
| Global Leadership in the 21st century | |
| In Spring 2019 WAAS and the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) agreed to collaborate on a one-year project to fill the global leadership vacuum. The initiative seeks to promote the emergence of the dynamic leadership needed at the global level to successfully address the major environmental, social and economic challenges facing humanity. The project has been designed in collaboration with Michael Møller, Director-General of The UN in Geneva. It is being coordinated by Garry Jacobs, WAAS CEO; Donato Kiniger-Passigli, WAAS Special Representative to the UN; and David Chikvaidze, Chief of Staff for the Director-General of UNOG and WAAS Fellow. The project will be undertaken by the WAAS-UNOG project team in collaboration with partner organizations. The research phase of the project will involve a series of expert consultations, workshops and conferences with UN agencies, | national governments, national academies, scientific research institutions, business and financial organizations, universities, NGOs and youth representatives to identify effective leadership strategies and success stories. The research findings will be presented at a major international conference at Palais des Nations, Geneva in 2020 and in a written report to the UN. The project will seek to develop a positive vision of the future of humanity, assess critical leadership qualities, identify untapped resources, and develop strategies to generate widespread public awareness and a global social movement in support for implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A detailed background paper for the project has been published in the May 2019 issue of Cadmus Journal available for download here. |
| Project Overview: Global Leadership in the 21st Century There is an urgent need to fill the global leadership vacuum in order to address the complex challenges confronting humanity today. Leadership is needed at all levels in all fields. It must be inspired by higher values, visionary ideas, and awareness of untapped opportunities. It has to be energized by courageous individuals, innovative organizations and the rising aspirations of global society. This multidisciplinary, multisectoral, multi-stakeholder project is an initiative of WAAS in collaboration with UNOG and a coalition of partner organizations to accelerate the emergence of dynamic leadership for global development. Leadership is characterized by the vision, values and goals to be realized. Development is a social process, not a program. Governments and international institutions alone cannot provide the leadership required to achieve these goals. Effective strategies are required to mobilize, engage and coordinate the efforts of different stakeholders and levels of the global community. Inspiring ideas, individuals, innovative organizations and dynamic initiatives all have essential roles to play. A broad-based social movement is also needed to fill the vacuum. The project will draw insights from successful leadership initiatives of different types, at different levels and in different fields that have been effective catalysts for rapid social progress. It will seek to make more conscious the underlying movement of social evolution to meet the urgent demands of the world today. It will involve dialog with leaders of international organizations, government, business, academia and civil society to prepare for a major international conference at UNOG and publication of a vision statement, report and action plan. |