The Fourth Industrial Revolution Network 2024–2025 Impact Report

The Fourth Industrial Revolution Network Impact Report 2024–2025 details the activities of 24 centres across 18 countries. Key achievements include the digitalization of public services in Serbia and Ukraine, large-scale digital skilling in Azerbaijan and India, and the development of governance frameworks for quantum technologies and space debris in Saudi Arabia. The report also highlights industrial decarbonization efforts in Malaysia and Azerbaijan and the advancement of bioconvergence in Israel.

• The Global Government Technology Centre Kyiv developed 'GovTech Ocean', an analytical platform that mapped over 250 GovTech solutions implemented between 2014 and 2024 to support strategic planning in Ukraine.
• In Serbia, the C4IR led the end-to-end digitalization of the eSickLeave (eBolovanje) process, which handles 1.41.7 million sick-leave days annually and is estimated to save employers between RSD 750 million and 1.8 billion ($7.5 million18 million) in annual administrative costs.
• C4IR Telangana implemented a life sciences upskilling pilot with a 72% placement rate, where 83% of participants were women and 70% came from lower-middle-income households.
• Azerbaijan's Nation Programme, launched by C4IR Azerbaijan in partnership with Coursera, provided access to over 13,000 courses, resulting in 52,500 citizen enrollments and 86,000 completed courses.
• C4IR Saudi Arabia piloted the World Economic Forums Quantum Economy Blueprint to align national stakeholders on the security and economic implications of quantum technologies, resulting in the publication 'Towards Saudi Arabias Quantum-Enabled Future'.
• The Centre for Space Futures in Saudi Arabia developed a multistakeholder framework for space debris mitigation, achieving a 100% endorsement rate from 52 participants across 11 countries.
• The AI for Agriculture Innovation (AI4AI) initiative in India published two reports in 2024 and 2025 and mobilized a cross-regional ecosystem of stakeholders across 16 countries.
• Malaysia's Transitioning Industrial Clusters (TIC) initiative established a governance framework in Bintulu, Sarawak, with projections to create up to 19,000 new jobs and reduce carbon emissions by 21.35 million tonnes by 2040.
• The Next-Gen Life Sciences Policy 20262030 in Telangana targets $25 billion in investment and the creation of 500,000 high-quality jobs by 2030.
• C4IR Israel advanced bioconvergence as a national priority, collaborating with C4IR Serbia to produce the joint report 'Pathways to Bioeconomy and Bioconvergence: Perspectives from Serbia and Israel'.

APA

World Economic Forum (2026). The Fourth Industrial Revolution Network 2024–2025 Impact Report. https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_4IR_Network_2024_2025_Impact_Report_2026.pdf

Chicago

World Economic Forum. The Fourth Industrial Revolution Network 2024–2025 Impact Report. 2026. https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_4IR_Network_2024_2025_Impact_Report_2026.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldeconomicforum2026fourth, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{The Fourth Industrial Revolution Network 2024–2025 Impact Report}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2026}, month = jun, url = {https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_4IR_Network_2024_2025_Impact_Report_2026.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }