Celebrating a Decade of Impact

The Global Shapers Community, a World Economic Forum initiative, has grown to 14,000 members across 455 hubs in 147 countries. Over the last decade, it has focused on empowering youth to self-organize and implement local projects. Since 2017, the community has reached over 11 million people and influenced 37 policy changes. The report outlines a transition to six new impact areas—Protect the planet, Reskill for the future, Strengthen civic engagement, Create inclusive communities, Improve health and well-being, and Deliver basic needs—to further accelerate the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

• Since 2017, the Global Shapers Community has achieved significant measurable outcomes across 613 local projects, including reaching or mobilizing 11,493,033 people and directly benefiting 1,953,857 individuals.
• The community has successfully influenced governance and policy, resulting in 37 changed policies and the advancement of 17 Global Goals.
• In the area of Climate and Environment, the community has planted 1,887,080 trees and conducted 224 environmental clean-up activities, while mobilizing over 2 million people.
• Education and Employment initiatives have provided 510,603 trainings focused on youth employment and constructed 51 schools, with 62,966 children benefiting from improved school facilities.
• Equity and Inclusion projects have supported 6,123 individuals out of poverty and provided menstrual health education to 21,654 adolescent girls.
• The community's response to the COVID-19 pandemic involved 158 projects that distributed 114,175 PPE items and 452,300 sanitary items, and provided 2,407,383 cooked meals.
• The Global Shapers Community has established a new framework consisting of six impact areas to accelerate the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Protect the planet, Reskill for the future, Strengthen civic engagement, Create inclusive communities, Improve health and well-being, and Deliver basic needs.
• The community utilizes a decentralized 'Hub' model to allow young people to self-organize and concentrate engagement where they identify the greatest local need.
• The Davos Lab: Youth Recovery Plan, launched in August 2021, proposes 40 policy recommendations for a post-pandemic world and has mobilized over 2 million citizens across 150 countries.

APA

World Economic Forum (2021). Celebrating a Decade of Impact. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GSC_Celebrating_a_Decade_of_Impact_2021.pdf

Chicago

World Economic Forum. Celebrating a Decade of Impact. 2021. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GSC_Celebrating_a_Decade_of_Impact_2021.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldeconomicforum2021celebrating, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{Celebrating a Decade of Impact}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2021}, month = oct, url = {https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GSC_Celebrating_a_Decade_of_Impact_2021.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }