The Global Economic Fellows Program

The aim of the Global Economic Fellows Program is to promote the initiatives of young, exceptionally promising individuals in the mission of global problem-solving. This program is meant to initiate an ongoing international effort that taps some of the brightest minds of the next generation to identify, analyze, and evaluate solutions to global problems.

Global Economic Fellows (GEFellows) are exceptionally creative young individuals who are already making noteworthy contributions towards proposing and constructing solutions to aspects of major global problems. These enterprising individuals show promise of becoming leaders of the future in their respective communities – academia, business, policy making, the media and civil organizations – by spearheading projects that promote the global public interest. They seek novel responses to important global challenges with a view to promoting sustainable economic development, social cohesion, innovation and growth, empowerment of the poor, and economic, political and social security.

The GEFellows play a crucial role in the GES in the following respects:

• They initiate an intergenerational dialogue on global problem-solving in the GES, through their contributions to the Closing Plenary and the public discussion in the panel sessions.
• They submit their ideas for inclusion in the book Global Economic Solutions, which summarizes prominent, innovative proposals generated by the GES. The proposals aim to provide practical visions of the future and outline feasible actions toward addressing global problems. This document is to be presented at large international organizations and other bodies.
• They can instigate concrete projects that implement aspects of solutions to global problems. Successful projects will be chaperoned in the Global Action Program of the GES.
• They build networks of young, talented, enterprising individuals who contribute ideas to the Virtual GES (the internet platform of the GES) and who engage in public advocacy in global problem-solving.

- The Global Economic Fellows 2009 -