Vision 2020
To create a living model of a “locally-led, interdisciplinary and multi-sector” policy & philanthropy system where all voices are heard.
Starting in 2012, to bring the vision of mass collaboration into the global spotlight, THE GLOBAL SUMMIT™ set course to coincide with the greatest living example of a peaceful convergence: the Olympic Games.
- San Francisco, USA: 2008 & 2010
- London, England, Europe: 2012
- Sochi, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Russia: 2014
- Rio, Brazil, S. America: 2016
- PyeongChang, South Korea: 2018
- North Africa / Middle East : 2020
OPPORTUNITY 2012
To catalyze a locally-led global partnership for development.
To seize this opportunity, the first African Local Summit was created and held in April and sourced community champions and solutions to achieve the Millennium Development Goals – the UN challenge to end poverty by 2015.
Local solutions will be at the center of 2012 program.