Global Shapers Community Annual Report 2024 2025

Impact Behind every project is a story of youth innovation – testing, learning and scaling solutions that create lasting community impact. Global Shapers are not only delivering local projects and initiatives – they are experimenting, testing and learning. Each solution is a proof point of what happens when young leaders combine creativity with collaboration. This year, their work revealed powerful lessons about driving change: from harnessing technology to scaling community-led solutions, and from meeting basic needs with dignity to showing that inclusivity is the foundation of innovation. Over the past year, Global Shapers’ solutions have delivered measurable impact – reaching thousands of people while breaking barriers for underserved populations. Young changemakers have equipped their communities with practical tools and knowledge to navigate urgent social challenges. From deforestation tracking and water filtration systems to pop-up libraries in relief camps, their work is expanding access to education, equity and opportunity in lasting ways. From Global Shaper to Curator, my journey in the Global Shapers Community became an apprenticeship in leadership – listening, co-creating and learning to hold space for others. Those early lessons led me to co-chair the Davos Lab Taskforce, shape the Youth Recovery Plan and later stand beside world leaders to launch the first liquid hydrogen corridor. Today, my path continues in the Global Future Council on the Energy Nexus, bridging systems and shaping integrated solutions for what comes next. Rumaitha Al Busaidi, Global Shaper Alumni, Muscat Hub; Member of the Global Future Council on Energy Nexus Global Shapers Community: Annual Report 2024-2025 17