Centres: turning ambition into action At the core of the Forum’s work are its 11 centres – platforms that unlock public-private collaboration to tackle today’s most complex challenges, from planetary and monetary systems to frontier technologies, urban transformation, and equitable economies and societies. Global Shapers amplify these agendas by translating global priorities into tangible community projects that deliver measurable outcomes in over 500 cities worldwide. In 2024-2025, young leaders delivered more than 830 hub projects aligned with over 20 Forum initiatives. Meetings: elevating youth voices on the world stage Global Shapers bring local perspectives into the Forum’s flagship summits, including the Annual Meeting in Davos, the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin and Dalian, and the Sustainable Development Impact Meetings (SDIM) in New York. By engaging young experts, the Forum gains foresight into emerging trends and grounded insights that enrich dialogue and sharpen global priorities. At the same time, these platforms enable Global Shapers to engage world leaders, showcase innovative solutions and build credibility for youth leadership across sectors. This year, 173 Global Shapers participated in Forum meetings, with 48 having influential speaking roles that amplified next-generation perspectives on critical global agendas. Stakeholders: building bridges across generations Collaboration is the cornerstone of the Forum’s model, and Global Shapers strengthen it by working with a diverse range of partners – from businesses and governments to international organizations, civil society and social innovators. By building bridges across generations, geographies and sectors, Global Shapers help transform dialogue into trust and trust into action. In 2024-2025, partnerships with local and global stakeholders enabled Global Shapers to reach more than 2.2 million people through campaigns and providing direct support to 134,000 individuals through projects. The pages that follow show how this movement turns ambition into action – and how youth leadership is shaping outcomes across systems. Institutional youth engagement is not symbolic – it is strategic. With 1.2 billion young people representing 16% of the global population, Gen Z’s spending power surging to $12 trillion by 2030, and billions of volunteer hours driving community-led innovation, the question isn’t whether institutions need to engage youth, but whether young people will wait for institutions that refuse to share power. Tariq Al-Olaimy, Co-Founder and Managing Director, 3BL Associates; Foundation Board Member, Global Shapers Community; Global Shaper Alumni, Manama Hub Global Shapers Community: Annual Report 2024-2025 6

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