Harnessing Data and Intelligence for Collective Advantage 2026

The fragmentation described in Section 1 has left governments, businesses and civil society organizations working in isolation, each with partial visibility of the problem. The Global Data Partnership Against Forced Labour was launched at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in January 2025 to change that reality through a practical, evidence-based model of collaboration. The Partnership provides a technical and governance infrastructure that allows participants to analyse and share insights securely while retaining control of their own data. Its purpose is not to replace existing initiatives but to connect and strengthen them, linking worker voice systems, audits, government inspections and other data sources into a coherent evidence base that strengthens prevention, enforcement and remedy. By enabling this federated approach, the Partnership turns existing information into collective intelligence, and collective intelligence into coordinated action. 2.1 A system-level response to a systemic challengeThe solution: The Global Data Partnership Against Forced Labour as a new model for collective impact Federation and agentic AI connect siloed datasets securely, transforming fragmented supply chain information into shared intelligence that drives coordinated prevention and compliance efficiency.2 Harnessing Data and Intelligence for Collective Advantage: Ending Forced Labour in Global Supply Chains 10