Founded | 2007 by
Kofi Annan, the
Swiss government and the
Canton of Geneva,
Kofi Annan, President Ivan Pictet, Vice-President Walter Fust, CEO/Director-General |
---|---|
Dissolved | 2010 |
Type |
Non-profit NGO |
Location | |
Fields | humanitarian challenges, focus: human impact of climate change |
Staff |
Kofi Annan, President Ivan Pictet, Vice-President Walter Fust, CEO/Director-General Meinrad Studer, Director |
Website | http://www.ghf-ge.org |
The Global Humanitarian Forum was a non-profit foundation in Geneva, Switzerland, active from 2007 to 2010. Presided over by former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, its secretariat was established by Meinrad Studer, assigned by the SDC. Subsequently, the forum was led by CEO and Director General Walter Fust. The Forum intended to serve as an independent platform for debate and collaboration on global humanitarian issues. Its activities included research projects, advocacy and projects to deal with humanitarian concerns.
The organisation encountered serious financial diffulties due to which the Forum had to dismiss its staff in March 2010. [1] [2] On 31 March 2010 the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs announced that the Forum was over-indebted and obliged to cease its activity. [3]
The Forum's centerpiece event, the Annual Forum, was held each summer in Geneva. It gathered some 400 senior international participants from public, private and non-governmental sectors.
Other Forum projects included:
The Foundation Board was the supreme governing body of the Forum, composed of senior members from the academic, business, government, international, and civil society fields. Members included:
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Founded | 2007 by
Kofi Annan, the
Swiss government and the
Canton of Geneva,
Kofi Annan, President Ivan Pictet, Vice-President Walter Fust, CEO/Director-General |
---|---|
Dissolved | 2010 |
Type |
Non-profit NGO |
Location | |
Fields | humanitarian challenges, focus: human impact of climate change |
Staff |
Kofi Annan, President Ivan Pictet, Vice-President Walter Fust, CEO/Director-General Meinrad Studer, Director |
Website | http://www.ghf-ge.org |
The Global Humanitarian Forum was a non-profit foundation in Geneva, Switzerland, active from 2007 to 2010. Presided over by former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, its secretariat was established by Meinrad Studer, assigned by the SDC. Subsequently, the forum was led by CEO and Director General Walter Fust. The Forum intended to serve as an independent platform for debate and collaboration on global humanitarian issues. Its activities included research projects, advocacy and projects to deal with humanitarian concerns.
The organisation encountered serious financial diffulties due to which the Forum had to dismiss its staff in March 2010. [1] [2] On 31 March 2010 the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs announced that the Forum was over-indebted and obliged to cease its activity. [3]
The Forum's centerpiece event, the Annual Forum, was held each summer in Geneva. It gathered some 400 senior international participants from public, private and non-governmental sectors.
Other Forum projects included:
The Foundation Board was the supreme governing body of the Forum, composed of senior members from the academic, business, government, international, and civil society fields. Members included:
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cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link)