Building Global Resilience: A Geneva Vision for the World – Honoring Ambassador Theodor Winkler

By On April 3, 2025 · Leave a Comment

Geneva, April 2025 – The Global Challenges Forum Foundation is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of Building Global Resilience: A Call to Action, a bold new book rooted in the values and legacy of International Geneva. The official …

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Expanding Global Resilience: A Vision for the Future

By On March 10, 2025 · Leave a Comment

In an era of global uncertainty, resilience is more than a necessity—it is a movement. Building Global Resilience: A Call to Action and its companion facilitation guide, Empowering Change, are the work of Dr. Walter Christman, Chairman and Founding …

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Global Challenges Forum and Middlebury Institute Sign Cooperation Agreement to Advance Global Resilience and Youth Leadership in India

By On March 6, 2025 · Leave a Comment

Geneva / Delhi – March 2025

The Global Challenges Forum (GCF) Foundation is pleased to announce the signing of a formal cooperation agreement with the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) in Monterey, California. The agreement was officially signed by …

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The Geneva Accord: Empowering Israeli and Palestinian Youth to Lead a Binational Confederation for Peace

By On October 22, 2024 · Leave a Comment

On the United Nations International Day for Peace, celebrated on September 21, 2024, the Global Challenges Forum (GCF) Foundation issued The Geneva Proclamation. In line with Geneva’s long-standing role as a center for diplomacy and conflict resolution, this proclamation …

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Global Challenges Forum Foundation enters a new era

By On April 14, 2023 · Leave a Comment

The Global Challenges Forum Foundation has launched a new model of global partnerships for the future. Seizing the moment for new thinking, creating action models to chart the pathway ahead, and addressing emerging 21st-century global challenges, the Foundation will work

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Global Challenges Forum Foundation (GCF) India launched in Delhi

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On 18 May 2022, the Global Challenges Forum Foundation (GCF) India was successfully launched in New Delhi at the Constitution Club of India, in an event co-organized by the GCF and Maadhiam International Council for Conflict Resolution. Dr Walter Christman, …

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National Webinar on UNSDGs and All India Youth Leadership Summit

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The GCF organized the National Webinar on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG) and All India Youth Leadership Summit on 1st October 2021 to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi’s 152nd Birth Anniversary. The events highlighted GCF’s partnership with the United Nations …

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GCF’s Chairman, Dr. Walter Christman, featured in the Jordan News

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Dr. Walter Christman, GCF’s Chairman and Co-founder, has been featured in an article of the Jordanian newspaper Jordan News. Based on the pillars of the GCF Foundation, Dr. Chirstman discussed the importance of partnerships within the contexts of tolerance, resilience, …

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GCF Webinar on Youth’s Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem

By On May 14, 2021 · Leave a Comment

On 23rd April 2021, the Global Challenges Forum Foundation, in association with partner organizations, conducted a virtual Youth Conference in India as part of the 1M2030 initiative to promote Youth Leadership Development. The webinar was focused on topics surrounding youth’s …

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GCF 10-Year Anniversary, 16 November 2020

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On the occasion of the United Nations’ International Day for Tolerance, November 16th, the Global Challenges Forum Foundation (GCF) marked its 10th anniversary with the launch of the one-year long Global Partnership Virtual Summit, which introduced the Global Partnership Declaration…

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