Global Shapers Community is an initiative of the World Economic Forum. This is a network of urban sites around the world, created and managed by extraordinary young people of 20-30 years old (shapers), who have achieved exceptional success in various fields of activity and who want to contribute to the development of society. The community was created by the founder of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab in 2011.
Members of the community can be representatives of any profession, aimed at developing their abilities in the public interest. Priority is given to people with successful business experience, to those who initiated or were able to implement any major project, and also made an outstanding contribution to serving society as a whole.
Communicating with each other, Community members can put forward ideas and entrepreneurial innovations to solve pressing global problems: from improving legislation and the environment to youth employment. Community members can use the forum platform and opportunities for cooperation with companies - strategic partners of the WEF to put their ideas into practice.
In Russia, Global Shapers community branches (hubs) operate in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok and several other cities.