World Economic Forum facts for kids
The World Economic Forum is a foundation based in Geneva, Switzerland. It is known for holding a yearly meeting in Davos in the mountains of Graubünden. Important leaders from politics (such as presidents) and the economy are given an opportunity to talk about subjects that concern everyone. Very often, these subjects concern globalization. Usually the Swiss army helps secure the area.
These meetings are often critizised because they are seen as a vehicle to further capitalism in the world by anti-capitalists and supporters of antiglobalization. There is an organisation called Public Eye On Davos that organizes public information during the meeting. During the meetings, which invole the G8, access to the village of Davos is heavily controlled. A small demonstration happens every year in Davos during these meetings. This is one of the rights given by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Bigger demonstrations are normally in the other cities in Switzerland during the World Economic Forum.
Images for kids
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Professor Klaus Schwab opens the inaugural European Management Forum in Davos in 1971.
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Naoto Kan, then Japanese prime minister gives a special message at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011
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The economics expert Prime-Minister Meles Zenawi, being a panelist at World Economic Forum on 2012.
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A sports shop has turned into a temporary informal reception location "Caspian week", WEF 2018.
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Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia, at the 2010 World Economic Forum
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Wang Jianlin, Chairman of the Dalian Wanda Group, at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian
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Two Academy Award winner, Pakistani journalist Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy at WEF in 2013
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Filipino businessman Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala at WEF in 2009
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Mohammad Khatami at Economic Forum in 2004
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Protest march against the WEF in Basel, 2006.
See also
In Spanish: Foro Económico Mundial para niños
