Table of contents Introduction Open letter: Time for a Democratic Reset – Global Crises Need Global Governance in the Public Interest Open letter: Civil Society Groups Oppose Plans for a Big Tech Dominated Body for Global Digital Governance Resources Educational presentations Infographics: Mapping Multistakeholde... Read more

Signed in June 2019, the agreement promises to ‘accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ by deepening institutional coordination and collaboration between the UN and the WEF. The agreement grants transnational corporations preferential and deferential access to the UN System at the expense of states and public interest actors.... Read more

Cartoon by South African cartoonist captures the Davos inequality debate / Photo credit ZapiroIt’s become an annual tradition. Every year, Oxfam publishes shocking statistics on inequality just days before the global elite gather at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland – an invitation-only event that hedge fund billionaire-philanthropist George Soros once termed a “big cocktail... Read more

U2's Bono is a regular at the World Economic Forum / Photo credit Wikimedia CommonsIt’s an all-too-easy event to mock. It’s hard to keep a straight face when the world’s rich arrive annually in their private jets to the luxury ski-resort of Davos to express their deep concern about growing poverty,  inequality and climate change. US comedian Jon Stewart has labelled the World Economic Forum ... Read more

She explains how corporations have taken over all branches of the government as well as international governance, in particular through trade treaties such as the proposed EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.