Convening

As a meeting point of civil society, the Center hosts the following events for civil society organisations (CSOs), thereby enabling discussion, exchange and solutions to challenges:

Global Perspectives – the international CSO leaders’ forum, the Center’s biggest event, takes place on a yearly basis since 2009. It aims at being an annual meeting place for up to 150 Senior Managers of the leading CSOs and experts from business, government and academia to devise joint strategies on opportunities, challenges and trends impacting CSOs.

Vision Works – the Global Chairs and CEOs Meeting, an annual event since 2008, offers Chairs, Board Members and CEOs the opportunity to step out of their daily pressurised positions and enter into a well-prepared process for defining their visions for the organisations they lead.

Global Impact, a new series of meetings organised by the Center since November 2011, aims at defining new and better coordinated ways for CSOs to commit and contribute to making the UN Millennium Development Goals a remarkable success by 2015 and beyond.

The Senior Leaders Programme brings together up to 25 experienced leaders to jointly explore existing and future leadership challenges as well as develop effective approaches to deal with these. The programme is aimed specifically at CEOs and Deputy CEOs of major national and global CSOs as well as Division Heads working at the global level. The Senior Leaders Programme is one of a suite of workshops offered by the CSO Academy.

Upcoming Events:

• Global Impact 18 April 2012

• Vision Works – the Global Chairs and CEOs meeting 19 – 20 April 2012

• Senior Leaders Week 20 – 24 August 2012

• Global Perspectives – the international CSO leaders’ forum 31 October – 2 November 2012

A complete list of events from 2011 until 2014 can be accessed here.