WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM (WEF)

About: 

• HQ: Cologny-Geneva, Switzerland. 
  
  
• Founded in: 1971. 
  
  
• Status: Not-for-profit organization. Under the Swiss Host-State Act, it is recognized as an International Institution for Public-Private Cooperation. 
  
  
• Mission: Improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas. 
  
  
• Davos meet: 
  • Annually, it organizes a meeting at the end of January in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland. 
    
    
  • The meeting brings together some 2,500 top business leaders, international political leaders, economists for up to four days to discuss the pressing global issues. 
    
    
  
  
  
• Reports published: It also produces a series of annual reports such as – 
  • Global Competitiveness Report, 
    
    
  • Global Information Technology Report, 
    
    
  • Global Gender Gap Report, 
    
    
  • Global Risks Report, 
    
    
  • Global Travel and Tourism Report, 
    
    
  • Financial Development Report and 
    
    
  • Global Enabling Trade Report.