World Social Forum January at the same time as its "great capitalist rival", the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. This date is consciously picked to promote alternative answers to world economic problems in opposition to the World Economic Forum. This Charter was approved and adopted in São Paulo, Brazil on April 9, 2001, by the organizations that make up the World Social Forum Organizing Committee, and approved with modifications by the World Social Forum International Council on June 10, 2001. 1) The World Social Forum is an open meeting place for reflective thinking, democratic debate of ideas, formulation of proposals,
World Forum for Ethics in Business conferences joined forces and established a new independent organization, the World Forum for Ethics in Business (WFEB). An initiative of the World Forum for Ethics in Business, the World Youth Forum is part of the annual conferences as an open platform for youth to voice their message to the world’s decision makers in today’s global economic and political environment and to the world community at large. Every year, WFEB confers the Ethics in Business Award to honour individuals and companies that have demonstrated the importance of human values and ethics in life and in the business arena. World Forum for