Global Thinkers Forum | Accountable Leadership. Women Empowerment. Youth Development

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March 2020: Athena40 Global List & Conversation

2nd Global Conversation on March 2020

April 2020: Athena40 Forum in London

Athena40 Forum on April 2020

GTF 2018 Awards for Excellence

London - UK

Our achievements. Projects that make a global positive change

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A brighter global future together

Inspirational. Timely. Thought-provoking. Edgy.

This is GTF and this is our goal for every event and programme that we curate! We go beyond traditional initiatives to create holistic experiences and opportunities to explore and address current topics, produce innovative solutions, influence global policy-making, educate, network and grow cross-cultural collaboration.

Her Royal Highness Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan

Professor Andrew MacLeod, BA/LLB, LLM, GAICD

With every GTF initiative we come closer to achieving accountable leadership, women’s empowerment and youth development.

Join us in our mission to create positive change towards a brighter global future together!

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THE TURKISH BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

DBWC - ENGLISH (DUBAI BUSINESS WOMAN COUNCIL)

Our Founding Patron HM Queen Rania Al Abdullah

As a passionate and internationally acclaimed advocate for young people, education, communities and peace, Her Majesty is the perfect voice of support

“We need to work with organisations such as yourselves. GTF plays a powerful role and you are to be congratulated for the work that you have done”

Tobias Ellwood MP UK Minister for Middle East and Africa

"Talents will flourish in a truly collective research culture where many contributions and innovations feed into each other”

Zaha Hadid CEO, Zaha Hadid Architects (1950-2016)

"I was impressed by the support you offer to the young women of the MENA countries. Very few organisations are giving them something tangible, you do”

Sonja Lokar Executive Director, CEE Network for Gender Issues

"On behalf of the UNAOC,
I recognize the great, international impact GTF has. I applaud your organization’s efforts and I fully support your work"

HE Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser High Representative, The UN Alliance of Civilizations

"There is no point in developing tools for citizenship, if we do not recognise all members of our community as citizens with equal rights to be heard"

HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan President, The Royal Scientific Society