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Written by Cyril   
Thursday, 01 October 2009 10:40

 Bill, after having spent time as a president of the United States, is now involved in a Global Initiative. He launched a sort of Davos, but dedicated to new foms of partnerships between states, NGO and private players.

The first reason you should have a look on their website is that during the last conference, in september, my much beloved and respected CEO, Mouhsine Serrar, have been invited to introduce our improved cookstoves. You can even see Bill asking him to come for plenary session, on minute 41 on the video

But there are also interesting video about lot of subject like BOP, energy, infrastructure. Lot of great and well known people speaking and if one of you have time to hear and comment, everybody will be pleased!

I take this opportunity to put the photo of my beloved and respected CEO. This photo was in the homepage of my company, www.praktidesign.com to introduce us and see how we are cool guys making all that we could to product design efficient cookstoves for households and restaurants. But our advisors advice me that this photo was not serious enough to seduce potential partners! Nevermind, I use my personal blog to introduce you mouhsine, in action in our laboratory!

 

I reproduce here the first sentence of the clinton initiative website

Building on President Clinton’s lifetime in public service, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) reflects his belief that governments need collaboration from the private sector, non-governmental organizations, and other global leaders to effectively confront the world’s most pressing problems. After attending thousands of meetings during his career in which urgent needs were discussed but no action was taken to solve them, President Clinton saw a need to establish a new kind of meeting with an emphasis on results.

In 2005, President Clinton established CGI to turn ideas into action and to help our world move beyond the current state of globalization to a more integrated global community of shared benefits, responsibilities, and values. By gathering world leaders from a variety of backgrounds, CGI creates a unique opportunity to channel the capacities of individuals and organizations to realize change. To fulfill the action-oriented mission of CGI, all members devise practical solutions to global issues through the development of specific and measurable Commitments to Action.

CGI Annual Meetings have brought together more than 100 current and former heads of state, 14 Nobel Peace Prize winners, hundreds of leading global CEOs, major philanthropists and foundation heads, directors of the most effective non-governmental organizations, and prominent members of the media. These CGI members have made more than 1,400 commitments valued at $46 billion, which have already improved more than 200 million lives in 150 countries. Commitments made at the 2008 Annual Meeting are expected to impact almost 160 million people.

 

 

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