The Global Corporate Governance Forum is the leading knowledge and capacity building platform dedicated to corporate governance reform in emerging markets and developing countries. The Forum offers a unique collection of expertise, experiences, and solutions to key corporate governance issues from developed and developing countries.
The Forum’s mandate is to promote the private sector as an engine of growth, reduce the vulnerability of developing and emerging markets to financial crisis, and provide incentives for corporations to invest and perform efficiently in a transparent, sustainable, and socially responsible manner. In doing so, the Forum partners with international, regional, and local institutions, drawing on its network of global private-sector leaders.
The Forum is a multi-donor trust fund facility located within the IFC, co-founded in 1999 by the World Bank and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (
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The Forum has an extensive
work program, based on the priorities defined in
its charter. This new phase of activities (FY11-FY15) will build on the following strategic objectives:
- Develop and disseminate cutting edge knowledge products on international best practices in corporate governance.
- Build the capacity of regional centers of excellence for corporate governance and foster south-south co-operation. These centers will serve as a key distribution mechanism for the Forum’s knowledge products and their local application.
- Develop a monitoring and evaluation mechanism to support the global knowledge platform.
The work program of the Forum is executed, managed, and implemented by the Secretariat, which is the executive arm of the Forum. The Secretariat is also responsible for disbursing funding in accordance with the procedures and criteria agreed by the Steering Committee of Donors and Founders.
Steering Committee/Our Donor Partners
Currently the committee is chaired by Miguel Marques, a senior advisor with the Luxembourg Ministry of Finance. He is also the Alternate Director for Belgium, Luxembourg, and Slovenia at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London.
France, L'Agence Française de Développement
Luxembourg, The Ministry of Finance
Switzerland, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO
Norway, The Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
International Finance Corporation
Austria, Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG
Japan, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Belgium, Flanders Investment and Trade
OUR FOUNDERS:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The World Bank
Forum to Expand Global Leadership in New Phase of Initiatives
