Global Ethics Forum

The GEF is a global, solution-focused, multisectoral and multistakeholder platform for dialogue, networking, and engagement, convening institutions, policymakers, senior experts, and practitioners from the private sector, higher education, governments, multilateral, nongovernmental, and faith-based organisations, among others.

Global Ethics Forum

The Forum is an open framework for values-driven inspiration, exchange, reflection, networking, and action, coping with the current global agenda and related ethical challenges and solutions. Through in-depth discussions, shared experiences, case studies, and evidence-based documentation and policy recommendations, innovative ideas, groundbreaking initiatives, and impactful coalitions are generated to put ethical leadership at the heart of the global and sectoral governance.

Values-driven exchange and reflection

The Forum was established in 2009, convening annually until 2016 with five in Geneva, Switzerland, and one in Bangalore, India. GEF 2024, which took place from 2 - 4 September 2024 at Maison de la Paix in Geneva, represented a relaunch of the institution in global engagement and partnership spirit. This year, Global Ethics Forum 2025 (GEF2025) convenes in Geneva from 8-10 October, guided by the theme: Reinventing Responsible Governance: Navigating Dilemmas, Power, and Purpose.

What makes the GEF unique?

  • Global reach: The Global Ethics Forum gathers leaders and future leaders from all continents, ensuring inputs from different world regions.
  • Cross-sectorial and multistakeholder approach: The GEF believes that responsible leadership concerns all sectors and societal actors. The Forum makes it a point to include actors from different sectors, including education, civil society, indigenous and faith-based actors, business, and politics, and facilitate cross-cutting and multistakeholder dialogues.
  • Inclusive thought leadership: GEF is an inclusive space, ensuring the representation and active participation of women, youth, and usually unheard voices such as minorities and indigenous people.
  • Values-based engagement: GEF offers a value-driven framework to think about world challenges and opportunities.
  • Solution-focused: GEF aims to offer a solution-oriented platform whose outcomes go beyond statements and recommendations, offering experience and co-creation opportunities for the design and experience of groundbreaking solutions.