The Mohammed bin Salman “Misk” Foundation concluded its fifth participation in the World Economic Forum, which was held in Davos, Switzerland, from January 16 to 20, 2023, which brought together elite leaders, decision-makers, thinkers, and businessmen from around the world. More than 2,700 visitors from 68 countries visited the MiSK Foundation’s “Youth Council” pavilion over a period of 5 days.

Misk enabled generations of the world to engage in dialogue through the “Youth Council” pavilion, which was established as an extension of the Foundation’s efforts to create empowerment opportunities for the youth community and involve them in addressing global challenges. The Foundation designed 4 interactive areas in the pavilion, represented in the dialogue platform and the “library” area, which It provided an opportunity to gain knowledge about the best initiatives and solutions to the most important global challenges, in addition to the “Misk World”, an interactive exhibition that reflected the main moments of the Misk Foundation’s achievements and initiatives locally and globally, and the journey of its organization’s development over a full decade, in addition to the “Generation Change” initiative, which provided an interactive experience to introduce With the concept launched during the Misk Global Forum in its sixth edition, which is the exceptional and largest; To coincide with the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the institution.

More than 38 speakers from the Kingdom and the world participated in 16 sessions organized by “Misk” in order to provide a platform for dialogue and exchange of experiences, where 10 dialogue sessions and 6 sessions for meeting leaders were held with the participation of His Highness Prince Sultan bin Khalid Al Saud, CEO of the Saudi Industrial Development Fund, and His Excellency Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Adel Al-Jubeir, His Excellency the Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, Mr. Bandar Al-Khorayef, His Excellency the CEO of the Royal Commission for the City of Riyadh, Mr. Fahd Al-Rasheed, and His Excellency the CEO of NEOM, Eng. Nazmi Al-Nasr, and the CEO of ACWA Power, Mr. Paddy Padmanathan, in addition to the participation of a group From officials, executives and youth from various international institutions and companies.

The “Youth Council” pavilion set up by the “Misk” Foundation in “Davos” witnessed the visit of Her Royal Highness Princess Rima bint Bandar bin Sultan, Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to the United States of America, His Excellency the Minister of Finance, Mr. Muhammad Al-Jadaan, and His Excellency the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Eng. Abdullah Al-Sawaha, His Excellency the Minister of Economy and Planning, Mr. Faisal Al-Ibrahim, and His Excellency the CEO of STC Group, Eng. Olayan Al-Wateed, in addition to a number of Gulf and international ministers, officials, and executives.

Through its participation in Davos, Misk conveyed a cultural heritage registered in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List to the youth and leaders of the world, as the “Youth Council” pavilion was designed in the Sadu pattern, and it also contributed to conveying the voice of the global youth community to decision-makers, world leaders and various global experiences; To reflect the principle it adopts in its belief that its institutional presence will support the promotion of efforts towards a knowledge-based society.

The Mohammed bin Salman “Misk” Foundation launched the works of the fourth edition of the “Leaders 2030” program, which seeks to prepare distinguished leaders who have an insightful vision and the ability to achieve the goals of the Kingdom’s ambitious 2030 vision programs. , at the headquarters of the non-profit Mohammed bin Salman City.

Misk Foundation welcomed the members of the fourth batch participating in the program, who numbered 90 male and female leaders, including CEOs and heads of departments from various governmental, private and non-profit sectors, in the presence of a number of leading personalities, most notably His Excellency the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Misk Foundation, Dr. Ghassan Al-Shibl, His Excellency the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Eng. Abdullah Al-Sawaha, Member of the Board of Directors of the Misk Foundation, His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Al-Ghamdi, Chairman of the Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence, His Excellency the President and Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Aramco, Eng. Amin Al-Nasser, a group of graduates of the “2030 Leaders” program from the second and third batches, and a number of leaders and executives.

The meeting opened with a speech by the Chief Program Officer, Eng. Omar Najjar welcomed the participating leaders and guests, pointing out that “The 2030 Leaders Program adopts the latest and most important administrative and leadership skills and tools at the international level, and seeks to build a vibrant and strong community that will lay the foundations for cooperation and concerted efforts to achieve the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.”

As part of the program to receive the fourth batch of the “Leaders 2030” program, a dialogue session was organized with His Excellency the President and Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Aramco, Eng. Amin Al-Nasser, during which he indicated that Vision 2030 opened horizons and opportunities for the current generation; This requires focusing on leadership methods, strategies patterns, and effective decision-making mechanisms, as well as the ability to implement, achieve, qualify human cadres, and methods of stimulating competencies in institutions. He explained that an effective administrative leader has to anticipate the future, implement, build the team, listen to its members, spread the spirit of positivity among employees, show flexibility and toughness in facing events, and a spirit of humility that should increase as the administrative leader rises in status and influence.

The 2030 Leaders Program, organized by the Misk Leaders Path, is one of the most important programs of the Misk Foundation, which aims to develop and refine the skills of Saudi leaders who occupy leadership positions in the Kingdom from various sectors. To enable them to face the challenges and seize the opportunities that the Kingdom is witnessing, and to achieve the transformational and development goals that would contribute to moving the Kingdom towards strengthening its position on the global arena in various fields.

The 2030 Leaders Program provides participants with the opportunity to enhance their leadership skills and knowledge towards raising the level of contribution to achieving the goals and programs of the Kingdom’s ambitious vision for the year 2030, by going through an intensive training journey that is organized in five training stages: awareness, discovery, building, growth, and development, so that the participants engage In qualitative training and adopting different thinking styles in dealing with challenges to adapt to changing situations through the training program, which will enable leaders to achieve intellectual and behavioral flexibility to employ creative ideas, within the framework of the concept of effective leadership and solving problems in a broader creative scope.

It is worth noting that the “Leaders 2030” program is launched in organizing the work of the fourth edition, after the successful march of the previous batches, which graduated 180 male and female leaders, within the framework of achieving one of the goals of the Mohammed bin Salman Foundation “Misk” in empowering 2000 male and female leaders by 2030.

On Tuesday, January 31, 2023, the Mohammed bin Salman “Misk” Foundation organized the “Misk Al-Intalaaq” exhibition, which comes at the end of the third edition of the Misk Al-Intalaaq program of the Misk Al-Riyadah track – one of the four tracks of the Foundation –

Dr. Badr Al-Badr, CEO of the Mohammed Bin Saman Foundation “Misk”, addressed the beneficiaries of the program, in which he said: “You live today in a golden time for entrepreneurship, as the environment around you is stimulating and getting more stimulating day by day. The Kingdom, with the support of our leadership, achieved fourth place in the entrepreneurship index within the GEM Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report for the year 2021-2022. After it was in seventh place in 2020.

For his part, the Chief Program Officer at the Misk Foundation, Eng. Omar Najjar, explained that “the foundation empowers those with entrepreneurial ideas and today celebrates the launch of more than 160 new projects in the areas of human capabilities, sustainability, financial technology, health technology, smart cities, the retail sector, and entertainment.”

Within the framework of the launch program aimed at empowering entrepreneurial ideas and providing their owners with the necessary knowledge and guidance to accelerate the growth of entrepreneurship and reach viable and ready-to-launch products; The exhibition, which was held in the non-profit city of Mohammed bin Salman, hosted 70 entrepreneurs, and the initial products were presented to the attendees, including investors and interested parties, after the end of the program, which lasted for 10 weeks and was divided into three main stages (idea design, idea building, and idea presentation). The program included workshops and lectures for entrepreneurs in various fields, in addition to mentoring sessions.

It is worth noting that the launch program was designed to accelerate the efforts of entrepreneurs to verify the business idea through testing initial products and building a base of initial customers. This is to contribute to achieving one of the goals of “Misk” through its updated strategy to enable young people to create companies whose value is estimated at 6 billion riyals and create more than 10,000 jobs by 2030 through companies established by program beneficiaries and graduates. Contributing to supporting the Kingdom’s economy.

The Mohammed bin Salman “Misk” Foundation completed its participation in the World Economic Forum “Davos”, which kicked off last Sunday, May 22, 2022, under the title “History stands at a turning point: government policies and business strategies” in Switzerland, where more than 2,500 experts gathered. And officials from around the world to discuss the world’s most prominent files economically, socially, and politically.

The participation of the “Misk” Foundation came with a special pavilion that hosted activities coinciding with the activities of the Global Forum, where the Foundation addressed the issue of addressing future challenges around the world in its “Youth Council” pavilion, by employing technology to hold a digital exhibition, and holding 10 sessions that delved into files related to the most important issues. The Future and the Youth, during which the voice of the Saudi youth reached the various experts in the world.

The opening of the council’s work was attended by a number of ministers and officials from the government and private sectors, led by His Excellency the Minister of State and Member of the Council of Ministers Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf, His Highness the Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan, His Excellency the Minister of Planning and Economy Mr. Faisal Al-Ibrahim, and His Excellency the Minister of Communications and Information Technology Eng. Abdullah Al-Sawaha. And His Excellency the Minister of Finance, Mr. Muhammad Al-Jadaan, and His Excellency the Minister of Investment, Eng. Khaled Al-Faleh, and the CEO of the Royal Commission for Al-Ula Governorate, Eng. Amr Al-Madani, and Her Highness Princess Haifa bint Muhammad, Assistant Minister of Tourism.
The activities of the “Youth Council” also included various sessions with the participation of a group of government officials, where His Excellency the Minister of Economy and Planning, Mr. Faisal Al-Ibrahim, participated in an open dialogue to discuss sustainable solutions to global economic challenges, while His Excellency the Minister of Finance, Mr. Muhammad Al-Jadaan, spoke in another dialogue about the methods and solutions necessary to keep pace with financial challenges.

While the other dialogue sessions of the Council represented a platform for dialogue and exchange of experiences within the discussion of the most prominent challenges of the future between global experiences and Saudi youth and their peers from around the world, they touched on topics: the concept of global youth, the social economy, climate concern, the dangers of Internet space, and supporting youth in obtaining the first Fit Job, Future Career Paths, New Youth Ethics Measure, Ushering in an Era of High Cost of Living, and Helping Youth Thrive in the Hybrid Workplace.
And as part of the work of the “Youth Council” pavilion, the official launch of the Global Youth Index 2022 was announced, which collected the opinions of 31,000 young men and women who answered its survey, and was built on the basis of a review of 3,690 sources of information, to measure the level of youth development in thirty countries that include members of the G20 countries, along with 10 other countries. They all account for more than 70% of the world’s population, and 80% of the world’s GDP.

Thus, the Mohammed bin Salman “Misk” Foundation concluded its fourth participation in the World Economic Forum “Davos”, which reflects the principle adopted by “Misk” in its belief that its institutional presence will support the promotion of efforts towards a knowledge-based society. In pursuit of achievement and added value to the Saudi society.

The Mohammed bin Salman “Misk” Foundation continues its efforts to create empowerment opportunities for the youth community and involve them in addressing global challenges, through its fifth participation in the World Economic Forum, which will be held in Davos, Switzerland, from January 16 to 20, 2023.

Through its international presence and participation in the World Economic Forum, the Misk Foundation seeks to create a common platform for dialogue between the youth community and decision-makers, to discuss and address global challenges and youth needs, and to demonstrate the role and ability of youth to leave an impact and create global positive changes.

Misk is participating in Davos with the Youth Council pavilion, which comes as an extension of the Foundation’s endeavor to promote intergenerational dialogue, as it brings together leaders with young people with the aim of exchanging ideas and discussing topics of importance. It also aims to communicate the impact of the Foundation to the youth community globally. It is scheduled that the “Youth Council” will hold dialogue sessions that bring together global youth with more than 30 speakers from decision makers, businessmen and thinkers from the Kingdom and the world, as well as interactive platforms that seek to enable the young generation to bring about positive change in issues of paramount importance at the international level and to make their voice heard. To leaders and decision makers. The last participation in 2022 witnessed the attendance of more than 1,700 visitors from 42 countries, the participation of 14 leaders, and the holding of 23 strategic meetings.

Since it was established in 2011 AD; The Mohammed bin Salman “Misk” Foundation enabled young leaders to represent the Kingdom in international forums, enrich youth issues and face global challenges through the concept of global citizenship. More than 280 students graduated from the Misk Fellowship Program who worked on more than 40 projects to devise solutions to address national challenges. This is within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The Foundation also organized 6 copies of the Misk Global Forum, and the sixth edition, which is the exceptional and largest edition that was held last November, achieved a remarkable attendance and participation of 28,000 visitors from 64 countries.

It is worth noting that the Mohammed bin Salman “Misk” Foundation aims to empower future leaders and unleash the potential of Saudi youth, in accordance with its vision of establishing an attractive organizational environment that enables promising youth to shape the future of the Kingdom and the world as a whole, and its mission to develop innovative programs for youth and the institutions concerned with them in Kingdom to qualify the next generation of leaders, entrepreneurs and creative youth energies.

The Mohammed bin Salman “Misk” Foundation celebrated the graduates of the second batch of the “Building Non-Profit Youth Organizations Program.” During the closing ceremony of the program, it presented youth initiatives and organizations that serve the non-profit sector, under the auspices of His Excellency the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, Engineer Ahmed Al-Rajhi, and in the presence of His Excellency the Deputy The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Misk Foundation, Dr. Ghassan Al-Shibl, the Secretary-General of the Foundation, Eng. Badr Al-Kahil, His Excellency the CEO, Dr. Badr Al-Badr, and His Excellency the CEO of the National Center for the Development of the Non-Profit Sector, Mr. Ahmed Al-Suwailem, along with a group of representatives of government agencies, foundations, NGOs, and donors. for the non-profit sector.

The non-profit Mohammed bin Salman City hosted the closing ceremony, which included the presentation of 12 youth organizations, where Misk supported six emerging initiatives, accelerated and empowered six existing youth associations at the level of the Kingdom; To move these youth initiatives and organizations from the inception stage to the pioneering stage, and thus begin their journey towards making an impact and serving the community. During the ceremony, the most important programs and projects that the supported youth organizations are working on during the coming period were reviewed.

His Excellency the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, Eng. Ahmed Al-Rajhi, thanked the Mohammed bin Salman Foundation “Misk” for its efforts, support and empowerment of non-profit sector organizations, as well as its support for youth initiatives, registering them as non-profit organizations and providing support to them, indicating that the efforts are integrated according to an ambitious vision led by His Royal Highness. Al-Ahed, who is the supporter and motivator of the non-profit sector, noting the great successes achieved by “Misk” over the past 10 years, and that society today is reaping the foundation’s successes in empowering young people and presenting them as promising leaders in the non-profit sector.

In turn, the CEO of the Mohammed bin Salman Foundation “Misk” indicated that “work in the non-profit sector has become a developmental institutional work that creates solutions to the most important challenges of our country; Young people are the best to adopt this approach.”

For her part, Ms. Dima Al-Sheikh, Director General of Community Communication at the Mohammed bin Salman “Misk” Foundation, indicated that the Misk Community Path – one of the Foundation’s four paths – continues its endeavors towards activating one of the goals of the Foundation’s updated strategy, by launching 35 institutions concerned with youth and supporting them through the Foundation and its agencies. subsidiary by 2030.

The program for building non-profit youth organizations seeks to build the basic organizational capabilities of the supported initiatives, by strengthening its administrative aspects, focusing on learning aspects, and applying the most prominent global methodologies; To ensure its sustainability and its impact on society.

It comes as part of the efforts of the program to build non-profit youth organizations, which falls within the series of Misk Community Programs – one of the four Misk tracks – to support youth initiatives and register them as non-profit youth organizations, in addition to accelerating the growth and empowerment of existing NGOs.