About us

Change requires new ideas and systemic solutions to enable opportunity for all.

What we do

Systemic challenges cannot be solved by the public or private sector alone. The Accelerator Network brings the decades-long experience in benchmarking and building public-private partnerships of the World Economic Forum to communities around the world. 

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While the most effective solutions are often homegrown, inspiration can come from anywhere

Through the network, public and private leaders, leading experts, practitioners, and civil society organizations come together to map systemic issues, unlock new ideas, share best practices, and identify solutions that serve a broad range of stakeholders to achieve change at scale.

How we work

Accelerators are locally-driven initiatives, co-chaired by public and private sector leaders. The World Economic Forum supports the local coordinator in facilitating alignment among the Co-Chairs and relevant leaders and drive action, providing unique tools and insight for activation.

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Unique Tools and Insight

Accelerators can leverage the full set of insight products, frameworks and toolkits developed by the World Economic Forum around sustainable and inclusive growth,  employment and human capital development, and gender parity. 

Global Learning Network

Accelerators join the Global Learning Network to engage in peer-to-peer learning on implementation strategies, working through public-private partnership roadblocks, and best practices.

Accelerators Playbook

Accelerators can access step-by-step guidance, case studies as well as a unique suite of digital interaction and communication tools to advance the work of the Accelerators and engage a growing community of multi-stakeholder leaders.  

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