2015 Concordia Annual Summit Report
BCG: A Q+A with our 2019 Americas Summit Sponsors
BCG works with leaders in the investing, corporate, public, and social sectors to develop and execute new and bold ideas that advance global sustainable development. We strongly believe that no organization or sector can succeed alone, and that collaboration is the key to breakthrough solutions. Partnership is at the heart of how we push for […]
Concordia partners with Boston Consulting Group
Leading global management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is joining forces with Concordia as a Programming Sponsor for the 2019 Americas Summit. As the world’s leading advisor on business strategy, BCG partners with clients from the private, public, and nonprofit sectors across all regions to identify their highest-value opportunities, address their most critical challenges, […]
Concordia welcomes H.E. Monica Geingos, First Lady of the Republic of Namibia, to its Leadership Council
A qualified lawyer and seasoned business professional, Madame Geingos spent 15 years in the financial sector as a private equity and corporate governance expert prior to becoming the First Lady of the Republic of Namibia in 2015. As First Lady, she has used her expertise and platform to combat inequality and break the poverty cycle […]
Concordia welcomes H.E. Toyin Saraki, Founder & President of The Wellbeing Foundation Africa, to its Leadership Council
Concordia is proud to announce the appointment of Her Excellency Toyin Saraki, Founder & President of The Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA), to its Leadership Council. With over two decades in advocating for maternal, newborn, and child health across Africa, Mrs Saraki has dedicated her life to empowering communities through education and gender equality. Founded in […]
The 2019 Concordia Africa Initiative Report
Held on February 28th at The Conduit, London, the inaugural Concordia Africa Initiative provided an international platform through which to elevate African voices and priorities on a global scale, while identifying innovative opportunities for cross-sector collaboration on the continent. Concordia will continue its work to bring African voices to global discussions at the upcoming 2020 […]
President Duque joins Concordia in Washington, D.C. and New York City
“I remember when Concordia was simply an idea on a sheet of paper and today it is one of the leading institutions for public and private sector cooperation in the world,” H.E. Iván Duque Márquez, President of the Republic of Colombia, speaking at February 13th’s Concordia-hosted dinner in Washington, D.C. Just six months since President […]
Leading the Way on Water
On September 25th, at the 2018 Concordia Annual Summit in New York City, President Iván Duque Márquez announced Colombia’s commitment to WASH in HCF – the UN program for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in all health care facilities, – and the UN Secretary General’s Water Action Decade Plan. President Duque pledged that “for us, it […]
2018 Annual Report
The world is rapidly becoming more and more interconnected. Despite unprecedented political environments in many places across the globe, the potential for transformation is unparalleled. Technology and automation are redefining what it means to work, entrepreneurs are driving economic growth from the ground up, and innovation across sectors and industries is charting a new path […]
The Launch of Concordia Africa: Q&A with Madeline Garnett, Concordia Africa Lead
Concordia Africa has been built out over the eight years since Concordia’s founding. It’s developed organically, in the same way that our Americas program has, in the sense that our community has really prompted the beginnings of the initiative, alerting us to the priorities of the program and the topics that will resonate the […]
Special Concordia Edition of The Octavian Report
Throughout 2018, Concordia partnered with The Octavian Report, the quarterly magazine of ideas covering foreign policy, finance and economics, innovation, literature, art, and culture to create an innovative new partnership. The collaboration saw a special issue of The Octavian Report distributed at the 2018 Annual Summit, highlighting the Concordia Community and sharing exclusive insight into […]