Honorary Board

Leading international figures from the economic, political, scientific and intellectual communities decided to support the Forum.

They ensure the scientific excellence and moral legitimacy of the organisation thanks to its pluralist and non partisan nature.

Chairman of the committee: Jacques Delors, President of the Council for Employment, Income and Social Cohesion (CERC), former President of the European Commission.

Gérard Aschieri, General Secretary, Fédération Syndicale Unitaire (FSU)
Raymond Barre, former Prime Minister of France
Abdelkebir Berkia, President of the Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaers Region
Marcel Boisard, General Undersecretary of the United Nations, Executive Director of UNITAR
Mercedes Bresso, President of the Piemonté Region
François Chérèque, General Secretary, Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail (CFDT)
Executive Council of the City of Geneva
Joan Clos i Matheu, Mayor of Barcelona
Bertrand Collomb, President, Lafarge S.A.
Jean-Philippe Cotis, Chief Economist, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Vicomte Etienne Davignon, President, Les Amis de l’Europe
Michel Delebarre, President, Committee of the Regions, European Union
Jacques Dintinger, General Secretary, Confédération Française des Travail Chrétiens (CFTC)
Prof. Ahmad El-Tayyb, Rector, University of Al-Azhar, Caire
John Evans, General Secretary, Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the OECD
Irène Khan, General Secretary, Amnesty International
Pascal Lamy, General manager, World Trade Organization (WTO)
Georges Liarokapi, President, Confédération Européenne des Cadres (CEC)
Alexander Likhotal, President, Green Cross International
Federico Mayor Zaragoza, President, Association Cultura de Paz
Alain Mérieux, President, Mérieux Foundation
Gérard Mestrallet, Chief Executive Officer, Suez
Mohamed Ag Sindibla, President, Regional Assembly of Tombuctú
Father Smagaliso Mkhatshwa, Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Local President of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
John Monks, General Secretary of the European Confederation of Unions
Edgar Morin, Emeritus Teacher, Research Director
Prof. Maria Niculescu, Director of the Economic Co-operation, Intergovernmental Agency of Francophonie
Alain Olive, General Secretary, UNSA
Oumaru Ag Mohamed Ibrahim, President, High Council of the Mali Collectivities
Carlo Parietti, President, EUROCADRES
François Périgot, Honorary President, MEDEF; former President, International Organization of Employers (IOE)
Michel Rocard, member of the European Parliament
Jean-Christophe Rufin, President, Action contre la faim
Guy Ryder, General Secretary, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
Louis Schweitzer, President, independent High Authority Commission against Discrimination and for Equality (HALDE)
Janusz Sepiol Voïvodie, Marechal, Malopolska Region
Anne-Marie Sigmund, President, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
Juan Somavia, General Director, International Labor Organization (ILO)
Bernard Thibault, General Secretary, Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT)
Will Thys, General Secretary, World Confederation of Labor (WCL)
Moussa Traore, Mayor of Bamako
Bernard Van Crayenest, President, Confédération Française de l’Encadrement - Confédération Générale des Cadres (CFE-CGC)
Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Senegal Republic
Jean-Louis Walter, General Secretary, Confédération Française de l'Encadrement - Confédération Générale des Cadres (CFE-CGC)
Francisco Whitaker Ferreira, member of the Brazilian Commission Justice and Peace
Mike Whitby, Leader of Birmingham City Council

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