Global Ethics Forum
The Global Ethics Forum (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.
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.
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. Global Ethics Forum 2025 (GEF2025) convened in Geneva from 8-10 October 2025, guided by the theme: Reinventing Responsible Governance: Navigating Dilemmas, Power, and Purpose. GEF2026 will take place in Bali, Indonesia. Watch this space!
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.
Read outcome reports of past Global Ethics Forums
