International Business Leaders Forum IBLF

The International Business Leaders Forum is an international not-for-profit organisation set up in 1990 by The Prince of Wales and a group of chief executives of international companies, in response to the emerging challenges of economic growth and change in the global economy.

Its mission is to promote responsible business leadership and partnerships for social, economic and environmentally sustainable international development, particularly in new and emerging market economies.

Supported by the direct involvement of the chief executives and corporate resources of over 100 of the world's most influential international companies and private investors, IBLF has a track record of enabling leadership and sustainable solutions to local and global development challenges.

IBLF believes that the support and engagement of the business sector is necessary to in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, reduce global poverty and promote economic stability.

The IBLF was originally established to work in the post-communist countries of Eastern Europe, but has since expanded its work to Russia, Asia and the Pacific, Africa, the Americas and the Middle East.

IBLF now works with companies, governments and NGOs in more than 60 countries around the world. The organisation operates programmes in areas such as tourism, health, enterprise development, transparency and corruption, and partnerships.

Across the organisation, IBLF focuses on three areas:

• visionary leadership - enabling the world's top business people and development leaders to address the social impacts of globalisation
• innnovative partnerships - from its start in 1990, IBLF has focused on cross-sector partnerships as the most effective and legitimate method for business to engage in development
• development solutions - IBLF helps companies to find business solutions to development challenges in more than 60 countries around the world

IBLF website: http://www.iblf.org