Alberto Fernández will exhibit at the Forum de …

President Alberto Fernández will be one of the exhibitors at the World Economic Forum in Davos which will take place practically from Monday and will continue until Friday. Based on the preliminary agenda of the meeting, the participation of the Argentine President will take place on the day of Thursday.

The central themes around which this new edition of the Davos Forum will be structured will be Effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the global economy, including high rates of unemployment and the inequality.

Based on the information provided by the organizers, more than 1,500 business, government and civil society leaders from more than 70 countries will meet virtually Jan. 25-29 to discuss the critical issues countries face as they find their way back to recovery.

The Forum will bring together the world’s greatest political leaders among which the Chinese presidents, Xi Jinping; from France, Emmanuel Macron; German Chancellor Angela Merkel; the Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga; the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen; Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi; the President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in; and the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong.

The main ones leaders of international organizations will also take place during the meeting, as the President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde; the Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey; and the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva.

There will also be the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres; Tedros Ghebreyesus, director of the World Health Organization; Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the National Institutes of Health in the United States; Ángel Gurría, Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Mauricio Claver-Carone, President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); Guy Ryder, Director General of the International Labor Organization (ILO).

The theme of the Davos meeting is “A crucial year to restore confidence” and discussions will focus on the design resilient economic systems, boost it transformation and the increase industrial improve administration of global commons (like the earth’s shared natural resources), take advantage of technologies of the fourth industrial revolution and promote global and regional cooperation.

WEF founder and creator Klaus Schwab argued that “economic growth needs to be more resilient, more inclusive and more sustainable”. He stressed that “the year 2021 will be crucial and fundamental for the future of humanity”, and called on world leaders to focus “on rebuilding confidence and creating more resilient economic growth, inclusive and sustainable “.

In a briefing via the Zoom platform, Schwab said that “this will be crucial as we have to keep fighting the virus. What we need to do is restore confidence in our world. Confidence is needed to overcome the crisis and have a basis for a forward-looking mind and build a world for tomorrow. “

“The need to reset priorities and the urgency to reform systems have been heightened around the world,” said Professor Schwab.

Meanwhile, Forum President Borge Brende said that “Asia will have an important role to play in the recovery of the global economy. The region accounts for 50 percent of the world’s GDP and population. “

Discussions during the week will feed into working groups on global issues to be addressed at the special annual meeting to be held in Singapore on May 25-28, with a focus on the solutions that need to emerge.

The meeting will also be the world’s first large-scale face-to-face meeting since the pandemic and the forum reiterated its confidence in the Singapore facility to host it and address health and safety concerns. “We are looking forward to meeting physically in Singapore,” said Brende.

“In Singapore, we need to address trust and the three Cs: Covid-19, climate change and cooperationHe added, recalling that governments had already spent more than $ 12 trillion on stimulus.