The Global Direct Investment Forum :
Where corporate social
responsibility and sustainable development meet
to achieve corporate,
economic, and social development goals faster and better
through innovation and
social entrepreneurship to reinforce the beneficial impact of global
direct investment projects as businesses grow; with a priority focus on
helping communities in
transition as local, regional, and global markets change.
Introduction
for economic development professionals
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An Action-Oriented
Marketplace of Knowledge and Contacts
The GDI Forum is the executive leadership
network set up to define the objectives and priorities of The Global Direct
Investment Foundation, which provides leverage to drive
innovation through local
and global entrepreneurial approaches to great economic development
challenges.
The objective is to achieve sustainable prosperity
through targeted economic development as many communities transition to a
more competitive business environment in the global economy.
This is intended to be a second legacy in
the professional careers of successful executives and business advisors,
leveraging great experience and capabilities beyond their home communities. |
The
Global Direct Investment Foundation :
promotes local business
community and economic cluster development worldwide
with clear "social ROI"
goals, performance metrics, and action plans to drive change
through selective
early-stage investment in social entrepreneur ventures, and
by mobilizing support in
priority locations for economic development initiatives and innovative
services to improve the pace, scale, and growth of corporate investment
with a focus on achieving
breakthrough progress in such "communities in transition"
in a way which can can
also guide other communities facing similar challenges
and thereby create better
markets and help to achieve sustainable prosperity.
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The GDI Forum membership also
advises on the market research priorities and introductory referral needs of
business which can be met through the work of
Global Direct Investment Solutions.
That includes private or open
sharing of "lessons learned", "proven solutions" and other insights from
investment project planning and implementation experience in potential
business locations.
This will be reflected
through www.OnTheShortList.com
research work and search tools, plus directories and GUIDE executive summary
presentations of capabilities at
www.gdi-solutions.com. That reference website makes it easy to
search through over 20,000 resources worldwide in this market, and is
attracting more than 300,000 visits per year only two years after it was
launched.
The work supports cluster
development, investment attraction, business retention and expansion, trade
development, "sustainable development", B2B partnering, and other growth
initiatives.
Thousands of communities
worldwide are committed to investment promotion work because they already
recognize the high value of new business investment as a driver of economic
progress and sustainable prosperity at the local level. The GDI Forum
seeks to grow that impact globally. |
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Membership is by invitation only.
Please contact us for details about how to
join
us. We welcome
reciprocal links from relevant organizations to share knowledge of our
work. |
Sponsorship enquiries are welcome to
help advance the work of the GDI Forum and Foundation.
We welcome opportunities to work with existing
organizations or networks of business leaders. |
