CGI Asia

Hong Kong, SAR
People’s Republic of China
December 2-3, 2008

Building on the success of the Annual Meeting in New York, President Clinton is expanding the membership and effectiveness of CGI by convening a series of meetings in different regions of the world. The first of these meetings will focus on Asia.

Beyond transforming the global economic landscape, growth in Asian countries is expanding the capacity of Asian leaders to address contemporary challenges at the local, regional, and international levels. Corporations, governments and non-governmental organizations in Asia continue to increase their engagement on issues relating to education, health, poverty, climate change, and urbanization.

In December, 2008, President Clinton will travel to Hong Kong to join several hundred Asian leaders from a wide variety of backgrounds to explore the strengthening cultures of social and global responsibility among Asian leaders, and the benefits that can be accrued through collaboration. For 2008, CGI Asia will focus on three main areas:

• Education
• Energy & Climate Change
• Public Health 

This CGI meeting in Asia will be similar in format to the CGI Annual Meetings in New York. In Hong Kong, President Clinton will engage a distinguished group of leaders for two days of panel discussions and interactive working sessions, each of which will examine specific challenges and opportunities for action.

Like the Annual Meetings in New York, the CGI meeting in Hong Kong will promote actionable outcomes by providing participants with unique, meaningful opportunities to work collaboratively to articulate their own Commitment to Action. Commitments are a unique strength of CGI that have defined its success on the global stage.

Each commitment reflects a new, specific, and measurable step being taken by a CGI participant to address a challenge of his or her choosing. Each commitment includes a plan of action with timetables and mechanisms for evaluating progress.

Click here to learn about Commitments to Action in Asia.

For more information, please contact: cgiasia@clintonglobalinitiative.org