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ABOUT D@G

The world is passing through a period of transformation and turbulence of a size never experienced so far. XXIst Century societies are the most complex, which have ever existed. This complexity will grow and accelerate. It characterizes several problems to be solved. It is the consequences of a series of parameters: fast revolutionary and needed scientific and technological progress; explosion in the number and diversity of stakeholders directly involved in shaping opinions and decisions; multiplicity of interdependent issues of a very large magnitude, often not yet fully known and understood; extreme rapidity of processes, leading to confusion, disturbances and quantum leaps; new paradigms in governance; strategic power shifts in an era of globalisation.

Many of these problems are exceedingly difficult to solve. They are regularly the sources of intricate conflicts, which add to the difficulty.

D@G (DIALOGUES GENEVE - GENEVA DIALOGUES) is rooted in the conviction that today's societal problems and the conflicts they may be the source of, to be solved, demand an ongoing informed dialogue and partnerships among stakeholders. Such dialogue entails the use of all the tools available for problem solving and conflict transformation, in short the instruments of effective governance.

D@G is specialized in the use and the enhancement of such instruments, and their application to the search for solution of a wide range of complex societal issues and related conflicts.

D@G benefits from decades of experiences and activities in many corners of the world, involving - often at very high level - a very diverse set of stakeholders with particular focus on large companies, state and non-governmental actors. Issues dealt with are numerous and range from science and technology societal challenges, including health and agriculture, to security and conflicts with political implications.

D@G operates in a flexible and pragmatic manner, relying on a network of thinkers and doers it can regularly call upon. It aspires to function in the most independent, scientific, professional and impartial manner. It reacts upon short notice.

D@G has the legal statute of a Swiss non-profit non-governmental organisation. It is led by a Committee composed of Issa Ben Yacine Diallo, Jean F. Freymond, and Jean-Charles Sommer. It is registered in the Trade Registry of the Canton of Geneva and funded through mandates and contributions to the D@G Dialogues Support Fund.