OECD Forum 2014: Sponsors and Partners

The LEGO Foundation shares the mission of the LEGO Group: To inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow. The Foundation is dedicated to build a future where learning through play empowers children to become creative, engaged, lifelong learners. It’s work is about re-defining play and re-imagining learning. In collaboration with thought leaders, influencers, educators and parents the LEGO Foundation aims to equip, inspire and activate champions for play. 

MSD (known in the US and Canada as Merck & Co., Inc.) is working to help the world be well. Through our medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and consumer and animal products, we work with customers and operate in more than 140 countries to deliver innovative health solutions. We also demonstrate our commitment to increasing access to health care through far-reaching programs that donate and deliver our products to the people who need them. MSD. Be Well.

Good Food, Good Life, captures the very essence of Nestlé and the promise we commit ourselves to everyday, everywhere as the leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness Company.

ONLYGLASS is a German manufacturer that integrates high-tech products into insulation glass for building facades. The most recent cutting-edge development is the ONLYGLASS MEDIAFACADE, a highly transparent media facade that is fully integrated into the architecture of buildings.

Founded in 1966 by Pierre Bellon, Sodexo is the global leader in services that improve Quality of Life, an essential factor in individual and organizational performance. Operating in 80 countries, Sodexo serves 75 million consumers each day through its unique combination of On-site Services, Benefits and Rewards Services and Personal and Home Services. Through its more than 100 services, Sodexo provides clients an integrated offering developed over more than 45 years of experience: from reception, maintenance and cleaning, to foodservices and facilities and equipment management; from Meal Pass, Gift Pass and Mobility Pass benefits for employees to in-home assistance and concierge services. Sodexo’s success and performance are founded on its independence, its sustainable business model and its ability to continuously develop and engage its 428,000 employees throughout the world.

Founded 88 years ago by Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, Isbank today is the largest bank in Turkey in terms of total assets and total loans. At the end of 2012, Isbank's consolidated shareholders' equity stands at TRY 24.9 billion, total assets stand at TRY 201.1 billion and total loans at TRY 114.7 billion. Isbank has the largest network among Turkish private banks with more than 1.200 domestic and foreign branches and more than 4,800 ATMs, that make up the largest ATM network in Turkey, plus internet banking, telephone banking and call center at Isbank.

Randstad is the number 2, global HR services provider, specialized in temporary staffing, permanent placement, in-house services, professionals, search and selection, and HR solutions. Randstad has 28,000 corporate employees and 4,600 branches and in-house locations in 39 countries around the world. Randstad generated revenues of € 16.6 billion in 2013.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in technology, opening new possibilities for people everywhere. Through relentless innovation and discovery, we are transforming the worlds of TVs, smartphones, tablets, PCs, cameras, home appliances, printers, LTE systems, medical devices, semiconductors and LED solutions. We employ 286,000 people across 80 countries with annual sales of US$216.7 billion.

AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, with a membership of nearly 38 million, that helps people turn their goals and dreams into real possibilities, strengthens communities and fights for the issues that matter most to families.

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Recognizing the enormous role that businesses can play in helping solve large-scale problems, six of the world’s leading business schools have come together to forge a unique international partnership: The Council on Business & Society. The partnering schools, ESSEC Business School; Keio Business School; School of Management, Fudan University; Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth; The University of Mannheim, Business School; and Fundação Getulio Vargas –EAESP, share a commitment to and a belief in the power of academic excellence, global perspective, social responsibility and understand the importance of a broad view of the role of business in society. The Council on Business & Society hosts a novel International Forum Series which focuses on one key societal issue each year.

China Development Research Foundation (CDRF) is a national commonalty, which aims to support policy research and academic exchanges, serve the economic and social development of China and to promote the government decision-making process operated on a scientific and democratic basis.  Foundation funding comes mainly from the donations of enterprises, institutions and individuals both in China and abroad and is used to support research programs, training, academic discussions and exchange activities, reward the achievements by researchers in policy consulting and academic research, and to finance other activities of the public good.

The European Policy Centre (EPC) is an independent, not-for-profit think-tank, committed to making European integration work. It works at the "cutting edge" of European policy-making, providing rapid, high-quality analysis and information, and promotes a balanced dialogue between the different constituencies of its membership, spanning all aspects of economic and social life.’

ESSEC, founded in 1907, is one of the world’s top management schools. With 4,400 students, a wide range of management training programs, partnerships with the world’s leading universities, a network of 44,000 alumni and a faculty comprised of 147 full-time professors – recognized both for the quality and influence of their research – ESSEC continues to foster a tradition of academic excellence and a spirit of openness in the fields of economics, social sciences and innovation.
In 2005, ESSEC opened a campus in Asia. The ESSEC Asia Pacific campus, strategically located in Singapore, presents the perfect foothold for ESSEC to be part of the vibrant growth of Asia and to bring its expertise to the expanding region. 

As a specialist in education and research in management, HEC Paris offers a complete and unique range of educational programs for the leaders of tomorrow: Masters Programs, MBA, PhD, HEC Executive MBA, TRIUM Global Executive MBA and Executive Education open-enrolment and custom programs.
Founded in 1881 by the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, HEC is itself a founding member of ParisTech and the Paris Saclay campus. It boasts a permanent faculty of 110 professors, more than 4,000 students and over 8,500 managers and executives in training each year.
HEC Paris was ranked number one business school in Europe by the Financial Times’ overall business school ranking in December 2013.

ICC is the world business organization. Its global network comprises over 6 million companies, chambers of commerce and business associations in more than 130 countries, with interests spanning every sector of private enterprise.”

IE is an international institution dedicated to educating business leaders through programs based on our core values of global focus, entrepreneurial spirit and a humanistic approach. Our 500-strong, international faculty teaches a student body composed of more than 90 nationalities on our Undergraduate (IE University), Master, and Doctorate degrees, and Executive Education programs. Our alumni, now numbering over 40,000, hold management positions in some 100 countries worldwide. We champion high-quality research coupled with multidisciplinary, integrative education programs. Designed to address market demands, our innovative learning processes comprise a blend of online and onsite formats, making IE a pioneer in international education.

The Institute for New Economic Thinking is an economic research and education foundation based in New York City that is designed to broaden and accelerate the development of a new field of economic thought that will lead to real-world solutions to the great economic and social challenges of the 21st century. Created in response to the global financial crisis of 2007 and 2008, the Institute is supporting this fundamental shift in economic ideas by funding academic research, building communities of new economic thinkers, and spreading the word about the need for change.

Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University (Keio Business School) —  Japanese first exclusively graduate school of business founded in 1962 — is dedicated to educating leaders and advancing knowledge in management that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century. As the only business school in Japan double-accredited by AACSB and EQUIS, Keio Business School develops leaders who can envision and materialize original business concept. Here scholars and students of diverse backgrounds find enjoyment in learning together, deliver world-class research, and integrate academic theory with business experience.

Observer Research Foundation (ORF) is a not-for-profit, multidisciplinary public policy think tank based in India, engaged in developing and discussing policy alternatives on a wide-range of issues of national and international significance. Some of ORF's key areas of research include international relations, security affairs, politics and governance, resources management and economy and development.

Founded in 1559 by Jean Calvin, the University of Geneva (UNIGE) is dedicated to thinking, teaching, dialogue and research. With 16,000 students of more than 140 different nationalities, it is Switzerland’s second largest university.
It offers more than 280 degrees and more than 250 Continuing Education programmes covering an extremely wide variety of fields: exact sciences, medicine and humanities. Composed of nine faculties – Science, Medicine, Humanities, Economics and Management, Social Sciences, Law, Theology, Psychology and Educational Scienc­es, and Translation and Interpreting –, UNIGE also boasts several interfaculty centres, and offers multidisciplinary programmes.