“You have to keep the spirit alive, you have to keep the work alive, you have to cultivate a culture of possibility,” former U.S. President Bill Clinton said in his closing remarks at the final meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative Wednesday in New York City.
In CGI’s 11 years, it has become a key forum to form partnerships and launch new development initiatives. It’s more than Clinton himself may have expected when he first proposed the idea in 2005. He was not certain whether the concept would take off, or whether participants would brave the New York City traffic in the same week as the United Nations General Assembly.
Now, many participants spent the week wondering what will fill the gap and provide the creative energy for unexpected groups and people to come together.
Devex takes a look at what happened at this year’s CGI meeting, where the focus was on “partnering for global prosperity.” Watch our Facebook Live interviews, and stay tuned for more Devex coverage on the future of the Clinton Foundation.
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Catherine Cheney is the Senior Editor for Special Coverage at Devex. She leads the editorial vision of Devex’s news events and editorial coverage of key moments on the global development calendar. Catherine joined Devex as a reporter, focusing on technology and innovation in making progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. Prior to joining Devex, Catherine earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Yale University, and worked as a web producer for POLITICO, a reporter for World Politics Review, and special projects editor at NationSwell. She has reported domestically and internationally for outlets including The Atlantic and the Washington Post. Catherine also works for the Solutions Journalism Network, a non profit organization that supports journalists and news organizations to report on responses to problems.
