Challenge:Future has four Vision partners, deeply committed to sustainability, prosperity and innovation:
Third Millennium Knowledge, the Netherlands and TMK Lab, Slovenia are encouraging human inspiration, sparkling ideas and fostering development of new knowledge for innovation strategies that are not jeopardizing the needs of third millennium generations.
CEEMAN is a management development association and an established network of 185 business schools, universities and other partners from 43 countries connecting more than 200,000 students.
IEDC-Bled School of Management is one of the leading business schools in Central and Eastern Europe. Established in 1986 as a center for executive education, IEDC has served over 50,000 managers from more than 70 countries.
2011/12 partners are corporations and foundations that are committed to sustainability, global youth talent and tangible impact and are supporting all Challenge Future activities in the 2011-2012 season.
Studio Moderna is the leading multi-channel e-commerce and direct to consumer platform in Central & Eastern Europe (CEE), Russia and Turkey. Reaching a market of 400 million consumers across 21 countries, we are unrivalled in our ability to drive demand and sell popular branded products to consumers across Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) through our highly sophisticated, vertically integrated multi-channel sales, media, marketing and distribution platform.
"FUNDACIJA AKTIVA" is Charity founded in 2002 that is supporting socially endangered children, adolescents and various educational institutions. Over the years, we have lent an ear to, understood and helped thousands of children, adolescents and their families, and have found a place for them, knowledge and a way ahead in these times which are not kind or compassionate to those who are helpless and vulnerable.All of us working at FUNDACIJA AKTIVA believe that through altruism, compassion and appropriate work methods we can contribute towards a belief that it is not important to have, but rather to be.
Triglav Group is the leading insurance-financial group in Slovenia and is one of the leading groups in South East Europe. Today, the company employs over 5,200 people and has a network of subsidiaries and branches in eight countries in its key market, South Eastern Europe. The Group is composed of companies active in insurance, asset management and banking as well as strategically important support activities, whereby the relatively recent change in focus to insurance as the core business has resulted in profitability and increasing success.
The Slovenian Turist Board (STB) is the national umbrella turist board, whos purpose is to plan and carry out the promotion of the country as a turist destination, primarily in foreign markets. STB is the national turist board, and the only such intitution in Slovenia.
Network Partners are international and regional associations, professional networks and communities that are deeply committed to sustainability and innovation.
Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) is the legacy institution of Eurasia Foundation; its mission is to empower people to effect change for social justice and economic prosperity through hands-on programs, helping them to improve their communities and their own lives.
Global Business School Network (GBSN) is fostering a network of emerging business leaders who are committed to using the power of business to create a better world and promoting management education as a critical component in successful international development strategies.
TakingITGlobal (TIG) is the leading online community focusing on global issues and shaping a more inclusive, peaceful and sustainable world by bringing together over 340,000 members with more than 22,000 non-profit organizations, serving over 2,400 schools in 117 countries
United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative is a timely global call for business schools and universities worldwide to gradually adapt their curricula, research, teaching methodologies and institutional strategies to the new business challenges and opportunities.
World Business School Council for Sustainable Business (WBSCSB) is a sustainability think tank and platform of action for business schools to contribute making business sustainable through their research, education and engagement, contributing to address major sustainability issues in society.
Knowledge Partners are organizations that are at the frontline of future thinking, thought leadership, cutting-edge research and knowledge creation in various spheres of human activity.
Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. is the world’s leading independent scholarly publisher of global research, journals and books in business and management with a strong and growing presence in disciplines including social sciences, engineering, linguistics and audiology.
Peter Drucker Challenge is an essay competition for young executives, entrepreneurs and students, initiated and organized by the Peter Drucker Society Europe.
Supporting partners are local, regional and international organizations and associations that are addressing students and youth on the one hand and educational institutions or businesses on the other, focusing on making a better world for all.
AIESEC is the world's largest youth-run organization with sixty years of experience, focusing on providing a platform for youth leadership development. Present in 107 countries and 1600 universities, having more than 50.000 members, AIESEC develops high-potential youth into responsible leaders.
Board of European Students of Technology (BEST) is a non-profit and non-political organization providing communication, cooperation and exchange possibilities for students all around Europe, creating an innovative and well organized young student network through 89 local BEST Groups in 30 countries.
The Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) is a unique alliance of companies, business schools and academic institutions, committed to integrating business in society issues into the heart of management theory and practice. Founded in 2002, EABIS has known a continuous growth from its 15 Founding Partners to more than 100 organisations.
EFMD is an international organization with more than 730 member organizations from academia, business, public service and consultancy in 82 countries, providing information, research, networking and debate on innovation and best practice in management development.
Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana is one of the leading business and economic schools in Europe, developing principled leaders in a global competitive business environment and disseminating knowledge in a global society.
Sandbox Network is a global community of extraordinary young achievers between 20 and 30. They identify entrepreneurial young people worldwide that already have an impressive impact at a very young age, no matter in what field or industry.
VietAbroader is a student-run, non-profit organization that empowers Vietnamese youth to contribute to the sustainable development of Vietnam. Founded in 2004, it currently has members in more than 50 colleges and over 20 companies in the US.
Volunteers for Ideas and Projects (VIP-Romania) is a student-run, non-profit organization that contributes to the transformation of the social, economical and political environment by creating and developing a community of high potential young leaders.
World University Service (WUS-Austria) is a non-governmental organization committed to academic freedom and the right to education. Developing a regional focus on South Eastern Europe (SSE), its mission is to establish solid and sustainable structures for a strong role of universities in society.
The Ypsilon Institute from Slovenia brings together young people in the age from 20 to 30 years. With integration, education and cooperation, it contributes to a better level of awareness of every individual and society, and to a closer intergenerational cooperation.
Mladiinfo is an international non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in Skopje, Macedonia. In 2008 it launched a web portal in English and adopted its current widely recognized name – Mladiinfo. It promotes opportunities for formal and informal education and assists students, researchers and scientists from all over the world in finding scholarships, grants and different opportunities.