World Communication Forum Association

About the WCFA

President's welcome address >>

The World Communication Forum Association (WCFA) was registered in Davos, Switzerland in November, 2014, upon the initiative of a group of dedicated communicators from Europe, Asia and Latin America.

WCFA is a non-profit organization governed by the official Statutes and also by Articles 60 of the Swiss Civil Code. The association is an organization of unlimited duration. It is neutral politically, non-denominational, with a head office in Davos.

WCFA is first about individuals who have the ability to think global, act global. Every such individual is an ambassador who not only represents her/his region or organization on this truly global platform but also aspires to be the frontrunner in the development of the global communication culture. WCFA is not a movement, an ideology or a charter that binds its members in any way. It is a way of thinking that is evolutionary rather than revolutionary. Thinking that is independent, unbiased and potent enough to catalyze a positive change in our society through better communication.

Governments, businesses and academia around the world look towards the WCFA to build capabilities that can advance their own goals by participating in the annual agenda of the association. WCFA members participate through representation, leadership, partnership, knowledge creation, influence and actions that further the mission of the association.

Due to the uniquely global nature of its members, WCFA is a brand that is continuously giving shape to its mission of communication sans boundaries, geographical or ideological.

GOAL : WCFA aims to contribute actively to the development of the modern public communications worldwide.

Key areas of activity

• •  Forming a cross-border and cross-cultural community of professionals and increasing its strong global influence via an agenda focused on communications, media, public relations, branding and leadership.
• •  Proceeding from the idea of communication as a key factor in the development of the humanity and aiming to intensify the the research of future specifics: new behaviour models, educational models, recognition and influence.
• •  Supporting young professionals by financing cross-national internships for students from communications schools.
• •  Supporting the annual World Forum "Communication on Top" in Davos as a platform for discussion that shapes the global communications agenda and foresees the influence of different media channels on society, business and the communications industry.

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PROJECTS 2016

WCFA poll results 2016

PROJECTS 2015
World Communication Forum Edition 2015

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Plan for 2016

The most important new WCFA project in 2016 will be the development of Online Monthly Workshops.
Another project launched as a last-year initiative: holding the Communication Camp for young professionals and MBA students in the summer of 2016 in Switzerland.
The WCFA will also continue supporting the edition of the printed annual World Communication Review.

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WCFA Founders

WCFA was founded by a group of distinguished communications professionals from Bulgaria, India, Mexico, Poland, Russia and Ukraine which includes all of the Executive Board Members and Founders listed below.

WCFA Executive Board
(elected once a year - at the Annual Assembly of the WCFA)

• •  Yanina Dubeykovskaya, co-founder and President (2-year mandate, till end of 2018)
• •  Ekaterina Lavrova, co-founder and Vice President: Branding and Design
• •  Flavio Oliveira, Ambassador in Brazil
• •  Maxim Behar, co-founder and Vice President: Business Development (Bulgaria)
• •  Olga Bereslavskaya,co-founder and Vice President: Social Media Support (Russia)
• •  Saurabh Kumar Uboweja, co-founder and Vice President: Branding Strategies
• •  Lina Duque, Ambassador in Canada
• •  Sean Gardner, Vice President: Social Media Strategies (USA)
• •  Galina Panina (Russia)
• •  Claudine Moore (USA)
• •  Sukruti Narayanan, Ambassador for Australia

Vice Presidents and Country/Regional Ambassadors
(appointed by the Executive Board - during online meetings, or at the Annual Assembly)

• •  Tatevik Pirumyan, Ambassador in Armenia

Founding members of the WCFA:

• •  Irina Zolotarevych, co-founder (Ukraine)
• •  Lorena Carreño Díaz, co-founder (Mexico)
• •  Sergey Zverev, co-founder (Russia)
• •  Yogesh Joshi, co-founder (India)
• •  Dymitr Romanovski, co-founder (Poland)
• •  Natalia Belenko co-founder (Russia)
• •  Elena Brandt co-founder (Russia)
• •  Denis Kananykhin co-founder (Russia)

Honorary members of the WCFA:

• •  Gianni Catalfamo (Italy)

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Membership and application

* Membership applications are accepted throughout the year.
* All members shall abide to the official Statutes of the organization.

The Association unites:

• - Founding members
• - Executive Committee members
• - Active members
• - Honorary members

Annual membership

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* NB! All WCFA members gain the following benefits:

WCFA members' BENEFITS

• • Global publicity of individual members's identity!
• • Global publicity of corporate members' identity, brand, and services!
• • Corporate member-orgs' logos published on the website!
• • Free half-a-page ad of corporate member-orgs in the printed WCF Forum Booklet!
• • Full right to use the WCFA logo in any of the members' projects!
• • Preferential terms of entry for the next main annual WCF!
• • Preferential terms of entry for some upcoming Regional WCFs!
• • Attendance of the WCFA's annual Assembly!
• • Active part in the elections of WCFA's Executive Board!
• • Right to launch & develop new WCFA initiatives/projects!
• • Closed WCFA's FB-club for insight or solutions to emergency issues!
• • Network with all WCFA members and the global WCF Forum's community (58 countries)!
• • Free participation in any online seminars and webinars of the WCFA!
• • Access to global summary of results achieved via WCFA’s market analysis & research!

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