about us

The TASC Platform is an open forum where policymakers, businesses, researchers and civil society can come together to tackle some of the biggest universal challenges of the future.

 

AN OPEN FORUM

The climate crisis, new technology, and growing inequality are universally felt, but not universally responded to. By providing a place for people to share perspectives, connect visions and develop new solutions, we can bring the unknowns of the future into focus and act on them today.

A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY

We believe joined-up and action-oriented thinking is key to the future we want. Strategically located in International Geneva, home to the world’s largest concentration of international organizations and diplomatic missions, we bring together a diverse, multi-stakeholder community at the heart of global efforts to drive positive societal change.

INDEPENDENT AND SOLUTION-ORIENTED

As an independent body supported by the Government of Switzerland and embedded in the Center for Trade and Economic Integration (CTEI) of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, we leverage the latest thinking in the academic world and embrace a culture of openness, critical thinking, and global cooperation.

MEET OUR BOARD OF ADVISORS

The TASC Platform’s Board of Advisors brings together stakeholder representatives from the communities the TASC Platform aims to serve. They provide guidance to the Co-chairs and Executive Director on the current work and future direction of the platform.

  • Jean Yves Art

    Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships, Microsoft

  • Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder

    Senior Director, IISD Europe, Economic Law & Policy Executive Director

  • Stijn Broeke

    Senior Economist, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Directorate, OECD

  • Francisco Carvajal

    Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chile

  • Gudela Grote

    Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology, ETH Zurich

  • Cynthia Hansen

    Managing Director, The Innovation Foundation, Adecco Group

  • Rafael Lalive

    Professor of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, UniL

  • Federica Saliola

    Lead Economist, Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice, World Bank

  • Richard Samans

    Director of Research, ILO

  • Boris Zürcher

    Head, Labour Affairs Directorate, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, SECO, Switzerland