Brunei Darussalam was represented at the Global Shapers Annual Curators Meeting 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland recently by Dayang Nurliyana Fatin binti Arifin, Curator of the Bandar Seri Begawan Hub of the Global Shapers Community.

The Global Shapers Community is a network of Hubs developed and led by young people who are exceptional in their potential, their achievements and their drive to make a contribution to their communities led by curators.

The Annual Curators Meeting 2016 was organised by the World Economic Forum, and was an intensive four day programme that took place from August 1922.

It was aimed at providing Global Shapers the opportunity to engage with the World Economic Forum, World Trade Organization and United Nations, and involved sessions centered on global issues, values and action plans.

The meeting also carried the aim of bringing together Curators of the Global Shapers Community together to share their hub projects and learn best practices from one another, and saw the participation of over 350 curators from 350 hubs across the globe.

At the closing ceremony, the World Economic Forum released the Global Shapers Annual Survey, which was participated in by over 20,000 youth across the world and captured the perspectives and concerns of young people globally.

Speaking on her experience, Nurliyana Fatin said, "The Annual Curators Meeting 2016 has been the most diverse meeting of minds I have participated in.

"We engaged in deep conversations about global issues and local challenges as well as values," she said. "The experience was extraordinary for each of us particularly as we were put into tribes of six individuals with whom we spent four days tighter sharing insights, reflections and vulnerabilities.

"The key takeaway for me is that no matter where we are, we share similar issues in different contexts and youth globally are demanding for a more inclusive future," she added.

`Shaping Communities' has been the theme chosen by Global Shapers - Bandar Seri Begawan Hub, a community founded in 2015, made up of seven passionate young people and are still growing.

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