WORLD ECONONOMIC FORUM: Civil Society in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Preparation and Response

Full Text Sharing

Grasping the opportunities and managing the challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution require a thriving civil society deeply engaged with the development, use, and governance of emerging technologies. However, how have organizations in civil society been responding to the opportunities and challenges of digital and emerging technologies in society? What is the role of civil society in using these new powerful tools or responding to Fourth Industrial Revolution challenges to accountability, transparency, and fairness?

Following interviews, workshops, and consultations with civil society leaders from humanitarian, development, advocacy and labor organizations, the white paper addresses:

-- How civil society has begun using digital and emerging technologies
-- How civil society has demonstrated and advocated for responsible use of technology
-- How civil society can participate and lead in a time of technological change

-- How industry, philanthropy, the public sector and civil society can join together and invest in addressing new societal challenges in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

The described use cases and responses to digital and emerging technologies point to three cross‑cutting considerations for civil society readiness in an emerging Fourth Industrial Revolution:

1. Civil society organizations face pressure to play a diversity of roles in the technological and institutional context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

2. Civil society organizations must resolve a range of tensions to responsibly play these roles and respond to the governance and use of emerging technologies

3. Civil society organizations need to make critical investments to lead by example and model key elements of a human-centered Fourth Industrial Revolution.

The White Paper is part of the Preparing Civil Society for the Fourth Industrial Revolution initiative led by the World Economic Forum in partnership with social sector organizations.

Report
Published
23 January 2019

 

Position: Co -Founder of ENGAGE,a new social venture for the promotion of volunteerism and service and Ideator of Sharing4Good

Add new comment

Filtered HTML

  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <blockquote> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

Plain text

  • No HTML tags allowed.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

About Us

The idea is simple: creating an open “Portal” where engaged and committed citizens who feel to share their ideas and offer their opinions on development related issues have the opportunity to do...

Contact

Please fell free to contact us. We appreciate your feedback and look forward to hearing from you.

Empowered by ENGAGE,
Toward the Volunteering Inspired Society.