Club of Budapest

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The Club of Budapest (CoB) is a worldwide independent non-governmental organization .

The Club of Budapest sees itself as a future workshop for issues that affect humanity as a whole. He wants to raise awareness of global responsibility and build bridges between cultures and generations. Under the motto You Can Change the World , the Club of Budapest sees its mission as a “catalyst for the transition to a sustainable world”.

The Club of Budapest was established as a foundation in 1993 by Ervin László in Budapest . Since then, the international organization of the club has held conferences and seminars. In the summer of 2007, a new organization was created with the WorldShift Network , which looks after the international projects of the club. The aim of the WorldShift Network is to strengthen the civil society significance of the many international organizations that strive for global change.

Honorary members

Tschynggys Aitmatow (†), Óscar Arias Sánchez , AT Ariyaratne, Maurice Béjart (†), Thomas Berry , Sri Bhagavan , Karlheinz Böhm (†), Sir Arthur C. Clarke (†), Paulo Coelho , Mihály Csíkszentmihályi , the 14th Dalai Lama , Waris Dirie , Riane Eisler , Vigdís Finnbogadóttir , Miloš Forman (†) , Peter Gabriel , Hans-Dietrich Genscher (†), Árpád Göncz (†), Rivka Golani , Jane Goodall , Krishna Gopala , Michail Gorbatschow , Otto Herbert Hajek ( †), Václav Havel (†), Hazel Henderson , Pir Vilayat Inayat-Khan (†), Bianca Jagger , Miklós Jancsó (†), Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi , Gidon Kremer , Hans Küng , Shu-Hsien Liu , Éva Marton , Federico Mayor Zaragoza , Zubin Mehta , Lord Yehudi Menuhin (†), Edgar Mitchell (†), Edgar Morin , Robert Muller (†), Gillo Pontecorvo (†), Ruhiyyih Rabbani (†), Jean-Pierre Rampal (†), Mary Robinson , Mstislav Rostropovich (†), Sir Joseph Rotblat (†), Peter Russell , Masami Saionji , Karan Singh , Sir Georg Solti (†), Sir Sigmund Sternberg , Rita Süssmuth , Desmond Tutu , Liv Ullmann , Sir Peter Ustinov (†), Irene van Lippe-Biesterfeld , Richard von Weizsäcker (†), Elie Wiesel (†), Betty Williams , Muhammad Yunus

Creative members

(Status: March 2008) Franz Alt , Helga Breuninger , Suheil Bushrui , Gustavo Correa , Ruediger Dahlke , Gedeon Dienes , Steve Dillenburg , Peter Eigen , Duane Elgin , Peter Engberg , Shamil Fattakhov , Barbara Gaughen , Ludwig Gebhard (†), Rosi Gollmann , Xokonoschtletl Gomora , Lucile W. Green , Peter Hesse, Jaleh Joubine-Khadem , Jurriaan Kamp , Amod Kanth , George Kibedi , Lola Kristof , Maryem Le Saget , Angaangaq Lyberth , Barbara Marx-Hubbard , Avon Mattison , Joannie Misrack , Nitamo Montecucco , Hans-Jürgen Müller (†), Zev Naveh , Helena Norberg-Hodge , Marcia Odell , Gunter Pauli , Nicanor Perlas , Kambiz Poostchi , Michel Random , Paul H. Ray , Christiane Röderer , Bibi Russell , Celia Russo , Elizabeth Sahtouris , Vinay Sansi , Gerhard Schweter , Akio Shoji , Surjo R. Soekadar , Richard Tarnas , Jane Taylor , Deepti Tewari , Aleandro Tommasi , Herman van Veen , Herman Wijffels , Bernd Weikl , Nancy Wimmer , Georg Winter , Aguida Zanol

"Ambassador"

Anna Edingshaus von Lassberg , Lady Fiona Montagu of Beaulieu , Mitsu Shibata , Gregor Staub , Gisela Winkelhofer

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