The New School of Athens (NSOA) is a recent international initiative whose mission statement is to explore new and better ways of managing our world . NSOA aims at becoming a 21st century version of Plato’s ancient Academy, focusing on the management of globalization and the democratization of world governance. In keeping with the tradition of the original School of Athens it will be a center of inter-ideological dialogue and a meeting place between opposing views of the world.

Founded as a joint venture of the Global Governance Group, and Mrs. Dora Bakoyanis, then Mayor of Athens and presently Foreign Affairs Minister of Greece, NSOA has staged two initial conferences. The first one known as ATHENS 1 was held in Athens Greece during the 2004 Olympic Year and the second one in 2006 at the Latsis Foundation. The third one ATHENS 3 was held from April 2 -5 2008 in Athens
NSOA wants to avoid being a “me too” project replicating what is being done elsewhere. Consequently it is offering the following innovative features.

1. The Creation of a “Do Tank” focused on action plans and to do lists to help resolve the world’s problems, as opposed to discussion clubs which never go beyond an exchange of views.

2. An Annual Tripartite Forum involving leaders from the three groups of actors most relevant to global governance : Governments, Corporations and Civil Society (NGOs). This Forum will validate and enrich the action plans produced by the Do-Tank

3. The Development of a “School” dispensing training and education in global management at both the public and private level, based on the output of the Do Tank and the annual forums.