Bellagio Residents/

Oded Grajew

May 2022 Cohort

Bellagio Residency: May 2022

Project: “SEEKING A PROPOSAL FOR A NEW GLOBAL GOVERNANCE. Elaboration of general proposal of new global governance to promote sustainable development, reducing the inequalities, protecting the environment, and ensuring everyone’s wealth.”


Oded Grajew is a leading Brazilian social entrepreneur and activist who founded the Abrinq Foundation for Children’s Rights and has served as a special advisor to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. A resident at Bellagio in May 2022, Grajew worked on a global governance strategy to address the challenges associated with building a future of universal well-being that also protects the planet. Grajew is the co-founder of the World Social Forum, the former president of the Ethos Institute for Business and Social Responsibility, and the General Coordinator of the Program on Sustainable Cities in Brazil.