Mr. Jean-Christophe Bas is the Founder and CEO of The Global Compass www.theglobalcompass.net , an advisory firm that provides assistance and expertise to Governments, international organizations, corporate leaders, cultural and non profit sector in strategic partnership, international development, policy dialogue, international events content and design.
He is also the Founder and CEO of Connecters for Peace Initiative http://connectersforpeace.org, an international organization aimed at combating polarization, promoting pluralism and inclusive society.
From 2018 to 2020, he served as CEO and chairman of the executive Board of the Dialogue of the Dialogue of Civilizations Institute in Berlin, one of the leading international think tanks dedicated to promote shared worldviews in the remaking of the world order.
Prior to this, he was the Director of Democratic Citizenship and Participation at the Council of Europe, running a team of 160 staff dedicated to foster democratic participation and citizenship, intercultural understanding and cooperation.
From 2008 to 2014, he served at the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations in New York as deputy Director, Strategic Development and Partnerships. In that capacity, he has designed and developed innovative public-private partnership solutions to promote intercultural understanding and inclusive societies, particularly the Intercultural Innovation Award with the BMW Group, and the World campaign “Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion” with the main IT companies in the Silicon Valley and 150 Organizations around the world. He also spearheaded the development of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Asia and the Pacific.
From 1999 to 2008, he was the Head of Development Policy Dialogue at the World Bank, in charge of strategic engagement with key stakeholders, policy makers, academics and influencers, youth….He created and developed the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and the IMF , a world Organization of more than 1000 legislators around the world champions in international development and good governance and was the engineer of the flagship event of the World Bank, the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics ( ABCDE) working with chief economists Joe Stiglitz, Nick Stern and François Bourguignon.
Jean-Christophe was the first Executive Director of the Aspen Institute France (1994-1999), chaired by former French Prime Minister Raymond Barre. He is currently a member of the executive board of the Aspen Institute in France.
He has published EUROPE A LA CARTE ( Editions du Cherche Midi ) a book of reflection on European identity, and ME WE US ( Chic Media Editions) with a foreword by Ban Ki moon on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of then publication of the Clash of Civilizations by Pr. Samuel Huntington.
Jean-Christophe has been traveling and working in approximately 100 countries around the world and is regularly invited to give speeches and to participate in Forum on issues related to multiculturalism and pluralism ; democracy and governance; cultural diversity and inclusion ; responsible leadership and global affairs…
He is regularly contributing comments to major media outlets, Euronews, EUReporter, Valeurs Actuelles…He is also serving in the Board of several organizations around the world , the Global Dialogue Foundation ; Goldcrest; COEXISTER…
He is 62 and the proud father of two daughters: Zelda and Apolline who are Franco Americans, working in the field on collective intelligence and in the film industry. He is passionate in contemporary art, books collection, architecture, contemporary dance.