The Opportunity: Developing a global hub that welcomes the world
The World Development Endowment Foundation (WDEF), enters this challenging era with the benefit of years of research and thoughtful application to the goal of creating a model city and international focal point for education and cultural exchange. We have addressed this project with the commitment to create solutions that serve the needs of the world.

Seizing the Opportunity for Israel
There has never been a more critical, meaningful opportunity to realize a far-reaching practical plan for The Middle East to co-host this project and thereby to elevate their stature as preeminent world centers.

The World Islands project will enhance the Middle East existing international appeal as a tourist destination by creating a model international city to serve as a new world gathering place. This endeavor will further invigorate the hopes and inspirations for present and future generations.

Welcome to World Island: Where the World Comes to Experience the World

In light of our goal of creating a global commons, we refer to this model city as World Island.

All countries are invited to live in, work in, and visit this new gathering place, designed to promote world cooperation through the mutual sharing of ideas and ideals. With this commitment, World Island will become a one-of-a-kind environment with a one-of-a-kind opportunity to explore all the world has to offer in a cooperative, entertaining, educational and culturally enriching atmosphere, where visitors will benefit from playing their part in the global community.

World Island: A Permanent World’s Fair, Creating a World that’s Permanently Fair
This permanent World’s Fair will attract a formidable assemblage of anchor tenants, including foreign and domestic municipalities, high-level international and national corporations, and varied commercial and social interests qualified to achieve financial viability needed for immediate and long-term success. World Island is inclusive and expansive and therefore will contribute to a stronger, more robust world economy.

World-Class Leadership Team: A Global Cooperative
We are continuing to assemble a world-class Board of Trustees, Advisory Board and development team consisting of urban planners, real estate developers, architects, engineers, major business and corporate interests, associations, philanthropic alliances, and not-for-profit specialists, academic institutions, educators, and consultants in all related fields. All participants are distinguished in their respective disciplines.

Immediate and Long-term Financing through the synergy of global tenants/activities
As a residential and commercial community, World Island, the Global Commons, will generate substantial revenues through extensive public facilities and cultural projects and programs, the international state-of-the-art office tower/conference and convention center, designer hotel accommodations, specialty restaurants, and diverse commercial enterprises. Revenues derived from the many project activities will support not-for-profit cultural and academic activities on and off the island.

World Island: A World Resource Center to manage our human and natural resources
The plan outlines the functionality of a unique multidimensional cultural, and educational model city; thereby creating an asset with global reach that will dramatically advance the Middle East status as a world cultural unifier.

As the World Resource Center, World Island will be a home to:

• Permanent World Trade and Tourism Fair
• World Commerce Center
• World Conference Center
• Humanitarian Education and Youth Leadership Center
• Earth Systems Science Center
• Life Science Research and Development Center
• World Philanthropic Center

Unifying Principles of a Model Community

Our design philosophy is based on the Four Pillars of a model community:

• Commerce
• Culture
• Education
• Spirituality

These Four Pillars reflect the importance of our understanding of how our cities are communities woven together that house and embrace our commonality and our individuality.

World Cultural Institute, Focus on Communication: Distance Learning Will Bring Us Closer Together

World Island will establish the World Cultural Institute (WCI) as a platform organized to facilitate world awareness, understanding and cooperation. The establishment of the World Cultural Institute will contribute, in an unprecedented way, to the forging of harmonious relationships in an open forum that will welcome and widen dialogue among peoples of the world.

In serving many world community objectives, the primary purpose of the World Island project is to foster ageless learning and leadership development of world citizens. Our interactive distance learning system enables everyone of every age, everywhere at any time, to have access to learning and leadership development.

We are in a period of rapid evolution where new career disciplines are essential and where harnessing employment opportunities for managing and governing tomorrow's world are before us. World Island will provide the “home” of a virtual learning center. Over time it will create a world alumni of future leaders who understand and embrace the practicality of being trustworthy as a core principal in their daily endeavors as private citizens and community leaders

The Human Experience: Recycle Our Most Precious Resources: Experience, Wisdom and Knowledge
World Island, as a new world destination will attract over 40,000,000 tourists annually and will be served by over 150,000 employees. This urban plan will be one of the largest private sector employers in world history and will be a model for human rights in human resource development. A mentoring program will be implemented entitled “Wisdom Keepers/Wisdom Seekers” partnering senior citizens with our youth as a generational connection. This initiative will be a stimulus for major social and economic growth.

A Leader in Global Development
The World Island urban plan is a political decision everyone should be able to agree on. More than the real estate development of a model city, World Island is about people development, and about the global leadership role the host will play in this new millennium.

This is a rare moment in time when a single decision can have such a profound, positive impact on the world’s destiny in ways we cannot even begin to contemplate. The magnitude of this project will demonstrate to the world the foresight, vision, will and wisdom of Israel’s world-class political leadership and stewardship.

World Island Can Ennoble the World: The Opportunity Is Now

An Unrivaled Asset

World Island will offer the co-hosts and the world an unrivaled asset. A must-see-must-return-to destination, this unparalleled, internationally prestigious attraction will engage the world community with an exceptional, one-ofa- kind, opportunity to Experience Discovery in a spectacular inviting atmosphere.

World Island Benefits:

• Enhance the Middle East worldwide stature with a comprehensive high-profile global communications strategy and public    relations, marketing and advertising campaign to support the entire spectrum of participants and activities, with    no direct cost to the host.
• World Island will be staffed with over 150,000 employees from all over the world, becoming one of the largest    private sector humanitarian employers in history, and a model for diversity in human resource development.
• Establish a solid economic base with long-term international government and anchor tenants, creating a world    destination anticipating over 40 million visitors annually.
• Boost tourism in a way that further positions the Middle East as a world cultural center, acting in consort as a world    ambassador for the Middle East tourism and convention industry.
• Provide the Middle East with an urban development plan that features a user-friendly, totally integrated, coordinated    transportation system.
• Showcase an exposition for new technologies and ecological awareness. The ultimate in innovative solutions will    create an environment that is always open.
• Establish a new international academic institution that taps into the vast resources of the world’s educational    community with a global distance learning communication center that is available to everyone, of every age,    everywhere, at anytime.
• Serve as a motivational role model for our youth, providing an atmosphere to demonstrate the value of acquiring    knowledge, wisdom, education, experience and the value of trustworthy relationships. This solution-driven    environment furthers the nurturing of our youth towards becoming responsible stewards and world citizens.
• Provide a positive outlet for the creative energy of our youth by engaging them in public service projects, including    restoration and maintenance programs for the ongoing beautification of communities around the world.
• Enhance the Middle East reputation on a worldwide scale as a world philanthropic center.
• Establish co-operative affiliations with the United Nations, government agencies and non-profit organizations to    provide a global platform for all world organizations.
• Build a non-profit focal point with a planetary humanitarian mission that sets the standards for unifying our    common interests.

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