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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Business and Industry Culture Development Economics and Finance Education Financing for Development Industrial Development Intellectual Property International Law Science and Technology United Nations Funding Women
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Belgium Mauritius Republic of Moldova Saint Kitts and Nevis Cuba Comoros Sierra Leone Tuvalu Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Slovakia Latvia Mexico Thailand Malta Qatar Cyprus Eswatini Turkmenistan Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Bhutan Kyrgyzstan Honduras Dominica Liberia Zambia Uzbekistan Costa Rica Libya Peru Angola Lesotho Sudan China San Marino Haiti Italy Croatia Liechtenstein Myanmar Namibia Poland Spain Ecuador Netherlands Niger Holy See Papua New Guinea Antigua and Barbuda Nepal Benin Argentina Rwanda Saudi Arabia Marshall Islands Cameroon Uganda North Macedonia Central African Republic Afghanistan Gabon South Sudan Bosnia and Herzegovina Morocco Indonesia Oman Sri Lanka Yemen Bangladesh Azerbaijan Ghana Malawi Philippines Congo Andorra Mozambique Bahrain Pakistan Chile Lao People's Democratic Republic South Africa United Arab Emirates Barbados Romania Viet Nam Canada United Republic of Tanzania Democratic Republic of the Congo Micronesia (Federated States of) Republic of Korea Nauru Malaysia Lebanon Kuwait Denmark Syrian Arab Republic Türkiye Brazil Australia Germany Burundi Ireland Belize Algeria Guyana Armenia Saint Lucia Tunisia Seychelles Tajikistan Chad Sweden Russian Federation Trinidad and Tobago Bulgaria Brunei Darussalam Democratic People's Republic of Korea Switzerland Norway Togo Country Not Available Cape Verde Guinea Bissau Dominican Republic Nicaragua Palau Finland Solomon Islands Belarus Sao Tome and Principe Cambodia Côte D'Ivoire Iceland Portugal Senegal Mauritania Madagascar Botswana Paraguay Czechia Somalia Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Maldives Gambia Kiribati Mali Nigeria El Salvador Kazakhstan Japan Mongolia Vanuatu Guatemala Monaco Luxembourg Fiji Grenada Israel Ukraine Guinea France Zimbabwe Uruguay Greece Jamaica United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Burkina Faso Samoa Jordan Hungary Djibouti Singapore Montenegro Eritrea New Zealand Estonia Kenya Suriname Lithuania Austria Tonga Albania Bahamas Colombia Equatorial Guinea Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Serbia Egypt Slovenia Ethiopia State of Palestine United States of America Panama Iraq Georgia India Timor-Leste
Millennium Development Goals:	Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	WBO’s mission is to guide and promote comprehensive adoption of blockchain technology across industries. As a leading international advocacy organization of blockchain industry, WBO promotes blockchain technology as a driver of economic growth, inclusive development and environmental sustainability; and offers leadership and supports to other sectors in advancing knowledge and establishing blockchain standards worldwide. WBO encourages the implementation of the Global Code of Ethics for blockchain community, to maximize blockchain technology’s socio-economic contribution while minimize its possible negative impacts. WBO is committed to promoting blockchain technology as an instrument in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, gears towards fostering sustainable development worldwide. The main business and functions of WBO including: 1) proposing regional and global initiatives in the research of developments and applications of blockchain technologies to promote and strengthen cooperation between governments and enterprises; 2) organizing member conferences, forums, seminars and other academic activities to explore blockchain technology applications, especially blockchain solutions across industries, from supply chain to healthcare, to manufacturing, to finance, to trade, to environment and many more; 3) tracking and sharing the global and regional trends and newest developments that could influence the blockchain technologies; 4) establishing blockchain technologies international standards, publishing relevant researches, and discovering regional economic cooperation opportunities; 5) increasing the contacts and communications between enterprises within and cross the industries through WBO networks; 6) building a high-quality international think tank, and an education and training center, to provide technology training and guidance, and share application experiences; 7) carrying out activities for the public benefits, such as conferences, exhibitions, technical assessments, education and training, e-commerce, etc., independently or cooperate with other organizations, institutions and UN agencies.
Year established:	2017
Year of registration:	2017
Organizational structure:	(1) The WBO General Assembly of Members (WBO GA) WBO GA is the supervision body of WBO, held in January annually. Any member of WBO has rights to attend, supervise and monitor the affairs of WBO. All the members of administrative and executive bodies of WBO shall report to the GA about their duties, activities, performances, and agendas in the past and the plans for the future. The GA agenda includes election of the rotating chairman of GA. The members’ rights include: a) Advocating and Voice. Members can provide advice and expertise, and influence Boards’ decisions. b) Information Rights. Members can inquiry the operation to make sure the WBO’s objectives are achieved, be informed of the major issues; c) Watchdog function. Members can oversee the decision-making process, making sure it is democratic, transparent and optimally effective; d) Participation and Support. Members can participate and provide services to support WBO’s activities and initiates. (2) Board of Directors The Board of Directors is the decision-making body of WBO. It has all the power to manage the business and affairs of WBO. The Boards is consisted of at least 4 and no more than 15 directors, elected according to the Articles and Bylaws of WBO. All directors were elected to serve a one-year term. Other members can participate in Boards general meetings as observers. (3) Boards Committees The Boards, by resolutions adopted by a majority of the directors then in office, designated certain powers to the following six committees, each consisting of two or more directors: 1) Presidium Bureau; 2) Council Committee; 3) Expert Committee: -International Relationship Committee (IRC), -Strategic and Investment Committee (SIC), -Digital Identity Committee (DIC), -Crypto Currency Committee (CCC), -Digital Safety Committee (DSC); 4) Advisory Committee; 5) Special Commissioners; and 6) the Secretariat. The committee members shall be appointed and authorized by the Boards. Any committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Boards, shall have all the authority of the Boards. (4) Execution Body 1) Officers. The Boards has appointed these four officers: Director General, Executive Director General, Chief Economist, Counsel General, Secretary General to be the execution body of WBO. All of them were appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Boards. Each Officer has the authority to perform the duties set forth in the Bylaws or by resolution of the Boards. 2) Agencies. Under the lead of the Officers, the functional departments of WBO are composed by: i) News and Media Agency, ii) Legislation and Policy Agency, iii) Industrial Standard Agency, iv) Event & Exhibition Agency, v) Education & Training Agency. vi) Rating & Licensing Agency.
Number and type of members:	Corporate Members 7 Individual Members 658
Affiliation with NGO networks:	(1) International Development Information Organization (UN ECOSOC special consultative status), (2) International Administrative Science Association (UN ECOSOC special consultative status), (3)World Federation of Free Trade Zones
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Fees for education and training services Fees for providing consulting or research services Donations and grants from domestic sources

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