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Welcome to The World Happiness Foundation’s Public Policy Forum

"We need to work together at a systemic level to create the necessary change"

Growing inequalities, lost diversity, pandemics, and climate change are only some of the serious challenges facing humanity in the coming decades. All of these crises are interconnected and we cannot confront them in isolation. Our current economic systems are failing to foster a productive and healthy balance between societal, individual, and environmental needs and goals.

That is why we support the leaders from governments and organizations that are disrupting current systems by implementing new policies and initiatives that are advancing the dialogue on creating economies of happiness and well-being for all.

In Partnership with the United Nations University for Peace

The Foundation stewards two UN resolutions:

The Foundation specifically stewards two UN resolutions:

UN RESOLUTION 65/309

Happiness: Towards a Holistic Approach to Development

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UN RESOLUTION 66/281

International Day
of Happiness

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We Support Global Political Initiatives

All of our work supports the UN Global Compact and many of the Sustainable Development Goals

We bring together the world leaders and experts on Public Policy across multiple disciplines such as Health Care, Education, Environment, Economy, Psychology, Business, Research, Statistics, and the United Nations 2030 agenda to breakdown silos and to improve the overall happiness and well-being of all beings.

We bring a holistic approach incorporating view from the leading institutions and the professionals behind the latest research and policies around the world.

We help advance the dialogue on Public Policy towards an Economy of Happiness and Well-Being.

GLOBAL HAPPINESS AND WELL-BEING POLICY REPORT

The 2019 Global Happiness and Well-Being Policy Report is produced by the Global Happiness Council (GHC) and contains papers by expert working groups on happiness for good governance. This report provides evidence and policy recommendations on best practices to promote happiness and well-being. The 2019 Global Happiness and Well-Being Policy Report was presented at World Government Summit held in Dubai on February 10, 2019.

WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT

The World Happiness Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness that ranks 156 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be. The report is produced by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network in partnership with the Ernesto Illy Foundation. The World Happiness Report was written by a group of independent experts acting in their personal capacities. Any views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization, agency or program of the United Nations.

OECD BETTER LIFE INDEX

How is LIFE? There is more to life than the cold numbers of GDP and economic statistics – This Index allows you to compare well-being across countries, based on 11 topics the OECD has identified as essential, in the areas of material living conditions and quality of life.

HAPPY PLANET INDEX

The Happy Planet Index measures what matters: sustainable wellbeing for all. It tells us how well nations are doing at achieving long, happy, sustainable lives. Wealthy Western countries, often seen as the standard of success, do not rank highly on the Happy Planet Index. Instead, several countries in Latin America and the Asia Pacific region lead the way by achieving high life expectancy and wellbeing with much smaller Ecological Footprints. The Happy Planet Index provides a compass to guide nations, and shows that it is possible to live good lives without costing the Earth.

Join our World Happiness & Well-Being Public Policy Forum at the World Happiness Fest.

Gross National Happiness, or GNH, is a holistic and sustainable approach to development, which balances material and non-material values with the conviction that humans want to search for happiness. The objective of GNH is to achieve a balanced development in all facets of life that are essential; for our happiness.

We are in the age of the Anthropocene when the fate of the planet and all life is within the power of mankind. Boundless consumerism, widening socio-economic inequality and instability is causing rapid natura resource depletion and degradation. Climate change, species extinction, multiple crises, growing insecurity, instability and conflicts are not only diminishing our well-being but are also threatening our very survival.

Today, it is inconceivable for modern society to function without the business of commerce, finance, industry or trade. These very factors are altering human destiny by the day in extraordinary ways, both positive and negative. GNH directly addresses such global, national and individual challenges by pointing to the non-material roots of well-being and offering ways to balance and satisfy the dual needs of the human being within the limits of what nature can provide on a sustainable basis.

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The Economy of Happiness and Well-Being

We support the emergence of new economic paradigms

Growing inequalities, lost diversity, pandemics, and climate change are only some of the serious challenges that humanity faces in the coming decades. All of these crises are interconnected, and we cannot confront them in isolation. Our current economic systems are not designed to deliver a balanced approach to social and environmental initiatives. World Happiness Foundation Founder, Luis Gallardo addresses these issues in his report on The Economy of Happiness and Well-Being.

An economy is a collection of norms and rules that reward certain behaviors and punish others. The economies of the 21st century destroy natural wealth, degrade communal bonds, and incentivize overconsumption. This is how our economies have evolved to function, which also means that we can change them and evolve in new directions. It is time we think about how.

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Happytalism, Key to (Re)connection

Global Happiness Forum Jaipur

Conscious Catalysts of Happiness: Inside the Jaipur Global Happiness Forum 2025

Luis Gallardo

On a bright late-September morning in Jaipur, voices of inspiration and change converged at Hotel Clarks Amer for the second Jaipur Global Happiness Forum. The two-day gathering (27–28 September 2025), organized by the India chapter of the World Happiness Foundation, was far from a typical conference. It felt like a movement – a celebration of well-being, purpose, and community. From business leaders and social entrepreneurs to educators and policymakers, attendees arrived with a shared mission: to become “conscious catalysts” of happiness in their spheres of influence. In the words of World Happiness Foundation founder Luis Miguel Gallardo, the vision is “to realize a world of freedom, consciousness, and happiness for all,” a collective dream he sees unfolding through such global gatherings. The Jaipur forum’s theme – becoming conscious catalysts of well-being – set an inspirational tone that echoed throughout the event’s stories and sessions. Weaving Joy: N.K. Chaudhary’s Journey from Conditioning to Consciousness One of the most moving narratives at the forum came from Nand Kishore Chaudhary (NKC), the humble yet visionary founder of Jaipur Rugs. Often hailed

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CWO Program. World Happiness Foundation China

Launching the Chief Well-Being Officer Program in China at the 3rd China Well-Being Summit in Shanghai

Luis Gallardo

At the 3rd China Well-Being Summit in Shanghai, we launched the Chief Well-Being Officer (CWO) Program in China—an inflection point for a movement already embraced by 955+ professionals across 550+ cities. From Shanghai to São Paulo, from Miami to Jaipur, we’re stitching together a global fabric of leaders committed to a world of freedom, consciousness, and happiness for all. ROUSER as the operating system for new leadership The ROUSER model—Relations, Openness, Understanding, Self-Awareness, Empowerment, Reflection—is no longer “nice-to-have.” It’s the leadership OS for a regenerative century: The CWO leadership mindset (what it actually looks like) CWOs and the SDGs of Happytalism Your Happytalism reframing makes the CWO role concrete and measurable. Four are core to the CWO mandate, supported by four planetary goals: Human & institutional core (CWO’s daily arena) Planetary scaffolding (context every CWO must honor) Together, these goals turn Happytalism from aspiration into architecture—linking inner development, organizational design, and planetary stewardship. What changes when CWOs lead Shanghai shows what’s possible when scale meets wisdom. Jaipur reminds us that craft, community, and meaning are engines of modern

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Gratitude. World Happiness Foundation

Toward a Global Network of Good: Uniting All Social Impact Organizations for Freedom, Consciousness, and Happiness

Luis Gallardo

Introduction — A Call We Can No Longer Postpone It’s time to coordinate the world’s do‑gooders. Imagine every foundation, NGO, social enterprise, school, city and community group acting as one global alliance—sharing knowledge, aligning goals, and scaling what works. That is how we turn today’s scattered excellence into tomorrow’s systemic change. It is also how we move beyond crisis management toward the World Happiness Foundation’s vision of Fundamental Peace—a holistic state in which freedom, consciousness, and happiness for all are the measure of progress. World Happiness Foundation 1) The Scale Is There. Let’s Link It. The assets for a historic collaboration already exist. Conservatively, the social‑purpose ecosystem is on the order of 20 million organizations worldwide when you combine nonprofits, social‑economy enterprises, community associations and civic groups. You can triangulate this order of magnitude from official snapshots: Add the rest of the world—plus schools and universities, city programs, cooperatives, faith communities, and countless informal groups—and the coalition of potential partners clearly numbers in the many millions. The challenge isn’t scarcity; it’s coordination at scale. 2) Why a Worldwide

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