{"id":140,"date":"2016-07-27T10:45:48","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T10:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/solicitor\/wordpress\/?page_id=140"},"modified":"2026-03-12T07:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T07:27:18","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eforumsd.com\/eforum\/about-us\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Forum Established"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-140\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-140-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-140-0\" data-stretch-type=\"full\" ><div id=\"pgc-140-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-140-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">EFSD Establishment<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>The idea of establishing the Economic Forum for Sustainable Development dates to 2017, when Professor Manahel Thabet, a Saudi Professor of Economy, specializing in financial engineering and mathematics, accepted a broad invitation from the directors of independent economic institutions to an informal meeting in the City of London. This took place in the UK in February 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The EFSD was launched at the British parliament with the support of APPG as an independent forum. 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This took place in the UK in February 2017. The EFSD was launched at the British parliament with the support of APPG as an independent forum. 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