Dear Hub Members and Friends,

We set out on our Curatorship term with the objective of making our Hub more inclusive and diverse, and creating an enabling environment where our Shapers could effectively collaborate to make our city of Ulaanbaatar healthier, greener, and more equitable.

We began the Curatorship term by redefining Ulaanbaatar Hub’s vision and mission through a co creation workshop to construct statements that serve as stronger guiding principles for addressing pressing local challenges. Our updated vision is “to be a thriving community of young changemakers to shape a sustainable and vibrant Ulaanbaatar.” Our mission has become “to drive creative, innovative, and inclusive solutions through community development projects and advocacy for effective policies.”

To implement our mission, we welcomed a record number of 12 new Shapers through our annual recruitment cycle, bringing our 2024-2025 community to 30 active members. With expertise ranging from law and finance to social entrepreneurship and activism, our Shapers represent over 11 diverse sectors. To ensure a smooth transition into the Hub, we introduced a multi-month, phased onboarding process. We also introduced a policy to reduce potential financial barriers to membership fees.

This was a critical year for our projects. Two of our projects, Ulaanbaatar Oasis and UBeSafe, formally registered as non-profits, reflecting the significance of the issues they address. They will remain a part of the Hub’s roster of projects that Shapers champion, and we’re excited to see their capacity to sustain long-term impact grow as stand-alone organizations. Our other projects grew, shifted, and expanded as well, and you’ll have the opportunity to read more about them in this report.

We’ve organized a number of events to improve engagement between current Shapers and alumni, recognizing the importance of intergenerational knowledge sharing and collaboration. We’re also proud that our Shapers attended numerous high-level international and regional events representing the Ulaanbaatar Hub and youth, from the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting (Davos) to the Global Shapers Community’s Asia-Pacific region’s largest event, SHAPE APAC. We spoke at high-level panels and presented our community projects on global stages.

This year would not have been possible without your engagement, trust, and collaboration–thank you. We are deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve as your Curatorship Team. We are excited to pass the baton to the incoming 2025-2026 Curatorship, who we are confident will continue to make the Hub more vibrant, more representative, and impactful.

The 2024-2025 Curatorship Team