World leaders, investors, policymakers, and innovators gathered in Riyadh for the 9th Future Investment Initiative (FII9) have issued a sweeping global declaration titled “The Key to Prosperity: Unlocking Inclusive Prosperity Through Collaborative Leadership.”
The declaration outlines an ambitious roadmap to build a more sustainable, equitable, and resilient global economy amid widening geopolitical tensions, rapid technological shifts, and rising inequality.
The declaration, adopted at the close of the summit, affirms a shared global commitment to harness innovation for humanity, strengthen cooperation between the Global North and South, and ensure that prosperity becomes a universal opportunity rather than an exclusive privilege.
FII9, themed “The Key to Prosperity: Unlocking New Frontiers of Growth,” brought together an unprecedented coalition of voices, with delegates calling for concrete action to rebalance global development and respond to a moment defined by economic fragmentation and technological acceleration.
Forging Consensus on Stability, Inclusion, and Shared Progress
Participants across dozens of high-level conclaves reached alignment on the urgent priorities necessary to secure long-term global stability. According to the declaration, the summit’s outcomes emphasised the need to diversify supply chains, strengthen energy security, and expand technological capabilities to navigate the evolving global landscape.
Key resolutions include:
- Building Global Economic Security: Leaders proposed a new knowledge-sharing framework—potentially anchored at the FII Institute—to drive economic resilience and shared growth.
- Responsible AI Governance: The FII Institute and its partners will convene governments, global institutions, and tech leaders to design human-centric and inclusive AI governance models.
- Financing Clean Energy: Delegates stressed the need for predictable regulation and innovative financing to accelerate a just energy transition.
- Strengthening Peace and Human Capital: Global prosperity, the declaration states, depends on long-term peace, cross-border partnerships, and investments in education.
- Advancing Climate and Food Resilience: FII9 pledged support for emerging markets such as blue natural capital, food security coalitions, and verified carbon markets.
The declaration also reaffirmed that the next wave of global innovation and investment would increasingly flow toward emerging markets, with the FII Institute pledging support for technological access, data sovereignty, and local talent development.
FII Institute Unveils High-Impact Initiatives in AI and Healthcare
The declaration highlighted major initiatives launched at FII9 under the Institute’s pillars of AI & Robotics, Education, Healthcare, and Sustainability.
Among them is the AI Inclusive Initiative, a global pledge aimed at ensuring equitable access to AI tools and innovation across emerging economies. Through partnerships such as a new MoU with the Digital Cooperation Organization, the initiative will strengthen local ecosystems and enhance skills for the next generation of innovators.
The Healthy Humanity Initiative, another flagship program, prioritises preventive healthcare and aims to reduce the nine-year “poor-health gap” as the world’s aging population grows. More than 1.3 billion people are expected to be over age 65 by 2040, with most healthcare costs linked to preventable conditions.
A highlight of the summit was the introduction of SAGE – the Sovereign AI Governance Engine, an open-source platform developed in Saudi Arabia that allows governments to design and test AI regulations at “AI speed.” FII Institute plans to expand pilots globally and scale AI-enabled solutions that promote prevention-led governance.
Public-Private Partnerships Positioned as Drivers of Global Growth
The FII9 Declaration places Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) at the core of the new economic order, describing them as the “architecture of the future economy.”
Leaders pledged to mobilise PPP-driven investments for:
- AI ecosystems
- Preventive health infrastructure
- Youth empowerment initiatives
- National innovation pipelines in emerging markets
They also called for the creation of dedicated PPP Units in high-growth economies to close gaps in capital, skills, and technology.
A Global Call to Action
FII9 closed with bold commitments designed to be adopted by G20 nations, global institutions, and private-sector leaders. The declaration outlines measurable targets, including:
- Investing in Inclusive AI: Allocate 20% of national AI budgets to emerging markets by 2027, unlocking up to $10.3 trillion in economic value.
- Scaling Preventive Healthcare: Implement free, biannual health screenings through PPPs, targeting a 50% reduction in preventable diseases by 2035.
- Bridging Global Divides: Advance trade, energy, and technology agreements between the Global North and South.
- Empowering Youth: Expand access to capital and training for young innovators in underserved regions.
- Ensuring Accountability: Mandate annual FII-led progress audits to track the implementation of these global commitments.
A Shared Vision for the Future
The declaration ends with a collective pledge: to unlock prosperity through collaboration, innovation, and inclusion — and to invest in people, the planet, and shared global potential.
“The future is not predetermined. It is shaped by the choices we make together,” the closing statement reads, underscoring the summit’s message that global progress must be intentional, coordinated, and inclusive.
