FAMILY OFFICES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Where Legacy-Driven Capital Converges with Multilateral Systems
to Build Enduring Economic Infrastructure
Family Offices for Sustainable Development (FOSD) was established as a strategic platform to educate global family offices on how the multilateral system operates and how it can be engaged as infrastructure for long-term economic development. Built on the founding thesis of Educate, Engage, Activate, FOSD was designed to move families from awareness, to informed participation, to direct action within multilateral and sovereign frameworks.
Today, FOSD has evolved into one of the world’s premier platforms supporting the work of United Nations agencies and multilateral systems globally. Operating through the institutional architecture of PVBLIC Foundation and in collaboration with the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office, and across the UN system, FOSD enables family offices to align long-term private capital with large-scale economic development priorities.
FOSD now functions as a trusted interface for structured capital deployment, institutional partnerships, and execution across national, regional, and global development programs.
Through this platform, participating family offices are enabled to engage directly with multilateral infrastructure, sovereign programs, and trusted execution partners to:
ABOUT FAMILY OFFICES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (FOSD)
Advance investment priorities aligned with long term economic development, national resilience, and growth strategies, across both emerging and developed markets.
Catalyze new engagements and structured opportunities for blended capital deployment, public private cooperation, and technology enabled development frameworks grounded in institutional execution.
Support post crisis recovery and long horizon development objectives, strengthening economic sovereignty, institutional capacity, and durable systems that drive prosperity over generations.
How Family Offices Engage:
Family Offices for Sustainable Development operates through a defined operating framework, guiding family offices from understanding to participation to execution across multilateral and sovereign development systems.
EDUCATE
Understanding Multilateral Systems in Practice
FOSD was originally established to educate family offices on how multilateral systems function in practice, including how governments, institutions, and development frameworks are structured, governed, and executed.
Today, this education remains foundational, providing family offices with the context required to engage effectively with complex development environments and long-horizon initiatives.
ENGAGE
Structured Participation, Not Observation
FOSD enables family offices to engage directly within governed development platforms alongside governments, multilateral institutions, and execution partners.
Engagement is structured, selective, and aligned with active programs, ensuring participation is informed, coordinated, and positioned for long-term impact rather than episodic involvement.
ACTIVATE
From Alignment to Execution
FOSD supports the activation of capital, expertise, and networks into real programs operating at national, regional, and global scale.
Activation focuses on execution readiness, institutional alignment, and durable outcomes, translating shared priorities into coordinated action within multilateral and sovereign frameworks.
Reference image: 2016 Media For Social Impact hosted by PVBLIC at the UN Headquarters