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Ekskäret and Inner Development Goals (IDGs) Foundation
The Ekskäret and Inner Development Goals Foundation (‘Stiftelsen Ekskäret’ in the Swedish Foundation register) is an internationally-active non-profit organization which aims to facilitate the co-creation of a more conscious and sustainable society. The foundation was founded in 2020 by Tomas Björkman, an entrepreneur and financier. The foundation’s board of directors includes the Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy for the Republic of Costa Rica, and Jakob Trollbäck founder of The New Division.

The foundation focuses on the connection between life-long personal inner development and societal development. The foundation has developed contexts for inquisitive exploratory meetings, dialogue and learning. The foundation organizes youth camps and offers workshops, programs, conferences and work labs in personal development and social transformation, with the purpose of increasing individual and collective capacities to be active co-creators of a more sustainable society.

In 2021, Ekskäret Foundation published the first report on a potential framework of transformative skills for sustainable development called the Inner Development Goals (IDGs). The framework is based on input from two online surveys with responses from 1000+ participants and 23 supporting organizations, (of which some are listed below as co-registrants for the Inner Development Goals Foundation. The current IDG framework represents 5 dimensions and 23 skills and qualities.

On 9th of December 2021, the Republic of Costa Rica committed to working with the IDGs framework in San José, Costa Rica in a post that appears on the United Nations Development Programme's website.

In 2022, Ekskäret Foundation hosted the first Inner Development Goals Summit as a hybrid event at Stockholm Concert Hall, for which Karolinska Institutet’s president |Ole Petter Ottersen former rector of the University of Oslo, and current rector of Karolinska Institutet invited both employees and students to participate free-of-cost in a speech broadcast on the university’s website.

On May 24th 2022, science reporter Johan Beregndorff from Swedish Television SVT reported on the IGGs in a piece called “Mindfulness and meditation - a rescue for the climate and world hunger?"

On June 23rd 2022, the IDGs were included in a report by the European Parliament and are available on their official website in 24 languages. Section 50 of the report states: "Underlines the importance of SDG 17 (partnerships for the goals); notes, in the framework of global partnerships and capacity building, the innovative role of open source initiatives, such as the Inner Development Goals initiative, that aim to educate, inspire and empower people to be a positive force for change in society, thereby accelerating progress towards achieving the SDGs" ("SDGs" stands for Sustainable Development Goals.)

The John Templeton Foundation hosted a panel of policymakers, researchers, and funders for a discussion on the science of human flourishing and how the IDGs can aid in helping reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Swedish Newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reported on the IDGs.

In 2023, Ekskäret Foundation, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Lund University Centre for Sustainable Studies, Stockholm Resilience Center, International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, 29k Foundation in Stockholm, The Harvard University Flourishing Network, and The New Division filed to register the Inner Development Goals Foundation as a separate entity.