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Apply to Host a Featured Event as part of the Civil Society Forum at the Second World Summit for Social Development in Doha!
21 August - 30 August
Apply to Host a Featured Event as part of the Civil Society Forum at the Second World Summit for Social Development in Doha!
Deadline to Apply: 30 August, 2025
Civil society organizations participating in the Second World Summit for Social Development are warmly invited to participate in the Civil Society Forum, which will take place during the Summit, at the same venue. The Civil Society Forum, organized by the NGO Committee for Social Development along with UN DESA and the State of Qatar, will serve as the principal space for organized collective civil society engagement with United Nations agencies, Member States, and others, in the Summit. The Forum serves to amplify voices from the grassroots and the most vulnerable; to create space for collaborative narrative-shaping, for exploring solutions and building partnerships; and for discussing accountability mechanisms for the follow-up of the Summit’s outcomes, all while complementing the objectives of the Summit. The Civil Society Forum is committed to inclusive and meaningful engagement across the widest array of stakeholders, and is dedicated to advancing the implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration and the social development agenda across the world.
The Civil Society Forum will include 10 Featured Events, one focused on each of the 10 Commitments of the Copenhagen Declaration. Organizations are invited to apply to host a featured event as part of their formal participation in the Forum. To apply, kindly submit the Application Form for Hosting a Featured Event by 30 August, 2025, using the Guidelines for Featured Events Applications, where you can find all the information necessary to apply. For more information, see here. Organizations will be notified of their selection on 10 September 2025.
Thank you very much for all your support and engagement.
Warm regards,
Second Social Summit 2025 Team