Bring in the New Year by rewinding and  enjoying some memorable GGIN moments in 2024, from major reports, policy briefs, global policy dialogues, and annual gatherings to the Summit of the Future, the UN Civil Society Conference, and much more. Here’s a 2024 gift-wrapped snapshot from our network of global governance innovators. 

Global Policy Dialogues

The Africa We Want and the UN We Need: A Regional Dialogue for the Summit of the Future and Launch of the Africa Regional Think Tank Network

Abuja, Nigeria, 4-6 March 2024

 

Global Policy Dialogue in support of the Summit of the Future on Advancing Human Security through a New Global Economic Governance Architecture

Tokyo, Japan, 20-22 June 2024

Global South Policy Dialogue 2024 on Promoting Climate Action and Tackling Inequalities: the role of the G20

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3-4 October 2024

Global Policy Dialogue: MENA Perspectives on Global and Regional Governance in Turbulent Times

Doha, Qatar, 6 December 2024

Conferences, Forums, and Event Highlights

2nd Edition Leaders’ Dialogue

GGIN in Geneva

ACUNS Annual Meeting 2025

GGIN at T20 and World Bank Meetings

US Perspectives and Priorities for the UN Summit of the Future

GGIN at Hamburg Sustainability Conference

Pocantico Center Retreat on Summit of the Future Follow-Through (watch this space for outcomes in the New Year)

Doha Forum 2024

2024 UN Civil Society Conference

We were joined in Nairobi, from 9-10 May 2024, by 2158 civil society representatives, 317 officials from Member States, International Organisations, and the UN system, 67 media representatives, and 47 volunteers, from 115 countries, with hundreds more online. They engaged in 62 off-site and online events, 38 onsite workshops on day one, more than 20 ImPACT coalitions on day two, featured 64 exhibits, engaged in multiple media moments and creative partnership-building at the intergenerational hub, and 4 plenary sessions. [Details]

UNGA79 and the Summit of the Future

UNGA’s 79th Session was a be a big one! With the Summit of the Future, Action Days, several conference, and the General Debate, this page spotlights a few key moments, as well as events, co-organized by GGIN and partners in September 2024. [Details]

Spotlight on a few Major Books, Reports, Policy Briefs, and Articles

GGIN’s Most Read Articles 2024

• The UN’s New Pact for the Future: A Milestone That Can Set a Path for Change
• Summit of the Future: A Historical Pivot or Mere Footnote?
• How Inclusive Is the Pact for the Future?
• Trump or Harris — How US Election Outcomes Could Impact India’s Energy Security
• CIPÓ Highlights Progress and Challenges of the Belém Declaration in Le Monde
• The Amazon Summit: An Opportunity Not to Be Missed
• 7 Questions on the UN’s Summit of the Future
• Can the Pact for the Future Tackle Rising Human Insecurity?
• Young People in Multilateralism and Reflections on the Youth2030 Progress Report
• COP29: Falling Short on Unity and Climate Finance

GGIN’s Most Popular Pages 2024

• GGIN’s Selection of Summit of the Future Podcasts
• 2024 Open Letter on the United Nations Pact for the Future
• Summit of the Future Information Clearing House Bulletin
• GGIN’s Summit of the Future Tracker

Sneak Peek Into 2025!

Stay tuned in early 2025 for the readout from the “Summit of the Future Follow-through Retreat: Elevating SOTF Implementation through Research, Monitoring & Policy Dialogues,” hosted from 25-26 November 2024 at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund’s Pocantico Center just outside of New York. Highlights of this gathering, to conceptualize a proposed Pact Innovation Forum between policy researchers and senior UN Mission and Secretariat officials, include initial work toward developing a multistakeholder Pact Innovation Plan and Pact Monitoring Toolkit to advance Summit of the Future action agenda implementation.