Summit of the Future (SOTF) Information Clearinghouse

Events and publications

The Road through the Summit of the Future: Generating ImPact from the Pact for the Future

This UN Summit of the Future Action Day Side Event hosted by Coalition for the UN We Need & Global Governance Innovation Network will highlight major new initiatives in the “Pact for the Future,” the “Global Digital Compact” and the “Declaration on Future Generations,” and their potential areas for impact, implementation and follow up.

The People’s Pact for the Future

The People’s Pact for the Future represents the culmination of nearly two years of work to articulate a set of recommendations, based on numerous civil society-led online, regional, and global consultations, to determine what participants agree is necessary for the United Nations to meet the needs of humanity and the planet today.

2024 Open Letter on the United Nations Pact for the Future

Open Letter on the United Nations Pact for the Future July 2024 To Heads of State and Government, United Nations Member States: Excellencies, As international leaders who have served as …

2024 UN Civil Society Conference

The 2024 UN Civil Society Conference in Support of the Summit of the Future was held in Nairobi on 9-10 May under the title “Shaping a Future of Global and Sustainable Progress.”

Global Futures Forum

The first edition of the Global Futures Forum took place 20-21 March in hybrid format from New York GFF Outputs Cross-cutting Engagement

Feminist Framework for the Secretary-General’s Report: “Our Common Agenda”

Feminist Framework for the Secretary-General’s Report: “Our Common Agenda” This collection of articles is a collaboration among GWL Voices, C4UN, International Women’s Alliance and the Global Governance Innovation Network.

C4UN OCA report series (2022)

Reports on UNGA deliberations to help advance civil society advocacy on Our Common Agenda in preparation for the September 2023 Summit of the Future.

Global People’s Forum for the Future of the United Nations Summary Report (2021)

On 8 December 2021, the Coalition for the UN We Need (C4UN) & Together First hosted its Global People’s Forum for the Future of the United Nations on the theme “Turning Words Into Action.”

Open letter re: Civil Society and “Our Common Agenda”

From the letter: “We are writing as national and international civil society organizations and networks regarding the need for open, transparent and inclusive modalities for the follow up
processes to the Secretary-General’s Our Common Agenda (OCA) report.”

C4UN Virtual Roundtable on OCA Report: Summary (November 2021)

C4UN convened a global Virtual Roundtable on 30 November 2021 to generate a moment of collective thought leadership following from the Secretary-General’s September 2021 Our Common Agenda report.

C4UN-GGIN Our Common Agenda Summary of Key Elements

This report serves as a background document to summarise the Our Common Agenda (OCA) report and facilitate discussions on advocacy efforts on the Road to OCA-recommended summits in 2023 & 2025.