2024 UN Civil Society Conference in Support of the Summit of the Future

It is organized in close collaboration with four core networks of civil society organizations, namely the Major Groups and Other Stakeholders (MGoS) Coordination Mechanism, the Coalition for the UN We Need (C4UN), the Global NGO Executive Committee (GNEC), and the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO).

The two-day Conference on 9-10 May 2024 will have opening and closing plenaries, parallel interactive sessions, and workshops, exhibits and side events at the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON).

The 2024 UNCSC will convene some 1,500 representatives of relevant multi-stakeholders from over 80 countries and representing hundreds of organizations, governments, UN entities and academic institutions.

The conference is chaired by two civil society representatives, supported by a Conference Planning Committee of around 30 representatives of civil society organizations who co-chair ten sub-committees. The Conference Co-Chairs are Ms. Carole Osero-Ageng'o, Global Initiatives Lead & Africa Regional Representative at HelpAge International; and Ms. Nudhara Yusuf, Executive Coordinator for Global Governance Innovation Network (GGIN) at The Stimson Center.

The Conference Planning Committee is led by DGC and the Co-Chairs and has membership from representatives of CSOs that are associated with the Department of Global Communications and/or in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

Registration is now open to representatives of civil society organizations associated with the Department of Global Communications and/or in consultative status with ECOSOC. Civil society organizations, including academic institutions, private sector entities and other relevant stakeholders not included in these groups that are legally registered with the national/federal government of a Member or Observer State of the United Nations, are also welcome to register for the conference.

The Department welcomes your support in alerting civil society organizations in your networks to the conference and invite them to register and participate in this global conversation that will take place in Kenya.

Registration for Civil Society is open until 26 March 2024 and is available at this online link: https://indico.un.org/e/2024UNCivilSocietyConference.

Registration for Member States, United Nations Entities and Intergovernmental Organizations will run until 31 March 2024 through the link: https://indico.un.org/e/2024UNCSC-MSUN

Questions that you may have on registration for UN Entities, should be addressed to Mr. Felipe Queipo, the #2024UNCSC Conference Manager, at [email protected].