{"id":1551,"date":"2025-06-06T17:28:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T08:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.janic.org\/en\/?p=1551"},"modified":"2026-04-30T09:26:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T00:26:06","slug":"webinar-to-update-about-the-4-global-summits-in-2025-23-june-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janic.org\/en\/2025\/06\/06\/webinar-to-update-about-the-4-global-summits-in-2025-23-june-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Video recording available &#8211; Webinar to Update about the 4 Global Summits in 2025 (23 June 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Global Summit Watch Webinar to update about the 4 Global Summits in 2025 (23 June 2025)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_ke8NxvrujQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>Webinar to Update about the 4 Global Summits in 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Date: Monday, 23 June 2025<br>Time:<br>9 AM (Ottawa, NY) GMT-3<br>3 PM (South Africa, CET) GMT+2<br>8 PM (Bangkok) GMT+7<br>10 PM (Japan, Korea) GMT+9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moderator: <br><strong>Aoi Horiuchi<\/strong>, JANIC, Summit Watch Japan \/ Co-convener of Global Summit Watch <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome remark: <br \/><strong>Henrique Frota<\/strong>, ABONG, Brazil \/ Co-convener of Global Summit Watch<\/p>\n<p>Opening speech: <br \/><strong>\u00a0Anselmo Lee<\/strong>, APSD, South Korea \/ Co-convener of Global Summit Watch<\/p>\n<p>Speakers: <br \/>-G7 Summit (June 15-17, Kananaskis, Canada) <br \/><strong>\u00a0Paul Farran<\/strong>, Cooperation Canada, C7 Chair<br \/>\u00a0<strong>Darron Seller-Peritz<\/strong>, Cooperation Canada, C7 Sherpa <br \/><br \/>-G20 Summit (Nov. 22-23, Johannesburg, South Africa)<br \/>\u00a0<strong>Isobel Frye<\/strong>, Oxfam South Africa <br \/><br \/>-UN 2nd Social Summit (Nov. 4-6, Doha, Qatar)<br \/>\u00a0<strong>Ishaan Shah<\/strong>, Coalition for the UN We Need (C4UN) <br \/><br \/>-BRICS Summit (July 6-7, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)<br \/>\u00a0<strong>Wang Xiangyi<\/strong>, CANGO, China<br \/>\u00a0<strong>Nelya Rakhimova<\/strong>, The Coalition for the Sustainable Development of Russia (CSDR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organized by Global Summit Watch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Registration: <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/Y9InVYbuQseLRTNMZqNobA#\/registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/Y9InVYbuQseLRTNMZqNobA#\/registration<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"wp-image-1552\" src=\"https:\/\/www.janic.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/250623-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.janic.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/250623-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.janic.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/250623-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.janic.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/250623-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.janic.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/250623-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.janic.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/250623-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.janic.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/250623-136x77.png 136w, https:\/\/www.janic.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/250623-660x371.png 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Global Summit (GS) Watch<\/strong> is a global network of individuals and organisations committed to monitoring and advocating for global justice and accountability at global summits such as the Summit of the South, G7, BRICS, G20 and the UN Summit. It has replaced the <strong>PEOPLES&#8217; 20<\/strong>, which was formed in March 2023 among independent civil society organisations to engage with the 2023 G20 Summit in India.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>GS Watch<\/strong> aims to support and facilitate communication and collaboration among CSOs and stakeholders engaged in the global summits to increase the synergy and impact of their advocacy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The main activities of<strong> GS Watch<\/strong> are consultation and update (webinar and forum), information and knowledge sharing (Info Pack, compilation and newsletter), analysis (briefing paper) and capacity building training programme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The governance of <strong>GS Watch<\/strong> consists of Co-Conveners and International Advisors and the Secretariat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The <strong>LDC Watch<\/strong> in Nepal will function as the secretariat for 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>List of the Co-conveners and International Advisers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>-Co-conveners <\/b>(4 in total as of June 2025)<\/p>\n<p>1.Anselmo Lee, Asia Civil Society Partnership for Sustainable Development\/SDGs (APSD), South Korea<\/p>\n<p>2.Aoi Horiuchi, Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation (JANIC), Japan<\/p>\n<p>3.Arjun Karki, Least Developed Countries (LDC) Watch, Nepal&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4.Henrique Frota, ABONG, Brazil&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>-International Advisers <\/b>(23 in total as of June 2025)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>G7 Countries and European Union (EU)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1.Paul Farran, Cooperation Canada<\/p>\n<p>2.Gabriele Koehler, External Adviser to the UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Germany&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3.Ingo Ritz, Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP), Germany<\/p>\n<p>4.Eva Hanfstaengl, Social Development Justice, Germany<\/p>\n<p>5.Hideki Wakabayashi, Think Lobby, Japan<\/p>\n<p>6.Masaki Inaba, Africa Japan Forum \/ Japan CSO Network for Global Health<\/p>\n<p>7.Jeffrey Huffines, Coalition for the UN We Need (C4UN), USA<\/p>\n<p>8.Sam Worthington, Former President Inter-Action, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>BRICS+<\/b><\/p>\n<p>9.Juliana Cesar, GESTO, Brazil<\/p>\n<p>10.Annie Namala, WNTA, GCAP India<\/p>\n<p>11.Mandeep Tiwana, CIVICUS-World Alliance for Citizen Participation, India\/New York<\/p>\n<p>12.Meena Menon, Working People\u2019s Coalition (WPC), India<\/p>\n<p>13.Vidya Dinker, Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF), India&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>14.Nelya Rakhimova, Russian SDGs Forum, Russia\/Berlin<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>MIKTA + Argentina<\/b><\/p>\n<p>15.Alejandra Gutierrez, My World Mexico, Mexico<\/p>\n<p>16.Jungok LEE, Korea, Women and Gender Justice<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Africa Union (AU) <\/b><\/p>\n<p>17.Brenda Mofya, Oxfam International \u2013 Presentative to the UN in New York<\/p>\n<p>18.Richard Ssewakiryanga, CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE), Uganda<\/p>\n<p>19.Paul Okumu, African Platform, Keyna<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Non-G20 Countries \u2013 Asia-Pacific, Middle East and LAC<\/b><\/p>\n<p>20.Corazon Valdez-Fabros, International Peace Bureau (IPB), Philippines<\/p>\n<p>21.Nalini Rathnarajah, South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE), Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>22.William Gois, Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), Pakistan\/Philippines<\/p>\n<p>23.Wanun Permpibul, Climate Watch Thailand<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Webinar to Update about the 4 Global Summits in 2025 Date: Monday, 23 June 2025Time:9 AM (Ottawa, NY) GMT-33 P 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