PaRD's Events Calendar
Event highlights
External Event
Second Parliamentary Conference on Interfaith Dialogue
19/06/2025
– 21/06/2025
The Rome Conference will bring together Speakers and members of parliament with representatives of religions, beliefs, governments, relevant United Nations bodies, international organizations, faith-based and civil society organizations, and academia. Through different thematic sessions, participants will build on key recommendations of the Marrakesh Communiqué and other IPU declarations and policy priorities and, in the spirit of the Jubilee Year, identify forward-looking joint action points to promote peace and inclusion, and the upholding of the rule of law and human rights for all, without distinction.
External Event
High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development
14/07/2025
– 23/07/2025
Theme: “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals for leaving no one behind”. Special focus on SDG 3, 5, 8, 14 and 17. The 2025 HLPF is expected to bring together ministerial and high-level representatives of governments, as well as a wide range of expertise and stakeholders, including heads of UN entities, academics and other experts, and representatives of major groups and other stakeholders.
External Event
11TH Sustainable Development Conference [SDC2025]
15/07/2025
– 17/07/2025
The 11th Sustainable Development Conference [SDC2025] is a three-day program, unlike most academic conferences. It
brings together scholars, graduate students, and professionals as well as NGO representatives and policymakers from
across the world. SDC provides a comprehensive platform for learning and networking with global stakeholders and offers
exposure to different perspectives on this very important aspect of our lives and, as such, important for society as a whole.
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External Event
Second Parliamentary Conference on Interfaith Dialogue
19/06/2025
– 21/06/2025
The Rome Conference will bring together Speakers and members of parliament with representatives of religions, beliefs, governments, relevant United Nations bodies, international organizations, faith-based and civil society organizations, and academia. Through different thematic sessions, participants will build on key recommendations of the Marrakesh Communiqué and other IPU declarations and policy priorities and, in the spirit of the Jubilee Year, identify forward-looking joint action points to promote peace and inclusion, and the upholding of the rule of law and human rights for all, without distinction.
External Event
High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development
14/07/2025
– 23/07/2025
Theme: “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals for leaving no one behind”. Special focus on SDG 3, 5, 8, 14 and 17. The 2025 HLPF is expected to bring together ministerial and high-level representatives of governments, as well as a wide range of expertise and stakeholders, including heads of UN entities, academics and other experts, and representatives of major groups and other stakeholders.
External Event
11TH Sustainable Development Conference [SDC2025]
15/07/2025
– 17/07/2025
The 11th Sustainable Development Conference [SDC2025] is a three-day program, unlike most academic conferences. It
brings together scholars, graduate students, and professionals as well as NGO representatives and policymakers from
across the world. SDC provides a comprehensive platform for learning and networking with global stakeholders and offers
exposure to different perspectives on this very important aspect of our lives and, as such, important for society as a whole.
External Event
13th International Conference on Sustainable Development 2025
10/09/2025
– 11/09/2025
The Conference theme is: “Creating a unified foundation for the Sustainable Development: research, practice and education”. This theme emphasizes the strong foundation that is provided by using research to inform our everyday practices, policies, and analytical approaches. The 2025 Conference will once again provide a forum for the sharing of ideas, presentation of research findings, and discussion of professional issues relevant to Sustainability Science.
External Event
Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions
17/09/2025
– 18/09/2025
Goals of the congress are the search for universal reference points in the world and traditional forms of religions and the functioning of a permanent international interfaith institution for the dialogue of religions and the adoption of agreed decisions.
External Event
Geneva Peace Week
13/10/2025
– 17/10/2025
Geneva Peace Week (GPW) is a leading annual forum in the international peacebuilding calendar through which organizations in Geneva and their international partners come together to share knowledge and practice on a diverse range of topics related to peace across contexts and disciplines. Geneva Peace Week offers an opportunity to connect and highlight the work of peacebuilders and to expand the space for each and every person, actor and institution that has a role to play in building peace and resolving conflict.
External Event
UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 30)
10/11/2025
– 21/11/2025
It will include the 30th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 30), the 20th meeting of the COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 20), and the seventh meeting of the COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 7), as well as the 63rd sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 63) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 63) will also meet.
External Event
G20 Summit
22/11/2025
– 23/11/2025
South Africa fully supports the approach of strengthening partnerships and expanding dialogue with a wide range of actors; including States, international organisations and civil society; to collectively shape the G20’s approach to issues requiring international cooperation.
External Event
UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7)
08/12/2025
– 12/12/2025
UNEA is the highest decision-making body on environmental matters in the UN system and has a universal membership of all 193 Member States. The Assembly sets the global environmental agenda, provides overarching policy guidance, and defines policy responses to address emerging environmental challenges.
