G20 Interfaith & PaRD Annual Forum 2024 in Brazil

The G20 Interfaith Forum (IF20) and PaRD co-organised their respective Annual Forum from August 19 to 22 in Brasilia, Brazil. Find recordings, pictures, and coverage here.

Faith Actors and Civic Space: Opportunities, Challenges, Ways Forward

What is the role of faith actors amidst a shrinking civic space? DanChurchAid (DCA) addressed questions as such in its side event ‘Faith Actors within a Closing Civic Space: Navigating Challenges, Building Resilience’ at HRC56.

PaRD Leadership Meeting 2024: Summary Report

PaRD’s Leadership convened in Lisbon, Portugal, from February 27 to 29, 2024, for their annual planning meeting. The event was hosted by PaRD member KAICIID.

Faith Actors Advance Colombia’s Global Alliance Pledges

13. November 2025

Colombian faith-based organisations rescue and distribute food to millions, enjoy trusted community access, generate actionable data, and operate replicable territorial models. However, they remain sidelined from national policy, monitoring systems, ...

Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty: Faith Voices Strengthen Call for Action at UN World Social Summit

3. November 2025

At the Second World Summit for Social Development (WSSD2) in Doha, PaRD members amplify moral courage and practical solutions to end hunger and poverty worldwide. Credits: PaRD Thirty years after ...

Jobs as the “North Star”: Religion, ethics, and human-centered collaboration for inclusive development at the 2025 World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings

21. October 2025

The 2025 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), held from 13 to 18 October in Washington, D.C reaffirmed that job creation lies ...

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EVENT HIGHLIGHT THIS YEAR

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.

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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.

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Mission

The International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD) convenes governments, multilateral entities, academia, religious and other civil society actors on a long-term basis to amplify contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and make them visible at a global level. PaRD facilitates Workstreams and Taskforces and offers a safe space that provides continuity for global dialogue, learning, sharing of good practices and evidence, and collaboration to better inform policy and practices through recommendations and practitioners guidelines.

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Foundation, Priorities & Principles

The SDGs set the foundation of PaRD’s work. With the SDGs, 193 countries have set 17 goals to ensure a better life for all, end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure peace and well-being for everyone. PaRD currently concentrates on Health (SDG 3), Gender Equality (SDG 5), Environment, Water and Climate Action (SDGs 6, 13, 14, 15), Sustaining Peace (SDG 16) and Food Security (SDG 2). The basis of PaRD are the fundamental principles of human rights as well as freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief (FoRB), as both are preconditions for sustainable development.

Through PaRD’s workstreams and taskforces, members and interested partners collaborate and gather evidence about the positive role of faith actors in sustainable development. Together, concepts are created for conferences, seminars, guidelines, briefing materials, and learning resources.

Interested parties can find more information about PaRD in our official flyer and in PaRD’s strategic plan 2022-2026.

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Global Voices on PaRD

PaRD enables the amplifying of often overlooked religious voices and positive contributions, reshaping the narrative of sustainable development

Prof Dr Phil H Kamaruddin AminMinistry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia

Through PaRD, it becomes possible to extend the reach of local initiatives, magnifying their impact and enabling global collaboration.

Mejindarpal KaurUNITED SIKHS

PaRD brings civil society, governments, multilaterals and academia to one table. This alliance bridges perspectives, aligns interests, and acts as a potent catalyst for united action towards a more sustainable future.

Dr Iyad Abu MoghliFaith for Earth, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

For me as a young woman from Africa, it is key to connect the local with the global through a global partnership like PaRD.

Mercy MuneneCatholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa (CYNESA)

PaRD is a unique alliance. It provides a space for long-term dialogue and helps us to fulfil our common mission of peaceful coexistence and sustainable development in a globalised world.

Dr Zuhair AlharthiThe International Dialogue Centre – KAICIID

While I have always regarded religious institutions and community leaders as crucial stakeholders in development, since I joined PaRD I have become more attuned to the necessity of consulting and partnering with them in project planning and implementation.

Justine AenishaenslinWorld Vision Germany

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