Newsletter 6 July 2026

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to participate in several events during the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development this week and the week ahead.

GCAP and its partners are organising a series of exciting in-person and virtual side events that will bring together governments, UN agencies, civil society, trade unions, grassroots organisations and social movements to discuss the implementation of the SDGs and the future of sustainable development. Ten GCAP members will participate in New York – many from countries presenting their Voluntary National Reviews this year.

During these times, when global justice and solidarity are under threat, it is more important than ever to come together and develop counter-strategies with the involvement of people from all over the world.

Please join and contribute!

Barry Aminata Touré                                               Beena J. Pallical

Co-Chair, GCAP                                                        Representative, Social Justice Task Force
                                                                                      Vice-Chair, GCAP Global Foundation

Events with GCAP involvement

7 July 2026

Transforming Sustainable Growth through the Lens of People-Centred Investment with Universal Social Protection

• Time: 9am EDT/1pm GMT, 90 minutes
• Venue: Virtual
• Register here
• Details here
• Interpretation: English and Spanish
• Organiser: Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors
• Co-organisers: GCAP and others

9 July 2026    

Inclusive Water and Human Settlements: SDGs 6 & 11

• Time: 12:45 PM EDT
• Venue: Conference room A, UNHQ
• Register here 
• Details here
• Organiser: Global Forum of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (GFOD)
• Co-organisers: Asia Dalit Rights Forum, GCAP, Coordenação Nacional de Articulação de Quilombos (CONAQ), ERGO Network, The Inclusivity Project

9 July 2026

Roundtable-Civil Society and Youth Perspectives on SDGs 16 & 17, the Pact for the Future and the Post-2030 Development Agenda

• Time: 1pm EDT
• Venue:Mission of the Republic of Korea, New York
• Register here
• Organiser:Permanent Mission of Republic of Korea and KOICA
• Co-organisers:GCAP and others

11 July 2026

Reimagining Multilateralism Beyond the Pact for the Future: A Global Civil Society Co-Creation Forum on the Future of the United Nations

• Time:9am to 6pm EDT
• Venue:Scandinavia House, New York (Hybrid)
• Details here
• Organiser:Coalition for the UN We Need (C4UN)
• Partners:GCAP and others

12 July 2026

Countdown 2030: Civil Society Weekend Workshop at HLPF 2026 – The Future of Multilateralism: Strategic Planning Towards 2030

• Time:2pm to 5:30pm EDT
• Venue:Scandinavia House, New York (Hybrid)
• Link to Register to attend in-person
• Link to register to attend virtually
• Details here
• Organisers:Major Groups and Other Stakeholders (MGoS), Action for Sustainable Development (A4SD), GCAP, CIVICUS and Heinrich Boell Foundation, Washington DC

14 July 2026

After the World Social Summit – Universal Social Protection Floors (USPF) as a Framework for a Sustainable Future 

• Time:1pm gmt/9am EDT
• Venue:Virtual
• Register here
• Details here 
• Language: English
• Interpretation: French and Spanish
• Organiser:Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP)
• Co-organisers:International Labour organisation, Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors, Heinrich Boell Stiftung, Washington DC and others

14 July 2026

2030 Cannot Be Achieved on the Backs of the Excluded: Centering Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (CDWD) in Transformative SDG Confirmation

• Time:2pm gmt/10am EDT
• Venue:Virtual
• Register here
• Organiser:Global Forum of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (GFoD)
• Co-organiser:Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) and others

16 July 2026

Towards and Beyond 2030

• Time:10:30 am – 12:00 pm
• Venue:Bahá’í International     Community’s United Nations Office, New York
• Register here
• Organiser:Forus
• Co-organiser:GCAP and others