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Solutions Sessions – Side Events at the Second World Summit For Social Development

Call for applications to host Solutions Sessions (side events)

Stakeholders are invited to apply to host a side event during Summit, taking place from 4–6 November 2025 in Doha, Qatar. Side events  — known as Solutions Sessions — offer a key platform to showcase ideas, share experiences, and promote innovative solutions that advance social development and inclusion.

 

📝 Submit your application by 8 August 2025.

Official Guidelines

Download the Guidelines for events hosted in the margins of the Second World Summit for Social Development.

Host a Solutions Session at the World Social Summit

As part of the Second World Summit for Social Development (4–6 November 2025, Doha), a range of side events — known as Solutions Sessions — will be organized to promote dialogue, partnerships, and practical solutions for advancing social development.

Solutions Sessions provide space for Member States, UN entities, civil society, private sector, and academia to share experiences, co-develop ideas, and showcase initiatives aligned with the Summit’s core themes: poverty eradication, employment and decent work for all, and social inclusion.

Sessions can be held either:

  • In-person at the Qatar National Convention Centre (no hybrid format); or

  • Virtual, hosted independently by organizers.

All side event organizers must represent accredited organizations and ensure that all participants, speakers, and guests are individually registered through the official Summit registration system (Indico, opening August 2025). There is no separate registration for side events.

Key Dates

  • Applications open: 14 July 2025

  • Deadline: 8 August 2025

  • Notification of selection: Early September 2025

Selection Priorities

  • Relevance to Summit themes (with a particular focus on poverty eradication, full and productive employment and decent work, social integration) and cross-cutting issues

  • Multi-stakeholder collaboration

  • Solution-oriented outcomes or new initiatives

  • Gender-balanced panels encouraged

The full schedule of approved sessions will be promoted on the Summit website. Organizers are encouraged to follow official branding guidelines and manage their own logistics and promotion.