“From G20 to BRICS: Civil Society Engagement and Government Perspectives”

In 2018 South Africa will host the 10th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Summit. The South African foreign affairs ministry together with the official civil society lead organisation in South Africa, Economic Justice Network (EJN), are currently consolidating their plans for the civil society forum in the summit. With a special interest in addressing inequality and looking forward to 2018, the objective of this public dialogue is to unpack engagement in multilateral fora, in particular G20 and BRICS.

Speakers will include the South African Sherpa for the G20 and BRICS, Ambassador Anil Sooklal, who will speak on government perspectives on the G20 and BRICS; as well as a representative from the German Embassy, to share the German experience of hosting the G20, outcomes, lessons and opportunities around the G20 for addressing inequality. Other speakers will reflect on civil society engagement with multilateral processes, past, present and future.

Participants will include members of the diplomatic corps, civil society organisations and think tanks based in South Africa, government officials, youth and ordinary members of the public.

The dialogue is being co-hosted by the Southern Africa Liaison Office (SALO), the Economic Justice Network (EJN) of the Fellowship of Christian Councils in Southern Africa and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung South Africa (FES). Date: 14 September 2017
Time: 9:30am - 13:00pm ( followed by lunch)
Venue: Burgers Park Hotel, Pretoria, South Africa For RSVP please contact Babalwa July
Email: bablwa.july@sa-liaisonoffice.co.za
Tel: 021 680 5306
Cell: 078 851 2515