The Movement for Community-led Development

Here are key links to advocacy moments throughout the year at which we push our CLD agenda! The Global Secretariat will seek to organize partricipation in as many as possible. Feature Photo: 350.org Climate March in the Philippines.

World Health Organization Executive Board Meeting – 24-29 January, 2022

International Day of Education – 24 January, 2022

African Union Summit – TBD

UN Commission on Social Development (CSocD) – 7-16 February, 2022 – Priority Theme: Inclusive and resilient recovery from COVID-19 for sustainable livelihoods, well-being and dignity for all: eradicating poverty and hunger in all its forms and dimensions to achieve the 2030 Agenda.

International Women’s Day – 8 March, Global. Theme: Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow

UN Commission on the State of Women , 14-25 March, 2022 – Priority theme: Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes.

World Water Day – 22 March, 2022. Ground Water: Making the Invisible Visible

World Bank Spring Meetings – 22-24 April, 2022

Skoll World Forum, 5-8 April, 2022, Oxford and online.

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) – 25 April – 6 May, 2022. Theme: Peace, justice and strong institutions: the role of indigenous peoples in implementing Sustainable Development Goal 16

InterAction Forum – TBD

Earth Day – 22 April, 2022. Global

World Health Assembly – 22-28 May, 2022

High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) – 5-TBD July, 2022, New York. Theme: TBD

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples – 9 August, 2022. (UNPFII above)

International Youth Day – 12 August, 2022

SIMI World Water Week – 23 August – 1 September 2022

Democracy Day – September 15, 2022

UN General Assembly – 13 to 28 September, 2022, NY

International Day of Non-Violence – 2 October, 2022 (Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday,) – given Gandhi’s championship of village self-governance, this is an important opportunity for the CLD Movement.

International Day of Rural Women – 15 October, 2022, Global

World Food Day – 16 October, 2022, Global

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty – 17 October, 2022, Global

G20 Summit – 30-31 October, 2022, Bali. Recover Together Recover Stronger

World Toilet Day – 19 November, 2022, Global

UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) – 7-18 November, 2021, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt

Nutrition for Growth Summit – tbd

16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence November 25 – December 10, 2022

Human Rights Day – 10 December, 2022