What is the Social G20?

This year, the Brazilian government created the Social G20, an attempt to bring civil society closer to the forum’s discussions through its own event, the Social Summit. The meeting will take place between November 14 and 16, on the eve of the G20 Leaders’ Summit, also in Rio de Janeiro. In addition to this official agenda, civil society is also planning another event, the People’s Summit, a meeting of organizations on a series of issues that will affect the G20 this year.

The social G20’s proposal is to include engagement groups, which are made up of non-governmental participants from each G20 member. These groups will provide recommendations to G20 leaders and contribute to the policy-making process.

The idea is that, starting this year, 13 engagement groups will participate in the Social G20: C20 (civil society); T20 (think tanks); Y20 (youth); W20 (women); L20 (labor); U20 (cities); B20 (business); S20 (sciences); Startup20 (startups); P20 (parliaments); SAI20 (courts of accounts); and the newest J20 (supreme courts) and O20 (oceans).

The BRICS Policy Center participates in G20 discussions through the T20, the engagement group bringing together think tanks and research centers, co-leading Task Force 3. On our website, you can find recommendations that the engagement group is proposing to the G20, such as the reform of the international financial architecture.