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INTERNATIONAL FAITH AND COMMUNITY LEADERS GATHER FOR IF20 NEW DELHI TO CONTRIBUTE TO G20 AGENDAS
The New Delhi Forum was focused on the themes of India's G20 Presidency: One Earth , One Family and One Future, and looked ahead to the G20 India Summit in September 2023 and beyond to 2024. Prior to the formal commencement of the event, H.E. Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Chief Coordinator of India's G20 Presidency, addressed the forum and offered his vision from India's presidency.
The forum built upon the success of the 2022 forum in the UAE, and prior G20 Interfaith events. The 2023 forum aspired to hear a wide range of voices, including but not limited to, historically underrepresented populations such as minorities, women, children, and youth, and relevant networks, as well as faith-based and interfaith organizations at local, national and international levels.
The New Delhi Forum focused on priority issues connected to the wider G20 agendas - climate change, refugees, child dignity, the food crisis, trafficking, anti-racism initiatives, protecting cultural heritage, conflict resolution, tolerance, education, COVID recovery and more general health care reforms, social protection and humanitarian reforms. The overarching theme of the forum focused on leaving no one behind, especially those in the most vulnerable circumstances. The aim of the forum was to raise awareness of these issues and create substantive and specific policy recommendations for this year's G20 process.
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The next G20 Interfaith Forum will be held in Brazil in 2024, followed by South Africa in 2025.
The G20 Interfaith Forum Association was launched in 2014, during Australia's Presidency of the G20. It has progressed from a largely academic gathering timed to coincide with the G20 Summit to a sustained alliance of diverse religious leaders, practitioners from humanitarian, peacebuilding, and development organizations; and scholars. The underlying purpose is to contribute to global agendas through practical and ethical experience and wisdom of the world's diverse religious communities, which are often absent from global forums. The extensive contributions of the "network of networks" as well as the prophetic voice and leadership of renowned religious leaders can enrich the G20 deliberations and contribute, alongside parallel and often interlinked constituencies (civil society, youth, business, etc.) to addressing the urgent problems facing the world and its leaders.
The Interfaith Alliance for Safer Communities was established to empower faith leaders to work for the safety and security of our communities, tackling issues such as child sexual abuse, extremism, radicalization and human trafficking. The IAFSC aims to facilitate the building of bridges between key stakeholders including faith communities, NGOs and experts in various domains. The IAFSC is conscious of the importance of empowering faith leaders, both at the institutional and grass-root levels, with knowledge, and to mobilize them to play a more active role in community safety.
The G20 Interfaith Forum seeks global solutions by collaborating with religious thought leaders and political representatives to help shape the overall G20 agenda. It draws on the vital roles that religious institutions and beliefs play in world affairs, reflecting a rich diversity of institutions, ideas, and values. Through its extensive network of networks, it helps prioritize key global policy goals and point toward practical means of implementation at every level of society.
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