The third edition of the Global Forum against Racism and Discrimination – Race to the top: putting racial equity and justice at the forefront of development agendas – will be held in São Paulo, Brazil, from 29 November to 1 December 2023. 

This edition will focus on the importance of placing race at the center of developing and implementing strategies for socioeconomic development. Government officials, including ministers, policymakers, practitioners, academics and members of civil society and artistic communities, will be invited to discuss effective strategies to address systemic racism. 

Discussions will focus on topics such as:

• Building inclusive policies;

• Advancing gender equality;

• Enhancing the capacities of civil society;

• Approaching artificial Intelligence and its role in perpetuating racism;

• Protecting the rights of indigenous peoples;

• Bolstering the roles of cities, civic spaces, artistic and academic communities;

• Leveraging social philanthropy to address racial inequity.