NAIN (North American Interfaith Network) supports a coalition model of cooperative interaction based on serving the needs and promoting the aspirations of member organizations, including local interfaith groups, inter-religious bodies, single faith with Interfaith Offices, Academic, study centers and media bodies.

Since 1988, the North American Interfaith Network (NAIN) has regularly convened gatherings across Canada, Mexico and the United States known as “Connects” — reflecting its core purpose of building relationships across faith communities.

In September, NAIN hosted a two-day online Connect that continued this tradition in a digital format. With thoughtful coordination and creative use of technology, the programme offered participants a flexible schedule of workshops on interfaith initiatives, facilitated discussions, film and music sessions, meditation, and informal networking spaces designed to reconnect long-standing partners and welcome new participants into the network.

Link to NAIN’s website: http://www.nain.org/

The Parliament of the World’s Religions has convened every five years since 1988. It was created to cultivate harmony among the world’s religious and spiritual communities and foster their engagement with the world and its guiding institutions in order to achieve a just, peaceful and sustainable world.  More than 10,000 people will participate in the 2018 Parliament, which will last for seven days and comprise more than 500 programs, workshops, and dialogues, alongside music, dance, art and photography exhibitions, and related events presented by the world’s religious communities and cultural institutions.

Since the historic 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago, modern Parliaments have attracted participants from more than 200 diverse religious, indigenous, and secular beliefs and more than 80 nations to its international gatherings in Chicago (1993), Cape Town (1999), Barcelona (2004), Melbourne (2009), Salt Lake City (2015), Toronto (2018) and virtually in 2021. These Parliament events are the world’s oldest, largest, and most inclusive gatherings of the global interfaith movement.

The 2023 Parliament in Chicago 2023 was convened under the motto “A Call to Conscience: Defending Freedom and Human Rights”.

Regional Interfaith Dialogue is jointly sponsored by Australia, together with Indonesia, the Philippines and New Zealand. In addition to the co-sponsoring countries, the eight remaining ASEAN countries also participate in the Dialogue, as well as East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Fiji. The Dialogue has been conducted on six occasions, the last one in Semerang, Indonesia, in March of 2012. The theme of the Semerang Dialogue was “Strengthening Collaborative Communities to Promote Regional Peace and Security: Interfaith in Action“.

The Spirit of Humanity Forum is a global network of organizations, communities and individuals committed to help bring about change in governance and decision-making, based on core human values. The Forum aims to do so by providing spaces for dialogue, listening, contemplation and experience. Participants are encouraged to share, inspire and be inspired, and to collaborate in pursuit of harmony in their personal, communal and political lives.

The 7th Spirit of Humanity Forum took place in Iceland from 7–11 May 2025, convening an international group of leaders and change-makers under the theme “Inner Wisdom in Governance and Leadership – Acting with Courage and Compassion.” The Forum combined plenary dialogues and interactive sessions with a retreat-style format grounded in its core pillars of silence, listening and dialogue, and it co-hosted several sessions in collaboration with the Wellbeing Economy Forum.

The Interfaith Action for Peace in Africa – IFAPA is a pan African process initiated in 2002 during Africa’s first continent-wide inter-faith summit meeting of religious leaders from the 7 major Faiths in Africa namely; African Traditional Religions, Bahai, Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity Islam and Judaism. Leaders of these faiths constitute the IFAPA governing body called the “IFAPA Commission” which seats after every two years. IFAPA is genuinely rooted in the tested African traditions and approaches to peace making.

The Global Forum is the highest-profile event of the UN Alliance of Civilizations, bringing together prominent personalities, current and potential partners, and others from different sectors. 

In December 2025, the 11th Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) was hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the city of Riyadh on 14–15 December under the overarching theme, “UNAOC: Two Decades of Dialogue for Humanity — Advancing a New Era of Mutual Respect and Understanding in a Multipolar World”.

The Forum brought together political leaders, international and regional organizations, religious leaders and faith actors, as well as representatives of the private sector, civil society, academia, youth, arts, sports and media. They renewed their shared commitment to the enduring power of dialogue, mutual respect and understanding. As UNAOC entered its third decade, the Forum served as an opportune occasion to commemorate the organization’s 20th anniversary and to chart its future course in the pursuit of lasting peace.

The World Alliance of Religions’ Peace (WARP) Summit is

The HWPL World Peace Summit is an annual commemorative event series marking the original September 18th World Peace Summit first convened in 2014. It is an extensive gathering of like-minded leaders and citizens sincerely taking action for settling the sustainable environment for peace in today’s world.

The 11th World Peace Summit, held in September 2025, brought together approximately 800 global leaders, including representatives from governments, religious communities, civil society, youth, and academia. The gathering presented reported achievements in peace advocacy and outlined a forward-looking vision focused on interreligious dialogue, civic responsibility, and the expansion of localised “Peace City” initiatives.

The summit series promotes sustained international collaboration and multi-stakeholder engagement in support of dialogue-based approaches to conflict prevention and social cohesion.

honoured the legacy of the inaugural gathering while advancing interreligious dialogue, civic engagement, and peacebuilding collaboration. Bringing together religious leaders, policymakers, youth representatives, and civil society actors, the summit promotes sustained global cooperation and localized peace initiatives.

Every five to seven years, Religions for Peace gathers hundreds of eminent religious leaders from the world’s great faith traditions together in an assembly where they can share concerns about international affairs and address political and social issues. Each assembly adopts a formal Declaration, which guides the focus of the global network for the next five years. Since the first World Assembly in Kyoto, Japan, in October 1970, Religions for Peace has convened ten Assemblies on five continents.  The last World Assembly was held in August 2019, in Lindau, Germany, titled: “Caring for our Common Future.”

Declaration of the 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace

The Assembly is the “supreme legislative body” of the WCC, and meets every eight years. The formal purpose of the Assembly is to review programmes and determine the overall policies of the WCC, as well as to elect presidents and appoint a Central Committee which serves as the chief governing body of the WCC until the next assembly. Alongside the committee work and business sessions for the delegates, assemblies are also times of celebration and sharing for the many thousands of other visitors at the event.

The theme of the 11th Assembly in 2022 was “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity”.  The next Assembly is scheduled for 2030.

The Baku Process for the promotion of intercultural dialogue was initiated in 2008 by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.  The World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue of the Baku Process is an open and respectful exchange of views between individuals and groups with different ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic backgrounds and heritage living on different continents, on the basis of mutual understanding and respect.  The 6th Forum was held in May 2024 under the Title “Dialogue for Peace and Global Security: Cooperation and Interconnectivity”

Preparations for the 7th Baku Forum are underway. Further announcements will be made here