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The Global Partnerships Conference istook bringingplace in London on 19 and 20 May 2026.
The Global Partnerships Conference brought together countries from allaround overthe world to build new partnerships and set out the UK’s newapproach to developmentdevelopment, as the crisis in the Middle East continues to wreakaffect havoconglobal energy and food security. The World Food Programme estimateshas estimated that almost 45 million more people could fall into acute food insecurity if the conflict does not endbythemiddleofthisyear.end.
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The conference willbrought bringtogether governments, businesses, philanthropies, international organisations and civil society to discuss how wider coalitions working together can better respond to today’s global challenges.
Over the past 50 years, international cooperation has helped reduce poverty and address shared challenges such as global health, climate change and energy security. However, current approaches are often too slow and fragmented, and do not always deliver results quickly enough. Global challenges cross borders, and effective solutions must do the same.
Grace Yolanda Tembo, Zimbabwean youth advocate, speaks at the opening plenary session of the Global Partnerships Conference.
What the conference willfocused focuson
The conference willfocused focuson 3 areas for reform:
improveimproving access to finance: mobilising and aligning international and domestic investment to support sustainable and resilient development
speedspeeding up access to knowledge, skills and technology: strengthening digital systems and ensuring innovations, including AI, expand opportunity and help tackle global challenges
putputting countries and communities at the centre of solutions: shifting power, resources and decision‑making closer to the people most affected, particularly women and girls, and reducing duplication across the system
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Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper attends the conferencecompact livesigning at the Global Partnerships Conference.
Global Partnerships Compact
The Global Partnerships Compact sets out shared principles for modern partnerships that shift power and strengthen local leadership.
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WeThe annex lists organisations and countries that have signed the Global Partnerships Compact. It will addbe linksupdated as new signatories are confirmed.
Speeches delivered at the Global Partnerships Conference focusing on humanitarian support and ending violence against women and girls. This includes keynote and plenary remarks from UK ministers.
Added an annex setting out organisations and countries that have signed the Global Partnerships Compact, with the list to be updated as further signatories are confirmed.
