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Global Disability Summit 2025: Key messages and principles
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Global Disability Summit 2025: Keep up to date with GDS2025 planning
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GDS Commitments: report on progress
What is the Global Disability Summit?
The Global Disability Summit (GDS) is an international mechanism created in 2017 following conversations between the UK Government and the International Disability Alliance (IDA). The Global Disability Summit envisions a strong ongoing and innovative multi-stakeholder, cross-border and co-operation that invests in bringing long-lasting change to all persons with disabilities. The GDS is also mandated to promote investment in disability inclusive development and humanitarian action, with an intentional focus on developing countries. It offers a unique and concrete mechanism for collecting ambitious and wide-spread commitments, critical to achieving real change for persons with disabilities.
The Global Disability Summit 2025
The International Disability Alliance (IDA), the Government of Germany, and the Government of Jordan will host the third Global Disability Summit on 2nd - 3rd April 2025 in Berlin. You can keep up to speed with news regarding GDS2025 here.
Objectives
The objective of the next summit is to build and expand the momentum of the previous two GDS, by amplifying its impact in advancing the rights and inclusion of all persons with disabilities through international cooperation.
