World Social Forum 2026 Cotonou, Benin

Cotonou 2026 will be the World Social Forum for social movements worldwide. Participants will have the opportunity to present and connect alternatives in various self-organized gatherings. These gatherings will strongly emphasize social and environmental justice in peace, by relocalizing the governance of natural resources, food systems, peasant agroecology, the economy, public policies, socio-cultural issues, education, and security, all based on well-being and living together, human rights, and respect for the dignity of peoples.