Global Government Summit 2025

About the Summit

Luxembourg was proud to host the first high-level “Global Government Summit” from April 9 to 11, 2025 in Luxembourg City. The summit convened government representatives, leaders, and prominent ecosystem stakeholders from bilateral and multilateral organizations at the forefront of social innovation across the globe.

The Goal

The summit was grounded in the belief that, although there are many pressing global challenges, social innovation offers just as many opportunities for building a more inclusive, resilient, and environmentally conscious economy.

By breaking silos and combining collective expertise, resources, as well as commitment, participants paved the way for a global agenda - fostering a world where social innovation leads to the creation of a more sustainable, equitable, and just global economy.

Building on our achievements

Luxembourg has been at the forefront of the social and solidarity economy movement for over a decade.

1. 2009: Creation of a ministerial department for the social economy.
2. 2015: Adoption of the first EU Council recommendations on the social economy under the Luxembourg Presidency.
3. 2016: A legal framework for the social economy.
4. 2022: Launch of the Social Business Incubator and the social economy gateway.
5. 2023: Co-sponsorship of the United Nations Resolution on the Social Solidarity Economy
6. 2024: Working on a new strategy for the social economy and social innovation by 2026.