Rio Hosts 1st BRICS People’s Summit to Discuss Global South Cooperation

Source: EBC | Original Published At: 2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC

Key Points

• 1st BRICS People's Summit began in Rio de Janeiro, organized by the BRICS Civil Council created at the 2024 Kazan Summit.
• Focuses on civil society participation in shaping BRICS cooperation frameworks for the Global South.
• Discusses economic cooperation, multilateralism, geopolitical reconfiguration, and reducing emerging economies' dollar dependence.
• Dilma Rousseff highlights the summit as establishing permanent civil society dialogue channels with BRICS decision-making bodies.
• Event marks Brazil's final major BRICS activity before India assumes presidency in 2026.