How to Engage
Participation: How to Engage
GreenWorks 4 Africa is a working forum, not an open conference. Participation is structured around purposeful delegation tracks, each designed to ensure that every participant contributes to and benefits from the forum's co-design process. There is no passive attendance. Every participant is a working contributor.
The forum's value is produced by the quality of engagement in its working rooms, not the number of participants in its plenary halls. Selection for each track is based on relevance, expertise, institutional authority, and demonstrated commitment to the forum's mandate.
Participation Tracks
| TRACK | WHO IT IS FOR | HOW TO APPLY |
| Government Delegation Track | Ministers, senior officials, and policy advisers from national and subnational governments across Africa. Multi-person delegations welcome. Delegations participate in the AGSO Charter process and contribute to the policy pillar working rooms. | Contact: greenworks@jacobsladder.africa with delegation composition and focus areas |
| Institutional Delegation Track | DFIs, multilateral banks, international institutions, enterprise support organisations, and employer bodies. Participants engage in working rooms aligned to their expertise and institutional mandate. | |
| Practitioner Track | Enterprise operators, skills development practitioners, green economy service providers, and sector specialists. Participants contribute case studies and co-design working session outputs. | |
| Youth Innovation Track | Young green economy entrepreneurs, innovators, and emerging practitioners aged 18–35. Structured as a parallel track with integration into main working sessions. Includes mentorship and networking with senior practitioners. | |
| Media Track | Accredited journalists and correspondents from global, development, financial, pan-African, and climate press. Full details in Media Centre. |
Registration Timeline
| MILESTONE | DATE |
| Government Delegation Registration Opens | [Date to be confirmed] |
| Institutional and Practitioner Registration Opens | [Date to be confirmed] |
| Youth Track Applications Open | [Date to be confirmed] |
| Pre-Convening Invitations (Founding and Institutional Partners) | Jan-26 |
| Media Accreditation Opens | [Date to be confirmed] |
| Registration Deadline — All Tracks | [Date to be confirmed — well in advance of August 2026] |
Register Interest Now
Formal registration opens on the dates above. In the interim, organisations and individuals wishing to signal their interest in participation or to explore partnership engagement ahead of registration, are invited to contact the GreenWorks 4 Africa Secretariat.
General enquiries: greenworks@jacobsladder.africa