What are parallel events and who is organising them?
Around the time of the Summit, a number of additional events – known as parallel events – will take place in the Johannesburg area. These events are being convened and managed by organisations or groups that are independent of the United Nations and the Summit itself. The Johannesburg World Summit Company (JOWSCO) – a non-profit company that is wholly owned by the South African government and which was established to manage logistical operations on behalf of the Summit’s host nation – is coordinating logistics for these parallel events.
