An institutional journey built since 2023
The Forum has developed through institutional construction, public execution and expanding bilateral ambition.
2023 and 2025 — Foundations and first edition
A vision of representation, cooperation and diaspora mobilization led to the first completed public edition in 2025.
2026 — Expanded scale
The second completed edition broadened institutional participation, business conversations, public mobilization, exhibition activity and cultural programming.
2027 — Next tentative edition
The next edition is tentatively planned for May 21–22, 2027. Program, venue and final dates remain subject to confirmation.
Institutional continuity since 2023
From foundations to public editions
2023–2024 · Foundations
The Forum’s vision developed around a lasting need: a setting where Canada’s Congolese diaspora, institutions and business communities could structure economic dialogue and cooperation with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2025–2026 · Two completed public editions
The first public edition in 2025 and the 2026 edition brought together participants, public figures, experts, entrepreneurs and organizations. Programs, documented attendance, speeches, meetings and cultural events are read in the context of each year.
2027 · A provisional next step
May 21–22, 2027 remain provisional dates, subject to confirmation. Preparations focus on commercial diplomacy, investment, innovation, artificial intelligence, culture and Canada–DRC cooperation mechanisms.
Documented historical record
Read the 2025 reference documents
The resolutions and declaration are preserved as French-language records of the 2025 Forum. They express the recommendations and priorities recorded by participants; they are not presented as commitments automatically carried forward to later editions.
FICEC 2025 resolutions — French PDF, 3 pagesDeclaration of Gatineau — French PDF, 3 pagesExplore the institutional record
Continue through the resource library, the people and institutional support pages, or the documented media archive. Participation, official messages, support and partnerships retain their own recorded status.
Explore resourcesPeople and institutional supportNews and media (in French)