Short-Term Action Groups

We come together to create communities of influencing around specific events through Short-Term Action Groups (STAG). STAG members meet regularly, exchange resources, develop advocacy strategies and work together to influence key decisions, documents and commitments at major global policy opportunities.

Our Short-Term Action Groups are established, steered and chaired by our members (usually from specific countries), using the convening power and global reach of the Action Network. These groups allow members to collaborate on shared priorities and targeted projects with the support of our Secretariat.

As an Action Network member, you have the opportunity to participate in one or several Short-Term Action Groups. These are often country-led and topic-specific so you will need to fulfil certain criteria to join them. The members of each STAG decide on its objectives and priorities. The Group's leads organise virtual meetings and online exchanges, underpinned by the work of the Secretariat.

Find a current Short-Term Action Group

  • Non-Communicable Diseases, on the road to 2025

    We convene a global community to influence the commitments of the 2025 UN High Level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health.

  • G20 and C20

    Led by members in Brazil in 2024, we work with the C20 Civil Society platfom and other partners to make recommendations on social wellbeing for this important intergovernmental forum.

  • COP29

    Led by members in Azerbaijan in 2024, we convene a community that champions mental health in the climate change conversations.

  • COP30

    Led by members in Brazil in 2025, we bring together advocates to influence a significant mental health presence at the COP30 conversations and commitments.