The International Municipal BRICS Forum is a communications and business platform for the exchange of best practices, technologies, and effective solutions to ensure the livelihoods of urban and regional populations, strengthening of ties between representatives of regional and municipal authorities of BRICS+ and other friendly states, and development of business communications with entrepreneurs from Russia and foreign countries.

The Forum’s platform brings together partners from more than 70 countries and 2,000 cities and regions worldwide. In 2024, the Forum was attended by about 6,000 delegates from 101 countries.

The event is held with the support of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, the All-Russian Association for the Development of Local Self-Government, the Government of Moscow, the Government of Saint Petersburg, the Moscow City Duma, the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

Every year since 2020, the Forum has been included in the official action plan of the BRICS chairing countries.

The IMBRICS Forum was included in the texts of the Beijing Declaration of the XIV BRICS Summit in 2022 and the Kazan Declaration of the XVI BRICS Summit in 2024 as a significant mechanism in promoting urban development and establishing links between twin cities of the BRICS countries within the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.