The International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP) is an annual Marxist-Leninist-led conference attended by communist and workers' parties from several countries worldwide. It originated in 1998 when the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) invited communist and workers' parties to participate in an annual conference where parties could gather to share their experiences and issue a joint declaration. The IMCWPs bear the same name as the International Meetings of Communist and Workers' Parties that were hosted by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) throughout the 20th century, for the first time in 1957.
The parties participating in the IMCWPs can publish materials on their joint website SolidNet, meaning Solidarity Network, which is operated by the KKE. SolidNet's declared purpose is "to inform on the activities as well as the ideological and political views of different Communist and Workers' Parties on national and international issues", while it also acts as the official website of the IMCWPs, where the contributions of all the parties of every IMCWP are published.
The most recent and 24th IMCWP was held on 7-9 August 2026 in Havana and hosted by the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), under the title "Defending and honouring the legacy of the Cuban Revolution on the centenary of Fidel’s birth; deepening solidarity with socialist Cuba; strengthening our joint actions; and uniting our forces for peace and against imperialist aggression". The 24th IMCWP was originally scheduled to be held in Lebanon, hosted by the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP) between 25–27 October 2024, but was postponed due to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
Organization The Working Group (WG) of the International Meetings of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWPs) is composed of parties throughout the world. The task of the WG is to prepare and organize the IMCWPs.
The meetings are held annually, with participants from all around the globe. Additionally, there are occasionally extraordinary meetings such as the meeting in Damascus in September 2009 on "Solidarity with the heroic struggle of the Palestinian people and the other people in Middle East". In December 2009, the communist and workers' parties agreed to the creation of the International Communist Review (ICR), which is published annually in English, Spanish and Greek and has a website.
Participation
Date Host country Host city Host Party 1st 21–23 May 1999 Athens Communist Party of Greece 2nd 23–26 June 2000 Athens Communist Party of Greece 3rd 22–24 June 2001 Athens Communist Party of Greece 4th 21–23 June 2002 Athens Communist Party of Greece 5th 19–21 June 2003 Athens Communist Party of Greece 6th 8–10 October 2004 Athens Communist Party of Greece 7th 18–20 November 2005 Athens Communist Party of Greece 8th 10–12 November 2006 Lisbon Portuguese Communist Party 9th 3–5 November 2007 Minsk Communist Party of Belarus 10th 21–23 November 2008 São Paulo Communist Party of Brazil 11th 20–22 November 2009 New Delhi Communist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party of India 12th 3–5 December 2010 Johannesburg South African Communist Party 13th 9–11 December 2011 Athens Communist Party of Greece 14th 22–25 November 2012 Beirut Lebanese Communist Party 15th 8–10 November 2013 Lisbon Portuguese Communist Party 16th 13–15 November 2014 Guayaquil Communist Party of Ecuador 17th 30 October – 1 November 2015 Istanbul Communist Party of Turkey 18th 28–30 October 2016 Hanoi Communist Party of Vietnam 19th 5–7 November 2017 MoscowSaint Petersburg Communist Party of the Russian Federation 20th 23–25 November 2018 Athens Communist Party of Greece 21st 18–20 October 2019 İzmir Communist Party of TurkeyCommunist Party of Greece 22nd 27–29 October 2022 Havana Communist Party of Cuba 23rd 20–22 October 2023 İzmir Communist Party of Turkey24th7–9 August 2026 Havana Communist Party of Cuba
The following table is a list of participants in each meeting.
Key: ✓ = participated – = did not participate o = observer m = sent message