-------------------------------------------------------- From: "BOLETIM FSM" <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:36:07 -0300 List-Archive: <http://listas.rits.org.br/mailman/private/wsf_bulletin> List-Help: <mailto:•••@••.•••?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://listas.rits.org.br/mailman/listinfo/wsf_bulletin>, <mailto:•••@••.•••?subject=subscribe> WSF Bulletin September 28, 2005 Index 1. <http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br#1.Inscrição> Registration of activities for the WSF 2006 is now available! 2. <http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br#3.Bamako>Meeting in Bamako (Mali) will put forward the preparation for the polycentric WSF 3. <http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br#2.CH>Report of the Hemispheric Council´s meeting in Caracas 4. <http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br#4.FSE>Last European Social Forum Preparatory Assembly took place in Istanbul 5. <http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br#5.Agenda>Social Forums around the world 1. Registration of activities for the WSF 2006 is now available! The activities registration and preparation tool for the polycentric WSF 2006 is already available in English and Spanish/Castellano! It is a virtual workspace where organisations, movements, networks, NGOs and other groups from all over the world will be able to register the activities they will hold in the three polycentric 6th WSF, which will take place in January 2006 in Caracas (Venezuela), Karachi (Pakistan) and Bamako (Mali). The new tool will allow organisations from all over the world to meet each other in order to prepare jointly activities for the WSF 2006 or activities related to the process. The tool will also work as a thematic consultation for the events in Pakistan and Mali. See below how to participate: 1) First, enter the activities registration website. There are two ways of doing this: a) directly at the website <http://www.wsf2006.org/>www.wsf2006.org through each polycentric forum website (where you will find further information). b) through each polycentric forum website, which are under construction at the moment and where you will find further information. Caracas (<http://www.forosocialmundial.org.ve/>www.forosocialmundial. org.ve), Bamako (<http://www.fsmmali.org/>www.fsmmali.org) o Karachi (<http://www.wsf2006karachi.org/>www.wsf2006karachi.org) 2) Then, register as an individual 3) Right after, register your organisation 4) After, you will be able to fill in a form about the activity(ies) your organisation will hold on WSF events (options Bamako, Caracas or Karachi) or for the process (option “General”). Note: only organisations can propose activities, not individuals. Up to now, registration is available in English and Spanish. But soon, the French version will also be on-line. At this first moment, the individuals linked to organisations will only able to register activities. Later on, it will be possible to form discussion groups to debate links among different activities. Attention: this website (<http://www.wsf2006.org/>www.wsf2006.org) is only for activities registration and preparation for the three polycentric events. Registration and payment of organisations, its delegates, individual participants and media must be done at each polycentric WSF website, which are under construction now. The organisations who are registered at the activities WSF 2006 workspace will be able to: - Invite other organisations to prepare common activities - Identify organisations which have interest on the same themes - Search for organisations of the same field of activity - Contact organisations in order to build links for common activities - Invite organisations that have similar interests to carry out joint activity(ies) and/or merge similar proposals in one - Interlink windows activities (which can be carried out simultaneously in one or more polycentric events) - In the case of Bamako (Mali) and Karachi (Pakistan), suggest broad themes for the two events. Attention: in the morning of September 22nd, there were some problems at the <http://www.wsf2006.org>www.wsf2006.org website. If you have done organization registration during this period, please, enter the website again. Click on the option "organization/list of organizations" and check whether the name of your organization is on the list of registered organizations. If it is not there, please, register again. We apologize for the inconvenience. In order to clarify doubts about registration of activities, please check the FAQ page <http://www.wsf2006.org/spanish/spanish/faq.php> or write to the e-mail: <•••@••.•••> For further information about each polycentric forum: Bamako (Mali) •••@••.••• Caracas (Venezuela) •••@••.••• •••@••.••• Karachi (Pakistan) 43-4B, Block-6, P.E.C.H.S, Behind Nursery Market Karachi, Pakistan Tel: 9221-8240716 Fax: 9221 8240714 E-mail: <mailto:•••@••.•••>•••@••.••• <mailto:•••@••.•••> 2. Meeting in Bamako (Mali) will put forward the preparation for the polycentric WSF A meeting in Bamako, in Mali (Africa) will discuss a work plan towards the polycentric WSF 2006. The meeting will take place from September 29th to October 3rd, 2006 and it will gather the organizing committees from the three 6th WSF polycentric events (which will take place in 2005, in Caracas, Bamako and Karachi), members of the International Council and its commissions (methodology, resources and communication). Some of the meeting’s main subjects are the information about the organization process for the three events, the interconnection activities among the three polycentric events, the event’s general design and perspectives for the WSF 2007. At the last day, there will be a seminar in order to deepen the debate about methodology. Meetings among local social movements and a group of artist that will take part and support mobilization and diffusion of the WSF in Mali are also planned. 3. Report of the Hemispheric Council’s meeting in Caracas The full report of the Hemispheric Council meeting, which took place from August 14th to 17th, in Caracas (Venezuela) is already available online for download (<http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/download/ CH_caracas_0805.pdf>PDF and <http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/download/ CH_caracas_08_05_esp.rtf>RTF format). During the meeting, the thematic and transversal axes for the WSF 2006 Americas venue were defined. The Americas venue of the WSF 2006 will take place in Caracas, in January 2006. Read more below: Thematic Axes: - Power, politics and struggle for social emancipation - Imperial strategies and peoples' resistance - Resources and rights for life: alternatives to the predatory civilization model - Moving diversities, identities and cosmovisions - Work, exploitation and reproduction of life - Communication, culture and education: democratizing dynamics and alternatives Transversal Axes: - Gender - Diversities For further information about the WSF in Caracas, write to: •••@••.•••, •••@••.••• 4. Last European Social Forum Preparatory Assembly took place in Istanbul The last preparatory assembly for the 4th European Social Forum took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from September 22nd to 25th, 2005. Its main subject was the discussion on thematic axes for the 4th ESF programme. Work groups and networks also met. For further details about the Assembly’s agenda (in English), click on: <http://www.fse-esf.org/article.php3?id_article=104>http://www .fse-esf.org/article.php3?id_article=104. The previous assembly, which took place in Prague (Czech Republic), from May 20th to 22nd 2005, discussed the results of the thematic consultation on the 4th ESF programme, which took place this year’s first semester. Read here the report on the meeting: <http://www.fse-esf.org/article.php3?id_article=99>http://www. fse-esf.org/article.php3?id_article=99. The ESF will take place in Athens, Greece, in April 2006. Further information: <http://www.fse-esf.org/>http://www.fse-esf.org/. 5. Social Forums around the world - West African Social Fórum, Cotonou, Benin, September 23rd to 25th, 2005 - 3rd Social Forum Ivory Coast, Ivory Coast, September 2005 - South-African Social Fórum, Harari, Zimbabwe, October 13th to 15th, 2005 - Austria Social Forum, Salzburg, Áustria, October, 2005 Click <http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/dinamic.php?pagina=foruns_nacionais_eng> here to see the complete list, contact and other information. World Social Forum Office in São Paulo Address: rua General Jardim, 660 - 8th floor - São Paulo - SP - Brazil Postal code: 01223-010 Website: <http://www.worldsocialforum.org>www.worldsocialforum.org Information: <mailto:•••@••.•••>fsminfo@ forumsocialmundial.org.br <http://www.worldsocialforum.org> WSF Bulletin In order not to receive the bulletin anymore, send an e-mail to <mailto:•••@••.•••>gerente@ forumsocialmundial.org.br. Don´t forget to write on the "subject" spot: Cancel. This bulletin is only informative. 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