[kopa] 세계사회포럼 2005 관련 안내문 
 
 
국민행동 사무처입니다. 

지난 4월 로마에서 개최된 세계사회포럼 국제위원회에서 2005년도 세계사회포
럼을 이전과는 다른 방식으로 하자는 결의가 있었습니다. 즉, 내용의 중복을 
피하고, 대안과 운동전략 논의과 실천 방향으로 나아갈 수 있도록 새로운 방식
으로 의제와 프로그램을 짜자는 것이며, 이에 따른 행사 준비와 등록 절차를 
다른 방식으로 한다는 것입니다. 

아래는 세계사회포럼 국제사무국에서 보낸 이와 관련 안내문입니다. 내년도 세
계사회포럼에 관심이 있으신 분들은 참고하시기 바랍니다. 

번역 못하고 원문 그대로 보냅니다. 이 점 양해해주시기 바랍니다. 


----- Orignal Messages -----
From: "Boletim FSM" <gerente at
forumsocialmundial.org.br>
To: <wsf_bulletin at
listas.rits.org.br>
Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 19:06:32 -0300
Subject: [Wsf_bulletin] World Social Forum 2005

>F?um Social Mundial
>   
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>   May 19, 2004
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>   Dear Friends,
>
>   With this letter we start the mobilization for the Fifth World 
Social Forum (WSF), which will be held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, from 
January 26 to January 31, 2005. This letter has been sent, in different 
languages, to thousands of organisations that have participated in 
previous editions of the WSF (in Porto Alegre from 2001 to 2003 and in 
Mumbai in 2004) and in the Thematic and Regional Social Forums. Besides 
that, it can be duplicated and sent through electronic mailing lists 
available with the National and Local Social Forums Committees.
>
>   There is a special reason why we are contacting you now. We are 
planning important changes in the format of the Fifth WSF. While 
maintaining the diversity which is typical of the WSF, we would like to 
transform the WSF into a space that is increasingly capable of 
facilitating interlinkages and common actions among different 
participants who come together in the WSF. In order to achieve that, it 
is necessary to improve the process of finalising "large events" 
(Conferences, Panels, Testimonies and Round Tables of Dialogue and 
Controversies) as well as the registration of hundreds of Seminars and 
Workshops that can be proposed by any organisation registered for the 
event.
>
>   As everything that happens in the WSF, this step forward can only be 
possible with the participation of all - including yours. This new 
process starts now. Through a questionnaire designed to initiate the 
consultation, which will be available on the Internet, we will try to 
assess the central themes which are seen as priority issues by 
organisations for the WSF in 2005, and around which organisations are 
interested in organising their activities at the WSF. Based on this 
consultation we shall initiate the process of building the programme for 
the WSF over the next eight months. We are looking forward to your 
active participation in the process!
>
>   Warm regards from the WSF International Secretariat
>
>   
>   Towards the WSF 2005 
>      
>      The new format for the WSF has been designed during an 
International Council meeting, which took place between April 4 and 7, 
in Passignano sul Trasimeno, Italy. Following are the principal elements 
in the new format:
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>   
>   Facilitate the aggregate of proposals for Workshops and Seminars 
>      Consultation to formulate the basic thematic axes of the WSF 2005 
programme 
>      Working Groups to facilitate the aggregate of proposals 
>      "Large events" finalised through the consultations 
>      Autonomy and diversity guaranteed in the entire process 
>      Programme finalised in November 
>      Now it is up to us 
>
>
>   
>        
>   Facilitate the aggregate of proposals for Workshops and Seminars
>     
>   One of the key features of the World Social Forum is its non-
centralised format. At the WSF, any organisation can present its views, 
experiences and activities through Workshops and Seminars that the 
organisation is free to organise. Besides, as the WSF does not release a 
final statement, there is no hierarchy among the diverse issues 
discussed at the WSF. This commitment to plurality has allowed WSF to 
attract a diverse number of movements which are united in their 
opposition to neo-liberalism. In 2001, 420 self-organised activities 
were held. By 2004, this figure increased to around 1,200. This emphasis 
on the promotion of diversity will always be at the core of the WSF and 
will be reinforced. Thus, in WSF 2005, the free and autonomous 
organisation of Workshops and Seminars will continue to be a right 
enjoyed by everybody who takes part in the Forum.
>
>   Equally important, however, is the necessity to allow organisations 
and people who are interested in struggling towards similar goals to 
come together in order to build links and plan common actions - during 
and between World Social Forum events. In the process of preparing for 
WSF 2005, we want to enhance the mechanisms capable of ensuring this as 
well.
>
>   The first mechanism we need to work on is information. This year, 
when an event (workshop or seminar) is registered, each organisation 
will be informed through the WSF website about other self-organised 
activities already proposed on the same theme. The system will also 
provide contacts, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of the 
organisations that are associated with these proposed activities.
>
>   The idea is to allow the initiation of a dialogue and building of 
linkages among those who struggle for a new world before the World 
Social Forum event. We hope that in many cases this would lead to the 
combining or unifying of Workshops and Seminars proposed on similar 
topics, or coordination between proposals on shared concerns. The 
outcome should be activities that are richer, more diverse and more 
capable of generating alternatives and actions. We would like to avoid 
repetition and redundancy. Multiple events on similar concerns with 
little or no co-ordination is counterproductive and frustrating for 
thousands of people who come to the WSF.
>
>   The aggregate (combining of events or coordination between 
registered events on similar themes) of events is, however, a voluntary 
and self-organised process that will only be facilitated (but not 
directed) by the International Council and the International Secretariat 
of the WSF. There is no obligation for any organisation to be part of 
this process of aggregate. Organisations will retain the option of 
continuing with their initial proposal if they do not wish to associate 
with others or if efforts to aggregate their events with those of others 
are not successful. 
>
>
>
>   
>        
>   Consultation to formulate the basic thematic axes of the WSF 2005 
programme
>     
>   The efforts at facilitating dialogue and interlinkages begin with 
this letter, sent to thousands of organisations that have participated 
in previous editions of the WSF (in Porto Alegre from 2001 to 2003 and 
in Mumbai in 2004) and in the Thematic and Regional Social Forums. 
Through a questionnaire designed to initiate the consultation, which 
will be available soon, we will try to assess the central themes which 
are seen as priority issues by organisations for the WSF in 2005, and 
around which organisations are interested in organising their activities 
at the WSF. Based on this consultation we shall initiate the process of 
building the programme for the WSF over the next eight months. 
>
>   Let it be clear that this consultation is not designed to function 
as the registration process for Seminars and Workshops - we understand 
that most organisations are yet to finalise the structure and content of 
events they wish to organise at WSF 2005. Thus participation in this 
consultation by filling the questionnaire is not a necessary requirement 
for those who would eventually want to register events for WSF 2005. But 
those who do participate will be helping WSF 2005 to move forward. 
>
>   Organisations can participate in the consultation by filling the 
questionnaire on the WSF website -- this process will start from the 
beginning of June. The information filled in by organisations will be 
available on a database that everybody can access through the WSF 
website. Organisation that do not have access to the internet can send 
their filled questionnaires by regular mail, which will also be 
incorporated into the database. The database will be user-friendly and 
allow people to retrieve information regarding the kind of proposals 
that organisations have made, their contact details and other relevant 
information.
>
>   A final output of the consultation will be the defining of the 
thematic axes of the WSF 2005. These will emerge from the consultation, 
from your inputs, and not based on any decision of the International 
Council or the Secretariat. We see this as a major advance for the "open 
space" concept of the WSF process.
>
>
>
>   
>        
>   Working Groups to facilitate the aggregate of proposals
>     
>   Access to the database will allow organisations to initiate contacts 
with others with similar proposals. This process would also be supported 
by working groups, which we will call aggregate groups. They are 
expected to be formed in July.
>
>   Aggregate groups will be created to facilitate specific thematic 
areas or issues around which there are greater concentrations of 
expected activities - and, therefore, the task of co-ordinating or 
unifying Workshops and Seminars is more complex. The Content and 
Methodology Commission of the WSF International Council will coordinate 
the process, but it will essentially be a self-organised process.
>
>   For each issue, members of the aggregate group will be drawn from 
representatives of organisations that are interested in organising 
Seminars and Workshops on that particular issue. The groups will need to 
function keeping in mind the inclusive spirit of the WSF process, 
respecting diversity and plurality. 
>
>   Let us see how we propose to start forming these aggregate groups. 
Supposing, for example, there are a dozen of organisations which 
indicate through the consultation that they are interested in promoting 
issues related to Global Peace in the WSF 2005. In June, the Methodology 
and Content and Thematic commissions of the IC will start to contact 
these organisations and propose that they form a aggregate group. When 
the proposal is accepted, the group can decide upon a common agenda over 
the next few weeks. The group will then have the task of putting 
together a set of workshops and seminars around the issue of Peace. By 
incorporating different points of view, they will be richer, more 
diverse, and capable of formulating alternatives that are attractive to 
people.
>
>
>
>   
>        
>   "Large events" finalised through the consultations
>     
>   The work of the aggregate groups will not be limited, however, just 
to the Workshops and Seminars. In 2005, the "large events" (Conferences, 
Panels, Testimonies and Round Table of Dialogue and Controversy), which 
were finalised, until 2003, by the International Council, will be 
constructed from the consultations.
>
>   Let us go back to our example. To enrich further the agenda of 
Global Peace, the aggregate group constituted to deal with this theme 
will be able to plan, for example, Testimonies with people who are 
fighting against the war, a Conference, a Panel and a Round Table of 
Dialogue and Controversy.
>
>   The new methodology incorporates, among other elements, the 
innovations introduced during WSF 2004, in Mumbai, where part of 
the "large events" were conceived and organised constructed by 
international networks - and not by the Indian Organising Committee. The 
objective now is to work further on this innovation. By this process 
the "large events" besides being organised by multiple actors with a 
diversity of views and perceptions, would also be organically connected 
to the Workshops and Seminars.
>
>
>
>   
>        
>   Autonomy and diversity guaranteed in the entire process
>     
>   Formal registration of Workshops and Seminars will start from August 
on. When registering an activity, each organisation will have access to 
the proposed agendas prepared by different Aggregate Groups. They will 
be available on the WSF website. Organisations will be provided with the 
facility to add or make changes to these agendas that have been 
proposed. The Aggregate Groups will continue to facilitate the process.
>
>   The events registered will be available on the WSF website and the 
opportunity would be available to make contacts and link with organisers 
proposing events on similar themes. When organisations, through the 
active mediation of aggregate groups or through their own initiative 
decide to combine or co-ordinate their events with those of others, they 
shall have the facility to modify their initial proposals. 
>
>   As would be clear, the autonomy and diversity that distinguishes the 
WSF will be guaranteed throughout the process. The process of aggregate 
of events will respect the principles of inclusive participation, 
continuing dialogue and plurality of views.
>
>   We will facilitate this effort to build a WSF that is designed to 
promote the construction of alternatives and the initiation of common 
actions. We will work to promote different kinds of preparatory meetings 
to further this effort. The principal goal would be to try to ensure 
that, in Porto Alegre, participating groups are able to jump from "I" 
to "we". To repeat: no aggregate of activities at the WSF 2005 will be 
imposed. Those who so wish can organise their independent activities or 
co-ordinate with other organisations without the mediation of aggregate 
groups.
>
>
>
>   
>        
>   Programme finalised in November
>     
>   The new methodology for the WSF 2005 programme also seeks to solve 
one of the biggest problems at World Social Forums: lack of previous 
announcement of the activities to be held during the event.
>
>   The process starting from registration of events to the final phase 
of aggregate of events will last three months: from August to October. 
In this period, besides the Workshops and Seminars, "large events" 
proposed by Aggregate Groups will be finalised. In November, the first 
draft of the programme will be available on the WSF website - subject to 
minor adjustments and corrections. This will help organisations decide 
in advance the kind of activities which they would like to participate 
in or conduct during the event. This will help them prepare better for 
Porto Alegre.
>
>
>
>   
>        
>   Now it is up to us
>     
>   The innovation detailed above are a challenge for all of us. We feel 
that after successfully organising four editions of the WSF, it is now 
possible to organise a Forum that maintains the plural nature of the 
WSF, and at the same is more capable of facilitating the formulation of 
alternatives and the construction of common actions. 
>
>   Nothing will be possible in a top-down manner. We propose that you 
get involved with the World Social Forum 2005 from now! Print and spread 
this letter and the questionnaire/ consultation form; send it by e-mail 
to other members of the organisation you belong to; discuss the 
questions drifts with them. If possible, try to send printed versions of 
this letter and of the form to organisations that identify themselves 
with the Forum, but have not Internet access.
>
>   From June, participate in the consultation by filling in the 
questionnaire on the WSF website, and encourage others whom you know to 
do likewise. Follow the results of the consultation as they unfold on 
the WSF website. Contact other organisations that are interested in 
debating issues in which you have an interest. Consider the possibility 
of joining a Aggregate Group. 
>
>   Beyond this, we will of course be willing to clarify any queries 
that you may have.
>
>   A little more than eight months separate us from Porto Alegre 2005. 
Let us strive to build a World Social Forum that stays alive in 
everybody's memory, because it truly advances the struggle for a new 
world. 
>
>
>
>   Warm regards from the
>   WSF International Secretariat 
>
>
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