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Report from WSF India National Level Consultation Meeting held in Chennai on August 3 2013

Agreement to organise Asian Social Forum in India in January-February 2014 and to propose a world meeting of the World Social Forum process in India in 2015

Subject: WSF INDIA: National Level Consultation Meeting
Date: August 10, 2013 7:18:23 AM EDT

Dear friends

The third WSF National Level Consultation meeting was successfully held on 3rd August 2013 at ICSA center, Chennai. There were sixty six participants representing sixty organizations from 11 states participated in the consultation meeting.

The following agendas were discussed in the meeting

Ø  What should be the form of Social Forum in India

Ø  When could be the possible Social Forum event

After presentations on the history and current status of the WSF, participants from various States narrated the experience of the social forum process in India and the need to have a Forum at the earliest in India, given the political mood. There were reports of preparatory meetings in Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and UP., and also support from Nepal. Some national alliances and trade union federations have also pledged their active participation in the forthcoming WSF event and its mobilization process.

After much discussion there were recommendations for World Social Forum, Indian Social Forum, South Asian Social Forum, Asian Social forum, Asia Pacific Social forum and Global South Social Forum.  It was clearly explained that the World Social Forum could be held only in 2015 and if we want to we need to propose this to the international committee at the earliest.

Everyone present was in favour of India being the venue for the next World Social Forum in 2015.

It was also unanimously suggested that an Asian Social Forum be organsied in 2014 January Feb. in India.

There were a proposal for Chennai from the delegates form Chennai, and there were others who proposed for Lucknow, Patna, Jaipur, Delhi. The discussion on the venue was not on the agenda and there was no decision on this. This was deferred for the next meeting.

The next national level consultation was fixed for 8th of September @ Lucknow. It was decided that the discussion on the venue for the Asian Social Forum should be taken up  there.  The meeting will also discuss focus of the event and also get more detailed updates of the process in the different states. It was felt that the meeting should be for a full day. Representatives from regions who want to hold the future Forum events should be asked to come prepared with rigorously worked out proposals and basic background work such as approaching main organizations in the city and region of the proposed venue, survey and scrutiny of the proposed sites, based on criteria that we had worked out while preparing for 2003, 2004 and 2006 events. The criteria should be sent out on the list. In the Lucknow meeting the committees for taking the process further will have to be set up.

The participants from Gujarat proposed to host the next national level planning meeting at Ahmedabad, after the Lucknow meeting.

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Participants’ details attached.

Sl.No

Name

Organization Name

1

Chithrakanman

READ-Ariyalur

2

T.Maheshwari

State forum for Rights of all Women with Disabilities

3

J.P.Soulina

TNVHA –Consultant

4

P.J.Josey

INSOCO

5

Tamilselvi

Annai Caveri Magalir Membattu Maiyam

6

Selva Kumar

TRLM

7

Meena Menon

Action Aid India

8

Elango

Elders for Elders forum

9

Paul Kingsly

PLANT

10

Kamachi

Social Watch

11

Smitha

Vidya Sagar

12

Phavalam

EKTA

13

Jacqulin jothi

NAPM

14

T.S.S.Mani

Mines Min

15

D.Silviya

MCCSS

16

Susairaj

Jeevajothi

17


TNHSS

18

Joseph

CASA

19

Valligopal

SIGA

20

Vijaya Bharat

AUC

21

Baskar

Save Trust

22

Rajiv Rajan

EKTHA

23

Shahenaz Malek

Arman Mahila Sangatham

24

Shaik.zulfequar


25

Joshubhai

Dr.B.R.Ambedkar janan save samiti

26

kulandaiswamy

JRS

27

Vilas bhangade

MBLKS

28

Subhash lomte

NCCRW/SADES/HMS

29

Aruldoss

NAPM

30

Vettavalavan

Uzhavan Illam

31

A.K.Mary

Anbalayam

32

Lillymargsale

THOZHAMAI

33

Ambrishkumar

SADED

34

B.Shanmugasundaram

INSOCO

35


Karunayam

36

P.Joseph Victor Raj

HOPE

37

Rajnikant

Pravasi Jan Mach

38

K.Radhai

AIDWA

39

P.Vanaja

LAW Trust

40

Rohinidevi

‘SIRD

41

Rev. Enose

CSI Inba Yesu Alayam

42

Smarad Joshi

CECDEDECON

43

Vijay Pratapa

W.S.F Prossess

44

Bipin Kr.Raj

Action Aid

45

A.Kalavathi

CWDR

46.

EB Karunakaran

INSOCO

47.

Andrew Sesuraj

PSWA(Professional Social Worker’s Association), Chennai

State Preside

48.

S. Sankaralingam

P.U.C.L.

District President

49.


E. Dhinakaran

MCCSS

50.

Dr. R.T. John Suresh



PLANT

51.

Deepthi Sukumar

SKA

52

Hariramamuthi


53

Dhamotharan

DYFI

54

John Kumar

Social Watch

55

Dayalam

HRDF

56

Anto Asirvatham

PLANT

57

Dr.k.P.Arjunan

Tamilnadu Parambariya sidhaVaidiya Maha Sangam

58

Esthar Mariselvam

Action Aid

59

M.Subramaniyan

TNHMS

60

SK.Zulfequ

Mahila Sangatan (ARMAAN)

61

Sheelu

Women’s Collective

62

Arul Raj

TNRT

63

Selvi

WEED

64

Gowri

PARAMBARIYA

65

Stella

KALANJIUAM

66

Shanthi

Kalanjiuam Unorganized workers union


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