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last modified December 26, 2008 by facilitfsm


[ EN] News about WSF process : OpenFSM site & Belem expanded

 

Message to participants in GDA 2008 , registered in wsf2008.net. The site has been modified and will be changed again in view of the next Global Day of Action. It has been a while since you received the last message from wsf communication on this site  ! Here are three concrete news :

1/ the World Social Forum 2009 will take place in Belem (Brasil, Amazonia). It will start on January 27th and end on February 1st, You can see the registered activities here :http://inscricoes.fsm2009amazonia.org.br/content/index.php?page=consulta_pub

2/ Belem Expanded: participate in WSF2009 from your territory!!! The International Council of the WSF issued an invitation to all those who will not be in Belem and adhere to the WSF principles, to host a “decentralized wsf2009 activity” during the WSF2009. See http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/noticias_01.php?cd_news=2468&cd_language=2. Organize an event or an action in your city, and try to create in the frame of this activity a “moment of connection” with Belem or with a related activity in another place. People from about 50 cities all over the world are preparing activities, and lots of groups in Belem have expressed they are interested in  connections with outside! More news here, on how to participate: http://openfsm.net/projects/club-belemexpanded/english 

3/ Transform! the WSF into a permanent process, through OpenFSM. www.OpenFSM.net is a common “open space” for online participation and networking in the WSF process. It is a virtual permanent forum space regulated by WSF charter of principles. Register in it http://openfsm.net/join and join existing projects, or open your own for global exchange of information on issues, actions, campaigns. Each project can use its own mailinglists, blogs, wikis... practical indications here http://openfsm.net/projects/openfsm/basics-en.

Your active experience in GDA2008 is a good basis for planning a participation in “Belem expanded WSF2009”. You can visit the “Belem Expanded Common Space”, located in OpenFSM, where organizers of decentralized activities meet and present their activity http://openfsm.net/projects/club-Belemexpanded 

Looking forward to your active participation in the WSF2009 process, either as on line participant, or also as organizer of an activity in your city , through the“Belem expanded” modality.

WSF2009 Belem Expanded facilitation team

Write to: contact-belem-expanded@lists.openfsm.net