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asiapacific glossary
last modified January 3, 2022 by facilitfsm
Color Code : Items of the glossary in Red - Mention of those item in another item text is in yellow
Account : in the website - an account (visible on top right after logging in) allows access to a Participation menu where to make visible an organization page , and several activities and action pages
Action : description of a public action on a specific issue and date throughout 2022 and beyond, assumed by one or preferably several organizations - The form of an action can vary a lot - An action has a descriptive page in the website with a URL, which are listed in summarized form in https://www.asiasocialforum.net/actions - An action can be part of the action plan of a more or less durable initiative of action, which may be described in the context part of the action page and the WSF join forum platform https://join.wsforum.net/initiatives .
Action sharing Assembly : it is an activity which consists in a round of presentation of actions assumed intended or proposed by organizations participating in APSF-It allows to be informed of existing or proposed actions before choosing with which action initiators/promoters to speak with in the Agora
Action meeting room in Agora of futures : it is a meeting room that is permanently available for meeting around this action once an action is announced. Agora of futures designates both the collection of such action meeting rooms and also the moment by the end of the APSF event when participants are specifically invited to circulate in the Agora according to their interests
Activity : it is a moment of on line public discussion or performance ( Cultural activity) in the APSF event with a duration of 1h30mn around a topic prepared and convened by one or morye organizations . An activity can be described in the website ( Account participation menu) and included in the event program - it is visible here https://www.asiasocialforum.net/activities and clicking on the red document icon you access the complete description page with an own URL
Agora of futures : it is a on line public square, permanent during the APSF event, where are located different rooms for discussions about public actions announced in the website and it is also a moment by the end of the APSF event when participants are specifically invited to circulate in the Agora square according to their interests. The Agora is a way to implement WSF principle 7
The list of actions proposed assumed by organization participating in APSF is visible in the actions page https://www.asiasocialforum.net/actions . Each action meeting room in the Agora is linked to an action, and is a place where to meet with those initiators proposing this action - Participants go in the action page , browse the the summaries of action - note one or more actions that interest them - note the message from the action initiators indicating if and when they are present in their Jitsi action meeting room associated with this action- Participants enter the action room in order to speak informally with its initiators
As a public declaration is considered an action , there can be one or several declarations that can be promoted in the Agora ; Also their respective action meeting room in Jitsi can lead to a more powerful on line meeting room provided by the promoters of such a declaration, in order to run an assembly where a list of first signatories organization finalize and adopt a declaration in their name, and proceed to publish it and look for more signatories on line.
Announcing organization for an activity or an action - when several organizations agree on proposing an activity in the APSF event or assuming an action on a certain date in 2022 they agree on which of them will be the announcing organization that will create the activity or create the action in the participation menu of its account and mention the others as co organizers or co initiators
APSF -Asia Pacific Social Forum, event, space, and process
Cultural activity : it is an activity which consist in showing a cultural performance
Declaration : A public declaration is an action consisting in making public a declaration by written - The date of the action is the date of publication of the declaration - As per WSF principle 6, there is no final global declaration in a social forum event, while it is possible to propose as an action, in the action sharing assemblies and in the Agora, a declaration to be signed by many of the participants in the event. It i
Event ; it is a gathering of activities , panels, assemblies with a macroprogramming visible here ; https://www.asiasocialforum.net/3-day-event
Event program ; it is the schedule of activities proposed in the event days hour room
Facilitating group: is the group of organizations that propose to take charge of implementing the social forum event with the help of participants volunteering for all kinds of tasks. APSF facilitating group is formed by signatories of invitation visible in https://www.asiasocialforum.net/info and facilitators of thematic focus groups
Initiative of action ; is a line of action in time that can be a struggle, a campaign, a transformative project, a common agenda , which is assumed by a group of organizations that have in common a goal, an action plan, out of which certain public action dates can be outlined and described as action in the website https://www.asiasocialforum.net/actions
Jitsi : is a free software tool used for oneline meeting rooms for thematic focus groups and for the Agora
join forum platform : https://join.wsforum.net/ it is a website proposed by WSF facilitation collective where descriptions of organizations, activities, initiatives of action can be shown and edited
Organization page : it is a page with a specific URL internet address that shows the description of an organization participating in APSF . It is created through the Participation Menu "create organization profile" and modified through "update participation profile"
Pad : pad is a page accessible in internet through a simple link allowing to write in it - it is a base tool for taking notes from meeting in jitsi rooms held in the thematic focus groups
Panel : is is an activity with a format which consist in inviting a few speakers and give time to speak and answer some questions from the public
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Participation menu is acessed through logging in the site with an account. It allows to make visible an organization, to announce activities to announce actions
Priniciples of WSF : these are a series of elements to be understood and respected as common reference between participants about what is a social forum, what are the values of its participants, and some rules for operation - See page FAQS and page https://www.asiasocialforum.net/wsf-principles
Simultaneous activities - activities which take place at the same time during the event. Participants have to choose between them
Self-organized activity : means that topic, methodology, moderation, online logistics ( online meeting room , broadcast, interpretation) , outreach, documentation are taken care of by those organizations who propose the activity, with or without support from facilitating group
Thematic focus group : it is whatsapp group + a meeting room in Jitsi where participants can meet and exchange expectations and intentions of activities and actions , and may prepare panel and action sharing assembly - see guidelines here ; https://www.asiasocialforum.net/tfgs