Glossary

Color Code : Itemsof the glossary in Red - Mentionof 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 inhttps://www.asiasocialforum.net/actions - An action can be part of the action plan of a more or less durableinitiative of action,which may be described in the context part of the action pageand the WSF join forum platformhttps://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 within 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 (Accountparticipation menu) and included in the event program - it is visible herehttps://www.asiasocialforum.net/activitiesand clicking on the red document icon you access the complete description page with an own URL

Agora of futures: it is aon 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 pagehttps://www.asiasocialforum.net/actions .Each action meeting E. Each 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 select the actions that interest them - note the message from the action initiators see the message indicating if and when they the iniators of the action are present in theirJitsi action theJitsi meeting room associated with this action- Participants enter the action room They enter the rooms 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 roomin 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 There is no final global declaration in a social forum event, while but it is possible to propose as an action, in the action sharing assemblies and in the Agora, action a declaration to be signed by many of the participants in the event. It i event

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 inhttps://www.asiasocialforum.net/infoand 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 publicaction 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 activitywith a format which consist in inviting a few speakers and give time to speak and answer some questions from the public

Participant personpersonis ace

Participation menuis acessed through logging in the site with an account. It allows to make visible an organization, to announce activitiesto 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 pageFAQS and pagehttps://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 ofactivities and actions, and may prepare panel and action sharing assembly - see guidelines here ;https://www.asiasocialforum.net/tfgs