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Welcome to the Contactgroup for Europe and the World's project on OpenEsf!
Here you can find updates on the mobilisation efforts that takes place all over Europe and the world until the fifth European Social Forum in Malmo in September. If you have additional information about mobilisation that's not already in the list below we would be very grateful if you can help us by simply adding contactinformation, tips etc. Points 1 and 2 below contains some information about how to edit this page. Under "Contents" you can find files and documents related to mobilisation as well as formal invitations, guidelines for the allocation of the Solidarity Fund and more.
Contact with the group:
Azril Bacal, Tord Bjork and Joel Borgstrom Francisco Contreras, Sophie Sermage and Azril Bacal
enlargementgroup@esf2008.org
Interpretation and Visa - sophie.sermage@esf2008.org
Fundraising - francisco.contreras@esf2008.org
Individual emails:
Tord Bjork - tord.bjork@mjv.se
Azril Bacal - bazril@gmail.com
Joel Borgstrom - joel.borgstrom@gmail.com
Maria Hagberg - maria.hagberg@swipnet.se
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MAPPING TRANSNATIONAL ESF MOBILISATION 2008
The mobilisation for European Social Forum in Malmö 17-21.9 is primarily
organised in two ways. One is geographical which is carried out by national
or local mobilising committee which may consist of a new coalition of groups
or existing social forum organisations. The other is mobilising of movements
which is done in different ways. The Nordic coordinatiing Committee have set
up a Contact Group for Europe and the World to promote the mobilisation and
the European preparatory Assemnbly have set up a European Mobilising Group
working together with the contact group. The priorities are specially to
mobilise Central and Eastern Europe and new groups into the ESF process.
Below you find a mapping of the mobilisation so far that have come to our
knowledge. We call upon all that are doing activities to mobilise to inform
the Contact group and European mobilising group. In the list below also
activities undertaken during international action days called upon by
assemblies at social forums or World Social Forum have been listed, even if
the call may also have been made by other organisations. Please inform us if you know what
happened in your country.
Please note that the list is not updated yet. We'll fill in the blanks as soon as we can!
GEOGRAPHICAL
Albania
Contact adresses:
Contacts made: Albanian Ecological Club, Tirana Legal Aid Society, Vlora Bay Alliance, Albanian Institute of Sociology
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, 1; WSF 26.1,
NOC visits made: Yes, to Tirana 17-18/4-08
Armenia
Contact adresses: None
Contacts made: None
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, 0; WSF 26.1, none
Austria
Contact adresses: OK
Contacts made: Some
Mobilising Committee: Ad hoc; Attac, Churches, Trade unions, Via Campesina
Action: Climate 8.12, big; WSF 26.1, ca 10
Azerbaijan
Contact adresses: One 8.12 action
Contacts made: None
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, 0; WSF 26.1, 1
Belarus
Contact adresses: OK but more are welcome
Contacts made: Many
Mobilising Committee: Yes
Action: Climate 8.12, 1; WSF 26.1, none
Belgium
Contact adresses: OK but more are welcome
Contacts made: No
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, big; WSF 26.1, ca 10
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Contact adresses:
Contacts made: Dosta! OKC Abrasevic Mostar, Cure Foundation, One World See, ARCI-Mostar
Mobilising Committee: Soon
Action: Climate 8.12, 0; WSF 26.1, 2
NOC visits made: Yes, to Sarajevo 24/4-08
Bulgaria
Contact adresses:
Contacts made: MOB Bulgaria, Zaedno Foundation, BGO Gemini, Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, 1; WSF 26.1, none
NOC visits made: Yes, to Sofia 21/4
Croatia
Contact adresses: More are welcome
Contacts made: No
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, 1; WSF 26.1, none
NOC visits made:
Cyprus
Contact adresses: OK but more are welcome
Contacts made: No
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, 2; WSF 26.1, none
Czech Republic
Contact adresses: OK but more are welcome
Contacts made: Good
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, 2; WSF 26.1, 1
NOC visits made:
Denmark
Contact adresses: OK
Contacts made: Many
Mobilising Committee: Yes DKSF
Action: Climate 8.12, 4; WSF 26.1, none
Finland
Contact adresses: OK
Contacts made: Many
Mobilising Committee: Yes FSF/Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
NOC visits made:
Action: Climate 8.12, 1; WSF 26.1, 2
France
Contact adresses: OK
Contacts made: Many
Mobilising Committee: Yes ...
Action: Climate 8.12, 15; WSF 26.1, ca 50+
Georgia
Contact adresses: pc_of_georgia@yahoo.com
Contacts made: Peace Committee of Georgia
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, none; WSF 26.1, 1
Germany
Contact adresses: OK
Contacts made: Many
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, 15; WSF 26.1, ca 50
Greece
Contact adresses: yannisalmpanis@hotmail.com, maciacia@otenet.gr ( and many more... )
Contacts made: Many
Mobilising Committee: No
NOC visits made: To Athens and Ioanninna 15-16/4-08
Action: Climate 8.12, 9; WSF 26.1, 1
Hungary
Contact adresses: OK but more are welcome
Contacts made: Many
Mobilising Committee: HSF and left-wing HSF
Action: Climate 8.12, 1; WSF 26.1, 1
NOC visits made:
Iceland
Contact adresses: OK but more needed
Contacts made: Very little
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, 1; WSF 26.1, none
Ireland
Contact adresses: OK but more are welcome
Contacts made: Many
Mobilising Committee: Yes DKSF
Action: Climate 8.12, big; WSF 26.1, 1
Italy
Contact adresses: OK
Contacts made: Some
Mobilising Committee: Gruppo di coordinamento per il FSE e per il FSM
NOC visits made: To Milano and Turin
Action: Climate 8.12, 2; WSF 26.1, very many 150+
Latvia
Contact adresses: very few
Contacts made: None
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, none; WSF 26.1, none
NOC visits made:
Lithuania
Contact adresses: very few
Contacts made: None
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, none; WSF 26.1, none
Luxembourg
Contact adresses: very few
Contacts made: None
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, 1; WSF 26.1, none
Republic of Macedonia
Contact adresses:
Contacts made: Front 21/42 , ProAktiva, student network, Sumnal Center
Mobilising Committee: Soon
Action: Climate 8.12, 1; WSF 26.1, none
NOC visits made: Yes, to Skopje 19-20/4-08.
Malta
Contact adresses: One
Contacts made: None
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, 1; WSF 26.1, none
Moldova
Contact adresses: None, indirect through Ukraine or Romania hopefully
Contacts made: None
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, none; WSF 26.1, none
Montenegro
Contact adresses: None
Contacts made: None
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, none; WSF 26.1, none
Netherlands
Contact adresses: OK
Contacts made: Some
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, 1; WSF 26.1, very few
Norway
Contact adresses: OK
Contacts made: Many
Mobilising Committee: Yes NSF
Action: Climate 8.12, 1 broad; WSF 26.1, 2
Poland
Contact adresses: very few
Contacts made: very few
Mobilising Committee: No
NOC visit made: To feminist groups
Action: Climate 8.12, 18; WSF 26.1, none
Portugal
Contact adresses: very few
Contacts made: None
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, 2; WSF 26.1, ca 10
NOC visits made:
Romania
Contact adresses: OK but more are welcome
Contacts made: Few
Mobilising Committee: Yes RSF
Action: Climate 8.12, 3; WSF 26.1, some
Russia
Contact adresses: Some, more are welcome
Contacts made: Some
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, 5; WSF 26.1, ca 20+
NOC visits made:
Serbia
Contact adresses:
Contacts made: Gradjanske Initiative, Women at Work, Queeria, ARCI Novi Sad, Multikultivator
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, 2; WSF 26.1, none
NOC visits made: Yes, to Belgrade 22-23/4-08.
Slovakia
Contact adresses: None
Contacts made: None
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, none; WSF 26.1, none
NOC visits made:
Slovenia
Contact adresses: very few
Contacts made: None
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, maybe; WSF 26.1, 1
NOC visits made:
Spain:
Contact adresses: OK but more are welcome
Contacts made: Many
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, 2; WSF 26.1, ca 50+
NOC visits made:
Sweden
Contact adresses: info@esf2008.org, mobilisering@esf2008.org
Contacts made: Very many
Mobilising Committee: Local mobilising committees in Malmö, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Uppsala. Various mobilisation tours planned for the summer. For instance one visiting a number of festivals and other big events. A mobilisation magazine has been printed and is being distributed across the country. Posters, flyers and stickers has been printed.
Action: Climate 8.12, 18; WSF 26.1, 5
Switzerland
Contact adresses: very few
Contacts made: None
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, 1 big; WSF 26.1, 1
Turkey
Contact adresses: OK
Contacts made: many
Mobilising Committee: Yes TSF
NOC visit made: At EPA in Istanbul
Action: Climate 8.12, 1 big and some more; WSF 26.1, some
Ukraine
Contact adresses: OK but more are welcome
Contacts made: Many
Mobilising Committee: Yes USF
Action: Climate 8.12, 1; WSF 26.1, 2
NOC visits made: Yes, at the coming EPA in June
United Kingdom
Contact adresses: More needed active groups
Contacts made: None
Mobilising Committee: No
Action: Climate 8.12, 1 big in London, 1 big in Nothern Ireland, 1 in
Scotland; WSF 26.1, ca 10
Small states and some areas with selfrule:
Andorra:
Action on climate day 8.12
Faroe Islands:
NOC contact person appointed
Greenland:
NOC contact person appointed
Liechtenstein:
No action or contacts reported or planned
Monaco:
No action or contacts reported or planned
Samic nation in Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden:
Contacts made and established
San Marino:
No action or contacts reported or planned
Outside Europe:
Africa
Contact adresses:
Contacts made:
America Latina
Contact adresses:
Contacts made:
NOC visits made:
Asia
Australia and Oceania
Carribean
North America
NOC contacts outside Europé in general: Azril Bacal (bazril@gmail.com)
MOVEMENTS
The NOC European Contact group is i the process of asking more people to
take responsiblity in the Nordic countries. Assemblies set up att EPA
meetings are also very central to the mobilising of movements.
Antirasist
Contact adresses: OK United catalog
Contacts made: Very few
Mobilising plan or action: none
NOC contact:
Antiwar/peace
Contact adresses: OK
Contacts made: Very few
Mobilising plan or action: active ESF assembly
NOC contact:
Antirepression
Contact adresses: OK
Contacts made: Very few
Mobilising plan or action: active ESF assembly
NOC contact: Tord Björk, Friends of the Earth Sweden
Disabled
Contact adresses: Very few
Contacts made: none
Mobilising plan or action: ?
NOC contact: none
Elderly
Contact adresses: Very few
Contacts made: none
Mobilising plan or action: ?
NOC contact: none
Environmental
Contact adresses: OK
Contacts made: Some
Mobilising plan or action: active ESF assembly, Prodemokratia newsletter,
FoE denmark, Finland and Sweden are contacting sister organisations and the
environmental movement in Europé. Naturfreunde International actively
involved.
NOC contact: Tord Björk, Friends of the Earth Sweden
EU-critical
Contact adresses: More needed
Contacts made: Some; Corporate Europe Observatory are interested,
EU-critical mobilisation in Wales during Cardiff summit, Contacts made with
Slovenian groups during present EU-presidency without resultats,
international EU-activities planned in April with possibilities for ESF
mobilisation, Popular movement against EU in Sweden are contacting Nordic
sister organisations.
Mobilising plan or action: None
NOC contact: Per Hernmar, Popular Movement No to EU, Sweden
Feminist
Contact adresses: OK
Contacts made: Many
Mobilising plan or action: active ESF assembly
NOC contact: Maria Hagberg, European Feminist Intiative
Indigenous
Contact adresses: More are welcome
Contacts made: Very few
Mobilising plan or action: active ESF assembly
NOC contact: Azril Bacal, Paulo Freire association
Migrant
Contact adresses: OK and more are welcome
Contacts made: Very few
Mobilising plan or action: ESF assembly exists
NOC contact: none
Peasant
Contact adresses: OK
Contacts made: Some
Mobilising plan or action: active ESF assembly, Prodemokratia newsletter,
Via Campesina Sweden and Europe cooperates, good cooperation with FoE
groups. Peasant youth camp planned.
NOC contact. Tord Björk
Popular education
Contact adresses: OK
Contacts made: Very many
Mobilising plan or action: Well established organisatiuons on the European
level and in NOC. Workers educational association, ABF, in Sweden includes
all trade union and all left strands, social demoxcratic, left party,
communists and anarchosyndicalists, in the other Nordic countries social
democratic and leftwing edicational organisations are separate. Trade union,
Left party educational organisations and think tanks are strongly involved.
Green think tanks have not been active yet. Active are also grassroot
oriented peoples high schools like Kvarnby run by left-wing, Glocal with
good connections to Attac and Färnebo owned by the alternative movement -
environment, peace, solidarity and animal rights organisations and the Paulo
Freire association. New to ESF is also the nordic Association for knowledge
on activism and popular movements and Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, both having a
broad popular movement base including non-socialists. The Network Institute
on Global Democracy initiated by Finnish acedemcians and activists but with
a borad global membership and the only Nordic organisation partcipating in
the WSF International Council from the beginning also have some interest.
NOC contact: Azril Bacal, Paulo Freire Association
Social rights
Contact adresses: Very few
Contacts made: Very few
Mobilising plan or action: ?
NOC contact: none
Solidarity
Contact adresses: More are welcome
Contacts made: Some
Mobilising plan or action: Africa groups of Sweden are planning Arfican
partcipation and in contact with others, 15 Latin American organisations in
Sweden plan together, In Finland the solidarity organisations work closely
with the environmenatl organisations and have started to plan for Southern
participation.
NOC contact person: Azril Bacal
Student
Contact adresses: More are welcome
Contacts made: Some
Mobilising plan or action: Left Student's Union (VSF) have started to take contacts in Sweden and internationally. So far contacts in Greece, Denmark, Germany, France, Spain, Finland, Macedonia, Norway, Bosnia, UK, Netherlands.
NOC contact: Joel Borgström (joel.borgstrom@gmail.com)
Youth
Contact adresses: needed
Contacts made: Very few
Mobilising plan or action: ?
Workers
Contact adresses: OK
Contacts made: Very few
Mobilising plan or action: very active ESF assembly, TUC Skåne/Malmöregion
are contact organisation for all trade unions, transport workers union have
made good connection to other trade unions in Sweden and internationally,
trade union movbilisation in CEE countries on its way, youth camp for trade
unionists planned.
NOC contact: none
Autonomus space:
Peace Forum, European radical pacifist gathering
Folkets bio/Peoples cinema, film festival parallell with ESF