World Social Forum 2005
The World Social Forum will be held in Brazil from January 26 to January 31, 2005.
Dear Friends,
With this letter we start the mobilization for the Fifth World Social Forum (WSF), which will be held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, from January 26 to January 31, 2005. This letter has been sent, in different languages, to thousands of organisations that have participated in previous editions of the WSF (in Porto Alegre from 2001 to 2003 and in Mumbai in 2004) and in the Thematic and Regional Social Forums. Besides that, it can be duplicated and sent through electronic mailing lists available with the National and Local Social Forums Committees.
There is a special reason why we are contacting you now. We are planning important changes in the format of the Fifth WSF. While maintaining the diversity, which is typical of the WSF, we would like to transform the WSF into a space that is increasingly capable of facilitating interlinkages and common actions among different participants who come together in the WSF. In order to achieve that, it is necessary to improve the process of finalising “large events” (Conferences, Panels, Testimonies and Round Tables of Dialogue and Controversies) as well as the registration of hundreds of Seminars and Workshops that can be proposed by any organisation registered for the event.
As everything that happens in the WSF, this step forward can only be possible with the participation of all – including yours. This new process starts now. Through a questionnaire designed to initiate the consultation, which will be available on the Internet, we will try to assess the central themes which are seen as priority issues by organisations for the WSF in 2005, and around which organisations are interested in organising their activities at the WSF. Based on this consultation we shall initiate the process of building the programme for the WSF over the next eight months. We are looking forward to your active participation in the process!
Warm regards from the
WSF International Secretariat
