User:Book/BlogEntry: 2010 January 21 06:35:59 EST

== Kpomassé, Madrid, Prague and Greater Porto Alegre are the first cities to host Social Forums in 2010 ==

Kpomassé, Madrid, Prague and Greater Porto Alegre are the first cities to host Social Forums in 2010 Kpomassé, Madrid, Prague, Salvador and Greater Porto Alegre are among the cities that will start the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the World Social Forum process in 2010. The calendar of events will start in Greater Porto Alegre, with the 1st Solidary Economy Forum and the 1st Solidary Economy World Fair, on January 22-24, in Santa Maria. Right after those, on the 25th, the Greater Porto Alegre 10 years Social Forum will start. In the same region, it will take place, on January 26-28 the World Forum on Theology and Liberation in São Leopoldo. Still in Brazil, Salvador will host the Bahia Thematic Social Forum on January 29-31. In the city of Kpomassé in Benin (Africa) it will take place on 28-31 the 2nd Atlantic Local Social Forum, whose main theme will be “the impacts of the world financial and food crises on African agriculture: citizen responses and alternatives”. About 1500 participants are being expected to participant. The first edition of the event, that gathered 1200 people, took place in 2008 in the city of Allada. Among the main objectives of the ALSF are “defense of positions and strategies by different organizations to struggle against the neoliberal economic policies effects and to consolidate the articulation among local social movements and the whole African Social Forum in order to fulfill the expectations of the 2011 Dakar WSF”. In the European continent two events will take place in January: on 28-31 it will be held the 2010 Madrid World Social Forum, at the E.P.A. Patio Maravillas. This will be the third edition of the event in the Spanish capital city. Among the themes which will be discussed are: global crisis and alternatives; the environment; energy and climate; Europe; Latin America, Asia and Africa; social economy and fair trade; education, health, social movements, feminism, migrations, trade union struggles, State and political struggles; historical memory. In Czech Republic, three cities will host the Czech Social Forum on January 20-30: Praga, Brno and Usti nad Labem. The program of activities will include seminars, workshops, demonstrations and cultural events during the evening. All over 2010, the World Social Forum process will take place in a decentralized manner with events and activities across the globe. The main objective of the events will be to sum up, from the analyzes and experiences of global civil society social movements and organizations, proposals to face the global crisis in all its dimensions – economic, environmental, political, food, energy, cultural etc. The convergence of all this process will happen in Dakar, Senegal, during the 2011 World Social Forum. Service: I Solidarity Economy Social Forum and I Solidarity Economy World Fair Where: Santa Maria and Canoas (Great Porto Alegre), Brazil. When: January 22-24th (Santa Maria), 25-29th (Canoas) Contact info: ecosol@fsmecosol.org.br Website: http://www.fsmecosol.org.br Greater Porto Alegre 10 Years Social Forum Where: Greater Porto Alegre, Brazil When: January 25-29 Contact info: fsm2010@yahoo.com.br Wbsite: http://www.fsm10.org World Forum Theology and Liberation Where: São Leopoldo (Great Porto Alegre) - RS - Brazil When: January, 26th-28th Contact: permanentsecretariat@wftl.org (FMTL Permanent Secretariat) II Atlantic Local Social Forum Where: Kpomassé, Benin When: January 28-31 Contact info: Yoro Bi Ta Raymond: forumsocialbenin@yahoo.fr / fosoloa@yahoo.fr Madrid World Social Forum 2010 Where: Madrid, Spain When: January 28-31 Contact info: comunicacion@fsmmadrid.org Website: http://www.fsmmadrid.org Czech Social Forum Where: Prague, Brno, Usti nad Labem - Czech Republic When: Januray 29-30 Contact info: Marek Hrubec - marek.hrubec@gmail.com 

'''Source: WSF TV at  http://www.wsftv.net/'''