Actionable themes
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"Actionable themes" refers to 21 themes that were debated decided in the Content and Methodology Commission (of the WSF International Council) meeting held in Nairobi from the 16th to 18th Dec. 2006.
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General remarks
This classification of the activities of the WSF in 21 "actionable themes" was sanctioned by the International Council of the World Social Forum in December, 2006. The list is short enough to permit a rapid overview of the whole, yet it is fairly comprehensive.
It is not a classification of knowledge. Rather, it is the taxonomy of things that a contemporary Government should be concerned with. (The list shows a rough resemblance with the list of Ministries of a modern state.) However, no Government can be perfect. Neither can this kind of classification by subject be perfect.
The 21 themes can be arranged in
20! = 2 432 902 008 176 640 000
ways. Another order is (almost always) possible!
Original and revised version
- Version of the Content and Methodology Commission, Nairobi, 16-18 December 2007
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- 1. Water;
- 2 National /International Institutions and Democracy;
- 3. Peace / war;
- 4. Housing;
- 5. Women’s struggles;
- 6. Dignity/human being diversity / discriminations;
- 7. Human Rights;
- 8. Youth;
- 9. Food sovereignty/land reform;
- 10. Labor;
- 11.Education;
- 12. Environment and energy;
- 13. Health;
- 14. Knowledge / Information / communication;
- 15. Debt;
- 16. Migrations;
- 17. Free Trade;
- 18. Culture;
- 19. Transnational Corporations;
- 20. Children;
- 21. Alternative economies;
- Revised version
- - to be used at www.wsflibrary.org
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- 1. Water;
- 2 Political Institutions and Democracy;
- 3. Peace and war;
- 4. Habitat and housing;
- 5. Gender issues and Women’s struggles;
- 6. Dignity, human being diversity, discriminations;
- 7. Human Rights;
- 8. Youth;
- 9. Food sovereignty, peasants and land reform;
- 10. Labor and workers;
- 11. Education;
- 12. Environment and energy;
- 13. Health;
- 14. Knowledge, information and communication;
- 15. Taxation, debt and public finance;
- 16. Migrations;
- 17. Trade and transportation;
- 18. Culture;
- 19. Transnational Corporations;
- 20. Children;
- 21. Alternative economies;
Alphabetical order?
Sharon said: the classification system choosen is o.k, but for subject classification am suggesting we use alphabetical order also.
The revisions
Slashes (/) have been substituted with commas and "and". - Reason: the slashes sometimes seem to indicate opposition, in other cases just conjunction, which may be confusing.
2. National /International Institutions and Democracy
Changed to Political Institutions and Democracy. - Reason: Obviously, the WSF deals with both national and international institutions, as well as with regional and global, or "world", institutions.
- There are also WSF-activities on local political institutions. --Book 20:31, 9 February 2007 (EAT)
4. Housing
Changed to Habitat and housing.
15. Debt
Changed to Taxation, debt and public finance. - Reasons: a) from the start, taxation has been a major theme of the WSF. Compare, for instance, the role of Association to Tax financial Transactions to Aid Citizens (ATTAC) in the making of the WSF. b) In order to have public services (Water, Health, Education etc.), we need public finances. At the global level, a new financial architecture and world public finances are needed.
17. Free Trade
Changed to Trade and transportation. - Reason: a) Not only "free" trade, but trade as such is on the WSF's agenda; b) transportation needs to be mentioned somewhere.
