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Masini:

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[[Image:OpeningCeremony.jpg|thumb|right|Opening Ceremony of the Nairobi WSF, 20 January 2007]]

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''Logo: [["Asile"]], by [[Franck Na]].''
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: [[Our]] goal is to create a permanent link between the Social Forum and the Library. [[Quotations]].

Wsflibrary.org begun as a facility for East African librarians who wanted to document the [[Social Forum|World Social Forum]] in Nairobi, Kenya, January 2007. Learning how to use wikis,and other social networking skills, were/are also part of the project. (See [[Nairobi WSF 2007]] for the outcome.) To our knowledge, librarians did not carry out any corresponding documentation project during the WSF in Belem, Brazil, January-February 2009, (See [[Belem WSF 2009]]), but we intend to renew our efforts at the WSF in Dakar, which is scheduled for the beginning of 2011. (See [[Dakar WSF 2011]].) Besides, the WSF is not only a series of events, but also a world-wide process which includes many regional national and local social forums. Our goal is to create [[Continuity of the WSF|a permanent link]] between the Social Forum and the Library.

The [[activities]] of the Nairobi WSF were ordered in 21 classes, which had been identified as the main [[actionable themes]] of the WSF by its [[Social_Forum#The_International_Council_of_the_World_Social_Forum|International Council]]. An important question is whether to settle for these themes, at least for the time being at [http://www.miere-bucovina.ro miere de albine proaspata].

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[[Image:Wsflibrary-team.jpg|thumb|left| Wsflibrary WebTeam]]


Wsflibrary.org is a pilot project of [http://www.klas.or.ke Kenya Library Association (KLA)] and the [http://www.nigd.org/libraries Network Institute for Global Democratization (NIGD)]. (Read more [[The Pilot Project of Kenya Library Association|about]] it!)

Wsflibrary.org

2010-03-09T18:22:06Z

Masini:

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[[Image:OpeningCeremony.jpg|thumb|right|Opening Ceremony of the Nairobi WSF, 20 January 2007]]

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''Logo: [["Asile"]], by [[Franck Na]].''
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: [[Our]] goal is to create a permanent link between the Social Forum and the Library. [[Quotations]].

Wsflibrary.org begun as a facility for East African librarians who wanted to document the [[Social Forum|World Social Forum]] in Nairobi, Kenya, January 2007. Learning how to use wikis, and other social networking skills, were/are also part of the [http://www.customwritings.com/projects.html project]. (See [[Nairobi WSF 2007]] for the outcome.) To our knowledge, librarians did not carry out any corresponding documentation project during the WSF in Belem, Brazil, January-February 2009, (See [[Belem WSF 2009]]), but we intend to renew our efforts at the WSF in Dakar, which is scheduled for the begining of 2011. (See [[Dakar WSF 2011]].) Besides, the WSF is not only a series of events, but also a world-wide process which includes many regional national and local [http://www.bestessays.com/custom_research_paper.php custom papers] social forums. Our goal is to create [[Continuity of the WSF|a permanent link]] between the Social Forum and the Library.

The [[activities]] of the Nairobi WSF were ordered in 21 classes, which had been identified as the main [[actionable themes]] of the WSF by its [[International Council]]. An important question is whether to settle for these themes, at least for the time being.

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[[Image:Wsflibrary-team.jpg|thumb|left| Wsflibrary WebTeam]]


Wsflibrary.org is a pilot project of [http://www.klas.or.ke Kenya Library Association (KLA)] and the [http://www.nigd.org/libraries Network Institute for Global Democratization (NIGD)].
[[The Pilot Project of Kenya Library Association|Read more ]] about it!

External links
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Social Forum

2010-03-09T18:19:39Z

Masini: /* Ongoing Research on the Social Forum */

== Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the Social Forum ==

In addition to the World Social Forum there are regional, national, local and other social forums. The social forum is the combination of numerous local, national, regional developments, which together form a ''global social forum process''.

* [http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/main.php?id_menu=19&cd_language=2 What the WSF is (from the website of the WSF)]
* [http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/main.php?id_menu=3&cd_language=2 Who organizes it? (from the website of the WSF)]
* [http://wsf2007.org/info/faq Frequently Asked Questions about the World Social Forum 2007 (from the website of WSF 2007)].
* [http://www.africansocialforum.org/ The African Social Forum]
* [http://www.fse-esf.org/ The European Social Forum]
* [http://www.wsfindia.org/ The Indian Social Forum]
* [http://www.fsm2009amazonia.org.br/ WSF 2009 in Belem]

== The Charter of Principles of the World Social Forum ==

The committee of Brazilian organisations that conceived of and organised the first World Social Forum, held in Porto Alegre from January 25th to 30th, 2001, after evaluating the results of that Forum and the expectations it raised, considered it necessary and legitimate to draw up a Charter of Principles to guide the continued pursuit of that initiative.

[http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/main.php?id_menu=4&cd_language=2 The WSF Charter of Principles (via the official site of the WSF)]

[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Charter_of_Principles_%28World_Social_Forum%29 The WSF Charter of Principles (wikisource) ]

== The International Council of the World Social Forum ==

The International Council of the WSF ([[WSF-IC]]) is composed of representatives of a number of organisations which participate in the WSF as organisers of activities (conferences, meetings etc.) during the WSF events and/or as funders of the WSF events.

* [http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/main.php?id_menu=3_2_1&cd_language=2 Composition of the WSF-IC (from the site of the WSF)]
* Brief report of the World Social Forum International Council meeting at Stadia Guest House (Kasarani) in Nairobi, Kenya, 26-27 January, 2007[[Image:WSF-IC-01-2007.pdf]]

* The WSF-IC met in Abuja, Nigeria between 30 March and 3 April 2008.[http://www.wsflibrary.org/index.php/Image:2008-04-Abuja_IC_meeting_report_EN_FINAL_DRAFT.pdf Official Report]. Other reports: [http://www.nigd.org/nan/nan-doc-store/03-04-2008/wsf-ic-abuja-2008 Link to reports at the site of the NIGD].

* [[WSF_IC_Copenhagen_Sept_2008|Report on WSF International Council meeting Copenhagen - Denmark September 22nd- September 24th 2008]]

== The Finances of the WSF ==

* World Social Forum Financial Strategy Report and Recommendations, by Rolando Lopez, Theo van Koolwijk, Nandita Shah. September 2006 [[Image:WSF-FinancialStrategyReport.pdf]]

== Readings about the World Social Forum ==

: " [...] the World Social Forum process is NOT the latest attempt to create a monolithic "world revolutionary vanguard movement" nor is it a reincarnation of an international "united front" seeking to overthrow, one by one, governments around the world. Such a notion would be a complete negation of the very essence and concept of the World Social Forum as outlined in its Charter of Principles. [...]
: Rather, the World Social Forum is, to use a Kiswahili word, a global Jukwaa, in other words, an international PLATFORM, to quote from the Porto Alegre Charter "an open meeting place where groups and movements of civil society opposed to neo-liberalism and a world dominated by capital or by any form of imperialism, but engaged in building a planetary society centred on the human person, come together to pursue their thinking, to debate ideas democratically, formulate proposals, share their experiences freely and network for effective action." (Quoted from an [http://web.archive.org/web/20070202024855/http://wsf2007.org/|an archived version] of the official website of the WSF in Nairobi 2007.)

=== In English ===

==== New Publications 2008====

* Challenging Empires: The World Social Forum. (2nd Edition, 488 pp). Ordering: http://www.blackrosebooks.net/wsf.htm

* Smith, Jackie: Global Democracy and the World Social Forums. Paradigm Publishers, 2008

* Santos, Boaventura de Sousa (Ed.): Democratizing Democracy: Beyond the Liberal Democratic Canon.
Verso, 2007

==== Publications -2007====

'''Nisula, Laura and Sehm Patomaki, Katarina (Eds.):''' We, the Peoples of the World Social Forum...
*Relation: Network Institute for Global Democratization (NIGD) Discussion Paper 2/2002
*URL: http://www.nigd.org/libraries/bamako-nairobi/tot-workshop/module2/WeThePeoplesOfTheWSF.pdf
*Published/accessed: 2002/ Accessed December 2006.
*Comment: A concise booklet which entails reflections by participants in the two first WSF events at Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2001 and 2002, plus the text of the "World Social Forum Charter of Principles".

'''Whitaker, Chico''': The challenge of the World Social Forum
*Published: 2006
*Publisher:?
*A book on the WSF by one of its founders.

'''Larmer, Miles:''' "whose Forum, which Africa?"
*URL: http://www.africansocialforum.org/english/files/fsm/article4.htm
*Published/Accessed: 2004 / Accessed December 2006.
*Comment: Critical reflections by a South African historian on the African Social Forum held in Lusaka, Zambia, 10-14 December 2004.

'''Glasius, Marlies:''' "Deliberation or Struggle? Civil Society Traditions Behind the Social Forums"
*Relation: Ephemera, volume 5(2): 240-252.
*URL: http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/5-2/5-2glasius.pdf
*Published/accessed: 2005/ Accessed December 2006.
*Comment: The author takes a deeper look into the dual nature of the WSF and its process. This article might be of help to professionals, like librarians, who try find a role for themselves in it.

'''Marin, Gustavo:''' "Methodological Contribution to the WSF 2005 Activity-aggregation Process. Attempting to See the Trees and the Forest at the Same Time .."
*Relation: Memoria Viva
*URL: http://www.memoria-viva.org/fsm05/docs/portoalegre2005en.rtf
*Published/accessed: Accessed December 2006.
*Comment: The author shortly reports an experiment in "mindmapping" of a WSF event.

'''Reyes, Oscar:''' "World and European Social Forums: A Bibliography"
*Relation: Ephemera. Volume 5, number 2. (The Organisation and Politics of Social Forums)
*URL: http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/5-2/5-2biblio.htm
*Published/accessed: May 2005/ Accessed December 2006.

'''Böök, Mikael:''' "Librarians and World Social Forum, Unite!"
*Relation: Information For Social Change No. 19
*URL: http://www.libr.org/isc/articles/19-Book-1.html
*Published/accessed: 2004 / Accessed December 2006
*Comment: The author went out to look for information about the WSF in his local libraries.

'''Information for Social Change Number 24''': Special Issue on Libraries and Information in World Social Forum Context edited by Mikael Böök and Shiraz Durrani
*URL: http://www.libr.org/isc
*Published/Accessed: Winter 2006-2007.

'''Jai Sen, Anita Anand, Arturo Escobar, Peter Waterman (Eds.):''' World Social Forum Challenging Empires
*Publisher: The Viveka Foundation, New Delhi
*URL: http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/1557.html
*Published/accessed: 2004 / Accessed December 2006
*Comment: This relatively large anthology of writings and documents from the first years of the WSF (2001-2004) was published at the opening of the WSF in Mumbai, India, 2004.

'''George, Susan:''' Another world is possible if...
*Publisher: Verso, London and New York
*Relation: Transnational Institute
*Published/accessed: 2004.
*Comment: A book on the contemporary social movement by one of its leading thinkers and writers.

== Evaluation of Social Forums ==

See [[WSF 2007 evaluation]].

== Ongoing Research on the Social Forum==

===In English ===
* University of California-Riverside (UCR) Research Working Group on Transnational Social Movements 'The World Social Forum Process and Transnational Social Movements' http://www.irows.ucr.edu/research/tsmstudy.htm Accessed 29.4.2007

=== In French ===

'''Cardon, Dominique et Haeringer, Nicolas:''' "Formes politiques et coopération digitale. Les usages d'Internet par les Forums sociaux"
*Relation: Centre d'études des mouvements sociaux- EHESS; Centre d'étude et de Recherche en *Sociologie des Organisations - Université Paris-Dauphine
*Published / Accessed: Forthcoming (December 2006)
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Dakar WSF 2011

2010-03-09T18:18:09Z

Masini:

The next World Social Forum will be held in Dakar, Senegal, at the beginning of 2011. The exact date has not yet been fixed. Documents in French from the preparatory meeting in Dakar 16-18 November 2009 are found at the site of the [http://www.africansocialforum.org/francais/fsm/fsm2011/=005=.htm African Social Forum] and [http://www.all-auto.ro/piese-auto piese auto].

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