World Social ForumRegistration of activities for the WSF 2006 is now available! The activities registration and preparation tool for the polycentric WSF 2006 is already available in English and Spanish/Castellano! It is a virtual workspace where organisations, movements, networks, NGOs and other groups from all over the world will be able to register the activities they will hold in the three polycentric 6th WSF, which will take place in January 2006 in Caracas (Venezuela), Karachi (Pakistan) and Bamako (Mali).
The new tool will allow organisations from all over the world to meet each other in order to prepare jointly activities for the WSF 2006 or activities related to the process. The tool will also work as a thematic consultation for the events in Pakistan and Mali. See below how to participate: 1) First, enter the activities registration website. There are two ways of doing this: a) directly at the website www.wsf2006.org through each polycentric forum website: (where you will find further information). b) through each polycentric forum website, which are under construction at the moment and where you will find further information. Caracas (www.forosocialmundial.org.ve), Bamako (www.fsmmali.org) o Karachi (www.wsf2006karachi.org) 2) Then, register as an individual 3) Right after, register your organisation 4) After, you will be able to fill in a form about the activity(ies) your organisation will hold on WSF events (options Bamako, Caracas or Karachi) or for the process (option "General"). Note: only organisations can propose activities, not individuals. Up to now, registration is available in English and Spanish. But soon, the French version will also be on-line. At this first moment, the individuals linked to organisations will only able to register activities. Later on, it will be possible to form discussion groups to debate links among different activities. Attention: this website (www.wsf2006.org) is only for activities registration and preparation for the 03 polycentric events. Registration and payment of organisations, its delegates, individual participants and media must be done at each polycentric WSF website, which are under construction now. The organisations who are registered at the activities WSF 2006 workspace will be able to: ·Invite other organisations to prepare common activities ·Identify organisations which have interest on the same themes ·Search for organisations of the same field of activity ·Contact organisations in order to build links for common activities ·Invite organisations that have similar interests to carry out joint activity(ies) and/or merge similar proposals in one ·Interlink windows activities (which can be carried out simultaneously in one or more polycentric events) ·In the case of Bamako (Mali) and Karachi (Pakistan), suggest broad themes for the two events. In order to clarify doubts about registration of activities, please write to the email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For further information about each polycentric forum: Bamako (Malí) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Caracas (Venezuela) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Karachi (Pakistan) 43-4B, Block-6, P.E.C.H.S, Behind Nursery Market Karachi, Pakistan Tel: 9221-8240716 Fax: 9221 8240714 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] World Social Forum Office in São Paulo Team: Alessandra Ceregatti, Ana Roberta Alcântara, Isabel Pato, Márcia Macedo, Patrícia Giuffrida Address: rua General Jardim, 660 - 8th floor - São Paulo - SP - Brazil Postal code: 01223-010 Website: www.worldsocialforum.org Information: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
