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The International Civil Society Forum (FISC, for its Portuguese acronym) is an international event on Youth and Adult Education, to be held in Belém, capital of the state of Pará, Brazil, between November 28th and 30th, 2009. This is a plural space for reflection and formulation of proposals that seeks to promote the exchange of experiences and organize the process of incidence in the VI International Conference on Adult Education. See full information.
By Peter Waterman - Global Labor Charter Project
November 2009
INTRODUCTION
At the age of 73 it is something of an adventure for me to be hosted – for the first time in my life - by a Catholic labor studies center. I come from another labor tradition:
How can civil society most effectively work for peacebuilding? This paper presents the findings of a comparative research project which analysed the performance of civil society in regards to protection, monitoring, advocacy, socialisation, social cohesion, facilitation, and service delivery in situations of war and armed conflict. It concludes civil society can play an important supportive role, but the effectiveness of its activities varied substantially.
The summary of the points raised by civil society organizations in the Consultation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is being prepared and will be posted here soon. They included an emphasis on the importance of human rights and a rights-based approach to development as well as a strong message of support to an inclusive multilateral discussion about the global financial and economic crisis, such as the UN High Level Conference taking place later this month. Civil society organizations expressed their surprise at the apparent lack of active participation of UNDP in the conference.
See photos and videos of the consultation including John Cavanagh, from the Institute for Policy Studies; Kumi Naidoo, from the Global Call to Action Against Poverty; Gigi Francisco, from the Development Alternative with Women for a New Era (DAWN ) and Roberto Bissio, Coordinator of Social Watch International whose video features below:
Nous appelons les gouvernements à ne pas s’abriter derrière des arguments procéduraux pour s’autoriser à ajourner les négociations sur les mesures politiques qu’il est indispensable de prendre d’urgence pour répondre à la crise actuelle. (more…)
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