World Social Forum 2007 uniquely organized

The 7th World Social Forum (WSF) will be held from 20 until 25 January 2007 at the Moi International Sports Center Kasarani, Nairobi and is expected to host up to 150,000 delegates from all over the world. Over 1,000 activities will take place in the 106 spaces provided at the venue.

The World Social Forum is an open meeting place for ordinary people to get a platform for reflective thinking, democratic debate of ideas, formulation of proposals, free exchange and interlinking for effective action, by groups and movements opposed to a world dominated by capital and any form of imperialism.

Activities during the World Social Forum are self-organized by community based organizations (CBOs), social movements and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from more than 100 countries. This means that most activities (seminars, workshops, performances, exhibitions etc.) during the Forum are not organized by the WSF Secretariat but by hundreds of different organizations from all around the globe. The task of the WSF Secretariat is ‘merely’ to coordinate these activities and to provide the venue and facilities as well as information to the public.

Everybody who is interested in changing the world for the better is invited to join the discussion. The entry-fee for people from the African continent is 450 Kenyan Shillings. The deliberations devoted to the motto “Peoples struggles, peoples alternatives – Another world is posible” will be about the following twelve topics:

 HIV-AIDS
 Women issues
 Privatization of common goods
 The landless
 Peace and conflict
 Migration and diaspora
 Memory of people and struggles.
 Youth
 Debt
 Free trade agreements
 Labour
 Housing

Information on the World Social Forum can be obtained from www.worldsocialforum.org.
Practical information regarding the WSF in Nairobi is available at www.wsf2007.org.