Invite to 3rd All Ireland Irish Social Forum Gathering - Belfast Sept 21st

Cooperation not Competition - Human Rights not Privitisation

Below is an invitation to attend the 3rd All Ireland Irish Social Forum Gathering, being hosted by the North East Irish Social Forum in Belfast on Sundat September 21st 2003. For further details contact eoinobroin at the mail address provided below.

NORTH EAST IRISH SOCIAL FORUM

Invites You To The 3rd All Ireland Social Focum Gathering

Cooperation not Competition
Human Rights Not Privitisation

Sunday September 21st
Crescent Arts Centre
Belfast

The NEISF is organising an one day event under the title ‘Cooperation not Competition, Human Rights not Privitiation’. The event will examine issues of privitisation, neo-liberalism, human rights, peace and democracy. The gathering will also discuss the future development of the Irish Social Forum and its European and World counterparts. This event is open to all those involved in the evolving Irish Social Forum networks, all those who are opposed to neo liberalism, privitisation and global capitalism and all those who believe that another world is possible.

Agenda

Registraton: 10am

Morning Plenary Discussion: 10.30 - 12.00
Neo-Liberalism - From the local to the global
Communities Against Water Tax (Manus Maguire), Firebrigades Union (Jim Barbour), ICTU (Alisa Keane), Refugee Rights (Refugee Action Group). Chair (Emily Kwano)

Morning Workshops: 12.15 - 1.45
workshops on
•trade justice
•anti war
• another world is possible
•poverty
•Ireland in the global economy
•consensus facilitation skills
•ghandiism
•open
•open
•open

Lunch: 1.45 - 2.45
Food Not Bombs
Lunch will take the form of a public food Not Bombs event at the Venue.

Afternoon Discussion: 3.00 - 5.30
The Future of the ISF
The agenda of this session will not be set until one week before the event. Partitipants should feel free to e.mail their suggestions or issues they would like to discuss by September 15th. Possible elements to the session could be:

• reports from regional social forums
• workshops on specific themes such as ISF national structure, priuorities etc
• open plenary to discuss workshop report backs and decison making on way forward

Social Event: 7.00
Theatre followed by,
World Music Disco, with resident DJ Steve Mc in Cresent Arts Centre

Additional Details
For more information on travel, billetts or childcare or to suggest topics for workshops or the afternoon ISF session contact
Eoin O’Broin at eoinobroin@hotmail.com