European Social Forum European programme group meeting, Paris, 13.09.04

1. Introductions: those present introduced themselves

2. Plenary speakers

General points: • BRITAIN TO HAVE 1 SPEAKER FOR EACH PLENARY (PLUS 1 FACILITATOR) IN LINE WITH PREVIOUS HOST COUNTRIES. NAMES STILL TO BE ALLOCATED. • ALLOCATION OF EUROPEAN FACILITATOR SPACES LEFT OPEN AT THE END OF THE MEETING TO BE DECIDED BY BRITISH, GIVING PRIORITY TO COUNTRIES WITH LESSER REPRESENTATION AMONG SPEAKERS WHERE POSSIBLE.

Discussion on names

Axis 1 War and Peace

1. What future for Palestine?

HANNAN ASHRAWI – still to be confirmed AZMI BISHARI - confirmed MUSTAPHA BARGHOUTI – confirmed FADWA BARGHOUTI – confirmed JAMAL JUMAA – confirmed

JONATHON SAPIRA (Israeli refusnik) – confirmed Meeting agreed 2 extra speakers: woman Israeli Nurit Peled, and speaker from Gaza (both proposed by Alessandra Mecozzi). Agreed: and further consulation of Palestinian campaigns network.

Facilitators: • Michel Tubiano (France) • 1 UK

Recommended this be given a 3 hour slot if possible to accommodate numbers of speakers now in total.

Languages Hebrew, Arabic, French, English

2. End the occupation of Iraq

SUBHI AL MASHADANI (proposed by TUC) – Agreed but consult between TUC, STWC, FIOM.

Ahmed Ben Bella: no consensus on placing here, after discussion agreed to move to 1.5.

Other Iraqi speaker: consultation with STWC to take place on other Iraqi speaker for this plenary.

• Fabio Alberti (of ‘a bridge to Baghdad’, proposed by Italy) AGREED • Joanna Puszwacka (woman – proposed by 2 parties within SF Poland) – or 1.3 AGREED • + UK speaker

Facilitators: • Ingrid Fishua (woman Proposed by Nordic nominations) cancel – facilitator • + 1 UK

3. Strategies for peace and global disarmament - against nuclear weapons and military bases

[VIDEO LINK TO SPEAKER]

• Nella Gimatempo (woman, proposed by Italy) AGREED • Achin Vanaik (man; proposed by Transnational institute; collectif des musulmans de France; Red Pepper) AGREED • Frances Tubau (man; proposed by Catalunya social forum) AGREED • Christos Petrakos, human shield (proposed by Greek social forum) AGREED • Plus UK AGREED

Proposed facilitators: • UK • Other agreed

4. Overcoming wars in Europe

• Don Tonio Dell’Olio, represetingTavola della Pace, (Pax Christi, proposed by Italy) AGREED • Irfan Dundar (man, Kurdish human rights activist, proposed by Istanbul Social Forum) – AGREED • Eamon McCann (male proposed by Ireland) AGREED • Fanny Reisin (Proposed by Germany) – withdraw and substitute with someone else elsewhere – AGREED • UK Speaker

Facilitator proposals: Birgit Althaler (woman; proposed by Swiss social forum) Languages: German, Italian, Turkish, English

5. Challenging US imperialism

• Aleida Guevara – confirmed AGREED • Ahmed Ben Bella – AGREED • Richard Boyd Barret (male, proposed by Ireland) into 1.5 AGREED (or 1.2) • Sami Evren, President, confederation of public sector workers unions, (proposed by Turkey) – AGREED • Maria Stylou (proposed by Stop war Greece and Campaign Genoa Greece) Agreed • UK speaker

Facilitators: • 1 European • 1 UK

Axis 2 Democracy and fundamental rights

1. For a democratic and social Europe

• Marie-Helena Andre, secretary general CES (proposed by ETUC) AGREED • Union syndicale G10 solidaires (proposed by France) Agreed (Annike Coupe) vice secretary AGREED • Franco Russo (proposed by Italy) AGREED • Anne Van Laer, Secretary CSC-ACV (proposed by Belgian Social Forum) AGREED • + UK speaker

Facilitators:
 Gudrun Schyman (woman, proposed by Sweden, part of Nordic nomination • UK facilitator

Languages: French, Italian,

2. For a common basis of fundamental rights

• Benoite Bureau (woman, from No Vox proposed by France) Agreed • Stefan Trommel (man, chair European Disability Forum Agreed • Rosanna Flaner-Caldera (woman) International Lesbian and Gay Association (Proposed by ILGA and ILGA Europe –,if not available, another ILGA person to be agreed) Agreed • Dan van Raemdonck (man; president FIDH-AE; - European network speaker) Agreed • + UK speaker

Facilitators: • European facilitator • UK facilitator

Languages: English French Spanish

3. For a Europe of people’s rights and the question of citizenship • Sevim Dagdelen (woman) (proposed by Germany) Agreed • Antxon Mendizabal (academic, proposed by Basque) OR OIndki Loso Gabaster (Basque country) 1 of either of these two Agreed • Pierre Barge (LDH proposed by France) Agreed • Imma Barbarossa (woman, proposed by Italy) Agreed • Move to 2.5 • Antonis Manitakis, Professor of Constitutional Law (proposed by Greek Social Forum) Agreed • + UK speaker Agreed

Facilitators: • Gaspar Miklostamas, Hungary • UK facilitator (Pierre Barge noted possility of a representative of the Irish CCL. Agreed to come back to this)

Languages: come back to language problem – at present 6

4. For a Europe of solidarity between the peoples

• Grigor Gradej (proposed by ETUC) Agreed • Bente Aasjoral (male proposed by Nordic nominations) Agreed • Leo Gabriel (man, proposed by Austria Social Form) Agreed • Erzsebeth Gedgalz, Hungary Agreed • Ahmed Boujari (Western Sahara) Agreed • UK speaker Agreed

Facilitators: • European • UK To be women if possible

Languages: polish, English, german

5. Women struggling against oppression - neo-liberalism, patriarchy and feminist strategies

ANGELA DAVIS (USA) – check status MAXINE WATERS (usa) – check status THENGIWE MTINSTSO (south africa, head of equality cssn, post apartheid) – check status

• Re’seau des associations des feministes (proposed by France) Agreed • Lidia Menapace (proposed by Italy Social Forum) Agreed • Ailbhe Smyth (female, proposed by Ireland) Agree • + UK speaker Agreed • ----Pinto (proposed by Portugal) Agreed

Facilitators: • Maria Panagiotou,Journalist (proposed by Campaign Genoa 2001) • UK facilitator

Languages: English, greek, Italian, French

Axis 3 Social justice and solidarity: against privatisation (deregulation), for workers, social and women’s rights

1. Globalisation

ANDY STERN (usa, trade union leader) – check status AGREED

• Gianni Rinaldini (proposed by Italy) AGREED • Peter Damo (proposed by Romania Social Forum) AGREED • Hashuryia Mulish Hussein (woman proposed by TUC,AGREED

• + UK speaker Agreed

Facilitator: • Eric Decarro (proposed by Swiss) AGREED • UK facilitator

2. Defending and developing public services and the welfare state

• Thomas Haschke (Germany) - Agreed • Foroni Marzia (proposed by NUS Europe) - Agreed • Gerard Asceri FSU (proposed by France) - Agreed • Andre Mordant, President FGTB (proposed by Belgian Social Forum) Agreed • Woman rep of all polish trade union of nurses Agreed • + UK speaker

Facilitator: • Carola Fischabch-Pyttel (WOMAN proposed by ETUC) Agreed for facilitator (checking) • UK facilitator

3. Labour and social rights: collective rights against casualisation, exploitation and de-regulation

MEENA MENON (woman, India) – confirmed [confirmed to GR] Agreed

• Francine Blanche CGT (proposed by France) Agreed • Luciano Muhlbauer (proposed by Italy) Agreed • Margarita Koutalaki, trade union organiser (woman; proposed by the Greek Social Forum) or for plenary 1 or 4 Agreed • Attila Vajnai (proposed by Hungarian Social Forum) Agreed • Therese Wuthrich (Swiss quota nomination) Agreed • + UK speaker

Facilitators: • European • UK

Languages: English French Greek Hungarian

4. Working together to fight inequalities and build social and economic alternatives

• Fotini Sianou (woman – proposed by ETUC) Agreed • Jean Phillipe Poulnot Bureau de l’economie social and solidaire (proposed by France) Agreed • Panos Garganas (proposed by Stop war Greece and Campaign Genoa Greece) Agreed • Erzsebert Szalai (woman, proposed by Hungary) Agreed • +UK speaker

Facilitators: • Giampiero Rasimelli (proposed by Italy) facilitator • UK facilitator

Languages: French, Greek, English, Hungarian

5. The issue of knowledge: culture, education, intellectual property and media

SUPINYA KLANGNARONG (woman journalist, Thailand) – confirmed) AGREED

• Youth organisation speaker (no name/organisation, proposed by France) AGREED • Anna Pizzo (proposed by Italy) AGREED • Jose Vidal Beneyto (man, proposed by Spanish state Social Forum) AGREED • + UK

Facilitators: • Sophie Zafari AGREED • UK speaker

Axis 4 Corporate globalisation and global justice

1. The European economy and the world economy: the WTO and trade justice

• Yash Tandon (man, Zambia) – confirmed Agreed • Guglielmo Epifani (proposed by Italy) Agreed • Fikile Mbalula (male, president ANC youth/pres IUSY; proposed by ECOSY) Agreed • Clare Joy (woman; World Development Movement UK,proposed by Seattle to Brussels network) Agreed • + UK speaker Agreed

Facilitator proposals: • Alexandra Wandel (woman; proposed FOE/attac) • UK facilitator

Languages: English, Italian,

2. Debt, aid, poverty, reparations and the G8

* VICTOR NZUZI (man, Congo) – confirmed Agreed • Speaker on Reparations from African Network. Agreed • Alicia Castro (woman, Argentina) Agreed • Heinz Dieterich Steffan (Germany proposal) Agreed • WALDEN BELLO (man, Phillipines) Agreed • + UK speaker Agreed

Facilitators: • European • UK

Languages: English, Spanish, German

3. Our world is not for sale

* Evo Morales (man, Bolivia) – confirmed available Agreed

• Gus Massiah CRID (proposed by France) Agreed • Marco Bassani (attac Italy) – Agreed • Raoul Mark Jennar, (man; Oxfam solidarite International (proposed by Belgian Social Forum) Agreed • Helena Bank, (woman; Nordic nomination) Agreed • +UK speaker Agreed

Facilitators: • Basque facilitator from above • UK facilitator

4. Voices of resistance and alternatives from the global south

• Gloria InezRamirez (woman, Colombia) – confirmed available Agreed • PK Murthy (man, India, mineworkers leader) – confirmed available Agreed • JUDITH VALENCIA (woman, Venezuala, ) – confirmed available. Agreed • Dot Keet (Transnational Institute) Agreed • Tariq Ramadan Agreed

Facilitator: • Basque facilitator • UK facilitator

Languages: Spanish French English Basque

5. Financial speculation and tax justice, the IMF and World Bank

• Luigi Cioti ( Libera, proposed by Italy) AGREEDJudge Carlos Limerez Villarejo (Proposed by European Network on the Tobin Tax) Spanish • Dirk Van Dermaelen (proposed by European Network on the Tobin Tax) English or French 1 of these 2 above AGREED • Jaques Nikonoff (proposed by European Network on the Tobin Tax – national quota) French Agreed • Solange Kone, FNDP (proposed by CADTM) to speak on Ivory Coast and structural adjustment AGREED

• Martin Coor (third world network; Malaysian) Agreed • UK speaker Agreed

Facilitators: • Monica Sabata or Esther Viras (Mediteranean Social Forum; proposed by Catalunya)

Languages: French Spanish English

Axis 5 Against racism, discrimination and the far right: for equality and diversity

1. Alliances we need to unite against racism

• ATTALAH SHABAZZ (woman, civil rights leader, USA) – check status AGREED • Paola Beni president ARCI (proposed by Italy) AGREED • Anuar Ekbtal (immigrants forum Greece proposed by Greek social forum) AGREED • Marion Douglas (black woman; Alliance of people of African Descent in Europe (APADE) AGREED • + UK speaker AGREED

Facilitators: • European • UK

2. Stop fascism and the far right in Europe

• Ester Ben Bassa Re’seau des associations contre l’extreme droite (proposed by France) AGREED • Rafal Pankowski (‘Never again’ campaign/United campaign; proposed by Polish Komitel esf part of Poland) AGREED • Yiannis Sifakakis, Stop the War Coalition (proposed by Campaign Genoa 2001 and Stop the War Greece) AGREED • Pal Aradi, Roma speaker Hungary AGREED • + UK speaker AGREED

Facilitators: • Elizabeth Gaultier • UK facilitator

Languages: English, Hungarian, French, Greek, Polish

3. For asylum, refugee and migrant rights - against fortress Europe • Clare Rodier Re’seau d’organisation de l’immigration (proposed by France) AGREED • Helle Bliddal (woman; Nordic nomination) AGREED • Enrique De Santiago (male, proposed by Spain) AGREED • Consultation among anti-racist and refugee networks to find speaker AGREED • + UK speaker AGREED Facilitator proposals: • UK • Nominee of Disobbedienti (proposed by Italy) – facilitator Agreed

4. Muslims in Europe: perspectives and challenges

• Sihan Andalousi Collective des musulmans de France (proposed by France) AGREED • Muslims in Europe – someone found by Muslim consultation AGREED • Claudia Haydt (woman, proposed by Germany) AGREED • Turkey agreed – ask Istanbul SF AGREED • UK speaker AGREED

Facilitator: • UK • 1 from muslim coordination

Axis 6 Environmental crisis, against neo-liberalism and for sustainable society

1. Oil addiction - energy politics, corporate power and global climate change

ORONTO DOUGLAS (man, Nigeria) – AGREED • Maurizio Gubbiotti (proposed by Italy) AGREED • Aretti Agrafoitou (proposed by Campaign Genoa 2001 Greece; woman) AGREED • Patricia McKenna(female, proposed by Ireland;)AGREED • + UK speaker AGREED

Facilitators: • European • UK

Languages: English Italian Greek

2. Politics on your plate - European agriculture, its global impact and future

• Vandana Shiva, India (woman) if not confirmed then / speaker from Asian peoples’ caravan for food sovereignty (proposed by UK Food Group) AGREED • CPE woman speaker/) AGREED • , Oxfam international – AGREED, NAME YET TO BE AGREED/ Agri Trade Network (man; proposed by UK Food Group) • FOE / spanish woman speaker from Amigos (proposed by UK food group) AGREED • UK speaker

Facilitators: • Giorgos Emmanouil (coordinator Greek network against GMO; proposed Greek Social Forum) Facilitator • UK facilitator

3. The end of the myth of development and growth: towards a sustainable society

• Samir Amin AGREED • Re’seau des associations ecologists (proposed by France) AGREED, WAITING FOR NAME • Martin Rocholl (man; proposed by Friends of the Earth Europe) AGREED • + UK speaker AGREED

Languages: French, English

4. Environmental crisis and European responsibility

• Jose Bove AGREED • Claus Lanz (proposed by Germany) AGREED • Magda Stoczkiewicz (woman, proposed by EE Bankwatch) AGREED • Mehmet Soganci (Network Chamber of Engineers and Architects, Turkey – proposed as part of Turkey national quota) AGREED • Athena Ronquilo (woman, proposed by Greenpeace International) AGREED • + UK speaker AGREED

Facilitators: • European • UK speaker

2. PLENARIES ON POLITICAL PARTIES AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS Agreed to have 2 plenaries under this theme. In the meeting it was agreed to have 1 broadly on theme of social movements and privatisation, and the other on war. Each to have 3 speakers from social movements and 4 from political parties. As follows is decision so far: 1. SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND PRIVATISATION Speakers from social movements: Piero Bernocchi, Pierre Khalfa and a woman speaker from the Greek Social Forum. And 4 other political party speakers 2 from UK, 2 from Europe 2. WAR 3 social movements: 1 from UK; 1 from Spain; 1 other anti-war movement yet to be decided And 4 other political party speakers: 2 UK parties 2 European Facilitators: Petros (Greece) and 1 UK

3. SEMINARS 1. Extra space needed: after explanation of the finances involved in booking new spaces, arranging translation equipment and technicians, and Babels costs, it was agreed to pursue the extra space needed to accommodate the additional seminars agreed and two extra plenaries by rearranging times on Saturday morning so that sessions would run 9 to 11 and 11.30 to 1.30. That is there would be no 3 hour plenary slot on Saturday. 2. Agreed that the British colleagues who are taking forward programme issues would decide on other issues of placing and timetabling. Issues to be raised directly with them. Colleagues present from national delegations indicated some issues requiring clarification and priority at the moment and will liaise further.