ganizer name: World Social Forum Solidarity Network Japan
Activity name: Debate with Japanese anti-neoliberal movements on the unsustainable development, foreign policies: against ADB 2007 and G8 2008 in Japan
Date and time: January 23rd 2007, 8:30-11:00 am (In fact, we will start from 9 am)
Room: G-110/111
Friday, January 19, 2007
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
水のセミナーのお知らせ
小倉です。以下、岸本聡子 さんのWSFjへの投稿を転載します。
＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝
皆様、
とくにWSFに参加する皆様
直前になり恐縮ですが、アムステルダムのTransnational Institute
より、TNとパートナーのグループで開催する水のセミナーのお知らせです。今回８
つの国際団体およびアフリカ各国のグループが連合体を作り、以下の２つのほかにもいくつかのセミナー
（水道の民営化をめぐるアフリカ各国の対抗、水へのアクセスの権利の確保、水
のプリペイドメーターへの対抗など）を共同で開催します。連合体は２４日午前中に集結し、African Water Network
を立ち上げる予定 です。
私はナイロビに行きませんが、Olivier HoedemanがTNIを代表してナイロビに行きます。
皆さんの活動の成功願って。
岸本聡子
-----------------------------------------
Reclaiming Public Water! Improving water supply through democratisation
and Public-Public Partnerships
Monday January 22nd (exact time and venue still to be confirmed)
Co-organised by Ghana CAP, Council of Canadians, World Development
Movement, Public Services International, Corporate Europe Observatory,
Transnational Institute, France Libertés, Engineers Withour Borders
Cataluanya and others.
The seminar will present a range of experiences from Africa and
elsewhere with improving public water delivery through democratisation
and other progressive reforms. Another major focus will be how to unlock
the potential of Public-Public Partnerships in accelerating improvements
in access to clean water and sanitation.
Chair: Vicky Cann (World Development Movement, UK) . Speakers:
* Abu O. Alhassan (Savelugu Water Board, Ghana): the experiences with
community controlled water management and public-community partnership
in the town of Savelugu.
* Peter Werikhe (Public Employees Union, Uganda) on the reform
experiences of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation.
* Mussa Billegeya (TANGO, Tanzania) about the failed privatisation in
Dar es Salaam and options for improving the performance of public water
operator DAWASCO.
* Carlos Pedro Bastos (Vice-President of ASSEMAE, Brazil):
democratisation of water management in the municipality Santo Andre and
elsewhere in Brazil.
* David Boys (Public Services International): Public-Utility
Partnerships (PUPs) and the new UN Water Operator Partnerships (WOPs)
initiative.
--------------------------------------------
Rural water challenges
Tuesday January 23rd (exact time and venue still to be confirmed)
Co-organised by Ghana CAP, Council of Canadians, Corporate Europe
Observatory, Transnational Institute, the Institute for Agriculture and
Trade Policy, Engineers Withour Borders Cataluanya and others.
The seminar will assess the challenges in rural drinking water supply
and sanitation systems in Africa and elsewhere, and explore ways
forward. This will happen on the basis of presentations on community
managed water systems and other forms of public management in rural
areas. The seminar aims to develop an action plan for advancing
democratisation of rural water management.
Chair: Olivier Hoedeman, Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO). Speakers:
* Shiney Varghese (IATP): the challenge of securing water for all in
rural areas.
* George Rubiik (CCFMC KISUMU, Kenya): improving water supply in rural
areas through public-community partnerships.
* Mary-Ann Manaham (Focus on the Global South, The Philippines): rural
water cooperatives in The Philippines.
* Cheikh Diop (president of the "Senegalese association for
environment"): access to water in rural and peri-urban areas in Senegal.
＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝
皆様、
とくにWSFに参加する皆様
直前になり恐縮ですが、アムステルダムのTransnational Institute
より、TNとパートナーのグループで開催する水のセミナーのお知らせです。今回８
つの国際団体およびアフリカ各国のグループが連合体を作り、以下の２つのほかにもいくつかのセミナー
（水道の民営化をめぐるアフリカ各国の対抗、水へのアクセスの権利の確保、水
のプリペイドメーターへの対抗など）を共同で開催します。連合体は２４日午前中に集結し、African Water Network
を立ち上げる予定 です。
私はナイロビに行きませんが、Olivier HoedemanがTNIを代表してナイロビに行きます。
皆さんの活動の成功願って。
岸本聡子
-----------------------------------------
Reclaiming Public Water! Improving water supply through democratisation
and Public-Public Partnerships
Monday January 22nd (exact time and venue still to be confirmed)
Co-organised by Ghana CAP, Council of Canadians, World Development
Movement, Public Services International, Corporate Europe Observatory,
Transnational Institute, France Libertés, Engineers Withour Borders
Cataluanya and others.
The seminar will present a range of experiences from Africa and
elsewhere with improving public water delivery through democratisation
and other progressive reforms. Another major focus will be how to unlock
the potential of Public-Public Partnerships in accelerating improvements
in access to clean water and sanitation.
Chair: Vicky Cann (World Development Movement, UK) . Speakers:
* Abu O. Alhassan (Savelugu Water Board, Ghana): the experiences with
community controlled water management and public-community partnership
in the town of Savelugu.
* Peter Werikhe (Public Employees Union, Uganda) on the reform
experiences of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation.
* Mussa Billegeya (TANGO, Tanzania) about the failed privatisation in
Dar es Salaam and options for improving the performance of public water
operator DAWASCO.
* Carlos Pedro Bastos (Vice-President of ASSEMAE, Brazil):
democratisation of water management in the municipality Santo Andre and
elsewhere in Brazil.
* David Boys (Public Services International): Public-Utility
Partnerships (PUPs) and the new UN Water Operator Partnerships (WOPs)
initiative.
--------------------------------------------
Rural water challenges
Tuesday January 23rd (exact time and venue still to be confirmed)
Co-organised by Ghana CAP, Council of Canadians, Corporate Europe
Observatory, Transnational Institute, the Institute for Agriculture and
Trade Policy, Engineers Withour Borders Cataluanya and others.
The seminar will assess the challenges in rural drinking water supply
and sanitation systems in Africa and elsewhere, and explore ways
forward. This will happen on the basis of presentations on community
managed water systems and other forms of public management in rural
areas. The seminar aims to develop an action plan for advancing
democratisation of rural water management.
Chair: Olivier Hoedeman, Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO). Speakers:
* Shiney Varghese (IATP): the challenge of securing water for all in
rural areas.
* George Rubiik (CCFMC KISUMU, Kenya): improving water supply in rural
areas through public-community partnerships.
* Mary-Ann Manaham (Focus on the Global South, The Philippines): rural
water cooperatives in The Philippines.
* Cheikh Diop (president of the "Senegalese association for
environment"): access to water in rural and peri-urban areas in Senegal.
開会式とメイン会場は別の場所です
小倉です、ナイロビのWSFの会場ですが、開会式と閉会式の会場とメインの会場
は別のようです。
開会式と閉会式は、ナイロビのダウンタウンにあるUhuru Parkとのこと。場所は
以下のgooglemapで確認してください。
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=nairobi+kenya&ie=UTF8&ll=-1.288913,36.819633&spn=0.00273,0.006781&t=h&om=1
メイン会場は、ダウンタウンから10キロほど北東のKasaraniのMoi
International Sports Centre。
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=nairobi+kenya&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=17&ll=-1.230374,36.891822&spn=0.00546,0.012681&t=h
開会式の場所をお待ちがえなく。
http://wsf2007.org/info#place
ナイロビでの連絡先（小倉の携帯とメール）
こんにちは、小倉です。そろそろナイロビへ出発される方も出てくると思います。
私は少し遅れての出発ですが、以下、現地での連絡先です。国際ローミングなの
で通話だと若干高くなりますが、メールも受け取れます。
携帯電話 090-6496-8049
メール toshi_maru9@softbank.ne.jp
現地には28日まで滞在します。26日、27日にはWSFの国際評議会を傍聴してきます。
Sunday, January 14, 2007
軍事基地問題のワークショップ（お知らせ)
小倉です。日程、場所はまだ確定していませんが、下記のようなワークショップが開催されます。
Workshops on Foreign Military Bases at the World Social Forum 2007
To be organized by the International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases
1) Gaining a Foothold: The United States’ Plans for Expanding its
Military Presence in Africa
One of the United States biggest overseas military bases in the world is in Africa. Few people, even in Africa know this. This ignorance continues even while the US military base in Diego Garcia -- which is part of the Mauritius' Chagos islands -- has in recent years been used for to bomb Afghanistan and Iraq. The base also hosts a prison where "terrorist suspects" are believed to have been "rendered."
As the US undertakes its most comprehensive transformation of its global military deployment since World War II, Africa -- which has been hosting bases used by European militaries -- is being eyed to host even more foreign bases apart from Diego Garcia. Plans are foot for the establishment of US military installations or the securing of access to military facilities in the region. Algeria, Mali, Guinea, Djibouti are some of the countries that have been identified. Special Operations Forces are already stationed at the Horn of Africa. There is also a standing proposal to establish a separate US military command to cover the region, in the same way that the Pacific Command covers most of Asia and the Pacific while the Southern Command covers Latin America. Ostensibly, the US military presence is being justified as being aimed against “terrorists.” Indeed, sub-Saharan Africa has been designated part of the global “arc of instability” in which the US must expand or deepen its military presence. But with the Gulf of Guinea countries now supplying 16% of US energy requirements – a figure that’s projected to grow to as much as 25% by 2015, it is believed that – as in West Asia and Central Asia – US bases are being established to secure access to natural resources and to bolster the US capacity for rapid military interventions.
This will be an educational forum for sharing information and raising awareness on the latest US military plans and designs on Africa, for deepening our understanding of the larger implications of the current US global military realignment, and for learning from the experience of other countries that are also currently hosting foreign military presence.
Program:
PANEL 1: Understanding the evolving US military strategy (45 mins)
- Phyllis Bennis (US)
- Frank Pascual (Philippines)
- Toshi Ogura (Japan)
SHARING and DISCUSSION (45 mins)
PANEL 2: The US, other powers and Africa (45 mins)
- Samir Amin (Senegal)
- speaker from Kenya (to be proposed by Wilbert)
- The Combined Joint Task Force Africa (Djibouti) and the Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines: 'Models of Future Military Operations'?: Herbert Docena
- Europe and Africa: Hannelore Toelke (Germany)
SHARING and DISCUSSION (45 mins)
SYNTHESIS (10 mins)
Facilitators: Allison Budschalow and Theresa Wolfwood
2) Building the Movement: Africa and the Global Movement for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases
Even as the United States moves to expand and deepen its military presence around the world and in outer space, the past years has also seen the emergence of a global network for the abolition of foreign military bases. Spurred on by the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and the global “war against terror,” the effort has seen the coming together of diverse regional, national, and community-based movements that have long been struggling against foreign military presence around the world – from Okinawa to Korea, from Puerto Rico to the Philippines, from Italy to Cuba. As the empire of bases expands its reach, so too are the movements building their ranks of solidarity
and common action. Plans are underway for an international conference for the abolition of foreign military bases in Ecuador in March 2007. It is envisioned to be an opportunity for the movements to share their experiences, to plan for concrete actions, and to build the capacity of the network.
This will be a planning and networking workshop aimed at introducing the network to more people, to build links with African movements that share its concerns and aims, to collectively strategize and plan further, and to gather inputs on how to further strengthen the movement, through the Ecuador conference and other efforts. The ideas arising from the workshop will be brought to the Ecuador conference for further deliberations. It is a continuation of the workshops that have been held in previous World Social Forums in Mumbai and Porto Alegre and other meetings.
Program:
Introducing the International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases: Alfred Marder (10 mins)
Sharing on Struggles against Bases around the World (45 mins)
- Javier Garate
- Tanie Suano (Philippines)
- someone from Africa (to be identified by Wilbert)
- Joel Suarez (Cuba)
- Kaori Sunagawa (Japan)
- others who will be there
Introducing the Global Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases: Bal Pinguel (10 mins)
OPEN DISCUSSION: What strategies should the network pursue in order to push for the abolition of foreign military bases globally? (75 mins)
SYNTHESIS (10 mins)
Facilitators: Wilbert van der Zeijden and Baltazar Pinguel
Workshops on Foreign Military Bases at the World Social Forum 2007
To be organized by the International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases
1) Gaining a Foothold: The United States’ Plans for Expanding its
Military Presence in Africa
One of the United States biggest overseas military bases in the world is in Africa. Few people, even in Africa know this. This ignorance continues even while the US military base in Diego Garcia -- which is part of the Mauritius' Chagos islands -- has in recent years been used for to bomb Afghanistan and Iraq. The base also hosts a prison where "terrorist suspects" are believed to have been "rendered."
As the US undertakes its most comprehensive transformation of its global military deployment since World War II, Africa -- which has been hosting bases used by European militaries -- is being eyed to host even more foreign bases apart from Diego Garcia. Plans are foot for the establishment of US military installations or the securing of access to military facilities in the region. Algeria, Mali, Guinea, Djibouti are some of the countries that have been identified. Special Operations Forces are already stationed at the Horn of Africa. There is also a standing proposal to establish a separate US military command to cover the region, in the same way that the Pacific Command covers most of Asia and the Pacific while the Southern Command covers Latin America. Ostensibly, the US military presence is being justified as being aimed against “terrorists.” Indeed, sub-Saharan Africa has been designated part of the global “arc of instability” in which the US must expand or deepen its military presence. But with the Gulf of Guinea countries now supplying 16% of US energy requirements – a figure that’s projected to grow to as much as 25% by 2015, it is believed that – as in West Asia and Central Asia – US bases are being established to secure access to natural resources and to bolster the US capacity for rapid military interventions.
This will be an educational forum for sharing information and raising awareness on the latest US military plans and designs on Africa, for deepening our understanding of the larger implications of the current US global military realignment, and for learning from the experience of other countries that are also currently hosting foreign military presence.
Program:
PANEL 1: Understanding the evolving US military strategy (45 mins)
- Phyllis Bennis (US)
- Frank Pascual (Philippines)
- Toshi Ogura (Japan)
SHARING and DISCUSSION (45 mins)
PANEL 2: The US, other powers and Africa (45 mins)
- Samir Amin (Senegal)
- speaker from Kenya (to be proposed by Wilbert)
- The Combined Joint Task Force Africa (Djibouti) and the Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines: 'Models of Future Military Operations'?: Herbert Docena
- Europe and Africa: Hannelore Toelke (Germany)
SHARING and DISCUSSION (45 mins)
SYNTHESIS (10 mins)
Facilitators: Allison Budschalow and Theresa Wolfwood
2) Building the Movement: Africa and the Global Movement for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases
Even as the United States moves to expand and deepen its military presence around the world and in outer space, the past years has also seen the emergence of a global network for the abolition of foreign military bases. Spurred on by the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and the global “war against terror,” the effort has seen the coming together of diverse regional, national, and community-based movements that have long been struggling against foreign military presence around the world – from Okinawa to Korea, from Puerto Rico to the Philippines, from Italy to Cuba. As the empire of bases expands its reach, so too are the movements building their ranks of solidarity
and common action. Plans are underway for an international conference for the abolition of foreign military bases in Ecuador in March 2007. It is envisioned to be an opportunity for the movements to share their experiences, to plan for concrete actions, and to build the capacity of the network.
This will be a planning and networking workshop aimed at introducing the network to more people, to build links with African movements that share its concerns and aims, to collectively strategize and plan further, and to gather inputs on how to further strengthen the movement, through the Ecuador conference and other efforts. The ideas arising from the workshop will be brought to the Ecuador conference for further deliberations. It is a continuation of the workshops that have been held in previous World Social Forums in Mumbai and Porto Alegre and other meetings.
Program:
Introducing the International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases: Alfred Marder (10 mins)
Sharing on Struggles against Bases around the World (45 mins)
- Javier Garate
- Tanie Suano (Philippines)
- someone from Africa (to be identified by Wilbert)
- Joel Suarez (Cuba)
- Kaori Sunagawa (Japan)
- others who will be there
Introducing the Global Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases: Bal Pinguel (10 mins)
OPEN DISCUSSION: What strategies should the network pursue in order to push for the abolition of foreign military bases globally? (75 mins)
SYNTHESIS (10 mins)
Facilitators: Wilbert van der Zeijden and Baltazar Pinguel
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