[Imc-newsroom] new information on the continental forums agianst the ftaa

Fri Sep 27 11:49:52 CDT 2002

New info on registration and scedule of events for the end of october. 
documents are attached as well.   

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Hemispheric Campaign Against the FTAA

Hemispheric Meeting of Reflection and Exchange: "Another
America is Possible" Quito, 28-30 October 2002.

REGISTRATION: DON'T LEAVE IT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE!

The website for your registration in the Meeting "Another
America is Possible"; has been activated at
http://www.fsmecuador.org/jornadas/index.html

Event Methodology
See the updated version of the Event Program on the web
site at:
http://www.movimientos.org/noalca/encuentro_en.phtml

Registration of Workshops:

Participating organizations can propose workshops, to be
organized under their responsibility. The deadline for
Workshop Registration is 30 September. The proposals for
workshops will be confirmed by the organizing committee in
accordance with available space.
Visit "Registration of Participants and Workshops" at:
http://www.fsmecuador.org/jornadas/index_eng.html

Participant Registration:

Individuals who wish to participate in the Meeting need to
have previously registered.
The deadline for registrations is Friday 18 October.
Registration is now open.
Visit "Registration of Participants and Workshops" at:
http://www.fsmecuador.org/jornadas/index_eng.html

In case of any difficulty in accessing the web site,
contact the following address:
jornadasnoalca at fsmecuador.org

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General Information:
The Hemispheric Meeting of Reflection and Exchange: "Another America is 
Possible" will be held in Quito, Ecuador, on Monday October 28 through 
Wednesday 30 2002*, with the purpose of:
- Deepening understanding of what is behind of the Free Trade Area of the 
Americas - FTAA - and its future consequences. 
- Enhancing the proposals for alternative integration. 
- Giving greater visibility to the resistance against the FTAA 
This meeting will be held within the framework of the Hemispheric Resistance 
Days against the FTAA, which will be carried out during the month of October in 
each country within the hemisphere. The meeting dates are concurrent with the 
Ministerial Meeting of the FTAA, which is scheduled for the last week of that 
month in Quito. 
The meeting is organized by the continental Committee of the Hemispheric 
Campaign against the FTAA, a coordination initiative for developing proposals, 
that is linking networks, entities, social and political movements, alliances, 
trade unions and social coalitions, that have raised their voice in resistance 
against the Free Trade Area of the Americas - FTAA-. 
* On Sunday October 27, from midday, a inaugural cultural event will take 
place. On Thursday 31 and Friday November 1, demonstrations in front of the 
FTAA Ministerial Meeting will be held. 
Methodology of the Meeting:
The meeting “Another America is Possible” plans to be a meeting space in which 
to deepen awareness, develop critical focuses, exchange on alternative 
proposals and strategies and to show resistance against the FTAA. The various 
themes to be addressed will include as cross cutting issues: Gender, Human 
Rights, diversity and plurality 
The Meeting will be comprised of three types of activity: 
&#61623; Conferences 
&#61623; Panels 
&#61623; Workshops 
Conferences: Deal with the more general framework in which the negotiations 
around the FTAA and the debate over alternatives is being carried out. 
&#61623; Militarization of the American Hemisphere 
&#61623; External Debt, Economic and Financial crises in the Americas 
&#61623; FTAA versus An Alternative for the Americas 
Panels: 
Aim to debate the Agreement itself and its impacts along with the strategies of 
social movements. 
Core themes and topics 
For the Meeting, three core themes have been defined. Each is further divided 
into three sub themes, which in turn contain specific issues. 			

Core	Theme One	Theme Two	Theme 3		
FTAA versus Development	Economic Model, Production and Trade	FTAA and 
Agriculture	Employment and Workers Rights		
FTAA versus Society	Environment	Women and Gender	Indigenous 
Peoples		
FTAA versus Democracy	The State and Public Policies	Human Rights
	Sovereignty		
Coordination Panel On the evening of 30 October a coordinating table will be 
opened to allow all proposals developed in the different core themes to be seen 
together, this will allow for the development of a plan of action against the 
FTAA.

Workshops They are activities proposed and organized by participating entities, 
movements and organizations. Their goal is to enable encounters, exchange of 
experiences, coordination, planning and definition of strategies for groups, 
alliances, networks, regarding their present and future actions.
Program:				
	Morning	Afternoon		
Sunday 27	Opening Event	Opening Event		
Monday 28	Network Meetings 
Workshops	Network Meetings 
Workshops		
Tuesday 29	Conference:
Militarization of the American Hemisphere
Panels:
Core 1: FTAA versus Development: Economic Model, Production and Trade.
Core 2: FTAA versus Society: Environment
Core 3: FTAA versus Democracy: The State and Public policies
Workshops	Conference:
External Debt, Economic and Financial Crises in the Americas
Panels:
Core 1: FTAA versus Development: FTAA and Agriculture.
Core 2: FTAA versus Society: Women and Gender
Core 3. FTAA versus Democracy: Human Rights
Workshops		
Wednesday 30	Conference FTAA versus An Alternative for the Americas
Panels Core 1: FTAA versus Development: Employment and Workers Rights.
Core 2: FTAA versus Society: Indigenous Peoples
Core 3: FTAA versus Democracy: Sovereignty
Workshops	Final coordination panel (of the conferences and panels), for 
evaluation of the campaign and discussions about its continuation.
Workshops		
Thursday 31	Mobilization	Mobilization		
Friday 1	Mobilization	Hemispheric Assembly		
Registration of Workshops:
Participating organizations can propose the organization of workshops. 
Format: 3 hours in duration.
Coordination, minutes, translation, recording, and any other related costs are 
the sole responsibility of those who propose the workshop. The organizers will 
only provide the venue.
Deadline for registering workshops: September 30.
Depending on the number of registered workshops and the available spaces, the 
organizing committee reserves the right to propose the combining of registered 
workshops.
Please Visit "Registration of participants and Workshops" at: 
http://www.fsmecuador.org/jornadas/index_eng.html
Registration of Participants:
Participation is open to all people who agree with the objectives of the 
Hemispheric Campaign against the FTAA. The only condition is registration prior 
to the workshop. The deadline for registration is Friday October 18. 
Costs: The registration fee is voluntary and can be paid on collection of the 
registration badge. 
Please Visit "Registration of participants and Workshops" at: 
http://www.fsmecuador.org/jornadas/index_eng.html
Accommodation in Quito:
The reservation of accommodation and associated costs of staying in Quito, 
meals and refreshments, are the responsibility of each participant. 
In the near future there will be information on this site of the various 
accommodation options, with a price scale and contact list to enable you to 
make any reservation directly. 
Operational secretariate of the Meeting: jornadasnoalca at fsmecuador.org		