European Social Forum 2010, 1-4 juli Istanbul

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About Istanbul 2010 - fse-esf.org

Konferens i Prag 27-28 mars 2010

En konferens med temat "The Alternative to the Right-Wing Extremism in the Time of Social and Ecological Crisis" hölls i Prag i slutet av mars med uppskattningsvis 100 deltagare från 19 olika länder. Mötet mobiliserade inför forumet i Istanbul och tog fram en deklaration med en intressant analys - läs den i sin helhet här - länk!

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Tidigare, i januari, kom även en rapport från de turkiska arrangörerna, Turkey Social Forum, sosyalforum.org:

2010-01-28

Social Forum Of Turkey's report for Berlin European Preparatory Assembly

a.Program:

30th of June there will be World March of Women Assembly and demonstration

1st July Thursday Opening 9.00 – 12.00; 14.00-17.00 ; 17.30 – 20.30
2nd July Friday 9.00 – 12.00 ; 14.00-17.00 ; 17.30 – 20.30
3rd Of July Saturday 9.00 – 12.00; 13.00 – 15.30;
18.00 – Demonstration and Closing
4th of July Sunday 10.00 – 13.00 Thematic Assemblies ; 15.00 -18.00
Assembly of Assemblies

Rooms: There are 1 room with 2000 people, 1 room with 750 people, 1 room
with 600 people, 2 rooms with 350 people, 5 rooms with 250 people, 1 room
with 200 people, 3 rooms with 150 people, 4 rooms with 100 people, 12
rooms with 50-100 people capacity. In total there are 30 rooms. In 8 time
slots, there can be 240 activities.

b.Openning:
First day in the morning there will be an opening session. Speakers and
details of the opening session will be defined on the Istanbul Prepatory
Assembly in May. General idea is to make the opening with a well known
speaker on the crisis issue .

c. Demonstration:
Demonstration will be on Staurday at 18.00 and in Taksim square.

d.Seminar Fees:
Proposed Seminar Fees for different size of rooms are,
2000 people : 3000 Euro
1000 people : 1500 Euro
750 people: 1100 Euro
600 people: 900 Euro
350 people: 525 Euro
250 people: 375 Euro
150 people: 225 Euro
100 people : 150 Euro
50-100 people: 75 Euro

e.Entrance Fee:
Normal: 30 Euro
Youth under 22 years, unemployed or retired. Regular fee for
CEE-countries: 15 Euros
Youth under 22, unemployed or retired from CEE-countries: 10 Euro
There won’t be any participation fee for participants from Turkey.
Participation fee for organizations is 250 Euros

f.Stands and stalls:
100 Euro for informational stalls of ESF participants.
250 Euro for commercial stalls (there will be a limitation for commercial
stalls, only the stalls of publication houses, CDs and T-Shirts will be
allowed)
There will be a working group inside Social Forum of Turkey, which will
tke care of the organizaiton of stalls and this working group will decide
on which commercial stalls will be allowed.

g.Thematic Spaces: Applicaitons for Thematic Spaces will be taken through
mailing list. The cost of the Thematic Spaces will be 500 Euros for 20
squaremeters.

h.Practical Issues:
Visa: None of theEuropean countries neds Visa to visit Turkey but citizens
of some non European countries will need Visa. And Visa process for Turkey
citizens of some countries are very long (it can even take months) Those
who will need Visa invitation should send their passport information to
esfvisainvitation@gmail.com email address.
Solidarity Fund: For Solidarity Fund priority will be given to collective
transportation by busses or trains from neighbouring countries. Because of
both enviromental and financial reasons, priority will be given to those
who travel as group with bus or train from neighbouring countries. A
European working group in order to look for new funding resources for
solidarity fund can be very usefull.

i.Translation: Since there is a limited budget for the organizing of ESF
2010, most of the translators will be from the Turkey. Around 100
translator will be used from Babels network and the rest will be found
inside Turkey. But in order to ask for Babels help on planning translation
for ESF 2010, first Babels debt from the previous Forum should be paid. It
is responsibility of all the ESF components to pay for the Babels debt and
this issue should be taken into consideration seriously. In order to,
assure the Babels intrepeters that their expenses will be paid in Istanbul
ESF, Organizing Committee considers to prepay the tickets. In this way, we
can avoid a debt to translators after the Forum.