Why and How participate in Global WSF - Q&A Exchange of experience and Goals about participation - Session 4

CONTEXT
This is intended as a first session  of a series  "why and how participate in global WSF"  , 
coming as an initiative described in 2C2 statement assumed initially by AMRC Carita Intl IMCS  Now Katalzo and  ATFD have joined
see Square of statements APSF2025  :  https://docs.google.com/document/d/10i61uKRRv9Jq-vDtAC8uD58AgIizrU7WcX4KfT6V0YQ/edit?tab=t.0

People showing interest, through registering in sessions on Zoom,  will be ushered in a  " around 2C2 statement" whatsapp group.  They can also endorse in relation with they respective entity the statement here: https://forms.gle/AXUSLc3FvUgSPJLF9
 

register in zoom for this session:  https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IrySKqT6Qxyv8RJcKjYK5A

AGENDA OF SESSION 4 

Conveners  recall the context
Participants introduce themselves in the zoom chat  with conveners commenting their related  organization participation in WSF2024 APSF WSFI 

A/  QEI&A round 
 Floor will be given 3mn to each participant present, following the order of registrations in zoom  up to 3hour before meeting 
 List of rgistered participants https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AsgVboWc3YzDv2GFJ44GwzRzEZf1NCI8fiUwGoRV0Ig/edit?usp=sharing 
 

 interventions  are on HOW and WHAT 
1/   HOW:  share question or experience ( Q&E) on how to participate  in some of the processes   
2/   WHAT:  share intentions (I)  and goals of their associated organization  about  its  upcoming participation in some of the processes
After each intervention, Conveners of session share  in 3mn verbally, and in the chat,  their answers (A)  about the HOW taking into account the WHAT 

B/  Open Discussion When this round  of QEI&A  is over,  an open discussion, based on 3mn interventions  moderated by conveners  takes place.  

A transcript of the meeting will be edited as  documentation later on 
 

GENERAL INFO 

Here below Some of the social forum processes abiding by WSF principles that are components of  “Global WSF process”, a notion affirmed in 2022 by International council, a facilitating body for WSF process caring about WSF principles  

APSF process ASIA PACIFIC (2022 onwards - last event Bangkok 2025 )
 Website: https://www.asia-pacific-social-forum.org/news/ 
Interactive connections spaces: TCSs GCSs ( Thematic and Geographic - info during meeting) 

WASF/FSOA process WEST AFRICA: (2003 onwards - last event Dakar 2025) 
Website https://forumsocialsenegalais.org/index.php/pages/activites-dansle-fss 
Interactive connections space: for contact persons of organizations present in website( filling a form 

WSFI/FSMI process  focused on INTERSECTIONS ( 2024 onwards - last event Montreal 2025) - collective entities can make themselves visible and announced activities-meetings ( tick EN upper right for English) Website : https://intersectionsglobal.net/fsmi/themes-intersections 
Interactive connections spaces: yes whatsapp group(s) for mutual visibility of contact persons of organizations present in website 
Register entity without payment (untick box "contribution" at bottom of form) https://intersectionsglobal.net/fsmi/form/inscription-d-une-entite 

WSF process per se ( 2001 onwards- Last event Nepal 2024 - upcoming event Cotonou august 2026)

 Websites WSF2024 ( event focused)  https://wsf2024nepal.org/activities - WSF2026 www.fsm2026benin.org (ow on line -  registration soon opening ) 

TOWARDS WSF 2026 - OC WEBINAR1 proposed by organising committee wsf 2026 February 11 
EDITED TRANSCRIPT from the video with additional links Includes a summary in 60 numbered subheadings that can be referred to in discussion  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Sgw0DmLs207LF2Uvv1EoKMlxDc7RL-ULth6N3XNnfhs/edit?usp=sharing