WSF Africa Process

A Picture of the African Social Forum process (pdf 274 kb)

by Ruby van der Wekken

Whilst the WSF process in Africa has had several continental, regional and national social forum events, attention in the WSF process now puts a sharp focus on the African continent, in the run up to the WSF polycentric forum in Bamako and the WSF 2007 in Nairobi. Ruby van der Wekken wrote a study for the Finnish Seed Tree environmental and human rights foundation, read the section on the African Social Forum process.

Report African Social Forum process 2004-2005
NIGD News and Notes December 2005
This report issued by the Secretariat of the African Scoial Forum process, provides an extensive overview of the continental african social forums as well as regional council meetings in the African Social Forum process of 2004-2005, with a view towards WSF Bamako 2006 and WSF Kenya 2007.

Africa Commission of the WSF in Finland
In Finland, a group of organisations together with NIGD have launched an Africa Commission of the WSF. The ACWSF is engaged in the WSF Africa process, and raises the issues and debates. It reports on WSF issues, the WSF process in Africa, the preparations towards the WSF in Mali 2006 and Kenya 2007 and organises events in the Nordic countries with WSF guests from Latin America, Asia and Africa. In this way, the ACWSF supports the participation of Nordic actors in general in the WSF Africa process, as well as brings forward the issues coming forth out of the WSF Africa process in Finland in particular.