QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT SQUARE OF STATEMENTS FEB19TH  COMENTABLE WORKING VERSION 

WHAT IS IT ?

A final moment  in wsf  where principle 7 of wsf is implemented 
"organizations or groups of organizations that participate in the Forums meetings must be assured the right, during such meetings, to deliberate on declarations or actions they may decide on, whether singly or in coordination with other participants. The World Social Forum facilitating group  undertakes to circulate such decisions widely by the means at its disposal, without directing, hierarchizing, censuring or restricting them, but as deliberations of the organizations or groups of organizations that made the decisions.

and a resulting directory page : https://wsf2024nepal.org/square-of-statement

WHAT IS IT FOR ? 

Square of statements moment of 4 hours is to Allow a maximum number of voluntary interactions between WSF participants around the statements and concrete involvement possibilities around them in the coming months , 

WHO IS IT FOR?

Statement promoters are invited to present their statements and the possibilities for involvement around those 

Participants in WSF2024 are invited to come and meet with the promoter of the statements that interest them

Statement promoters are invited to come and meet with some other statement promoters and explore convergence alliances with them.

These interactions take place simultaneously not in sequence

 During the  4 hours of the square of statements, Each organization  present in the Square of statements reviews the list of statements present in the square and defines its own “program of interaction” around the various statements that it is most interested in

 PREPARED BY WHO ?  SQS TEAM 

Square of statements is prepared, communicated,  and implemented  through “square of statement moment team”  (SQS Team   working under guidance of  NOC

Team follows up the declarations of intention of statement by some activities (60? among the 370 activities registered?)   and the appearance of “statement related text”  in the “additional document” section of  the corresponding activity pages

The SQS Team goes updating list of statements  table with links to the activity pages  to which they are related

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WHEN ARE  PREPARATION STEPS TOWARDS SQUARE OF STATEMENTS

🌏 FILL  THIS FORM  http://bit.ly/3SyabvU, you can announce, if be the case, an INTENTION FOR PREPARING A STATEMENT outcoming from an activity that you organize or co organize in WSF 2024 . 

🌏 SQS team  will greet you in the Statement Promoters on line Space ( SPS  -whatsapp group)
There you wil find guidance for publishing your statement and for preparing the participation of the group promoting your statement on Feb19th
Also , you may wish to start interacting there with other statement promoters about possible converg

🌏 DEVELOP YOUR STATEMENT  PUBLISH ABOUT IT IN YOUR ACTIVTY PAGE and propose it for support to interested WSF participants first in your activty and then in the SQUARE OF STATEMENTS IN BRIKHUTI MANDAP ON 19TH  FEBRUARY 9.30 am TO 1.30 pm

🌏 HAVE  YOUR  STATEMENT READY EDITED BY 18TH FEBRUARY 10 PM NEPAL TIME

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WHERE  to  LOOK FOR INFO ABOUT SQUARE OF STATEMENTS 

IN THIS INFORMATIVE ACTIVITY https://wsf2024nepal.org/activity/10   18TH FEB 11H30  Balmiki Campus-BLOCK A- Floor Ground- Room (1)

WITH CONTACTS IN THIS ACTIVITY  ON 18TH 11H30 

IN WEBSITE  SEARCH BOX  searching word in search box  "statements search" - distinct from search box  act description search 

this new search box has been asked for in website team

IN THE BOOTH  “SQUARE OF STATEMENT”  IN WSF VENUE  IF ANY 

in BM venue -   looking for the contact table with number associated with  statement title  -  will be  prepared by SQSTeam

in WSF venue - going to a room indicated by contact table people where an inclusion meeting can be organized 
 

WHERE  to  LOOK FOR INFO ABOUT STATEMENTS 

IN THE SECTION BELOW  OTHER DETAIL  AND IN A PAGE IN THE WEBSITE

__MORE QUESTIONS  ANSWERS  COMING FROM  DISCUSSIONS  IN THE SSM  TEAM_

WHEN WILL THE STATEMENTS BE PREPARED  AND BY WHO ?

Each activity organizing group can  decide early if they want to prepare and propose a statement and work on the content of this statement along the design of the activity  -  Idea is there is a draft text to be presented  before  on line  or at least during the activity  - it is always possible to edit the “additional document” section of the activity page and put there the draft document 

IS THERE A TEMPLATE FOR  STATEMENT?

No. the statement  content is entirely to initiative of its promoters - 

it does  not have to be necessary a solemn text  -  it can  also in part or totality  be  a short text giving perspective  for the next months  and inviting people /organization to express their support fill an online signing form and joining   an online group 

just it needs  to be visible in the additional document/ other detail section of the actifvity page   and  should have an explicit enough title - the map of the square will give the title and the link to the activity page where the statement is visible 

HOW WILL BE THE HALLS OF BM VENUE ARRANGED FOR SSMOMENT

90% of chairs will be folded away and replaced with  around 50 ?   tables or couple of tables  and a few chairs  - so the wsf participants can  circulate easily between them
each table wil hav ea visible number  put in logical order so the participant can find the table where the statement that interest them is promoted 

CAN WE COME IN THE SQUARE OF STATEMENTS WITH ONLY DRAFT TEXTS SUPPORTED BY A FEW  ORGANIZATIONS

Yes as long as there is by 18ht evening 9 pm nepal  in the additional document/other detail of the activity  a  text  that can be a draft and there are 3 organizations links associated as supportive of that text - this is enough  to be in the square  

IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A CONTACT TABLE ALLOCATED  TO GROUPS THAT DO NOT HAVE STATEMENTS IN THEIR  ACTIVITY PAGE?

IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A CONTACT TABLE ALLOCATED  TO GROUPS HAVE NOT ORGANIZED AN  ACTIVITY ?

TO BE ASSESSED  

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STRUCTURE OF SECOND PART OF ACTIVITY PAGE  ADDIITONNAL DOCUMENT OTHER DETAIL
This   second part  of activity page  " additional document" /other details  is for putting info related to the statement  presented in an activivity

 see templace  https://wsf2024nepal.org/activity/8

THESE HAVE BEEN THE FIRST INTENTION OF STATEMENTS SHARED THROUGH ONLINE FORM  65 such intentions were shared  till 19th feb evening  - the corresponding actigvities are in SQS directory page : https://wsf2024nepal.org/square-of-statement

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