SUMMARY

This activity is a participatory open dialogue proposed to people and  organizatons that have come in APSF social forum process online space since it was started late 2021  accessible  through the form : https://bit.ly/49TfMFf or are curious about this process
This session is  meant as  an informal exchange  and  an occasion to exchange about perspectives and next steps  for APSF process

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED TO PARTICIPATE  IN THIS ACTIVTY CLICK ON THE BLUE BUTTON  "PARTICIPATE" VISIBLE AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THIS ACTIVITY PAGE 

 EXPECTED OUTCOME

Beyond the richness of the converstaion in this activity , and developments of understandings and clarification,it can bring, The co organizers  (listed below) are considering  proposing to  consideration WSF2024 participants a "statement about further participation  in APSF" ,

They can sign/support in individual capacity or in the name of their organizations confinrming their intention to actively participate in the  APSF process  in 2024-25, in particular through the  online interactive thematic connection spaces set in place  SEE BELOW THE "OTHER DETAILS" SECTION

COORGANIZING ORGANIZATIONS

Proactive organizations representatives proactive in APSF social forum faciitating committee will be present and moderate the discussion  about the perspectives for APSF

with confirmed presence of various integrants of APSF facilitating committee

Anselmo Lee - from APSD  https://wsf2024nepal.org/organization-registered-in-wsf/169
Arjun Karki - from RRN https://wsf2024nepal.org/organization-registered-in-wsf/95

Ashok Bharti - from NACDAOR and in India social forum  working committee  towards ISF 2024  https://wsf2024nepal.org/organization-registered-in-wsf/1702

Avinash Kumar - in  in India social forum  working committee  towarsds ISF 2024

the list of confirmed presence will be updated regularly 

CONTEXT   WHAT IS APSF

Asia pacific social forum  process  is meant as a social forum process, that his a permanent intercommunication processheld in an open space between movements and organizations in agreement with WSF principles , part  of the global WSF process  along with WSF itself and with other social forum national regional thematic processes. 

As such APSF facilitation committee ,-editing organizer of this meeting/activity  in WSF2024 event - is a member entity of WSF international council ( IC)  . 
The purpose of IC is facilitating and developing WSF  process worldwide,  and be a place where facilitating groups for other social forum processes can meet and cooperate for the development of WSF.

HISTORY:   FROM APSF 2022  TO WSF2024

APSF process  has started with the organizing of an online social forum event  in February 2022  with over 40 activities and  then its first face to face social forum event as  initially planned in Nepal  end of 2023 and it has turned up to become ...... the WSF2024  event !  with 380 activities 

THE ONLINE THEMATIC CONNECTION SPACES PROVIDED BY APSF AS AN ASSET

One significant contribution from  APSF facilitation to WSF 2024 open space is the maintenance of 13 interactive online  thematic  connexion spaces part of wsf2024 digital open space aligned with the 13  umbrella themes of WSF2024   https://wsf2024nepal.org/theme   where participants can interact around the self organized activities proposed in WSF2024 : https://wsf2024nepal.org/activities  and in WSF process https://join.wsforum.net/wsf-activities

One can join those thematic connection  spaces  through the form : https://bit.ly/49TfMFf   in personal capacity with connection to an organization registered in WSF2024 website or  an organization registered  in JOIN WSFORUM.NET  website 

This section will be showing information about the STATEMENT  that would be proposed to consideration of participants in the activity and to interested wsf participants in the square of statements on 19th Feb  https://wsf2024nepal.org/schedule

more info  to come