MINELRES: UNITED: Conference 'The Alternative to the Right-Wing Extremism in the Time of Social and Ecological Crisis'

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UNITED E-NEWS 22/02/2010:

Conference 'The Alternative to the Right-Wing Extremism in the Time of
Social and Ecological Crisis', Prague, 27th and 28th March 2010

See forwarded email below
For more information please do NOT reply to UNITED but refer to
[email protected]

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Come to the all-European mobilizing Conference 'The Alternative to the
Right-Wing Extremism in the Time of Social and Ecological Crisis'
Prague, 27th and 28th March 2010

Call for speakers and videos - deadline: 1st March 2010

Organized by: 
All-European Mobilizing Committee of the European Social Forum together
with the Czech Social Forum

Aim: 
- getting social and environmental movements, especially those from
Central and Eastern Europe, involved in seeking for alternative
solutions of the crises

- focussing on interdepent issues of the highes importance

- better co-operation and visibility of the alter-globalization
stakeholders

- mobilizing human and financial resources for a better balanced
participation in the 6th European Social Forum (ESF, Istanbul, 1st to
4th of July 2010)

Programme:
Friday, 26 March
17:30 - 20:00 meeting of the Open organizing group

Saturday, 27 March
08:30 - 09:00 Registration of participants
09:00 - 10:30 Video from Russia and panel discussion (activists from
World Social Forum and ESF - East and West)
10:30 - 10:45 coffee break

10:45 - 12:15 Social and Environmental Crises (problems and their
existing solutions by governments and NGOs)

12:15 - 13:15 lunch break
13:15 - 14:45 Right-Wing Extremism and Racism (problems and their
existing solutions by governments and NGOs)
14:45 - 15:00 coffee break
15:00 - 17:00 Social and Ecological Alternatives (general debate)
18:00 - 20:00 meeting of the All-European Mobilizing Committee

19:00 - 22:00 cultural programme (videos, Guma Guar Group)

Sunday, 28th March
09:30 - 11:00 discussion on a declaration on the Alternative to the
Right-Wing Extremism

11:00 - 11:15 coffee break

11:15 - 12:45 general debate on the ESF process
13:00 - 14:00 lunch for foreign participants

14:00 - 17:00 facultative ?alternative" sightseeing of Prague

Languages: 
Russian, English, (Czech) - simultaneous interpreting

Participants: 
ca 80 activists from social and environmental movements,

i.e. ca 30 local ones, ca 30 from CEEC, ca 20 from West + Turkey

Preferred means of travel: 
train or bus (under 800 km obligatory)

The organizers will pay for a cheap accommodation on 26 - 28 March and
reimburse 70 to 80 % of the travel costs on the following base:

Near countries (SK, PL, H, SI): 
max. 100 EUR

Other new EU-member and candidate states (EE, LT, LV, RO, BG, HR, TR): 
max. 200 EUR

'Far east of Europe' (UA, RUS, MD, GE, AR, AZ): 
max. 250 EUR

only for those who will send their filled in application (below) by
March 1, 2010!

Contact person: 
Jana Glivicka [email protected]

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The Alternative to the Right-Wing Extremism in the Time of Social and
Ecological Crisis

Prague, 27th and 28th March 2010

REGISTRATION FORM

- Please fill in this form completely providing all data as requested.

- Each organisation (or movement) can register more representatives but
not more than one rep from one organisation can ask for the
reimbursement of the travel costs.

- Please send your form to the [email protected] by 1 March
2010

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Name Organisation/Movement:
Organisation's address:
Street:
Postal code:

Country:
Phone organisation:

Mobile phone organisation:
Fax organisation:
E-mail organisation:

Website organisation:

First name delegate: 
Family name delegate:
Private e-mail delegate:
Personal phone/mobile where you can be reached in emergencies:

Special needs (vegetarian, no pork, allergies, disabilities etc.):

Can you bring a report from your country according to the agenda:

[] No [] Yes, title:                                     language:

Can you bring a video concerning the agenda:
[] No [] Yes, title:                                    
language:         length/mins:

Languages spoken (tick): [] English         [] Russian [] Czech

Languages understood: [] English [] Russian         [] Czech


Would you need financial support from the Solidarity Fund for your
travel costs?
[] No [] Yes
If yes, why?
How much? (Before answering this question please read the rules in the
call above):

Which means of transport:

Date and approx. time of arrival to Prague:

Date and approx. time of departure:

Would you need an inexpensive accommodation (for CEE delegates for
free):

[] Fri 26th March [] Sat 27th March             [] Sun 28th March

Optional programme:

Walk through the Old Town (Sunday afternoon): [] No [] Yes

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If you need visa to Czechia/EU:

Date of birth:

Passpport number: Issued by:

Date of issue: Date of expiry:

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