CALL TO THE 9TH WORLD ASSEMBLY OF THE FAL NETWORK TO BE HELD IN DAKAR
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The 9th World Assembly of the Forum of the Local Authorities (FAL) for the social inclusion and the participative democracy will take place in Dakar (Senegal) on February 8th, 2011within the framework of the World Social Forum which will feel the second time on the African continent.
The Forum of Dakar has for objective to promote the enforcement of the local power and the local alternatives to build a more democratic, solidary and durable international system.
The debates will turn around specific themes as the decentralization, the participative democracy, the decentralized cooperation, the active multilateralism, the diplomacy of cities, right for the city, the climate change, the access to the water, the food sovereignty, the united metropolises and the cities for the equality of the genres, etc.
Various speakers from social movements and from the civil society will take part in this event to think really about the alternatives allowing to face the global crisis which destroys the planet.
I would like to associate with this event all the Local leaders of the world. So, I would be grateful to you for taking part there.
Sincerely Yours,
Khalifa Ababacar Sall
Forum of Local Authorities for Social Inclusion and Participatory Democracy
The World Social Forum is making history and will take place once again in Africa, this time in Dakar (Senegal) from 6th to 11th of February 2011. Within this framework, and following what has been done since the first edition, we will hold our World Assembly on the 8th of February.
The FAL was born in Porto Alegre, together with the World Social Forum, and gathered democratic local authorities of all over the world aiming at building a strategic articulation with the alterglobalist social movements. During the following two years, FAL became a network of local governments and continued holding its meetings in Porto Alegre.
Furthermore, the FAL reached Europe and held sessions during the European Social Forums of Florence (2002), Saint-Denis (2003) and London (2004). The Ecuadorian edition of the 2004 Americas Social Forum hosted the Americas’ FAL meeting. The same year, there was a big World Assembly (4th FAL) in Barcelona which focused on the Agenda 21 for Culture and participated in the foundation in Paris of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), and resulted in the creation of the Commission of Social Inclusion and Participatory Democracy.
In 2005, the FAL returned to Porto Alegre with the WSF. In 2006, it took place in Caracas (Venezuela) with the Polycentric World Social Forum and that year the first Forum of Local Authorities of Peripheral Cities (FAL-P) was held in Nanterre (France). In 2007, the 7th FAL accompanied the WSF in Nairobi (Kenya) and strengthened bonds with social movements. In 2008, two thematic editions were held in Spain: the FAL of Migrations (Rivas Vaciamadrid) and the FAL on the defence of Public Services (Cordoba). In 2009, the 8th World Assembly took place in Belém do Pará, in the middle of the Brazilian Amazonia, during the 10th WSF, as well as an Amazonian FAL.
This year we carried out, with high success, the 2nd Forum of Local Authorities of Peripheral Cities in the Spanish city of Getafe and started with the preparation of the 9th World Assembly of the FAL Network to be held in Dakar.
In order to face the global crisis, the 9th FAL’s main objective is to reinforce local power and local alternatives built in collaboration with social movements for the creation of a more democratic, solidarity-based and sustainable international system. We will also discuss about specific subjects: decentralisation, participatory democracy, decentralised cooperation and active multilateralism, diplomacy in cities, innovative politics of social inclusion, right to the city (and also to another city), climate change, access to water as a fundamental Human Right, food sovereignty, public services, solidarity-based metropolis and cities for gender equality, among other issues of the global and local agenda.
We invite democratic and internationalist local authorities fighting for another possible world to participate to the 9th Forum of Local Authorities for Social Inclusion and Participatory Democracy taking place in Dakar on the next 7th of February 2011, in order to build, together with social movements and the international civil society, alternatives arising from peoples and territories to face the global crisis which is devastating our planet.
We would specially appreciate the African vision of local governments within the construction of another possible world.
ARGENTINA
Rosario
BRAZIL
Frente Nacional de Prefeitos
Instituto Polis
Prefeituras de Belo Horizonte, Canoas, Fortaleza, Guarulhos, Varzea Paulista
Rede Brasileira OP
BOLIVIA
Prefecturas de Oruro, La Paz
COLOMBIA
Alcaldías de Barrancabermeja, Ocaña, Pasto, Yumbo
Gobernación de Nariño
Red Colombiana de Planificación y Presupuestación Participativa
CHILE
Ciudad Sur
Municipalidad El Bosque
ECUADOR
Alcaldías de Cuenca, Cotacachi, Quito
ΕΛΛΆΔΑ
Ανοικτή πόλη Polantzas ιδρύματος
ESPAÑA
Ayuntamientos de Barcelona, Córdoba, Getafe, Jerez, Rivas Vacia Madrid, Santa Cristina d’Aro, Sevilla
Diputaciones de Barcelona, Córdoba, Granada, Málaga, Sevilla
Fondo Andaluz de Municipios para la Solidaridad Internacional (FAMSI)
Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias (FEMP)
Fons Catalá
Fundación IEPALA
Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Costa del Sol Occidental
Red Estatal por los Presupuestos Participativos
FRANCE
Conseil Général Val de Marne
Rêgion Rhône Alpes
Plaine Commune Seine – Sant Denis
Secrétariat Permanent Droits de l’Homme et Gouvernements Locaux – SPIDH Nantes
Villes de Aubagne, Bogbiny, Bondy, Nanterre, Saint Denis
ITALIA
Comuna de Grotamare
Fondo Umbro – FELCOS Umbría
Rete Nuovo Municipio
MEXICO
Asociación de Autoridades Locales de México (AALMAC),
Centro Operacional para la Vivienda (COPEVI)
Delegación Itzapalapa (DF)
México DF
MOÇAMBIQUE
Associação Nacional dos Municípios de Moçambique (ANAMM)
PERÚ
Asociación de Municipalidades Afectadas por el Terremoto del 15 de Agosto (AMUPAT)
Municipalidad Villa El Salvador
PORTUGAL
Associação In Loco
Centro de Estudos Sociais (CES - Universidade de Coimbra)
Prefeitura de Palmela
Rede OP Portugal
REPUBLICA DOMINICANA
Consejo Nacional de Reforma del Estado (CONARE)
Federación Dominicana de Municipios
SENEGAL
CERPAC
URUGUAY
Intendencia de Montevideo
VENEZUELA
Alcaldía de Caracas (Municipio Libertador)
INTERNACIONALES
Asociación Europea de Cooperación con Palestina (ASECOP)
Consorcio de Municipios Amazónicos (COMAGA)
Comisión de Inclusión Social y Democracia Participativa de Ciudades y Gobiernos Locales Unidos (CISDP CGLU)
International Alliance Of Inhabitants (IAI)
Observatorio Internacional de la Democracia Participativa (OIDP)
Organización latinoamericana de Gobiernos Intermedios (OLAGI)
Foro de Autoridades Locales de periferias (FAL-P)
Plataforma Internacional por los Presupuestos Participativos
