Spring of 2020: World Social Forum of Transformative Economies
Second convergence meeting: World Social Forum of Transformative Economies
A week of activities : talks, general assemblies and cultural activities
Participants : agencies connected to the different axes, representatives of networks and social movements at the local and international level; representatives of public bodies
Open to all.
We want this to be a useful space of interconnection between the axes, in which a common global agenda for transformative economies is established, with collective commitments and specific agreements, while ensuring the continuity of the movement after the two-year convergence process.
It will also be a week open to all interested people, to provide a deeper appreciation that “another world already exists”, and will have a programme that gets the local population and transformative projects involved.
We suggest making the process the objective. We’re kick-starting a process of convergence, at both local and international level, of all those projects, movements and ways of understanding the economy that have as a common objective the construction of a genuine transformative alternative to the the existing economic system and capitalist investment.
We want to make this Forum an agora. We don’t want to limit ourselves to the celebration of a showcase event for expert talking heads, but rather to debate openly what kind of economy we want. Nor do we only want to argue and dream that this “other world is possible”, because we know, as a result of the countless projects that are creating alternatives, that it already exists. We want to find common strategies for making ourselves visible, joining together and growing in number.
We’re working towards a sustainable process, that has continuity beyond the 2020 Forum, both at a local and an international level. In order to do so, we must ensure that it is built from the ground and create face-to-face and virtual coordination spaces locally and internationally which are sustainable as spaces of convergence and transformation.
We want to make transformative economies known and to reach all those people who aren’t yet a part of them. To this end, we believe that it is essential that the Forum can count on a network of independent, supportive media outlets that can spread the word about the process and guarantee its growth.
