Part Three :
Report on the Participatory Process Used for the
Evaluation
and Future of the Alliance
EIFE and delibera.info-alliance
e-forums, and Porto Alegre Meeting
March 2002 - April 2003
8. ON THE APPLICATION OF THE PROPOSALS
AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER INITIATIVES
Interpretation of the 25 appraisals and 13 comments.
It was affirmed unanimously (and exceptionally) that the Alliance
is not only a think tank but also and mainly a network of
networks of mobilized actors and as such that it cannot
remain isolated from other efforts in progress
for the articulation of networks.
Moving in this direction, the alternative proposals
should be contributed to the forums, protest movements, and networks
of networks that are articulated against the prevailing globalization
model. We should also strengthen relationships
with other initiatives such as the World Social Forum, the Global
Citizen Initiative Forum, Ubuntu - the World Forum of Networks,
the Universal Forum of Cultures Barcelona 2004, by contributing
proposals, contacts, methodologies, etc. One comment mentioned
the need to find a way to be present in these initiatives without
"representing" the Alliance, but yes, as the Alliance.
There was not much positive appraisal (mostly "I
don't know/understand" appraisals) for the proposal that in
international forums such as these, Pierre Calame and Gustavo
Marin could have an important role to play. One comment
warns of the danger that this would identify Alliance with the FPH
in a "negative" way the by giving the impression that
they are the same thing.
Another of those forums (with some reservations)
would be the Earth Summit (or some of the side events such as the
Global People's Forum), where a delegation representing the Alliance
could contribute the proposals and pool the Charter of Duties and
Responsibilities, the Earth Charter, and the Charter of Human Responsibilities
and see how they reinforce one another.
There was also a proposal for the year 2002, the International
Year of Mountains, to articulate different workshops on the mountains
theme (mountains and peace, and water, and soil, and forests, and
education, and women, and the economy, etc.).
An immense majority (but not quite unanimously)
considered that a new dynamics should begin, oriented toward
the implementation of the Proposal Papers in specific social-transformation
projects. These projects could be drawn up by socioprofessional,
thematic, and geocultural groups, they should obtain a variety of
financial sources for backing and seek sociopolitical impact. It
was also affirmed (with a few reservations) that the workgroups
could have much greater impact if their management model were based
on integration into existing meetings and projects, instead of starting
from scratch. An example of this is the new direction taken by São
Paulo group, which begins by the integration of seven or more Alliance
projects into a common local-action project in the city.
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