Events in the USA continue the commitments of the Coalition for the Global Commons set in Berlin
We are pleased to announce that three large consultations have been
scheduled by the Global Marshall Plan Initiative,
March 28
April 11
April 12
April 13
Each consultation is expected to expand the
More detailed information on each of these events will be posted when available.
If you are planning consultations of your own, please let us know and we will publish the details in an upcoming edition of our newsletter.
CIVICUS annual conference a prime international platform for partner network building and training stakeholders for the global commons
The Global Marshall Plan is currently preparing a workshop on the Coaltion for the Global Commons Consultation Process in the form of a 'Teach In' for the upcoming CIVCUS World Assembly, to be held in Glasgow, Scotland, 18-21 June, 2008.
The stronger the numbers, the stonger the impact. We need your support to make the most of our participation at this international assembly. Sponsorship is always welcome and here you will find a cost estimate for the Global Marshall Plan representatives coming to about 600 Euros per person and a link to our online donations page.
At the Teach-In, we expect to attract participants who are interested in understanding, teaching and communicating how their work in specific issue areas is linked to the overarching set of global issues, and how adherence to this global agenda maximizes the attainment of single-issue goals, establishes a more effective international policy network, and builds solidarity among diverse groups and individuals in pursuit of these ends. Trainees will also be asked to participate in and help organize the multi-stakeholder consultations.
The goals of this multistakeholder consultation process are parallel to those of the 2008 World Assembly and its theme, ‘People, Participation & Power’. Like CIVICUS, we believe that a comprehensive plan for the global commons must involve direct input from all constituencies (governments, businesses, media, academia, and civil society organizations), that these groups should represent a diversity of economic regions and social sectors, and that their discussions should include all of the world’s key interrelated issues. We recognize that only through active participation in decision-making at every level of governance can the common people of the world fully claim our rights as human beings and establish sovereignty as global citizens to meet our interdependent problems through united and focused action.
04/11/2008 - 04/13/2008
United States
Generosity Weekend is a national weekend of action, held annually and dedicated to a new way of achieving national security for the United States. Preliminary information is available here.
06/16/2008 - 06/18/2008
Glasgow
A unique global youth forum encouraging young people to engage with critical challenges facing their communities, countries and the world
The CIVICUS Youth Assembly will be held immediately prior to the World Assembly in Glasgow and has rapdily established itself as a unique global youth forum encouraging young people to engage with critical challenges facing their communities, countries and the world. It will offer an exceptional opportunity to meet and work with other young women and men who are really making changes for the better. It will give young people an opportunity, programme and space to develop and commit to unified action internationally. The dates of the Youth Assembly are 16th -18th June 2008.
06/18/2008 - 06/21/2008
Glasgow
Acting together for a just world
The overall theme of the 8th World Assembly will be Acting Together for a Just World, with a focus theme of People, Participation and Power.
People, Participation and Power involves people coming together to access, engage and participate in the various spheres of governance at the local, national and international levels. Civil society has long bemoaned the fact that governments do not appear to listen to the voice of the people. What therefore is the role of civil society in governance?; why is its participation so resisted?; what does civil society need to do to overcome these challenges? Business seems to be more successful at getting governments to hear their views; Can we learn anything from some of the methods they employ?
Once again the 2008 programme will include plenaries, mini-plenaries, learning exchanges – such as a visit to the Scottish Parliament – workshops, film screenings and networking opportunities.
For more about the CIVICUS World Assembly, visit http://www.civicusassembly.org or email civicusassembly@scvo.org.uk
06/30/2008 - 07/04/2008
Melbourne/ Australia
Globalisation for the Common Good: An Interfaith Perspective
Melbourne, the Major Events 'capital' of Australia, is preparing a warm welcome for participants at the 2008 International Conference, Globalisation for the Common Good - at historic Trinity College, the first College established within The University of Melbourne.
Melbourne is recognised as the Interfaith Centre of Australia and is proud of its multicultural and multi-faith communities. The city will also host a series of events prior to World Youth Day in July 2008 and host the 2009 Parliament of the World's religions.
The GCG 2008 programme is designed to achieve three objectives:
* To explore the far-reaching ramifications of conflict in the Middle East (broadly defined) for the religious, cultural and political landscape of the Asia-Pacific region;
* To bring together in fruitful interaction the insights of several disciplinary traditions (in particular religious studies, cultural studies, international relations, history, sociology and law);
* To illuminate and strengthen the connections between the Middle East and the geographic regions which constitute Asia Pacific, in particular West Asia, South Asia, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and the South Pacific.
Previous conferences have been held in Oxford (2002), St Petersburg (2003), Dubai (2004), Kericho, Kenya (2005), Honolulu (2006) and Istanbul (2007). The Melbourne conference will be the first in the series to be held with a clear Asia-Pacific focus. For background information on the initiative and details of previous conferences visit: http://www.globalisationforthecommongood.info/.
This major international conference is organised by the Centre for Dialogue (La Trobe University; Melbourne, Australia), Trinity College (University of Melbourne), the Melbourne College of Divinity, and the Asia-Pacific Institute for Inter-Religious Dialogue (Australian Catholic University).
The Conference is jointly convened by Dr Kamran Mofid and Professor Joseph A. Camilleri (Director of the Centre for Dialogue and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University).
For more information please click here.
For more events in Germany and Austria please visit the German website.
