BOELL EVENTS AT THE SUMMIT   

GRAND OPENING
OF THE BOELL FORUM
"FAIRNESS IN A FRAGILE WORLD"

Grand Opening; and presentation of the Jo'Burg Memo
Date: August 25
Time: 18h00-22h00 (including dinner reception)
Venue: Boell Forum at the People's Global Forum + [ where is it ]

In 2000, the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation decided to make the upcoming WSSD the centrepiece of its international work. Since then, it has contributed to the preparatory process with a broad variety of projects and activities. These contributions and those of its partners all over the world now converge at the Böll-Forum, which is part of the Global Peoples Forum, like the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation is part of the world-wide civil society. We will feature some of the most exciting debates of this Global Summit. Come in and have a look at what we have brought to the Summit!

The cornerstone of the Foundations' contributions to the Johannesburg Summit is the Jo'burg Memo. Product of an unique assembly of 16 activists, intellectuals, politicians and businesspeople from across the world, it is perhaps the most comprehensive civil society contribution to this Global Summit. It has been received with excitement at presentations in many capitals of this planet and at the last two PrepComs. The Jo'burg Memo provides a critical analysis of the 10 years since Rio, its merits and failures. It develops a Johannesburg Agenda for fairness in a fragile world, and presents a set of proposals for this Summit.

At the time of the Summit, the Jo'burg Memo is available in many languages (English, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, Arabic, soon Hungarian, Indonesian and Turkish) - further editions are in preparation. You are cordially invited to the Grand Opening of the Böll-Forum - come and get your free copy of the Jo'burg Memo there.

The Grand Opening of the Böll-Forum also features the theatre play "Fair Wealth" of the Sibikwa Community Theatre project. Inspired by the Jo'burg Memo, Sibikwa's presentation will use song, music, narration and visual presentation to tackle the question of the relationship between the developing countries and industrialised countries.

Note: Like with all events taking place inside the venue of the People's Global Forum, you need to be registered for the People's Global Forum to attend this event. If you are not yet registered, you can do so at the web site of the Civil Society Secretariat.

C O N T A C T

Joerg Haas
Heinrich Boell Foundation
Berlin Head Office
haas@boell.de

S E E  A L S O

[ The Jo'Burg Memo -- Fairness in a Fragile World; download now ]

[ More activities of the Heinrich Boell Foundation during the World Summit ]

[ Activities of the Heinrich Boell Foundation in the run up to the World Summit ]