Program of the "20th meeting of the São Paulo Forum"
For the Great Motherland Agenda: “Defeat poverty and the imperialist counteroffensive. Conquer peace, integration and Living Well in our America.”
La Paz, Bolivia – August 25-29, 2014
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Monday, August 25th
7 am Start of accreditation
9 am Opening session of the Political Education School of the São Paulo Forum (specific program)
Tuesday, August 26th
9 am – 1 pm Meeting of the Working Group to review program, approve Final Declaration draft, agree on bilateral meetings, and discuss applications to join the Forum
9 am – 6 pm Continuation of School
1-3 pm Lunch
3-5 pm Regional departments’ simultaneous meetings
a) Andean Amazon – Coordination: Movement for Socialism-Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples / Bolivia and Socialist Party/ Peru
b) Southern Cone – Coordination: Broad Front/Uruguay
c) Mesoamerica and Caribbean – Coordination: FMLN/ El Salvador
d) USA.
e) Europe.
9 am-6 pm Bilateral meetings requested
7-10 pm Working Group’s get-together dinner
6-10 pm Opening session of the 6th Meeting of the São Paulo Forum Youth
Wednesday, August 27th
Meeting of the São Paulo Forum Youth
9 am Country updates
1-3 pm Lunch
3-6 pm Joint panel
Theme 1: Youth in defense of progressive government processes in Latin America
Theme 2: Latin-American integration in the new generation’s new regional development project
Theme 3: Youth public policies for the development of Latin America and the Caribbean
6-7 pm Reporting to Plenary
8 pm Closing
Seminars
9 am-5 pm Assessment seminar on progressive and leftist governments and the imperial counteroffensive
Thematic workshops
9 am-1 pm
a) Continent of Peace: Independence, decolonization, sovereignty, self-determination, and struggle for peace
b) Social movements, the criminalizing of social struggles, and revolutionary transformation
c) Cultural work, interculturalness, and social transformation
d) Latin-American and Caribbean Union: Integration and construction of a multipolar world (vs. Pacific Alliance)
e) Depatriarchalization and the fight against gender oppression
f) Defense, security, drug trafficking, and organized crime
1-3 pm Lunch
3-6 pm Thematic workshops (continued)
g) Crisis of capitalism, economy and redistribution: Energy, climate, and food security review
h) State, nation alternatives, democracy, participation, and construction of popular power (intercultural democracy)
i) Mother Earth, water, natural resources, and climate change
j) Migrations and border issues
k) Democratization of information, communication, social networks
l) Response to the crisis and capitalism’s aggression: Progressive and revolutionary strategy and the political project for Latin America
m) Electoral strategy to face the right
3-6 pm Meeting of the Foundations, Schools, or Capacity-Building Centers, and Think Tanks Committee
7-8 pm Keynote speech by the Vice-President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Álvaro García Linera
8 pm Ceremony in solidarity with Venezuela
9 pm São Paulo Forum get-together party and cultural activity
Thursday, August 28th
9 am Opening session of the 20th Meeting of the São Paulo Forum (specific program)
10 am-1 pm
3rd São Paulo Forum Women’s Meeting: The impact of the crisis on women’s lives
Theme 1: Women in the regional integration of Latin America and the Caribbean – The strengthening of social struggles from women’s perspective
Theme 2: Women’s political participation and underrepresentation in power arenas
2nd São Paulo Forum African Descendants Meeting
3-6 pm
Meeting of the Parliamentarians of the São Paulo Forum Member Parties
Meeting of Local and Subnational Authorities of the São Paulo Forum Member Parties
1st Meeting for the Peoples’ Diplomacy (social movements)
Plenary session for summarizing subregional departments’ updates
6-7 pm Keynote speech by the Foreign Relations Minister of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, David Choquehuanca
8-11 pm Meeting of the Working Group to approve Final Declaration
Friday, August 29th
9 am- 3 pm Plenary session
1-3 pm Lunch
3-5 pm Plenary session
6 pm Closing ceremony (specific program)
7 pm Assessment meeting of the Working Group of the 20th Meeting São Paulo Forum Meeting