Distinguished participation of the Center’s members in the World Social Forum in Dakar 2011

The Center for Strategic Thinking and Defense of Democracy participated in the World Social Forum organized in Dakar from 6 to 11 February 2011, which was organized by networks of associations within the framework of the “FSM” (World Social Forum) for Dakar and it met under the eleventh edition of this international gathering Tens of thousands of participants in the Senegalese capital. After the opening rally and workshop sessions, on February 10, 2011 the General Assembly of Social Movements issued a statement providing for two rapprochement initiatives.
The World Social Forum is considered a symbolic response to the World Economic Forum in Davos, and its first session was held in Porto Alegre between 25-30 January 2001, as an extension of the mobilization against the OMC (World Trade Organization) in Seattle. Where this event was created. In addition to developing a charter of principles, the Porto Alegre Movement has also created an international council and an organizing committee to ensure the sustainability of this process if the WSF takes place often in Brazil – four times in Porto Alegre in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2005, and in Belém in 2009 – It was transferred to India – in Mumbai in 2004 – in Africa – Nairobi in 2007 and Dakar in 2011 – as well as Karachi, Caracas and Bamako in the context of a multi-center meeting in 2006. Numerous regional events have been organized over the past decade, with forums. Social in Africa, Asia, Europe, Maghreb and so on. In addition, 55 such summits were held in 28 countries in 2010