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Focus on the Global South International Course 2008
“Globalization and Social Transformation”

November 3 - 21
Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok, Thailand
Application Deadline: Sept. 15, 2008

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Asia-Europe People's Forum 7
October 13-15, 2008
Beijing, China
click www.aepf7.org.cn for more info

PEOPLES' GLOBAL ACTION ON MIGRATION, DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS

22-30 October 2008
Manila Philippines

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Climate Justice Conference
12-14 July 2008

Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand

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ASEAN People's Forum
12-14 December 2008
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

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We are glad to invite you to the upcoming ASEAN Peoples' Forum (APF), scheduled to take place December 12 through 14 2008, at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. This unique platform of direct People-to-People engagement will take place prior to the 14th ASEAN Summit in Chang Mai, and will provide civil society organizations and social movements from across the region an opportunity to gather to discuss key issues confronting the region, articulate common positions, and develop joint action among civil society actors in Southeast Asia.

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Wall Street: The Causes of Collapse
by Walden Bello
Updated: 18 October 2008
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Waterrr: What's going wrong? How can we set it right?

Join the pan-Asian water dialogue between policy makers, water operators, engineers, unions and water rights activists.

Featured Speakers India
B.K. Sinha, IAS, Director General, National Institute of Rural Development
Rajendra Singh, Tarun Bharat Sangh, Rajasthan, Magsaysay Award Winner

Featured Speakers International
Anil Naidoo, Blue Planet Project, Council of Canadians
Saleh Rabi, Director, Palestiniaian Water Training institute, Palestine
Mary Ann Manahan, Focus on Global South, Philippines

Moderator
Arvind Sivramakrishnan, The Hindu and Asian College of Journalism

Open to the public as part of the proceedings of the Asian Water Colloquium on September 26, 2008. 5-30 pm. At the IC & SR Auditorium, the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

If you are unable to participate physically, you can Query the Colloquium online (click here) and track the feedback on www.rightsresearch.org

Water: Common Good, Public Management and Alternatives

Securing the Right to Water—Challenges and Solutions in Asia
September 25-27, 2008
IC & SR Hall, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India

organised by Reclaiming Public Water Network, Focus on Global South, Chennai Host Group: Dept. of HSC, IIT, Madras Water Engineers and Centre for Law, Policy & HR Studies

meeting of activists, public water managers/operators and trade unions focuses on existing and emerging water "alternatives"(to corporate-driven privatization and its various forms).
In particular, the workshop will be a space/venue:

• for understanding and analyzing the water situations in the Asia region, particularly, in terms of alternatives,
• identify common issues and concerns among different water players in the region, and a collective framework on water (as a resource, human right, and common good);
• towards arriving at a common understanding of water alternatives (e.g. to corporate-driven privatization) within the context of democratization (e.g. Public-Public Partnerships);
• to identify possible areas of cooperation among trade unions, civil society groups/water rights advocates, and public utility managers, for collaboration, complementary and concerted action in the region; and
• visit and learn from the democratization experiment being conducted in the Tamil Nadu’s state water board and in the irrigation/agricultural engineering department.