AEPF | Focus on the Global South

The EU Dilemma: Trade and Human Rights under Duterte

by admin | Oct 3, 2018 | Philippines, Power and Democracy, Trade and Investment | 0

This paper was presented by Joseph Purugganan at the Asia Europe Peoples Forum in Ghent, Belgium...

Sombath Somphone and his Family Have the Right to Truth and Justice

by admin | Oct 17, 2014 | Announcement, Laos | 0

Petition from participants at Asia-Europe People’s Forum 10 Presented to the ASEM Heads of State and Government on 16th October 2014, in Milan, ItalyOn December 15 2014, it will be two years since the enforced disappearance...

Final Declaration of the 10th Asia-Europe People’s Forum

by admin | Oct 16, 2014 | Alternative Regionalisms, Announcement, Asia/World, Laos | 0

Milan, ItalyOctober 12, 2014 We, over 400 women and men, representing social movements, people’s...

Keep Sombath’s Vision Alive: Keynote Speech by Shui Meng Ng at AEPF10

by admin | Oct 13, 2014 | Asia/World, Laos, Power and Democracy | 0

Two years ago, at the 9th AEPF, my husband, Sombath Somphone, as the Co-Chair of the National...

10th Asia-Europe Peoples’ Forum: Towards a Just and Inclusive Asia and Europe

by admin | Oct 7, 2014 | Announcement, Asia/World, Social Movements | 0

A call to social movements, frontline communities and campaigning networks, and progressive NGOs,...

AEPF9 Plenary Report on Sustainable Energy Production and Use

by admin | Nov 30, 2012 | Climate & Environment, Reports | 0

Highlights of the Discussions Access to energy, to climate change and poverty are inter-linked. Energy is essential to both production and sustaining life. The current development paradigm characterized by overproduction and...

Report: AEPF 9 Workshop on TNCs and investments

by admin | Nov 23, 2012 | Alternative Regionalisms, Asia/World, Reports, Trade and Investment | 0

Lead Organizers: Focus on the Global South, Transnational Institute and EU-ASEAN FTA Network Highlights of the Discussions “A silent coup d’ etat is taking place now because of corporate power”—this was a quote from...

Report: AEPF9 Workshop on resisting water grabbing – building democratic peoples’ alternatives

by admin | Nov 23, 2012 | Alternative Regionalisms, Asia/World, Reports, The Commons | 0

Lead Organizers: Focus on the Global South, KRuHA-Indonesia (People’s Coalition for the Right to Water), AGWWAS (Alliance of Government Workers in the Water Sector, the Philippines), Waterworks Academy Metropolitan...

Report: Workshop on forest carbon initiatives and community rights in the Mekong Region

by admin | Nov 23, 2012 | Alternative Regionalisms, Asia/World, Mekong Region, Reports, The Commons | 0

Lead Organizers: Thai Working Group for Climate Justice and Focus on the Global South Highlights of the Discussions Progress on the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) Program at the UN level has...

Report: AEPF9 Workshop on green economy & climate change: Implications for Asian food sovereignty

by admin | Nov 23, 2012 | Alternative Regionalisms, Climate & Environment, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Reports | 0

Lead Organizers: Thai Working Group for Climate Justice and Focus on the Global South Highlights of the Discussions The workshop discussed how the three current global crises i.e. financial crisis, ecological/climate crisis and...