The 4th European Social Forum will take place from May 3 – May 7 in Athens, Greece.
Information on location, registration, programme at
http://athens.fse-esf.org
I like to inform you about the following events at the ESF, which we co-organize with partners:
HIC INFORMAL OPEN MEETING ON NETWORKING AND EVENT-PREPARATION
4 p.m., WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2006
“URBAN/LOCAL SPACE”
at the area of ESF in ATHENS
(former Hellinikon Airport)
SEMINAR:
REAL ESTATE SPECULATION, GLOBALISATION AND THE CITY
THURSDAY MAY 4 , first slot (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.)
Initiative for the Right to the City, Greece -Ruhr District Tenants
Forum/Habitat Netz, Germany -London Tenants Federation, U.K. -Network for
a Participative Master Plan, Rome, Italy -HIC Housing and Landrights
Network (HLRN), Cairo, Egypt
Speakers: Maria Evangelidou, Greece – Knut Unger, Ruhr metropolitan
region, Germany -Silvia Macchi, Rome, Italy -Richard Lee, London, U.K.
-Alun Griffiths, Marseille/London -Angie Balata, Cairo, Egypt
WORKSHOP/WORKING MEETING:
INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIES AND ACTION
regarding REAL ESTATE SPECULATION, GLOBALISATION AND THE CITY
FRIDAY MAY 5 , first slot (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.)
To learn about more many more important events visit the ESF web-page:
http://athens.fse-esf.org
I hope that the final programme will be updated soon.
There is a full set of habitat related events Thursday and Friday at the urban/local thematic axes and in other thematic areas.
Besides there is an “urban space” for informal meetings and side events.
We also try to present films, i.e. about “Frankfurt Housing Struggles” at evening.
There will be a horizontal meeting at the urban space on Saturday morning.
AITEC, DAL and others want to schedule a working meeting on action planning Thursday 8 p.m.
For more details contact Lilia lilia.aitec@reseau-ipam.org
For updates on events which are co-organized by HIC working group on globalisation and/or HLRN contact Angie Balata: abalata@hlrn.org
HAPPY EASTER
Knut Unger
Habitat Netz/Ruhr District Tenants Forum