ALBA Social Summit in Bolivia Soon
By Prensa
News Article
Tuesday, Oct 6, 2009
Representantives of social movements from 40 countries are expected to attend the 1st Summit of Councils of Social Movements of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas (ALBA) in Bolivia on October 15-17.
Executive Secretary of the Single Farmer Union Confederation of Bolivia (CSUTCB), Isaac Avalos, said that indigenous and work leaders, as well as workers from different countries, including the United States, India and others from Europe, have been invited to make their experiences known.
The meeting of social movements will be held as a sideline to the 7th Summit of heads of State of ALBA, scheduled for the Bolivian city of Cochabamba.
Issues to be discussed in work committees include community economy, climate change, systematic involvement in projects and the theory backing up the ALBA-Trade Agreement of the Peoples.
Agreements and resolutions reached in the seven work tables will be presented to presidents and representatives of member countries. Of this regional integration mechanism, the farmer leader explained.
Bolivian Minister of Cultures Pablo Groux, who is a member of the organizing committee, said on Sunday that a highlight of will be an encounter of the presidents and the social movements, scheduled for October 17 in the afternoon at the Felix Capriles stadium in Cochabamba, also the venue of the closing ceremony.
He added that besides ALBA member countries (Ecuador, Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Dominica, Honduras, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Antigua and Barbuda), delegations of Uruguay, Paraguay, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Russia are expected to attend as guests.
Another sideline of the meeting will be a gathering of small businesspeople and artists from ALBA member countries.
