Christine Mendelsohn and Anastasia Theodorakopolou, members of the Executive Board of the European Left Party and representatives of the EL working group "social movements" participate in the prepatory meeting of the ESF in Istanbul, this weekend.
See the draft agenda of the Istanbul meeting...

Thursday (22 September)

17:00-19:30 Meeting of program group (Venue: TMMOB Makine Muhendisleri Odasi-floor 4)

20:00-22:00 Meeting on agenda (Venue: TMMOB Makine Muhendisleri Odasi-floor 4)

Friday (23 September)

10:00 -12:30: program group, enlargement group, systematize and logistics working group meetings. (Venue: ITU Macka Campus – Social Facility)

13:30 -16:00: Network Meetings

1- Climate change and environment (Venue: ITU Macka Campus – Social Facility)

2- Youth (Venue: ITU Macka Campus – Social Facility)

3- Antiracist network (Venue: ITU Macka Campus – Social Facility)

4- Network against polies of security and repression (Venue: ITU Macka Campus – Social Facility)

5- Palestine (Venue: Elektrik Muhendisleri Odasi)

16:15 - 18:45: Network Meetings

1- Women (Venue: ITU Macka Campus – Social Facility)

2- Antiwar (Venue: ITU Macka Campus – Social Facility)

3- Education (Venue: ITU Macka Campus – Social Facility)

4- The UE AL network  (Venue: ITU Macka Campus – Social Facility)/span>

5- Collaboration between European and Arab organizations (Venue: ITU Macka Campus – Social Facility)

6- Chart of principles for another europe (this network meeting will finish at 18:00) (Venue: Elektrik Muhendisleri Odasi)

18:00 – 20:00 : Network Meeting

1- European Petition (Venue: Elektrik Muhendisleri Odasi)

Saturday (24 September)- Assembly (Venue: Whole day at ITU Macka Campus – Social Facility)

9.00-9.45 Registration

9.45-10.00 Wellcome from Turkish organizers

10.00-13.30 Addressing the general situation to finalize axes of the program and identify priorities

13.30-15.00 Lunch

15.00-17.00 Continue to reach to a consensus. Forming of working group to finalize a proposal for program

17.00-18.00 Enlargement of ESF - Next EPA

18.00-19.00 Relations ESF-WSF

Sunday (25 September) – Assembly (Venue: Whole day at ITU Macka Campus – Social Facility)

9.00-11.00 Final Proposal for Program

11.00-12.15 Reports from networks, discussion

12.15-13.00 Final decisions

ADDRESSES:

TMMOB Makine Muhendisleri Odasi (MMO): Ipek Sokak, Number 13, Beyoglu - Ist. (The meetings will be on the 4th floor)

TMMOB Elektrik Muhendisleri Odasi (EMO): Cumhuriyet caddesi, 283/2, Harbiye - Ist. (The meetings will be on the 5th floor)

ITU Macka Campus - Social Facility: Spor Caddesi, Macka - Ist.

You can find a low resolution map of the venues in this link:
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You can find a high resolution map of the venues in this link:
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