[fse-esf] Member organisations in the Nordic Organizing Committee

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Here is the list of member organisations in the Nordic Organizing Committee.
We hope you can be inspired and spread the information of what kind of
organisations that are involved in organizing social forums and the Nordic
Organizing Committee.


Tord Björk

Coordinator, 
Contact group for Europe and the World, Nordic Organizing Committee ESF 2008




List of member organisations in the Nordic Organizing Committee including
members of national umbrella Social Forum networks in Denmark and Norway.
The basis for NOC is the World Social Forum Charter of principles. National
and local Social forums may have other plattforms. Only organizations that
have paid their membership fee are listed below. The fee is 5 000 SEK (ca
500 Euro) for richer organisation, 500 SEK for organisations with small
resources and 2 000 for organisations that choose this middle level.

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If no country is stated, the organisation comes from Sweden, the english
translation and description might be not fully correct. Please send
corrections to the address below. The Nordic Organizing Committee do not
include political parties as members. National and local social forums in
the Nordic country may have political parties among the organizers. The
Norwegian Social Forum is organised on long term basis, most others more ad
hoc for each event. The Great majority of Danish and Norwegian organisations
are only indirectly linked to the Nordic organizing Committeee through the
national social forum plattform, Finland Social Forum is involved in the
Nordic organizing Committee through key organisations. In Sweden no national
social Forum have been organised but many local social forums. Key
organisations in these local social forums are involved in the Nordic
Organizing Committee. The appeal to become member of the Nordic Organizing
Committee is in its beginning.


Antiracist

Antirasistiska akademien (Anti-Racist Academy, an association of researchers
combatting racism and discrimination within the university system and the
society at large)


Antiwar and peace

Nätverket mot krig (Anti war network, Stockholm, key organisation but only
for Stockholm. 75 - 100 000 participated in the demonstration organised by
this network in 2003 against the Iraq War, biggest Swedish demo in many
years. No national organisation exists.)

Kvinnor för fred (Women for Peace)


Environment

Miljöförbundet Jordens Vänner (Friends of the Earth Sweden)


EU

Folkrörelsen nej till EU Göteborgsregionen (Popular Movement No to EU,
Gothenburg region)


Feminist

Europeiskt feministiskt initiativ (European Feminist Initiative)

Varken hora eller kuvad (Neither whore or cushed, network)

 
Global Justice

Attac Sweden 

Attac Denmark


Cultural

Esperantoforeningen for Danmark (Esperanto Association of Denmark)

Riksorganisationen Folkets Hus och parker (National Organisation of Peoples
Houses and Amusement Parks)


Popular education

ABF-Malmö (Workers Educational Association - Malmö, very broad popular
education organisation cooperating with all trade unions and almost all
reformist and revolutionary left organisation as well as 220 immigrant
organisations in Malmö)

ABF-Skåne (ABF-Scania regional organisation)

ABF (ABF-National organisation)

Folkbildningsföreningen i Malmö (Popular education association in Malmö)

Föreningen för kunskap om aktivism och folkrörelser (Association for
Knowledge on Activism and Popular Movements, Nordic)

Kvarnby Folkhögskola (Kvarnby peoples High School, Left popular education
School)

Världsbiblioteket (World Library, situated in the House of Solidarity
movments in Stockholm were many solidarity, environment, Attac and peace
organisations have their offices)


Social Forums

Danmarks Sociale Forum (DKSF - Denmarks Social Forum)
In 2007 DKSF was supported by (few below are directly members of the Nordic
Organizing Committee):

3F (Trade Union)
African Awareness Association
AIF-Silkeborg, Arbejderbevægelsens Internationale Forum Silkeborg (The
Workers Movement International Forum in Silkeborg)
Amnesti Nu, (Campaign for amnesty for refugees)
Amnesty International
Andelskassen J.A.K. Slagelse, (Alternative bank, Slagelse)
Attac-Danmark 
Banana Republica
Borgerlønsbevægelsen (Movement for Basic Income)
Budskab fra græsrødderne (Message from the grassroots)
BUPL(Trade Union for Pedagogues engaged in child care centers and
afterschool care)
CASA (Center for Alternative Analysis of Society)
Danmarks Lærerforening (Danish Teachers Union)
Dagbladet Arbejderen (Daily Worker)
Dagbladet Information (Daily Information)
DANFØs Menneskeretsgruppe (The Human Rights Group within DANFØ, a
cooperating network of Danish NGOs promoting a sustainable and democratic
development in the Baltic Sea area.)
Dansk-Cubansk Forening (Danish-Cuban Association)
DAV ­ Den Alternative Velfærdskommission (The Alternative Welfare
Commission) 
Den danske Helsinki Komite (The Danish Helsinki Committee)
Det Ny Clarté (The New Clarté)
Det Økologiske Råd (The Ecological Council)
DUF (Danish Youth Council)
Enhedslisten (Red-Green Alliance)
Esperantoforeningen for Danmark (Esperanto Association for Denmark)
Flexico (Antiprecarity action group)
FOA (Service trade union)
Foreningen Indsigt (Association for imprisoned)
Forældre mod Politibrutalitet (Parents Against Police Brutality, support
organisation for Ungdomshusdemonstrators - Youth house activists)
FN-Forbundets Københavns Kreds, (UN Association Copenhagen)
FredsVagten (Peace Guard)
Frivilligt Forum (Volunteer Forum)
Greenpeace
Grundlovskomitteen (The Committee of the Constitution)
Hands Off Venezuela
IBIS (International solidarity organisation)
Institut for Menneskerettigheder (Institute for Human Rights)
Internationalt Forum (International Forum)
Kampagnen Frihed til Irans Folk (The Campaign for the Freedom of the Iranian
people) 
KAOS - Klubben af Aktive Organiserede Studerende på Blaagaard Seminarium
(Local student action group)
PLS - Pædagogstuderendes LandsSammenslutning (National Association of
Pedagogic Students)
Kommunistisk Parti (Communist Party)
Kvindegrupperne for et andet Europa (Women Groups for Another Europé)
Landsforeningen af Arbejdsledige (National Association for Unemployed)
Landsforeningen for Økosamfund (National Association for Ecological
Communities)
Landsforeningen Levende Hav (National Association for a Living Sea)
Medborgernes Menneskerettighedsorganisation (Citizens Human Rights
Organisation) 
Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke (Danish Association for International Co-operation)
Merkur (Alternative bank)
Nej Til Krig (No to War)
NOAH - Friends of the Earth Denmark,
Ny Agenda (New Agenda - EU-critical think tank from democratic and Global
South perspectives))
Operation Dagsværk (Operation One-Days-Work, National solidarity
organisation run by pupils at schools for 3rd world countries)
Oplysningsforbundet DEO (Popular Education Association DEO)
Oprør (Rebellion) 
Palæstina Fredsvagter (Palestine Peace Guards)
Samarbejdet mellem Arbejdere og Akademikere (Cooperation Workers and
Academicians)
Socialistisk Folkeparti (Socialist Peoples Party)
SF Ungdom (Socialist Peoples Party Youth)
Socialistisk Ungdomsfront (Socialist Youth Front)
Socialpolitisk Forening (Association for Social Welfare)
Støttekomitéen for Tjetjenien (Support Committee for Chechnya)
Støttekredsen for flygtninge i fare (Support Group for Refugees in Danger)
Sydafrika Kontakt (South Africa Contact)
Tidsskriftet SALT (Magazine Salt)
Udfordring Europa (Cahellenge Europe)
Unge for Menneskerettigheder (Youth for Human Rights)
Venskabsforeningen Danmark-Den Demokratiske Folkerepublik Korea (Friendship
Society Denmark-The Democratic Peoples Republic of Corea)


Globaliseringskonferansen - Norwegian Social Forum (oldest social forum in
the world probably and one of the best organised. Started in 1999 and have
grown in importance ever since with yearly events organised by an umbrella
organisation including most important movements and organisations in Norway.
The Norwegian name originally was Globaliseringskonferansen which is still
used, only in english it is translated into Norwegian Social Forum) The
members organizing Norwegian Social Forum are the following:

Alternativt Nettverk (Alternative Network)
Atlas-alliansen (Atlas-alliance, umbrella organisation for the development
work of disabled people¹s organisations)
Attac 
AUF (Workers Youth Legaue, social democratic)
Bevegelsen for Sosialisme (Movement for socialism)
Change the World/Cambia el Mundo - Forandre Verden (Internationally oriented
environmental organisation started by Africans and Latin Americans in
Norway)
Changemaker (Church Relief Youth organisation)
Dagbladets grafiske klubb (Printers Trade union at Dagbladet, Oslo)
Den Norske Fredskomité (Norwegian Peace Committeee)
Diya (Anti child labor organisation)
Esperantoforbundet (Esperanto League)
Fellesrådet for Afrika (Joint Africa Council)
FIAN Norge (Food International Action Network, Norway)
FIVAS (Association for International Water Studies)
For Velferdsstaten (For the welfare state, umbrella organisation supported
by most trade unions and many other organisations defending general welfare)
FORUT (Campaign for development and solidarity)
Norges fredsråd (Norwegian Peace Council, umbrella organisation
Fremtiden i våre hender (Future in Our Hands, solidarity organisation)
Idegruppen Nord/Sør (Idea Group  North/South)
IOGT (International Order of Godtemplars, abolition movement)
IS (International Socialists)
IKFF (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
Kirkens Nødhjelp (Church Relief)
Den norske kirkes nord/sør-informasjon (The North/South Information of the
Norwegian Church)
Kvinnefronten (Women Front)
Latin-Amerikagruppene i Norge (LAG) (Latin American groups)
Miljøpartiet de Grønne (Environmental Party the Greens)
Natur og Ungdom (Nature and Youth, Friends of the Earth member)
Nei til EU (No to EU)
Norges Bonde- og småbrukarlag (Norwegian Farmer and small farmers
Association)
Norsk Folkehøgskolelag (Norwegian Popular High School Association)
Norsk Fredssenter (Norwegian Peace center)
Palestinakomiteen (Palestine Committee)
PRESS - Redd Barna Ungdom (Save The Children Youth)
Rød Ungdom (Red Youth)
Rød Valgallianse (Red Election Alliance)
Senterungdommen (Center Youth)
Sosialistisk Ungdom (Socialist Youth)
Spis De Rike (Eat the Rich)
Sosialistisk Venstreparti (Socialist Left Party)
Ungdom mot EU (Youth Against EU)
Ungdom mot Narkotika (Youth Against Narcotics)
Utviklingsfondet (Development Fund)
Links to all NSF organisations: http://www.globalisering.no/content.asp?ID=4

Uppsala Social Forum (Broad local social forum in the university town of
Uppsala) 


Solidarity

Afrikagrupperna (The Africa groups, Sweden, key solidarity organisation)

Svensk-Kubanska föreningen (Swedish-Cuban Association)

UBV-utbildning för biståndsverksamhet (Education for development, Swedish
Latin America solidarity organisation, key solidarity organisation)

Democracy Forum Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, (Finland, broad network for
environmental, solidarity and trade union mevement and center left politics,
strong links with India, VK international is member of WSF international
Committe)

Crash - Coalition for Research and Action for Social Justice and Human
Dignity (Finland)


Trade unions

Fagligt Fælles Forbund, 3F (biggest Trade union in Denmark)

LO-distriktet i Skåne (TUC of the Region Scania with 1 million inhabitants
with Malmö as capital)

LO-sektionen Malmö (TUC Malmö)

Svenska Transportarbetareförbundet (Swedish Transport Workers Union)

Transport avd 12 (Transport workers union, Malmö)


Youth

Socialdemokratiska studentförbundet (Social Democratic Student Association)

Ung Vänster (Young Left)

Vänsterns studentförbund (Left Students Association)


Some members of the initiative committee for bringing ESF to Malmö have not
yet paid their membership fee in NOC:

 Arenagruppen (Think tank linked to trade unions)
 Glokala Folkhögskolan i Malmö (Glocal Peoples high school, situated in
Malmö, global justice movement related)
 Färnebo Folkhögskola (Färnebo peoples high school run by 16 environmental,
solidarity and peace organisations in Norrland, the Nothern region of
Sweden)
 Globalverkstan (Education for NGO and civil society organisations in
Gothenburg)
 Amnestinätverket Stockholm (Network for amnesty, Stockholm)
 Nätverket Asyl Göteborg (Network Asylum, Gothenburg)
 Cogito (Think tank linked to the Green party)
 CMS ­ Centrum för Marxistiska Samhällsstudier (Center for Marxist studies
of Society, think tank linked to the Left party)


Tord Björk

Coordinator, 
Contact group for Europe and the World, Nordic Organizing Committee ESF 2008

Finlandsgatan 2
291 31 Kristianstad
Sverige/Suede/Sweden
Tel: +46 (0)44 12 32 94 (evenings, sometimes am Monday-Tuesday)
Mobile: +46 (0)738 44 68 50 (occasionally)
E-mail: tord.bjork at mjv.se (best way for contacts)

Nordic Organizing Committee: esf2008 at gmail.com, www.esf2008.org