AEPF timeline

13-17 October 2008

Asia Europe People's Forum 7 Helsinki, Finland.

3-6 September 2006

Asia Europe People's Forum 6 Helsinki, Finland.

6-9 April 2006.

AEPF workshops at the European Social Forum Athens, Greece.

24-29 January 2006.

AEPF workshops at the Polycentric World Social Forum 6 Karachi, Pakistan.

7-9 December 2005.

IOC meeting for the Asia-Europe People's Forum 6. Helsinki, Finland.

26-27 May 2005.

IOC meeting for the Asia-Europe People's Forum 6. Meeting with the National Organising Committee (NOC) of Finnish NGOs. Helsinki, Finland.

8-10 April 2005.

Preparatory meeting for the Asia-Europe People's Forum 6 at the Finland Social Forum. Helsinki, Finland.

4-5 February 2005.

IOC meeting of the Asia-Europe People's Forum. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

26 January 2005.

Workshop Elite Politics and Democratic Movement in Indonesia with Olle Törnquist (Oslo University) and Anu Lounela (Helsinki University). Organised by TNI with the Indonesia House, the Finnish Indonesia Society and Stichting Duurzame Solidariteit. TNI Office, Amsterdam.

January 2005.

The Tsunami Disaster & Debt Cancellation Campaign.

6-7 September 2004.

Asia Europe People's Forum 5, Hanoi, Vietnam..

6-7 July 2004.

Third Preparatory Meeting of the ASEM5 People's Forum International Organising Committee. Hanoi, Vietnam.

16-18 June 2004.

ASEF Workshop on Connecting Civil Society of Asia and Europe. Report Networking and Cooperation between Asian and European development NGOs and Social Movements available. Barcelona, Spain.

May 2004.

Second Preparatory Meeting of the ASEM5 People's Forum International Organising Committee. Hanoi, Vietnam.

March 2004.

First Preparatory Meeting of the ASEM5 People's Forum International Organising Committee. Hanoi, Vietnam.

November 2003.

Participation in the European Commission Meeting, Brussels.

October 2003.

Assessment Meeting of the ASEM People's Forum International Organising Committee. Bangkok.

July 2003.

Consultation of European Organisations in preparation for the ASEM 5.

19-21 May 2003.

Strategy Conference Iraq and the Global Peace Movement Jakarta, Indonesia.

14-17 March 2003.

A group of prominent Asian intellectuals, parliamentarians, civil society leaders and activists, including TNI Fellow Walden Bello, went to Baghdad as a part of Asian Peace Mission in a desperate last-ditch effort to avert the war. Their report of meetings with students and other citizens gets under the surface of the mainstream media reports and reveals a vulnerable but enduring people on the edge of war.

2-7 January 2003.

TNI Fellows Praful Bidwai, Achin Vanaik and Brid Brennan participate in the Asian Social Forum Hyderabad, India, bringing together 15.000 activists from all over the the Asian continent.

19-22 September 2002.

Conference Asem4people - Asia Europe People's Forum IV Copenhagen, Denmark. TNI Fellow Brid Brennan speaks on The Road to ASEM4 in the Introductory Panel; Walden Bello and Susan George also participate, speaking e.g. on The WTO: Between Doha and Cancún. TNI organises several workshops and the opening panel on People's Focus on Security - Security after September 11, attended by 250 people [see below].
At the occasion of ASEM 4 in Copenhagen a group of European and Asian NGOs published the report Tackling Poverty in Asia. "Tackling Poverty in Asia" insists that poverty reduction is the proper purpose for development co-operation; not anti-immigration or security policies. TNI's Asia programme contributed to the chapters on Political Dialogue and Trade & Investment.

20 September 2002.

Workshop Acting Together. Labour Movement, Migrant Rights and Strategies in Cross Community organised by TNI for the AEPF4, Copenhagen, Denmark.

21 September 2002.

Workshop Weaponisation of Space and Missile Defence; workshop Korean Peace and Reconciliation and the Axis of Evil; workshop Criminalisation of Movements - Aftermath 9.11; and workshop Nuclear proliferation after September 11 organised by TNI for the AEPF4, Copenhagen, Denmark.

22-25 August 2002.

Conference Democracy and Security of the People in the Asia Region Bangkok, Thailand.

19 April 2002.

Public Forum Signals from Southeast Asia: Human Rights under Attack after September 11. Organised by TNI and XminY, in co-operation with Amnesty International. Felix Meritus, Amsterdam.

18 April 2002.

Protest action against the Malaysian Internal Security Act in Amsterdam and The Hague.

23-26 March 2002.

International Peace Mission to Basilan Phillipines
Basilan: The Next Afghanistan? Peace Mission's Report [PDF document].

7-8 March 2002.

Towards an ASEM Social Pillar. An Open Dialogue on a Social Dimension of ASEM and an Asia Europe Trade Union Dialogue, Bonn.

4-5 March 2002.

International Workshop Social Policies and the ASEM Process Berlin.

29 November 2001.

TNI Public Forum Missile Defence and Security after September 11 Felix Meritus, Amsterdam. Organised in cooperation with the Project on European Nuclear Non-Proliferation (PENN-NL), XminY, Attac-Nederland and the Campaign against the Arms Trade. Main speakers: Dan Plesch, The Royal United Service Institute, England, and Tom Reifer, Focus on the Global South, Thailand.

13-14 August 2001.

International Conference: Korean Reconciliation and Reunification for Global Peace: The People's Agenda Seoul, Korea.

17-21 October 2000.

In connection to the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) III, TNI co-organise Asia Europe People's Forum (AEPF) III in Seoul, Korea. The theme of the forum is
'People's Action and Solidarity Challenging Globalisation'. 800 people
from 33 countries participates. An estimated 25 000 participates in the
march arranged..

22-23 June 2000.

Europe Asia Civil Society Summit, organised by the European Union in Lisbon, Portugal. 40 participants, including TNI representative Pietje Vervest.

22 June 2000.

Asia Workshop at the parallel 'From Bangkok to Geneva' Alternative Summit, during the UN Social Summit Review in Geneva, Switzerland.

11-13 May 1999.

TNI Asia Workshop Hague Appeal for Peace The Hague, Netherlands.

26-28 March 1999.

Conference: The Asia Crisis: A Change for Democracy and Human Rights TNI Asia Project Workshop: Strategy Session on the Asia-Europe Meeting. In Berlin, Germany.

31 March-1 April 1998.

Asia Europe People's Forum (AEPF) II London, England.

23-24 March 1998.

Asia Europe People's Forum (AEPF) Conference on the Social and Political Dimensions of the Asian Economic Crisis Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok.

4-5 December 1997.

Strengthening Civil Society in Burma: Possibilities and Dilemmas for International NGOs, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam.

27-29 February 1996.

Asia Europe People's Forum (AEPF) I Bangkok, Thailand. 400 participants. The conference was co-organised with Focus on the Global South. A report on the conference was made.