October 2012
Alternative development and crop substitution programmes seem to be a guise for the Chinese government to support large scale agro businesses in Northern Burma and Laos.
November 2010
In the third of a series of interviews with civil society activists from Asia we hear about the damaging impacts of free trade agreements on labour rights in the Philippines.
September 2010
TNI and the AEPF will call on the Heads of State and governments of ASEM member countries to pursue more just and sustainable solutions to current global crises.
September 2010
The AEPF this year in Brussels brought together citizens for dialogue, solidarity and action, as a platform from which to oppose corporate-dominated, undemocratic and neoliberal responses to ongoing crises.
September 2010
At AEPF 2010 civil society from Europe and Asia will come together to discuss, propose and development democratic alternatives to neoliberal, free trade ideology dominating bi-regional development.
September 2010
As the Asia-Europe Summit gets ready to meet in early October, what are the implications of the rising power of Asia for progress on tackling poverty, inequality and climate change?
January 2010
In October 2010, the eighth Asia Europe Summit (ASEM8) will take place in Brussels, which will provide a unique opportunity for citizens of Asia and Europe to assess the impact of current policies and to demand change at the parallel Asia-Europe People's Forum 8.
October 2008
We, over 500 women and men, representing people’s organisations and citizens from Asia and Europe joined together in Beijing at the 7th Asia Europe People’s Forum to work ‘For Social and Ecological Justice.’ We focussed on developing strategies and recommendations to our elected representatives, and to ourselves, as active citizens, for ‘Peace and Security,’ ‘Social and Economic Rights, and Environmental Justice’ and ‘Participatory Democracy and Human Rights.’
We are here to understand how the world can be remade in another image and how current crises can lead to opportunit
October 2008
Heidi Hautala MP, Chair of the Finnish AEPF Committee
Your Excellency, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the pleasure of conveying to you the spirit of Helsinki from the 6th Asia Europe People´s Forum which was held in September 2006. At this moment the whole world is feeling the consequences of an unprecedented collapse of the financial system. AEPF has consequently promoted the replacement of blind pro-market policies by alternative people-centred policies.
We noted in Helsinki that ASEM countries control over half of the world´s gross national product.
October 2008
The AEPF is organised around three clusters comprising the Forum’s major themes:
- Peace and Security
- Sustainable Social and Economic Rights, and Environmental Justice
- Participatory Democracy and Human Rights
Each theme will be tackled in two sessions: plenaries and workshops. The plenary sessions will deal with general, overarching issues. And the workshop sessions shall focus on a deeper and detailed discussion of themes.
The IOC and NOC jointly plan the content of the Forum.
