| The first three
parts :
- Evaluation and Vision of the Future
- Proposals and Projects :
- Report on the Participatory Process Used
for the Evaluation and Future of the Alliance
- The second
stage of the Alliance |
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Part Two: Proposals
and Projects
By Martí
Olivella
Barcelona, April 20, 2003
1. ON MAKING PROGRESS IN THE INTERNAL ORGANIZATION
OF THE ALLIANCE
- Projects for the management of the Directory, the
e-forums, the newsletter, and information, all of which
are essential tools to favor a general up-to-date overview of
the Alliance’s current status (persons, projects in progress,
etc.), and to favor communication. It is important to generate
an updated view of who forms part of the Alliance and how it
operates, identifying active organizations, world regions with
serious and committed organization processes, and how many people
can be considered to form part of the Alliance.
- Project for the collective writing of a Charter of
Principles and internal Alliance regulations, in order to clarify
the decision-making and management process, inspired by the
Charter of Human Responsibilities and the principles of governance.
Within the framework provided by the Alliance Charter, solve
the issue of the “legitimacy” of who represents
the Alliance in world processes (International Council of the
World Social Forum, Ubuntu, etc.). We have to reach an agreement
to strengthen our organizational processes, since there is a
longstanding need for these aspects to be clearer, more transparent,
and functional.
- Project for training in remote participation, providing
tools and good connections in order to favor the work of active
Allies lacking the necessary resources, thus favoring
a larger cross-section of work leading to alliances other than
those limited to local or socioprofessional work. Increase the
impact of networks by training Allies in electronic communications,
promoting remote participation and using a common method to
improve cross-cultural and complex understanding. See proposal
by Théo Bondolfi in Appendix 3.
- Projects to organize regional Alliance collectives:
one or two in America, in Europe, in Africa, and in Asia, grouping
together active Alliance members per continent or sub-continent.
They will edit a regional work plan, with concrete objectives,
targets, activities and responsibilities. It is on a regional
level that we can be more active and make a greater contribution
to the development of the global alliance. In this framework,
each region can seek funds, establish projects, seek new alliances,
etc., thus relieving the burden that falls on the FPH. This
would require more active regional focal points to promote these
processes.
- Project for a “professional” team to seek
diverse sources of financing according to the Alliance’s
new overall horizons and projects. Request the support
of the FPH so that this team can start to work for an initial
period. In general, and for specific projects, the idea is for
the FPH to provide at least partial support, for one or two
years, according to the specific plan of each project, while
other funds are obtained, including Allies' subscriptions to
certain services. To seek financial support from other foundations
and organizations for the Alliance project and the specific
projects involved in its development, the projects have to be
well-defined and feature the persons in charge, the timetables,
and the budgets. This has been one of the most important problems
facing the Alliance for some time. We have been depending practically
exclusively on the support provided by the FPH (the Charles
Léopold Mayer Foundation) and on contributions from several
individuals and organizations. However, we need to create a
stable fund-raising unit in order to carry out our projects
and activities.
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