Belarusian Social Forum, May 15-20 2007
Strengthening the role of youth activism in democratizing European societies
On May 15-20, Belorussian alter globalist groups, together with EYFA, organize the Belorussian Social Forum, an autonomous space in Minsk where Belorussian and foreign representatives of NGOs, grassroots initiatives, organizations and networks can meet face to face to discuss local Belorussian as well as global themes.
This BSF will lead to a better understanding of the social and political reality in Belarus for Belorussian as well as international activists, and will stimulate the level of national and transnational cooperation among them, breaking through the isolation that most Belorussian activists are working in. For activists from isolated Belorussian regions especially, this meeting provides an alternative to dictatorship style society building and the opportunity to develop political, social and cultural activities within a networked format working in opposition to authoritarianism and neo-liberalism.