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The Organisers
The conference is being jointly organised by
LDC Watch, KDF, ARENA and SAAPE Secretariat. The detailed information
about the conference is enclosed herewith with this letter for
your kind reference.
i) Least
Developed Countries (LDC) Watch is a global alliance of
national, regional and international civil society organisations,
networks and movements based in the LDCs and supported by development
partner countries. It facilitates initiatives and struggles of
the people to undertake advocacy, lobby and campaign activities
on and around the issues of poverty, hunger, social, economic,
political and ecological injustices in the. It is one of the principal
civil society players pressurizing to and partnering with the
concerned stakeholders at least to adhere to their commitments
for human rights, social and environmental justices in the LDCs.
(For further details, please visit http://www.ldcwatch.org)
ii) Korea
Democratic Foundation (KDF) has played a key role in enhancing
Korean democracy, collecting and recording historical materials
to build archive of Korean democracy, providing education program
for democratic citizenship and promoting democratic values and
human rights in and out of Korea. Now KDF is about to make one
step further, expanding international cooperative efforts to make
a contribution to development and spread of democracy through
the projects aimed to share the past experiences, new ideas and
practices of the world." (For further details, please visit
http://www.kdemocracy.or.kr)
iii) The
Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA) defines
itself as a regional network of concerned Asian scholars, activists,
and researchers aimed at contributing to a process of awakening
in support of meaningful and people oriented social change. Its
strategic perspective is the search for and the advocacy of alternative
paradigms and development strategies that would contribute to
genuine democratic deepening. (For further details, please visit
http://www.arenaonline.org)
iv) South
Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE) is a regional
alliance of civil society networks facilitating linkages among
and between groups in the region, throughout the global south
and with the groups in the North. SAAPE's main focus is poverty
eradication through policy research, advocacy, lobbying and campaign
works. (For further details, please visit http://www.saape.org.np)
Coordination:
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