Asia Europe People's Forum 6 - Helsinki September 2006
 | AEPF 6 was held from 3rd - 6th September 2006 in Helsinki, Finland |
The AEPF is a forum for NGOs and civil society groups that are non-state and non-corporate. It aims to bring the voice of the civil society in the official Asia Europe Summit, ASEM, and to create alternatives to its neoliberalistic agenda.
The AEPF was created in 1996 and it has held forums every second year parallel to the ASEM summit. The AEPF forums engage the civil society both in Asia and Europe to discuss common issues with Asia-Europe dimension.For further information and to check the summaries of the Workshops held in Helsinki, visit AEPF website
For information on previous AEPF forums visit http://www.tni.org/asem/
AEPF Key Documents
AEPF 6 In the media
Civil Society Demands a Place in ASEM
IPS - 24 May 2006
AEPF Press Releases
ASEM Warned: Don't use bilaterals to revive WTO agenda
TNI Press Release, Brussels, 31 August 2006
ASEM faces democratic challenge as People's Forum opens
AEPF Press Release, Helsinki, September 2006
Trade unions sidelined at Asem summit -Finland's SAK
AEPF Press Release, Helsinki, September 2006
Human right violations from human trafficking to political murders continue in the ASEM countries
AEPF Press Release, Helsinki, September 2006
Asia-Europe cooperation, not competition, is key to defending social welfare
TNI Press Release, 4 September 2006
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