THE ASIA-EUROPE PEOPLE’S FORUM
Interregional network of social movements and civil society organizations across Asia and Europe

Cluster 1: Peace and Security

Cluster 2: Social and Economic Rights and Environmental Justice

Cluster 3: Participatory Democracy and Human Rights

Panel 1:     Geopolitical conflicts and militarization: Asia and Europe - their role and impact
Panel 2:     Promoting inter-cultural dialogues and understanding
Panel 3:     Anti-terrorism policies and their impacts on human rights and security
Panel 4:     Regional security processes and impact on Asia-Europe relations
Panel 5:     Alternative visions on security: strategies for conflict prevention and role of peace movements
Panel 6:     Non-traditional threats to security and people’s responses
Panel 7:     Legacies of weapons of mass destruction and struggles for justice and nuclear  disarmament
Panel 8:     Rise of religious fundamentalisms: impacts and responses
Panel 9:     Arms trade – Trends, controls and how can we really reduce it?

Cluster 2: Social and Economic Rights and Environmental Justice

Panel 1:       MDGs and their implications in Asia and Europe
Panel 2:       Food sovereignty and security – experiences and responses
Panel 3:       Asian and European Investment flows – social and environmental impacts
Panel 4:       Free Trade agreements – contributing to sustainable development or double edged swords?
Panel 5:       Possibilities, limitations and alternatives of Corporate Social Responsibility - voluntary codes or binding
                   standards?
Panel 6:       Migrant labour in and between countries: rights, challenges  and responses
Panel 7:       Decent Work and labour rights and protection
Panel 8:       Alternatives to privatization of water and other essential services
Panel 9:       Alternative financing for development – beyond debt and the International Financial Institutions
Panel 10:     Climate change and ecological justice from Asia and Europe: people’s perspectives
Panel 11:     EU-Asia cooperation in alternative energy policies
Panel 12:     Social security in Asia and Europe – trends and challenges

Cluster 3: Participatory Democracy and Human Rights

Panel 1:     Local governance: participatory democracy at the grassroots in Asia and Europe
Panel 2:     Strengthening women’s political participation and influence
Panel 3:     People-centered political parties and social movements:     strategies for active citizen’s participation
Panel 4:     Protecting rights of the disabled people - policies and practice
Panel 5:     Democratization - national policies and options for joint Asia- Europe strategies
Panel 6:     Protecting rights People Living with HIV/AIDS – policies and practice
Panel 7:     Asia-Europe alternative regionalism and people’s solidarity
Panel 8:     Regional human rights mechanisms in Asia and Europe after 60 years of the Universal Declaration on Human
Rights
Panel 9:     Progress and challenges to people-centered democratization and human rights in Europe and Asia