La Via Campesina Calendar 2006

Date Event Place

29 MARCH-2 APRIL The 4th Ordinary Convention of ROPPA St Louis, Senegal
14-17 APRIL Food Sovereignty Gathering for Peasant Organizations in Africa Region Maputo, Mozambique
17-avr International Day of Peasant Struggle International
17-avr MST Congress-10 years after Massacre of Carajas B razil
17-avr International Seed Carnival Karnataka, India
18-19 APRIL Symposium on Seeds and Biotech Mysore, India
24-29 APRIL Interview for Book History of LVC Barcelona, Spain
24-26(30) APRIL Development Fund's Partner Meeting Oslo, Norway
30-avr Peasant Mobilization Egypt
2-mai Rafael Alegria in European Parlement Brussels, Belgium
3-7 MAY European Social Forum 2006 Rafael, Paul and Jose Bove in European Social Forum Athen, Greece
8-13 MAY Sustainable Agriculture, Organic Farming and Agroecology Conference Havana, Cuba
10-14 MAY Vienna Merco Sur/EU Viena
10-16 MAY Human Rights Working Committee (LVC) Geneve, Switzerland
14-18 MAY The International People's Conference on Rice and Food Sovereignty (La Via Campesina) Jakarta, Indonesia
15-19 MAY FAO Regional Conference (Asia Pasific) Jakarta, Indonesia
15-16 MAY General Council WTO Geneva, Switzerland
21-27 MAY Regional South East and East Asia Meeting (LVC) Japan
2-15 JUNE La Via Campesina Visit to The Philippines Quezon City, Philippine
6-8 JUNE The 2006 AGOA Civil Society Forum Washington DC, USA
12-juin WTO General Council-Aid for Trade Geneve, Switzerland
14-juin Food Chains: Connecting Workers & Farmers in The Age of Wal-mart & Agribussiness, by William Kramer (Cornell Global Labor Institute) New York City, USA
18-20 JUNE Meeting of The International Working Committee on Sustainable Peasant Based Agriculture by MOCASE Argentina
22-juin Madrid Forum on Migration (Jose Bove+?) Madrid, Spain
23/25 JUNE Forum of Food Sovereignty Niger-Niamey
28-29 JULY WTO General Council Geneva, Switzerland
10-sept International Day of Struggle Against WTO, Conmemoration of Lee


11-20 SEPTEMBER IMF and The World Bank Meeting Singapore
14-sept WTO General Council-Coherence Geneve, Switzerland
16-18 SEPTEMBER IPC Annual Meeting Rome, Italy
19-20 SEPTEMBER FAO Special Conference (World Food Summit +10)
18-22 SEPTEMBER Committee on World Food Security (CFS) by FAO Rome, Italy
SEPTEMBER International Seminar on Training LVC (to be confirmed) Sao Paulo, Brazil
OCTOBER WSF Bangkok (to be confirmed) Bangkok, Thailand
10-11 OCTOBER WTO General Council Geneve, Switzerland
16-oct International Day of Food Sovereignty
18-19 OCTOBER Seminar of Women International Comission of LVC about Feminist Galicia, Spanish State
20-21 October International Women Committee (LVC) Galicia,Spanish State
20-21 DECEMBER WTO General Council Geneve, Switzerland

Other Meetings (With no Via Campesina Participation So Far)


DATE EVENT PLACE
6-12 April AFA Strategic Planning & General Assembly Phnom Penh, Cambodia
24-28 APRIL FAO Regional Conference (Latin America and The Caribbean) Caracas, Venezuela
7-9 JUNE FAO Regional Conference (Europe) Riga, Latvia



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CPE
Coordination Paysanne Européenne
European Farmers Coordination
Coordinadora Campesina Europea
member of Via Campesina
Rue de la Sablonnière 18 – 1000 Bruxelles - metro:Madou
Tel : + 32 2 217 31 12 Fax :+ 32 2 218 45 09
e-mail : cpe@cpefarmers.org web : www.cpefarmers.org
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