[APWW-Meet] NGO Regional Forum

[luz <luz@isiswomen.org>]

Dear Friends:

Thank you to all who have been writing and sending in more names to add onto
the list for information on Beijing +10 related activities.

Many of you have received a summary of the NGO forum plans but many others
have not. For those of you who are new on the list, I am resending the summary
of the NGO regional forum plans. For those of you who already have it, I am
sorry for this double posting.

I also want to inform all of you that the Convenors Group Meeting has been
scheduled for February 13 and 14 in Bangkok, Thailand. This 2 day meeting is
to do the following:

1.      To establish an organizational structure and work plan for the Forum including a work           plan for each of the working committees;

2.      To identify point persons for each of the working committees;

3.      To carry out consultations on the content and process of the NGO Forum.

4.      To brainstorm on funding for the Forum and the various committees;

5.      To finalise the role and membership of Convenors Group and to establish a communication                         and decision-making process.

Please keep in mind that this is a two-day meeting and much will have to be done in these two days.

In the works is also the idea of holding a Donors Meeting on February 17 in the morning to bring to the donors who are based in Bangkok a plan of the NGO Forum and suggestions for funding for components of the Forum program such as "shadow reports", research for papers, panels and sub-regional and regional consultations. We are planning for this to be a small meeting made up of the APWW co-chairs, the Bangkok Host group, key persons from the Convenors Group and the Chairs of the Programme and Finance Committee who will be decided upon at the meetings of the 13 and 14.

We are encouraging regional groups to attend the Convenors Group meeting. Unfortunately at this point we have no funding so those interested in attending will need to fund themselves. For your budgeting purposes, the hotel accommodations are 40.00 (US$) per night, 20.00 (US$) for meals and your transportation and travel fees. Taxi cost to and from the airport to the St. James Hotel is about 25.00 (US$) airport fee 15.00 (US$)

If you are interested in attending the meeting, please let me know as soon as possible so we can make hotel reservations for you.

Looking forward to seeing you.

Sincerely,

Luz Maria Martinez
APWW-Secretariat

A Summary of the Proposed NGO Regional Forum-final.doc