
GLOBAL WSF PROCESS and GLOBAL WSF FAMILY
Global WSF process is a set of independent and autonomous processes that have in common being inspired by the WSF process initiated in 2001 in Porto Alegre en Brazil
Global WSF process (GWSF) is a notion that has been affimed in IC Meeting in Tunis in December 2022
It comprises:
- WSF process , with 15 worldscale events over 22 years, described by WSF principles as a open space of encounters
This process is facilitated by International Council IC WSF
For each event there is aslo a specific organizaing commitee,
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- Others thematic, regional, national, social forum processe ,with their respective facilitating committees, that can be applying to be member entities of IC-WSF, in order to contribte wiht their facilitating experience in the WSF process facilitation. They can also be active in the Cohesive dialogue about Global WSF
see here a Global WSF calendar of events, distinguishing social forum process events ( cluster of activities held in intercommunication process in a sae short period of time) and other events ( that are not announcing to be build according to WSF principles, even though tere might be some proximity)
- Social assembly processes, which are deliberative processes. This is a new part of the Global WSFprocess, in exploration development. A first social assembly process is being developed since Tunis meeting. They can find or develop representation in IC to contribute to the cohesive dialogue
Facilitating committees of each process is deemed to act so that each process in the family respects autonomy of others processes. IC-WSF can be a place where to hold dialogue between those committees present in IC - Those processes participating voluntarily and constructively in such a Cohesive dialogue in autonomies about GWSF can be described as GWSF family , which is a subset of GWSF process
As shown in diagram below a same organization can participate in, or can contribute to facilitation of, various processes in Global WSF
It is also mainly through acts of participation of organizations participating in them, such as organizing activities , describing initiatives , attending sessions of social assemblies, that the processes in the Global WSF family are being connected together

See here notes from a meeting held in september 2020 convening representatives of 15 faciltation committes of existing social forum processes
http://openfsm.net/projects/ic-extended/online-202009-ampliado2-extension