You can participate in the CIVICUS World Assembly even if you are not going to be there in person
Release Date: 02 June 2006
By Kumi Naidoo, CIVICUS Secretary General
We are now less than three weeks away from the sixth CIVICUS World Assembly. Over a thousand delegates are expected from more than 100 countries, uniting under the theme 'Acting Together for a Just World'.
Almost 100 workshops are being organised by members and a range of diverse and broad ranging mini plenaries and plenary sessions promise to make this one of the most successful events hosted by CIVICUS. While we look forward to welcoming some of you, we realise that time, costs and other urgent priorities that you are engaged with back home will likely ensure that many will not be able to attend in person.
We are therefore very happy to announce that we have secured the support of Oracle to webstream, at least the plenaries of the conference which will ensure that you will be able to follow the event on the web. While we recognise that the digital divide will sadly, also restrict the number of people who can participate we hope that those of you who are able to will join us live depending on the time zone you live in. If you are not able to follow the plenaries live on line, you can still view these sessions after they are finished since they will be stored on the world assembly website.
Importantly, you can also pose questions during the plenaries via email. We would appreciate it greatly if you could spread the word with as many of your colleagues, friends and family encouraging them to participate, abeit from a distance. We will shortly send you a special invitation with details, times, speaker information and so on to facilitate your participation. Again, please feel free to share this widely.
