The 7th World Social Forum is taking place this year in Nairobi, from the 20th to the 25th of January at the Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani. The theme for this year’s WSF is "People’s struggles, People’s alternatives".

Amongst the wide range of activities organised, including seminars and side events, civil society organization working on IFIs are preparing some specifics workshops on the current international context on IFIs issues.

These are some of the activities:

Sunday, 21 January:

* IMF: Shrink It or Sink It Campaign. An Introduction, organised by 50 Years Is Enough;

* The World Bank in Africa: What is it up to, why should you care, and what can you do about it?, organised by Bank Information Center (BIC);

* Workshop and skill-share on the European Investment Bank (EIB) in Africa, organised by Friends of the Earth International;

* Cut funding to the World Bank – How to bring about radical reforms; organised by Kenya Debt Relief Network.

Monday, 22 January:

* Impact of IMF & World Bank on Livelihoods, organised by ActionAid International;

* The African Development Bank and the “Big Infrastructure” Agenda in Africa, organised by BIC;

* The World Bank – a never-ending coup d’état, organised by Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt

* The IFIs and the Environment, organised by Jubilee South;

* Where next on the IMF? To shrink or sink, organised by Kenya Debt Relief Network.

Tuesday, 23 January:

* Impact of IFIs on Education Rights, organised by ActionAid International;

* Debt, Privatization of Basic Services, and the Role of IFIs, organised by Jubilee South;

* What's wrong with the International Finance Institutions? organised by Kenya Debt Relief Network;

* How to redesign the international financial architecture, organised by Social Watch.

Wednesday, 24 January:

* Closed Strategy Seminar on 'Where next for the IFI Campaign in 2007, organised by Kenya Debt Relief Network;

* Towards a global movement for the Reform of International Institutions, organised by Ubuntu - World Forum of Civil Society Networks

See the CSO common flyer with all the activities and an invitation to a Seminar/Discussion on Illegitimacy of Debt; Responsible/Alternative Financing, and Debt and Conditionalities (pdf format).

For more information see: http://wsf2007.org/program