
- Resource Justice, Land Rights, Equal Access to Water, and Participation – Going beyond Extractivisms
- Food Sovereignty/Food Security – Beyond Zero Hunger
- Climate Justice and Transformation of Energy Systems
- Socially Just Trade, Production and Investment
- Social Justice – Alternatives to Debt and Austerity, Social protection, Decent Work, and Sustainable Livelihoods
- Peace Building and Human Security – Responses to Migration, Fundamentalism and Terrorism
- Participatory Democracy, Gender Equality and Minority Rights
1. Contexts and Analysis
2. Lessons Learned, Successes and Failure
3. Strategies for People’s Visions and Future Perspectives
Afterwards, a final declaration was drafted and proclaimed, to be read at the ASEM summit in front of the 53 member states (link).

Social Justice cluster
Of course, most of our interest went towards the social justice cluster, as this one focuses mostly on Social Protection. Their reference to social justice seems to serve more to highlight the redistributive and transformative role of SP, instead of simple safety nets. WSM had been asked to also present, in the third phase of alternatives, our work and that of our partners.
Around 50 people showed up at the four sessions dedicated to social justice. Several participants question the approach: working from within the system or trying to fundamentally the system.

At the end of the session, participants also showed their support for the campaign with a pictures and sticking on the band-aids demanding social protection for all.
Though unsure of the political weight of the final declaration and the extent governments would take it into consideration, it is important to provide an alternative voice to the business lobbying. Most interesting for us was however the opportunities of learning and networking, with among others the Network for Transformative Social Protection. AHW is planning to get closer involved with them.
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