The third edition of the Terrestrial Forum - a biannual political and educational program, organized by the collective Ministry of Space, A11 – Initiative for Economic and Social Rights and SHARE Foundation, was held in Vranje from August 24 to August 29, with four days of lectures, workshops, discussions and exchange among 150+ participants from the region (Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania and Greece).
This edition of the Forum was also supported by the European Fund for the Balkans, as part of the thematic cluster for Public Space of the Engaged Democracy Initiative. Our EDI Programme Manager Ivan Blazevic took an active role in the different intersecting discussions and workshops, exploring the potential opportunities for collaboration and joint action.
The desire for substantial social transformation was brought at the forefront as a key driver in rethinking progressive policies and practices that demonstrate radically different social and production relations. The participants discussed and (re)questioned the existing struggles and experiments, their own roles and tactics in a common struggle for a just society within the planetary limits. The Forum also had an aim to inspire exchange of know-how, in-person meetings and collaboration among actors from different disciplines and fields of action - activists, civil society, political movements, academia, media, etc, as a connecting point to our own Engaged Democracy Initiative activities.
Photo: Luka Knezevic Strika
