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Since the first edition of the FSQ in 2007, several regional groups emerged while some existed prior to the first FSQ. A number of regional social forums have already taken place while others are soon to come.

The FSQ supports these initiatives in various ways, including by providing financial grants. By supporting these regional social forums, the social forum movement takes root continuously and ubiquitously throughout Quebec.

Forums to Come

The 5th Montreal Citizen Summit – Montreal Social Forum

The 5th Montreal Citizen Summit is a social forum open to all and is based on the concept "The City We Want". The event will take place from the 5th to the 7th of June, 2009 at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and will be an opportunity for citizens and civil society practitioners to strengthen their ties in order to collectively organise social action initiatives. The Summit will also be an opportunity for citizens to learn and exchange with each other on urban issues related to this year's themes:

1) Economy
2) Urban Planning
3) Social Justice, Inclusion and Citizenship
4) Environment
5) Democracy
6) Culture

For more information, visit their website : http://www.5sc.ecologieurbaine.net

Forums that have Taken Place

Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Regional Social Forum 02

The Regional Social Forum 02 was held in Chicoutimi from the 2nd to the 4th of May 2008 at Cégep Chicoutimi. This was the 2nd edition of the Social Forum in this region: the Forum has a very good track record of more than 1500 participants and 50 volunteers, zero carbon waste, more than 200 activities and 70 kiosks.

For more information please visit their website: www.forumsocial02.org

The Mauricie Region, the Mauricien Citizen Forum

The Citizen Forum was held in Shawinigan, Mauricie from the 23rd to the 25th of October 2008 at the Cité de l'énergie. This first edition, that was based on the World Social Forum, was a great success: the Forum had more than 2,000 participants, 64 workshops on global and regional issues and free lunches were distributed for all participants. At the end of the workshops, a citizens' declaration after the compilation of notes taken was written.

For more information: www.forumcitoyen.org

Outaouais Region, Outaouais Social Forum

The first Outaouais Social Forum took place from the 7th to the 9th of November 2008 in Gatineau. The Forum followed the model of the FSQ and was inspired, among other things, by its charter. The regional collective of Outaouais, which formed at the FSQ, gathered at the Forum more than 500 people per day and has held a festive march towards the indigenous territory of the Algonquins.

For more information: www.forumsocialoutaouais.blogspot.com