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The GCAP Mobilisation Task Force met in Oxford at the end of June to work on GCAP's mobilisation plans to achieve our strategic objectives for 2009-11.

The meeting was hosted at Oxfam's offices in Oxford, United Kingdom. Where Mobilisation Task Force (MTF) members from all around the world met to share their plans, brainstorm ideas and make a plan of action for the following years.

During the meeting there were discussions around Stand Up, Climate Change and the MDG+10 review point next year, looking at how GCAP's seven areas of work could be incorporated.

GCAP Hand-overs with Berlusconi

On July 2nd GCAP met the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi. Meeting participants included 10 GCAP member representatives (Oxfam/Ucodep, Save the Children, ActionAid, WWF, trade unions, UN Millennium Campaign, Legambiente, Aidos, Italian NGO Association and Focsiv) + 2 GCAP spokespersons; Italian Sherpa Massolo and his team; Berlusconi and his advisors. 

We gave him a huge check symbolising the collective number of petitions gathered by GCAP international members.

The 10 Days of Action: Countdown to Commitments is a mobilization tool to help raise awareness, build momentum and deliver key civil society messaging around the UN Conference on the Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development, scheduled for 24 – 26 June, 2009, at the UN Headquarters in New York City.

All GCAP coalitions and constituency groups are urged to put pressure on your Head of State to commit to attend the UN June Summt.  For developing countries, it is of utmost importance to commit early and request Heads of State from developed countries to attend the Summit. 

I caught up with Adam Askew from Oxfam GB and asked him about the Put People First march for Jobs, Climate and Justice, that Oxfam and 150 other organisations are organising for March 28th, and what it has to do with the G20 Summit being held a few days later.

You can find out more about the Put People First Rally and how you can get invovled at http://www.putpeoplefirst.org.uk/
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