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<DIV><FONT size=2>Dear all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>in terms of tickets, visas, and other costs, ICAE and other
organisations are asking the Brazilian government to issue an official letter
asking airlines and others to contemplate the situation. We are asking everyone
therefore to wait until this letter is issued. We also think that once Brazil
decides the new date and we have the letter, it will be easier to negotiate with
the travel agents. We are also hoping that Brazil will accept the visas that
were granted now later in the year. So please wait and do not change your
tickets until all this is clarified.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>In terms of the call, let´s agree on having it next week. We
will be talking with Rosa later today and we will send a message later.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Greetings,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Ana</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Ana Agostino<BR>ICAE<BR>International Council for Adult
Education<BR>General Secretariat<BR>18 de Julio 2095 - Apto 301<BR>11200
Montevideo - Uruguay<BR>Tel/fax: 005982 409 79 82<BR>E-mail: <A
href="mailto:ana@icae.org.uy">ana@icae.org.uy</A> <BR><A
href="http://www.icae.org.uy">www.icae.org.uy</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=chluisa@gmail.com href="mailto:chluisa@gmail.com">Luisa Cruz</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ana@icae.org.uy
href="mailto:ana@icae.org.uy">Ana Agostino</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A
title=ftffacilitationteam@listas.chasque.net
href="mailto:ftffacilitationteam@listas.chasque.net">ftffacilitationteam@listas.chasque.net</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 06, 2009 11:00
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Ftffacilitationteam]
Belem</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Ana and all,</DIV>
<DIV>I'm affraid for this but I had saw it was going.</DIV>
<DIV>For my reservation it's very important to give an other date because I
can lose the ticket.</DIV>
<DIV>I look forward to the call's day. May be i can participate.</DIV>
<DIV>Best.</DIV>
<DIV>Luisa<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>2009/5/6 Ana Agostino <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:ana@icae.org.uy">ana@icae.org.uy</A>></SPAN><BR>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Dear all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>yesterday we received the information that the Brazilian
government has postponed CONFINTEA. I copy below the message prepared by
ICAE so you can read more about this. But I think we need to have a
conference call as soon as possible to see how me move from here, as we were
going to meet in Belem for the economic literacy workshop and now this will
not take place probably till the end of the year (if the Brazilian
government confirms a new date).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Rosa, do you think you can organise a call this week? I
look forward to all your comments to see how we move from here, as the
meeting in Belem was covering several of our plans for the year. We have to
reorganise ourselves. I look forward to all your comments.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Greetings,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Ana</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Below is the message from ICAE (in Spanish and in
English):</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Dear friends,</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">As some of you might have heard, there
is information –not official for the time being- that the Brazilian
government has decided to postpone CONFINTEA VI due to the Swine flu. We are
waiting for the official communication, but for the time being we would like
to invite you all not to take any measures with respect to cancellation of
tickets. The postponement has enormous consequences to us all, individuals,
organisations, NGOs, UN, etc. not just from a financial point of view but in
various fronts. Particularly as we do not know yet the date to which the
conference was postponed. In light of this ICAE is committed to work as
closely as possible with the Brazilian government and UNESCO to ensure that
they issue an official statement, addressed to Airlines and other travel
agencies, so as to minimize the losses for postponement of travel dates and
other associated costs. We also want to ensure that a date is agreed upon
for when the Conference is being postponed. Civil society and governments
have put great efforts in the preparation of this event throughout the last
years. We expect that the official communication will state clearly the
political will to hold CONFINTEA VI in 2009 and provides the specific dates
for which it is being postponed. We suggest then to all of you to wait for
the official communication so you can proceed to change your tickets, and
hopefully, with an official letter, this postponement will have minimum
costs to all of us. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>ICAE
Secretariat</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Amigas y amigos,</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Como muchas y muchos de ustedes seguramente ya
sabrán, ha circulado la información –no oficial por el momento- que el
gobierno brasileño ha decidido postergar CONFINTEA VI debido a la gripe
porcina. Estamos esperando la comunicación oficial, pero quisiéramos
decirles que no tomen por ahora ninguna medida respecto a cancelación de
vuelos. La postergación de CONFINTEA VI tiene enormes consecuencias para
todos y todas, ya sea para las personas individualmente, las organizaciones,
la ONU, etc, no sólo desde un punto de vista financiero sino en varios
frentes, sobre todo porque aún no sabemos la fecha para la cual la
conferencia ha sido pospuesta. Frente a esta situación ICAE asume el
compromiso de trabajar lo más cerca posible con el gobierno brasileño y con
UNESCO a los efectos de que den a conocer un comunicado oficial, dirigido a
las aerolíneas y agencias de viaje, de manera de minimizar los costos por
cambios de fecha de vuelos y otros asociados. También queremos asegurar que
se fije una fecha en la que la conferencia tendrá lugar. La sociedad civil y
los gobiernos han puesto enormes esfuerzos durante los últimos años para la
preparación de la Conferencia. Esperamos que el comunicado oficial plantee
expresamente la voluntad política de realizar la CONFINTEA VI en el 2009 y
de a conocer la fecha exacta de su realización. Les sugerimos por lo tanto
que esperen a la comunicación oficial para cambiar sus pasajes y confiamos
que, al contar con una carta oficial, la postergación conlleve costos
mínimos para todos y todas nosotras.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Secretariado del ICAE</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </P></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Ana Agostino<BR>ICAE<BR>International Council for Adult
Education<BR>General Secretariat<BR>18 de Julio 2095 - Apto
301<BR>11200 Montevideo - Uruguay<BR>Tel/fax: 005982 409 79 82<BR>E-mail: <A
href="mailto:ana@icae.org.uy" target=_blank>ana@icae.org.uy</A> <BR><A
href="http://www.icae.org.uy/"
target=_blank>www.icae.org.uy</A></FONT></DIV></DIV><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Ftffacilitationteam
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<DIV></DIV><BR>-- <BR>Luisa Cruz Hefti<BR>3, rue de Jaman<BR>1804 Corsier sur
Vevey<BR>Suisse<BR><BR>0041 21 922 5822<BR>
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