GI-ESCR is proud to report the success of the Our Future is Public Conference (#OFIP22) 

GI-ESCR led the coordination by almost fifty organisations of ‘Our Future is Public’ (OFiP22), an unprecedented gathering of movements working for public services and against privatisation. The conference took place in Santiago, Chile, from 29 November to 2 December and was attended by almost one thousand delegates, in person and virtually, from 113 different countries, representing 567 different organisations from various sectors.

The conference was rooted in years of growing mobilisation, at global, grassroots and national levels, locally and across borders, in both rural and urban areas. Key previous milestones of the broader public services movement included the first global ‘Future is Public’ conference in Amsterdam in 2019; the Enough is Enough webinars in 2020 and 2021, at which international and regional human rights representatives considered the critical role that public services play in building more sustainable, inclusive, socially just and resilient economies and societies; and the Global Manifesto on Public Services. Led by GI-ESCR and adopted in October 2021, the Global Manifesto has been signed by more than 225 organisations.

About the Conference:

This meeting follows years of growing mobilisation around the world, at the grassroot and at the national level, locally and across borders, in rural and urban areas. This led to the organisation of a series of groundbreaking events bringing together thousands of people online, and the adoption in 2021 of the Global Manifesto for Public Services.

 The first two days were devoted to sectoral meetings on care, economic justice and social protection health, education, energy, food and agriculture systems, housing, transportation, waste and water. The final two days brought together all movements and organisations participating in the conference for a collective discussion on cross-cutting themes including the climate emergency, gender equality, economic and tax justice, and democratic public ownership.

Convened by 50 organisations, GI-ESCR had a leading role in the organisation of the whole conference. In addition, GI-ESCR organised the following specific gathering:

OUTCOME

The main outcome of the meeting is a commitment to continue building a movement for public futures. A public future means ensuring that everyone enjoys minimum essential levels of economic, social and cultural rights essential to dignified lives.

Read the final Declaration here

PRESS COVERAGE OF THE EVENT

30 November 2022 - El Acento (República Dominicana) - Abogan porque países latinoamericanos trabajen juntos para implementar reformas fiscales progresivas.

22 November 2022 - El Mostrador (Chile) - "Nuestro futuro es público", la conferencia que realizará GI-ESCR

• ADN País Radio (Chile) - “Nuestro Futuro es público”, la conferencia que realizará GI-ESCR.

• Alegrate FM (Chile) - “Nuestro Futuro es público”, la conferencia que realizará GI-ESCR.

• El Demócrata (Chile) - Una conferencia en Chile que reúne movimientos de todo el mundo para combatir múltiples crisis.

• Maule Noticias (Chile) - Una conferencia en Chile que reúne movimientos de todo el mundo para combatir múltiples crisis.

• Página 12 (Argentina) - Servicios públicos a la cabeza o con la cabeza de los servicios públicos.

WE DEMAND UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO QUALITY, GENDER-TRANSFORMATIVE AND EQUITABLE PUBLIC SERVICES AS THE FOUNDATION OF A FAIR AND JUST SOCIETY.