On this page you will find all relevant information on how to register for the World Social Forum 2007 event, to be held in Nairobi, Kenya from January 20^th to 25^th.

Please note that all individuals who want to participate in the WSF2007 event will need to fill in an Individual Registration Form. This applies to everyone, whether you are participating individually, as part of an organizational delegation, as a member of the press or setting up stalls or exhibitions.

When to register

Registration of individuals and organizations is open right up to the WSF2007 event in January. In order to help us with the extensive logistical planning, we encourage you to register as soon as possible.

Please note that the deadline for activity registration is November 30^th.

Please find below the information on how to register that is relevant to you:

• Individual registration
• Organizational registration
• Activity registration
• Registration fees
• Payment of registration fees

Individual registration

Individual registration is done from this website. You will need to download the Individual Registration Form (available in a Word document), fill it in electronically and send it as an attached document to registration@wsf2007.org.

If you prefer, you can also print the Individual Registration Form, fill it in manually and fax it or send it by post to the WSF2007 Organizing Committee. The fax number and postal address is available in Contacts.

Note: If you need a letter of invitation for visa purposes, please click here.

Organizational registration

Registration of organizations is done online in the WSF Common Space. The WSF Common Space is an online workspace designed to register for the WSF2007 event as well as providing possibilities for like-minded organizations to prepare and develop joint activities to be held in the WSF event.

Registering an organization involves two steps:

1. When you access the WSF Common Space for the first time, you need to register as a user of the site. Click on “New user” on the left of the page.

2. With the login name you choose and the password that is automatically sent to your e-mail, login to the site and register your organization. You will find the link for this on the right side of the page. Please fill in all areas marked with a small red square. Make sure that you click “Save” when finishing.

If you have limited access to internet, you can download the Organizational Registration Form (available in a Word document), fill it in electronically and send it as an attached document to registration@wsf2007.org.

If you prefer, you can also or print the Organizational Registration Form, fill it in manually and fax it or send it by post to the WSF2007 Organizing Committee. The fax number and postal address is available in Contacts.

Note: The WSF Common Space allows registered organizations to register “Groups”. Setting up groups of organizations allows you, more easily, to exchange ideas between organizations and to develop joint activities for the WSF2007 event. Please find more information about the advantages of registering groups here.

Activity registration

Registration of activities for the WSF2007 event is done online in the WSF Common Space.

Registering an activity involves the following steps:

1. First of all you need to be a user of the WSF Common Space. Please see step 1 above.

2. Only organizations and groups can register activities, which mean that you will have to register your organization (or group) before registering any activity. Please see step 2 above.

3. On the right side of the WSF Common Space site you click on “Register activity”.

4. Select the name of the organization or group that you have registered and that is promoting the activity. Then fill in the activity form.

5. Edit the form fields on general information about the activity and click on “Save”.

6. Edit and save the logistical information of the activity. To do that, click on the notification that will appear after saving the form.

7. Please note that it is possible to finish the activity registration at a later stage (before November 30^th 2006). If your organization does not have all the required information about the activity/activities to be carried out during the WSF2007 event, you may return to the form later and update it. In order to do this, after you login to the site and select the name of the organization or group registered (at the right side), you must click on the title of the activity to be modified and, then click “Edit” (right above the title). Make all the modifications and then click “Save” at the bottom of the page. In order to delete an activity, instead of edit, click “Action” and then “Delete”.
   

If you have limited access to internet, you can download the Activity Registration Form (available in a Word document), fill it in electronically and send it as an attached document to registration@wsf2007.org.

If you prefer, you can also or print the Activity Registration Form, fill it in manually and fax it or send it by post to the WSF2007 Organizing Committee. The fax number and postal address is available in Contacts.

Important notice: The deadline for activity registration is November 30^th.

Registration fees

These are the registration fees for individuals and for delegations:

Individual participants	Kes	Euro	USD
Africa	504	5	7
Rest of the South	2.016	20	28
Northern Nationals	7.920	80	110
Delegations (max.5 delegates)	Kes	Euro	USD
Africa	1.512	15	21
Rest of the South	9.072	90	126
Northern Nationals	39.312	390	546

Please note that any extra delegate over and above 5 people will pay registration for participant according to category.

Children under the age of 16 have free admission.

All registration fees for WSF2007 event in Nairobi, including fees for registering activities and stalls, can be downloaded here.

Payment of registration fees

Registration fees have to be paid before registration is final. This applies to all kinds of registration – individual, organizational, activity and so on.

The general registration and payment interface is not ready yet, but will be available before mid November.

Payment will be by bank transfer and credit card. Information on bank transfer payment will be available before mid November.

In the host country (Kenya), selected commercial banks have been instructed to receive registration payments. Details pertaining to these transactions will be available before mid November.