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   Program Bus 8
Going from Germany to Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Switzerland and back to Germany
 
   Friday 21th May
  -
  Arrival to Germany
Travel to Salzwedel
 
 
 -  Saturday 22th May
  -
Arrival to Germany
Travel to Salzwedel
 
 
 -  Sunday 23th May
  Salzwedel
Briefing and resting in Salzwedel

19.00 public welcome event; local activists from the "Bauerliche Notgemeinschaft" and the "Buergerinitiative" tell about their struggles against the nuclear waste and the atomic industry. So from india tells why they have come to Europe. Cultural Program with Gospel quire.
 
 

 -  Monday 24th May
  Antwerpen

Leave to Antwerpen
During the way meeting with others group like Voedselteams (association for educating adults)

Walk: Antwerpen-Mechelen


 
 
 

 -  Tuesday 25th May
  Mechelen'

Antwerpen (De Molen) -> Mechelen (De Nekker)

9:00 * Reception at 'City Hall of Antwerpen' followed by walking
18:00 * Reception 'City Hall of Mechelen'
20:00 * Evening programm - music, stories + information at Cultural Centre, Melaan 3, Mechelen
* Speakers-council with representatives from affinity groups


 
 

 -  Wednesday 26th May
  Brussels

Walk: Mechelen - Brussels North
 
18:00 * Arrival Atomium Brussels. Welcoming by Abolition 2000 Belgium followed by program with speakers and music at 'Théâtre de la Verdure/Groentheater' Laken - Brussels


 
 
 
 

 -  Thursday 27th May
  Brussels

Brussels north - arrival NATO HQ Brussels
NATO Inspection
12:00 * Start 'Citizens Inspection' at NAT0
Speakers and music
13:00 * Lunch at NATO


 
 
   Friday 28th May
  Brussels

Civil inspection to the center of a major TNC


 
 
   Saturday 29th May
  Brussels

- Morning Visit of a farm

- Evening: party-public meeting-theater


 
 
   Sunday 30th May
  Paris

Leave Brussels
Arrival in Paris

- Meeting with the Associations Villageoises du Fleuve (Senegalese, Maliens etc.) and the Bengalis of Paris
- Actions in 1-2 international financial institutions
- Common action with workers and immigrated women about the development of the agriculture


 
 
   Monday 31st May
  Paris

11.30 - 12.30 demonstration of the women, in the "paris de la defense"

meal in a popular suburb


 
 
   Tuesday 1st June
  Paris

- Action begin at 10 am and all the day until the departure of
  the caravan
- Leave Paris after actions (at about 18.00 )
 
LEAVE TO MILANO IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
 
 

 -  Wednesday 2nd June
  Milano 
Arrival in Milano in the morning
Resting Day
Evening: public meeting, maybe concert
 
 
 
   Thursday 3rd June
  Milano 

10.30 AM: demonstration by the Stock Exchange.
Afternoon: press conference - meeting with civil society
 -- rest --
Evening: Dinner, concert and — during the concert — leaving for Rome.


 
 
   Friday 4th June
  Rome 

TIME OF ARRIVAL: 7.30


 
 
   Saturday 5th June
  Milano
Back to Milano
rest, meeting with society, maybe a concert
 
 
   Sunday 6th June
  Venice 
Travel to Venice
Morning: groups for information and sensibilization about the Caravan
acting in strategical points of the territory.

Afternoon: public happening in Mestre — initially with working groups, then all together with the participation of known personalities.


 
 
   Monday 7th June
  Geneva
Travel to Geneva
Eating and sleeping at the cultural center Usine
 
 
   Tuesday 8th June
  Geneva

morning: a demonstration in front of Cargill.

afternoon: meetings with different groups and /or visit of the city combined with leafletting people in the streets. Groups may invite a delegation or small group of caravaneers, or come to the Usine to meet them there.

evening: 18H Public debate at the University with students and faculty of biology about Genetically Modified Organisms

20H Public meeting at the University (hall for 600 persons) where the general public can hear the message of the Caravan.

Simultaneously, meetings with other local groups


 
 
 
 
   Wednesday 9th June 
  Geneva

Morning: meetings with representatives of the World Council of Churches and other groups and tour of Geneva

Afternoon: whole group marches through Geneva to ILO (delegation received in annual conference) (There may be a meeting with ILO already in the morning, arranged by the CGAS.). Group continues to WTO for a demonstration, then returns to Usine.

Evening: Party at Usine with population (including immigrants and refugees such as Kurds)

Debate at the annual assembly of the Federation Genevoise de la Cooperation (FGC), also with members of the IEUD (University Institute of Development Studies)


 
 
 
   Thursday 10th June
  Lyon

Arrival at: around noon at SportHall COSEC
 
Probably a resting afternoon, with possibility of taking a swim in the lake of Miribel-Jonage.

meeting and dinner with differents collectiv, associations and cultural group.


 
 
 
   Friday 11th June
  Lyon

Different actions around the 4 topics of the ICC.
"activ pic-nic"
evening: After the dinner, public forum.
Rest day (maybe with a party if the caravaners agree)


 
 
   Saturday 12th June
  Lyon

Lunch on the "place Bellecour", with farmers, musicians, theatral groups etc... for the all afternoon.

Evening: rest.


 
 
   Sunday 13th June
  Pontarlier

travel to the collectiv farm "la Batailleuse", beside Pontarlier


 
 
   Monday 14th June
  Basel

Departure at 8 am.

ARRIVE:1pm at Basel (Switzerland)

public assemblee against the WTO and neoliberal policies at the central square in Basel afternoon 3p.m.protest tour passing by different TNCs such as Novartis etc


 
 
   Tuesday 15th June
  München

19.00 Public meeting at the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität


 
 
   Wednesday 16th June
  München

Morning: Visit at the Agricultural University of Weihenstephan

15.00 Action in front of European Patent Agency


 
 
   Thursday 17th June
  Cologne

Leave for Cologne at 10.00
Arrival in Cologne: 18.00
 

Accommodation: camp 99
 
 

 -  Friday 18th June
  Cologne 

11.30 Action in Leverkusen, at one of the big German Multinationals (BAYER)

15.00 Dinner

17.00 Laugh- Parade in the town of Cologne


 
 
   Saturday 19th June
  Cologne 

9.00 Breakfast

11.00 Critical participation in the human chain against 3rd world dept.

14.00 Demonstration against the world economic summit

17.00 Dinner at the camp 99

19.00 Farewell Party together with the Caravan of Refugees and Migrants


 
 
 
   Sunday 20th June
  Dusseldorf

Leave to Dusseldorf airport


 
 

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