SAAPE’S ENGAGEMENT IN THE GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY MOBILISATION DURING THE IMF–WORLD BANK ANNUAL MEETINGS
SAAPE was also a co-organiser of the self-organised session “Strategising Economic Justice Mobilisation to Address Debt, Economic and Climate Injustice” on 13 October, 2026 The event brought together civil society organisations and movements working on economic justice, debt justice, climate justice, poverty and inequality to reflect on mobilisation experiences, assess their impacts and discuss strategies for strengthening economic justice campaigns in the coming years. The session was organised through a broad civil society collaboration, with Global Call Against Poverty (GCAP)and People Rising for Justice and Liberation among the key convening platforms. The broader organising and participating network included organisations such as ActionAid, Global Forum for Development (GfD), Oxfam, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Asia Dalit Rights Forum, Latindadd, Recourse, PRRM, Africa Japan Forum, Asia Democracy Network, Pakistan Development Alliance, Rural Reconstruction Nepal (RRN), LDC Watch, Wada Na Todo Abhiyan, NGO Federation of Nepal, Equity Society Nepal, SAAPE and Asia Development Alliance (ADA), among others. Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung and Bread for the World were listed as supporting organisations. The session opened with Arjun Bhattarai of NGO Federation of Nepal and was moderated by Pradeep Baisakh of GCAP. Panelists shared experiences from different countries and movements, including Ingo Ritz of GCAP, Jagat Patnaik of ActionAid, Beckie Malay of PRRM, Netra Prasad Timsina of SAAPE, Pritika Pariyar of ADRF/NCDHR, David of Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and Abid Gulzar of AFSC.
Representing SAAPE, Netra Prasad Timsina, Regional Coordinator of SAAPE, shared experiences from South Asia and reflected on the region’s growing challenges related to debt, inequality, climate change and shrinking public resources. He highlighted the importance of connecting economic justice mobilisation with wider struggles for debt and climate justice. Across South Asia, communities are experiencing the combined impacts of economic inequality, debt pressures, fiscal constraints and increasingly frequent climate-related disasters. The discussion emphasised the need to connect local and community-level struggles with national, regional and global advocacy, while strengthening alliances among civil society organisations, social movements and affected communities.
The session concluded with a discussion on sustained mobilisation, cross-movement alliances, coordinated advocacy and stronger engagement with communities.