Foro Soziala erakunde anitz eta pluralek batera nazioarteko erakundeekin elkarlanean burututako ekimen bat da. Haren xedea gizartearen parte-hartzea sustatzea da bake prozesua bultzatzearren. ------------------ El Foro Social es una iniciativa conjunta de organizaciones diversas y plurales, en colaboración con entidades internacionales, que quiere fomentar la participación de la sociedad en el impulso del proceso de paz. Se ha celebrado en Pamplona y Bilbao el 14 y 15 de marzo de 2013.

1. Social Forum to Promote the peace process – Mr Aaro Suonio

2.  Political will - consensus to engage in a peace
process
 Established principles for participation
 Addressing the root causes of the conflict
 Strong and spirited individual leadership
 External mediators and facilitators
 Commitment, patience and perseverance

3.
 A political contract between leaders, of
commitment to peace and DDR;
 A new social contract with all members of
society and fresh legitimacy to governing
institutions through democratic elections, and;
 An economic contract

4.  the political contract and commitment to peace
and DDR: local powersharing government
provision, the Mitchell Principles, the GFA and
the commitment to decommissioning it
contained;
 the new social contract: democratic oversight in
the GFA, like the equality and human rights
commissions, police reform (SSR) and a new
regional development strategy; and

5.  the arrangements for local government
contained the economic contract as well, but
there was also added peace dividend in the
form of negotiated grants from the central
government and funds for various programmes
from the EU and the British and Irish
governments

6. Suggested Principal Prerequisites for an EIDF
 Independence
 Impartiality
 Credibility
 A legal framework to operate within

7.  disarmament did not work as a precondition to
inclusive peace negotiations
 properly addressing the issue enabled the
inclusive peace talks to commence
 Confidence Building Measures helped to
manage expectations
 the political process needed to be delivering
before decommissioning started

8.  external facilitation of decommissioning
enhanced with local witnesses helped
overcome distrust
 total decommissioning as a target gave
credibility to the process
 resolution of decommissioning acted as an
enabler for implementation of the remaining
aspects of the GFA