III WORLD CONGRESS OF UCLG LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEADERS WORLD SUMMIT IN THE BIGGEST MEGALOPOLIS OF THE WORLD

16-20 of November will be held the Local and Regional Leaders Summit in Mexico City.
About 3000 thousand mayors, municipal officials from all over the world and eminent figures of international organizations will gather to study and to discuss the most topical questions of local governments.  The same forums were held in Paris – in 2004 and in Jeju (South Korea) – in 2007.
The key issues of the Summit will be election of the President and Vice-Presidents of UCLG, and election of the host city of the next World Summit in 2013. At this forum also will take place practical sessions of searching concrete solutions for common for all cities problems. The meetings make it possible to exchange the best experiences with other representatives of local governments.
The Summit will include the Euro-Asia Regional meeting, the main issues of which will be Report of the Euro-Asia Regional Section President on activities of the section.
On this meeting will be elected the Executive Bureau and World Council members from Euroasia, the events calendar of Euro-Asia will be adopted and the President of Euro-Asia Regional Section will read out the Report of activities of Euro-Asia section in 2009-2010.
In Mexico City we will develop the work plan of UCLG for the next 3 years and will make the big step on the way to sustainable development of all the planet
Last three years we followed our purpose by observation under local democracy. The Second World Report of Democratization and Decentralization of Local Governments which covers the issues of local governments financing will be presented on the Summit.
Mexico City is the biggest megalopolis of the world with population more than 20 millions people. Mexico City is the oldest and the most quickly developed city of the New World. It is the real “museum under the open sky” – there are more than 1400 monuments and historical relics, 10 archeological zones, 8 Universities, more than 80 museums, theatres and concert halls, more than 2 thousand restaurants, dozens of parks and recreational areas. And all of this - by the colossal population density.

Participating in the Summit will open for you a new city model with unbelievable dynamics and with other methods and views on the city management. It is the possibility to take new experiences and knowledges.
How functions the biggest city of the world? How is it managed?  What is the life there? You will learn this, if you come to Mexico.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Mexico city,  in order you help us to build the future of the humanity.



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20.09.2010

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