Mexico City, May 1st, 2010

It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the third World Congress of United Cities and Local Governments - the Local and Regional Leaders World Summit, which will take place from the 16th to the 20th of November 2010, in Mexico City.

Since its creation in Paris in 2004, United Cities and Local Governments has worked to make the voice of mayors and local and regional officials heard, in order to guarantee that cities and regions take their rightful place in the international community.

The cities and regions, including their inhabitants, that we work for, are being faced with stark challenges from global phenomena and events that demand individual and collective action from local authorities, such as: climate change, shared sustainable development, financial crises, dialogue between cultures.

The Local and Regional Leaders World Summit, which will bring together mayors, presidents of regions, local elected officials and their partners, will be an unprecedented occasion for exchange and debate on the role of local governments in development and in the efforts for greater between citizens and also between cities and regions.

The Summit will also be an opportunity to come up together with the answers of local and regional authorities to the pressing issues of this century. Every day, cities and regions are increasingly being recognized as leading actors in the search for solutions. Together, we invite you to Mexico City to take part in drawing up the initial blueprints of a new, more efficient and more democratic world governance. We invite you to envisage with us, the city of the future, the city of 2030.

Your participation at the Summit will also allow you the opportunity to discover the impressive cultural and historical heritage of downtown Mexico City, as well as the vitality of every day life in one of the world’s greatest metropolises.

The high aims of the Summit, its wide participation and its exceptional location promise to make the Summit a unique event of landmark importance. The presence of a large number of delegates will be key to allowing us to move forward with our shared analyses and goals.

We hope to count with your involvement and send you our warmest invitation to join us in Mexico City in November.

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Congress Programme