OBJECTIVES

• To establish new partnerships
  
• Interaction between delegates, presenters and the local community
  
• Exchange of know-how and update on innovations and international developments on municipal issues
  
• Recognition of the role of local governments in the Millennium Development Agenda
  Fostering multi-disciplinary meetings
  
• Learning from past experiences and facing the new goals and challenges
  
• Placing municipal/international cooperation on the international agenda

EXPECTED PARTICIPATION
Ministers, Parliament Members, Mayors, City Council Members, Elected Representatives, Government Officials, City Managers, Youth Exchange Decision-Makers, Academic Personnel, Directors – International Relations Sister Cities, Friendship Leagues, cities interested in Future Sister Cities partnerships.