Universal Forum of Cultures. Monterrey 2007

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1 Universal Forum of Cultures

2 The city of Monterrey, under the auspices of the Government of the State of Nuevo Leon and the Federal Government of Mexico, picked up the baton from Barcelona in September 2004, to celebrate the second international event: the Universal Forum of Cultures Monterrey Following along the lines of the Barcelona 2004 Forum, the showcase maintained the three key central themes-cultural diversity, sustainability and conditions for peace as well as its main formats: dialogues, exhibitions, artistic events, the peace camp... adding to and reinforcing its educational aspects and a concern for knowledge and science. The Forum was visited by over 220,000 boys and girls with their schools. The second edition of the Universal Forum of Cultures came to a successful close having fulfilled its main objectives: mass citizen participation, the recovery of a large public area for the city, highly successful children's and youth educational programmes. The holding of the Forum has gone in hand with urban reform and has meant an improvement in the quality of public spaces in the Monterrey central area. Urban Reform Parque Fundidora > Parque Fundidora was significantly extended taking in the Peñoles area. > Restoration of industrial buildings: an exhibition centre in the Nave Lewis, > Steel Museum and an extension to the Centro de las Artes (22,800 m2 of new exhibition space) Paseo Santa Lucía > A 2.5 km. navigable canal which is 1.20 metres deep and holds 44,000 cubic metres of water. > Motorboat tours, fountains, cafes and restaurants, shopping and cultural areas. > New Museo del Noreste (MUNE). 2

3 Parque lineal del Río de Santa Catarina > A 7.5 km park stretching from Av. Gonzalitos right up to Puente Revolución. > Cycling trail and exercise trail, sports facilities and landscape gardening with regional flora. News Roads > Improved circulation in the area surrounding the Zuazua (centre), Fundidora, Madero and Constitución streets and avenues. Santa Lucia Riverwalk Museo del Nordeste 3

4 Universal Forum of Cultures : from 20 September to 8 December 69 days of activities Inauguration 20 September 2007 Opening 20 September 2007 Closure 8 December 2007 Length 80 days 4

5 Forum Site 132 ha visits Exhibitions: 18 26,000 sq.m. In the Forum Site (visits): 2501 Migrants 351,809 Isis and the Feathered Serpent 282,333 America Migration 124,569 Horno 3. Science and Technology 97,341 Gold and Salt 89,795 Habitat: from Risk to Sustainability 85,014 Dialogue in the Dark 21,225 Los Nuevos Leones 20,772 America Migration 5

6 Forum Dialogues: 152,109 people, 865 speakers Some invited speakers: Tariq Ali. Marcos Aguinis. Jorge Bucay. Gabriel García Márquez. Jonathan Granoff. Albert Keidel. Alexander Likhotal. Rigoberta Menchú. Mario Molina. Moisés Naím. Thoraya Obaid Ahmed. Minxin Pei. Adolfo Pérez Esquivel. Samuel Ruiz. Bibi Russell. Peter Singer. Lawrence Summers. Mario Vargas Llosa. Leon Wieseltier. Michel Wievorka Mario Vargas Llosa Peace Camp: 4 editions, 350 boys and girls. Invited cities: Alcala de Henares, Arequipa, Barcelona, Beirut, Canelones, Casablanca, Chicago, Dallas, Maputo, Medellin, Mendoza, Monterrey, Montevideo, Naples, New Delhi, Saltillo, Salvador de Bahía, San Pedro de Sula y Valparaíso. 6

7 Site visitors' origin: Mainly Monterrey, Nuevo León, México, USA and Spain. 2,300 artists from 77 countries workshops visit schools. «Isis and the Feathered Serpent» Exhibition Theatre for Children 7

8 City Forum City Forum: participants Dialogues Exhibitions Cultural expressions City Exhibitions (visits): The Children of Mexico. You See... We Are the Same Frida* BANG Buddha Guanyin. Treasures of Compassion Images of the Natives in the Art of New Spain Entrance to the Present Journey of Light Alfonso Reyes *(from 31 st August to 31 st September) 8

9 Impact Budget for the event: millions de euros Income from public administration 87.45% Income from private sponsoring 10.82% Other sources of income 1.73% (ticketing) Volunteers: 800 people Employment generated: 550 Hotels Room occupation: 75% (monthly average) Increase in the room occupation level: 8% Sales in restaurants of Paseo de Sta. Lucía, Macroplaza and Fundidora: +50% (regarding the same period of 2006) 9

10 Legacy Santa Lucia Festival Cultural Heritage Declarations and agendas > Monterrey and the Earth Charter > Charter of Emergent Human Rights > Latin American and Caribbean Civil Society Forum - Declaration of Monterrey > Monterrey Declaration - A Safe City is a Just City Publications A series of publications related to the dialogues held at the Forum Monterrey2007 were published. > Identity and Diversity > Communication > Human Rights and Justice > Peace and World Regions 10

11 Continuity of the Dialogues initiated in the Barcelona Forum > World s Religions > Conflicts in Everyday Life > International Conference on the State of Safety in World Cities, UN-HABITAT - The United Nations Human Settlements Programme > World HABITAT Day > Immigration, Identity, Diversity > City, Public Space and Diversity > Health Culture and Life Quality > Corporate Social Responsibility United Nation Global Compact > Work Cultures > Human Rights Emergent Rights. Rights of Indigenous People > Global Broadcasting and Regulation > Education and Networking > East-West Dialogue Cintermex-Convention Center 11

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