July 23, 2002
THE revival of Johannesburg's inner city, including the historic Newtown Cultural Precinct, will come under the spotlight at the Jo'burg Best Practices Exhibition, one of the satellite events and conferences that will feed into the World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002.
Mandy Jean Woods, director: communications, marketing and tourism for the City of Johannesburg, is confident that the exhibition will showcase the world's finest and most successful examples of best practices in sustainable development.
The exhibition, whose theme is "Local action moves the world … >From agenda to action", will provide concrete demonstrations of best practices in local governments and councils in South Africa and the rest of the world. It will be an important adjunct to the conference on local government.
Jacky Ingram, project manager for Summit Event Consortium Marketing, comments: "Official expressions of interest have already been received by many of South Africa's local and metropolitan councils, as well as from various international cities.
"They will demonstrate their successes in various areas, such as community involvement, corporate environmental governance, efficient and cleaner technology, job creation and more."
The exhibition will also promote the South African Local Government Association and other local government organisations. It will attract not only local and provincial government stakeholders, but also companies and individuals who operate in sustainable development environments.
Woods adds that the best practices exhibition is as much for the people of Johannesburg as for delegates. "Around 800 000 people come into Johannesburg to work each day. This exhibition presents a perfect opportunity for residents, schools and even visitors from neighbouring cities and towns to rediscover the manifold charms of this city.
"We also want Jo'burgers to see what is important about sustainable development. In this respect, every person will have a point at which this exhibition will interact with him or her. For residents, it could be, among others, in the form of water conservation or recycling in the home and at school."
The Jo'burg Best Practices Exhibition will run from 24 August to 4 September. It will be housed at the Electric Workshop In Newtown, an old electrical power station and now a historical landmark, with 3500 square metres of floor space.
Apart from exhibits of local and international participants supported by a superlative technical infrastructure, it will offer a media centre, Internet café, travel desk and shebeen.
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