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Meetings of Mayors and Municipalities

Forum of Family-Sustainable Cities

Mexico City, 26-27 August 2021

The first Forum of Family-Sustainable Cities was held in Mexico City with the participation of 27 mayors from different municipalities, interested in public policies related to SDG 11, as proposed by IFFD in the Inclusive Cities for Sustainable Families project.

Participants included Cuauhtémoc (Ciudad de México), Huixquilucan (Estado de México), San Nicolás de los Garza (Nuevo León), Irapuato (Guanajuato), Chapultepec (Estado de México), Guadalupe (Zacatecas), Iguala (Guerrero), San Mateo Atenco (Estado de México), Zapopan (Jalisco), Allende (Nuevo León), Valle de Santiago (Guanajuato), San Francisco del Rincon (Guanajuato), Chihuahua (Chihuahua), San Antonio la Isla (Estado de México), Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Chiapas), Hermosillo (Sonora), Los Reyes La Paz (Estado de México), Chapultepec (Estado de México), Benito Juárez (Ciudad de México), Veracruz (Veracruz), Puebla (Puebla), Querétaro (Querétaro), Cancún (Quintana Roo), Toluca (Estado de México), Amecameca (Estado de México), Manuel Doblado (Guanajuato) and Apaseo el Grande (Guanajuato).

They came from different political parties, sizes and geographical backgrounds gathered to discuss the consideration of families as private and public goods, the link between families and municipalities with sustainable development and emerging issues for families in Mexico.

During the final session, 18 mayors signed the Venice Declaration to be the first ones to access the project in Mexico.

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Renata Kaczmarska, Focal Point on the Family in the United Nations Division for Inclusive Social Development, took part through a video message in the inaugural dinner.
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The panels were moderated by representatives of the different political parties.
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Some international speakers from signatories of the Venice Declaration took part also through video conference.
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Local panelists came from public entities and civil society organizations.
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The contents of SDG11 and the Venice Declaration were explained by the director of the Instituto de Politica Familiar and the director of International Relations of IFFD.

Message of Roberto Ciambetti, president of the Veneto Region Council.

Intervention Beate Prettner, deputy state governor of the State of Carinthia (Austria).

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