World’s Youth Will Meet in MexicoFor the first time in twelve years, youth from all over the world will have the chance to participate in another World Youth Conference, to be held in Mexico City in August 2010.
In 2010, Mexico will celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of its independence and the hundredth anniversary of the Revolution that established the bases of modern Mexico. It will be a year of celebrations but also of reflection on the country’s past, present and future. Within this context, Mexico acknowledges its youth as one of its main creative and productive forces, whose ideals and aspirations underpin the consolidation of Mexico as a prosperous, fair, equitable and democratic nation.
Five years before the deadline set by the international community to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Mexico is organizing the World Youth Conference 2010 (WYC 2010), to be held in Mexico City from August 24th to August 27th 2010, as a forum for discussion and reflection on the role of youth in achieving the MDGs and the new development agenda that will be set in 2015.
The Conference will be a meeting point for representatives of governments and civil society organizations designed to identify priorities of action for youth to be dealt with on the international development agenda beyond the Millennium Goals. This forum will strengthen cooperation links between countries and stakeholders involved with youth policies.
WYC 2010 will have two main pillars: the Government Forum and the Social Forum.
All United Nations member states, nongovernmental organizations accredited to ECOSOC and representatives of international organizations will be invited to the Government Forum, meaning that approximately 1000 attendees are expected. The Government Forum will result in a Declaration with recommendations for governments on measures and policies to be taken regarding youth and development, aiming to 2015 and beyond.
The Social Forum will be a space for the Worldwide Meeting of Civil Society Organizations and the Global Village. The NGOs Meeting, expected to be attended by representatives from 300 organizations, will produce a document of recommendations that will be submitted to the Government Forum for its consideration.
The Global Village is the area where the various participants of WYC 2010 will meet, including representatives of governments, civil society, academic institutions, the media, public and private foundations and international organizations. It is a place that will be open to the public, where an information fair will be installed (with approximately 350 modules with national and international participants) as well as an area of exhibitions and special events (theater, cinema, music and others). Approximately 5,000 persons are expected to attend the Global Village.
www.youth2010.org
The José Cuervo Foundation has commissioned renowned architect Frank Gehry to design a museum in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, to house its growing collection of Mexican art.
Cuervo began to assemble its collection of contemporary Mexican paintings in the mid 1990s, buying around five works a year. Some of the artists whose work the company has
acquired have also designed silver bottles, or wooden bottle cases, for the foundation’s Tequila 1800 collection. Nowadays, the Foundation owns around 150 works by contemporary artists such as Francisco Toledo, Leonora Carrington, Juan Soriano and Manuel Felguerez.
Construction of the new museum could begin as early as next year.
www.fundacionjosecuervo.org.mx
Mexico was selected by the Salon International du Livre du Quebec as Guest of Honor of its 2010 edition, to be held from April 7th to April 11th, 2010.
silq.org
The city of Campeche hosts this festival throughout the month of December. Held yearly since 1997, the festival’s goal is to promote the Historic Center of the city of Campeche, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999. It includes classical, contemporary and popular music concerts, theater, dance and book presentations. The festival is brought to a finale with a popular Christmas concert in the atrium of Campeche’s cathedral.
camp.gob.mx
