Ekuqwalaseleni uSuku lweShishini lweeNtlanganiso zeHlabathi, i-BestCities Global Alliance namhlanje ibhengeze iqhinga elitsha lonxibelelwano eliza kubonisa amandla aBantu. Ikhokelwe yiGreater Bogotá Convention Bureau, eya kuthi ibambe iBestCities 2018 yeQonga leHlabathi ngoDisemba 9-12, i-bureau iphuhlise umkhankaso ojolise ekubhiyozeleni indima eyodwa edlalwa ngabantu ekwenzeni utshintsho olukhulu kunye nokuqhubela phambili kwiintlanganiso nakwimisitho yeshishini.
Ngokudibeneyo kunye nezinye iindawo ezili-11 zeBestCities, iBogotá izakubonisa umxholo ophambili weForum yeHlabathi kulo nyaka kwisicwangciso esine-drip-feed yenkqubo yedijithali eya kwenza iindawo zokuchukumisa kwihlabathi liphela. Eli iya kuba lithuba lokuqala umfelandawonye usazisa umxholo ukusuka kumnyhadala wabo wonyaka ukuya kubaphulaphuli ngokubanzi ngesicwangciso ekujoliswe kuso esiya kuthi sizibone zonke izixeko zisabelana ngomyalezo odibeneyo.
Intshukumo iya kunika ukuqonda okuyinyani kunye nentsingiselo kumandla abantu abanawo kwishishini elinakho ukwenza utshintsho. Kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo, iForumCities Global Forum ijonge ifuthe lelifa kunye nokubaluleka kokwakha iibhulorho zenkcubeko. Kulo nyaka, umfelandawonye ufuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba abantu basembindini wayo yonke into.
Isigaba sokuqala sephulo siza kubona zonke izixeko ezili-12 zamaqabane aBalaseleyo, ezibandakanya iBerlin, iTokyo, iVancouver, iMadrid, iHouston, iSingapore, iMelbourne, iDubai, iBototá, iCopenhagen, i-Edinburgh kunye neKapa, zabelana ngemifanekiso enefuthe ebonisa oko Amandla yaBantu ithetha kubo.
U-Linda Garzón Rocha we-Greater Bogotá Convention Bureau uthe: “Sikholelwa ngamandla ukuba umntu ngamnye unamandla okwenza umahluko osisiseko onokubumba ikamva kwaye enze utshintsho oluqinisekileyo. Abantu bangumthombo wolu shishino, kwaye olu shishino luyinqanawa yokufezekisa iimpembelelo ezibanzi nezinkulu. Njengobumbano sifuna ukuqaqambisa amandla okwenene abantu abangaphakathi kuwo kwaye sikholelwa ukuba eli phulo liza kusinceda ukuba sifezekise oku. ”
UPaul Vallee, uMlawuli oLawulayo we-BestCities Global Alliance uthe: “Sisoloko sisenza konke okusemandleni ethu ukuqinisekisa ukuba umxholo weQonga lethu leHlabathi ujolise kwisihloko esibalulekileyo ngoko ke sonwabile ukuba umcimbi walo nyaka ugxile kuMandla aBantu. Umyalezo esifuna ukunxibelelana nawo ngowokuba abantu bahlala embindini wolu shishino kwaye ngeli phulo sinethemba lokuqaqambisa abantu abaninzi abakhuthazayo abasebenza ukuphucula ishishini, iminyhadala kunye neembali esizenzayo. Amandla aBantu ngumxholo obanzi oneentsingiselo ezininzi kwaye sonwabile ukuba nesicwangciso esiliqili sokwabelana ngombono wethu malunga noku kuthetha ukuthini kwezi-12 zezona zixeko zibalaseleyo kwihlabathi liphela.
Isigaba sokuqala sephulo siza kuqala nge-12 Epreli kude kube ngumhla we-14 kuCanzibe kwaye isigaba sesibini siza kubhengezwa kungekudala.
Iqela le-BestCities kunye nezixeko ezingamaqabane ziya kubakho kule IMEX Frankfurt yalo nyaka. Ulwazi oluthe kratya malunga noko kulindelweyo kwiQonga leHlabathi lehlabathi eliqhubeka eBogotá ngoDisemba liza kutyhilwa kwisidlo sakusasa semithombo yeendaba ngoLwesibini we-15 Meyi kuMaritim Hotel eFrankfurt, ekufuphi naseMesse Frankfurt.
