{"id":11042,"date":"2015-07-25T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T08:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/news\/open-letter-of-ms-monica-fein-mayor-of-rosario\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T10:53:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T08:53:37","slug":"open-letter-of-ms-monica-fein-mayor-of-rosario","status":"publish","type":"edc_news","link":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/open-letter-of-ms-monica-fein-mayor-of-rosario\/","title":{"rendered":"Open letter of Ms. M\u00f3nica Fein, Mayor of Rosario"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Mayor of the city of Rosario, Argentina, I am pleased to inform you that our city will host the 14th <\/sup>International Congress of Educating Cities<\/i><\/b><\/a> organized by the Municipality of Rosario and the International Association of Educating Cities (IAEC), <\/i><\/b>next June 1-4 2016.<\/p>

Rosario joined the IAEC in 1996, when we embraced the principles of the Educating Cities Charter as a contribution to build a better city and specifically to share experiences with cities around the world working for this common purpose.<\/p>

In our societies, knowledge and education are crucial for development and social inclusion. Therefore, the local administration, as a leader of territorial strategic goals, promotes a broad, comprehensive approach on education, convinced that an educating city is the driver for personal and collective development, equality, peaceful coexistence and solidarity.<\/p>

Hence, the 14th<\/sup> Congress will explore the theme “Living together in our cities<\/strong>\u201d and the exchange of ideas and debates will be articulated around three main topics\/challenges:<\/p>