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News 11 Jun 2013 2 min read

The city strengthens its international partnership

The first forum of "Cities friendly and twinned with Fès" was an opportunity to examine decentralised international cooperation and to highlight the role of heritage in socio-economic development.
The city strengthens its international partnership
Fès hosted the first forum of "Cities friendly and twinned with Fès" on 6 and 7 June. Initiated by the urban commune of Fès, this event took place around the theme "Heritage at the service of development". This forum, which saw the participation of delegations from European, Asian, African, and Arab and Islamic world cities, constituted a framework for Fès and its friendly cities to strengthen their solidarity, offer themselves new perspectives for research and exchange, and implement work and reflection projects focused on innovative initiatives and projects beneficial to all parties. Safeguarding heritageTo illustrate the theme chosen for this forum, the participants highlighted the tangible and intangible heritage of the spiritual capital of the Kingdom and the efforts made for the rehabilitation of the old Medina and all the cities classified as world heritage participating in this…

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