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Foreword: By Helen Zille the Premier of the Western Cape

On behalf of the Provincial Government of the Western Cape, I look forward to welcoming all delegates of the 5th Regional Leaders' Summit 2010 to the City of Cape Town and the rest of the province. We are pleased to have been given the opportunity to host this bi-annual Summit. We have just hosted a highly successful 2010 FIFA World Cup, which has demonstrated what we as a province and country can be, if we work together and all give our best. We believe the Regional Leaders' Summit provides yet another opportunity to welcome international visitors and to show the rest of the world what the Western Cape has to offer as an investment, business and tourist destination.

I have full confidence that that this year's Summit will build on the many successes of the 2008 Summit hosted by the Shandong province in Jinan. It will provide the seven participating regions namely, Upper Austria, Quebec, Bavaria, Shandong, Georgia, Sao Paulo and the Western Cape with the opportunity to share ideas on how to empower and improve the lives the people living in these regions. The Summit will also provide a platform for both the public and the private sector to engage on important issues that affect all of us including, food security, renewable energy and public transport. We will also discuss and explore new ways to remain competitive in the globalised economy in the future.

The Summit will also further strengthen our cultural, social, economic and political partnerships with one another and will result in increased trade and investment between our regions. I encourage all of you to browse our website in order to read about the many opportunities the Summit has to offer when it comes to fulfilling our vision of creating poverty-free societies in each of our regions.

We look forward to hosting all of you for fruitful discussions and deliberations in September.

Premier Helen Zille

Speech by Premier Helen Zille at the Fifth Regional Leaders' Summit

What is the Regional Leaders Forum

The Regional Leaders Forum is a multilateral forum of seven regions (federal states and provinces) from five continents and in which perspectives and strategies for a sustainable world are discussed under the main topic "Policy for Generations".

Who is involved

Bavaria

Georgia

Quebec

Sao Paulo

Shandong

Upper Austria

Western Cape

Where and When

The forum has been meeting bi-annually since 2002 when the first Summit took place in Munich, Germany, Bavaria was the host. The 4th Regional Leaders Summit took place in Jinan, China in 2008