Following its inaugural forum in November last year, a second highly successful 2010 Central City Partners Forum was held yesterday at the Cape Town International Conference Centre. Hosted by the Cape Town Partnership under the mandate of the City of Cape Town, the Forum aims to stimulate debate and disperse information on how the Central City of Cape Town can be designed, organized, managed and promoted during the period of the 2010 FIFA WORLD Cup, to ensure that all its stakeholders benefit from the event.

“We’ve been overwhelmed by the public’s response to the Forum,’ says Chief Executive of the Cape Town Partnership, Andrew Boraine. “Clearly Capetonians are hungry for information around 2010 and how they can be involved and as the Cape Town Partnership, we believe it’s our duty to help ensure the event is a success for the host city. Obviously 2010 is much wider than just the Central City, but we want to do our bit to organize an efficient event and leave behind a lasting legacy, particularly in areas such as public transport and public spaces. We’ve therefore created the Forum, to be held every two months, to collect and disperse information and to put people with common goals in contact with the right organizations and of course each other.”

With more than 260 participants in attendance, the meeting addressed issues around the new Cape Town Station and transportation initiatives in the Central City, the FIFA By Law and how it would affect businesses from large corporations to informal traders, and how tourism would be geared towards handling 2010. The meeting also looked at the creation of the Cape Media Services to meet the needs of broadcasters and media who will be descending on the city during the 2010 event, and also how to put them in contact with local suppliers.

A summary of key points raised during speaker’s presentations:

1. Cape Town Station: 2010 and Beyond Speaker
2. Transport 2010: The Inner City Plan
3. Cape Town Tourism 2010 FIFA World Cup Programmes
4. The FIFA By Law: What it means for business
5. Cape Media services
6. In Conclusion

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2. 2010 Central City Partners Forum II: Conclusion
3. Reportback on the Seventh 2010 Central City Partners Forum (31 March 2010)
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5. 2010 Central City Partners Forum I: All roads lead to the Central City