The Mayor of Bethlehem, Ms. Vera Baboun. met with the representatives of the Chilean/Palestinian initiative Invest in Palestine; Nicola Stefan, Marcelo Marzouka and Jamal Abu Farha; with the purpose of cooperating in the preparation for the First Bethlehem Diaspora Conference which is to be held in 2016.
The Mayor pointed out that the idea behind organizing the Conference arises from the importance of asserting the identity of the Bethlehem diaspora, which represents the largest Palestinian community in Latin America, especially among the youth who have started to lose connection with their roots in Bethlehem. In addition to that, she added that the responsibility for the development of the city of Bethlehem is shared between its people both of its residents and its diaspora.
Therefore, Bethlehem Municipality in cooperation with its partners seek to organize its first conference that aims towards gathering the diaspora and bringing them back to their roots, to assert their identity as people of Bethlehem, to activate the role of the youth in the diaspora in building and maintaining this identity in Latin America and to assert the importance of investment in Bethlehem in order to develop its society, raise the standards of living and lower its unemployment rate.
From their part, the representatives of Invest in Palestine confirmed their willingness to cooperate with the Bethlehem Municipality in achieving its goals through this conference, dedicating their teams both in Latin America and Palestine to promote and present the Palestinian Enterprises and projects from Bethlehem to investors from the diaspora in order to help in achieving a sustainable development for Bethlehem.
More details: http://bethlehem-city.org/رئيسة-بلدية-بيت-لحم-تناقش-مع-invest-in-palestine-سبل-التعاون-لتنظيم-مؤتمر-مغتربي-بيت-لحم-الأول-لعام-2016
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