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International Trips

International trips are undertaken by City officials and councillors to firstly, learn about best practices used by other municipalities; secondly, build intergovernmental and stakeholder relationships, partnerships and agreements as a means of ensuring a common approach; and lastly, as a way of attracting investors and skills into Cape Town’s economy.

Read all about them below. Click here for a list of past trips.

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United Kingdom
City: London Start - End Date: 09/07/2013 - 11/07/2013 Purpose: To attend the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA). In recognition of the service to the Institute and as President of IMFO, Louise Muller has been nominated for this sponsored trip. The objective of attending is to give municipal finance officials, involved in national initiatives relating to municipal finance, the opportunity to hear about international municipal finance trends and expose them to other systems and processes and best practices implemented. Louise Muller Director Shareholding Management Feedback / more info: Approved trip report
United States of America
City: San Francisco Start - End Date: 02/06/2013 - 05/06/2013 Purpose: To attend the 107th Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Annual Conference. The trip will be fully sponsored by the Institute of Municipal Financial Officers (IMFO) Kevin Jacoby Executive Director Finance Louise Muller Director Shareholding Management Feedback / more info:
Russia
City: St Petersburg Start - End Date: 26/05/2013 - 31/05/2013 Purpose: To attend the SportAccord Convention which is a networking event attended by 107 International Sport Associations and Federations and more than 1000 sporting events. The purpose of which is to: strengthen the Tourism, Events & Marketing departments international business network; identify future events, aligned to city objectives, that the City may want to host; promote Cape Town as an events destination to more than 1000 international sporting event organisers; benchmark Cape Town as a hosting City against other cities as there is a City Events Workshop where cities will attend; seek opportunities for Cape Town to participate in future Sport Accord Convention programmes as a presenter or entrant into the award ceremonies; observe and assess Sport Accord itself as an event that Cape Town may want to attract. Cllr Grant Pascoe Mayoral Committee Member Tourism, Events & Marketing Ms Teral Cullen Director Events Feedback / more info: Approved trip report
United Kingdom
City: London Start - End Date: 20/05/2013 - 26/05/2013 Purpose: To attend the Royal Horticultural Society, Chelsea Flower Show, London 2013 for the purpose of exploring the possibilities of participating in the show in 2014 and beyond. David Curran District Manager Yasmine Joshua Service Coordinator Feedback / more info: Approved trip report
United States of America
City: Washington DC Start - End Date: 22/04/2013 - 26/04/2013 Purpose: To attend the Leadership Course on Frontiers in Development Policy to be held at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington DC from 22-26 April 2013. Craig Kesson Director Policy & Strategy Feedback / more info:

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