This weekend starts with excellent news for Alagoas, especially for the fundamental municipality in the state\u2019s history. Penedo was chosen to represent Brazil, at the Cinema category, at the final selection for UNESCO\u2019s Creative Cities Network.<\/p>\n
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The advance was announced by the Ministry o f Tourism (MTur), project by the Ronaldo Lopes\/Jo\u00e3o Lucas management carried out in partnership with the institutions UFAL, SEBRAE, IPHAN, IFAL, Government of Alagoas, Banco do Nordeste, Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Casa do Penedo and Santos\u2019 City Hall.<\/p>\n
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All works by Penedo City Hall were analyzed at the committee formed by technicians from MTur, Ministry of Culture and National Commission for UNESCO in Brazil, featuring direct participation from Itamaraty (Ministry of Foreign Affairs).<\/p>\n
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The Mayor, Ronaldo Lopes, says he\u2019s confident in one more victory to the people of Penedo\u00a0 and Alagoas, pointing to the process\u2019 relevancy. \u201cIt\u2019s fundamental to highlight that only two cities are chosen for a country and only once in two years. Now, Penedo is entering the last stage of this process, which embodies UNESCO’s validation in Paris, France\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Besides Penedo, the other municipality selected to the final stage was Rio de Janeiro,at the literature category.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis achievement will represent a huge acknowledgment to Penedo\u2019s History and culture, bringing uncountable opportunities and projects in partnership with the international community, specially at the Creative Economy area.\u201d, adds Ronaldo Lopes.<\/p>\n
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To the Secretary of Tourism and Creative Economy, Jair Galv\u00e3o, Penedo\u2019s selection is a great Historic Mark. \u201cPenedo is one step closer to one of the main projects from the United Nations that encourages culture and creative economy\u201d, stressing the access to what is most innovative in Cinema and Creativity other areas.<\/p>\n
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Jair Galv\u00e3o is also very optimistic about the city\u2019s inclusion in the Creative Cities Network. \u201cThe quality of the project developed by Penedo City Hall, supported by all partner institutions at this task is excellent and I am sure we are passing UNESCO\u2019s sieving, in France.\u201d, says SETUREC\u2019s gestor.<\/p>\n
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The Tourism ministry, Daniela Carneiro, also highlights the relevancy of Brazilian representation on the Mondial Network. \u201cBrazil is the third country with more cities in the network, with 12 municipalities already graced with the title, being only behind China and Italy. We are proud of how many candidates arrived at our technicians and we congratulate all, specially the two selected cities, for their effort showing the creative potential of our country.\u201d Points up the ministry at Mtur\u2019s release.<\/p>\n