{"id":3910,"date":"2025-10-31T11:39:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T09:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mediainvite\/?p=619"},"modified":"2025-10-31T11:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T09:39:14","slug":"western-cape-to-host-12th-regional-leaders-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/western-cape-to-host-12th-regional-leaders-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Cape to host 12th Regional Leaders\u2019 Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From 2-5 November 2025, the Western Cape Government will proudly host the 12<sup>th<\/sup> Regional Leaders\u2019 Summit (RLS) at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) under the theme, \u201cGrowth through Economic Resilience\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The RLS is a multilateral forum where the 7 partner regions strengthen relations, focusing on key priority areas such as trade, investment, and safety.<\/p>\n<p>For nearly 20 years, the RLS has been held biennially, attended by the leadership of subnational governments from 5 continents. Member regions represent around 187 million people and account for a total of 4% of global economic output.<\/p>\n<p>Media wishing to attend the official opening ceremony on <strong>4 November<\/strong> <strong>2025<\/strong> and\/or closing ceremony on 5 November can contact Regan Thaw, Media Liaison Officer to the Premier of the Western Cape.<\/p>\n<p>Details of media opportunities during the RLS programme:<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Official opening of the 12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Regional Leaders\u2019 Summit<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, 4 November, 08:00\u201310:20, Hall 5-7, CTICC 2<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arrival of heads of delegations<\/li>\n<li>Opening address by Premier Alan Winde<\/li>\n<li>Report by the previous chair, Shandong provincial government<\/li>\n<li>Opening remarks by heads of delegations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Joint declaration and closing of the 12<sup>Th<\/sup> Regional Leaders\u2019 Summit<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, 5 November, 10:30\u201312:30, Hall 5-7, CTICC 2<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Closing remarks by heads of delegations<\/li>\n<li>Handing over chairmanship to S\u00e3o Paulo<\/li>\n<li>Signing of Joint Declaration &amp; MOU with RLS Scientific Network<\/li>\n<li>Closing remarks by Premier Alan Winde<\/li>\n<li>Interview opportunity (interviews arranged in advance)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media accreditation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All media wishing to attend must report to the registration desk at the venue with their identity documents. Please arrive early to allow enough time for in-person accreditation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mediainvite\/western-cape-to-host-12th-regional-leaders-summit\/\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to Read the Original Media Invite on MyPR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 2-5 November 2025, the Western Cape Government will proudly host the 12th Regional Leaders\u2019 Summit (RLS) at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) under the theme, \u201cGrowth through Economic Resilience\u201d. The RLS is a multilateral forum where the 7 partner regions strengthen relations, focusing on key priority areas such as trade, investment, and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:revymtt5qssww7e7avbruzic","date":"2025-10-31T14:06:20+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:revymtt5qssww7e7avbruzic\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m4injfvntq24","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:revymtt5qssww7e7avbruzic\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m4injfvntq24\",\"cid\":\"bafyreidg5xemdlyt4pvi7xelwqoonay2aryjhqr3bzggg2gycq7xt4452q\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreifxxe7t3twfp7ab2fsxit7dmyc2sep6u4pz64fg3e3mtuqpmi7aqe\",\"rev\":\"3m4injfw3ja24\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"republication-tracker-tool-hide-widget":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[33,35,34],"class_list":["type-post","category-media-invite","tag-mediainvite","tag-media","tag-mypr","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}