The 43rd session of the International Association of Francophone Mayors (AIMF) will be held from 11 to 14 October next in Cotonou, Benin.

More than 300 delegates expected at the meetings will discuss the theme “art and urban cultures”. According to Franck Kinnivo, coordinator of the organizing committee, “the Cotonou meeting is being held at a historic moment for the organization because in Cotonou, the AIMF will carry out strategic reflections, will take very important resolutions and will not hide the political news that is developing around us”. It will be a question of imagining how urban cultures and traditional practices can contribute to the well-being of populations. It will therefore be a question for mayors to define local public policies that can make urban cultures and their actors committed partners for the sustainable and inclusive development of territories