A Secretaria de Estado da Cultura e o Memorial do Imigrante promovem nos dias 29 de maio e 5 de junho a 16a Festa do Imigrante, no Arsenal da Esperanca, no bairro da Mooca. A tradicional festa reune representantes de mais de 20 comunidades de imigrantes em Sao Paulo, que apresentam sua culinaria tipica, danca folclorica e artesanatos. No evento, o publico podera conhecer as manifestacoes culturais, artisticas e gastronomicas de diversas nacoes que povoam Sao Paulo, alem de resgatar a historia dos mais de 2,5 milhoes de imigrantes que passaram pela antiga Hospedaria dos Imigrantes desde final do seculo XIX.A festa acontece no Arsenal da Esperanca, predio historico do Complexo da Hospedaria dos Imigrantes, onde tambem funciona o Memorial do Imigrante, atualmente em reforma.ServicoXVI Festa do ImigranteDias 29/05 (domingo) e 05/06 (domingo) das 10h as 16hLocal: Arsenal da Esperanca predio historico, do mesmo complexo da Hospedaria dos Imigrantes.Endereco: Rua Dr. Almeida Lima, no 900 MoocaEntrada: R$ 6,00 Mr. Chairman/Madam Chairwoman,Ladies and Gentlemen, We are all here to make a strong step forwardtowards making sustainable development an attainable reality. And not only forthe future generations, but to the people who inhabit the Earth at this verymoment. We must start right now since we don't have the luxury of time thataddressing development challenges requires.We can only compensate this lackof time with global efforts towards sustainable development.It means exceptional solidarity,where all countries, all people, all businesses commit to the cause. Either weare all in, or our goals get out.To achieve our goals insustainable development, we have to be smart, sensitive and responsible.Smart meansinnovative and effective. Innovations and smart incentives create new forms ofproduction and allow more effective use of energy and natural resources. Forexample, the Lithuanian carbon intensity has decreased faster than its percapita GDP growth.This is the result of our strongbelief that there must be the right balance of economic growth, energy securityand efficiency, and the environment. On the one hand, being reliant on a singleoutside energy supplier, we are using a lot of local biomass as a recourse weneed to outweigh this dependence, but on the other hand, we managed to increasethe area of our forests by 11 per cent in twenty years. And meantime oureconomic growth is one of the fastest in the European Union.Sensitive meansunderstanding each other's needs and possibilities. Sensitivity goes hand inhand with global solidarity. We strongly believe that we have to complement theways we measure well-being and development today. More sensitivity in measuringwealth, its tempo and quality would help us to concentrate on the mostimportant development goals and contribute to poverty eradication.Responsible meansthat our words and resolve should lead to actions and real change. For that weshould not be afraid to make the greener economy and a responsible use ofenvironment resources compulsory.Benchmarks, clear targets and aproper institutional framework would only facilitate all our efforts towardsachieving sustainable development goals.The European Union has alreadyadopted the Strategy Europe 2020. This growth strategy for the coming decadewill help the EU to become a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy in achanging world.When work is done together,overstepping national boundaries, then even small countries