[World Leisure Congress Québec 2008 ]
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[Partners in the World Leisure Congress 2008]
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World Leisure Congress Québec 2008 1 |
The "Conseil québécois du loisir" and City of Quebec were honoured to host the World Leisure Congress Québec 2008 which was held from Monday, October 6th to Friday, October 10, 2008, year in which Québec City celebrated Québec's 400th anniversary at the "Centre des congrès de Québec".
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How do communities adapt leisure to their development?
The five-day Congress essentially dealt with leisure as a driver for the development and integration of communities throughout the world. How do the various communities, regions and countries convert leisure into social, cultural, economic and environmental development? Also, how are individuals, society, governments, industry and associations involved in the development of leisure (social, cultural, outdoor recreation, tourism, sports, science or other)? And what can be learned from all this practical experience?
Three sub-themes were discussed:
- Leisure: plurality, identity, solidarity: how to factor in plurality and diversity while preserving identity and solidarity?
- Leisure: public and private spaces: in the broad sense of its meaning, does leisure become a leaven for individualism or the creator of social and community ties?
- Leisure: prevention, health and quality of life: how and under what conditions will communities benefit from the strengths of leisure with respect to prevention, health and quality of life?
The first four days of the Congress began with a conference, at which several world leaders in leisure participated. In the morning, the conferences were followed by a panel, while the afternoons were dedicated to thematic sessions, workshops, individual presentations, discussions, etc.
Several social and protocolar activities as well as a commercial fair completed the event’s program.
Since March 2008, and until August, 9th 2009, the "Musée de la Civilisation" is presenting a unique exhibition dedicated to leisure and delegates had the opportunity to visit it during the opening ceremonies.
Over 4,400 participants involved in leisure or related sectors, participated in the 10th World Leisure Congress.
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Partners in the World Leisure Congress3 |
WORLD LEISURE ORGANIZATION
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The world leisure congresses were initiated by the international organisation, World Leisure. The event is held in a different country every two years
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World Leisure is a non-governmental international association which brings together persons and organisations around its mission, to promote leisure as a driving force for social, cultural and economic development.
Each congress, other than its function of situating leisure in the host country, adopts a theme in sync with international current events. This theme must nonetheless allow the introduction of the host country's particular preoccupations.
To find out more see: World Leisure Organisation
To find out more about the 11th World Leisure Congress that will take place at Chuncheon, Korea in 2010, see:
http://www.worldleisure2010.org/
Partners
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The "Conseil québécois du loisir" (CQL) was the host organisation of the event and Quebec was the host city. The World Leisure Congress Québec 2008 was made possible thanks to the collaboration of several partners, such as: |
