Newsletter

Nº 6

February 2021

Message from the Organizing Committee

The Host Committee is working with great effort, being confident on the success of the 29th
World Conference Madrid 2021. However, this time, we face to uncontrollable circumstances
which have been originated by the pandemic situation the whole world is suffering. This fact has
created an uncertain future, changing day by day.
Nevertheless, we hope the situation will improve throughout the year and we will be able to
confirm that the World Conference will be held on the proposed date.
Meanwhile, the Host Committee and the entire family of AISG Spain want to be grateful to
your confidence, support and enthusiasm.
We also want to communicate the change in the government team of the Spanish Federation.
The last General Assembly, held on November 2020, proclaimed Helena Thomas as National
President, leaving the Presidency of the Host Committee of the 29th World Conference Madrid
2021.
The new AISG Spanish Federal team appointed Antonio Jesús Lillo as President of the Host
Committee of the ISGF-AISG 29th World Conference and its different workgroups to organise it.
Host Committee

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New World Conference Organization Chart

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 MARCH MEETING

WORLD COMMITTEE
& NGSFs REFERENDUM

KEEP ON POSTPONE VIRTUAL

New Postponement to
World Conference, Madrid November 2021 or August Change to a Virtual World
August 2021 2022 Conference

Payback of the given fees,

The deadline to decide the Discounting:
best decision will be at the • Bank transfer costs
end of March 2021. • Exchange rate
• 3 % cancellation expenses

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 New Deadlines to pay World Conference Fees

Deadline to pay the first instalment of the registration fee for

those who chose the Option of 2 Instalments or Quotas.
Deadline to pay a full registration fee.

Last day to cancel the registration. This implies a penalization of 20%

compensation expenses.
(Remember: the inscription can be transferred to
another new attendant to the Conference.)

Deadline to pay the second instalment of the registration fee for

those who chose the Option of 2 Instalments or Quotas.
Deadline (last chance) to pay a full registration fee.

Last day to cancel the registration. This implies a penalization of 50%

compensation expenses. After this date none amount will be returned for
cancellation.
(Remember: the inscription can be transferred to
another new attendant to the Conference.)

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 Options to take part in the Conference

DELEGATE: A Delegate is a person appointed by a NSGF or

by the Central Branch to represent it at a World Conference.
Four delegates from each NSGF and four delegates out of all
Central Branch members who registered for this Conference

OBSERVER: An Observer is an individual member of a NSGF

or the Central Branch attending a World Conference. The
Observer is not entitled to vote or take the floor.

ACCOMPANYING PERSON: He/She is a person outside

the Organization that travels with the Delegate or the
Observer, sharing a room. The companion may attend the
Conference under the same conditions of an observer.

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 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
(Draft)

17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd

HORARIO
August August August August August August

08,00-09,00 Reception Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast

Airport/-
Train/Bus Farewell to
09,00-10,30 Stations Plenary Session Plenary Session Plenary Session
Visit to Alcalá Attendants
Henares
10,30-11,00 Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break
Beginning of
Tourist Tours:
11,00-13,30 Areas Sessions Plenary Session Plenary Session Andalusian
Register Tour
Reception at Castilian Tour
13,30-14,30 Lunch Lunch Lunch
the Town Hall

14,30-15,30 Workshops Workshops Workshops

Meeting: Regional
15,30-17,00 Free Time Plenary Session
National Sessions
Workshops:
Delegations and Sustainable Come back to
17,00-18,00 Central Branch Coffee Break Coffee Break
Development hotel
Goals
Teamwork Ambassador’s Final Plenary
18,00-20,30 Dinner Cocktail
Session Guild Session Session

20,30-21,00 Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time

21,00-22,00 Dinner Dinner Dinner Gala Dinner

Opening Closing
Ceremony World Market:
Night Ceremony
22,00-24,00 Night Tourism Projects and
Entertainment Night
products
Entertainment

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 Participants Data

AFRICA
Country Registered New
Benin 0 0
Dem. Rep. Congo 2 3
Ghana 9 2
NSGF Nigeria 41 15 0
Senegal 7 0
Uganda 2 1
Zambia 6 0
Angola 5 0
Congo (Brazzaville) 3 0
AFRICA 14
CB

Kenya 4 0
Zimbabwe 2 2
SUM 55 8

ARAB REGION
Country Registered New
Algeria 1 0
Egypt 10 0
Jordan 5 0
Libya 75 1
NSGF

120
Morocco 8 2
Saudi Arabia 2 1
Tunisia 2 0
Un. Arab Emirates 17 0
CB Sudan 1 1 0
SUM 121 4

Registered New
World Bureau 9 1

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 ASIA PACIFIC
Country Registered New
Australia 8 1
Bangladesh 9 0
India 10 0
Malaysia 1 0

NSGF
Maldives 13 0
Nepal 15 0
New Zealand 5 0
Pakistan 3 0
Sri Lanka 1 0
SUM 65 1

EUROPE
Country Registered New
Austria 3 0
Belgium 4 0
Cyprus 4 0
Czech Republic 4 0
Denmark 8 1
Finland 2 0
France 4 0
Germany 3 0
Iceland 1 0
NSGF

81
Italy 12 0
Luxemburg 2 0
Norway 3 0
Poland 1 0
Portugal 4 0
Spain 14 5
Sweden 1 0
Switzerland 3 0
United Kingdom 8 1
Israel 4 0
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CB

Netherlands 8 0
SUM 93 7

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 Western Hemisphere
Country Registered New
Argentina 3 0
Curaçao 3 0

NSGF
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Haiti 4 1
Mexico 3 0
Surinam 1 0
Trinidad & Tobago 2 0
Uruguay 12 1 0

CB
USA 5 0
Venzuela 3 0
SUM 25 1

Participants Data Graphics

DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICIPANTS
By REGION By REGION and NSGF or CB
World Bureau; 2% Western Hemisphere; 7% WORLD BUREAU WESTERN HEMISFERE NSGF
AFRICA; 15% AFRICA CB 2% 4%
2% WESTEN HEMISFERB CB
3%
AFRICA NSGF
13%

EUROPE; 25%

ARAB REGION CB
0% EUROPE NSGF
22%

ARAB REGION; 33% EUROPE CB

3%

ASIA PACIFIC; 18% ARAB REGION NSGF

33%

ASIA PACIFIC NSGF

18%

DISTRIBUTION by NSGF or CB
CB
13%
NEW INSCRIPTIONS

NSGF
87%
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 From Maǧrīţ to Madrid
(Brief chronicle of the development of Madrid city)

The first historical evidence of the city of Madrid dates from the year 865, when the
Emir Muhammed I ordered the construction of a citadel in the village of Maǧrīţ, on
the banks of the Manzanares River, therefore "abundance of water", is the name
with the founders identified the place. In the year 1083 Alfonso VI of Castile
conquered the population for the crown of Castile and in 1561 Philip II chose it to
establish his court and later named it the capital city of the Kingdom of Spain.

In 1625, Felipe IV demolished the city wall, already surpassed, and built
what will be the last city wall of Madrid. This wall will limit the city to
the north, on the current streets of Genova, Sagasta, Carranza and
Alberto Aguilera (popularly known as the boulevards); towards the
south, on the rounds of Toledo, Valencia and Embajadores; towards the
east, on the Prado and Recoletos promenade streets; and to the west,
on the embankments of the Manzanares river valley. The tasks of
government were centralized in a set of buildings located on the land
that will later occupy the Royal Palace and the Plaza de Oriente. At
the same time, the surface area of the Buen Retiro Palace, begun to be built by the Catholic Monarchs, of which
its gardens, the Kingdom Hall and the Ballroom are preserved, known, the latter, as the Casón del Buen Retiro
and used by the Prado Museum.

The change of dynasty after the Spanish Succession War (1701-1713), brought with it
important changes for the city. Bridges, hospitals, parks, fountains, buildings for
scientific use, sewers, etc. were built. The Prado Hall project, what used to be the
outskirts of the city, between the Buen Retiro complex and the city wall, is probably
the one that has left the most important legacy to the city: the Prado and
Recoletos promenade streets, the fountains of Neptune, Cibeles and Apolo, the
Royal Botanical Garden, the Royal Astronomical Observatory or the building
originally destined to guest the Royal Cabinet of Natural History, although it would
eventually be assigned to the newly constituted El Prado Museum.

With the city wall demolished in 1868, the city began to grow. The development of the city expansion is oriented
northwards, with the Paseo de la Castellana as the central way. A modern water supply system is established
(the Canal de Isabel II) and communication by rail is established becoming Madrid the center of the Spanish
radial communications network, which also leaves its mark on the urban skeleton (train stations of Delicias,
Atocha and Príncipe Pío).
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 Casón del Buen Retiro

At the beginning of the 20th century, new outskirt neighbourhoods such as Las Ventas, Tetuán or El Carmen
were created, where the town people settled, while the Madrid bourgeoisie settled in the central areas. At the
same time, the Gran Vía was opened in order to ease the communication with the old town and the metro was
inaugurated in 1919. During the reign of Alfonso XIII, the University City was built.

The Second Republic brought with it the cession of the Casa de Campo to the people of Madrid and during
Franco’s dictatorship, the city suffered its greatest demographic explosion with a growth of more than 2 million
inhabitants. The urban disorder created a large number of shanty towns and the annexation of neighbouring
towns.

With the arrival of democracy in 1976, urban planning begins and great benefits begin to improve citizens’ daily
lives with the construction of public libraries, sports facilities, health centres; demolition of shanty towns; cleaning
of the Manzanares river and improvement of the road network.

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 Additional information about excursions

01 | VISIT TO
MUSEO DEL PRADO

It is the best known museum in Madrid and contains one of the most important art galleries in the world.
Initially, it was conceived as the Royal Cabinet of Natural History by Carlos III and commissioned to Juan de
Villanueva in 1785. The final use of this building changed by order of Fernando VII, who, convinced by his wife,
Queen María Isabel de Braganza, took the decision to use this building as a Royal Museum of Paintings and
Sculptures. The Royal Museum, which would soon be called the National Museum of Painting and Sculpture
and later the National Museum of the Prado, first opened to the public in 1819. The most emblematic treasures
that can be seen today in the Prado are, among others: El jardín de las Delicias by El Bosco, El caballero de la
mano en el pecho by El Greco, El tránsito de la Virgen by Mantegna, La Sagrada Familia known as La Perla de
Rafael, Carlos V en Mühlberg by Tiziano, El Lavatorio by Tintoretto, Autorretrato by Durero, Las Meninas by
Velázquez, Las tres Gracias by Rubens o La familia de Carlos IV by Goya, El 3 de Mayo de 1808 en Madrid: los
fusilamientos en la montaña del Príncipe Pío by Goya, La Maja Desnuda by Goya.

La última comunión de san José de Calasanz, by Goya, will be exhibited during August.
It belongs to the Order of the Pías Schools in the province of Betania. It was painted the
same year that the Museum was inaugurated, 1819. Its exhibition completes the artist's
collection and allows us to delve into the essence of his painting, as well as of his art in
general. It reveals a deep and exceptional knowledge of the human being and his
tensions, tears and suffering.

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 Free Time Recommendations

CHAPTER 1: Healthy walks by parks and gardens

EL RETIRO PARK
It was built by the Count-Duke of Olivares at the beginning of the 17th century as a landscaping project for the
Buen Retiro Palace for the enjoyment of King Felipe IV. King Carlos III allowed the common people to enter for
recreational purposes. It has been owned by the Madrid City Council since 1868. It suffered severe damages
during the Spanish War of Independence (1808-1814), its current appearance is the result of the interventions
carried out later, although original layouts and elements from the 17th and 18th centuries can still be seen.

BOTANIC GARDEN
Fernando VI ordered the creation of the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid in 1755 in the lands of what it
is now called Puerta de Hierro. It had more than 2000 plants, collected by José Quer, botanist and
surgeon, in his many trips through the Peninsula or obtained by exchanging them with other European
botanists. Starting in 1774, by order of Carlos III, it was moved to the current location of Paseo del
Prado, being inaugurated in 1781.
The teaching of Botany was developed in the Royal Botanical Garden since its creation. Expeditions to
America and the Pacific were sponsored, the drawings of large collections of plants were commissioned
and important herbariums were collected that served as a basis for describing new species for Science.
At present it contains approximately 5,000 species of trees and plants from all over the world and the
most important herbarium in Spain that gathers close to a million old sheets, some from the 18th
century. In addition, since its foundation, the Botanical Garden maintains a seed exchange with other
institutions around the world.

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 Email: 29Wconf@aisg.es

New Website:
https://madrid2021.aisg.es/en/

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