The Global Parliament of Mayors is a governance body of, by and for mayors from all continents. It builds on the experience, expertise and leadership of mayors in tackling local challenges resulting from global problems. At the same time, it brings local knowledge to the table and thus participates actively in global strategy debates and underscores the need for practical, action oriented solutions.
Pandemics are the world’s silent killers. We need new ways to contain them.
Most states are still failing to meet minimum international standards to detect, assess, report, or respond to major public health threats. At least five underlying factors seem to be quickening up the risk of pandemics: globalization, high-density living, massive [...]
The Global Mayor published by German business magazine Capital
In the built-up to GPM's Strategic Session in Mannheim, Germany, business magazine Capital has published an article about the collective power of urban cities and the key role of the Global Mayor to solve [...]
Launch of the GPM Talent Cities Programme
PRESS RELEASE Partnership Global Parliament of Mayors and New Learning Ventures Launch of the GPM Talent Cities Programme The Hague, January 31, 2019 – The Global Parliament of Mayors and New Learning Ventures (Delaware/USA) will [...]
GPM’s Statement of Support for Bristol City Council
The Hague - January 25, 2019 - In response to the recent politically motivated threats against Bristol’s Mayor Marvin Rees and Deputy Mayor Asher Craig, the Global Parliament of Mayors is in solidarity with [...]
The GPM welcomes new Mayors
The Global Parliament of Mayors is proud to welcome five new GPM Mayors: Beira, Dakar, Freetown, Nijmegen and Rotterdam. GPM mayors will cooperate on critical issues such as migration, refugee protection, health, pandemic disease, social [...]
Mayor Orlando of Palermo rejects criminalization of migrants by ‘decreto sicurezza’
The Hague - January, 2019 - “I cannot accept that you produce criminality,” said Leoluca Orlando, Mayor of Palermo and GPM Mayor. Hereby Orlando has made a strong statement by ordering its local registry [...]
The GPM expresses sincere condolences on the passing of Mayor Pawel Adamowicz
The Hague - January 14, 2019 - The GPM is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Mayor Pawel Adamowicz of Gdańsk, Poland, after being stabbed in the heart last evening during a [...]
It’s Time for Cities to Flex Their Soft Power
Cities, not nation-states, are the dominant unit of human organization in the twenty-first century. Humanity has shifted from a predominantly rural to urban species in a startlingly short period of time. The world today is [...]
Launch of the GPM Summit 2018 Video
The GPM is proud to present its official Summit 2018 video, including the GPM Bristol Declaration 2018 and Dr. Benjamin Barber Global Cities Award winners. Watch the full video with 80 mayors and city network leaders, international organizations [...]
GPM Summit 2018 report published
The Hague, November 2018 - It is with great pleasure that Global Parliament of Mayors announces the publication of the GPM Summit 2018 report. More than 80 mayors and city network leaders from six continents gathered in Bristol [...]