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.
Mayors Mannheim, Columbia, Hoima and Braga new Daily Board of the Global Parliament of Mayors
Durban, South Africa – Mayor Peter Kurz of Mannheim (Germany), Steve Benjamin of Columbia SC (USA), Grace Mary Mugasa of Hoima (Uganda) and Ricardo Rio of Braga (Portugal) are the new [...]
Mayor Pawel Adamowicz awarded with dr. Benjamin Barber Award 2019
The Hague, November 11, 2019 – The Global Parliament of Mayors posthumously awarded the prestigious Dr. Benjamin Barber Global Cities Award to late Mayor Pawel Adamowicz of the city of Gdansk, Poland. [...]
Gender Based Violence Side Event
During the GPM Summit 2019, host city Durban, eThekwini Municipality, is taking the lead on the important issue of Gender Based Violence (GBV) by organizing an interesting side event on 10 November from [...]
Press Release Fourth Ambitous Annual Summit
PRESS RELEASE Fourth ambitious Annual Summit of the Global Parliament of Mayors in Durban, South Africa, 9-11 November The Hague/Durban, 30 September 2019 – Mayors from African, Asian, European and US cities are signing up [...]
Mxolisi Kaunda appointed as Durban’s new mayor
Mxolisi Kaunda was sworn in as mayor of eThekwini Municipality (Durban, South Africa) on Thursday 5th September. From 9-11 November Mxolisi Kaunda will be the host of the annual GPM Summit organized by the [...]
An Odyssey in the Mediterranean
For 19 days, from the port of Lampedusa a ship was visible, one that had been there, immobile for too long. The ship operated by the Spanish NGO Open Arms saved 161 migrants in [...]
Visit the GPM Summit 2019 Webpage
GPM ANNUAL SUMMIT 2019 .The GPM Annual Summit 2019 will bring global city leaders and additionally networks and international experts together to discuss city leadership and key global challenges at a [...]
‘When is enough, enough?’ Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley
“To be awakened in the middle of our night to a mass shooting and the 250th shooting in our country this year happened in Dayton. What really goes through my mind is one seems completely [...]
GPM Mayors advocate on Migration in NYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOU00-wjdCc A special Cities Edition with GPM Mayors Marvin Rees (Bristol) and Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr (Freetown) together with Mayor Giuseppe Sala (Milan) came together in New York City to discuss the interdependency of [...]
GPM welcomes new members
Bern, Switzerland Alec von Graffenried Banjul, Gambia Rohey Malick Lowe Gagra, Pakistan Syed Salar Jehan Itahari, Nepal Dwariklal Chaudhary The GPM is honoured to [...]