The Global Parliament of Mayors is a governance body of, by and for mayors from all continents with a vision to the world in which mayors, their cities and networks are equal partners in building global governance for an inclusive and sustainable world.
The mission is to convene a Global Parliament of Mayors to facilitate debates between mayors, national governments and international organisations, drive systematic action to take on global and national challenges and opportunities to achieve political change on a global scale. Mayors take leadership and ownership of the global challenges that they face on a local level.
U7 Mayors Summit
25 April, 2022 - The GPM is proud to announce that, along side the Association of German Cities and ICLEI will be hosting the U7 Mayors Summit on May 3, 2022 from 14.00 - 16.00 [...]
Joint Call of European Mayors and the Global Parliament of Mayors to European governments and the European Commission on raising efforts to end the war in Europe
19 April 2022 – “The invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin’s military in violation of international law and the war being waged in the most brutal way is causing more and more human suffering every day, [...]
Re-opening Call to Action Climate Migration: Sign now!
19 April 2022 - As a follow-up to the GPM/British Council workshop Uniting Mayors: Local Solutions to Global Climate Challenges, which took place on March 23rd, 2022, the Call to Action "Climate Change, Cities and Forced [...]
Uniting Mayors: Local Solutions to Global Climate Challenges
24 March, 2022 - The workshop ‘Uniting Mayors: Local Solutions to Global Climate Challenges‘ has concluded. More than 40 mayors throughout the world have participated and shared their views and expertise on the preservation of [...]
Mannheim’s Mayor Peter Kurz declaration on Ukranian detained Mayors
17 March, 2022 - “The GPM is appeased to hear the news of the release of Ivan Fedorov, the Mayor of the city of Melitopol. However, Yevhen Matveyev, the Mayor of Dniprorudne is still in [...]
Global Parliament of Mayors condemns kidnapping of Ukrainian Mayors
14 March, 2022 - Ukraine's invasion, which is unprovoked and unjustified, represents a relapse into the most brutal form of power politics, in the middle of Europe. The aggression is directed not only against military [...]
Open Letter of Ukrainian City Leaders to World’s Mayors and Local Self-Governance
14 March, 2022 - Ukrainian mayors of big cities, heads of amalgamated communities and representatives of local-self governance associations representing over 800 communities signed an open letter to World's Mayors and Local-Governance. At dawn on [...]
The GPM welcomes Mayor Manuel de Araújo, newest GPM Member
11 March, 2022 - The GPM is honoured to welcome its newest member, Mayor Manuel de Araújo of Quelimane, Mozambique. Mayor de Araújo has been mayor of Quelimane since December 2011. He has served as [...]
Climate Migration: working with mayors to explore avenues for cooperation
11 March, 2022 - The GPM, in partnership with the British Council, organizes an in-depth workshop for mayors on 23 March, 16.00 - 18.00 hrs CET, to support them in their commitments to implement the [...]
The Global Parliament of Mayors stands in solidarity with Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE
4 March, 2022 – Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE was elected as Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, in March 2018. Since assuming office, her work to #TransformFreetown has gained international attention for its inclusive and data-driven [...]