Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr of Freetown puts preventive measures in place against the corona virus
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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T11:59:17+01:00Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will lead a state task force on addressing homelessness and the coronavirus. She describes other measures Atlanta is taking.
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globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T11:59:17+01:00GPM Mayors Act Now Campaign as response to the Corona Crisis
Africa is not Starting from Scratch on COVID-19
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T11:59:17+01:00Success against coronavirus will require national leadership, engaged local responders, and strong cooperation with NGOs by Charles Holmes and Matthew Boyce and Rebecca Katz February 27, 2020 A looming epidemic of COVID-19 in Africa presents a deadly threat. This is especially the case in densely populated urban areas with limited opportunities for social distancing, [...]
How reducing inequality will make our cities safer
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T11:59:17+01:0002 Mar 2020 Authors: Robert Muggah Principal, SecDev Group Sameh Wahba Global Director, Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land Global Practice, World Bank Overlapping forms of inequality contribute to violent victimization in cities, from wealth inequality to educational opportunities and property rights; In virtually every city, the vast majority of violent crime is [...]
Orlando announcement Global Parliament of Mayors Summit in Palermo
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T11:59:17+01:00Orlando: l’assessorato al turismo è funzionale a sviluppo città “Nessun arretramento per il turismo anzi un riposizionamento per renderlo sempre più produttivo e funzionale allo sviluppo della Città”. È questo il pensiero del sindaco di Palermo, Leoluca Orlando, manifestato nel corso di una conversazione telefonica domenicale per commentare l’editoriale di Travelnostop.com pubblicato venerdì scorso. Orlando, dunque, [...]
Local and regional governments speak to the World Urban Forum through the World Assembly
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T11:59:17+01:00Local and regional governments speak to the World Urban Forum through the World Assembly in Abu Dhabi This is originally published by UCLG here, the GPM is member of the Global Taskforce and was present at the WUF10. Over 500 participants gathered at the World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments, convened [...]
GPM Virtual Parliament at the World Urban Forum
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T11:59:17+01:00For the first time ever, the Global Parliament of Mayors was officially represented at a World Urban Forum. The World Urban Forum, organised by UN-Habitat, is the world’s premiere international conference on all aspects of urban policy. The World Urban Forum 10 in Abu Dhabi, UAE, in February 2020 brought together 12.000 politicians and [...]