02/2020
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T11:59:18+01:00GPM Session at the World Urban Forum SDGs in Action, Digital Democracy and the Virtual Parliament
Mannheim at the UN Forum for the Global Parliament of Mayors
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T11:59:18+01:00Stadt Mannheim wirbt bei UN-Forum für Parlament der Bürgermeister 08. Februar 2020 Autor: dpa Mannheim/Abu Dhabi.Die Stadt Mannheim setzt sich beim diesjährigen World Urban Forum der Vereinten Nationen in Abu Dhabi für einen verstärkten Austausch von Bürgermeistern weltweit ein. Ziel der Initiative ist, Bürgermeister und Städte bei der Lösung globaler Fragen stärker mit einzubeziehen - etwa [...]
The mayor of Wuhan, the city where China’s coronavirus outbreak originated felt the city’s ability to deal with the crisis needed improvement
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T11:59:21+01:00Video has English subtitles.
Challenges for Global Health Governance
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T11:59:22+01:00January 30, 2020 In late December 2019, China reported to the World Health Organization cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, China, caused by a novel coronavirus. Alexandra Phelan, Rebecca Katz, and Larry Gostin published an opinion piece in JAMA discussing the current status of the outbreak, control measures being implemented in China and by governments [...]
Look to cities, not nation-states, to solve our biggest challenges
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T11:59:22+01:00This article is part of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Written by Robert Muggah, Principal, SecDev Group, Co-Chair of the GPM Advisory Committee The world in 2020 is looking more turbulent and uncertain than ever. Powerful economic, demographic and technological forces are rewiring international politics. According to the World Economic Forum's [...]
Durban Summit Report
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T11:59:22+01:00We are delighted to share with you the GPM Summit 2019 Report. The Annual Summit took place in Durban, South Africa from 9-11 November 2019. Sixty mayors from 27 countries joined with leaders from 15 global city networks and experts from international organisations and UN agencies. The summit was the first gathering hosted by an [...]
GPM Networking Event at the World Urban Forum
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T11:59:22+01:00The Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM) Virtual Parliament the solution to accelerate digital democracy GPM Chair, Peter Kurz, will represent the GPM at the 10th edition of the World Urban Forum (8-13 February) in Abu Dhabi. The theme of the Tenth Session is Cities of Opportunities: Connecting Culture and Innovation. The city of Mannheim is [...]
Cities using the SDGs to reduce urban violence
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T11:59:22+01:00Rachel Locke, Anthony F. Pipa, and Max BouchetWednesday, December 18, 2019 This article was informed by discussions at the Fall 2019 meeting of the Brookings SDG Leadership Cities Network, hosted by Mexico City. Despite growing prosperity as a leading urban center in Latin America, Mexico City is confronting “a crisis situation in … terms of violence,” according [...]
Faculty research advances global Mayor’s network
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T11:59:22+01:00Author: Chrystie F. Swiney, Georgetown Global Cities Initiative Doctoral Fellow A delegation of Georgetown faculty and researchers traveled to Durban, South Africa to support the annual meeting of the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM). Hosted on the southern coast of the African continent, the summit reflected the rising ambition of mayors to unite not simply [...]