Rachel 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 [...]
Author: 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 [...]
Pact of Free Cities: Die wachsende Union der Kommunen Während die Speerspitzen des Liberalismus und der Privatisierung nun – angesichts der gesellschaftlichen Zuspitzung – über die Möglichkeiten der Krise räsonieren, bereiten sich andere im Stillen für neue Foren politischer Bündnisse wie Entscheidungsfindung vor. Der badische Putschist war dieser Tage auf einem Podium zu vernehmen, wie [...]
The GPM Annual Summit 2019 was hosted by Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda and brought global city leaders and additionally networks and international experts together to discuss city leadership and key global challenges at a local level. The GPM was honored by the following keynote speakers, Minister of Public Works and Infrasturctre of the Republic of [...]
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Braga/The Hague, November - At the Annual Summit 2019 of the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM), Mayor Ricardo Rio (Braga, Portugal) presented Braga as model for the creation of the 1st International Talent Hub in 2020, as part of the 'GPM Talent Cities Programme’. “Cities now need active policies to promote [...]
Washington, DC – This weekend, from November 9th to 11th, a delegation of mayors from the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) will join dozens of mayors representing cities from across the globe at the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM) in Durban, South Africa. The annual summit will bring together city leaders and international experts to discuss city leadership and [...]
Global Parliament of Mayors 2019 The 2019 Annual Summit of the Global Parliament of Mayors was held from November 9-11 in Durban, South Africa and brought together city leaders and international experts to discuss city leadership and key global challenges at a local level. The Center for Global Health Science and Security supported [...]
This article is in German. 19. November 2019 veröffentlicht von Alina Eisenhardt Read the original article here: https://rheinneckarblog.de/19/global-parliament-of-mayors-waehlt-ob-dr-kurz-zum-neuen-vorsitzenden/153854.html Mannheim, 19. November 2019. (red/pm) Bei der Jahreshauptversammlung des Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM), die vom 09. bis 11. November im südafrikanischen Durban stattfand, wurde Oberbürgermeister [...]
