2017/9
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T12:00:39+01:002nd Annual Convening ‘A Governance Revolution Empowering Cities’ in Stavanger (Norway). Establishment of the formal GPM Association as a legal body. Presentation of the Executive Committee.
From global to local to face challenges in cities
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T12:00:40+01:00Stavanger, September 28, 2017 – Over 45 mayors and deputy mayors representing cities from around the globe, took part in the second Annual Convening of the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM). Local and tailored solutions to globally-shared challenges was the main theme during the two day deliberations in Stavanger (Norway). All mayors highlighted the role [...]
Dr. Benjamin Barber Global Cities Award to Mayor Leoluca Orlando
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T12:00:40+01:00Stavanger - September 25, 2017 - At the start of the Annual Convening of the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM), Mayor Leoluca Orlando (Palermo) received the Dr. Benjamin Barber Global Cities Award. Mayor Orlando is rewarded for his tireless endeavour to defend migrant rights and create a safer city by fighting organized crime. He advocates [...]
Statement: GPM stands in solidarity with the Mayor of El Hatillo Caracas, Venezuela
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T12:00:40+01:00The Hague, September 22, 2017 - The GPM stands in solidarity with mayor David Smolansky, of El Hatillo (Caracas), who sought political asylum in Brazil on September 14, 2017. Mayor Smolansky is a widely respected member of the opposition party, Mesa de Unidade Democrática (MUD). On 9 August 2017, Venezuela´s Supreme Tribunal for Justice (TSJ) sentenced mayor [...]
Annual Convening Global Parliament of Mayors on ‘A Governance Revolution Empowering Cities’
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T12:00:40+01:00The Hague, September 5 2017 - Mayors representing cities from all over the world will convene in Stavanger, Norway, September 24-26, for the Second Annual Meeting of the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM). The Mayor of Palermo, Leoluca Orlando, will receive the Dr. Benjamin Barber Global Cities Award on Sunday September 24 at the Convening. [...]
ANNUAL CONVENING GLOBAL PARLIAMENT OF MAYORS ON ‘A GOVERNANCE REVOLUTION EMPOWERING CITIES’
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T12:00:40+01:00Mayors representing cities from all over the world will convene in Stavanger, Norway, September 24-26, for the Second Annual Meeting of the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM). The Mayor of Palermo, Leoluca Orlando, will receive the Dr. Benjamin Barber Global Cities Award on Sunday September 24 at the Convening. This meeting will enable cities to [...]
Critical issues on the program of the GPM Annual Convening 2017
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T12:00:40+01:00Empowering Cities, Resilient Cities, Safe Cities and Inclusive Cities are the critical issues on the program of the GPM Annual Convening 2017. Empowering Cities: The GPM advocates for the right of cities to self-governance and to act on critical issues impacting humankind. Cities do not need to ask for permission from their national counterparts to [...]
It´s time for cities to lead
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T12:00:40+01:00Bristol, July 5 - If the test of successful political leadership could be distilled to a single issue, the fight to safeguard our climate would be a strong candidate. With President Trump withdrawing the US from the Paris Climate Change Agreement (COP21), he abdicates a claim to serious leadership. Instead, he has vastly diminished the power and prestige [...]
Bloomberg’s Next Anti-Washington Move: $200 Million Program for US Mayors
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T12:00:40+01:00New York, June 25, 2017 - Michael R. Bloomberg will throw his financial might into helping beleaguered American mayors, creating a $200 million philanthropic program aimed at backing inventive policies at the city level and giving mayors a stronger hand in national politics. Mr. Bloomberg intends to announce the initiative on Monday in a speech [...]
NEW MEMBER: Business Region Aarhus (Denmark)
globa0yvjsy2025-03-27T12:00:40+01:00Aarhus, June, 2017 - 12 Mayors representing Business Region Aarhus in Denmark have joined the Global Parliament of Mayors. The signing ceremony took place at the People's Political Festival (Folkemoedet); an annual political event which runs over four days in June. This year, the festival gathered around 100,000 people, individuals as well as interest groups, [...]