Global Parliament of Mayors Annual Summit 2023 Empowering, Engaging, and Caring Cities: Delivering Democracy and Development with the Next Generations Skopje, November 2023 - Around 100 participants, including mayors & deputy mayors, as well as leaders of city networks, and representatives of international organisations came together at the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM) Annual Summit. The [...]

17 November 2023 This year, the Global Parliament of Mayors awarded the prestigious Dr. Benjamin Barber Global Cities Award to Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe of Banjul, The Gambia. The award ceremony was part of the opening of the GPM Annual Summit 2023 hosted by Danela Arsovska, Mayor of Skopje, North Macedonia The dr. Benjamin Barber [...]

12 October 2023-  The GPM is delighted to welcome Mayor Alix Desulme of North Miami, Florida. Mayor Desulme was first elected into office in 2009, in a city-wide election, making history as the first Black City Clerk of the City of North Miami. He held the distinction as the youngest and the first Haitian American [...]

15 September 2023-  The GPM is delighted to welcome Mayor Ion Ceban of Chisinau, Moldova.  Mayor Ion Ceban is a Moldovan politician, current mayor of Chișinău, the capital of Moldova. He is also the leader of pro-European National Alternative Movement party (Mișcarea Alternativa Națională or MAN). Mayor Ceban was Vice President of the Moldovan parliament [...]

14 September 2023-  The GPM is delighted to welcome Mayor Kosta Bakoyannis of Athens, Greece.  Kostas Bakoyannis studied history and international relations at Brown University in Rhode Island and graduated from Harvard with a Masters in Public Administration. Mayor Bakoyannis previously served as mayor of the town of Karpenisi in Evrytania, later he was popularly elected [...]

The Global Parliament of Mayors  has named Rainer Kern as its new Executive Director, succeeding Caroline Schep, who recently stepped down. Kern, an experienced leader in international governance and urban affairs, will bring fresh perspectives to the organization. GPM Chair Mayor Rio praises the role both of them had in the organization: “Caroline Schep is [...]

The Global Parliament of Mayors and the City of Monrovia are joining forces to host an insightful webinar titled Caring Cities: Youth Engagement in Policy Development, Democratic Processes, and the Labor Market. The webinar scheduled for September 15 at 15:00 CEST and will focus on policies that cities can enact to foster the engagement of [...]

09 August 2023 -  The GPM is delighted to welcome Mayor António Loureiro of Albergaria-a-Velha, Portugal.   Mayor António Loureiro was elected to the position of mayor of the city of Albergaria-a-Velha in 2013. Earlier, he served as councillor of the municipality from 2009 until 2013. He is the Chairman of the Board of the [...]

25 July 2023 - Ian Klaus will take on the Chair-position of the Advisory Committee of the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM). He succeeds Ivo Daalder (President of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs), who led the committee from 2021. Ian Klaus is founding director of Carnegie California and leading scholar on the nexus of [...]

12 July 2023 - The Global Parliament of Mayors and the Geneva Cities Hub are calling on mayors from around the world to sign the Mayors' Declaration for Better Pandemic Prevention, Preparednes, and Response. This crucial initiative aims to strengthen collaboration between cities, international organizations, and member states to ensure a more effective response to [...]