Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr of Freetown puts preventive measures in place against the corona virus
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]