2017 Annual Convening Global Parliament of Mayors

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From Sunday September 24 to Tuesday September 26, the 2nd Annual Convening of the GPM will be hosted by the City of Stavanger, Norway. The Annual Convening aims to bring together the GPM mayors from all over the world, with experts and (UN) organizations, to share their experiences in addressing global critical issues in cities [...]

2017 Annual Convening Global Parliament of Mayors2025-03-27T12:00:41+01:00

Dr Benjamin Barber – August 2 1939 – April 24 2017

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New York, April 25 - Dr Barber, Founder of the Global Parliament of Mayors died on April 24th. In his last weeks, he wrote: “ Thank you, dear friends, for your leadership in the Global Parliament of Mayors which I believe stands ready to become a governance organization of great significance that will provide alternatives to [...]

Dr Benjamin Barber – August 2 1939 – April 24 20172025-03-27T12:00:41+01:00

New Member: Mayor Roshaan Wolusmal, Kandahar, Afghanistan

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Kandahar, April 2017 - Kandahar's Mayor Roshaan Wolusmal: "For the first time in human history, most of us live in cities. Researchers'  predictions indicate that urbanization speed will further increase in almost all parts of the world. As cities grow, perhaps our most serious concern should be how they expand and how we can fulfill the basic requirements of [...]

New Member: Mayor Roshaan Wolusmal, Kandahar, Afghanistan2025-03-27T12:00:41+01:00

New Member: Mayor Joan Ribó Canut, Valencia, Spain

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Valencia, March 2017 - Valencia’s Mayor Joan Ribó Canut recently joined the Global Parliament of Mayors. Joan Ribó Canut  has been the mayor of València since June, 2015. Mayor Ribó Canut is enthusiastic to join the GPM and aims at contributing to the organization with his experience and expertise.

New Member: Mayor Joan Ribó Canut, Valencia, Spain2025-03-27T12:00:42+01:00

New Member: Mayor Garcetti, Los Angeles, USA

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Los Angeles, February 2017 - Mayor Eric Garcetti: “We are living at a time when the world has never been more connected, and when the leading challenges on the planet — economic development, safety and security, climate change, mobility — are equally local and global in scale.  That’s why I’m honored to join the Global Parliament [...]

New Member: Mayor Garcetti, Los Angeles, USA2025-03-27T12:00:42+01:00

Empowering Cities Under The New US Administration

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New York, February 2 - The NYUSPS Schack Institute of Real Estate Urban Lab’s formal kick-off event, “Empowering Cities Under the New Administration,” was held on February 2, 2017 and featured Benjamin Barber, founder and president of the Global Parliament of Mayors, Richard Florida, Jonathan Haidt, Thomas Cooley (NYU Stern School of Business). The panelists [...]

Empowering Cities Under The New US Administration2025-03-27T12:00:42+01:00

“Compacts like the Global Parliament of Mayors are now more important than ever”

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Washington DC, December 28 - It was only three years ago that journalist Benjamin Barber argued in his book If Mayors Ruled the World that cities were better poised to solve global problems than national leaders. Link

“Compacts like the Global Parliament of Mayors are now more important than ever”2025-03-27T12:00:42+01:00

Benjamin R. Barber: “A Governance Alternative to Faltering Nation-States”

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Citylab, December 5, 2016 Let’s count down the list: There’s Brexit, of course: Brazil, Belgium, Spain, Venezuela, and the Philippines all look increasingly dysfunctional. Reactionary populism and xenophobia have risen to power in Hungary, Poland, and, astonishingly, the United States, with similar threats in France, and most recently, Italy after the defeat of Renzi. Link

Benjamin R. Barber: “A Governance Alternative to Faltering Nation-States”2025-03-27T12:00:42+01:00

The West’s major cities are the best defense against the tide of right-wing nationalism

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Washington Post, November 22, 2016 Towards the end of October, Sadiq Khan, the first Muslim mayor of London, addressed an event hosted by the London Jewish Forum that commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, a famous street protest in the British capital that saw an alliance of local Jewish residents, Irish dockworkers, [...]

The West’s major cities are the best defense against the tide of right-wing nationalism2025-03-27T12:00:42+01:00
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