GPM in the News
GPM Cites Braga & Brussels shortlisted to become the first European Capital of Democracy 2023-2024
5 December 2022 - Braga and Brussels have been selected on a shortlist to become the first European Capital of Democracy (ECoD) 2023-2024. Alongside Barcelona, the three cities are frontrunners in democracy, were selected by [...]
GPM endorses IPCC Summary for Urban Policymakers
9 November 2022 – The GPM supports the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Summary for Urban Policymakers. The Summary for Urban Policymakers (SUP) has convened IPCC report authors acting in an independent capacity with local government officials, [...]
GPM congratulates Mayor Óscar Escobar, winner of the UCLG Peace Prize 2022
13 October 2022 - The Global Parliament of Mayors congratulates GPM Mayor Óscar Escobar from Palmira, Colombia, for winning the UCLG Peace Prize 2022! The city of Palmira was crowned winner of the UCLG Peace [...]
Roshaan Wolusmal, newest Honorary Member of the GPM
7 October 2022 – The General Meeting of the GPM has appointed Roshaan Wolusmal, former mayor of Kandahar and former Minister of State of Urban Development and Housing in Afghanistan, as Honorary Member of the [...]
Leoluca Orlando appointed Honorary Member
7 October 2022 – The GPM has appointed Leoluca Orlando, former mayor of Palermo, Italy, as Honorary Member of the GPM. The Honorary Membership is awarded to mayors that have shown consistent and outstanding support [...]
Mayor Manuel de Araujo appointed GPM Executive Committee member
7 October 2022– The Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM) General Meeting has elected Mayor Manuel de Araujo, mayor of the city of Quelimane, Mozambique, to the Executive Committee. Mayor de Araujo is mandated for the [...]
Cities Bringing Talent in the Innovation Economy – ADSW Web Series
6 October 2022 – In collaboration with Masdar City and the Global Parliament of Mayors, Talent CitiesTM hosted the ADSW Web Series: Cities Bringing Talent in the Innovation Economy last September 13th. The event consisted [...]
GPM Chair Mayor Kurz Joins Groundbreaking G7 Ministers Meeting on Urban Development
September 14, 2022 – On September 13, the first-ever meeting of G7 Ministers for Urban Development took place in Potsdam, Germany. GPM Chair Mayor Peter Kurz (Mannheim, Germany) was invited by Minster Klara Geywitz to [...]
Welcome to Mayor Kapampa Kamwanya of Kasumbalesa (DRC) as New Member of the GPM
July, 2022 - The GPM welcomes Mayor Andre Kapampa Kamwanya of Kasumbalesa (DRC) to the GPM. Mayor Kapampa has been appointed in 2019. The city of Kasumbalesa is located in the Haut-Katanga Province, a relatively [...]
Welcome to Mayor Olga Ditsie of Jwaneng (Botswana)
July, 2022 - The GPM is proud to welcome Mayor Olga Ditsie of Jwaneng (Botswana) as newest member of the GPM. Mayor Ditsie advocates for female representation in politics and inspires many women looking to [...]
The GPM welcomes New Member Mayor Lauriane Kalombo Mwewa of Lubumbashi (DRC)
July, 2022 - The GPM is honoured to welcome its newest member, Hon. Mayor Lauriane Kalombo Mwewa of Lubumbashi (Democratic Republic of Congo). Mayor Mwewa has been appoined in January 2022 and strongly advocates for [...]
Welcome to Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o of Kisumu (Kenya)
July, 2022 - The GPM extends a warm welcome to governor Peter Anyang' Nyong'o of Kisumu (Kenya). Kisumu is the third-largest city in Kenya after the capital, Nairobi, and the coastal city of Mombasa. Kisumu [...]
Call to Action to Prevent long-term Global Food Crisis
21 July, 2021 - As UN Secretary-General António Guterres argued, "there is enough food in our world now for everyone, if we act together." But we must act now. The Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM) calls [...]
The GPM Welcomes New Member Mayor Kwasi Bonzoh of Ellembelle, Ghana
23 February, 2022 – The GPM is honoured to welcome its newest member, Hon. Kwasi Bonzoh, mayor of Ellembelle, Ghana. Mayor Bonzoh is a result-oriented entrepreneur cum politician who believes in achieving goals through leadership, [...]
Mayor Peter Kurz publishes his article “A Governance System that Supports City Diplomacy: The European Perspective”
22 February, 2022 - GPM Chair, Mayor Peter Kurz (Mannheim, Germany), recently published an article in the Hague Journal of Diplomacy, entitled A Governance System that Supports City Diplomacy: The European Perspective. In the article, [...]
The GPM welcomes Mayor Carlos Carreiras, newest GPM Member
17 February, 2022 - The GPM wants to extend its warm welcome to Mayor Carlos Carreiras, from Cascais, Portugal, who recently joined the organization. Carlos Carreira has been the Mayor of the Municipality of Cascais [...]
Amman, Freetown, and Rotterdam, winners of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge
18 January, 2022 - The GPM wants to extend its congratulations to the cities of Amman, Freetown, and Rotterdam, which were chosen as one of the winners for the Bloomberg Philanthropies' Mayors Challenge. Among 13 [...]
Mayor Bryan Barnett appointed Vice Chair GPM Executive Committee
14 December 2021 - Mayor Bryan Barnett, mayor of the city of Rochester Hills, Michigan/USA, has been appointed Vice Chair of the Executive Committee of the Global Parliament of Mayors. Mayor Barnett, currently serving his [...]
The Diplomatic Courier on the GPM Palermo Summit 2021
9 November, 2021 - On 31 October, World Cities Day, the Diplomatic Courier published a short article on the GPM, the Annual Summit 2021 in Palermo, and the position papers produced for the event. Throughout [...]
Four GPM Mayors finalists World Mayor Prize 2021
13 July, 2021 - The GPM is very proud to announce that GPM Mayors Kurz (Mannheim, Germany, GPM Chair), Rio (Braga, Portugal, GPM Treasurer), Aki-Sawyerr (Freetown, Sierra Leone), and Aboutaleb (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) have been [...]
GALGA President appointed into GPM EU-Africa relations Steering Committee
Nov 19, 2020, 10:50 AM Original Source, click here. Latrikunda Sabiji, 16 November, 2020: President of The Gambia Association of Local Government Authorities (GALGA) and chairman of Mansakonko Area Council, has been appointed by the [...]
How Cities Can Help Biden Repair American Diplomacy
15 November 2020 - President-elect Joe Biden can build on the alliances and networks forged by US cities and mayors over the last four years to restore U.S. relationships globally. It is up to Biden [...]
GPM Mayor Ricardo Rio elected Executive Committee member EUROCITIES
6 November 2020 - The GPM congratulates Mayor Ricardo Rio, member of the Daily Board and Treasurer of the GPM, who was elected yesterday for a three-year term on the Executive Committee of EUROCITIES, the [...]
New Members on the Executive Committee
4 November 2020 - The GPM congratulates Mayors Rohey Malick Lowe (Banjul, Gambia) and Marcin Krupa (Katowice, Poland), who were appointed as members of the Executive Committee by the GPM General Meeting on 4 November. [...]
Producing Resources For Cities To Manage Covid-19
11 September 2020 - While COVID-19 has spread rapidly in urban and rural areas alike, scholars in the Center for Global Health Science & Security (CGHSS) at Georgetown University Medical Center have been working on [...]