GPM in the News
Meet the Mayors: Here are a few of the politicians arriving in Bristol for the Global Parliament of Mayors summit
Read the full article here: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/meet-mayors-here-few-politicians-2124486 The third annual Global Parliament of Mayors summit will kick off in Bristol on Sunday. Up to 100 representatives from cities including Carolina, America; Cape Town, South Africa and [...]
Marvin Rees: The case for the Global Parliament of Mayors
By Marvin Rees: October 1, 2018 The Labour mayor of Bristol on how local issues are global issues. As the leader of a city like Bristol, I come face to face with unique [...]
Reform Scotland at the GPM Summit 2018
Global Parliament of Mayors Annual Summit 2018 – Hannah Muirhead At the end of last month, the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM) held its third annual summit in Bristol. 80 mayors from around the world got [...]
Brexit calls for radical shift of power to regions, mayors say
Steven Morris @stevenmorris20 Tue 23 Oct 2018 City leaders call for devolution away from Westminster as Brexit becomes a reality. A radical shift of power from Westminster is needed to help combat the impact of Brexit, a [...]
Romanian mayors to attend Global Parliament of Mayors
Romanian mayors to attend Global Parliament of Mayors in UK Four Romanian mayors have registered to attend this year’s Global Parliament for Mayors Summit in Bristol, UK, which will be organized between October 21 and October 23. They are [...]
The New City Multilateralism
As the world rapidly grows more urban, city leaders are turning to a new form of voluntary, locally oriented diplomacy to coordinate with their global peers on sustainable development, infrastructure, public safety, and climate change [...]
Mayor of Cape Town to head ‘mayors parliament’
13th March 2017 Jonathan Andrews Patricia de Lille, Mayor of Cape Town, has become the new Chairwoman of the Steering Committee of the Global Parliament of Mayors. De Lille will be the interim chair until a new chair [...]
World’s Mayors Have a New Place for Sharing Ideas
JEN KINNEY FEBRUARY 22, 2016 With local leaders increasingly facing global challenges like climate change and large-scale migration — and often rising to the occasion — the more opportunities [...]
Can Mayors Succeed Where Governments are Failing?
The Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM) held its inaugural meeting in The Hague on 9th – 11th September. Mayors from many cities across the world convened to discuss the biggest issues their cities are facing, to share [...]
Mother City’s mayor de Lille awarded key position in Global Parliament of Mayors
Stepping into the shoes of Jozias van Aartsen, Mayor of The Hague, Cape Town's Patricia de Lille has been named the new Chairwoman of the Steering Committee of the Global Parliament of Mayors. By Ezra Claymore [...]