GPM in the News
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 [...]