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Look to cities, not nation-states, to solve our biggest challenges
This 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 [...]
Durban Summit Report
We 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 [...]
GPM Networking Event at the World Urban Forum
The 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 [...]
Cities using the SDGs to reduce urban violence
Rachel 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 [...]
GPM Summit 2019 Video
The GPM Annual Summit 2019 was hosted by Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda and brought global city leaders and additionally networks and international experts together to discuss city leadership and key global challenges at a local [...]
Global Cities Lead Change
Read the news article written by Ethekwini City Council on GPM Global Leaders
The City of Braga (Portugal) first International GPM Talent Cities Hub in 2020
Braga/The Hague, November - At the Annual Summit 2019 of the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM), Mayor Ricardo Rio (Braga, Portugal) presented Braga as model for the creation of the 1st [...]
Press release: A decade of change, shaping multilevel governance on a global scale
A decade of change: shaping multilevel governance on a global scale Durban, November 2019 – About 75 mayors and city network leaders from all around the world gathered in Durban last week to convene on [...]
Mayors Mannheim, Columbia, Hoima and Braga new Daily Board of the Global Parliament of Mayors
Durban, South Africa – Mayor Peter Kurz of Mannheim (Germany), Steve Benjamin of Columbia SC (USA), Grace Mary Mugasa of Hoima (Uganda) and Ricardo Rio of Braga (Portugal) are the new [...]
Mayor Pawel Adamowicz awarded with dr. Benjamin Barber Award 2019
The Hague, November 11, 2019 – The Global Parliament of Mayors posthumously awarded the prestigious Dr. Benjamin Barber Global Cities Award to late Mayor Pawel Adamowicz of the city of Gdansk, Poland. [...]
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