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Condolences Mayor Itambi Tagyen Andrew of Njikwa Council, Cameroon
2 December, 2020 - The GPM is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Mayor Itambi Tagyen Andrew. Itambi Tagyen Andrew was an important supporter as Mayor of Njikwa city council and ambassador of [...]
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 [...]
Prof. Rebecca Katz appointed as advisor for President-elect Joe Biden’s Corona Virus Task Force
12 November 2020 - The GPM congratulates professor Rebecca Katz with her appointment as advisor for President-elect Joe Biden’s Corona Virus Task Force. Professor Katz joins a highly regarded team of scientists and physicians set [...]
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 [...]
The GPM Congratulates Mayor Lowe, New President of the ACCSF
The GPM congratulates Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe of Banjul, Gambia, who has been elected as president of the African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum (ACCSF) for the next three years. Her approach and policies on development [...]
The GPM Welcomes New Member Mayor Mohamed Sadiki of Rabat Morocco
The Global Parliament of Mayors is honoured to welcome its newest member, Mayor Mohamed Sadiki elected as the Mayor of the City of Rabat in 2015. Rabat is also the host city of the Headquarters of [...]
Press Release: Representatives of hundreds of cities call for halving violence by 2030
21 September 2020 - Today Mayor Marvin Rees (Bristol, UK), member of the Executive Committee of the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM) will deliver an international resolution to accelerate efforts to halve violence by 2030 [...]
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 [...]
Why maps matter in our response to COVID-19
20 August 2020 - The most useful maps and data visualizations of the COVID-19 pandemic have helped us understand, respond to and recover from the crisis; several maps seek to estimate the potential spread of [...]
The GPM congratulates Mayor Grace Mary Mugasa of Hoima
17 August 2020 - The GPM congratulates Mayor Grace Mary Mugasa of Hoima (Uganda) on the recent launch of the city status of Hoima as one of the 15 new cities in Uganda. Obtaining the [...]