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City limits: introducing the Global Parliament of Mayors
Geographic Magazine, November 05, 2015 City leaders from around the world gathered recently for the Global Parliament of Mayors. Could cities be set to overtake national governments as key decision makers? Link
Mayor Ada Colau (Barcelona) “After Habitat III: a stronger urban future must be based on the right to the city”
Quito, October 20, 2016 – “All the major global challenges – climate change, the economy, inequality, the very future of democracy – will be solved in cities. If nations want to succeed with their policies, [...]
The Global Parliament of Mayors
Europe in Transition, October 18, 2016 Last September, mayors, experts and City Makers – including municipal officials, researchers, students, social innovators and representatives from social organisations – of seventy-five countries from all over de the [...]
City mayors create “global parliament” to manage urbanisation
Reuters, October 17, 2016 More than 60 mayors from around the world have joined forces to create an alliance dubbed a 'global parliament' to demand a more powerful role in the management of city growth [...]
Mayor Diego Valenzuela (Tres de Febrero/Buenos Aires): “La democracia se hace fuerte en cada ciudad”
Clarin, October 6, 2016 Desde que asumí como intendente, en diciembre de 2015, vengo confirmando que los gobiernos locales son el primer mostrador de la democracia: salvo excepciones, el vecino de un barrio o localidad [...]
Forget the nation-state: cities will transform the way we conduct foreign affairs
Wef, October 4, 2016 In 1814, Ivan Krylov, one of Russia’s best known authors, wrote a fable describing a man who goes to a museum and scrutinizes all sorts of tiny things, but fails to [...]
Mayors go global with new world cities network
Global Government, Forum, September 23, 2016 Seven mayors from around the world have formed a steering committee to promote the voices of cities in global affairs after the launch a new ‘Global Parliament of Mayors’ [...]
New data visualization explores city fragility around the world
Open Democracy, September 20, 2016 Cities, not nation states, are defining the shape and character of security and development in the twenty first century. Link
Debating the role of cities at the Global Parliament of Mayors — and leaving most details for later
Citiscope, September 15, 2016 Three years ago, the American scholar Benjamin Barber planted a big seed at the end of his book, If Mayors Ruled the World. Link