The Global Parliament of Mayors is a governance body of, by and for mayors from all continents with a vision to the world in which mayors, their cities and networks are equal partners in building global governance for an inclusive and sustainable world
Mayoral Debate on Empowering Cities achieves global reach at BUS23
21 June 2023 - The Global Parliament of Mayors hosted a debate on the topic of “Empowering Cities: Co-Decision, Capacity and Capital” during the Brussels Urban Summit 2023. This debate brought together mayors and representatives [...]
Mayor Ricardo Rio of Braga, Portugal, new Chair of the Executive Committee
Braga/The Hague, 14 June 2023 – From August 1st, Ricardo Rio, mayor of Braga, Portugal, will be the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM). Mayor Rio is taking over [...]
Join the GPM at the Brussels Urban Summit 2023
The GPM will host the following events at the Brussels Urban Summit 2023 Venue: SQUARE Brussels Meeting Centre, Mont des Arts/Kunstberg, B-1000 Wednesday, June 14 8.15-10 a.m. Networking Breakfast “City Diplomacy in Times of Crisis”, [...]
UN Habitat General Assembly Side Event: Responding to Climate, Nature, and Pollution Emergencies through Urbanization and Multilevel Action
31 May 2023 - The GPM will co-host, alongside ICLEI and UN-Habitat the side event Responding to Climate, Nature, and Pollution Emergencies through Urbanization and Multilevel Action at the 2nd UN Habitat Assembly (UNHA2) taking place [...]
Networking Breakfast on City Diplomacy at the Brussels Urban Summit
25 May 2023 - The GPM, together with Eurocities, will host a Networking Breakfast on "City Diplomacy in Times of Crisis" on Wednesday, 14 June 8.15-10 a.m. at the Brussels Urban Summit (12-15 June) The [...]
Debate on Empowering Cities at the Brussels Urban Summit
25 May 2023 - The GPM is proud to announce that it will host a debate titled Empowering Cities at the Brussels Urban Summit, taking place on Wednesday, 14 June, 2.00-3.30 p.m. The GPM and [...]
G7 Leaders Recognize the Transformative Power of Cities as Drivers of Sustainable Development
22 May 2023 - From May 19-21, the G7 heads of state met in Hiroshima, Japan to discuss pressing global issues including Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, economic resilience, and climate change. In their final [...]
GPM Annual Summit 2023 Postponed
10 May 2023 - Due to the increasingly complex security situation ahead of the Liberian General and Presidential elections in October 2023, and due to the challenging travel arrangements to and from Monrovia around mid-September, [...]
Nominations for the Benjamin Barber Award 2023 are open now
In honor of the organization´s founder Dr. Benjamin Barber, since 2017, the GPM awards the Dr. Benjamin Barber Global Cities Award (‘the Benjamin Barber Award’) to commemorate outstanding city leadership. Mayors are invited to nominate fellow [...]
G7 Ministers advance multilevel governance through Dialogue with U7 on Subnational Climate Action
20 April 2023 - On April 15-16, the G7 Ministers’ Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment in Sapporo, Japan concluded with the announcement of the first-ever G7 Roundtable on Subnational Climate Actions in collaboration with [...]