The World Mayor Project aims to raise the profile of mayors worldwide and honour those who have served their communities well and who have made contributions to the well-being of cities nationally and internationally FRONT PAGE About World Mayor • First round: Candidates sought • The 2014 longlist • Code of Ethics • The World Mayor Price The 2012 results The 2012 project The 2012 shortlist The 2012 long-list World Mayor Prize winners exchange letters The 2010 results The 2010 project The 2010 finalists Marcelo Ebrard says thank you Mick Cornett says thank you Helen Zille and Marcelo Ebrard exchange letters The 2008 results The 2008 project The 2008 finalists The World Mayor Award Helen Zille thanks supporters Mayors of Melbourne and Cape Town exchange letters The 2006 results Methodology The 2006 finalists The World Mayor Award Dora Bakoyannis congratulates John So The 2005 results Contest methodology List of finalists Winning mayors write Mayor Rama writes - Mayor Bakoyannis replies The 2004 contest List of all 2004 finalists Edi Rama wins 2004 award People ask - Edi Rama replies Front Page Site Search About City Mayors

World Mayor 2014: Candidates sought The City Mayors Foundation invites the international public to nominate candidates for the 2014 World Mayor Prize. The Prize is awarded every two years to a mayor who has made outstanding contributions to his / her community and has developed a vision for urban living and working that is relevant to towns and cities across the world. Previous winners and runners-up include the mayors of Bilbao, Perth, Mexico City, Oklahoma City, Cape Town, Zurich, Melbourne, Amsterdam, Athens, Mississauga and Tirana. During the first round, suitable candidates may be suggested until May 2014. A shortlist of 25 nominees will be announced in June. Please nominate your candidate for World Mayor 2014 now. World Mayor 2014: Longlist in progress The current longlist of 94 candidates includes 17 mayors from North America, 13 from Latin America, 34 from Europe, 16 from Asia, 7 from Australasia and 7 from Africa. More names will be added during the first round of this year’s World Mayor Project, between now and mid-May. The longlist is updated regularly. More Code of Ethics for city leaders The City Mayors Foundation and the World Mayor Project were established in 2003 to promote, encourage and facilitate good local government. To strengthen local government further, a Code of Ethics for city leaders, who wish to perform their duties beyond all reproach, has been devised. All mayors wishing be considered for the World Mayor Prize are expected to sign up to the Code of Ethics. More World Mayor Prize sculpture shows courage and conviction City Mayors commissioned French artist Manuel Ferrari to design a sculpture that was as unique as the city of the winning mayor. City Mayors' senior editor, Tann vom Hove, said: “We asked Manuel Ferrari to produce a design that shows what an inspirational mayor can achieve if he builds on strong foundations.” More Iñaki Azkuna, Mayor of Bilbao, Spain awarded the 2012 World Mayor Prize Iñaki Azkuna, Mayor of Bilbao, Spain, has been awarded the 2012 World Mayor Prize. It has been said that Bilbao’s transformation from a declining industrial city in Spain’s northern Basque Province to an international centre for tourism and the arts has been sparked by two events: the opening of the Guggenheim Museum in 1997 and the election of Iñaki Azkuna as mayor two years later. (Mayor Azkuna died on 20 March 2014, aged 71.) The World Mayor Commendation has been awarded to Lisa Scaffidi, Lord Mayor of Perth. More Some 463,000 people took part in the 2012 World Mayor Project The aims of the international World Mayor Project, launched by the urban affairs think tank City Mayors Foundation in January 2004, are twofold. First, City Mayors seeks to raise the profile of mayors worldwide by honouring those who have served their communities well, governed openly and honestly, as well as making significant contributions to cities nationally and internationally. The second objective of World Mayor is to involve as many people as possible from all parts of the world in the project. More

The world's most outstanding mayors receive the World Mayor Prize. Winners since 2004: Edi Rama, Tirana, Dora Bakoyannis, Athens, John So, Melbourne, Helen Zille, Cape Town. Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico City and Iñaki Azkuna, Bilbao Introducing World Mayor The philantropic City Mayors Foundation now seeks candidates for the 2014 World Mayor Prize. The Prize is awarded every two years to a mayor who has made outstanding contributions to his / her community and has developed a vision for urban living and working that is relevant to towns and cities across the world. The Prize has been awarded since 2004. While it is up to the constituents of a mayor to judge his / her achievements, the City Mayors Foundation is seeking candidates who have served for a number of years. Anyone wishing to nominate a mayor is also asked to consider whether his / her candidate is likely to agree to the City Mayors Code of Ethics. Mayors wishing to be considered for the World Mayor Prize will be asked to sign up to the Code. Nominations must be accompanied by a thoughtful supporting statement. 2014 Timetable Nominations will be accepted until the middle of May 2014. A longlist of candidates has gone online. A shortlist of 25 nominees will be announced in early June 2014. A second round of voting will take place between June and October. The winner of the 2014 World Mayor Prize and other results of the World Mayor Project will be declared in January 2015. Background The philantropic City Mayors Foundation, the international think tank on urban affairs, organises the World Mayor Project and awards the World Mayor Prize. The Prize, which has been given since 2004, honours mayors with the vision, passion and skills to make their cities incredible places to live in, work in and visit. The World Mayor Project aims to show what outstanding mayors can achieve and raise their profiles nationally and internationally. Criteria The organisers of the World Mayor Project are looking for city leaders who excel in qualities like: leadership and vision, management abilities and integrity, social and economic awareness, ability to provide security and to protect the environment as well as the will and ability to foster good relations between communities from different cultural, racial and social backgrounds. Mayors wishing to be considered for the World Mayor Prize will be asked to sign up to the City Mayors Code of Ethics. The winner receives the artistically acclaimed World Mayor trophy, while the runner-up is given the World Mayor Commendation. Winners and runners-up 2004 to 2012 In 2012: Winner: Iñaki Azkuna (Bilbao, Spain); Runner-up: Lisa Scaffidi (Perth, Australia); In third place: Joko Widodo (Surakarta, Indonesia) In 2010: Winner: Marcelo Ebrard (Mexico City, Mexico); Runner-up: Mick Cornett (Oklahoma City, USA); In third place: Domenico Lucano (Riace, Italy) In 2008: Winner: Helen Zille (Cape Town, South Africa); Runner up: Elmar Ledergerber (Zurich, Switzerland); In third place: Leopoldo López (Chacao, Venezuela) In 2006: Winner: John So (Melbourne, Australia); Runner up: Job Cohen (Amsterdam, Netherland); In third place: Stephen Reed (Harrisburg, USA) In 2005: Winner: Dora Bakoyannis (Athens, Greece); Runner-up: Hazel McCallion (Mississauga, Canada); In third place: Alvaro Arzú (Guatemala City, Guatemala) In 2004: Winner: Edi Rama (Tirana, Albania); Runner-up: Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexico City, Mexico); In third place: Walter Veltroni (Rome, Italy)