Naheed Nenshi, Mayor of Calgary, Canada
awarded the 2014 World Mayor Prize
Naheed Nenshi, the Mayor of Calgary, Canada, has been awarded the 2014 World Mayor Prize. First runner-up Daniël Termont, Mayor of Ghent, Belgium, will be conferred the World Mayor Commendation for Services to European Cities. Second runner-up Mayor Tri Rismaharini will receive the World Mayor Commendation for services to the City of Surabaya, Indonesia.

The top 10 Mayors of World Mayor 2014

Rank	Mayor	City	Country
1	Naheed Nenshi	Calgary	Canada
2	Daniël Termont	Ghent	Belgium
3	Tri Rismaharini	Surabaya	Indonesia
4	Carlos Ocariz	Sucre	Venezuela
5	Jed Patrick Mabilog	Iloilo City	Philippines
6	Albrecht Schröter	Jena	Germany
7	Annise Parker	Houston	USA
8	Yiannis Boutaris	Thessaloniki	Greece
9	Giusy Nicolini	Lampedusa	Italy
10	Aziz Kocaoglu	Izmir	Turkey

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World Mayor has been honouring
outstanding mayors since 2004
The aims of the international World Mayor Project, launched by the urban affairs research institute 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 made 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


Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi
questioned by an international audience
City Mayors invited those who participated in World Mayor 2014 to put questions to Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, winner of the 2014 World Mayor Prize. From the questions received, a representative selection was forwarded to the mayor. He replies below with candour and thoughtfulness. MORE


Ghent Mayor Daniël Termont
questioned by an international audience
City Mayors invited those who participated in World Mayor 2014 to put questions to Ghent Mayor Daniël Termont, winner of the 2014 World Mayor Commendation for SErvices to European Cities. From the questions received, a representative selection was forwarded to the mayor. He replies below with candour and thoughtfulness. MORE


Many World Mayor finalists
succeeded to higher office
When in October 2014 Joko Widodo assumed the presidency of Indonesia, another finalist of the World Mayor Project successfully made the move from running a city to occupying a high national office. Other city leaders, who were honoured by the World Mayor Project since 2004 and stepped up from local to national and even international office, include the former mayors of Mexico City, Sofia, Tirana, Cape Town, Athens, San Francisco, Baltimore, Lisbon and Florence. MORE


World Mayor 2014
The 26 finalists
The shortlist of 26 nominees for the 2014 World Mayor Prize included four mayors from North America, four from Latin America, nine from Europe, six from Asia, one from Australia and two from Africa. MORE


World Mayor 2014:
Final longlist
The final longlist of 121 candidates includes 19 mayors from North America, 16 from Latin America, 44 from Europe, 26 from Asia, 7 from Australasia and 9 from Africa. 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