 The World Mayor Project was conceived in 2004 to raise the profile of mayors worldwide and honour those who have served their communities well. They have carried out their duties for the benefit of all citizens, irrespective of race, gender, religion, politics or legal status  FRONT PAGE About World Mayor City Mayors    • Nomination Form • Longlist 2018 • Raison d'être • World Mayor history • World Mayor Prize • Code of Ethics • Criteria • Meet the Press TESTIMONIALS • Mayor of Alphen / Rijn • Mayor of Calais • Mayor of Lille • Mayor of Molenbeek • Mayor of Narayanganj • Mayor of Paris • Mayor of Rennes WORLD MAYOR 2016 WORLD MAYOR 2014 WORLD MAYOR 2012 WORLD MAYOR 2010 WORLD MAYOR 2008 WORLD MAYOR 2006 WORLD MAYOR 2005 WORLD MAYOR 2004 |
Nomination Form ||| History ||| Raison d'être ||| The Prize ||| Ethics ||| Criteria WORLD MAYOR PRIZE 2018 2018 World Mayor Prize and Honours to promote women in local government The 2018 World Mayor Project is dedicated to women in local government. It features the achievements of women mayors from across the world and will honour the best of them. The all-women long- and shortlists will include mayors from towns and cities of all sizes who serve with integrity, determination and imagination. The 2018 World Mayor Prize and Commendations will be conferred on women mayors who have made outstanding and long-lasting contributions to their communities. Women have fought prejudice and struggled for equal rights and opportunities for hundreds of years. They did it with courage and resolve. In the 20th and early 21st centuries, women have achieved success in many spheres previously reserved to or monopolised by men, but their contributions are still often undervalued and their potential not recognised enough. Only some 20 per cent of the world’s mayors are women. Nominations can be submitted until the publication of the 2018 shortlist in the summer. Please nominate exceptional women mayors for the 2018 World Mayor Prize and Honours  The 2018 LonglistSome 45 mayors from 29 countries The open longlist for the 2018 World Mayor Prize includes 45 women mayors from 29 countries in all world regions: North America (9); South America (3); Europe (21); Asia (8); Australasia (2); Africa (2). Some women mayors govern large metropolises, such as Paris, Madrid or Sydney while others represent smaller towns and cities. Further nominations will be added to the longlist between now and the announcement of the 2018 shortlist in the summer. FULL LIST ||| NOMINATE ADDITIONAL MAYORS  Press and Media coverageSince the launch of World Mayor 2018 in late January, news and media organisations from across the world have been reporting and commenting on this year’s Project. The decision by the City Mayors Foundation, its organisers, to dedicate World Mayor 2018 to women mayors has been widely welcomed. While some faces on the initial longlist are already well-known and respected, the list also features remarkable women who, because they are mayors of smaller cities, have so far had little international exposure. World Mayor 2018 and the media coverage it generates will introduce outstanding women mayors from across the world to an international audience. PRESS COVERAGE  World Mayor 2018 is looking forwomen mayors with qualities such as: • Competence in managing the day-to-day affairs of their cities • Acumen of financial, business and economic affairs • Honesty and integrity in decision-making • Repugnance for using the office of mayor for self-enrichment • Fairness in dealing with the varied needs and concerns of citizens • Ability and ambition to be a mayor for all citizens, irrespective of their cultural, racial or social backgrounds and political beliefs • Passion for fostering tolerance and amity among different communities • Belief in working together with other cities, nationally and internationally • Vision for a city that provides future generations of citizens with prosperity, safety and happiness • Conviction that protecting and enhancing the environment is not optional but an absolute must • Caring for disadvantaged groups of citizens • Agreement to the City Mayors’ Code of Ethics Please nominate exceptional women mayors 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. MORE  World Mayor Prize sculptureshows 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 fellow, 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.” “I wanted to create a design that also showed courage and conviction,” Manuel Ferrari explained. “I decided on cubes as building blocks which, at first glance, are stacked precariously on top of each other. Closer inspection, however, reveals firm interlocking and construction around an invisible but strong spine.” He said that his design reflected his own experience of living and working in an urban environment. “Many of the world’s most successful cities are prospering because their different communities, often with their own cultures, are united around civic goals,” Manuel Ferrari concluded. MORE WORLD MAYOR 2016 Bart Somers, Mayor of Mechelen, Belgium awarded the 2016 World Mayor Prize World Mayor Commendations for the Mayors of Lahr (Germany) and Athens (Greece) Bart Somers, the Mayor of Mechelen, Belgium, has been awarded the 2016 World Mayor Prize. World Mayor Commendations are being conferred to Wolfgang G Müller, Mayor of Lahr, Germany and Georgios Kaminis, Mayor of Athens, Greece. The 2016 World Mayor Project honours mayors and their communities that have welcomed refugees and offered them safety, shelter and support. Many of the mayors included in the top-ten honours list have developed and invested in longterm strategies as well as day-to-day measures to successfully integrate newcomers from different countries and cultures. They have also addressed local residents’ fears of and reservations about the arrival of people who speak foreign languages, observe their own customs and practise different religions. MORE The 2016 World Mayor Honours List
Mayors of Mechelen, Lahr and Athens presented with World Mayor honours
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 Winners of the World Mayor Prize since 2004: Edi Rama, Tirana; Dora Bakoyannis, Athens; John So, Melbourne; Helen Zille, Cape Town; Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico City; Iñaki Azkuna, Bilbao; Naheed Nenshi, Calgary; Bart Somers, Mechelen   Bart Somers, Mayor of Mechelen, Belgium  Wolfgang G Müller, Mayor of Lahr, Germany  Georgios Kaminis, Mayor of Athens, Greece  Guisi Nicolini, Mayor of Lampedusa, Italy  Richard Arnold, Mayor of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany  Mirjam van 't Veld, Mayor of Amstelveen, Netherlands  Spiros Galinos, Mayor of Lesboc, Greece  Pawel Adamowicz, Mayor of Gdansk, Poland  Damien Carême, Mayor of Grande-Synthe, France  Henriette Reker, Mayor of Cologne, Germany |
