Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille with the 2008 World Mayor Prize FRONT PAGE About World Mayor • First round: Candidates sought • The 2014 longlist • Code of Ethics • The World Mayor Price Online voting form Shortlist Long-list Code of Ethics | Código de Ética | The World Mayor Prize For Mayor of Amuwo Odofin For Mayor of Angeles City For Mayor of Ankara For Mayor of Auckland For Mayor of Bilbao For Mayor of Changwon City For Mayor of El Paso For Mayor of Ljubljana For Mayor of Matamoros For Mayor of Minneapolis For Mayor of Newark For Mayor of Perth For Mayor of Puerto Montt For Mayor of Quebec City For Mayor of Surakarta For Mayor of Tel Aviv For Mayor of Zeralda 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

Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard with the 2010 World Mayor Prize Introducing World Mayor The City Mayors Foundation, the international think tank for local government, 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. The organisers of the World Mayor Project are looking for city leaders who excel in qualities like: honesty, 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. The winner receives the artistically acclaimed World Mayor trophy, while the two runner-ups are given the World Mayor Commendation. Mayors wishing to be considered for the World Mayor Prize will be asked to sign up to the City Mayors' Code of Ethics Timetable Nominations were accepted until the 17 May 2012. A shortlist of 25 nominees was published on 18 June. Voting took place until 20 October . The winner of the 2012 World Mayor Prize and other results of the World Mayor Project were announced on 8 January 2013. Winners and runners-up 2004 to 2012 In 2004: Winner: Edi Rama (Tirana, Albania); Runner-up: Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexico City, Mexico); In third place: Walter Veltroni (Rome, Italy) In 2005: Winner: Dora Bakoyannis (Athens, Greece); Runner-up: Hazel McCallion (Mississauga, Canada); In third place: Alvaro Arzú (Guatemala City, Guatemala) In 2006: Winner: John So (Melbourne, Australia); Runner up: Job Cohen (Amsterdam, Netherland); In third place: Stephen Reed (Harrisburg, USA) In 2008: Winner: Helen Zille (Cape Town, South Africa); Runner up: Elmar Ledergerber (Zurich, Switzerland); In third place: Leopoldo López (Chacao, Venezuela) In 2010: Winner: Marcelo Ebrard (Mexico City, Mexico); Runner-up: Mick Cornett (Oklahoma City, USA); In third place: Domenico Lucano (Riace, Italy) In 2012: Winner: Iñaki Azkuna (Bilbao, Spain); Runner-up: Lisa Scaffidi (Perth, Australia); In third place: Joko Widodo (Surakarta, Indonesia)