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What do mayors do when they get together? A look at the 2016 Global Mayoral Forum

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Mayors from over 20 different countries met in the Philippines to discuss the challenges of running a city in the twenty-first century. Here is a rare taste of what mayors talk about when they meet.

openDemocracy Opendemocracy Joint Migration and Development Initiative
3 October 2016

The Global Mayoral Forum has just finished in Quezon City, bringing together mayors from all over the world to talk about such challenges to their cities as migration, housing and social services. We thought you'd like to know more about what mayors from cities large and small talk about when they get together... Even better, we can introduce you to some of them.

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