Our President and Mayor of Saint-Omer François Decoster was awarded the World Public Service Award for services to his community – locally, regionally and in Europe while Matús Vallo, Mayor of Bratislava, won the 2021 World Mayor Future Award for his goals and...
Our President François Decoster, Mayor of Saint-Omer and still in the running as World Mayor 2021, discussed the Future of Europe among regional leaders and leaders of European political parties at the Bled Strategic Forum. For Decoster it was a return to Bled,...
More than twenty Mayors from fifteen countries discussed the Conference on the Future of Europe, which included a contribution of Claudia Gamon MEP, relations with the UK post-Brexit with Sir Graham Watson and what makes cities liberal post-Covid. François Decoster,...
The Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) kicked off with its inaugural plenary meeting on June 19. This conference can be seen as a true liberal project where citizens are key and central. As part of the European Committee of the Regions delegation, five of our...
The City Mayors Foundation wants to award their bi-annual prize to a Mayor whose leadership during the Coronavirus pandemic provided their communities with protection and assurance, making their cities stronger, fairer and greener. Both our President, François...
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