UN Forum of Mayors

The UN Forum of Mayors (FoM) is a ground-breaking initiative that convenes mayors in a formal UN process in Geneva to discuss the pressing global challenges, experiences, and practices to create a better world that leaves no one behind. The FoM adopts declarations and conveys recommendations to UN Member States. It promotes a new and more inclusive multilateralism, which enables mayors to participate in global debates, alongside States and develop collective solutions that respond to people’s concerns.

The FoM is a United Nations body that enhances coherence and complementarity between the local, regional and global levels in addressing common challenges related to sustainable urban development and governance, contributing to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. Since 2020, the FoM facilitates collaboration and the exchange of good practices among mayors and fosters dialogue among cities, States and relevant international organizations. More than 160 cities have thus far participated in the FoM. The Global Cities Hub is proud to be a partner since its first edition in 2020.

In 2025, the FoM was set up as a “High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) for Cities”. It reviewed, through a local lens, the same Sustainable Development Goals that were the focus of the State-led UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, held in New York in July 2025.