Associate Membership is a new category approved by Mayors for Peace in August 2009 as a first step for a growing number of cities to join the Executive Conference and eventually be welcomed as Vice-President Cities during the next general Conference of Mayors for Peace in 2013.

The expansion of the leadership was felt as critical for the organisation which is growing very rapidly and has set as objective to eliminate all nuclear weapons by 2020.

As the Executive Cities, the Associate Members are also expected to take leadership in their country or region concerning capacity building, including membership recruitment, political lobby-work, involving national association of local authorities, fundraising and joining the annual strategic meetings of the 2020 Vision Campaign Association.

Associate Members:

Ashkelon, ISRAEL

Basel, SWITZERLAND

Bastogne, BELGIUM

Florencio Valera, ARGENTINA

Fremantle, AUSTRALIA
Frogn, NORWAY
Glasgow, UK
Matagalpa, NICARAGUA
Montes de Oro, COSTA RICA

Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL

San Borja, PERU
Vitória, BRAZIL

Whistler, CANADA
Zemir, ISRAEL