Naheed Nenshi finalist for World Mayor Prize

Naheed Nenshi is in the running to be named the world’s most outstanding mayor.

The mayor of Calgary is among 26 finalists for the 2014 World Mayor prize, a trophy given out every two years by the City Mayors Foundation to leaders who have made an outstanding contribution to their communities.

Voting ends Friday and a winner will be announced in January.

The City Mayors board of fellows will choose the winner and two runners-up based on the number of email votes received “and the strength and passion of supporting testimonials”, the foundation said on its website.

The City Mayors Foundation is an international think tank on urban affairs.

The prize has been awarded every two years since 2004.

Nenshi is up against:

North America

• Mayor Annise Parker, Houston
• Mayor Mick Cornett, Oklahoma City
• Mayor Kevin Johnson, Sacramento

Latin America

• Mayor Marcio Lacerda, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 
• Mayor Álvaro Arzú, Guatemala City, Guatemala
• Mayor Carlos Eduardo Correa, Monteria, Colombia
• Mayor Carlos Ocariz, Sucre, Venezuela

Europe

• Mayor Daniel Termont, Ghent, Belgium
• Mayor Alain Juppé, Bordeaux, France
• Mayor Albrecht Schröter, Jena, Germany
• Mayor Yiannis Boutaris, Thessaloniki, Greece
• Mayor Giusy Nicolini, Lampedusa, Italy
• Mayor Nils Usakovs, Riga, Latvia
• Mayor José Ramón García, Ribera de Arriba, Spain
• Mayor George Ferguson, Bristol, UK
• Mayor Joe Anderson, Liverpool, UK

Asia

• Mayor Tri Rismaharini (Risma), Surabaya, Indonesia
• Mayor Yona Yahav, Haifa, Israel
• Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog, Iloilo City, Philippines
• Mayor Hani Mohammad Aburas, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• Mayor Park Won-soon, Seoul, South Korea
• Mayor Aziz Kocaoglu, Izmir, Turkey

Australia

• Mayor Clover Moore, Sydney, Australia

Africa

• Mayor Jacqueline Moustache, Victoria, Seychelles
• Mayor Thabo Manyoni, Mangaung, South Africa