Will mayors one day rule the world?

Hundreds of mayors are getting together to build a global network that could shift the balance of power and create a new force to be reckoned with.

Tousle-haired and enthusiastic Mayor Eberhard van der Laan welcomes his guests. Today he is not addressing Amsterdam's council members as usual, but his peers.

From across Europe and America, city mayors have accepted his invitation to help build an institution which, if successful, could transform the way we are governed: A Global Parliament of Mayors.

In the US, polls show that the level of public trust in Congress runs at a paltry 12%. Trust in American mayors, by contrast, runs at between 60% and 65%.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29352004

From reading the article, I would think that simply the sharing of good ideas will be of benefit.