The Annual General Meeting was held in Rio de Janeiro. Participating cities included Aberdeen, Calgary, Cape Town, Dammam, Daqing, Doha, Dongying, Esbjerg, Halifax, Houston, Karamay, Kuala Lumpur, Rio de Janeiro and Stavanger.

Mayor Michael Savage of Halifax was voted in as President of the WECP and Alderman Patricia de Lille of Cape Town as Vice President.