in 2014, following his election as mayor, he was one of the founders of the mayors association for venezuela, as a member of the directive, which aims to make common front ( including all mayors belonging to the roundtable) against problems of the country, marked by the association itself as " fighting together against government measures that are dragging venezuela into the abyss".in october, 2015, david smolansky received the heinz sonntag youth prize 2015-2017 awarded by the hannah arendt observatory in recognition of his career and perseverance in the defense of democratic values and peace. in november, he won the outstanding young political world 2015 award, presented in the city of kazanawa in japan for his performance in local management and also for defending venezuelan freedom.