| Commonwealth E-journal of Local Democracy |
07 May 2008 |
| The Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) today launched a new publication to lead debate and research on topical issues in local government from across the world. ... [more] |
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| Making cities inclusive |
23 April 2008 |
Cities must develop policies to be inclusive ciites if they are to be successful engines of growth and meet the Millennium Development Goals according to the Commonwealth Local Governemnt Forum (CLGF), the organisation that speaks for local government iin the Commonwealth.
Hon Kumari Selja, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India and CLGF Board member opened the conference on The Inclusive City – a Commonwealth Perspective - being held in New Delhi on 16 April which looked at India’s approach to making cites more inclusive and how other countries of the Commonwealth are tackling this. The conference was run by the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) in cooperation with the India Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. ... [more] |
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| Local government cooperation agreement for Pacific island states |
04 March 2008 |
The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) are combining their efforts to meet the challenges that face local governments in the Pacific region.
In acknowledgment of the important role of local government in achieving shared goals, the two regional organisations have decided to enter into a formal cooperation agreement.
Pacific Island states are undergoing a systematic process of growth and development which has been accompanied by an accelerated pace of urbanisation and the two organisations believe that there is need to raise the stakes in respect to local government in the Pacific; to improve quality of life in the towns and cities; to exemplify good governance and to develop local governments that exhibit creativity and integrity, have the confidence of the communities they serve and deliver best possible services. more ... [more] |
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| Prime Minister Ingraham announces 2009 local government summit in Freeport |
08 February 2008 |
Bahamas Prime Minister Rt Hon Hubert Ingraham today announced that a major local government international summit - the Commonwealth Local Governemnt Conference 2009 - is going to Freeport, grand Bahama, in May 2008. He invited the private sector and others to show their backing for local governemnt by support ing this improtant event.
Bahamas local governemnt minister Sidney Collie, Minister Robert Montague from Jamaica, Mayor Murchison Brown from trinidad and Tobago, CLGF Secretary-General Carl Wright representatives of Microsoft and other captains of industry from the Bahamas attended the launch in Freeport on 8 February. ... [more] |
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| CLGF statement on Kenya |
30 January 2008 |
CLGF has voiced its concern over the deteriorating situation in Kenya and its support for the international conciliation initiative headed by Kofi Annan.
"CLGF supports the current effort by the Association of Local Government Authorities of Kenya and its leadership designed to play a crucial role in helping to reinstate peace and promote reconciliation at community level so as to restore Kenya on a path of political and economic stability,” said chairperson Bail Morrison. ... [more] |
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| Local government's key role in transforming societies CLGF tells CHOGM |
20 November 2007 |
CLGF is asking Commonwealth Heads of Government to recognise the important role of local government in transforming socieites and will present a report assessing local democracy and governance in Uganda which shows that democratic local governemnt has made an impact in helping to transform society there. Commonwelth Heads of Government are meeting in Kampala, Uganda this week. The theme of their meeting is Transforming Commonwealth societies to achieve political, economic and human development. ... [more] |
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| Launch of the first conference on Access to Development Funding for Local Government in Commonwealth Africa |
07 November 2007 |
| The Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) and Developing Markets Associates Ltd (DMA) have announced that the First Conference on Access to Development Funding for Local Government in Commonwealth Africa will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa from 9 to 10 July 2008. ... [more] |
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| Uganda pilots local democracy review system |
05 October 2007 |
A ground-brealking local governemnt workshop was held in Kampala on 3 and 4 october 2007 to assess a report on local democracy in Uganda. The report and the methodology used could become a model for other countries to review their local democracy and governance. ... [more] |
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| CLGF Chair Robert Montague gets local government portfolio in Jamaica’s new government |
20 September 2007 |
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CLGF Chairperson Robert Montague has been appointed by Jamaica Prime Minister Golding as Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for local government and local government reforms. He was elected to Parliament in Jamaica in the recent elections and sworn in as Minister of State on 17 September. Robert has been chairperson of CLGF since April 2006 and a member of teh CLGF Board since early 2004.
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| Good Practice Scheme brings tangible benefits to local government |
18 September 2007 |
Local government international partnership programmes bring tangible benefits to their communities, according to the review of a Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) partnership programme between South Africa and the UK and other Commonwealth countries..
A two-day seminar in South Africa aims to assess the outcome of the programme, called the Commonwealth Local Governemnt Good Practice Scheme, which in South Africa has a national focus on local economic development.
The event was opened on 17 September by CLGF Secretary-General Carl Wright and SALGA Chief Executive Officer Ollie George. Other keynote speakers are HE Paul Boateng, UK High Commissioner to South Africa, and Cllr Duma Moses Nkosi, Executive Mayor of Ekurhuleni. ... [more] |
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