On 7 May 2008 the CLGF, in partnership with the University of Technology Sydney Centre for Local Government, launched the Commonwealth e-journal of local governance.
The journal brings together perspectives of researchers and local government practitioners to disseminate information, ideas and good practice across the Commonwealth.
The journal focuses on two main themes:
Issue 3 of the Commonwealth e-journal of local governance was published on May 14, 2009 at the fifth annual Commonwealth Local Government Conference held in Freeport, Bahamas.
Topics covered in this edition include:
- Can international local government partnerships make a difference?
- From citizen participation to participatory governance
- Deeping local democracy in South Asia
- A Canadian approach to municipal consolidation in major city-regions
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Topics covered in this edition include:
- Developmental Local Government in South Africa: Institutional fault lines
- From Citizen Participation to Participatory Governance
- Representative Democracy in Australian Local Government
- Indicators of Community Cohesion in an Australian Country Town.
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Themes covered in issue 1 include: 
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Concepts of local democracy and citizenship
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Strategic leadership and planning
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Traditional leadership and local government
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Improving local governance
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Decentralisation and recentralisation
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Municipal finance and capacity
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Global issues and local government: climate change, health, economic transformation, urbanisation
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Social inclusion
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Performance measurement and management
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Inter-government relations
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The Commonwealth e-journal of Local Governance is published on the UTS e-press website at:
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