The CLGF Bulletin is CLGF's magazine published twice and will be produced four times a year from 2021 and mailed out to members and partners. The magazine is edited by Susan Handley, CLGF Communications Manager.
Working in partnership to achieve climate justice and sustainable development
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Local Government going forward
Issue 1/2021 - May 2021
The first CLGF Bulletin with our new Secretary-General, Lucy Slack, at the helm.As well as providing key services in very difficult times, Local Government continues to look to the future, particularly in relation to the political and economic empowerment of women and rapid ubanisation and growth of our cities.
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Local Government on the front line
Issue 2/2020 - December 2020
Local Government continues to deliver key services against the backdrop of a global pandemic; and, at the same time, prepare for the major issues and challenges that lay ahead. These are, namely, rapid urbanisation and the role of local economic development in post Covid-19 economic recovery. We also hear about the new priorities of CLGF members and updates on the way and trade.
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Building safe, sustainable and inclusive communities
Issue 1/2020 - March 2020
Sustainable urbanisation for the future
With sustainable urbanisation a key subject, this bulletin features a number of articles on how different Commonwealth regions are preparing. And Secretary General Greg Munro writes about the importance of local government being equipped to deal with climate change in all its forms.
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Technology advancing local government for the future
As part of CLGF’s partnership with Microsoft, and the MOU signed by the two organisations for 2016-20, this special edition looks at the way local government is using smart technology to transform service delivery and citizen engagement with comments by Microsoft’s Managing Director, Worldwide Industry, David Burrows and CLGF Secretary-General Greg Munro.
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Building safe, sustainable and inclusive communities
In the run up to the 2017 Commonwealth Local Government Conference, Secretary General Greg Munro writes about the importance of local government in addressing the challenges affecting our communities. This Conference edition also details side events at the conference, including the launch of the Commonwealth Women in Local Government Network. In this issue:
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In the run up to the 2017 Commonwealth Local Government Conference, Secretary General Greg Munro writes about the importance of local government in addressing the challenges affecting our communities. This Conference edition also details side events at the conference, including the launch of the Commonwealth Women in Local Government Network.
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Helping communities prosper
CLGF Secretary-General Dr Greg Munro looks at the targets on equity, in particular gender equity, as set out in the Aberdeen principles, and the challenges of delivering these commitments at local level, where women are under-represented in many countries of the Commonwealth. Through its programmes CLGF is championing local women leaders, providing leadership training, supporting enabling legislation and sharing good practice.
In this issue:
Supporting localism in Pakistan
Boosting community wellbeing - successes and legacies resulting from CLGF's DFID-funded project to strenghten lcoal government in delivering development
Localising the SDGs in Rwanda
SDG pilot projects in the Caribbean
Focus on CLGF's research work, including an interview with journal contributor Thina Nzo.
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Delivering development on the ground
CLGF’s newly revamped Bulletin highlights the ways in which CLGF is punching above its weight to deliver development on the ground through its programmes and activities across the Commonwealth. This issue includes:
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Driving sustainability locally #CSCN
With more than 50% of the world’s population now living in urban areas, local and regional governments are on the front line of dealing with the daily challenges of urban and territorial development. Through the Global Task Force of Regional and Local Governments (GTF), CLGF and its partners have been working together to share knowledge, experience and perspectives and draw up joint recommendations for the Habitat III process. CLGF is also taking a lead on bringing together sustainable cities through its newly created Commonwealth Sustainable Cities Network (CSCN), which will meet in London in July to share good practice and look at future action and input into Habitat III.
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Local democracy will prevail: comment by SG Carl Wright
Supporting LED in Southern Africa
Working towards a new urban agenda and Habitat III
Queen launches CLGF’s new home
New partnership with Microsoft
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Localising the new Sustainable Development Goals #urbanSDG
CLGF, working with its partners worldwide, has been successful in ensuring that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the UN in September 2015 recognises the role of local and regional governments in respect of the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2015-30.
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Local government 2030: achieving the vision
CLGF was formally established in 1995 - two decades ago. CLGF has made a difference to the lives of 2.2 billion people who live in the Commonwealth by its advocacy of local democracy and good governance, its dissemination of good practices in local government through international knowledge sharing and its practical, on-the-ground technical assistance to its members, both local governments and national ministries.
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Issue 2/2014 - November 2014