The Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Hon Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah MP launched the Ministrys new Local Economic Development (LED) Policy and Implementation Plan. Read More

It is always pleasing to see initiatives succeed beyond their original goals. That is why CLGF is delighted to take part in the Ghana Ministry of Local Governments work to further strengthen efforts in the country to promote and facilitate local economic development. Read More

Empowering and supporting women to participate in local government, in line with UN Sustainable Development Goal 5, is a key priority of CLGF. Since the launch of the Commonwealth Women in Local Government Network (ComWLG) in 2017, the group has gone from strength to strength, with many individual country and regional chapters having been established. Read More

The Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) and the Gambia Association of Local Government Authorities (GALGA) have agreed a prgramme of work to build own-source revenue capacity across the local councils of the Gambia. Read More

The 56 countries of the Commonwealth are diverse in many ways, such as size and nature, and include many SIDs or Small Island Developing States. Located throughout the Commonwealth, SIDs have unique characteristics and very distinct needs. Read More