Empowering women to play a full role in community planning and decision-making has never been more important. CLGF was therefore delighted to deliver a capacity-building event for Women Assembly Members in Ghana. Read More

As we mark International Womens Day 2021, we celebrate the enormous contribution of women in local government throughout the Commonwealth. Read More

Sustainable urbanisation has become one of CLGFs key priorities. The Bloomberg Global City Challenge 2021 represents an excellent opportunity to support innovation in transforming cities to meet the challenges of urbanisation. Read More

Local and central government of Ghana came together to review a policy for the development of Local Economic Development (LED) to be rolled out as a nation-wide strategy. Read More

With COVID-19 having a devastating impact on so many areas of our lives, CLGFs West Africa Regional Programme Officer, Joyce Ekuful, caught up with local government practitioner in Ghana, Bimi Bilattey, and his thoughts on LED, post-Covid-19. Read More