Commonwealth Local Government Forum
Statements and speeches
CLGF statements and speeches
ALAN LED Indaba Declaration and Communique, Friday, 15 March, 2024.
CLGC2023 Outcomes Statement:
The Kigali Declaration on building local resilience across the Commonwealth
Commonwealth Local Government Conference 2023, Kigali, Rwanda - 14-17 November 2023
Commonwealth Local Government Conference 2023, Kigali, Rwanda - 14-17 November 2023
The Outcomes Statement and meeting conclusions from:
The Thirteenth Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting (13WAMM)
Equality Toward a Common Future
Nassau, The Bahamas, 21-23 August 2023
The Outcomes Statement and meeting conclusions from: CLGF West and Central Africa Regional Conference
25-27 July 2023 (Yaoundé, Cameroon) - Building Back Better: Social and Economic Strategies to Strengthen Resilience in West and Central Africa.
The Joint Statement to the 2023 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development /default/assets/File/HLPF_statement23(1).pdfdelivered at the High-level Political Forum of Local and Regional Governments meeting July, 2023, UN, New York.
The Declaration of the 7th East Africa Local Government Forum - EALGF/EALGA/EAC meeting 7-9 February, 2022, Arusha, Tanzania.
Healthy cities, healthy people: A Common Position - launched 0n 24 November 2021, as part of a Commonwealth campaign to highlight the role of local government in health. 20.
The Declaration of the Fifth Pacific Urban Forum 2019 Making Pacific Cities and Human Settlements Propersous, Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable 3 July 2019.
The Southern Africa Regional Conference Outcomes 2019 statement from the CLGF Southern Africa Regional Conference held in Lusaka, Zambia in June 2019.
The Valletta Outcomes – fit for the future: resources and capacity for effective local government statement from the 2015 Commonwealth Local Government Conference held in Malta, November 2017
Commonwealth Local Young Leaders’ Forum Report 2017outcome recommendations from the 2017 Commonwealth Local Government Young Persons’ Forum held in Malta, November 2017
Fit for the future: resources and capacity for effective local government Background paper to 2017 Commonwealth Local Government Conference
Outcome of the 2016 CLGF South Asia Regional Meeting on Local government: a partner in achieving the SDGs in Asia held in Jabalpur, India on 3-4 August 2016
London affirmation on global cooperation and local democracy, CLGF Board statement agreed in London, 12-13 July 2016
CLGF statement to the 2015 CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting), Malta, November 2015
Singapore statement on Commonwealth Cities implementing the 2030 Agenda on sustainable development, Singapore, September 2015
Gaborone declaration - local government vision 2030, statement from the 2015 Commonwealth Local Government Conference held in Gaborone, Botswana, 16-19 June 2015
Final recommendations of the Symposium on promoting regional cooperation and regional development, South Asia held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 29-30 September 2014
Abuja Declaration on local democracy and development in the Commonwealth agreed by the CLGF Board, 12-13 June 2014
CLGF/UNDP Nigerian Local Government Conference Recommendations from the one-day national conference in Abuja on 11 June 2014
Promoting regional cooperation and local economic development - statement of the CLGF West Africa Regional LED Conference on 10 June 2014, Abuja , Nigeria
Creating opportunities for developmental local government through regional engagement on local economic development,statement from the CLGF Southern Africa Regional LED Conference on 17-18 March 2014, Lllongwe, Malawi
Developmental local government and the post-2015 development agenda, CLGF statement to Commonwealth Heads of Government, November 2013
Kampala declaration on developmental local government and Munyonyo statement on Local government’s role in the post-2015 development agenda conference outcome statements from the 2013 Commonwealth Local Government Conference
Commonwealth local government calls for greater access to EU funds, statement from the 2012 meeting of European Members in Cyprus, 7-8 June 2012
Belize statement on the promotion of local democracy, good governance and local economic development in the Commonwealth, statement from the CLGF Board meeting in Belize City, 17-18 May 2012
Promoting inter-governmental relations and sharing of good practice policies on local government (South Asia), final statement from the high level Commonwealth symposium in Colombo, 24-25 April 2012
Kigali Statement on Strengthening Local Government in Eastern Africa, following the meeting of local government ministers from Eastern Africa, 4-5 May 2011
Cardiff Consensus for Local Economic Development, conference statement
from the Commonwealth Local Government Conference 2011
Communique of the 3rd Policy Forum on Development - Asia Regional Meeting outcomes statement - September 2019
