As we approach October and the next round of the Bloomberg Cities Challenge, we take a closer look at the proposals from the thirteen Commonwealth cities, who were among 50 Champion Cities selected. They will all resubmit an improved version of their applications and, at the end of 2021, 15 of the 50 will become Grand Prize Winners and each receive $1M to bring their ideas to life. Read More

CLGF welcomed today's launch by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) of a series of training workshops to enhance the resource mobilisation skills of public officials responsible for accounting and reporting. Read More

CLGF Pacific joined seven Pacific development partners and eight country delegations at the end of August for the 2021 Virtual Pacific Urban Forum (VPUF). Read More

CLGF is supporting the UN SDG Action Campaign to join the global movement to drive action for the Sustainable Development Goals and #Turnitaround through Global Week, which is taking place from 17 to 28 September. You can be part of this, too. #ACT4SDGs Read More

As part of the Month of Mentoring in August, CLGF is proud to publish the research paper we commissioned, entitled: A Review of Mentoring Programmes for Womens Political Advancement and Leadership. Read More

The importance of ensuring that youth inclusion is enshrined in the practices of all councils and local government was the unanimous view at the third, and final Dialogue this week, as part of the Connecting the Dots project. Read More