The South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Multilevel Government, Law and Development, University of the Western Cape, is pleased to announce a full-time post-doctoral research fellowship in multilevel government for 2021. 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

CLGF, in partnership with the Botswana Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, and BALA, the national local government association, has delivered the first day, of a 10-day training course on Virtual Business Planning. Read More

New capacity-building opportunities are now available to mayors. Read More

At two-thirds of the way through this important series of online events about Sustainable Urbanisation, audience figures have already reached over 3000, with particpants from some 40 countries. Read More

CLGF's Regional Manager for the Pacific, Karibaiti Taoaba, gives a personal view about the role of local government, particularly in light of the challenges of a global pandemic. Read More