The Local Councils Association of Sierra Leone (LoCASL) held its third General Assembly meeting in Port Loko District Council on 20 and 21 September. Read More

Rwandan capital, Kigali, played host this week to the third meeting of CLGF's Commonwealth Sustainable Cities Network (CSCN). Read More

Promoting democracy and supporting free and fair elections are key priorities for CLGF. This is why a visit earlier this month by a delegation from the Electoral Commission for the State of Maharashtra, led by the State Election Commissioner Jageshwar S. Saharia, was so timely. Read More

CLGF Pacific has been busy implementing the recently signed agreement with Local Government Professionals Australia, one of CLGF's member organisations. Working closely with another CLGF member, the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Department of Provincial and Local Government Affairs, the three organisations are developing a joint project to strengthen the capacity of local level governments in PNG. This initiative is being enthusiastically supported by the High Commission of PNG to Australia. Read More

CLGFs Secretary-General, Dr Greg Munro has just returned from Sri Lanka on a visit to seal the deal on the next Commonwealth Local Government Conference CLGC2019 which will take place from 11 to 14 June 2019 in Colombo. Read More

An exciting new project - Enhancing Local Government Capacity for Development was launched today by the Permanent Secretary, Mr Amos Malupenga in Lusaka, Zambia with the EU Ambassador to Zambia and COMESA, and representatives of participating councils, development partners and government ministries in attendance. Read More