CLGF is inviting bids to host its flagship Commonwealth Local Government Conference in 2019. The Commonwealth Local Government Conference is a unique opportunity for leaders in local government focus on innovations around key policy issues and look at practical solutions. Read More

Join us for the side-event of the Cities Alliance Joint Work Programme on Equitable Economic Growth in Cities at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III). Read More

Local governments can be transparent and accountable only when they are truly and meaningfully inclusive, said CLGF Secretary-General Dr Greg Munro speaking at a policy dialogue on Stronger and transparent local and regional governments at the UCLG World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders in Bogota on 12 October. Read More

CLGF Secretary-General Dr Greg Munro has visited Malta to meet with the Minister for Justice, Culture and Local Government, Dr Owen Bonnici, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr George W Vella and Local Councils Association President, Dr Marc Sant to discuss the preparations for the next Commonwealth Local Government Conference. Read More

To effectively localise and implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) local governments need to focus on three critical areas including leadership, partnership and innovation, said CLGF Secretary-General Dr Greg Munro while addressing the national members assembly of the Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA) in Gaborone on 30 August. Read More

Local economic development is an approach for achieving social, economic and spatial development and for local government to play a strong role in achieving the SDGs, participants at CLGFs 2016 South Asia regional meeting agreed. Read More