The second meeting of CLGFs Commonwealth Sustainable Cities Network (CSCN) will take place in London on 12-13 July. Held in the run-up to the Habitat III Conference in Quito, October 2016 and the World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments. The meeting will cover key policy areas including making cities inclusive, resilient and safe, using ICT to implement the SDGs, encouraging social cohesion and combatting extremism. Read More

The 2017 Commonwealth Local Government Conference will take place is Valletta, Malta from 21-24 November 2017 on the theme Fit for the future: resources and capacity for effective local government. This is the first time the conference has been held in Malta and will be hosted by the Government of Malta through the Ministry of Justice, Culture and Local Government and the Local Councils Association of Malta. Read More

The Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) and Local Government Information Unit (LGiU) have teamed up to take forward a new proposal for the development of a local government institute in Rwanda, in partnership with the Rwanda Association of Local Government Authorities (RALGA). Read More

CLGFs newly appointed Caribbean Programme Officer, Sandra Singh, participated in the Caribbean Urban Forum (CUF) 2016 in Suriname on 27-30 April, contributing to the CARILED workshop on the key role of local government and local economic development in supporting growth, and achieving and monitoring the SDGs. Read More

CLGFs Regional Project Manager Nyasha Simbanegavi spoke at a session on local economic development at the annual conference of the Local Government Association of Zambia (LGAZ) and the AMICAALL General Assembly in Livingstone on 25-29 April. She shared updates on a series of CLGF pilot projects rolled out in Zambian councils including Kitwe, Kabwe, Chipata and Kaoma as part of CLGFs project to improve local government service provision, community participation and economic potential in Zambia. Read More

The four provincial local government associations in Pakistan joined together to launch the national Association for Development of Local Governance (ADLG) in Lahore on 30 April. Around 200 mayors and councillors from Pakistan attended the official launch along with CSO representatives and government officials. This is the first time Pakistan has had a national local government association. In a video message to the launch, CLGF Secretary-General Carl Wright welcomed the new organisation and congratulated those who had been instrumental in setting it up. Read More