CLGFs strong advocacy role as a partner in the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments for Post-2015 Development Agenda towards Habitat III (GTF) and its efforts to ensure that local government is recognised as a key implementing partner in the UN 2030 Agenda Read More

Ghana has launched the National Local Economic Development (LED) Policy, the first of its kind in the West African region with the help of CLGF and the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Ghana. Read More

Over 200 participants including councillors, MPs and other local officials from six councils including Blantyre City, Blantyre District, Nsanje, Chikwawa, Mwanza and Neno participated in a three-day CLGF councillor training held between 22 July and 7 August. Read More

CLGF Secretary-General along with Pacific Regional Director Karibaiti Taoaba visited senior government officials and members including the PM of Tonga Hon Akilisi Pohiva and Samoan PM Hon Tuilaepa Malielegaoi to discuss CLGFs wider work across the Commonwealth and the region. Read More

CLGF Deputy Secretary-General Lucy Slack participated in the special interactive session on Building inclusive south-south and triangular cooperation to support implementation of the post-2015 agenda at the urban level, organised by the World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty in Macao, China on 15 August. Read More

CLGF Pacific hosted a regional workshop focussing on local economic development in Nadi on 13-17 July. The five day workshop provided capacity building training to enable implementation of LED projects by LGAs by helping develop LED strategic plans in the Cook Islands, Kiribati and the Marshall Islands. Read More