CLGF attended the third International Conference on Financing for Development on 13-16 July in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as part of the official Commonwealth delegation and the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Government for Post-2015 Development Agenda to highlight the need for financing for development and the post-2015 agenda. Read More

Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) Pacific is holding a regional workshop in Nadi, one of the first activities of the European-Union funded three year programme to support sustainable local economic development through strengthening of local government associations and local authorities.. Read More

The Local Authorities Association of Vanuatu (LAAV) has been successful in gaining Japan International Corporation Association (JICA) through its J-PRISIM project support and funding for a 2 days workshop aimed at strengthening the capacity of Provincial Government Councils (PGCs) to implement each provincial Solid Waste Management Plan (SWM) in each 6 provinces Read More

The Amendment Act has gone through its first reading at Parliament and is expected to be passed into the Village Fono Amendment Act 2015 in Parliaments next sitting in August 2015. The amendment will permit registration of the Village Bylaws with the Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development, instead of the current practice, where they are only recognized by the Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration. Read More

The Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) Pacific has won European Union (EU) support and funding for a programme aimed at strengthening the capacity of Local Government Associations (LGAs) to support local economic development (LED) in the Pacific. Read More

CLGF recently conducted a review of Port Vila Municipal Council's (PVMC) financial system and operations and provided a scoping report on areas needing remedial action. The areas reviewed were initiation and recording of all financial transactions and its allocation and reporting in the General ledger system along with the overall financial operations. Read More