Taking a robust approach to combating climate change, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and the Canadian Government are to fund 48 projects in communities across Canada through the Green Municipal Fund. Read More

Tourism is potentially an important part of local economic development in any community, often leading to visitors spending money way beyond the initial point of attraction. This is why so many local councils across the Commonwealth recognise the need to support local tourism alongside providing crucial of public services. Read More

Calling on the organisations extensive experience of international networks, CLGF was invited to take part in a meeting for the six mayors, recently elected to preside over the newly created Combined Authorities in England and their chief executives. Read More

More than six weeks on, Sri Lanka is still coping with the aftermath of the extensive flooding which led to devastating mud slides. Read More

Work is underway in Trinidad and Tobago to help develop local government capacity to meet the SDGs as one of CLGF's pilot projects in its EU funded pilot projects ion Localising the Sustainable Development Goals in the Caribbean takes shape. Read More

CLGF and its partners successfully highlighted the role of local government in development at the European Development Days held in June. Working collaboratively with other members of the local government family AIMF, PLATFORMA, UCLG, UCLGA the partners created a joint stand at the event to provide information on policy and project work. Read More