There needs to be a fairer distribution of public revenues between levels of government and local governments capacity to collect its own resources should be strengthened so that local government can be properly resourced to meet its commitments, said CLGF Board member Mayor Darrell Bradley speaking at the experts round table session on Domestic and international public resources as part of the local government discussions at the ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development in New York from 22-15 May 2017. Read More

CLGF and the Fiji Ministry for Local Government, Housing and Environment have signed an MOU focusing on the capacity building of towns and cities in Fiji. It lays the foundation for future collaboration and partnership between CLGF and the Fiji Ministry for Local Government, Housing and Environment. Read More

Striking a blow for gender equality, Sunai Village on the island of Moso has taken the lead in empowering women in their community by choosing a woman to head up its Village Tribunal Council. New Chairwoman, Mrs Leimalu Tapasei, was appointed by the female Executive, to make it the first all female council in the villages history. Read More

CLGF made an important contribution to the initial preparatory meeting for the 4th World LED Forum which will take place next October in Cabo Verde. At the Executive meeting held on 10 April in Brussels, CLGF Secretary-General Greg Munro gave full support to the main themes of the upcoming 4th LED Forum. Read More

The Rwanda Association of Local Government Authorities (RALGA) brought together high level, multi-stakeholders, including local government and civil society organisations, at a meeting on 17 March in Bugesera District, Rwanda as part of a pilot project in CLGF's EU-funded programme on Strengthening local governments role as a partner in development Read More

Local councillors from across Pakistan met this week for a two-day workshop. Top of the agenda was setting the priority activities for a new programme to support the local councils associations in more effectively representing their members and helping them to deliver for their communities. Read More