The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF), based in Fiji, conducted a scoping mission from August 27 - September 10 in Tuvalu for the design of the LoCAL mechanism. Tuvalu is the first country in the Pacific where the LoCAL mechanism will be designed. Read More

Two Indian cities have been chosen for pilot LED projects that bring together local government practitioners and LED experts from different Commonwealth countries to share experience and best practice with Indian city and municipality administrators. The experts will help build knowledge and understanding on LED and develop work programmes in the two partner cities Indore and Jaipur. Read More

CLGFs DFID-funded Programme on Strengthening Local Economic Development in South Asia, is bringing together local government practitioners and LED experts from different Commonwealth countries to share experience and best practice with Indian city and municipality administrators as part of a pilot project to help build knowledge and understanding on LED and develop work programmes in two partner cities. Read More

More than 150 world leaders came together at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September in New York to adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development including the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a set of universal goals, applying to countries at all stages of development. Read More

CLGF along with the Federation of Sri Lankan Local Government Authorities and the Ministry of Local Government and Provincial Councils have been working towards supporting pradeshiya sabhas (rural councils) to enhance revenue collecting capacity through various training and awareness raising events. Read More

CLGF celebrated UN World Habitat Day with an interactive meeting of mayors and city managers on Cities 2030: Vision, Leadership and Public Service Excellence as part of the newly launched Commonwealth Sustainable Cities Network in Singapore on 5-6 October. Read More