Local government in the Pacific has a clear developmental focus and a key role in encouraging local economic development and in addressing climate change and responding to disasters, according to delegates at the recent 2014 Pacific Local Government Forum which was held in Port Moresby from 19-23 May. Read More

Local government in the Pacific has a clear developmental focus and a key role in encouraging local economic development and in addressing climate change and responding to disasters, according to delegates at the recent 2014 Pacific Local Government Forum which was held in Port Moresby from 19-23 May. Read More

A one-day CLGF-UNDP joint conference on Local governance and local development in Nigeria: post 2015 will be held on 11 June in Abuja. Coinciding with the CLGF Board meeting, the conference will address key issues on more effective local government including ensuring local governance drives development. Read More

Over 100 local government leaders from eleven countries in the Pacific region have come together in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea for the 3rd Pacific Local Government Forum (PLGF) that runs from 19-23 May. The biennial conference organised by CLGF Pacific is being jointly hosted by the Department of Provincial and Local Level Government Affairs and the National Capital District Commission of Papua New Guinea. Read More

A small delegation from CLGF, made up of Board Chair Lawrence Yule, Regional Director Karibaiti Taoaba and Governance Manager Feue Tipu travelled to Samoa for the Third UN Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) meeting. Read More

The Botswana Minister of Local Government, Hon Peter Siele has announced the start of the process to develop a decentralisation policy at the Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA) National Members Assembly which took place in Maun on 13 May. Read More