The CLGF Board has called for new CLGF programmes to focus on localising the new SDGs and looks to development partners and governments to establish a new post-2015 global fund to implement the SDGs. This was one of the key outcomes at the CLGF Board meeting, hosted by Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs Hon Alhaji Tanimu Turaki, and chaired by Mayor Lawrence Yule, in Abuja on 12-13 June. Read More

Local governments in West Africa need improved capacity to deliver services, according to participants at a CLGF West Africa symposium hosted by the Ministry of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs in Abuja, Nigeria on 10 June. Read More

Nigeria is looking for improved governance and better service delivery and wants to strengthen the local government system to ensure that development reaches people at the grassroots level, according to Nigerian Vice President HE Mohammed Namadi Sambo. 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

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