The inaugural meeting of the East Africa Local Government Forum (EALGF) was held at the Impala Hotel, Arusha, from 24-25 September. The Forum comprises of a network of key players and stakeholders from local and central government involved in promoting decentralisation who wish to work together to ensure decentralisation is effective, to recognise the important role of local government and partners in development. Read More

Local government leaders from the three European Commonwealth countries Cyprus, Malta and the UK are calling on the EU to ensure that local government has a key role in delivering EU-funded programmes. At their meeting in Cyprus on 7-8 June 2012, CLGF European members discussed local government access to EU funds and how this can be improved Read More

The CLGF Board has backed the development of enhanced local government capacity-building programmes in all regions of the Commonwealth, including the Caribbean. Board members made the commitment in their final statement the Belize statement on the promotion of local democracy, good governance and local economic development - issued at the end of the CLGF Board meeting in Belize last week. Read More

CLGF's recently appointed Honorary Patron and the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Hon Kamla Persad-Bissessar made the official launch of the Caribbean Local Economic Development (CARILED) Program in Belize this week. CARILED is a six-year $23.2 million project in which local governments will utilize assets and human capital to stimulate economic growth, create jobs and develop the business sector. Read More

CLGF Chairperson Zenaida Moya, former Mayor of Belize City, will chair the annual Board meeting of CLGF in Belize this week. Ministers, mayors, councillors, officials, and other senior local government representatives from across the Commonwealth and the Caribbean have come together for the meeting hosted by the Ministry of Local Government of Belize. Read More

Local municipalities and some 500 medium and small industries in the Caribbean are set to benefit from a new programme being implemented by a partnership of CLGF with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), the Caribbean Forum of Local Government Ministers (CFLGM), and the Caribbean Association of Local Government Authorities (CALGA). Read More