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

The first set of regional trainings of the ARIAL programme - a pan-ACP initiative, funded by the European Union, - took place in November and December 2011. Local government practitioners from Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific local government associations took part in training programmes to learn more about European development policy Read More

The Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) has welcomed the outcomes of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth, Australia, 28-30 October, particularly the strong endorsement and support given by Commonwealth leaders to CLGFs work and the role of local government in the Commonwealth. Read More

Members of the CLGF Executive Committee are calling on Commonwealth Heads of Government to maintain their commitment to the Aberdeen Agenda: principles on good practice for local democracy and good governance. The Executive Committee, meeting for the first time in London on 19-10 October, also called on the Heads of Government to recognise CLGFs work in promoting local democracy, good governance and local economic development. Read More

Aurangabad, India hosted a two-day national dissemination workshop on local government good practice on community engagement, with good practice and lessons from partnerships between councils in India and the UK and South Africa. Read More