Nine Commonwealth cities are today meeting in Ahmedabad, India to discuss the challenges they are facing to provide basic services at a time of increasing population, urbanisation and mass migration and to share good practice in some of the solutions to be more effective. This is the first major meeting of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum Inclusive Cities Network which is being held in Ahmedabad from 10-12 June. Read More

SALGA held its annual National Members Assembly in Kimberly in the Northern Cape from the 10 to 12 May 2010. The meeting was attended by SALGA politicians who make up the National Members Assembly, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Minister Sicelo Shiceka and his Deputy, Yunus Carrim. Read More

A new Good Practice Scheme project, between the National Association of Local Authorities Ghana (NALAG) and the Local Councils Association of Sierra Leone (LoCASL), was launched in April to help Sierra Leone develop a national association of local government. Read More

Ministers of local government, mayors, local government association and council leaders, and senior councilors and local government officials are in Gaborone this week for a meeting of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) Board. Read More

Training for councillors and local government officers in Zimbabwe, support to fill skills gaps, repairing and replacing infrastructure, and support for local government to play a role in conflict management, were highlighted as a key issues at an international roundtable on local government held in Harare on 18-19 February. Read More

Open Government Week 2019 is taking place from 11 to 17 March. This is a global initiative which aims to promote democracy, foster inclusion and improve governance through the collaboration between citizens and government. Read More