Port Vila in Vanuatu is hosting the second Pacific Local Government Symposium which will exchange effective practice, experiences, research and thinking in local government in the region. The theme of the Symposium, convened by the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) is Building Local Government Alliances: for vibrant and resilient local economies and communities in the Pacific. Read More

On 29 June 2010, Cardiff Council Leader Cllr Rodney Berman announced that a major international summit for local government the Commonwealth Local Government Conference 2011 - is coming to Cardiff in March 2011. Read More

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