The CLGF Executive Committee meeting took place on 9-10 November at CLGF’s new headquarters in London. Executive Committee members welcomed Secretary-General Dr Greg Munro’s 100 Day Report and approved a new direction of travel for the organisation. 

Speaking at the EC meeting, Dr Munro said, “Together with my team of dedicated and talented staff in London and the regions - we will be creating good change while building upon a legacy of past delivery and tangible results.  Our main focus needs to be on strengthening democracy, supporting our members to localise the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals across urban and rural local governments, and engaging more with the emerging City agenda”.

Dr Munro added, “We also need to segment our market - especially since different local governments across the various areas of the Commonwealth have very different needs, and we need to be clear on the value we add across these different regions. It is essential that we engage strategically with our stakeholders, partners, donors and the private sector as we build meaningful partnerships for delivery”.

While highlighting the importance of a multi-stakeholder approach to building meaningful partnerships for deliver, Dr Munro said, “Unless we build broad coalitions for change across and within our communities, our delivery efforts will fail, and our own internal change would have been fruitless. That needs to be our real focus as we go forward”.