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Pan-Africa Peer Review 29 Feb 2012 | 01:50 am
The LGA has been commissioned by United Cities & Local Governments Africa (UCLGA) to pilot peer review across the African continent during 2012 with all funding coming from the government of Luxembour...
Alliance survey; we want your views! 29 Feb 2012 | 01:24 am
Three years ago we conducted a baseline survey which looked at the commitment to international development across UK local government. Since then the political and financial landscape of UK local gove...
Alliance coming to an end 29 Feb 2012 | 01:19 am
At the end of March the DFID funding for the Local Government Alliance for International Development will come to an end. During the course of the three year programme the Alliance has worked with a w...
Fair Trade Fortnight (27 February - 11 March) 28 Feb 2012 | 02:00 pm
Fair Trade fortnight has been launched across the UK, with dozens of local events happening all across the country. Despite the doom and gloom on the High Street, sales of Fair Trade products have inc...
Good Practice Scheme Dissemination Event: Aurangabad, India 22 Oct 2011 | 12:37 am
Aurangabad, India hosted a two-day national dissemination workshop on local government good practice from 22-23 September. The theme of the workshop, run by the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CL...
CLGF calls on Commonwealth Heads of Government to support democratic local government 21 Oct 2011 | 03:36 am
Members of the CLGF Executive Committee have called on Commonwealth Heads of Government to maintain their commitment to the Aberdeen Agenda: principles on good practice for local democracy and good go...
Localising development is critical 21 Oct 2011 | 02:58 am
The LGA has responded to an International Development Select Committee inquiry following up the United Nations Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Summit that took place in September 2011. In the respo...
Calling on local government practitioners 13 Sep 2011 | 03:46 am
The demand upon UK councils for support and technical expertise from developing countries is growing. In response to this the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) has, over the last five years d...
CLGF celebrates success in Ghana 13 Sep 2011 | 01:19 am
The Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF), in collaboration with the Ghanaian Local Government Association, held a dissemination seminar in Ghana, 20-21 July 2011 to enable partners involved in t...
Global is Local 8 Apr 2009 | 12:05 am
With backing from the British government, five local government agencies have got together to increase understanding of the role of local government in reducing poverty internationally. Local council...
