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“COP28 represents a huge step for local and regional governments”

COP28 Presidency and Bloomberg Philanthropies convened the first-ever subnational leaders’ summit ...
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CLGF Conference focused on building resilience at the local level

From 13-17 November 2023, the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) welcomed its members and pa...
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Register to the Commonwealth Local Government Conference (CLGC2023)

The Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) is delighted to announce that the next Commonwealth L...
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EU-CELAC Summit: local governments want to be part of the new EU – Latin America and the Caribbean relations

In a joint Declaration, local and regional leaders of the Latin America Caribbean region (LAC) and o...
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CLGF | Rolling out women’s empowerment project to two more states in India & Bangladesh

The WALL project that originated in India continues to yield beneficial outcomes, as it is rolled ou...
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DIBA & CLGF took part in the GAP III Structured Dialogue

The Barcelona Provincial Council (DIBA) and the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) particip...
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Local government leaders renew their partnerships with the EU to boost international development

The presidents of the five largest associations of local and regional governments met today (12 Sept...
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Local government leaders will meet with Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen

The Presidents of the five largest associations of local and regional governments will meet with Jut...
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No people-centred partnership with Africa without local governments

Local and regional leaders from Africa and Europe discussed on Tuesday (15 February) the future of t...
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Local governments are organising their forum during the Africa-Europe Week

[updated on 16/02/2022 with names of speakers and link to final Declaration] PLATFORMA, together wit...
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CLGF organised its Month of Mentoring!

The Month of Mentoring is a key initiative of the Commonwealth Women in Local Government network (Co...
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Women in Local Government – Can mentoring make a difference

In the framework of CLGF’s commitment to our supporting more women into local government, the ComW...
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EDD21: Join us at the “The Global Village Online City Hall”!

This year, the European Development Days (EDD) are fully digital. But once again, the five major int...
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Local and regional governments stay mobilised ahead of the European Union-African Union Summit

Despite the postponement of the European Union-African Union Summit to 2021, PLATFORMA and CEMR, tog...
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Take part to CLGF series of webinars on sustainable urbanisation

CLGF is working on a series of webinars on sustainable urbanisation. These began in late June and wi...
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Kathmandu welcomed the Policy Forum on Development

Marlène Siméon, Director of PLATFORMA, and Claire Frost, CLGF Programme Manager, joined over eigh...
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#EDD19: Towns and regions reduce inequalities and leave no one and no place behind

PLATFORMA, together with the 5 major local and regional government organisations – AIMF, CEMR, CLG...
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What you shouldn’t miss at EDD 2019!

Did you know that cities and regions play a key role in reducing inequalities all over the world? Th...
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Addressing inequalities at territorial level: What are the lessons learnt in Albania, Zambia, Lebanon and Spain for the effective implementation of SDG 10?

Concrete experiences from Albania, Lebanon, Zambia and Spain will be presented during a quality-driv...
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Study: Local and Regional Government and the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement

The Cotonou Partnership Agreement will expire in a year (29 February 2020). In a study written by M...
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