New CLGF Four-Year Grant to Help Local Government Service Delivery and Boost CLGF’s Research Capacity

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Lucy Slack
Susan Rhodes

Abstract

The UK Department for International Development (UK AID) has agreed £4.5 million funding for a four-year CLGF programme to improve governance and service delivery at local level in several areas of the Commonwealth including Africa and Asia from 2012-16. It will also help to support national policy frameworks for local government service delivery, and increase engagement of local government in regional policy planning and implementation. CLGF will continue to work with its members, UN partners and others to mobilise more resources towards the support of local government in the Commonwealth. The new programme will focus on local government pilot projects in LED, supporting ministries and local government associations in strengthening their national policy making for local government, and establish regional forums to enable local government to engage in and influence regional policy making to reflect the needs and priorities of local government. It will also boost CLGF’s research capacity with targeted research to strengthen CLGF’s policy making and advocacy, including more sustained engagement in international policy debates on key issues affecting local government, such as climate change.

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Slack, L., & Rhodes, S. (2012). New CLGF Four-Year Grant to Help Local Government Service Delivery and Boost CLGF’s Research Capacity. Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, (11), 136-138. https://doi.org/10.5130/cjlg.v0i0.3080
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Report (Peer Reviewed)
Author Biographies

Lucy Slack, Commonwealth Local Government Forum

Deputy Secretary-General, Commonwealth Local Government Forum

Susan Rhodes, Commonwealth Local Government Forum

Director of Communications, Commonwealth Local Government Forum