Date: 16-18 March 2010  

Interested in Fairtrade but not sure how to go about it? The LG alliance has teamed up with the Fairtrade Foundation to hold an online question & answer session. Hannah Reed, Fairtrade Towns Manager will be discussing what it means to be a Fairtrade town, how to get started and most importantly how to keep up the momentum once you achieve Fairtrade status. This is an opportunity for you to ask the experts, share your experiences and hook up with other Fairtrade enthusiasts possibly facing similar issues!

To take part visit the Local Government and International Development Community of Practice

MARCH 2011

15-18 March 2011: Commonwealth Local Government Conference - Energising local economies: Partnerships for prosperous communities

Date: 15-18 March 2010        Location: Cardiff, UK

Local government in many countries has a growing responsibility to support and promote local economic development (LED). This covers a range of different issues for the local government sector, from setting overall local strategic priorities, providing an enabling environment and efficient services for economic development to flourish, local procurement of goods and services, promoting inward investment, supporting training and skills development, directly attracting jobs and investment, working with central government, the private sector and other partners to implement joint investment and job-creating strategies. A healthy local economy also helps to sustain the tax-base of local authorities.

This conference will attract people working in the local government sector from across the Commonwealth. For further information visit the CLGC 2011 website