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13-14 May CLGF Research colloquium (by invitation)
13-14 May EU-PLATFORMA Africa regional seminar (by invitation)
13-14 May Commonwealth Local Government Young People’s Forum (by invitation)

Commonwealth Local Government Conference 2013
Programme
Tuesday 14 May
17.30-19.00
Commonwealth Local Government Conference 2013: Opening ceremony
MOC: CLGF Secretary-General, Carl Wright

Welcome remarks

Mayor Lawrence Yule, CLGF Chairperson
Cllr Odok Peter W’Oceng, President, Uganda Local Governments Association
Hon Adolf Mwesige, Minister of Local Government, Uganda
Welcome addresses

Strengthening the East African Community through developmental local government

Dr Richard Sezibera, Secretary-General, East African Community
Keynote address

Local government at the heart of development in Uganda

HE President Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda
19.30 Opening reception and opening of exhibition
Wednesday 15 May 2013
09.00-10.30
Plenary 1 Developmental local government: an introduction
The session will introduce the theme of developmental local government and reflect on the policy, institutional and implementation challenges of ensuring that local governemnt effectively meets the needs of local communities.
Chairperson: Mayor lawrence Yule, Chairperson, CLGF

Perspectives on developmental local government

Dr Philip Amis, University of Birmingham, UK
Hon Richard Baloyi, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, South Africa (tbc)
Cllr Karen Leibovici, President, Canadian Federation of Municipalities
Hon Nwabueze Okafor, President, ALGON, Niferia (tbc)

11.00-12.30
Plenary 2 Local strategies for poverty reduction, economic growth and sustainable development
The session will explore the importance of establsihing political support and setting the institutional framework for decentralisation and effective local democracy.

Keynote speaker:

Innovations in local governemnt: how greater local democracy and community engagement is resulting in better services, economic growth and sustainable development

Dr Joan Clos, Executive Director, UN Habitat
14.00-15.30
Working groups 1-5
These sessions will provide an opportunity for delegates to explore the conference theme in more depth. Themes include:

National policy making to encourage developmental local government
Effective decentralisation for a more development approach to local government
The importance of leadership in developmental local government
An inclusive approach – developmental local government for democratic empowerment
Innovative financing for developmental local government
Local government and poverty reduction – an international perspective
16.00-16.45
Plenary 3 CLGF report on activities
report by Carl Wright, CLGF Secretary-General

17.00-18.00
CLGF regional meetings
Africa – East; West; Southern
Americas
Asia-Pacific
Europe
Associate members

19.30
Carnival gala evening

Thursday 16 May 2013
09.00-10.30
Plenary 4 Developmental local government’s: providing leadership for social development and economic growth
The session will look at the leadership role of lcoal government as a community leader, able to galvanise a cross-section of stakeholders to acheive sustainable economic growth and social development; and the role of councillros and MPs in representing and speaking up for their communities locally and with other spheres of government.

Keynote address:

Local democracy and accountability – a central pillar in improving service delivery, local economic growth and sustainable development now and in the future

11.00-12.30
Working groups 6-10
14.00-15.30
Plenary 5 Local government’s role in global development and tdelivering the Sustainable Development Goals

UNDP post-2015 consultation with local governemnt stakehodlers

An opportunity for CLGF members and other conference delegates to feed in their views on the global development agenda post-2015.

Keynote address

Local government; providing a democratic voice and local accountability, delivering basic services and a key partner in setting the agenda to achieve sustainable development post 2015

Rt Hon Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator
16.00-18.00
Panel session
Panel discussion. Panellists include:

K Schmidt, DG Development, EU COmmission
Hon Jose Tsamve, Vice Minister of State Administration and Local Governemnt, Mozambique, representing AMCOD
19.30 Reception
Friday 17 May 2013
09.00-10.30
Plenary 6 Consideration of conference recommendations and the way forward

Discussion of the recommendations by a panel of CLGF Board members

Keynote address

11.00-12.30
Closing session

Announcement of 2015 CLGC host winning bid

Closing remarks

Hon Adolf Mwesige, Minister of Local Governemnt, Uganda
Cllr Odok Peter W’Oceng, President, Uganda Local Governments Association
Mayor Lawrence Yule, CLGF Chairperson
Closing address

HE Edward Ssekandi, Vice-President, Uganda
followed by

CLGF General Meeting
for CLGF members (and by invitation)