Sri Lanka to host Commonwealth Local Government Forum next year

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Sri Lanka will be the first Asian country to host the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) when the biannual conference will be held in Colombo next year.The Ministry of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sport hosted a reception today for Commonwealth High Commissioners to the country to unveil the plans for the conference.

The biannual conference will take place from 11 to 14 June 2019 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo. At the reception, the CLGF jointly with the Ministry and the Federation of Sri Lankan Local Government Authorities (FSLGA) announced the theme of the next Commonwealth Local Government Conference – CLGC2019: “Citizen centered local government: driving inclusive social and economic change”.