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February 23, 2021 Watipaso Mzungu – Nyasa Times  4 Comments The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC), has taken a swipe at the councils for failing to provide information to the citizenry in line with the long-awaited Access to Information Act (ATI). Chisi making a presentation at the National Social Accountability Summit on Local Development Chibwana: Effective social accountability is yet to be entrenched in the management of local development–Photo by Watipaso Mzungu, Nyasa Time...

Glyndwr University has entered an application for 112 houses on grazing land at Gatewen Road, New Broughton. Source: Liam Randall - Local Democracy Reporting Service THE Planning Inspectorate has been condemned as “not fit for purpose” after a controversial decision to grant permission for 112 new houses in Wrexham. Glyndwr University was originally denied consent to develop a grazing field in New Broughton in July 2019 in the face of concerns over the loss of green barrier land and the...

The objective of the Local Development for Jobs Project for Burundi is to create income generating opportunities for individuals and businesses and improve access to basic infrastructure in...

Local Authorities : Niger Learns From Cameroon’s Experience A delegation of the National Agency for Financing Local Authorities of Niger (ANFICT) had working visit in Cameroon. Things will never the same gain with regard to local authorities in charge of local development in Niger as officials of the National Agency for Financing Local Authorities of that country (ANFICT) have had working sessions and sharing of experiences with Cameroon government officials, Special Council Support Fund for...

The city of Clear Lake is considering an amendment to its consolidated urban renewal plan that would allow it to provide up to nearly $1.5 million in financial incentives to two new commercial developments. City Administrator Scott Flory briefly reviewed the unnamed developments, including a 47,000-square-foot commercial and retail space with related surface parking and a 6,000-square-foot commercial space, and incentives with the Clear Lake City Council Monday evening during its meeting. City ...

Reconstruction of country’s main administrative complex Singha Durbar, where the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers is also based, has been completed.

ARE we really being consulted on the Local Plan? The proposed housing numbers, including for the North Dorchester development, reflected in the Dorset Council Local Plan are determined by a central government algorithm not by local need and are not negotiable. In the absence of a Local Plan, landowners and developers, and not residents, will have the final say in any new housing. At the same time, if a Local Plan is rejected then central government will simply step in. You only have to look t...

Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) activated yesterday its Disaster Information Management Center (DIMC) to monitor the recent COVID-19 developments and updates, facilitate coordination among QRCS’s departments, and joint forces with other relevant government organisations.

Over 100 applications submitted for UNDP competition of local development initiatives in Belarus Archive photo MINSK, 2 February (BelTA) – Applications for the second edition of the competition of initiatives for local development under the project “Support to Local Development in the Republic of Belarus” closed at the end of January, BelTA learned from the projects PR specialist Nadezhda Sinelnik. Initiatives taking part in the competition were divided into two groups: cluster initiative...

Right after Bill Nighbert was sworn in as president of the Kentucky League of Cities (KLC) in 2002, he called his then five-year-old son Benton to the stage, and hoisted him above the podium showing the audience of KLC staff and city officials what drove him to public service. “This is why I do what I do … here is the reason I serve,” Nighbert told the audience recalled Kentucky League of Cities CEO/Executive Director J.D. Chaney in a Facebook post. Chaney noted that this moment said a lo...