Birmingham City Council (BCC) and the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) have been working together for 15 years. During that time the CLGF have fully funded a number of Good Practice Exchange projects in South Africa, India etc. around solid waste management, education, informal […]

The Commonwealth Association has now been established under the Chairmanship of Mr Keith Stokes – Smith. Like the other Associations membership and focus centres around business and trade; education; culture; community; sport and local government. As the Commonwealth currently comprises some 53 countries the work […]

With almost 1 million inhabitants, Johannesburg is the most populous city of South Africa. As the economic capital of the country, Johannesburg enjoys high status and, like Birmingham, has a sizable service sector. Incredibly, Johannesburg’s first ever formal international partnership was with Birmingham. That relationship had […]