Outline schedule of events and programme

OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY, City Hall, Cardiff

Master of ceremonies: 
Ms Angharad Mair

Cultural Performance
Howells Senior Girls Choir and Oakfield and Bryn Celyn Primary School Choir

Welcome remarks

• CLGF Chairperson Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers
• Cllr Rodney Berman, Leader, Cardiff Council
• Cllr John Davies, Leader, Welsh Local Government Association
• Baroness Eaton DBE, Chairman, Local Government Association of England and Wales

Keynote speakers:

• Rt Hon Carwyn Jones, First Minister of Wales
• HE Kamelesh Sharma, Commonwealth Secretary-General
• Hon Hazel Jenkins, Premier, Province of Northern Cape, South Africa

• Rt Hon Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

Plenary 1: Report of CLGF achievements 2009-11

Plenary 2: The role of local government in energising local economies and delivering the MDGs

This session will explore the importance of national policy frameworks to support local economic development (LED) , and the relationship between local economic development and national economic policy in facilitating economic growth.and delivery of the MDGs, and the role of local government in enabling business and investment

Keynote speaker:

• Rt Hon Helen Clark, Administrator, UNDP (tbc)

Presentation of conference background paper:

• Prof P S Reddy, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

followed by presentations from the regions of the Commonwealth and panel discussion:

• Africa: Hon L T Mokalake, Minister of Local Government, Botswana
• Asia-Pacific: Mayor Lawrence Yule, President, Local Governmttn New Zealand
• Americas: Hon Byran Woodside, Minister of Lands and  Local Government, The Bahamas
• Europe: Dr Lazaros Savvides, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Interior, Cyprus

Plenary3: Pro-poor local economic development strategies

How local governemnt can support LED and facilitate economic growth to reduce poverty, deliver the MDGs, and improve the quality of life for citizens.

Keynote speaker: 

• Hon Hazel Jenkins, Premier, Province of Northern Cape, South Africa

Followed by a panel discussion

Plenary 4: Inclusive local economic development - engaging with young people and young professionals

Feedback and recommendations form the Commonwealth Local Government Young Professionals Forum

Speaker:

• Samuel Kavuma, Commonwealth Youth Caucus, Uganda and member of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons' Group

Working groups

CLGF Regional group meetings (CLGF members)

Conference gala dinner at the City Hall.

City Hall is a magnificant building built in Renaissance style, and was opened in 1906 when cardiff wasa granted city status.

Plenary 5: Delivering high quality services with limited resources: public sector innovations at a time of global recession

Innovative tools to contribute to successful and sustainable local economic development: partnerships, joint ventures, resource sharing, public-private partnerships: local government as an enable of local economic development

Keynote speaker:

• Tanmoy Chakrabarty, Vice President and Head of Government Industry SOlutions, Tata Consultancy Services

followed by panel discussion.

Working groups

Study visits to local economic development projects in and around Cardiff.

Special roundtable on 

International learning for innovations in public service management and efficiency saving

A session led by the UK Local Government Association. 

Reception at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay

The Wales Millennium Centre, opened in 2004, is a major landmark and a world-recognised centre for performing arts and culture.

Plenary 6: A framework for Commonwealth good practice on led

Empowering local government to develop their local economies through partnerships with the private sector, centra/state government and international development agencies..

Keynote speaker:

• Jan Muhlfeit, Chairman, Microsoft Europe

Plenary 7: Presentation of conference outputs

Discussion of conference policy recommendations for submission to the CLGF General Meeting.

Plenary 8: Closing session

Guest speakers:

• Lord Elis-Thomas, Presiding Officer, National Assembly for Wales
• Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba, Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General
• Lord Howell of Guildford PC, Minister of State for COmmonwealth Affairs, UK

Closing reception at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff

In the heart of Cardiff's civic centre, the national Museum of Wales was opened in April 1927 by King George V. The museum, now funded by the Welsh Assembly Government, has a collection of more than seven and a half million items featuring archeaology, botany, fine and applied art, geology and zoology.

CLGF General meeting

Election of CLGF  Board for 2011-13

Presentation of CLGF workplan and financial statements