economic development

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has found a key to catalyze innovation at the local level: the best way to encourage innovation is to ‘de-risk’ it.

A local response for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

In the third of a series of blogs posted on the Global Partnership's Effective Development Cooperation blog, UCLG Champion Mayor Nomveliso Nyukwana expounds on local challenges and priorities concerning local economic development. Mayor Nyukwana: 'We have heard it many times before: the future is local. Developmental challenges are most evident at local level.'