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ChaLoG is a duly registered Decentralisation and Local Governance Think Tank that works to develop and strengthen the institutional, financial and human resource capacities of local government institutions, with the aim to achieve effective decentralization and poverty reduction through improved service delivery and governance reforms (integrity and anti-corruption), thereby improving the conditions of living of the people.
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provide a platform for intellectual discourse and constructive analysis of Government policies on decentralisation, local governance and local development in Africa.
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ChaLoG unifies and creates a common platform for countries within Africa that are fully or partially practicing decentralization through local government institutions, as well making a strong case for countries that have not fully adopted Decentralisation as a way of devolving power to the Local Authorities to carefully consider the merits of having a fully functional local government system and adopt it.
Why ChaLoG?
The Chamber for Local Governance (ChaLoG) is a duly registered International Local Governance Think Tank that works to develop and strengthen the institutional, financial and human resource capacities of local government institutions, with the aim to achieve poverty reduction among local citizens through improved social service delivery and governance reform (integrity and anti-corruption).
News & Events
16th Oct. 2025
2nd Annual Professor
Kwamena Ahwoi Lectures
on Decentralization
Chamber for Local Governance (ChaLoG) successfully rolled out one of its flagship programmes “THE PROFESSOR KWAMENA AHWOI ANNUAL LECTURES ON DECENTRALISATION’’ on 17th October, 2024. The Annual Public Lectures have been instituted for the month of October every year with the objective of assessing the progress Ghana is making in the implementation of its policy on decentralization, local governance and local development.
25th-27th March, 2026
Local Governance and Sustainable Development
Summit (LGSDS-2026)
The main objective of the Summit is to strengthen the institutional capacities of local governments to refocus on Entrepreneurial Thinking leading to increased Local Economic Development (LED,) for Sustainable Human Capital and Community Development.
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