This is a list of local government organizations i.e. associations or groupings of

local government Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state. Local governments typically constitute a subdivision of a higher-level political or administrative unit, such a ...

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municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Australia

Australian Local Government Association The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) is the principal organisation representing all 537 Local Government councils in Australia, and acts as the independent interest body for Australian local mayors, councillors and local government ...

** Local Government NSW ** Local Government Association of Northern Territory ** Local Government Association of Queensland **

Local Government Association of South Australia Local government in the Australian state of South Australia describes the organisations and processes by which towns and districts can manage their own affairs to the extent permitted by section 64A of '' Constitution Act 1934 (SA)''. LGAs sorte ...

** Local Government Association of Tasmania **

Municipal Association of Victoria The Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) is the legislated peak body for representing local governments in Victoria. Aims The overall purpose of the MAV is to represent the interests of the 79 local governments in Victoria. Its stated roles ...

Western Australian Local Government Association Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA) is a non-profit organisation of local government bodies in Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north ...

Bangladesh

* Association of Central Councils * Bangladesh Local Government Association * White Crescent Society Local Authorities

Canada

Association francophone des municipalités du Nouveau-Brunswick (AFMNB)

Established: 1989

Association of Manitoba Municipalities The Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) is an organization of municipal governments in the province of Manitoba, Canada. All incorporated municipalities in Manitoba are members. Its stated purpose is to "identify and address the needs ...
(AMM)

Founded: 1999
Formed from the merger of: * The Union of Manitoba Municipalities (UMM) – 1905-1999 * Manitoba Association of Urban Municipalities (MAUM) – est. 1949 – formerly the Manitoba Urban Association (MUA) All municipalities in Manitoba are members

Association of Municipalities of Ontario The Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) is a non-profit organization representing municipal and regional governments in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created on June 22, 1972 through a merger of the Ontario Municipal Associa ...
(AMO)

Founded: 1972
Formed from the merger of: * Ontario Municipal Association (OMA) – 1899-1972 * Association of Ontario Mayors and Reeves (AOMR) – 1944-1972 * Association of Counties and Regions (Ontario) (ACRO) – 1960-1982 * Ontario Association of Rural Municipalities (OARM) – 1933-1982 Current sub-associations within AMO: * Association francaise des municipalités de l’Ontario (AFMO) * Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) * Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) * Eastern Ontario Wardens Group * Western Ontario Wardens Group * Large Urban Mayors Caucus Ontario (LUMCO) * Regional Chairs Group * Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) * Organization of Small Urban Municipalities (OSUM)

Association des municipalités bilingues du Manitoba (AMBM)

Founded: 1995

Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA)

Founded: 1905
Formerly the Union of Alberta Municipalities (UAM)

Cities of New Brunswick Association – Association des cités du Nouveau-Brunswick (CNBA-ACNB)

Founded: 1948/1949

Federation of Canadian Municipalities The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM, ''Fédération canadienne des municipalités'') is an advocacy group representing over 2000 Canadian municipalities. It is an organization with no formal power but significant ability to influence ...
(FCM)

Founded: 1937 Formed from the merger of the: * Union of Canadian Municipalities (UCM) – 1901-1935 * Dominion Conference of Mayors (DCM) – 1935-1937 Formerly the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities (CFMM)

Federation of Prince Edward Island Municipalities (FPEIM)

Founded: 1957

Fédération Québécoise des Municipalités (FQM)

Founded: 1944

Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador (MNL)

Founded: 1951
Formerly the Newfoundland Federation of Municipalities (NFM) and the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Municipalities (NLFM)

New North - SANC Services Inc.

Founded: 1996
Formerly the Saskatchewan Association of Northern Communities (SANC)

Provincial Association of Resort Communities of Saskatchewan (PARCS)

Founded: 1996

Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA)

Founded 1909
Formerly the Albert Association of Municipal Districts (AAMD), the Alberta Local Improvement Districts Association (ALIDA), and Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC)

Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, often abbreviated as SARM, is an independent association that is responsible for representing the governments of the many List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan, rural municipalities in ...
(SARM)

Founded: 1905
Formerly the Saskatchewan Local Improvement Districts Association (SLIDA)

Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA)

Founded: 1906
Formerly the Union of Saskatchewan Municipalities (USM)

Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM)

Founded: 1905
Area Associations within UBCM: * Association of Kootenay and Boundary Local Governments (AKBLG) * Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities (AVICC) * Lower Mainland Local Government Association (LMLGA) * North Central Local Government Association (NCLA) * Southern Interior Local Government Association (SILGA)

Union des municipalités du Québec (UMQ)

Founded: 1919

Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick (UMNB)

Founded: 1995
Formed for the merger of: * Association of Villages of New Brunswick (AVNB) * Towns of New Brunswick Association – L’Association des Villes du Nouveau-Brunswick (TNBA-AVNB)

Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities (NSFM)

Founded: 1906

Former Municipal Associations in Canada

Towns and Villages of New Brunswick (TVNB) * 1966-1974 * Split into Association of Villages of New Brunswick (AVNB) and Towns of New Brunswick Association – L’Association des Villes du Nouveau-Brunswick (TNBA-AVNB) * AVNB and TNBA-AVNB merged to become UMNB Union of New Brunswick Municipalities (UNBM) * 1907-1970 * Last convention: 1966 * Last meeting: 1968 * Disbanded after the New Brunswick Equal Opportunities Program dissolved county governments

Croatia

Joint Council of Municipalities The Joint Council of Municipalities in Croatia (; ; abbr. ЗВО, ZVO) is an elected consultative sui generis body which constitutes a form of cultural Self-governance, self-government of Serbs of Croatia, Serbs in the eastern Croatian Podunav ...

''(Council of Municipalities with a Serbian majority population established on the basis of

Erdut Agreement The Erdut Agreement ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Erdutski sporazum, Ердутски споразум), officially the Basic Agreement on the Region of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium, is an agreement reached on 12 November 19 ...

)'' * Croatian community of municipalities ''(Association that connects 347 of 428 municipalities across Croatia)'' *Association of Towns of the Republic of Croatia ''(Association that connects 126 of 128 towns across Croatia)'' *Croatian community of counties ''(Association that connects all 20 counties and city of Zagreb)''

Czech Republic

* Sdružení místních samospráv ČR * Svaz měst a obcí České republiky * Asociace krajů České republiky

Denmark

* Venskabsbyforeningen i Ribe

Faroe Islands

Føroya Kommunufelag The National Association of Municipalities (''Føroya Kommunufelag'') is the original municipal organisation of the Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous t ...

''(municipal organization of the

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ...

)''

Greenland

* KANUKOKA ''(municipal organization of

Greenland Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...

)''

Germany

Deutscher Städtetag The Deutscher Städtetag ('Association of German Cities') is an organization that represents interests of cities in Germany. The plans to establish the organization took place in Dresden in 1903. Its first meeting was held on November 27, 1905, in ...

(Association of German Cities) * German Association of Towns and Municipalities

Iran

*the Union of Municipalities (Defunct / Disbanded) *Supreme Council of Provinces *Organization of Municipalities and Villages of the country

Ireland

Local Government Management Agency Local may refer to: Geography and transportation * Local (train), a train serving local traffic demand * Local, Missouri, a community in the United States Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Local'' (comics), a limited series comic book by Bria ...

Italy

*Standing Committee for EuromMediterranean Partnership of local and regional authorities COPPEM

Japan

* Greater Nagoya Initiative

Netherlands

* Interprovinciaal Overleg *

Association of Netherlands Municipalities The Association of Netherlands Municipalities ( or VNG) was established in 1912 by 28 Dutch cities, at a time when the number of tasks delegated to Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipalities saw a rapid increase. As a result of this increas ...

* Samenwerkingsverband Regio Eindhoven

Norway

* Landssamanslutninga av Vasskraftkommunar ''(It groups municipalities that are involved in hydropower production)''

Philippines

Each local government level and elective position has its own league: * Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines *

League of Provinces of the Philippines The League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP), also referred to as the League of Provinces, is an organization composed of governors of the provinces A province is an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from ...

* League of Vice Governors of the Philippines * Provincial Board Members League of the Philippines * League of Cities of the Philippines * League of Municipalities of the Philippines * Vice Mayors' League of the Philippines *

Philippine Councilors League The Philippine Councilors League (PCL; ) is an official organization in the Philippines composed of all elected, appointed, and Ex officio member, ''ex officio'' members of legislature, legislative councils in the cities and municipalities of t ...

League of Barangays in the Philippines The Liga ng mga Barangay sa Pilipinas (League of Barangays in the Philippines) and the Asosasyon ng mga Kapitan ng Barangay (Association of Barangay Captains, ABC) are formal organizations of all the barangays in the Philippines. Presently, alm ...

* Metro Manila Councilors League

Poland

* The Association of Polish Cities (''Związek Miast Polskich'') * The Union of Polish Metropolises (''Unia Metropolii Polskich'') * Association of Polish Counties (''Związek Powiatów Polskich'') * The Union of Rural Communes of the Republic of Poland (''Związek Gmin Wiejskich RP'')

Slovakia

* Združenie miest a obcí Slovenska * Únia miest Slovenska

Slovenia

* Association of Municipalities and Towns of Slovenia

Sweden

* Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (''Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting'') *

National Association of Swedish Eco-Municipalities National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

(''Sveriges Ekokommuner'')

Ukraine

* Association of Amalgamated Territorial Communities (''Всеукраїнська Асоціація об’єднаних територіальних громад'') * The Association of Ukrainian Cities (''Асоціація міст України'')

United Kingdom

Local Government Association The Local Government Association (LGA) is the national membership body for local government in England, local authorities in England and Wales. Its core membership is made up of 317 English councils and the 22 Welsh councils through the ...

(England and Wales)

England

East of England Local Government Association The East of England Local Government Association (EELGA) is an association of the 52 local authorities in the East of England. It is a regional grouping of the Local Government Association and the regional employers organisation. It was established ...

* East Midlands Councils * Association of North East Councils * North West Regional Leaders Board *

South East England Councils South East Councils (SEC) is a voluntary association of council leaders from the 70 local authorities in the South East region of England. It is a regional grouping affiliated to the Local Government Association. It was established following the ...

South West Councils South West Councils is an association of council leaders from the South West of England. It is a regional grouping of the Local Government Association and the regional employers organisation. It was established in May 2009 following the abolit ...

* West Midlands Councils * Local Government Yorkshire and Humber

Northern Ireland

* Northern Ireland Local Government Association

Scotland

Convention of Scottish Local Authorities The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) is the national association of Scottish councils and acts as an employers' association for its 32 member authorities. History Formed in 1975, COSLA exists to promote and protect the int ...

Wales

* Welsh Local Government Association

United States

National League of Cities The National League of Cities (NLC) is an American advocacy organization that represents the country's 19,495 cities, towns, and villages along with 49 state municipal leagues. Created in 1924, it has evolved into a membership organization provi ...

Michigan Municipal League The Michigan Municipal League is a nonprofit association of municipalities and municipal leaders in the State of Michigan. The group banded in 1899 under the motto “Cooperation solves any problem” to reflect the organizers’ combined purpos ...

United States Conference of Mayors The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) is the official non-partisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. The cities are each represented by their mayors or other chief elected officials. The organization was founded ...

Maricopa Association of Governments Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) is a Council of Governments (COG) that serves as the regional agency for the greater Maricopa region in Arizona, United States. This includes the Phoenix area and the neighboring urbanized area in Pinal C ...

National Association of Counties The National Association of Counties (NACo) is an organization that represents County (United States), county governments in the United States.

* Arizona Association of Counties *

New Jersey State League of Municipalities The New Jersey State League of Municipalities is a voluntary association created by a New Jersey statute in 1915 to serve municipalities and local officials in the U.S. state of New Jersey. All 564 of New Jersey's municipalities are members of th ...

''(voluntary association created by State Statute in 1915)'' * GMIS International *

International City/County Management Association International City/County Management Association (ICMA; originally called the International City Managers' Association) is an association representing professionals in local government management. It is based in Washington, D.C. Washington ...

International

* Alpine Pearls * Arab Towns Organization *

Council of European Municipalities and Regions The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) is the largest organisation of local and regional governments in Europe. Its members are 60 national associations of towns, municipalities and regions from 41 countries that are part of th ...

* Euro Mediterranean Partnership of Local and Regional Authorities * League of Historical Cities * Municipal Alliance for Peace *

Organization of World Heritage Cities The Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) is an international non-profit, non-governmental organization of 250 cities in which sites of the UNESCO World Heritage list are located. It was founded in 1993 in Fez, Morocco, during the second In ...

Sister Cities International Sister Cities International (SCI) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) with the goal of facilitating partnerships between communities within the United States and other countries by establishing sister cities. Sister cities are agreements of ...

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