List of local government organizations

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

• Australian Local Government Association
  • Local Government NSW
  • Local Government Association of Northern Territory
  • Local Government Association of Queensland
  • Local Government Association of South Australia
  • Local Government Association of Tasmania
  • Municipal Association of Victoria
  • Western Australian Local Government Association

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

Established: 1989

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^[1]

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)

Founded: 1995

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

Founded: 1948/1949

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)

Founded: 1957

Founded: 1944

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

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

Founded: 1996

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)

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

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

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)

Founded: 1919

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)

Founded: 1906

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

• Joint Council of Municipalities (Council of Municipalities with a Serbian majority population established on the basis of Erdut Agreement)
• 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)

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

• Venskabsbyforeningen i Ribe

• Føroya Kommunufelag (municipal organization of the Faroe Islands)

• KANUKOKA (municipal organization of Greenland)

• Deutscher Städtetag (Association of German Cities)
• German Association of Towns and Municipalities

• the Union of Municipalities (Defunct / Disbanded)^[2]
• Supreme Council of Provinces^[3]
• Organization of Municipalities and Villages of the country^[4]

• Local Government Management Agency

• Standing Committee for EuromMediterranean Partnership of local and regional authorities COPPEM - [1]

• Greater Nagoya Initiative

• Interprovinciaal Overleg
• Association of Netherlands Municipalities
• Samenwerkingsverband Regio Eindhoven

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

Each local government level and elective position has its own league:

• Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines
• League of Provinces of the Philippines
• 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
• League of Barangays in the Philippines
• Metro Manila Councilors League

• 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)

• Združenie miest a obcí Slovenska
• Únia miest Slovenska

• Association of Municipalities and Towns of Slovenia

• Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting)
• National Association of Swedish Eco-Municipalities (Sveriges Ekokommuner)

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

• Local Government Association (England and Wales)

• East of England Local Government Association
• East Midlands Councils
• Association of North East Councils
• North West Regional Leaders Board
• South East England Councils
• South West Councils
• West Midlands Councils
• Local Government Yorkshire and Humber

• Northern Ireland Local Government Association

• Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

• Welsh Local Government Association

• National League of Cities
• Michigan Municipal League
• United States Conference of Mayors
• Maricopa Association of Governments
• National Association of Counties
• Arizona Association of Counties
• New Jersey State League of Municipalities (voluntary association created by State Statute in 1915)
• GMIS International
• International City/County Management Association

• Alpine Pearls
• Arab Towns Organization
• Council of European Municipalities and Regions
• Euro Mediterranean Partnership of Local and Regional Authorities
• League of Historical Cities
• Municipal Alliance for Peace
• Organization of World Heritage Cities
• Sister Cities International

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