List of local government organizations

List of associations or groupings of local governments and municipalities.

Canada

• Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (first called the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts) – founded 1909
• Association of Counties and Regions (Ontario) (in existence 1960-1982)
• Association francophone des municipalités du Nouveau-Brunswick – founded 1989
• Association francaise des municipalités de l'Ontario (sub-association of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario) – founded 1989
• Association of Kootenay and Boundary Local Governments (area association of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities)
• Association des municipalités Bilingues du Manitoba – founded 1995
• Association of Manitoba Municipalities (All municipalities in Manitoba are members^[1]) – founded in 1999 from the Union of Manitoba Municipalities and the Manitoba Assoiation of Urban Municipalities
• Association of Municipalities of Ontario – founded in 1972 from the merger of the Ontario Municipal Association and the Association of Ontario Mayors & Reeves
• Alberta Urban Municipalities Association – founded 1905
• Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities (area association of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities)
• Cities of New Brunswick Association – founded 1948/9
• Federation of Canadian Municipalities
• Federation of Prince Edward Island Municipalities – founded 1957
• Fédération Québécoise des Municipalités – founded in 1944
• Lower Mainland Local Government Association (area association of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities)
• Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador (formerly Newfoundland Federation of Municipalities, the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Municipalities) – founded 1951
• North Central Local Government Association (area association of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities)
• Ontario Small Urban Municipalities (sub-association of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario)
• Provincial Association of Resort Communities of Saskatchewan – founded 1993 as a working group, formally established 1996
• Rural Ontario Municipal Association (sub-association of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario; was founded as an independent association, called the Ontario Association of Rural Municipalities, in 1933 before becoming part of AMO in 1972)
• Saskatchewan Association of Northern Communities (known as New North – SANC Services Inc.) – founded 1996
• Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities – founded 1905
• Southern Interior Local Government Association (area association of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities)
• Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association – founded 1906
• Union of British Columbia Municipalities – founded 1905
• Union of New Brunswick Municipalities "(existed from 1907 - 1970; last meeting held in 1968)
• Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick – founded in 1995
• Union des municipalités du Québec – founded in 1919
• Union Nova Scotia Municipalities – founded in 1906

Croatia

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

Denmark

• Føroya Kommunufelag (municipal organization of the Faroe Islands)
• Venskabsbyforeningen i Ribe

England and Wales

• Local Government Association

England

• 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

Wales

• Welsh Local Government Association

Germany

• Nord-Elm

Ireland

• Institute of Public Administration
• Local Government Management Agency

Northern Ireland

• Northern Ireland Local Government Association

Japan

• Greater Nagoya Initiative

Netherlands

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

Norway

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

Palestine

• Coastal Municipalities Water Utility

Philippines

• League of Municipalities of the Philippines
• League of Cities of the Philippines

Scotland

• Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

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 (Sveriges Ekokommuner)

United States

• National League of Cities
• Michigan Municipal League
• United States Conference of Mayors
• Maricopa Association of Governments
• National Association of Counties
• Appalachian Regional Commission
• Arizona Association of Counties
• New Jersey State League of Municipalities (voluntary association created by State Statute in 1915)
• GMIS International www.gmis.org

International

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

See also

• List of intergovernmental organizations
• Tertiary government
• Localism (politics)
• Decentralization
• Regionalism (politics)

References