Gambia: Five-Day Training For Councils Winds up With Pledges To Fix Capacity Problems –

By: Fatou Krubally

Emerging from a meeting, local government leaders have pledged to close long-standing capacity gaps and strengthen accountability in council operations.

This followed the conclusion of a five-day training workshop on planning and resource mobilisation, held on Friday at Tendaba Camp in the Lower River Region.

The training, organised by the Gambia Association of Local Government Authorities (GALGA) in partnership with the EU-UNDP GREAT Initiative, brought together chief…