The Government announced that the 2024 edition of the UK-France
Local Government Forum will take place in Leeds on 12 and 13
December, co-hosted by Leeds and Bradford City Councils and
supported by the West Yorkshire Mayor. This will be the third
edition of the forum, following on from the successful 2022 event
in Nancy.
The forum is an opportunity for mayors, leaders, cabinet members,
councillors and officers from sub-national government – be that
district, borough, city, unitary or county councils, as well as
combined authorities – to meet and exchange with French
counterparts on subjects of common interest, as well as be part
of a dialogue with national government representation. This
year's forum will focus specifically on social inclusion and
placemaking and will be extra special in this 120th anniversary
year of the Entente Cordiale, which ushered in a new era of
cooperation between Britain and France. The ties between the UK
and France are deep, historic and vital, and it is the
partnerships between our communities that sustain and enrich
those ties.
The Government welcomes interest to attend or participate in the
forum, in particular from leaders of councils or combined
authorities with active partnership projects and or twinning
arrangements with their equivalents in France and those who might
be interested in establishing or re-invigorating such links.
The Government will share further details of the programme and
how to register in due course. If you require further information
or have any questions, please contact: UKFRLocalGovForum@fcdo.gov.uk
