The Local Government NSW (LGNSW) Annual Conference 2019 was held from 14 to 16 Oct in Warwick Farm. Mayors, councillors and other related local government officials from NSW attended this conference.
In this conference, local government requests to the NSW State Government were summarised. The conference also featured lectures and sessions held by local government staff, various specialists and other professionals regarding challenges faced by local governments.
The conference also had a booth area ran by relevant institutions and gave opportunities for networking.
More than 600 participants gathered from all over New South Wales to attend this valuable event.
CLAIR Sydney ran a booth to provide information about our recent activities, opportunities such as the Local Government Exchange and Cooperation Seminar, major sports events (in particular the Rugby World Cup 2019, 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games and World Masters Games 2021 KANSAI) and Japanese tourism destinations.
We were honoured to meet many people who visited our booth to learn more about CLAIR Sydney and Japanese local governments. Alumni of the CLAIR Local Government Exchange and Cooperation Seminar and mayors and councillors whose councils have sister city relationships with Japanese local governments also kindly visited our booth. There were some participants who expressed their condolences for the victims of Typhoon Hagibis that recently struck Japan.
Thanks to this event, CLAIR Sydney was able to strengthen our relationships with many local governments in Australia.
We aim to continue to learn and research about the current challenges and best practices of Australian local governments, strengthen our relationships with these local governments, and promote regional Japanese tourism destinations.
