Local Leadership Foundations is a new learning program for Ontario's municipal elected officials.
For the sector, by the sector
Local Leadership Foundations has been built with the insights, experiences and perspectives of local elected officials, administrators and experts — representing more than 1000 years of municipal public service.
Throughout the program, council members learn from leaders who have been in their shoes for practical, experience-tested advice to give our next councils a strong start to the term.
Setting Ontario’s communities up for success
The Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) and the Institute on Governance (IOG) have partnered to create Local Leadership Foundations: a new, practical learning program to prepare councillors for their critically important leadership roles and to give Ontario's municipal elected officials, new and returning, the strongest possible start to the upcoming term.
In this program, elected officials learn from experts and from each other on key topics like:
Governing in practice: roles, responsibilities and what good governance means at the local level
Making decisions: from mechanics to strategy, how to make good decisions together
Municipal finance and budgeting: the processes and trade-offs involved in municipal finance
Civility and integrity: creating effective dynamics between council, staff and the public
Engaging the community: serving constituents and the community you lead
Library of Courses
Elected officials in the program get access to online courses featuring interviews with over 70 municipal officials, administrators and experts. If you’ve already created your account, access those courses here:
Join the program!
Are you an elected official in Ontario? Learn more and sign up to join the Local Leadership Foundations program — an active learning community of Ontario’s new local elected officials.