On May 16-19, 2011, the Mayor of Wakatobi hosted a Mayors Roundtable that included 51 participants, including 30 delegates representing 13 sub-national governments or “local governments” (states, provinces, regencies, districts, cities, municipalities and their equivalent), four associations of local governments, and the NCCs of the CT6.

On December 3-6, 2012, the CTI Local Government Network (LGN) Forum and Executive Course was held in Manila, Philippines to advance the above commitments (the name change from “Mayors Roundtable” to “Local Government Network” was made to more broadly represent the different local government levels that can potentially participate in the Network).

The 3rd Local Government Network meeting was held in Alotau, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, On March 25-27, 2015 which was attended by executive local governments from Indonesia, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, and the Papua New Guinea representatives from the Regional Secretariat, Indonesia NCC secretariat and CTI CFF development partners. It resulted in the Alotau Resolution which provides for the elected interim officers which include Mayor Hugua of Wakatobi, Southeast Sulawesi.

The first Executive Committee Meeting of the Maritime Local Government Network was held on 27 August 2015 in Nusa Dusa, Bali, in the framework of Coral Triangle Regional Business Forum on Sustainable Marine Tourism.

The first CTI-CFF Maritime Local Government Network International Conference was conducted on June 3, 2016, in Wakatobi, Indonesia. The conference, with selected theme “Toward an Effective and Self-reliant Maritime Local Government“, was served as the opening of the first General Assembly of CTI-CFF Maritime Local Government Network. It aimed to share (a). Ppactical experience among the LG in managing marine seascape, marine resources including community based conservation and sustainable fisheries for food security, (b).