Karen Murgatroyd

About the event:

The 2024 edition of the UK-France Local Government Forum takes 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. The 2024 forum focuses specifically on social inclusion and placemaking and will be extra special in the 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.
About Karen:

Karen Murgatroyd heads up the International Relations team at Leeds City Council and works in partnerships with organisations across the city, the region, Europe and beyond. Karen plays a pivotal role for Leeds for the EUROCITIES network and helps to coordinate involvement in various forums and working groups covering all aspects of urban policy across Leeds City Council, the University of Leeds and Leeds Beckett University. Karen is instrumental in driving conferences into the city of Leeds as part of her role, and she is responsible for a number of key events hosted here each year.