![ResourceX Climate](/sites/default/files/styles/lead_image/public/2023-04/ResourceX%20Flagstaff%20blog%20lead%20image.png?itok=1lxd9I6l)
Priority-based-budgeting makes local government climate goals realistic.
In March 2023, ICMA members traveled to Manila, Valenzuela, Puerto Princesa, and Tagbilaran in the Philippines to learn about the impact of the programs that ICMA has implemented.
![2023 Equity Summit Call for Presentations](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2023-04/Equity%20Summit%20graphics%20v1_CFP%20social.png?itok=zkeeJDyE)
Share ideas, tools, and resources to help to embed equity into local government daily operations and planning for the future.
![Coaching](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2023-04/speed%20coaching.png?itok=2yWh0A3V)
Register for ICMA’s free Coaching Webinar, Innovative Ideas to Solve Everyday Problems, on Thursday April 20.
![builders helping each other](/sites/default/files/styles/lead_image/public/2023-04/NACO%20Lead%20Image_0.png?itok=zbqtbqy3)
Help ICMA, NACo, and NACA raise public awareness and understanding about the many services counties provide.
![Public discourse around policing](/sites/default/files/styles/lead_image/public/2023-03/header%20image%20for%20blog.jpeg?itok=KpQVNarp)
Improved policing requires measuring public trust so progress and impact can be assessed and tracked.
![Close-up photo of pencil checking box on Voting ballot paper](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2023-04/close-up-photo-of-pencil-checking-box-on-voting.jpg?itok=k8jjfCRS)
Membership approves revisions to Tenets 1, 4, 9, and 11 of the ICMA Code of Ethics.
![International Committee members in meeting room](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2023-04/IC%20Meeting.jpeg?itok=4JUmlBf3)
The ICMA International Committee met on March 12, 2023, in Manila, Philippines, as part of the business agenda for the ICMA Philippines Study Tour.
![Image containing icons relating to budgeting and finance](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2023-03/AdobeStock_484369865.jpg?itok=tzF6U-CK)
By adopting these modern budgeting practices, local governments can better align resources with strategic priorities and more effectively serve their communities.