What is LOLA?

LOLA (Linked Organisation of Local Authority ICT Societies “LOLA”)  is a non-profit organisation of ICT professional associations. These associations comprise professionals who work in local authority and other local public service delivery organisations, and their suppliers, in different countries worldwide.

LOLA will work collectively and collaboratively to achieve benefits to these organisations, their members and the citizens they serve.

Our core values are based on our desire to provide a high standard of local authority services to our citizens through the effective deployment of Information and Communications Technologies. We intend to achieve this through joint projects, sharing of good practice, products and services, joint influencing of national governments, and engaging the ICT supply industry.

Link to Articles of Association addendum adopted 2025

The Linked Organisation of Local Authorities (LOLA) is a global association of Local Authority ICT professional associations. This document, entitled 'BY-LAWS', should be read as an addition to the official statutes of the association established on September 28, 2020. It contains clarifications, detailed provisions, and other information that, due to their regular amendments, were not included in the original statutes. In order to be legally valid, this internal regulation must be submitted to the general assembly for approval. Only the most recent version of the by-laws, as duly approved by the general assembly, shall be considered legally binding and in force. All previous versions are superseded upon approval of a new version.

Link to original Articles of Association