LOGIN is a local government information clearinghouse designed to promote the professional development of local government officials and their staffs, and strengthen the capabilities of organizations that support the reform of public administration at the local level. LOGIN facilitates the exchange of information through the Internet and also uses traditional methods including workshops, publications, conferences, and training.

The Internet component of LOGIN is more than a Web site. It is a Web-based, database driven tool for storing and exchanging information worldwide. Its features allow individuals from different countries and who speak different languages to collect, store, manipulate, and exchange information.

LOGIN provides local government officials with practical solutions to challenges in their daily work. The system is designed with the local government practitioner in mind. While the primary audience is the local government officials - elected and appointed - responsible for the day-to-day functions of a municipality, anyone involved in local government issues will find a wealth of useful information on LOGIN.

LOGIN fosters the exchange of experience and expertise on a wide range of local government issues. Information sources, in the form of case studies, best practices, reports, data, and training materials, come from throughout the region and from qualified institutions outside the region. LOGIN covers Central and Eastern Europe, South East Europe and the former Soviet Union with its network of national partner institutions. Current LOGIN member countries are: Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Ukraine.

LOGIN offers a calendar of events, information on training and funding opportunities, updates on national legislation and its impact on local government, national and regional news of interest to local authorities and links to many other relevant sites. LOGIN's main feature is the library, which offers a wide range of records that are available for electronic download free of charge in English and 15 languages of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. In collaboration with local government support organizations throughout the region, topics of particular interest to local government officials have been identified. This topic list can be expanded and revised over time as needed.