Let G be a graph. For each vertex v 2V (G ), N v denotes the subgraph induces by the vertices adjacent to v in G. The graph G is locally kedge-connected if for each vertex v 2V (G ), N v is k-edge-connected. In this paper we study the existence of nowhere-zero 3-flows in locally k-edgeconnected graphs. In particular, we show that every 2-edge-connected, locally 3-edge-connected graph admits a nowhere-zero 3-flow. This result is best possible in the sense that there exists an infinite family of 2-edgeconnected, locally 2-edge-connected graphs each of which does not have a 3-NZF. ß