Committed to strengthening democratic local government worldwide
VNG International is the International Cooperation Agency of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG is the Association of Netherlands Municipalities). We support decentralisation processes and facilitate decentralised cooperation. We strengthen local governments, their associations, training institutes and decentralisation task forces both in developing countries and in countries in transition. Read more »
Some of our publications
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City Diplomacy:
Conflict prevention, peace building and reconstruction -
Closing the Circle:
Integrated waste management -
Millennium Municipalities:
A VNG campaign explained
Latest news:
10.03.10
Supporting Decentralisation and Local Governance in Third Countries
In January 2007, the European Commission published the Reference document "Supporting...
09.03.10
One third of all Dutch municipalities is now Millennium Municipality!
With the municipality of Bergen becoming the 144th Millennium Municipality one-third of all Dutch...