Project Updates
Learning from your peers in Somaliland
26 Nov - By Maxime Smeets
Pris dans les tourbillons de la COVID-19;
24 Nov - By Caroline Herouan-Guy
Project MUEVE in Costa Rica
23 Nov - By Anke Tjoelker
Construction of Administration Building at Kwashe Sorting Plant in the Kurdish Region of Iraq
19 Nov - By Karim Boussak
Current COVID-19 situation in Bunia environment
18 Nov - By Caroline Herouan-Guy
VNG International News
Exchange ‘Local Democracy in Action’ with VNG
Thursday 15 October – the IDEAL team meets Jornt van Zuylen (programme manager Local Democracy in Action at VNG) to discuss democratic concepts, values and democracy in practice…
How do Ugandan and Dutch local governments tackle the COVID-19 crisis?
If anything, 2020 has taught us about the flexibility and adaptivity of our partner local governments, both in Uganda and in the Netherlands. While COVID-19 has naturally led to a…
FNCT officially established; recognition for VNG’s work in Tunisia
On Saturday 25th September the National Federation of Tunisian Cities (FNVT) transformed into the National Federation of Tunisian Municipalities (FNCT). Ever since 2011 VNG…
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Kelvin Goelmohamed
“Participating in international bids is a challenging occupation. You win some, you loose some, but in the end it is satisfactory that our beneficiaries are supported in the best possible way, no matter who wins the bid. “
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Esmeralda van der Plas
“I love my job: taking care of all the ins and outs at the ‘home office’. I am proud that my team ensures that our colleagues can carry out their valuable work. “
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Jarik Stollenga
“Ain't no mountain high enough. Ain't no valley low enough. Ain't no river wide enough. To keep me from creating better local governments, babe. “
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Anouk de Boer
“Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life. “
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Jessie Post
“While local governments and governance stand central in our work - its the people that we work with which make all the difference. “
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Lingmei Ma
“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. “
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Stan Abma
“An enthusiastic professional who very much likes to cooperatively work on improving local government around the world “
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Marsia Prast
“Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines “
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Nicole Ward-Boot
“It's always very inspiring to see how an intervention at local government level has such a direct impact on the lives of its citizens. For instance, just by bringing citizens and local government together in Zimbabwe, we were able to reignite the building of the only health clinic within a 20km radius. “
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Lilit Sarkisian
“Hard work pays off. “
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Kelvin Goelmohamed
“Participating in international bids is a challenging occupation. You win some, you loose some, but in the end it is satisfactory that our beneficiaries are supported in the best possible way, no matter who wins the bid. “
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Esmeralda van der Plas
“I love my job: taking care of all the ins and outs at the ‘home office’. I am proud that my team ensures that our colleagues can carry out their valuable work. “
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Jarik Stollenga
“Ain't no mountain high enough. Ain't no valley low enough. Ain't no river wide enough. To keep me from creating better local governments, babe. “
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Anouk de Boer
“Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life. “
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Jessie Post
“While local governments and governance stand central in our work - its the people that we work with which make all the difference. “
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Lingmei Ma
“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. “
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Stan Abma
“An enthusiastic professional who very much likes to cooperatively work on improving local government around the world “
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Marsia Prast
“Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines “
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Nicole Ward-Boot
“It's always very inspiring to see how an intervention at local government level has such a direct impact on the lives of its citizens. For instance, just by bringing citizens and local government together in Zimbabwe, we were able to reignite the building of the only health clinic within a 20km radius. “
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Lilit Sarkisian
“Hard work pays off. “