VNG International is since September part of the international YEP network. YEP – the Young Expert Programme enables Dutch organisations to offer their young Dutch and local professionals the opportunity to take their first steps in an international environment. The YEP Programmes are carried out jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands Water […]
As some of you might know, last years’ annual meeting of the Capacity and Institution Building (CIB) Working Group of United Cities and Local Governments saw a discussion on monitoring and evaluation of programmes of CIB members. In that discussion, the idea arose to organize a peer evaluation for one or more of our programmes, […]
European Commission grants San José Metropolitan Area project for sustainable urban mobility MUEVE –Movilidad Sostenible, Urbanismo, Equipamiento, Valoración del Espacio Público, y Enverdecimiento y Equidad – is a five year partnership between Costa Rican and European local authorities to support regional integrated mobility planning in all areas where the metropolitan electric train is planned to […]
Last week, Jan van Zanen, Chairman of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG) attended the High-Level Political Forum 2019 in New York, as part of the official delegation of the Kingdom of The Netherlands. My colleague Jessie and I supported Van Zanen during his trip to New York. Being part of the national delegation once […]
Gender equality is nothing but an idea if not put into practice. I understood that quite quickly after having started working. Gender equality cannot be reduced to a concept, a buzz term, or a bullet point on our checklists, it should be a reality. It is one of the greatest challenges of our times because […]
A kitchen window blown from its frame; rain slanting horizontally inwards; part of the roof torn into the sky; tropical storm Idai struck the home of Peter van Tongeren on 14 March this year. The experience added an extra dimension to his subsequent role in the reconstruction of Beira, the city in Mozambique where he […]
On the 25th of June VNG International supported the Government of Sint Maarten in organizing the largest Hurricane Exercise (HUREX) Sint Maarten has seen of yet. A total of approximately 160 government officials, including Fire Department, Ambulance, Police and the Marines, participated in the HUREX 2019. By simulating an actual hurricane scenario in real time, […]
The Association of Palestinian Local Authorities (APLA) in cooperation with the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), conducted a two days training on “Ethics in Local Government” led by the head of members and code of ethics department at ICMA Ms. Martha Perego. The training was held on 12 and 13 June 2019 and targeted 27 […]
His Excellency the Minister of Environment of Lebanon, Fady Jreissati, was welcomed by the municipality of Manara and VNG International on June 22nd to inspect the innovative sorting and recycling system of Manara. During the visit, the Minister was shown the paper and plastic facility. The facility is used to store sorted recyclables before they […]
VNG International’s Annual Update 2019 is now available. It contains an overview of our projects in 2019, a number of featured projects and results, the way in which we contributed to policy developments in our field of work, and some key facts and figures about the organisation, including a link to our financial report 2018. […]
Op 4 en 5 juni staat de Global Goals VIPbus op het VNG Jaarcongres. Kom kijken in de bus, ga in gesprek over de Global Goals en de Omgevingswet, en ding mee naar een gratis bezoek van de VIPbus naar uw gemeente! Burgemeester Jan van Zanen zal op het congres als eerste plaatsnemen in de […]
When Herman Calvo, director of the Metropolitan Area of Centro Occidente (incl. the municipality of Pereira) grew up his grandparents gave him examples on how to live a sustainable living – from using the last drop in a shampoo bottle to using cloths till they fell apart. He distinguished himself with this personal story and […]
