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September 27, 2018Jordan, September 16th VNG International, together with the municipality of Amsterdam and the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation in Jordan (MOPIC) launches the Manual for Jordan’s Future Planning Scenario! The intention of the scenario planning trajectory within the Local Governments Resilience Programme (LOGOReP) is to improve the situation in the Jordanian governorate of Mafraq, […]
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September 25, 2018Two years after the project ‘From Fragile to Stable: Peacebuilding in Guatemala’, we received the good news that the municipality of Santo Domingo Xenacoj today publically and proudly presents its own Municipal Conflict Prevention Policy. The policy is a joint effort of the community conflict prevention committee, the Mayor and the municipal council. Our project […]
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September 19, 2018A hike, a bike and good company. The Dutch kick-off of the RPM week raised some questions: “Why do you have a bike with you?” “Are we going to walk to the office?”. The local teams from South Sudan, Mali, Rwanda, Burundi, the Palestinian Territories and Somaliland did some sightseeing on their way to VNG […]
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September 17, 2018On a cloudy Monday morning in early September, a colourful group, consisting of four foreign delegations, roams the streets of Leeuwarden. They come from Colombia, Myanmar, Benin and Ghana and are participating in the DEALS programme. VNG International and the municipality of Leeuwarden offer them a tour though the Frisian capital. Interested and sometimes amazed […]
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September 10, 201817 years after the last Local Council I elections were conducted, over 60,000 villages across Uganda went to the polls to elect their local council leaders on July 10th 2018. By having the elections successfully concluded, it leaves an enormous responsibility on the newly elected Local Council leaders, most especially within the refugee hosting districts. […]
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September 7, 2018In today’s world, the biggest challenges that we face are interconnected. If the elements affect one another, treating the parts as separate will not bring you closer to a solution. Or, you may find that the solution for one part of the problem creates a negative effect elsewhere. At VNG International, we believe that governing […]
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September 7, 2018Within VNG International’s programme ‘Governance of Inclusive Green Growth in Cities’ (DEALS) we work with the concept of City Deals. A suitable model to address pressing urban challenges by taking governance to a new level… Making the real live problems of people the starting point… Take a look at our City Deals animation video, which […]
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