The mid-term evaluation of the SDLG program highlights VNG International’s role in enhancing local governance across 14 countries, showing that empowering local governments and citizen-led initiatives is essential for responsive service delivery and sustainable development.
Co-workers from all over the world visited our headquarters in The Hague last week. Join us to see how they experienced the annual VNG International Staff Conference.
Since the earthquakes in Türkiye, we have been supporting municipalities in their recovery efforts, ensuring that local governments are equipped to lead their communities towards a stronger, more resilient future.
We proudly launched our solid waste management initiative with the handover of 600 household waste containers to villages in the West Ramallah Cluster.
VNG International’s Ethiopia Social Accountability Program (ESAP) concluded with a closing event, marking the end of a transformative initiative that improved equitable service delivery and accountability across Ethiopia since 2006.
The event ‘A New Peace Agenda for Future Generations’ brought together local government representatives from around the world to talk about sustainable impact of peacebuilding initiatives in local governance.
Join us on 8 October for the third edition of the UCLG Municipal Peace Talks in The Hague. Together with the City of The Hague, VNG is organizing the event “Peace Begins Here: Local Solutions for Conflict”. This event brings together various leaders and organizations, based in The Hague and around the world, working on […]
Kick-off Think and Do Tank VNG International, Millennium Water Alliance and Akvo Foundation have jointly launched the Think and Do Tank in Support of Accelerating Resilience Building in ASALs of Kenya. This is funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Kenya, following their Multi Annual Country Strategy and in their effort […]
I know how hard it is to be a mayor in normal times, but I cannot imagine how hard it must be to be a mayor in times of war. — Danny de Vries, board member of the Safety Region Utrecht & Mayor Oudewater In the heart of Kyiv, from June 15-19, 2024, VNG International […]
It is our pleasure to present you VNG International’s results for the year 2023. You can find it here. In his opening words director Pieter Jeroense concludes that our mission is more than ever relevant as our international and domestic contexts become more complex. Partnering with local governments abroad, their associations, related organisations as well […]
Kenya has a long history of welcoming forcibly displaced people from its neighbouring countries. The country is currently formally hosting over 650.000 refugees – this number still increasing every day due to drought and conflict in neighbouring counties. Most refugees are in refugee camps situated in the two counties Garissa and Turkana. This influx of […]
Click here for the english version Het is nogal wat om je gebied open te stellen voor vluchtelingen uit een buurland. Grote groepen ontheemden die een veilig onderkomen zoeken. Irak en Libanon deden het toen de burgeroorlog in Syrië escaleerde. In een Kamerbrief over de beleidsevaluatie van Nederlandse steun aan opvang van Syrische vluchtelingen in […]
