In Myanmar we discussed whether we first should have peace for development to take place or whether development would finally lead to peace and stability in the country? Seventy years of military dictatorship had impoverished the country whilst the military continued fighting against ethnic minorities. Since 2010, Myanmar started walking the path of democratic governance. […]
Those lucky enough and privileged to live in countries that enjoy stable democracies often believe that this is a given fact and will never change. However, in the 16 years that I have been working with Peter Knip at the head of VNG International, I have seen how the democratic processes and the great social […]
New Regional clusters and new Regional Managers As of 1st of July, VNG International will be organized in 4 regional clusters: East and Southern Africa Central and West Africa Middle East and North Africa Europe, Asia and Latin America As regional managers have been appointed: Karim Boussak, Chloé Krantz, Neila Akrimi and Judith Geerling, respectively. […]
On Wednesday 29 June, Peter Knip, was awarded a royal decoration: Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. Officer is the fourth class in the Order of Orange-Nassau. Individuals who are appointed as Officers have generally rendered outstanding service of national or even international importance. In Peter’s case the decoration is a recognition of the many […]
VNG International’s Annual Update 2022 is now available. “2022 marks a big change for VNG International, but ‘continuity’ is a key word too.” Those are the opening words in our Annual Update 2022, followed by a dialogue between outgoing VNG International Director Peter Knip and his successor Pieter Jeroense. VNG International’s mission ‘Building Better Futures, […]
VNG International and the Local Government Revenue Initiative have signed an MoU to collaborate strategically on the thematic area of local revenue generation. Based at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto, the Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) is an initiative of the International Centre for Tax and […]
VNG International is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Pieter Jeroense as our new Director from the 9th May 2022. As Director, Pieter will provide leadership to our initiatives of strengthening democratic local governments worldwide and safeguard continuation of the activities across the VNG International group. Pieter will consolidate and build on our strong […]
On the 16th of May, the Government of Sint Maarten and VNG International launched our new programme Fostering Resilient Crisis Management (FRCM). The programme was launched by Sint Maarten’s Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs and Secretary General of General Affairs Hensley Plantijn, in a Steering Committee session attended by the EU Delegation, the EU-RESEMBID team, the […]
On 21 April 2022, members of the Ukrainian Parliament Maria Mezentseva, Olena Khomenko and the Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov visited the Netherlands. On behalf of the Embassy of Ukraine, a meeting was organised at the VNG between Dutch mayors, aldermen and a Ukrainian parliamentary delegation to reflect and think of on the reconstruction of […]
Licitación para la Contratación de los Servicios de Consultoría Técnica para la elaboración de planes Proyecto MUEVE, en el marco del proyecto mUEve cofinanciado por la Unión Europea contemplado en la convocatoria Europeaid/161146/DH/ACT/Multi. El objeto del contrato, lo constituye el Servicio de Consultoría Técnica para la elaboración de cinco Planes Proyecto de intervención en áreas […]
This year, the Global Disability Summit (GDS) took place from 16 – 17 February 2022. We Are Able! has contributed to the event on both days, as a guest speaker during the WeThe15 roundtable as well as during its own side-event We are Able! – Are YOU able too? discussing the role of local government […]
Fifteen municipalities in the metropolitan area of San José work on the integral development of the Electric Train which is part of the Great Metropolitan Area in Costa Rica. This is supported by an EU funded project for partnerships for sustainable cities (mUEve), where VNG International is a partner, together with the Spanish municipality of […]
