After discussions with the Minister of Local Governance of the Libyan Government of National Unity, the Ministry of Local Governance (MLG) has signed a Memorandum of Understand (MoU) with the European Union, VNG International, GIZ, and the University of Kehl, for the establishment of a Libyan national training institute for local administration cadres. A visit […]
VNG International takes pride in featuring in UN Capital Development Fund’s (UNCDF) report on investment and economic development in secondary cities in Ghana and Uganda. Our Tax Revenue for Economic Enhancement (TREE) project, implemented by us in 32 Ghanaian municipalities since 2017, is highlighted as an example of how enhanced data management contributed to a […]
Samenwerking tussen Nederlandse gemeenten en provincies met China blijft door de alsmaar groeiende economie van China, en de aandacht voor maatschappelijke en politieke kwesties een belangwekkend onderdeel van de internationale relaties van veel Nederlandse gemeenten en provincies. VNG International start in het voorjaar van 2021 met twee nieuwe programma’s om decentrale overheden nog beter te […]
With regards to the situation in Myanmar, VNG International is trying to influence through its main network United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG). On the 6th of April delegates from UCLG had a meeting with Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner on Human Rights and former president of Chili. This meeting was a follow up of […]
Radio Shows Promote Accountable Service Delivery In response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, one of the World Bank’s largest social accountability programs, the Ethiopia Social Accountability Program (ESAP), found a way to safely keep open lines of communication between the Ethiopian people and their government: call-in radio shows. This use of media more than doubled […]
Each year in January, our International Staff Conference brings together our key experts and our home office staff to share our successes and discuss the challenges we meet in strengthening democratic local government. Last Thursday, 21 January, this meeting was held for the first time online, allowing even more of our international staff to participate.170 […]
Executive Summary On Tuesday the 19th of January, a training of volunteers regarding the awareness campaign of the Solid Waste Reduction project in Arsal was held online through Google Meet platform. The training is conducted as part of the MASAR for Local Governments programme, a project financed by the EU Trust Fund in Response to […]
State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations Mr. Raymond Knops recently paid a visit to VNG International’s R4CR programme during his visit to St Maarten. The Resources for Community Resilience Programme aims at strengthening the capacity of civil society organizations on St Maarten in their reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts after hurricane Irma. Under R4CR, […]
On 19 October 2020, the municipality of Arsal hosted a public hearing on the environmental impact assessment of a pilot solid waste management project. The solid waste management project in the town of Arsal is implemented through a partnership between the International Orthodox Christian Charities – (IOCC) and VNG International and financed by the European […]
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 both in the Netherlands and abroad. These days it is mostly the non-voters who are on the winning side in the Netherlands, the so-called “silent majority”. In […]
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 delay in programme implementation, it has also allowed us to improve our online communication and platforms to facilitate dialogue between our Ugandan and Dutch local […]
On Saturday 25th September the National Federation of Tunisian Cities (FNVT) transformed into the National Federation of Tunisian Municipalities (FNCT). Ever since 2011 VNG International and its daughter organisation CILG in Tunis, have provided support to this long path of democratisation. This support has been reinforced when FCM, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities joined hands […]
