Sep 07, 2022 - Sint Maarten
4th Round of CSO project financing by R4CR in Sint Maarten is launched
Exactly five years after hurricane Irma, on Tuesday 6 September 2022, the Resources for Community Resilience (R4CR) team launched their 4th round of project financing for…
Sep 06, 2022
Let’s not idealise local democracy!
Of course, our VNG International gospel is, and always has been, that decentralisation of power and responsibilities ensures that local politics better reflects the needs and…
Aug 30, 2022
A legacy of commitment to grassroots governance
It took a 45 minutes interactions with the Director - Mr. Peter Knip to shape my impression of task at hand as envisioned by such an admirable leader who has committed his entire…
Aug 23, 2022
On the importance of equitable service delivery
All of us have innumerable forms of identity -or subgroups- to which we belong. Most of these identities, we do not pay attention to. Yet grievances can mount based on a form of…
Aug 17, 2022
First visit of the LRAP consortium to Wawa (Togo) for an applied and successful land reform!
The consortium led by VNG International and composed of Cadasta Foundation, WiLDAF-Togo and Kadaster International undertook with the Millennium Challenge Account Togo…
Aug 16, 2022
Peace of nations v. Peace of mind
Resultatenmeting in ontwikkelingssamenwerking is van oudsher een heet hangijzer. Hoe meet je ‘outcomes’, ‘impact’ en ‘change’, en laat je aan de donor zien dat je ‘adaptive en ‘…
Aug 09, 2022
Development or peace: what comes first? An experience from Myanmar
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…
Aug 05, 2022 - Somaliland
DANWADAAG’s first results are taking shape
Last week the VNG International team visited Somaliland as part of the DANWADAAG programme that was launched last year in pilot districts Hargeisa and Burco. The consortium…
Aug 02, 2022
Democracy and Peace
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…