Aug 03, 2020 - Sint Maarten
Project Civil Society Partnership Facility for Resilience - Sint Maarten
VNG International’s proposed project “Civil Society Partnership Facility for Resilience” was recently approved by the World Bank and the Steering Committee of the Trust Fund for…
Jul 20, 2020
Interviews about local COVID-19 policies, with mayors from Belgium, Sweden and Tunisia
At the beginning of July, VNG International interviewed Mayors from three foreign cities, Helsingborg (Sweden), la Marsa (Tunisia) and Genk (Belgium), as input for an item on…
Jul 07, 2020
2020 United Nations High-Level Political Forum: 7-16 July 2020 / Local and Regional Government’s Agenda [UCLG Circular 13/2020]
Source: UCLG 2020 United Nations High-Level Political Forum 7 – 16 July 2020, Local and Regional Government’s Agenda The 2020 United Nations High-level Political Forum (…
Jul 06, 2020
First online CIB meeting gathers 150 local government development cooperation professionals
On the 17th of June, the CIB secretariat facilitated a first online CIB annual meeting, with more than 150 participants from all around the world. Practitioners working on…
Jun 08, 2020
UCLG Presidency announces Decalogue for the COVID-19 aftermath
Following the 12 Live Learning events on COVID-19 and various topics (gender equality, mobility, technology, informalities, the role of local and regional government associations…
Jun 03, 2020
We Are Able! – Promoting Local Inclusion and Service Delivery for People with Disabilities
We are proud to have been awarded a #1 ranking score for our We Are Able! programme, which we designed together with ZOA (lead), the African Disability Forum, Light for the…
May 01, 2020 - Democratic Republic of the Congo
Covid-19 is just another challenge to overcome…
Last week our team in Eastern DR Congo was getting prepared to support the Chiefdom of Buhavu and the Territory of Kalehe in the fight against Covid-19: from the distribution of…
Mar 26, 2020
Information on VNG’s COVID-19 measures
With numbers of confirmed cases and deaths due to the COVID-19 virus still rising every day in the Netherlands, the Association of Netherlands Municipalities is playing a vital…
Mar 18, 2020
VNG International Office is closed
Following the unprecedented worldwide developments around Covid-19 (coronavirus), the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG), has temporarily closed its office in The…