Jan 21, 2021
International Staff Conference of VNG International great success
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…
Jan 12, 2021 - St Maarten
State Secretary Knops visits R4CR-programme on St Maarten
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…
Oct 28, 2020
Exchange ‘Local Democracy in Action’ with VNG
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…
Oct 26, 2020
How do Ugandan and Dutch local governments tackle the COVID-19 crisis?
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…
Sep 29, 2020 - Tunisia
FNCT officially established; recognition for VNG’s work in Tunisia
On Saturday 25th September the National Federation of Tunisian Cities (FNVT) transformed into the National Federation of Tunisian Municipalities (FNCT). Ever since 2011 VNG…
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…