Jun 26, 2019 - Lebanon
Lebanese Minister of Environment of Lebanon pays visit to VNGi-model Solid Waste Management & Recycling town of Manara
His Excellency the Minister of Environment of Lebanon, Fady Jreissati, was welcomed by the municipality of Manara and VNG International on June 22nd to inspect the innovative…
Jun 26, 2019 - Palestine
Palestinian Municipal Associations conducts Training For City Managers on The ICMA Code of
The Association of Palestinian Local Authorities (APLA) in cooperation with the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), conducted a two days training on "Ethics…
Jun 18, 2019
Annual Update 2019 published
VNG International’s Annual Update 2019 is now available. It contains an overview of our projects in 2019, a number of featured projects and results, the way in which we…
May 28, 2019 - Netherlands
Global Goals VIPbus op VNG Congres
Op 4 en 5 juni staat de Global Goals VIPbus op het VNG Jaarcongres. Kom kijken in de bus, ga in gesprek over de Global Goals en de Omgevingswet, en ding mee naar een gratis bezoek…
May 14, 2019 - Colombia
Circular budget
When Herman Calvo, director of the Metropolitan Area of Centro Occidente (incl. the municipality of Pereira) grew up his grandparents gave him examples on how to live a…
May 03, 2019 - Palestine
In a divided West Bank: Area C municipality reconnects to colleagues from Area A
The mayor and village council members from Area C village Khalet al-Mayya were invited by Area A city of Ramallah to join them to exchange ideas on how to improve civil services…
Apr 25, 2019
First IDEAL Advisory Board of 2019
The first IDEAL advisory board of 2019 took place on Thursday April 11th. The meeting was chaired by Mr Carol van Eert, mayor of Rheden and member of the VNG Commission ‘Europe…
Apr 24, 2019 - Ghana
Report: Strengthening Local Taxation Through Decentralized Development Cooperation
A recent report by KU Leuven’s HIVA research institute shows insight in and lessons learned from decentralisation organisations to taxation initiatives in the global south. Data…
Apr 23, 2019 - Ghana
kick off meeting for the second tranche of 17 municipalities TREE project
In Ghana VNG International, together with its local partner Maple consult, are implementing the so called The Ghana Tax Revenue for Economic Enhancement (TREE) project (2019-2021…