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…
Feb 07, 2020
VNG at World Urban Forum (WUF10)
From 8-13 February 2020, the Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) takes place in Abu Dhabi and VNG will be there with the following delegation: We are looking forward…
Feb 03, 2020 - Tunisia
CILG Annual Network Meeting 2020
Our daugther company, CILG-VNG International, held a networking gathering to celebrate the New Year in a convivial sphere with their local, national and international partners. …
Jan 31, 2020
VNG International joins CD4D2 Taskforce
On 29 January VNG International participated in the first Taskforce meeting of the Connecting Diaspora for Development (CD4D) programme. This programme is coordinated by IOM, the…
Jan 21, 2020
Municipalities of Deventer, Goirle and Oss become winners in Global Goals awards!
In the Global Goals municipal awards, the Dutch municipalities Deventer, Goirle and Oss emerged as winners in three different categories. A record number of municipalities…
Jan 20, 2020
VNG International’s New Year’s Reception: “SDGs are a formula to think local and act global”
On 17 January, VNG International hosted its New Year’s Reception, welcoming around 200 guests at the “Willemshof” building. This event saw the yearly Global Goals awards (in a…
Dec 13, 2019 - Mali
Grants for integrated and inclusive water governance
Since the beginning of 2019, grants have been made available to the partner municipalities of the IDEAL Mali programme; these envelopes are intended to carry out actions of each…
Dec 12, 2019 - Philippines
We win as one
My heart beats with competition. I don’t know where to look when people say that participation is more important than winning. Drone show at the closing ceremony of the 2019 SEA…