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VNG International invites you to explore its global projects and programmes. In collaboration with local governments, communities, civil society, the private sector, national governments, and other stakeholders, we strive to share expertise and implement initiatives that foster better futures for all. By supporting local governments as enduring institutions, we act as catalysts, empowering them to lead decision-making and shape a brighter future for their citizens.
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  • ADIL – Appui au Développement Intégré Local

    Country: Algeria
    Field of expertise: Building More Effective Public Administration
    Duration: Start August 1, 2024 till July 31, 2027
    General objective (impact): To support Algeria in its approach to reform in terms of integrated and sustainable territorial development, governance and participatory democracy, as part of the decentralization process. Specific objectives (results) : 1. Support the implementation of reforms to promote local governance and integrated, inclusive and sustainable territorial development through […]

  • Albania, Countering Discrimination and Protecting LGBTI Rights

    Country: Albania
    Field of expertise: Developing Sustainable and Resilient Cities and Communities
    Duration: Start October 1, 2017 till September 30, 2021
    The wider objective of the project is : To enhance the effectiveness of national and local authorities in countering discrimination and protecting LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersexual) rights in Albania. The specific objectives: Improving reporting, registration, investigation and prosecution of incidents of discrimination and hate crime at national and local level Improving […]

  • Algeria, Shiraka-Initiative pour des municipalités efficaces, inclusives et prospères

    Country: Algeria
    Field of expertise: Building More Effective Public Administration
    Duration: Start October 1, 2019 till December 31, 2021
    The overall objective of the project is to support Algeria in the context of the new deconcentration-decentralisation process and its integrated territorial development approach. With this Shiraka project presented here, we are making a modest first step towards achieving this goal. Specific Objectives: Bilateral cooperation on local governance between the Netherlands and Algeria is […]

  • Appui à la Valorisation Economique et à la Reconstruction Durable des communes sinistrées dans le Haut Atlas (AVERDHA)

    Country: Morocco
    Field of expertise: Building More Effective Public Administration
    Duration: Start October 1, 2023 till September 30, 2026
    The overall objective of the AVERDHA Project is to support the municipalities affected by the earthquake in the reconstruction processes and reactivation of municipal facilities and services, and to strengthen the involvement of the population in developing concrete solutions for the sustainable revitalization of their territory. Specifically, it aims to provide technical support to the […]

  • Beira Land Administration Systems Project 3

    Country: Mozambique
    Field of expertise: Building More Effective Public Administration
    Duration: Start August 1, 2022 till July 31, 2025
    The city of Beira has daunting challenges. It is prone to experience the effects of climate change and recurring cyclones have become a reality. At the same time a growing number of people are settling in the city coming from the countryside, who still need to get used to life in the city and adapt […]

  • Benin, DEALS, Governance of Inclusive Green Growth in Cities

    Country: Benin
    Field of expertise: Developing Sustainable and Resilient Cities and Communities
    Duration: Start September 1, 2017 till August 31, 2022
    Despite global progress in fighting poverty there are problems of inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, conflict, migration and refugee flows. The need has never been greater to develop to balance prosperity with social well-being and environmental protection. Several international conferences in 2015 set out new global agendas to deal with these challenges. There […]

  • Benin, Programme de Participation Citoyenne aux Politiques Publiques au Bénin pour le Développement Economique Local (PartiCiP au DEL)

    Country: Benin
    Field of expertise: Involving Citizens in Decision Making
    Duration: Start October 15, 2021 till December 31, 2024
    The PartiCiP program, phases I and II, has created a dynamic for participatory democracy and has made major progress on this issue of decentralisation. It is now time to put these achievements in the exercise of grassroots democracy at the service of the second challenge of decentralisation: local development. The implementation of a third phase […]

  • Benin, Projet d’appui à la Synergie Locale pour l’Eau

    Country: Benin
    Field of expertise: Developing Sustainable and Resilient Cities and Communities
    Duration: Start December 19, 2018 till June 12, 2022
    The wider objective of the project was to facilitate the operationalization of the Integrated Water Management through the development of synergies between non-state actors in all their diversity (incl. local communities) whilst implementing concrete actions concerning inclusive floods management and in turn, climate change and climate resilience. The specific objective was to mobilize the […]

  • Benin, Projet d'appui ã la Synergie Locale pour l'Eau

    Country: Benin
    Field of expertise: Developing Sustainable and Resilient Cities and Communities
    Duration: Start December 19, 2018 till June 12, 2022
    The wider objective of the project is to facilitate the operationalisation of the Integrated Water Management through the development of synergies between non-state actors in all their diversity whilst implementing concrete actions concerning inclusive floods management and in turn, climate change and climate resilience. The specific objective is to mobilise the population of […]

  • Benin, Projet de Modernisation de l’Administration Foncière au Bénin (PMAF)

    Country: Benin
    Field of expertise: Building More Effective Public Administration
    Duration: Start December 1, 2018 till June 30, 2023
    The main objective of the Beninese Land Administration Modernization Project (PMAF) is land security for all and support for the completion of the national cadastre. To do this, the project is active for the availability, proper functioning and sustainability of the Beninese national cadastre. This involves strengthening the National Estate and Land Agency (ANDF) in […]

  • Benin, Projet de Réforme des Finances publiques pour l’atteinte des Objectifs de Développement Durable et le Renforcement de la Mobilisation des Recettes de l’Etat (Reforme)

    Country: Benin
    Field of expertise: Building More Effective Public Administration
    Duration: Start November 1, 2021 till September 30, 2023
    The Reforme project aims to improve financial governance in Bãnin, both on the local and national level, and to link to the 2030 Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations on the basis of neutral, reliable, factual and accessible statistical data that reports on progress. The Agenda 2030 statistics system will therefore […]

  • Bulgaria, Horizontal Monitoring Model piloting

    Country: Bulgaria
    Field of expertise: Building More Effective Public Administration
    Duration: Start July 1, 2021 till November 1, 2023
    DG REFORM is supporting the Bulgarian National Revenue Agency (NRA) in addressing the challenges to make a shift in the tax administration’s approach towards taxpayers, based more on cooperation than on rigor control and repression. Horizontal Monitoring Model (HMM), developed by the Netherlands Tax and Customs Administration, will be the tool for this new approach […]

  • Burundi, Amahoro@Scale – An integrated approach towards improved tenure security and land governance in Burundi

    Country: Burundi
    Field of expertise: Dealing with Conflict, Fragility and Migration
    Duration: Start December 1, 2021 till June 30, 2026
    Burundi is one of the poorest and most challenging countries in the world regarding advancing land governance and contributing to sustainable socio-economic development. With a rapidly growing population and a vast majority of that population depending on agriculture for their food and livelihoods, land scarcity is an acute challenge for the country. This challenge is […]

  • Burundi, Inclusive Decisions At Local Level (IDEAL)

    Country: Burundi
    Field of expertise: Involving Citizens in Decision Making
    Duration: Start January 1, 2017 till December 31, 2021
    IDEAL (Inclusive Decisions At Local Level) is a programme by VNG International implemented in seven countries facing fragility or conflict: Burundi, Mali, Palestine, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda. Despite the diverging contexts and topics in the IDEAL programme, we still pursue one common overall objective: Involving citizens in local governance in order for local […]

  • Caribbean Exchange Facility (Caribische Uitwisselingsfaciliteit/netwerk)

    Country: Sint Maarten
    Field of expertise: Building More Effective Public Administration
    Duration: Start July 21, 2023 till March 31, 2024
    With the Caribbean Exchange Network, the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and VNG are carrying out a memorandum of understanding signed in 2019 for a support network for the islands within the Kingdom. Under this programme, technical assistance is provided to the six Caribbean islands within the Kingdom (St Maarten, St Eustatius, Saba, […]

  • China, International Urban and Regional Cooperation in Asia and the Pacific – Bilateral Action China

    Country: China
    Field of expertise: Developing Sustainable and Resilient Cities and Communities
    Duration: Start January 1, 2021 till December 31, 2023
    IURC China is one of the key components of IURC’s global cooperation projects with key partner countries. The project is funded by the European Union’s Partnership Instrument (PI). This programme represents a second phase of the International Urban Cooperation programme (IUC) which ran from 2016-2020. In order to promote innovation through inter-regional cooperation between the […]

  • Colombia, DEALS, Governance of Inclusive Green Growth in Cities

    Country: Colombia
    Field of expertise: Developing Sustainable and Resilient Cities and Communities
    Duration: Start September 1, 2017 till August 31, 2022
    Despite global progress in fighting poverty there are problems of inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, conflict, migration and refugee flows. The need has never been greater to develop to balance prosperity with social well-being and environmental protection. Several international conferences in 2015 set out new global agendas to deal with these challenges. There […]

  • Colombia, Implementation of TC module to support the multipurpose cadastre in Colombia

    Country: Colombia
    Field of expertise: Building More Effective Public Administration
    Duration: Start May 17, 2022 till November 30, 2023
    This project module is a contribution to peace and social cohesion in Colombia, through a functioning multipurpose cadastre. Insecurity in land rights increases vulnerability to violence of certain groups such as farmers, women and indigenous people. Within the framework of the World Bank Trust Fund for the multipurpose cadastre, the GIZ project aims to increase […]

  • Congo (DRC), ESPAD Peace and Security Program in Djugu

    Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Field of expertise: Dealing with Conflict, Fragility and Migration
    Duration: Start October 1, 2020 till September 30, 2022
    The programme aims to realize the following long term result: For the population to recognize the State as the main transparent and accountable provider of services to the people, favouring peace and stability. Specific project objectives are: 1. The performance and quality of justice administration services are improved, enabling equitable and accessible justice […]

  • Congo (DRC), ESPASK Peace and Security program in South Kivu

    Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Field of expertise: Dealing with Conflict, Fragility and Migration
    Duration: Start October 1, 2020 till March 31, 2023
    The programme aims to realize the following long term change: Inclusive and participatory local governance contributing to reducing the extent and incidence of customary power conflicts. Specific project objectives are: 0. The political and security situation in the targeted areas is “re-objectivized” and the intervention strategy is refined. 1. The populations in eastern […]