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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 […]

  • 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, 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Decentralization of Property Tax in the Palestinian Territories

    Country: Afghanistan
    Field of expertise: Building More Effective Public Administration
    Duration: Start September 1, 2018 till March 31, 2023
    The overall objective is to investigate how decentralisation of property tax can contribute to enhance (property) tax revenues to enable municipalities in Palestine to deliver improved basic services to citizens. Specific objectives are: Enhanced property tax revenues and services to citizens when they are given a full mandate to collect property tax themselves. […]

  • Dutch Societal Innovation Hub

    Country: Netherlands
    Field of expertise: Building More Effective Public Administration
    Duration: Start December 6, 2022 till September 30, 2025
    Public sector organisations face societal challenges and lack digital maturity to solve these effectively. While looking for innovations created by public-private ecosystems issues such as a lack of interoperability and working in silos, lead to suboptimal solutions that do not create enough impact. This calls for a closer cooperation between ecosystems and public entities to […]

  • Ethiopia, Uniting Local Governments in Ethiopia

    Country: Ethiopia
    Field of expertise: Building More Effective Public Administration
    Duration: Start December 10, 2020 till December 9, 2024
    The wider objective of the project is to strengthen the institutional and operational capacity of local governments to deepen Ethiopia’s decentralisation process as a pathway to sustainable development. The specific objectives are (1) Strengthen Local Government representative organisations at urban and rural level to become meaningful exchange platforms and carry out advocacy with […]

  • EU Facility Supporting Policy Dialogue and Technical Assistance in Iraq

    Country: Iraq
    Field of expertise: Building More Effective Public Administration
    Duration: Start April 11, 2024 till July 14, 2025
    Objective: To strengthen public institutions and develop capacities for policymaking, planning and implementation in view of engaging with non-state actors, responding to citizens’ needs and contributing to general socio-economic development and the strengthening of participatory governance, peaceful and just society. Results to be achieved: Component 1: Improved institutional capacity […]

  • Ghana, Kumasi Citãs-Unies France COVID-19 Recovery Programme

    Country: Ghana
    Field of expertise: Building More Effective Public Administration
    Duration: Start December 7, 2020 till August 31, 2022
    The wider objective of the project is to support the Ghanaian city of Kumasi in dealing with the effects of the COVD-19 pandemic. The specific objectives are: – To provide support for and strengthen micro and small businesses towards faster economic recovery through the promotion of Local Economic Development – To enhance the capacity […]

  • Ghana, Tax for Development

    Country: Ghana
    Field of expertise: Building More Effective Public Administration
    Duration: Start November 1, 2017 till December 31, 2022
    The overall objective of the project is to realize a sustainable increase of local tax revenues to finance improved basic services to the citizens of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) involved. Specific objectives are: to improve the institutional capacity and procedures of each MMDA to collect revenues and diminish the tax […]

  • Improve the knowledge on legal, social, and institutional framework conditions on land rights

    Country: South Sudan
    Field of expertise: Building More Effective Public Administration
    Duration: Start December 8, 2023 till December 7, 2024
    The objective of the project is the understanding of relevant actors for a conflict-, gender- and context-sensitive management of the legal, social, and institutional framework of land rights has been improved. The expected results of the project are: (i) conduct a study that examines to what extent the existing legal, social, and […]

  • Kenya Devolution Programme

    Country: Kenya
    Field of expertise: Building More Effective Public Administration
    Duration: Start January 5, 2022 till September 30, 2022
    The Kenya Devolution Programme (KDP) aims to bring forward solutions to challenges facing devolution with the overall objective to improve development results at county level, by a) a more effective, open and accountable county governments, and b) improved service delivery and poverty reduction. To achieve these outcomes, activities will be undertaken to contribute to five […]

  • Mozambique, Field Level Leadership Program for Beira

    Country: Mozambique
    Field of expertise: Building More Effective Public Administration
    Duration: Start July 1, 2021 till May 31, 2023
    Beira is Mozambique’s fourth-largest city, with approximately 530,000 inhabitants. Like all the country’s cities, it is growing quickly. Mozambique’s urban population has more than doubled in the last 20 years. Mozambique is a relatively poor country, with around three-fifths of its 30 million people living below the USD 1.90/day poverty line. It is among the […]

  • Myanmar, Municipal Accountability, Governance and Inclusive Communities in Chin State and Tanintharyi Region (MAGIC)

    Country: Myanmar
    Field of expertise: Building More Effective Public Administration
    Duration: Start March 1, 2018 till February 28, 2022
    The wider objective of the project is Improved municipal governance and service delivery in Myanmar The specific objective: Improved functioning of DAOs at township and state/region level in Chin State and Tanintharyi Region. The expected results of the project are: Oc(1) strengthened capacities of township DAOs/DACs in planning, budgeting and revenue generation. […]

  • Netherlands, China knowledge network local governments

    Country: Netherlands
    Field of expertise: Building More Effective Public Administration
    Duration: Start February 1, 2020 till June 30, 2021
    The wider objective of the project is to assist the national government of the Netherlands in better facilitating information exchange and streamline intermunicipal coordination and cooperation amongst Dutch local governments in their paradiplomatic relations with China. The specific objectives of this project are to map and assess the network of stakeholders, their needs, and […]