Opening of LOGOReP Erbil-Kirkuk road in Iraq
On 7 January 2021, a formal ceremony was organised to officially open the restored Erbil-Kirkuk road in Iraq. The road, which was built under VNG International’s LOGOReP project…
It Takes a Community to Build an Inclusive Economy
The IDEAL Palestine Program is entering its last year. The five participating municipalities have established Local Economic Development Councils and identified several economic…
How managing the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the Libyan perspective on decentralisation
The covid-19 pandemic has put a strain on all levels of government across the world. Many local authorities in developing countries have had to pick up new tasks such as…
The 10th of December is the International human rights day
The 10th of December is the International human rights day, in joint collaboration between our daughter organisation “VNG international Centre for Innovative Local Governance (…
Consecutive trainings for the IDEAL team to improve on-line facilitation skills
The last two weeks were about making virtue of necessity. The outbreak and aftermath of COVID19 forced the IDEAL team (and other colleagues) to mainly work online. This raised…
On-line IDEAL Advisory Board: sticky notes and group photos
On November 19th, 2020 the IDEAL programme held its second Advisory Board meeting of the year chaired by the mayor of Rheden, Carol van Eert. Whilst the first meeting in summer…
A picture is worth a thousand words
Since the beginning of 2017, IDEAL Somaliland has made significant progress. And how to better demonstrate this than with an illustration? The illustration shows that the IDEAL…
Learning from your peers in Somaliland
The Association of Local Government Authorities of Somaliland (ALGASL), VNG International and Berbera District organized an introductory benchmarking workshop between 16 and 19…
Pris dans les tourbillons de la COVID-19;
VNG International renforce les capacités de résilience des gouvernements locaux à l’Est de la RDC En mars 2020, la République Démocratique du Congo a proclamé l’état d’urgence…