VNG International signs MoU with Join for Water
On the 17th of March 2020, just a week before World Water Day, VNG International and Join for Water (formerly known as Protos) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to…
IDEAL programme supports COVID-19 response of the municipalities in Burundi
In all of VNG International’s projects and activities, adaptations to face the Corona virus are pertinent. Also in Burundi, which has yet to deal with its first case of Corona,…
To review or evaluate?
Last Thursday (12-03), the DEALS programme Advisory Committee meeting took place to discuss the current state of events. This included a very insightful presentation about the…
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…
Translating ALGASL’s vision into reality
“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. It is about action and example.” The Association of Local Government Authorities of Somaliland (ALGASL) is the…
Thirty-two Malians visit Burkina Faso for knowledge exchange
From the 1st to the 6th of December 2019, 32 Malian water managers travelled to Burkina Faso, to learn more about how decentralized water governance is organized by their ‘…
MAGIC first Project Steering Committee meeting – Hakha, 21 February 2020
I was wondering whether the first PSC meeting was going to happen? Just after the Chin National Day events on 20th February, with many delegations from in and outside Chin State…
Impressions of a Colombian sustainability scientist from his first UN-Habitat World Urban Forum
Perceptions Walking into the WUF10 for the very first time was an astonishing experience. The size of the venue, the amount of people, the diversity of nationalities, the…
Governing local security In the chieftaincy of Buhavu, DRC
Today, the Rift Valley Institute and VNG International publish “Governing local security in the eastern Congo : Decentralization, police reform and interventions in the…