Palm trees as far as the eye can reach
On Friday the 12th of July my Ugandan colleague from Kalangala Municipal Council invited me and my colleague from the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) for a tour around the island…
PSL Eau, Bénin
The PSL Eau project (Projet d’Appui à la Synergie Locale pour l’Eau) aims to facilitate the implementation of Integrated Water Resource Management in 5 municipalities around the…
Palestinian new town of Rawabi launches Multi-year Strategy and Citizens Services Guidebook
Mr. Ibrahim al-Natour, mayor of the municipality of Rawabi, presented his town’s long-term development and citizen engagement priorities in a formal ceremony on Thursday June 20.…
“It's our house, we built it”
During a focus group discussion in Gabiley the participating mayors assured the districts’ commitment in further strengthening and engaging with the Association of Local…
The launching of small grants in both South Sudan and Mali
The IDEAL program, managed by VNG International, is about social cohesion and improving the relationship between civil society and local governments in seven countries. In Mali…
Ethiopia Social Accountability Program (ESAP) – Phase 3 officially launched in Addis Ababa on May 30, 2019
ESAP3, managed by VNG International and implemented for the next five years, will gradually scale up to 500 woredas (half of the total woredas in the country). The program funds…
ESAP3 Pre-disbursement training to implementing partners
CSO partners who will be implementing phase three of the Ethiopia Social Accountability Program that VNG International manages, have convened mid-May 2019 in Adama for a Pre-…
“Land conflicts in Eastern DRC”, a paper from the June 2019 land conflict conference in Eastern DRC in Bukavu
On the occasion of the Conference on Land Conflicts in Eastern DRC organised in Bukavu (17 to 20 June 2019), VNG International was invited to present an overview of the causes of…
Improving infrastructure by talking a lot (and drawing a bit)
Can you have an impact on investments in infrastructure by investing in people? And what role do urban governments play in this? Those were the central questions at the DEALS…