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Climate change, Training

Climate change, Training

Watch our training on Climate Adaptation and Mitigation for Locally Elected Representatives

UCLG learning, PLATFORMA and CEMR organised online a free “Climate Academy: Online training on Ada...

Strategic Partnership between Dutch MFA and VNG International for Sustainable Development through improved Local Governance in Uganda

Local democracy

Local democracy

PLATFORMA, NALAS & VNG International become members of Team Europe Democracy

PLATFORMA, NALAS & VNG International attended the first TED Network annual meeting on 21 June in...

Municipalities in the Netherlands join forces for SDG action

On 1st June 2023, representatives of municipalities from all over the Netherlands gathered for the G...

Municipalities push for regional cooperation by signing the SDG declaration

The province of Gelderland and the municipality of Winterswijk in the Netherlands organised a SDG Da...

(Inter)national knowledge sharing for accessible public spaces for everyone

Municipalities are working hard on solutions with limited financial resources, and (inter)national k...

SDG monitoring on the local level – A process manual for standard indicators

Global awareness on the SDGs is increasing, however, local authorities frequently struggle with moni...

New Mayors and Aldermen should use the Global Goals as a compass

VNG has appealed to the new local councils to be formed this spring to use the Global Goals as a com...

Aid & assistance, COVID-19

Aid & assistance, COVID-19

Discover how Cités Unies France and UCLG used the Module 4 on the ground in Ghana & Mali

3 February 2022

Following the Covid-19 pandemic, Cités Unies France (CUF) has identified the most impacted local co...

Local democracy

Local democracy

Myanmar: Service delivery and local governance in a crisis situation

28 January 2022

One year ago, a military coup happened in Myanmar and VNG International project activities came to a...

Implementing a systems approach for effective property taxation in Ghana

9 December 2021

Ghanaian local governments – metropolitan, municipal, and district assemblies (MMDAs) – face sev...

Discover SDG Best Practices by Dutch local government

Dutch municipalities work on achieving the SDGs in numerous ways. Want to find out more? Read VNG in...

Dutch municipalities raise their SDG flags!

24 September 2021

Municipalities play a pioneering role in realising the Global Goals in the Netherlands: more than 10...

Register to VNG second annual Global Goals Municipalities Meet Up

4 February 2021

Registration is open! VNG is organising its second annual Global Goals Municipalities Meet Up on 11 ...

Radio-shows promote accountable service delivery in Ethiopia during the pandemic

1 February 2021

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the World Bank’s largest social accountability progra...

Gender Equality

Gender Equality

Local and regional governments should be at the heart of 3rd EU Gender action plan!

The most recent webinar in a series on how local authorities and coalitions of associations can cont...

Local democracy, Financing

Local democracy, Financing

Discover VNG International toolkit to promote local economic development

There are many ways to promote local economic development (LED). Not necessarily better or worse way...

VNG International is taking action on COVID-19 in partner countries

The COVID-19 crisis is having a deep effect on local governance around the world. In the countries w...

Exchanges, peer learning & solidarity between municipalities and regions worldwide are key to the fight against COVID-19

Towns and regions worldwide are at the forefront in tackling the COVID-19 crisis. Sharing experience...

Register to the Summer course on Local Governance and Localising the SDGs

The Hague Academy for Local Governance is offering, together with the International cooperation age...

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