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The Dutch Voluntary Subnational Review are now available

The Netherlands Association of Municipalities (VNG), the Interprovincial Consultation (IPO) and the ...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Over 45 cities joining in for the 2019 European Days of Local Solidarity!

12 November 2019

(updated on 19/11/19) The annual European Days of Local Solidarity (EDLS) are taking place for the f...

22 cities take part in the 3rd edition of the European Days of Local Solidarity!

26 October 2018

The third edition of the European Days of Local Solidarity is taking place between 5 and 18 November...

CONNECT: Another match has been made!

The CONNECT team is happy to announce that yet another CONNECTion has been established. The Moldova...

[UPDATED] We are looking for a consultancy service for our “National Multi Stakeholder Dialogues for Development”

22 January 2018

PLATFORMA is looking for a consultancy service to produce the final comparative analysis of its proj...

The first CONNECT knowledge exchange takes place in Agona West

The very first knowledge exchange facilitated by CONNECT is now a reality. From 15 to 19 May, all lo...

Local democracy

Local democracy

Oss and Utrecht are Netherlands’ “Most inspiring Global Goals municipalities”

13 February 2017

The award ceremony for the “Most inspiring Global Goals municipality” has been a tradition for m...