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VVSG’s Sustainable Municipality Week goes international

Since 2018, the Association of Flemish Cities & Municipalities (VVSG) has organised the “S...

SDGs, Eastern Partnership

SDGs, Eastern Partnership

Representatives of Latvian municipalities on tour in Belgium

Our Latvian partner LALRG organised a second study visit in Belgium on 15-16 May. In Brussels, Latvi...

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...

Inspiration to integrate international solidarity and cooperation in policy preparation

16 February 2024

Local elections in Belgium are planned for October 2024. In many municipalities, there is limited bu...

The SDGs as a starting point for new municipal partnerships

14 February 2024

The Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities (VVSG) will start a new project in 2024: the SD...

Videos | Inspiring SDG trajectories of Flemish municipalities

12 February 2024

In 2022 and 2023, the Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities (VVSG) made short videos abou...

Urban Development

Urban Development

Belgian research on the vision of the “sustainable city” from the Global South

8 December 2023

What does the sustainable city mean to the partners? What are the main characteristics of the sustai...

Municipal international cooperation: a dashboard of approaches and practices

8 November 2023

You want to become internationally active as a local government? You are looking for suitable forms ...

Lessons learned on city-to-city partnerships

11 October 2023

The Flemish municipalities of Brasschaat, Edegem and Herent went through a process, from 2019 to the...

Flemish cities & municipalities are showing the way

Flemish cities and municipalities are pioneers in translating the SDGs locally. In doing so, they no...

Week of the Sustainable Municipality | VVSG wants to inspire local government associations!

8 February 2023

The ‘Week of the Sustainable Municipality’ is an annual public campaign aimed firstly at...

The municipality of Oostkamp wants to embark on an international partnership

The municipality of Oostkamp (Belgium) is looking for a long-term collaboration with a local governm...

The Belgian city of Kortrijk wants to exchange on environment & climate with an African partner municipality

11 October 2021

The city of Kortrijk in Belgium is looking for a partner to start up its new international cooperati...

Ghost Children | A new award for Roeselare-Dogbo birth registration scheme!

“The Ghost Children Fight” was awarded best feature-length documentary at Amnesty international ...

EDLS, PLATFORMAwards

EDLS, PLATFORMAwards

#WorldChildrensDay: Your free 52′ home cinema session

20 November 2020

On this International Children’s Rights Day, PLATFORMA offers the free viewing of the&nbs...

The SDGs should be seen as a tool to overcome the crisis

9 November 2020

Local and regional government and EU institutions representatives discussed on the role of the Susta...

Local government takes a seat at the UN table

13 October 2020

75 years already! That’s how long it’s been since the creation of the United Nations, an organis...

Informing and involving citizens is central in municipalities strategy towards the localisation of the 2030 Agenda

The Andalusian Fund of Municipalities for International Solidarity (FAMSI), together with PLATFORMA,...

Discover VVSG three new publications on the SDGs

The SDGs are now firmly anchored at the local policy level in Flanders, but VVSG continues to inspir...

Flemish mayors explain the Sustainable Development Goals in video

In a short film launched by the Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities (VVSG), the mayors ...

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