A local governance experience!

Myanmar is in a humanitarian crisis. Now two years of political turmoil have forced over a million from their homes. Internally displaced persons and host communities alike have struggled to find basic services amid conflict. We spoke with alumna Yin Yin Min as she explained how her project builds social cohesion through integrated waste management. […]

• Location Myanmar
• Course Migration & Local Governance

Meet Alpha Ibrahim Bah, a high-level policymaker who wishes to make his country prepared for future climate upheaval. Join us as he strides to build Guinea’s and Conakry’s climate resilience. Alpha Ibrahima Bah is a national project coordinator of Guinea’s Third National Communication on Climate Change. As an established practitioner who seeks to build the […]

• Location Guinea
• Course Urban Governance: Resilient & Smart Cities

Meet alumna Shoma Nurun Naher, Director of Health and Environment at the DASCOH Foundation in Bangladesh. A physician by profession, Shoma felt frustrated by the service gap that keeps many in Bangladesh from receiving adequate healthcare. With the goal of helping ensure primary healthcare at the community level, Shoma joined The Hague Academy for the […]

• Course Inclusive Service Delivery & the SDGs

Meet alumna Salome Mekvabishvili, Head of the Strategic Development Department at the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia. Salome followed our Local Economic Development course in 2020 with a purpose in mind: to contribute to boosting local economies across Georgia. She seeks to do this through the empowerment of local governments and communities […]

• Location Georgia
• Topic Local Economic Development

Samuel G. Ford is the Assistant Commissioner of Community Services at the Liberian National Police, an institution that has, for the past twenty years, sought to reform after being involved in the conflict of the Liberian civil wars, one of the bloodiest in Africa. Samuel is taking the next step in building his community’s trust […]

• Location Liberia
• Course Integrity & Anti-corruption

Dhankuta sits at the foothills of the Himalayas, in eastern Nepal. The town is the capital of Dhankuta District, a lush and biodiverse area that ranges from temperate, hilly woods to subtropical Sal forests along its river valleys. In the past, these rich resources have granted local communities a certain degree of autonomy in agriculture […]

• Location Nepal
• Course Local Climate Response

Fred Buzu Asi works as Community Services Officer at the Ministerial Department of Refugees in Uganda. His main responsibilities are to ensure peaceful coexistence among refugees and between refugees and local host communities. To expand his knowledge and skills, he took the opportunity to follow the Migration and Local Authorities course at the Hague Academy. […]

• Location Uganda
• Course Migration & Local Governance

Issiaka Bôh Magassa is a technical advisor at the Regional Development Agency of Kayes, in Mali. In 2021, he joined our Fiscal Decentralisation & Local Finance course with the aim of improving the ability of Malian local governments to collect revenue. Learn more about Issiaka’s ambitious plan to ensure that citizens have access to high-quality services.

• Location Mali
• Course Fiscal Decentralisation & Local Finance

To sustain peace in Aceh, Indonesia, Said Achmad Kabiru wants to address inequalities amongst youth by supporting economic recovery and entrepreneurship. With the Moringa project, he helps students, ex-combatants and community youth by securing and cultivating land to produce tea and medicine. Read more.

• Location Indonesia
• Course Conflict, Rule of Law & Local Security

Our programmes aim to develop our participants’ knowledge and skills to act as change agents. We often hear back from our alumni, who share inspiring stories about their current projects. This is the case of Dahiana Manjarrés, who joined our Local Economic Development training in 2019. Since then, Dahiana has done a tremendous amount of […]

• Location Colombia
• Course Local Economic Development

“Planners and policy makers need to gear towards sustainable planning to ensure that future generations have access to clean water”, says Tshering Lhamo, senior planning officer for the Bhutanese government. Tshering took part in our Multilevel Water Governance course and shares her experiences. Read her story.

• Location Bhutan
• Course Multilevel Water Governance

Over the last 30 years, Albania has transitioned into a democratic society, putting new policies in place, building democratic institutions and making considerable progress in decentralisation. One of the main actors supporting this process is the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Albania. Orlando Fusco works for the delegation as a Programme Manager for […]

• Location Albania
• Course Fiscal Decentralisation & Local Finance

Anjas Prasetiyo is the team Leader of the Gratuity Control Programme, at the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). In Indonesia, corruption is one of the greatest impediments to national development, taking many different forms. One of them is illegal gratuity (gratifikasi). A gratuity, also called a tip, is a sum of money given by a […]

• Location Indonesia
• Course Integrity & Anti-corruption

Water. Inspiration. Know-how. Expertise. These are words that continuously cross the minds of our ‘Shiraka: Water Management’ participants. The training is an experience that brings together the brightest and most proactive professionals from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to exchange knowledge and skills on Water Management. Mr. Mousa Alhlaihl is the Manager of […]

• Location Jordan
• Topic Multi-level Water Governance