Open courses 2022

Course Introduction: How a country organises its finances, forms the basis for how local authorities govern their cities, towns and villages. Through fiscal decentralisation, […]

Course Introduction: Local public services such as waste management, water access and social services have a huge impact on our daily lives and well-being. […]

Course Introduction: Inclusive development requires responsive governments and empowered citizens. But what can local officials and civil society organisations do to ensure all voices […]

Course Introduction: With the majority of today’s world population living in cities, cities have become the engines of (economic) development and innovation. This also […]

Course Introduction: The course discusses how local authorities can adapt to climate change and increase their climate resilience. We start by discussing climate change […]

Course Introduction: Water provision and governance of water involve complex systems and the coordination of different stakeholders at all levels of government. Adding to […]

Course Introduction: This practice-oriented course focuses on strengthening the economic capacity of local and regional communities. Taking into account the 2030 global sustainable development […]

Course Introduction: What are the underlying causes and dynamics of conflict? How can government actors at different levels contribute to conflict transformation and restoring […]

Course Introduction: How can policies and programmes be inclusive and more specifically, gender sensitive? How do values of inclusiveness and gender equality result in […]