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News 10 Jan 2013

Strenghten the rule of law in EU pre-accession countries

We look back on two successful Matra Patrol courses that were held in November and December 2012. These Matra Patrol courses were facilitated by th...
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News 10 Jan 2013

How economic growth can go hand in hand with social security reforms?

What policies help to increase economic growth and job creation?  How is the social security system organised in The Netherlands? What can be lea...
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News 21 Nov 2012

Building Bridges between the Military and Local Authorities

Given the complex realities of present-day conflict and post-conflict reconstruction, contemporary international peacekeeping missions are multifac...
YEP
News 04 Sep 2012

Promoting youth engagement in fragile states

In January 2012, SPARK and The Hague Academy for Local Governance, embarked on a new and exciting project, the Youth Engagement Program (YEP) in So...
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News 12 Jul 2012

Great dialogues and debates on decentralisation issues worldwide

From 2 until 6 of July the summer course Decentralisation and Local Governance took place in The Hague. Experienced participants came from all over...
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News 05 Jun 2012

Albanian delegation takes a peek in Dutch Human Resources Management

On 21 May 2012 the one-week study visit ‘Human Resource Management and Training’ started in the Hague, The Netherlands. Open courses at The Hag...
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News 15 May 2012

Impressed by political participation of the youth

On 16 April 2012, the course ‘Citizen Participation and Accountability’ started in The Hague, the Netherlands. The participants came from diffe...
News 24 Apr 2012

Albanian municipalities to strengthen human resource management

Albanian municipal staff will visit The Netherlands in May to learn how they can improve management capacities for delivering public services to th...
News 24 Apr 2012

Doto’s chicken farm

Doto Mgasa, a young talent from the Babati District Council (Tanzania) came to the Netherlands with a mission. Being a community development office...
News 24 Apr 2012

VNG-staff support colleagues abroad

 On the occassion of the 100th anniversary of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG), VNG-staff started a campaign to support you...
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News 17 Apr 2012

Discussing aid effectiveness in Mozambique

Over the last fifteen years, Mozambique has pursued a decentralization model which combines the deconcentration of public services at provincial an...
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News 17 Apr 2012

Decentralisation is the empowerment of people through the empowerment of their local governments.

“Decentralisation is the empowerment of people through the empowerment of their local governments”, was one of the main definitions on decentra...

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