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News 10 Jan 2018

Strengthening Dutch-Moroccan Ties to Anti-corruption Trainings

The Hague Academy for Local Governance welcomed from 27 November to 1 December 2017 a high delegation of Moroccan civil servants for a training cou...
somalia
News 20 Dec 2017

A Mission to Promote Inclusivity in Somalia

In December 2017, The Hague Academy completed a week-long inclusive governance training for local officials in Garowe/Puntland. The training for lo...
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News 15 Dec 2017

Designing Local Economic Development Plans

By Quinty de Nobel Packed with plenty of newly gained inspiration, the 25 participants of our 2017 Local Economic Development trainings are now hom...
TM Lesotho nov 2015
News 13 Dec 2017

Strengthening Fiscal Decentralisation in Lesotho

Lesotho is a small but mountainous and beautiful country completely surrounded by South Africa. Since its independence in 1966, the country has exp...
fiscal-dec-report
News 07 Dec 2017

Localise Financing to Achieve the SGDs

Effective fiscal decentralisation and capacity development of national as well as local authorities is crucial for achieving the Sustainable Devel...
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News 06 Dec 2017

Spotlight: Week of Integrity

From 1 to 9 December 2017, the Netherlands will celebrate the Week of Integrity. This annual awareness initiative combines the efforts of several ...
Talent for Governance Programme
News 01 Dec 2017

Talent for Governance: Reflections from a Past Talent – Part 2

In 2016, Stephen Molatlhegi was selected to the Academy’s own scholarship programme, Talent for Governance. As a Talent, Stephen participate...
Brenda-Conflict-LS Course-2017
News 16 Nov 2017

Addressing Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding, while Involving Local Citizens

by Quinty de Nobel Intern at The Hague Academy for Local Governance Engaging in conflict resolution while ensuring citizen participation at the sa...
Matra Programme
News 14 Nov 2017

Citizen Participation: Challenges and Opportunities in Eastern Europe

by Lars Burema Programme Manager, The Hague Academy Citizens are better educated and more vocal than ever before. They demand a voice in decisions ...
oecd report cover
News 10 Nov 2017

How do Local Authorities Spend their Budgets?

Recent research by the OECD and UCLG in 101 countries shows that the biggest share of regional and local government budgets (22%) goes to education...
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News 30 Oct 2017

Civil Servants from the MENA Region Working on Long-term Social Affairs and Employment Plans

Last week, The Hague Academy and partner CILG facilitated the second and final part of the Shiraka ‘Social Affairs & Employment’ training i...
Stephen Molatlhegi
News 24 Oct 2017

Talent for Governance: Reflections from a Past Talent – Part 1

In 2016, Stephen Molatlhegi was selected for the Academy’s own scholarship programme, Talent for Governance. While serving as Project Officer...

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