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News 17 May 2017

Empowering Libyan Women in the Diaspora

In April 2017, The Hague Academy for Local Governance convened in Tunisia a group of Libyan women activists. The tailor-made training titled, “Em...
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News 24 Apr 2017

Where Local Talents Unite for Global Development

From 27 March to 7 April, The Hague Academy organised a two-week training course on ‘Citizen Participation and Inclusive Governance’. T...
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Other 19 Apr 2017

Decentralisation and Participation Key for Development

In the World Development Report 2017, it is argued that many development projects focus too much on systems, structures and laws. When dealing with...
UN Volunteer Day in Goma
News 13 Apr 2017

Stories of Local Governance on the Occasion of Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday

The Hague Academy for Local Governance and VNG International cooperate in strengthening local governance worldwide. Working with people from diffe...
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News 30 Mar 2017

How to Deal with Bribes in the Workplace

Being offered a bribe is one of the most awkward situations any professional can find himself or herself in. Here are some tips how to deal with it.
Mission to Sudan
News 21 Mar 2017

Empowering Excluded Groups in Darfur

In addition to convening trainings in The Hague, the Academy conducts training missions abroad. These missions convene local officials and members...
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News 13 Feb 2017

The City of The Hague welcomes new female mayor

Mrs. Pauline Krikke will be the new mayor of The Hague. She will be the successor to Jozias van Aartsen and she is the first female mayor of The Ha...
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News 01 Feb 2017

A succesful year for Talent for Governance

In 2016, seven young talented employees from local authorities in Asia, Africa and South America could join our Talent for Governance-programme. We...
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News 13 Jan 2017

The Hague Academy wishes you the best in 2017!

The Hague Academy team would like to bring our best wishes to all for 2017! It has been a fruitful year in which we received numerous inspiring ca...
SHiraka LG 2016
Other 16 Dec 2016

Training civil servants from the MENA region

The past 2 months we hosted two training courses on social affairs & employment and local governance for civil servants working in Egypt, Jord...
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News 01 Dec 2016

Closing ceremony of Promoting Economic Development in Jordan

The Minister of Interior Mr. Salameh Hammad highlighted the important role that the government officials play in serving the community.
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News 28 Nov 2016

Leadership training for young Lebanese professionals

During one week, seven young Lebanese professionals were trained in amongst others mediation, creative problem solving, managing power, change and ...

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