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News 17 Nov 2016

Gender Gaps Through the Globe

The World Economic Forum has released earlier in October the ‘Global Gender Gap Report 2016’ which measures the magnitude of gender disparities...
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News 17 Oct 2016

Kauswagan winner UCLG Peace Prize

The jury concluded that their project “From arms to farms” is an excellent example of courageous leadership, combining initiatives for ...
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News 13 Oct 2016

Stimulating local economic development in Jordan

The ambition of the Jordanian government to adopt a more local approach to economic development, is supported by The Hague Academy with training, s...
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News 13 Oct 2016

Financial Challenges for the Government of Sikkim India

“This training helped us to realise our strengths and weaknesses. It gave us tools to improve management of finances and resources”.
Other 10 Oct 2016

UCLG Peace Prize to be awared in October

The UCLG City of Bogotá Peace Prize will be awarded during the World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders held in Bogotá from 12 to 15 October 20...
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News 10 Oct 2016

Talent for Governance programme 2016

Five talented civil servants participate this fall in our Talent programmes on local economic development and local service delivery.
News 10 Oct 2016

‘Without inclusive leadership, the rule of law cannot be implemented in Iraq.’

Project manager Kamaran Mohamad Palani at the Al-Mesalla Human Resources Development Centre in Erbil, Kurdistan is satisfied with how he has been ...
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News 10 Oct 2016

A Mobile Approach to Support Refugees

One of our staff, Dayana al Alam, co-authored a publication on the experiences in Lebanon with a mobile approach to service delivery for refugee wo...
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News 30 Sep 2016

Learning from practices in smart city development

Concepts, state of the art technology, and practical applications in the field of smart city concepts, is what the staff of Technical Institute Ban...
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Other 13 Sep 2016

Trained diaspora organisations design own advocacy action plans

Ten representatives from different diaspora organisations took part in a training on lobby and advocacy which was organised together with the Afric...
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News 05 Sep 2016

Peacebuilding in Burundi from a gender perspective

Our Programme Manager Freddy Sahinguvu just returned from Burundi where he facilitated a training on gender in violent conflict and peacebuilding. ...
News 19 Aug 2016

Getting started with the SDGs in cities

The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UNSDSN) has recently launched the report “Getting started with the SDGs in cities”, a...

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