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News 19 Apr 2013
EC Commissioner stresses importance of local authorities
“We particularly see a stronger role for local authorities in partner countries as key to achieving better governance and the sustainable develop...
DDD group March 2013
News 09 Apr 2013
How to strengthen democracies, increase decentralisation and improve development?
From 11 to 22 March 2013, The Hague Academy for Local Governance organised a training course on Decentralisation, Democratisation and Development. ...
News 05 Apr 2013
Application open for fellowships training Social Affairs & Employment
The training course Social Affairs and Employment  is part of a larger programme Matra-South that has been developed by the Ministry of Foreign af...
Closing ceremony Integrity
Other 19 Mar 2013
Participants further strengthen integrity in their countries
From 4 until 13 March The Hague Academy successfully organised the ‘Integrity of Civil Servants’ course for the second time. It is part of the ...
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...
matra tunis
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...
Pelgrine Sword
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...
Summercourse 2009 “Empowering people through decentralisation” 2
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...
Albanian delegation
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...
Afbeelding 016
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...

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