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News 24 Apr 2013

The Hague Academy and the post-2015 development framework

With the deadline for the MDGs in sight, one of the most hotly debated topics in international development cooperation is the post-2015 development...
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...

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