Insights from Upper Egypt: Power Management in Waste and Water Management Plants
Challenges and Opportunities in Power Management in Waste and Water Management Plants. By Robert Munthali, Energy Expert One common challenge among the Affiliated Companies…
A (West) Nile special
At breakfast at 7 a.m. the Vice chancellor of Muni University and the Director VNG International signed off a Memorandum of Understanding underlying a strategic collaboration in…
Scaling Up Social Accountability Practices in East Africa
On the 25-27th of January, 2023, as part of a conference organized by WaterAid and alongside representatives from countries including Kenya, Uganda, Mali, Ghana and Tanzania, VNG…
The trees we plant
Many local governments have more trees than inhabitants. On their website, it says that the municipality of Amsterdam has 1 million trees, of which 300.000 are maintained by the…
Strengthening capacity of Local Government Councils through induction, coaching and mentorship
The Local Government Councils play a critical role in the provision of governance focus within Local Governments in a decentralized governance like Uganda. Over time, the changing…
Phase 2 – project plans: Move with the municipalities of MUEVE-Este
Please click here for the Spanish version of the article. The mUEve-Este project, which involves the municipalities of Curridabat, La Unión, Cartago and Paraíso, has moved into…
EU Delegation visits VNG International’s office on St Maarten
High level officials from the Resilience, Sustainable Energy and Marine Biodiversity (RESEMBID) Programme’s lead donor agency, the European Union, visited St. Maarten in January…
First real life meeting of the SDLG team in The Hague
On Wednesday 18th of January 2023, the different SDLG country teams met for the first time in real life during the SDLG day of the International Staff Conference (ISC) in The…
VNGI & UMT Project Recognized as Leading Innovation by OECD
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has recognised the project titled ‘Municipal Authorities in Türkiye Realising Alliances with Citizens’…