First introductory meeting of Disability Mainstreaming Committees in Eastern Ethiopia
On March 1st, the first introductory meeting of the Disability Mainstreaming Committee in Haromaya, Eastern Ethiopia was held. These Disability Mainstreaming Committees are…
First grant agreements signed for ESAP
Mid-February, the ESAP programme officially launched their new strategy by signing grant agreements with its first group of implementing partners (IPs) for the last phase of ESAP3…
Contracting of technical consultancy services Costa Rica
For the execution of the mUEve project plans of fifteen municipalities, within the framework of the European project mUEve co-financed by the European Union under the call for…
Kicking-off SDLG in Palestine!
The week of February 7th was all about the kick-off of the inception phase for the SDLG programme in Palestine. The project team, together with a local governance expert, visited…
Launching new website ESAP3!
We are pleased to share that we have launched a new website specific for ESAP’s third phase! While the site has the usual information on who we are, what we do, where we work,…
A flooding Early Warning System for all in Benin
Flooding is an annual occurence for the communities of the Lower Ouémé Valley in Benin. In order to strengthen the populations in their state of alert, the government of Benin has…
Service delivery and local governance in a crisis situation: an adapted approach of VNG International in Myanmar
On 1st of February 2021 the military coup happened and our project activities came to a standstill; our project partner Loka Ahlinn immediately put all activities on hold,…
Launching of the “Amahoro@Scale” project in Burundi
This January, VNG International, together with aid organisation ZOA, has launched the “Amahoro@Scale” project in Burundi. The project focuses on the improvement of land governance…
Implementing a systems approach for effective property taxation in Ghana
The influential International Centre for Tax and Development has recently published a contribution by VNG International’s key expert Peter Jongkind on our tax revenue for economic…