Annual Update 2021 VNG International
Recent / Ongoing Projects
Improving
Access to
Basic Services
by strengthening democratic
local government
What is the most visible role of local governments worldwide? It is the provision of basic services, like good sanitation, clean drinking water and regular garbage collection. The impact on the quality of life, and even life expectancy, is enormous.
Yet, for various reasons, in many countries local governments are not capable of fulfilling their responsibilities. Their mandate may not be well-defined, their staff may not have the necessary technical or policy-making capacity to make services accessible and affordable, also for vulnerable groups, or systems for cost-recovery and as a result maintenance are lacking. Apart from the immediate effects, this will also negatively influence the prospects for economic development and lessen people’s confidence in local democracy. Strengthening the capacity of local governments to improve access to basic public services is therefore an important element in our portfolio.
Benin, Land Administration Modernisation Project (PMAF)
01-12-2018 / 30-11-2022
donor: Royal Netherlands Embassy in Benin; Agence Nationale du Domaine et du Foncier (ANDF)
CONSORTIUM PARTNER(S): MDF Training & Consultancy; Kadaster International
Benin, Assistance Technique pour le Programme OmiDelta
01-10-2017 / 30-06-2021
donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands
CONSORTIUM PARTNER(S): COWI
✱ Burundi, IDEAL Country Programme
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donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands
Egypt, UELDP Implementation Support Consultants
01-02-2019 / 31-12-2021
donor: Ministry of Local Development in Egypt
CONSORTIUM PARTNER(S): CID consulting; MDF Training & Consultancy
Ethiopia, Water Pricing for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
01-09-2018 / 31-08-2024
donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands
CONSORTIUM PARTNER(S): Woord en Daad; Dutch Water Authorities; Eijkelkamp B.V.
Jordan, Cities Implementing Transparent Innovative and Effective Solutions (CITIES)
25-09-2016 / 24-09-2021
donor: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
CONSORTIUM PARTNER(S): Chemonics
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01-04-2018 / 31-03-2021
donor: European Commission
PLATFORMA Specific Grant Agreement SGA 2
01-03-2019 / 28-02-2021
donor: European Commission
World, Deployment of External Expertise - Support Facility Water and Environment
01-03-2019 / 01-03-2023
donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands
CONSORTIUM PARTNER(S): Trinomics (lead), Profundo,
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