A local governance experience!

Meet alumna Salome Mekvabishvili, Head of the Strategic Development Department at the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia. Salome followed our Local Economic Development course in 2020 with a purpose in mind: to contribute to boosting local economies across Georgia. She seeks to do this through the empowerment of local governments and communities […]

Samuel G. Ford is the Assistant Commissioner of Community Services at the Liberian National Police, an institution that has, for the past twenty years, sought to reform after being involved in the conflict of the Liberian civil wars, one of the bloodiest in Africa. Samuel is taking the next step in building his community’s trust […]

Dhankuta sits at the foothills of the Himalayas, in eastern Nepal. The town is the capital of Dhankuta District, a lush and biodiverse area that ranges from temperate, hilly woods to subtropical Sal forests along its river valleys. In the past, these rich resources have granted local communities a certain degree of autonomy in agriculture […]

Fred Buzu Asi works as Community Services Officer at the Ministerial Department of Refugees in Uganda. His main responsibilities are to ensure peaceful coexistence among refugees and between refugees and local host communities. To expand his knowledge and skills, he took the opportunity to follow the Migration and Local Authorities course at the Hague Academy. […]

Issiaka Bôh Magassa is a technical advisor at the Regional Development Agency of Kayes, in Mali. In 2021, he joined our Fiscal Decentralisation & Local Finance course with the aim of improving the ability of Malian local governments to collect revenue. Learn more about Issiaka’s ambitious plan to ensure that citizens have access to high-quality services.

To sustain peace in Aceh, Indonesia, Said Achmad Kabiru wants to address inequalities amongst youth by supporting economic recovery and entrepreneurship. With the Moringa project, he helps students, ex-combatants and community youth by securing and cultivating land to produce tea and medicine. Read more.

Our programmes aim to develop our participants’ knowledge and skills to act as change agents. We often hear back from our alumni, who share inspiring stories about their current projects. This is the case of Dahiana Manjarrés, who joined our Local Economic Development training in 2019. Since then, Dahiana has done a tremendous amount of […]

“Planners and policy makers need to gear towards sustainable planning to ensure that future generations have access to clean water”, says Tshering Lhamo, senior planning officer for the Bhutanese government. Tshering took part in our Multilevel Water Governance course and shares her experiences. Read her story.

Over the last 30 years, Albania has transitioned into a democratic society, putting new policies in place, building democratic institutions and making considerable progress in decentralisation. One of the main actors supporting this process is the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Albania. Orlando Fusco works for the delegation as a Programme Manager for […]

Anjas Prasetiyo is the team Leader of the Gratuity Control Programme, at the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). In Indonesia, corruption is one of the greatest impediments to national development, taking many different forms. One of them is illegal gratuity (gratifikasi). A gratuity, also called a tip, is a sum of money given by a […]

Water. Inspiration. Know-how. Expertise. These are words that continuously cross the minds of our ‘Shiraka: Water Management’ participants. The training is an experience that brings together the brightest and most proactive professionals from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to exchange knowledge and skills on Water Management. Mr. Mousa Alhlaihl is the Manager of […]