Our participants

We develop training programmes for:

  • mayors and deputy mayors, members of the municipal executive, council members;
  • managers and staff members of municipalities, national governments and public service organisations;
  • active citizens and NGOs cooperating with local governments;
  • policy makers, project managers and consultants at donor, development and consultancy organisations.

Participants to our courses came from, a.o.:

UNDP Bangladesh, Spanish town (Jamaica), Ministry of Local Government Botswana, municipality of Bitola (Macedonia), municipality of Greater Tzaneen (South Africa), Ministry of Health Uganda, Oxfam Novib, Cordaid, Ministry of Finance Nigeria, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, municipality of Ecatepec (Mexico), DFID Rwanda, CIDA Morocco, USAID Armenia, GTZ India, GFA Consulting Group, Ministry of Local Government Kosovo, Ministry of Local Government Uganda, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Craiova Training Centre (Rumania), Ministry of Finance Macedonia, municipality of Sisli (Turkey), municipality of Sofia (Bulgaria), Local Democracy Academy (Croatia), Local Government Association Iraq.

Below you can read the experiences from a couple of our previous participants.

Summercourse Decentralisation and Local Governance

This summercourse was an interesting and inspiring meeting of people from different types of organisations working in different parts of the world: Tanzania, The Netherlands, Rwanda, Armenia, Yemen and Uganda. Read some feedback from the participants..

Masterclass Municipal International Cooperation

Project officer of the Dutch municipality Alphen aan de Rijn Hans van Arkel, involved in two projects (HIV/AIDS and Housing) with partner municipality Oudtshoorn, South Africa and Mieke Croughs, medical doctor in a community health service and advisor to the HIV/AIDS project carried out by the municipalities of Heusden and Otjiwarongo Nambia give their opinion and share their experiences. Read more...

Citizen Participation Course 2009 'how to use the power of your citizens'

Participants of the training course ‘How to use the power of your citizens?’ were very enthusiastic about the programme, during which they could exchange their expertise and experience with professionals, local governors, municipal staff and resident experts from the Netherlands. Read more ...