Where local talents unite for global development

Talent for Governance provides scholarships to young, talented and motivated civil servants from developing and transitional countries. With these scholarships, the civil servants can follow training courses in the Netherlands so that they can develop their knowledge and skills in the field of local governance. The scholarships give them the opportunity to meet colleagues from abroad as well as to learn from experiences in other countries. In this way, Talent for Governance not only contributes to their individual development but also invests in the sustainable and structural improvement of living conditions in their communities. 

The Talent for Governance Network connects civil servants worldwide. In this online community, they can share experiences and knowledge about their work in local governance. The support and advice that civil servants give each other will help them to deal with challenges in their work and to improve local governance practices.

Run for your colleague!

Talent for Governance has made an appeal to all young civil servants in the Netherlands to support their talented colleagues in developing countries by participating in the City-Pier-City run at 14 March 2010.

World Youth Meeting for a Sustainable Future

19-21 Januari 2010 | Bari, Italy

The Italian government and the Regione Puglia will be hosting the “1st World Youth Meeting for a Sustainable Future”, in the context of the initiative “Ni, mondlokaj civitanoj- We, Global Local citizens” (NMC) which seeks to promote sustainable development and youth participation in decision-making at both local and global level.

First Talent for Governance scholarship programme successfully completed

From 20 September until 2 October the Talent for Governance ran its first scholarship programme . Emilia Gjeroska, Thulani Twala and Sylvia Solis Lopez attended the training course ‘How to use the power of your citizens’ the first week. Among others, they followed lectures by international experts, shared experiences from their own municipalities, visited several citizen participation projects in Dutch Municipalities like the Fathers’ centre in the Hague.