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New Albanian Capacity Building Foundation—inspired by SNV To match local supply and demand for capacity building services in the Albanian rural areas
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New €3.6 million forestry programme in Albania To develop a sustainable forestry programme.
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SNV Balkans awarded USD1.47 million grant amidst stiff competition For a three-year programme to advance gender equality and women’s rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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SNV among the Ashden Awards prize winners for sustainable energy Vietnamese biogas programme tackles dangerous cooking practices and animal waste problems
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Greening the globe, the Dutch way Two Dutch organisations - SNV and the Rural Energy Foundation - are front-runners for the global green energy award
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Kenya: Minister of Tourism commends SNV's work Minister requests SNV and partners to upscale their pro-poor tourism programme
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Peruvian moss sweeps entrepreneur awards A double win for Marco Piñatelli and SNV’s Maria Jimienez at the Business in Development event
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Debating development cooperation Dutch politicians take centre-stage
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Beekeeping creates a buzz at “Nature Challenge” Awards SNV revolutionizes bee hive production in Mozambique; reducing deforestation and increasing farmers’ incomes
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Trade during turmoil Netherlands embassy and SNV promote cross-border trade for peace and economic development in Sudan
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SNV stresses private sector development at crowded Africa Day 2010 Chief Executive, Dirk Elsen, was one of the debaters in a session on corporate social responsibility.
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Development aid to come out of its cocoon “If we want to be more effective, development aid needs to be much broader embedded and be connected with global issues like climate change, financial crises and food security."
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Development aid: change it or lose it Former member of parliament Arend Jan Boekestijn, SNV Chief Executive Dirk Elsen and senior ISS lecturer Nicholas Awortwi took part in a lively discussion on the future of development aid in The Hague on 23 March.
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Responsible Tourism leads the road to recovery The success of Responsible Tourism as a travel product is just one of the findings of “The Market for Responsible Tourism Products”, a ground-breaking new study commissioned by SNV
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Capacity is Development Knowledge Fair SNV cases and videos among top submissions at the Capacity is Development Knowledge Fair
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SNV to address need for local capacity building at UN Summit This week, a SNV delegation, headed by SNV director Dirk Elsen, will participate in the UNDP High Level event ‘Capacity IS Development – Smart Strategies and Capable Institutions for 2015 and Beyond’
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Development aid: a call for entrepreneurship If we were to base the outcome of the upcoming Dutch national elections on 9 June on recent local elections, prospects would be pretty grim for international development.
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Global Forum on Impact Investing Brings Together Stakeholders to Chart a Course to Realize the Full Potential of Impact Investing More than 150 representatives from the private, public and nonprofit sectors attended the Royal Netherlands Embassy and SNV Netherlands Development Organisation’s Global Forum on Impact Investing.
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SNV-ECDPM seminar on Capacity Development: More Emphasis on Networks Needed Networks and relationships are key for successful capacity development
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SNV successfully replicates biogas programme approach to Lao PDR First 1,000 Laotian households obtain multiple benefits of biogas
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SNV steps into feed sheep stranded by floods in Northern Albania Over 6,000 starving sheep stranded by floods in Northern Albania will receive emergency food supplies organised by the SNV Balkans ProMali project.
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SNV addresses deforestation at Climate Summit The SNV delegation at the Copenhagen Summit has been closely involved in the REDD debate
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SNV pulls crowd at World Travel Market in London A group of SNV tourism advisers was actively involved in the World Travel Market event, the largest annual business to business tourism event that took place from 10 to 12 November in London.
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Ambitious biogas programme in Pakistan kicks off SNV present to provide biogas expertise services
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SNV calls for scaling-up practices at International Biogas Event in Nepal The President of Nepal, Dr. Ram Baran Yadav, and SNV director, Dirk Elsen, closed a successful three-day biogas event last week in Nepal.
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SNV in the COP15 ‘Raise your Voice’ contest on YouTube The United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 (also known as COP15) will take place this December, in Copenhagen
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Social Responsible Tourism: Increasing your profit by doing good If we manage to include local communities in the supply chain of services to tourists, this will positively influence local development, employment and income
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SNV organises International Biogas Event in Kathmandu Asian Development Bank supports Workshop: How to improve and scale up practices?
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Head UNDP, Helen Clark, meets NGO leaders at SNV Clark highlighted the UNDP priorities for the coming years
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SNV encourages Pakistan’s government involvement in domestic biogas Domestic Biogas Programme enters new phase towards livelihood improvements for Pakistan farmers
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SNV establishes International Advisory Board The Board’s members include social, political and academic leaders from around the world
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SNV targets five million people in ambitious ADB ‘Energy for All Partnership’ Asian Development Bank initiates to improve access to clean energy for Asian households
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SNV Balkans starts forestry activity in Kosovo The project’s main aim is to support the private and decentralized forestry development
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SNV: "Don’t make the multilateral channel the preferred channel" Dirk Elsen on the roles of Multilateral development organisations in Dutch development policy
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Farmers in Uganda Access Timely Market Information Objective is to contribute to the increase of national incomes by empowering organized farmer groups
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SNV's Annual Report 2008 available The report includes a summary of our work in 32 countries.
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Big subsidy for cotton cultivators Burkina Faso: unions negotiate a better deal
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Investing in Capacities for National Development Changing mindsets and transforming organisations
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Young PwC “shake their brains” on SNV case-studies 25 young employees of PriceWaterhouseCoopers lent their brains to the recent “Brainshake” event
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SNV connects at Africa Day 2009 SNV was actively involved in today’s Africa Day 2009 programme.
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Asian Development Bank supports Vietnam biogas programme The SNV biogas programme in Asia is getting growing international recognition
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Pigs for energy (video) Pig manure can provide a tremendous source of energy.
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Mango Cutting Machine Contest (video) SNV launched a contest to design the best mango-slicing machine.
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“The Other America” to air on BBC WORLD A five-part series conceived by SNV, together with Rockhopper Productions, will air on BBC World News from Tuesday 7 April.
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SNV supports biodiesel initiative in Peru SNV has agreed to plant approximately 10,000 acres of land
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SNV short-listed for prestigious sustainability prize SNV highlights the diversity of talent, initiative and skills in the not-for-profit sector
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EU integration the way forward for Bosnia SNV committed to supporting EU integration process in BiH
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SNV and Hivos partners in Twaweza Initiative Improved access to basic services
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Kenyan President Kibaki acknowledges SNV Capacity building support to Kenyan youth
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Partnership SNV and Millennium Promise Joint effort to support Millennium Villages
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SNV calls for massive investment in local capacity Focus on urgent need for local capacity development
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Companies see a Future beyond Responsibility new trends in business development and social investment
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SNV at World Poverty Day Event by EEN Campaign Worldwide, almost 117 million people have Stood Up Against Poverty
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SNV and Harvard University Partnership Unlocking the Potential for Profitable SME Lending
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Side Event on Local Poverty Reduction and MDG Localization Scaling up implementation key to achieving MDGs
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SNV embraces mutual accountability outcome at Accra HLF Important steps towards increasing Aid Effectiveness
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