Search

During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health issues are compounded by the effects of lockdown. By putting our minds to it, we can help people to become more resilient and united to weather the future challenges we face.

Selling shea nuts they gathered themselves is how many women in Mali and Burkina Faso earn a living. It's a precarious, season-dependent livelihood – but thanks to a public-private partnership (PPP), a Facility for Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Food Security (FDOV) programme sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of…

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the world, it has forced schools to close on a massive scale. Past epidemics have shown that when schools close, adolescent girls are at higher risk of sexual exploitation, female genital mutilation, pregnancy and forced marriages.

Ninety percent of all the world’s disasters are water related. Egypt's largest flood in recent memory in 2015 led to the Anticipatory Flood Management in Alexandria (AFMA) project, a public-private partnership involving Dutch and Egyptian parties.

Early in the pandemic the International Labour Organization predicted half the world’s workforce stood to lose their jobs immediately. In Uganda social enterprise Eco Brix teamed up with Dutch high tech company TMC to produce mouth masks to fight unemployment, poverty and COVID.

In 1945, the world united in laying the foundations of the United Nations (UN), in an endeavour to create international solidarity and a shared commitment to peace and security. Today, the organisation still plays an important role in fulfilling these two principles and the Sustainable Developments Goals …

Sport is an important enabler of sustainable development. With the aspiration of leaving no one behind and its promotion of tolerance and respect, it can be used as a platform to continue advancing economic development, encourage social inclusion and embrace environmental protection.

As our cities change rapidly, it is difficult to predict how to meet citizens’ needs in the next 30 years, considering the multitude of challenges currently facing the world. Today, the impact of COVID-19 has affected cities around the world. Local communities play an important role in supporting governments to keep…

With the need to provide food and energy for a global population of 9.5 billion by 2050, pressure on the use of space will increase. The world’s oceans and seas could provide the answer.

The Netherlands is stepping up its contribution towards achieving global food security. In Nigeria, a group of Dutch companies founded the Seeds 4 Change (S4C) programme, to support the local horticulture sector to become self-sufficient.