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SNV Netherlands Development Organisation is a non-profit, international development organisation, established in the Netherlands in 1965.

SNV aims to alleviate poverty by enabling increased income and employment opportunities and increasing access to basic services. The organisation currently works in 36 countries in Africa, Asia, the Balkans and Latin America.[1]

History

SNV was established as the Stichting Nederlandse Vrijwilligers (Foundation of Netherlands Volunteers) in 1965, under the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Originally focused on posting young Dutch volunteers to the South, since the 1970s SNV has evolved to become one of the largest Dutch development organisations and now focuses on providing capacity development services to local organisations.

In 1993 the organisation changed its name to SNV Netherlands Development Organisation and in January 2002 SNV formally separated from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, although the organisation continues to receive a subsidy from the Ministry. [2]

Activities

SNV currently operates in three sectors: Agriculture, Renewable Energy, and Water, Sanitation & Hygiene.

Organisation

SNV has its headquarters in The Hague, the Netherlands, with regional offices in Asia (Hanoi, Vietnam), the Balkans (Tirana, Albania), East & Southern Africa (Nairobi, Kenya), Latin America (Quito, Ecuador) and West & Central Africa (Ouagadougu, Burkina Faso) and a representative office in the USA (Washington, DC).

SNV currently operates programmes in the following countries:

Albania; Bangladesh; Benin; Bhutan; Boliva; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Burkina Faso; Cambodia; Cameroon; Colombia; DR Congo; Ecuador; Ethiopia; Ghana; Guinea Bissau; Honduras; Indonesia; Kenya; Kosovo; Laos PDR; Macedonia; Mali; Montenegro; Mozambique; Nicaragua; Niger; Pakistan; Peru; Rwanda; Senegal; Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Vietnam; Zambia; Zimbabwe.

SNV employed some 1400 people worldwide in 2010.

Awards

SNV supported programmes have won a number of international awards, including the International Energy Globe and Ashden awards for sustainable energy (2008, 2010).

References

  1. ^ Official Website: http://www.snvworld.org
  2. ^ Aid - a changing necessity, SNV: from volunteers to advisors, http://www.search4dev.nl/document/115959

• SNV Website

• Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• The Ashden Awards for sustainable energy

Further reading

• Inge Brinkman; in cooperation with Anne-Lot Hoek. “Bricks, Mortar and Capacity Building” (Koninklijke Brill, 2010). ISBN 9789004187412. [1]

• Jan Ubels, Naa-Aku Acquaye-Baddoo, Alan Fowler. "Capacity Development in Practice" (Earthscan, 2010). ISBN 9781844077410. [2]

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