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SNV Netherlands Deveopment Organisation
Founded1965
FocusAgriculture; Water, Sanitation & Hygiene; Renewable Energy
Location
Area served
36 countries in Africa, Asia, the Balkans and Latin America
MethodCapacity development
Employees1400
Websitewww.snvworld.org

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, SNV stopped working with volunteers in 1988 in response to the changing needs of host organisations and countries, instead assigning paid development workers to fulfill increasingly policy-related assignments. SNV has since 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 2002 formally separated from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, although the organisation continues to receive a subsidy from the Ministry.[2]

Activities

SNV currently provides capacity development services to local organisations in three sectors: Agriculture, Renewable Energy, and Water, Sanitation & Hygiene.[3]

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.

The organisation employed over 1400 staff worldwide in 2010.[4]

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
  3. ^ Official Website: http://www.snvworld.org
  4. ^ SNV Annual Report 2010: http://www.snvworld.org/en/Pages/annual_report_2010.aspx

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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