Sentences with phrase «civil society events»

The Civil Society Week: From 8 to 15 November, a number of other Civil Society events will take place in Johannesburg.

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The event aims to kick - start an increase in investments in mental health: investments by governments, development agencies and civil society.

Now in its third year, the annual event is being held for key global influencers in technology, civil society, democracy promotion, and innovation.

He wrote that marriage is a purely «secular» event» the concern not primarily of the Church but of civil society.

The Consumer Goods Forum key contributor to event that brought together leaders in business, international institutions, academia, faiths, the media and civil society Roundtable had strong endorsement from the Vatican,...

Accordingly on 11 June 2009 the UK civil society organisation Baby Milk Action submitted a complaint alleging that the reports posted on the UN Global Compact Office site and launched at the joint event were misleading and that Nestlé was, in truth, responsible for egregious violations of the Global Compact Principles.

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Panellists at the event, entitled Civil Society: Enabling Dissent, include Anthony Barnett founder of openDemocracy.net, global activist Kumi Naidoo, journalist / blogger Sunny Hundal and campaigner Malcolm Carroll.

«The rally will be preceded by a stakeholder briefing of the manifesto to Civil Society and Identifiable Groups, Embassies and Diplomatic Missions and Political Parties at the Unique Events Palace, Trade Fair Center at 12 pm prompt,» the statement added.

«In addition, we must anticipate shift in the focus, scope and attention of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and other stakeholders on our services and activities beyond the traditional Election Day event to the Commission's pre-and post-election activities.

We at Strategic Thinkers Network (STRANEK), a policy think tank whose mission is to provide practical recommendations on issues of politics and governance for the benefit of Ghana have microscopically been following events surrounding the deal which, particularly has received the widespread condemnation from industry experts and civil society.

Ahead of the launch, a closed door stakeholder briefing of the manifesto to Civil Society and Identifiable Groups, Embassies and Diplomatic Missions and Political Parties took place at the Unique Events Palace, to be followed by a rally attended by thousands of party faithful.

«As we have seen with recent events in the Middle East and North Africa, the role of Amnesty International and other civil society organisations remains relevant in today's world.

Events like these help them to develop a broader awareness of civil society, and give them greater opportunity to have their voices heard, now and in the future.»

This is where I wish to call on all of us, especially our Chiefs and Queen Mothers, religious and opinion leaders, civil society organisations, private sector operators, to rise up to the challenge and help make a difference this time around,» President Akufo - Addo said at the launch of the event.

The two - day event, 3rd to 4th May, 2018, will bring together leading actors from the media, civil society, policy makers, representatives of the judiciary and academia, to discuss latest developments and pressing challenges related to press freedom and the safety of journalists.

Opening the launch event, Monique Barbut, UNCCD Executive Secretary highlighted: «The LDN Fund is a very innovative instrument that we developed over the past three years through the Global Mechanism in close collaboration with Mirova and numerous partners from the public sector, the private sector, and civil society.

The pilot of Raising Risk Awareness project will run until March 2017 and will generate a suite of tools and knowledge products, and run a series of national and regional events to help civil society, communities, practitioners, media and decision - makers better understand and prepare for the current and future risks from extreme weather events.

World Science Forum (WSF), an outcome of the 1999 World Conference on Science, is a biennial event that since 2003 has been successfully assembling scientists, decision - makers from the world of politics and industry, representatives of civil society and the media to discuss critical global issues and the contribution of science towards meeting the challenges they present.

Every year, 786 NetSquared events offer networking opportunities for social innovation technologists and civil society activists around the world.

While many civil society groups were competing to build their own image at the side events in the official Rio Centro tents and other locations, the so called Peoples Summit in the Flamingo Park was a chaotic demonstration that lead to thousands of civil society representatives from across the world being stranded and lost without any sense of direction or coordination.

The event is organized in the immediate aftermath of the 10th session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, to engage the wider civil society fraternity in the emerging UN agenda, as well as to provide a platform from which to organize themselves to influence the forms of the 2015 UN outcomes.

Product attempts to provide a recall of events related to the civil rights movement and / or the effects of slavery on our society

Among them where delegates from Bolivia and Brazil as well a civil society from Panama, Kate Dooley from Third World Network and [Earth] on behalf of the New Zealand Youth Delegation and the African Biodiversity Network — the Statement Given at the event is available at the bottom.

It is our view — and will no doubt be the view of many within the media, and civil society — that the presence of a UNFCCC official (not least the Executive Secretary) at such an event represents a serious conflict of interest and critically undermines the legitimacy, perceived and actual, of the entire the UNFCCC process.

We are not only being arbitrarily punished, this rejection of civil society is a growing trend and a recurring event.

As Yeb and his delegation left the Plenary Hall, members of civil society were then asked to walk with him in solidarity to his speech at the Third World Network side event on loss and damage.

On Thursday November 10th, civil society mobilized with a series of events to ask for legal protection and immediate action for climate migrants.

Since 2014, the UNFCCC has launched a series of new modes of engagement for non-state parties including the Lima - Paris Action Agenda, the Non-State Actor Zone for Climate Action (NAZCA) platform, and an annual high - level event featuring two high - level champions to help raise awareness of civil society and business climate initiatives.

Parallel «civil society» events are not an addendum to, or distractions from, the main event.

In an arrangement with the Philippines delegation to demonstrate their solidarity with those impacted by this climate disaster, civil society were to accompany Mr. Sano from the plenary hall to a side - event.

For nearly two decades, our multi-day Katoomba Events have also provided a high - level forum for exchanging ideas, bringing together important players — from businesses, to policymakers, to community leaders, and civil society organizations — and catalyzing new initiatives around environmental markets.

We have also run two simulations as official side events at the Green Zone reaching a wide range of civil societies attending the COP.

IPCC Bureau members and authors will participate in workshops as part of the three - day outreach event, attended by policymakers, practitioners, scientists, civil society, business and media representatives from South Asia.

The World Water Council welcomes all to join the world's biggest water - related event, bringing together heads of state, ministers, high - level decision makers, water experts and professionals, civil society, local authorities and academics.

WEDO, along with the Council of Women World Leaders and the Heinrich Boell Foundation will be co-hosting a roundtable event on Friday to be led by former Irish president Mary Robinson and ex-Norwegian prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland — intrepidly described as the «the first ever global gathering of high - level government, U.N. and civil society organizations» on climate change issues.

The Rio +20 People's Summit for Social and Environmental Justice is an event organized by global civil society which is happening until June 23 at Aterro do Flamengo.

The Rio +20 People's Summit for Social and Environmental Justice was the counter event to the official conference, both symbolically and physically: it was organized by global civil society to condemn the lack of action of the past 20 years and to coordinate efforts from different segments, and it took place about two hours away from Riocentro.

The invitation - only event has been compared to the Davos meetings of the World Economic Forum, and will be attended by the members of intergovernmental, civil society, scientific organizations, academia, private sector, donor and development agencies.

This event and announcement come as countries, regions, cities, communities, businesses and civil society all ramp up their commitments and actions to tackle climate change before the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in Paris in December.

Interest in tackling fully autonomous weapons is growing in Norway with events in Oslo on 4 September, where campaigners outlined civil society concerns and called on the government and opposition parties to articulate their policy on banning the weapons.

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is holding three side event briefings (13:00 - 14:30) to present civil society views and make the case for a preemptive ban on development, production, and use of fully autonomous weapons.

Representatives from 25 nations attended the Human Rights Council side event held by the campaign on Tuesday, May 28: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Holy See, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US, and Zimbabwe, in addition to the European Union and civil society representatives, including campaign Steering Committee members Article 36, IKV Pax Christi, and Mines Action Canada.

We feature interviews with foreign policy luminaries, academics, journalists, policy makers and civil society leaders who discuss the ideas, influences, and events that shaped their worldview.

The founding of the Steering Committee is in itself an historic event, being the first time that such authoritative and influential peak bodies and key organisations from Australian civil society have worked together in partnership in such a sustained manner.