Sentences with phrase «ngos working»

Committee for Children also participates in the SEL Community of Practice, a collaborative of international NGOs working to strengthen implementation of SEL programs in various educational settings, especially in the developing world.

Elizabeth Broderick is the federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, and is a member of the National Roundtable on People Trafficking as well as the Chair of the National Roundtable Working Group to develop guidelines for NGOs working with trafficking victims.

Oct. 20 - 21: At a Campaign Summit in New York representatives from 40 NGOs working in humanitarian disarmament commit to take action against fully autonomous weapons.

The AG points in the direction of official EU sources such as the Commissions ECHO factsheet on the crisis in Syria and other countries that are in a dire situation, but also to reports published by NGOs working in the field as sources of information that need to be taken into account by the Member States» authorities in taking a decision under the Visa Code.

CAN Europe supports regional NGOs working on promoting the solutions for South East Europe's energy future: energy efficiency and 100 % sustainable renewables.

Maya Kaan is funded by the Meso - American Reef Tourism Initiative (MARTI), an important coalition of NGOs working to combine conservation and tourism since 2006, which includes the Rainforest Alliance and Amigos de Sian Ka'an.

Kerry ten Kate directs Forest Trends» Biodiversity Initiative and is also the Director of the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP): a consortium of over 70 companies, banks, government agencies and NGOs working for no net loss of biodiversity in the context of development projects.

PRESS RELEASE: Bond, the UK membership body for NGOs working in international development has partnered with climate and sustainable development expert ClimateCare to support its Climate + Care cookstove programme, by offsetting CO2 emissions generated by delegate travel to and from its annual conference yesterday.

We are committed to working with The Climate Group and other NGOs working on this same issue to provide clear and consistent guidance for companies.

He went on to develop several software applications that help individuals and companies better understand their environmental impact, produced and wrote the Discovery Network's first online news show for Planet Green, and later led digital advocacy for the TckTckTck campaign, a global network of 500 NGOs working to secure an international climate agreement.

But the German self - review published on Tuesday on the OECD website was met with unanimous criticism by think - tanks and expert NGOs working on the issue: «Terrible», «disastrous» and «seriously damaging to the G20 review process» were the first responses by Oil Change International and ODI.

---------------------------------------------- ENDS -------------------------------- About Climate Action Network: Climate Action Network (CAN) is a global network of over 1200 NGOs working to promote government and individual action to limit human - induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels.

All of these restaurants are evident of Siem Reap's position at the forefront of the positive changes occurring in Cambodia — changes that are being spearheaded by the concerted effort of Khmer people, outside volunteers and NGOs working to support the future of the country.

Committee for Children also participates in the SEL Community of Practice, a collaborative of international NGOs working to strengthen implementation of SEL programs in various educational settings, especially in the developing world.

Abstract: The research examines the transition from emergency relief and needs - based service delivery to sustainable human rights - based action by NGOs working in ten Burmese refugee camps in Thailand, that have been in existence since the 1980s.

In 2014, 23 deaths and many serious damage incidents due to explosions, crush injuries and falls in connection with shipbreaking in South Asia were recorded, according to NGOs working in the area.

Usman also said the troops were facilitating humanitarian assistance by supporting both government institutions and NGOs working with IDPs.

ASOCUCH is one of 17 local NGOs working in partnership with the Rainforest Alliance to arrest Guatemala's rampant deforestation crisis by strengthening community forest management, with the support of USAID.

On April 5, a group of six NGOs working in the country addressed a critical letter to Zuckerberg, citing «issues that have been rife on Facebook in Myanmar for more than four years now,» criticizing the company for crediting its own systems with catching violent messages when in fact it had been these organizations doing the moderation work.

In one recent case, NGOs worked with the company to reintegrate workers in Honduras into a new Gildan operation after they were laid off at another factory.

It is also essential that NGOs work together with local and national governments to contribute of the development of those countries.

Not exact matches

«Even if we disagreed on 10 points, we would work on one or two,» Coady says, remembering her first engagement with NGOs and First Nations.

In another case, the company worked with NGOs in Nicaragua to clear up an instance in which an outside contractor was accused of anti-union activities at a Gildan - contracted facility.

But last year the Mining Association of Canada and the Prospectors and Developers Association joined with two NGOs to form a working group on the issue.

CATA, working with 6 other major industry associations, 5 federal agencies, 4 provincial agencies, 2 universities and several NGOs as key partners, has just completed a detailed study of the challenges that must be addressed.

Last October, Facebook told TechCrunch that it works with NGOs and the local community in Myanmar to communicate its policies there, though its efforts seemed fairly toothless.

He also works with dedicated non-profits and governmental entities / NGOs.

«The social sector has faced several issues around de-risking from banks which has caused several NGOs to look for alternative mechanism to ensure that their work is not associated with money laundering or terrorism financing.

Our office has spent the last eight years hosting the Climate Justice Project, a research and public engagement network that has produced a large volume of work about how to transition off fossil fuels in a just and equitable manner — an alliance that brings together a wide range of NGOs and academics.

Gandhi's followers as well as many Western NGOs continued to work, without national help on community development.

There are NGOs that do useful work and there are international structures which are already effective, even we may debate their direction and their actions.

Personally, I'd rather give to the transparent NGOs doing the good works and keep money out of the hands parishes / churches that don't manage it responsibly.

Teams from the UN and NGOs on the ground are currently working with Nigerian officials to determine how best to offer treatment for the physical and psychological needs that the girls will have after being raped by members of the Islamist rebel group, should they be freed.

(In an arrangement richly symbolic of the measure of respect given to NGOs, they were allocated working space on the lower level of the vast Vienna International Center, while the official country delegates conducted business over their heads on the floors above.)

When I see the tremendous support the Global March has received, it becomes certain that the 21st century is not going to flourish at the cost of the sweat and blood of children, said Mr. Kailash Satyarthi, of India, the international coordinator of the Global March, who had originally conceived the idea and proposed it to NGOs worldwide working on children's human rights.

Many NGOs, church related and others, work at this kind of development.

Many NGOs and church groups have worked at community development projects, but governments and global agencies have engaged in top - down development, such as huge dams, destructive of community.

Many non-governmental organizations (NGOs) drawn from the middle class and even the organized working class have imbibed the consumer culture and have fallen in line.

In many cases intervention affects the role of humanitarian NGOs, whose work traditionally has been based on political neutrality.

Perhaps as significant as the Earth Charter, Agenda 21 and work on sustainable development is the unprecedented step UNCED has taken to encourage global village participation by way of a parallel conference of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) including religious communities.

Without minimizing the importance of the micro-dimension which is the focus of the work of so many movements and NGOs, it is nevertheless important to place these in the macro structures and to be capable of making proposals on various levels.

GRAIN's work is mostly financed by grants from NGOs, private foundations, governments and, at times, intergovernmental organisations (see a list here).

As well as standards systems, we work closely with governments, businesses and NGOs to drive improvements and transform places and industries.

We are evolving and improving our ethical sourcing standard by working closely with local and international organizations including NGOs, government organizations and certifiers to ensure our approach is comprehensive to positively impact the natural environments of tea production and the next generation of tea farmers.

WeFarm also works with corporate partners, governments, farming cooperatives and NGOs to bring new farmers to the service.»

The Philippines is a leader in working towards ending malnutiriton with many agencies and NGOs doing important and valuable work to help, including the Department of Health, National Nutrition Council, and the Food and Nutrition Research Institute.

Speaking at the event will be the recently - formed Food Waste Reduction Alliance who will emphasise the importance of a collaborative approach to reduce food waste and in particular, how the private sector needs to work with government and NGOs.

I have also spent decades working with NGOs and government to develop, refine and implement the legislation and standards which regulate this world.

The Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) is a collective of progressive palm oil companies and brands together with environmental and social NGOs that are working to build on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil standards and commitments by both demonstrating innovation to implement RSPO existing standards as well as additional critical issues.

She has worked for local and international NGOs on issues such as gender and poverty reduction, and has consulted on M&E, child labor, forced labor, and trafficking issues.