Sentences with phrase «public participation in»

Reform initiatives may include mechanisms of accountability and transparency, culturally sensitive policy tools to ensure that services are accessible and acceptable to all, and paths for public participation in decision - making.

Worked as a Public Information Specialist for five years and expanded public participation in the NPS cherry blossom interpretive program by 20 % through the implementation of a public relations campaign.

The company has been working on hosting the first official Russian cryptocurrency platform — Voskhod, in a move set to gain an appropriate percentage of the Russian crypto - market and allow broad public participation in its equity.

With the conference at Santa Clara, public participation in finding prior art and learning about the patent process on AskPatents, and continued legislative scrutiny of our patent system via the SHIELD Act, perhaps critics of software patents and troll proliferation will receive more than a lump of coal this holiday season.

Although President Zhou Qiang and Executive Vice President Shen Deyong speak of the benefits of judicial transparency, it seems the benefits of public participation in judicial interpretation drafting / rule - making have yet to be fully realized.

The June 21, 1993 Lugano Convention on civil liability for damage resulting from activities dangerous to the environment, the November 4, 1998 Strasbourg Convention on the protection of the environment through criminal law and the June 23 and 25, 1998 Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation in decision making and access to justice in environmental matters underline this requirement and give the judiciary a central role in the enforcement of environmental law.

ACTION under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of the letter from the Commissioner for Health and Food Safety of 16 November 2015 rejecting an application for internal review, based on Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision - making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies (OJ 2006 L 264, p. 13), of implementing decisions authorising the placing on the market of the genetically modified soybeans MON 87769, MON 87705 and 305423,

That is probably less important than letting people use modern communication technology to demonstrate genuine support, and thus to broaden public participation in a democratic process.

The idea that environmental claims warrant different treatment arises principally from the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision - making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (the «Aarhus Convention»), which was ratified by the UK in 2005 and which includes the provision that «each Party shall ensure that... members of the public have access to administrative or judicial procedures to challenge acts and omissions by private persons and public authorities which contravene provisions of its national law relating to the environment.»

South Pacific Civil Society Library A collection of documents and resources promoting an enabling environment for civil society and public participation in the South Pacific.

ENG Conference Programme ENG Public Participation in Decisionmaking and the UNFCC: Presentation by Prof. Jonas Ebbesson

UNECE and UNITAR are exploring how to further elaborate an assessment methodology to assist countries in implementing their United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Article 6 commitments, in particular those related to public access to information and public participation in decision - making.

For information on how the Aarhus Convention principles are being applied at the international level, see Public Participation in International Forums.

They also hosted a seminar on acid rain and issued publications on air pollution, water pollution, and public participation in the hearing process.

In 2006, the secretariat to the Climate Change Convention provided a response to the questionnaire circulated by the Aarhus Convention Parties addressing the Almaty Guidelines on public participation in international forums ENG

The Aarhus Convention is an important international environmental convention which contains mainly three «pillars»: (i) access to information; (ii) public participation in decision - making; and (iii) access to justice in environmental matters.

A key trend in eGovernment today is enabling more public participation in policy - and law - making.

As a result, public participation in public affairs has been throttled and freedom of expression curtailed.

With students in the Lab, Neota Logic built a Crowdsourcing Advisor to improve public participation in governance.

Among these changes were amendments to the National Energy Board Act [2](the «NEB Act»), to limit public participation in NEB hearings.

I wholeheartedly agree with your objectives, and hope that our efforts will stir up public interest in law (through making it easy to access), and, maybe, bring about direct public participation in lawmaking in our lifetimes.

The Environmental Defense Working Group and Burnaby Pipeline Watch received a grant in 2015 from the West Coast Environmental Law Foundation (WCEL) to research and prepare recommendations for legislation to protect public participation in British Columbia.

Kate Kempton, «Public Participation in Mining Law and Practice» (Paper prepared for the Canadian Institute of Environmental Law and Policy, 2000).

about Legislation to prevent strategic lawsuits against public participation in British Columbia

Public participation in Matterhorn has consistently exceeded expectations in both rural and urban settings.

The government may, on its own initiative and without legal compulsion, seek input from patients with rare diseases in making health care coverage decisions, and indeed, certain processes have been recently put in place to facilitate public participation in these types of decisions.

The Court referred to the purpose of access to environmental information as expressed in recital 2 of the Aarhus Regulation, which is to promote more effective public participation in the decision - making process, increase the accountability of decision - making and contribute to public awareness and support for the decisions taken.

[Moreover,] the Court held that initiating and conducting negotiations in order to conclude an international agreement fall, in principle, within the domain of the executive, and that public participation in the procedure relating to the negotiation and the conclusion of an international agreement is necessarily restricted, in view of the legitimate interest in not revealing strategic elements of the negotiations (Case T ‑ 529 / 09 in't Veld v Council [2012] ECR II - 0000, paragraph 88; see also paragraph 57 and the end of paragraph 59 of the judgment).

Public participation in environmental review hearings is being severely limited.

Those who live with the outcome of environmental decisions - State, Tribal, and local governments; environmental groups; business; community residents - must have every opportunity to engage in public participation in the making of those decisions.

Working arrangements relating to the public participation in meetings of the Compliance Committee

The city has also created more space for public participation in planning recently, notably in the formulation of a new citywide master plan.

The Energy Community has recently made significant efforts to include the views of NGOs and foster greater public participation in the functioning of the Treaty, including giving NGOs this first chance to present a report at a High Level Group Meeting.

Switzerland is also a signatory of the 1998 Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision - making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, though does not seem to have ratified it

Public participation in climate change research is reaching new - found heights due to an explosion in the number and diversity of citizen - science projects.

The California Energy Commission encourages public participation in its public meetings.

In addition, you wrote, «In all its programs, EPA will provide for the fullest possible public participation in decision - making,» and that, «EPA [will] remain open and accessible to those representing all points of view, [and] EPA offices responsible for decisions [will] take affirmative steps to solicit the views of those who will be affected by these decisions.»

«Action for Climate Empowerment is about transforming values and behaviors; enhancing public participation in climate change decision - making and action; fostering access to information, empowering new generations,» said Emmanuel Dlamini, Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation, a key body holding negotiations here in Bonn until 10 May.

Public participation in the CDM would improve project success rate by avoiding negative publicity, protracted disputes, and mismanagement.

By supporting Wang Yong Chen and Green Earth Volunteers, International Rivers has played an important role in increasing environmental activism and opening up space for public participation in the Chinese government's decision - making process.

2010 Goldman Prize winner Thuli Makama, Swaziland's only public interest environmental attorney, was awarded the Prize for her precedent - setting work to include environmental NGO representation in the Swaziland Environment Authority, reinforcing the right to public participation in environmental decision making.

Green Alternative: To build the capacity of communities in Georgia so that they can advocate for clean energy and encourage public participation in the country's proposed energy development plan.

Makama, Swaziland's only public interest environmental attorney, was awarded the Goldman Prize in 2010 after winning a landmark case to include environmental NGO representation in the Swaziland Environment Authority, reinforcing the right to public participation in environmental decision making.

Sabrina works with the Save the Mekong network to raise awareness of the impacts of large dams, advocate for greater public participation in decision - making, and campaign for stronger environmental...

The declaration should also guarantee procedural rights of peoples and communities, in particular access to environmental information, public participation in decision making and access to judicial remedies, in order to enable citizens and communities to play an active role in protecting their health and environment from air pollution.

In our paper we argued that Carson adapted and adopted uncertainty from her sources and deliberately used it to provide a site for public participation in scientific debates.

Zuzana Čaputová, Slovakia: A public interest lawyer and mother of two, Zuzana Čaputová spearheaded a successful campaign that shut down a toxic waste dump that was poisoning the land, air and water in her community, setting a precedent for public participation in post-communist Slovakia.

Recently, the NRC published a comprehensive literature summary of this intellectual approach in the report «Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making» (NRC 2008).

Ronit is an architect, artist, curator and educator whose scholarship, pedagogy and multi-disciplinary, collaborative practice, StudioRED joins architecture installations, exploratory performances and public participation in situ.

In 1997, he founded the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), a New York City nonprofit organization that uses the power of design and art to improve the quality of public participation in urban planning and community design, where he was the Creative Director for 10 years.