Sentences with phrase «as ngos»

That includes civil society groupings such as NGOs, women, trade unions, youth and others.

A two - degree Celsius increase in global temperature will set the world on a path toward unavoidable loss, as the NGOs point out.

It was around this time that we began to hear activist groups described as NGOs and see them used as consultees to government on all sorts of issues — culminating in Friend of The Earth activist & Eng Lit graduate Bryony Worthington being brought into government to take the lead in formulating national energy policy.

Over 800 members of civil society walked out of the UN climate talks (COP19) on what was supposed to be the penultimate night, led by social movements like the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) and the Bolivian Platform on Climate Change, the International Trade Union Confederation, as well as NGOs including LDC Watch and Aksyon Klima Pilipinas, who were joined by household names like Oxfam, WWF and Greenpeace.

On board were representatives from the UNEP, WWF, numerous railway unions, associations and companies, as well as NGOs, extreme skiers, solo ocean rowers and Indian dancers via the British Council.

Maryan Daqal Xussen says while as an NGOs they have taken cases to court, notes that judiciary staff, «need training as sometimes it's not easy to get justice» and this could be coupled with an increased number of female judicial officers.

As NGOs look for unofficial ways to conduct effective science diplomacy, the U.S. government continues to pursue its own approach to defining the role that science can play in its diplomatic efforts.

While these nonprofits — many also classified as NGOs, or nongovernmental organizations — are very visible and play an important social and humanitarian role, they are only the tip of the employment iceberg.

He said to achieve the set goals of increasing access for adult learners and growing the retention rates, the State Government initiated partnerships with religious organizations as well as NGOs, market and mechanic associations, and private sector partners all in a bid to scale up the number of literacy centres across the State from the current 532 centres to 1000 in 2017.

At the moment, expert organisations such as NGOs, charities and even government departments can sometimes be given permission from a judge to «intervene» in a judicial review.

As soon as NGOs move out of this perspective and support social or economic movements they are regarded with mistrust and the political and economic powers try to control them or to use them to their own ends.

But while the former Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts is sharply critical of U.S. human rights policy (especially as conducted by Republican Administrations), he shows less concern about UN agencies, and none at all about the financing, motives, and agendas of the very mixed bag of interest groups known as NGOs.

The unpredictable nature of Hancock's third act is rendered moot by its comparatively uninvolving modus operandi, as Ngo and Gilligan essentially transform the proceedings into an entirely different animal - one that is, unfortunately, not even remotely as compelling as its precursor.

Not exact matches

Project Galileo comes with the backing of the NGOs such as the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Reporters Without Borders.

Think of the large NGOs focused on climate change as the beavers who want to keep new holes from forming.

Hedge fund billionaire George Soros's charitable foundation may be kicked out of Russia, as Moscow considers banning foreign NGOs that promote democracy.

In a bid to regulate activities by foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs), China passed a law April 28, 2016 that sets in place rules to manage the operations of foreign NGOs in China, as well as the relationship between foreign NGOs and...

Little Sun engages in projects with partners such as art institutions, international agencies, NGOs, and the private sector to raise global awareness of energy access and solar power.

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.

Blockchain will be used as a trusted validator for verifying official credentials by one of the most prominent medical NGOs in the US.

Many small NGOs pool their resources and develop data purchasing consortia such as the Canadian Council on Social Development Community Social Data Strategy.

It is also not uncommon for ICCR to invite other stakeholders to the conversation including representatives from NGOs and community groups as well as subject matter experts advocating on any given issue as a way to build bridges between companies and the communities impacted by their operations.

Moreover, as nation - builders and development NGOs have discovered, one can not simply create the space for civil society in a foreign country and trust that it will emerge.

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

Of course, the NGOs call, as I have, for subordinating the economic order to the wider needs of humanity.

These are the types of transparency standards that I see many NGOs holding themselves to, as they need to compete for people's giving.

Human Rights NGOs like the Centre for Governance and Development, Citizens Coalition for Constitutional Change, Human Rights Commission and Mazingira Institute, Law Society and the NGO Council helped to popularize the gospel of accountability as a culture of democracy.

When the NGOs are challenged as to who are «the people» whom they represent, a conventional response is that their goals are the goals the people would choose for themselves if conservative governments and transnational corporations did not hide from them what is good for them, and good for the world.

But the challenge also comes from the United Nations, or, more precisely, from the forces surrounding the UN known as Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).

UN observer Lorne Gunter comments: «Rather than the People's Assembly being comprised of members or deputies from around the world, elected by and accountable to the people they represent [as is at least theoretically the case with the General Assembly], it would likely be made up of the heads of civil society NGOs, and, under most scenarios, only those NGOs accredited by the UN.

A further curiosity is that the NGOs now present themselves as the champions of «civil society.»

The drafting committee in charge of preparing the final document prevented NGOs from attending their meetings even as observers.

They can begin to welcome — gingerly perhaps — the churches and other NGOs as consultants and partners in the process of formulating ideas and programs, and in mobilizing public opinion in support of proposals that may make it possible for humanity to survive and thrive on this planet in a nuclear space age.

A 1995 survey of South African NGOs and their dealings with donors concluded: «USAID... is widely regarded as administratively incompetent, lacking in responsibility and understanding, and aggressive in its dealings with people.»

As an «informal global political regime», global governance has proven remarkably efficient in the last fifteen to twenty years in changing the language of governments, academia, the media, and NGOs, and in setting new political and cultural goals (such as «sustainability» and «good governance»), thereby creating a new global culture that quietly transforms all cultures from within (see IIS 279 - 81As an «informal global political regime», global governance has proven remarkably efficient in the last fifteen to twenty years in changing the language of governments, academia, the media, and NGOs, and in setting new political and cultural goals (such as «sustainability» and «good governance»), thereby creating a new global culture that quietly transforms all cultures from within (see IIS 279 - 81as «sustainability» and «good governance»), thereby creating a new global culture that quietly transforms all cultures from within (see IIS 279 - 81).

-LSB-...] Global governance can be «described» as the new global political regime which informally came about in the course of the post-Cold War conference process of the United Nations (1990 - 96), when a new «global consensus» was built, not primarily by governments themselves but through a historical and strategic partnership between the UN and so - called «non-state actors», mainly powerful western - based NGOs.

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.

The Vatican is not the only institution to come under scrutiny; Protestant churches, international NGOs such as the Red Cross, banks, art museums and international corporations such as Ford and IBM have been called to account for their behavior.

When NGOs face obstacles in creating effective nutrition and food security programs with in - kind food aid, they turn to monetization of the food aid as a way of generating funds for transportation and other logistical costs, and for development projects in agriculture, primary education and other key areas.

As protests by citizens» groups, environmental groups and other NGOs against the treaty mount, some help has come from an unexpected quarter.

Why then does the West now pressure them to partner with Western NGOs and impose «governance» as a new condition for development aid?

The result sometimes has been the «militarization» of humanitarian aid, as the presence of outside peacekeeping forces pulls NGOs into conflicts in new ways.

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.

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

A multi-stakeholder group, the ICI was established in 2002 under the protocol and represents a partnership among NGOs, trade unions, cocoa processors, such as US firm Cargill, and major chocolate brands that include Nestle and Cadbury.

Women farmers from «Kababaehang Nagtataglay ng Bihirang Lakas» (Women possessing extraordinary powers or strength) from Barangay Los Amigos, Tugbok District, Davao City are practicing FAITH (Food Always in The Home), which is made easier with the support from partner NGOs such as METSA Foundation and MASIPAG, and from the local government of Davao City, through its policy on Organic Agriculture.

The company believes that by collaborating with customers, governments, NGOs, and thought leaders we can help find solutions to such global challenges as providing enough healthy food for people everywhere, decreasing dependence on fossil fuels, and protecting life and the environment.

If brands are prepared to have their values openly scrutinised by governments, NGOs and consumers then we may be able to evolve to the point where what a brand stands for goes beyond price and flavour and features ethical considerations as part of its DNA.

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.

Efforts are underway by various certification bodies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and global food companies to develop the production around poorest regions of the world, such as Africa, and to measure the actual impacts that the various initiatives, standards.