Sentences with phrase «citizen participation in»

There have been suggestions in recent years that the whole notion of meaningful citizen participation in lawmaking has fallen out of fashion — that no matter how hard you try, or how sincere your efforts, the legislative outcome is predetermined by forces beyond your control.

The theme — The impact of open access to legal information: bridging the gap between accessibility and usefulness — presents attendees with huge scope for discussion, and as a parliamentary librarian, I'm interested to see how many of the suggested themes go beyond the courts and into areas of citizen participation in law - making.

The Court continued that the right of petition as set out in the treaties is a fundamental right which is to be exercised under the conditions laid down in Article 227 TFEU and which constitutes an instrument of citizen participation in the democratic life of the European Union.

His research focuses on the intersection of science communication and the politics of scientific issues, especially energy and climate change, and aims to both broaden citizen participation in scientific issues such as energy and improve the work of groups already active in movements toward a clean energy economy.

The Goldman Prize views «grassroots» leaders as those involved in local efforts, where positive change is created through community or citizen participation in the issues that affect them.

Core focus areas of Earthjustice's international efforts include combating climate change, protecting the international Arctic, building marine resilience to ocean acidification, and promoting citizen participation in environmental protection.

For example, the Yokohama Eco School project (YES) was developed to increase citizen participation in YSCP and educate citizens about climate change through lectures, events and workshops.

Its goal is promoting citizen participation in changing the current energy system for one that is 100 percent renewable, efficient and in the hands of citizens.

In many cities this has resulted in the formal recognition of neighbourhood groups as a link between people and municipal government, and a venue for citizen participation in decision - making between elections.»

Until the end of the year, he will continue to work on Kalejdohill, an experiment in citizen participation in Stockholm.

This report proposes sweeping changes to the way American education is governed, recommends stronger and more centralized government at the state level, and suggests the weakening of lay - citizen participation in governance in favor of control by politicians.

It presents 12 key findings which focus on four main citizen requests: immediate and faster climate action by national leaders; greater finance for climate action; building more progress in line with the different capacities of countries; strengthening the role of citizen participation in the UN climate negotiations.

The fundamental building block for CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation was the 1991 decision of a group of civil society leaders from across the world to reinforce and support the virtual expansion of citizen participation in every region of the globe.

Her past research has included risk communication, citizen participation in technical controversies, and knowledge - sharing between epistemic cultures within and outside of the laboratory.

San Diego State University Increasing citizen participation in e-rulemaking by harnessing social media

It seeks to advocate strict adherence, and push effective policy implementation on utilisation of public resources, active citizen participation in local governance as well as monitor and evaluate execution of...

A recent report stated that despite an increase in citizen participation in governance, the government has failed to address the issues and complaints of the people.

Nonetheless, increasing citizen participation in the budget - writing process is a viable option.

Those familiar with the country believe that the answer is twofold: a rigorously negotiated constitution shaped around human rights and citizen participation in political decisions; and a Truth and Reconciliation Commission that walked the narrow boundary between exacting vengeance on the agents of the regime and granting them immunity.

Individual energy conservation is not a substitute for effective citizen participation in civic affairs, for industrial energy conservation or revamped government energy policies.

It is against this backdrop the organization has launched a four - year project to be piloted in some 20 selected districts nationwide meant to promote citizens participation in local governance.

Not exact matches

Asked if his participation in last month's event was suitable, Vladimir Gak, a senior SNS official and mayor of the northern town of Indjija, repeatedly replied that Sljivancanin «is a free citizen of Serbia».

A Congress or Administration that wants to support broader employee share ownership and profit sharing in economic rewards could develop a checklist on any major program or legislation that is proposed to examine its likely effects on, and capacity to increase, financial participation and capital ownership and access to income on capital of employees and citizens in our economy.

In regard to democratic reform, the Party promises a wide range of policies aimed at improving accountability, transparency, and citizen participation.

It will also refund any purchases from citizens or residents from any country that prohibits participation in ICO's or Token Sale events.

In the words of a Marco Rubio aide, those American citizens and current residents who have been facing declining wages, declining labor force participation, and collapsing families «can't cut it».

Asking whether citizens should be permitted to rely on religious convictions in addressing moral issues will seem to the devout a bit like asking whether horses should be allowed to run in the Kentucky Derby, or whether participation in symphony orchestras should be open to musicians.

Direct intervention and participation of the people and citizens in the CIVIL SOCIETY is the hall mark of this movement.

This quality is la vertu... It conveys the idea that the citizen of a republic finds the beginning of his participation in governance in his own inner spirit, but that this spirit takes the form of action, and especially that kind of action that expresses willingness: initiative.26

The Constitution could not take for granted that its citizens would all be motivated by civic virtue and so its concern was as much to protect individuals and groups from abuse at the hands of the government and their fellow citizens as it was to involve all its citizens in genuine participation.

No longer was there a higher kind of life as there had been for the ancients, a life devoted either to theoretical contemplation or to participation in the public activities of a citizen.

But if, as is now the case, most of the people of the world in general want this tyranny checked, then each level of community of communities can be given the assignment to make sure that the member communities allow participation of all their citizens and respect their right to differ and be different.

Because our culture has for so long insidiously taught citizens that the good life is measured by their economic success and participation in the consumer society, it is small wonder so many believe that politics is a burden that conflicts with their pursuit of what really matters.

In addition, Sen points out that political and civic participation can help citizens to deliberate together about «what they really need» and what individual and societal ends are trnly worth valuing.

«When both the logic of the market and the logic of the State come to an agreement that each will continue to exercise a monopoly over its respective area of influence, in the long term much is lost: solidarity in relations between citizens, participation and adherence, actions of gratuitousness, all of which stand in contrast with giving in order to acquire (the logic of exchange) and giving through duty (the logic of public obligation, imposed by State law).

Yet I argue that participation in initiatives to restore a civil society in America, with appropriate reflective self - understandings, could meet the needs and activate the worldly spirituality of precisely those millions of middle - of - the - road citizens looking for the sorts of moral meanings, the kinds of religious roots, these communities used to represent and in some ways still do.

But a republic will have republican customs — public participation in the exercise of power, the political equality of the citizens, a wide distribution of small and medium property with few very rich or very poor — customs that will lead to a public spiritedness, a willingness of the citizen to sacrifice his own interests for the common good, that is, to a citizen motivated by republican virtue.

Increasingly large volumes of social activity are withdrawn from public accountability, from democratic control, and from the participation of citizens in decision making.

In fact the fundamental rights of the citizen require that all traditional communities change, breaking traditional hierarchies and patriarchies, to bring about social justice by giving the dalits, the tribals and the women who were excluded from the traditional power - structures of society, fuller participation in the power - structures; and the State is called upon to assist it by suitable legislation and other meanIn fact the fundamental rights of the citizen require that all traditional communities change, breaking traditional hierarchies and patriarchies, to bring about social justice by giving the dalits, the tribals and the women who were excluded from the traditional power - structures of society, fuller participation in the power - structures; and the State is called upon to assist it by suitable legislation and other meanin the power - structures; and the State is called upon to assist it by suitable legislation and other means.

After the referendum, the Park District and the board sought to boost citizen participation, which resulted in the formation of advisory boards for Centennial Beach and Frontier Park, among others.

As Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women, argued in a speech in May 2011, «If a democracy neglects women's participation... it is a democracy for only half its citizens.»

What is crucial here is that we should not simply equate popular demand with populism and bemoan it retrospectively, but figure out ways in which citizens» participation in democracy can be intensified so that their demand can be attended to far before it explodes.

In a discussion about the recent French presidential election at the Personal Democracy Forum unConference this past Saturday, Pascal - Emmanuel Gobry presented an interesting thesis: not only did Ségolène Royal's «net - centric strategy fail to win a majority at the polls, but her campaign's emphasis on citizen participation may have actually backfired entirely by undermining her perception as a leader and by leaving her dependent on a fatally unrepresentative group of voters.

Said President Weah: «Article 7 — The Republic shall, consistent with the principles of individual freedom and social justice enshrined in this Constitution, manage the national economy and the natural resources of Liberia in such manner as shall ensure the maximum feasible participation of Liberian citizens under conditions of equality, so as to advance the general welfare of the Liberian people and the economic development of Liberia.»

According to political scientist Larry Diamond, democracy consists of four key elements: (a) A political system for choosing and replacing the government through free and fair elections; (b) The active participation of the people, as citizens, in politics and civic life; (c) Protection of the human rights of all citizens, and (d) A rule of law, in which the laws and procedures apply equally to all citizens

The way that citizen participation initiatives interact with elected representatives in large part determines how successfully they influence the policy process.

Politicians from the Conservatives, Greens, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru, SNP and UKIP all sang the praises of the Citizens» Assemblies and called for more public participation in politics.

The provisions on local content and local participation in petroleum activities as well as a Local Content Fund will lead to job creation and the building of indigenous capacity, which will enable Government achieve its objective of ensuring that the nation's petroleum resources are harnessed for the benefit of all Ghanaians and thus ultimately improve the standard of living of the ordinary citizen.

In addition, they were an attempt to demonstrate the value of citizen participation on even complex matters of policy.

Many citizens would sell their labour - power to make a living, but the context would be reshaped somewhat by rights of participation in firm decision - making and, not least, by a basic income.