Sentences with phrase «civil society initiatives»

The ICRC is a valued partner of civil society initiatives to advance humanitarian disarmament, including through its work in support of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty and 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions.

The report includes examples of achievements in a range of economic sectors, including energy and agriculture, and through government, private sector and civil society initiatives.

Participants highlighted the powerful impact the simulation has left on them, as they experienced directly the need for more ambitious political and civil society initiatives.

Join us to learn more about the science and the interlinkages between air pollution, SLCPs and climate change This webinar will include presentations on the science behind the three issues, examples of local policy and civil society initiatives and an outlook to UNEA III.

Inter-media groups such as Aman Ki Asha and other civil society initiatives were identified as important Confidence - Building Measures between the two countries.

In a panel discussion, Williams and Ms. Madeleine Rees, Secretary - General of WILPF, discussed the new global civil society initiative to ensure that a human is always in control of battlefield decisions to target and use violent force.

Not exact matches

To date, the Canadian retailing industry and our civil society organizations have not come up with anything remotely similar to these initiatives.

These charities all help strengthen American civil society by promoting private initiatives rather than government programs as the solution to the most pressing issues of the day.

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.

The foreign debt continues to be an issue and new voices have began to sound the need to look for ways to face it; (ii) At the national level two questions are concentrating increasing attention: one is the reassessment of the necessary role of the state to correct the distortions of a runaway market (currently discussed in Europe and in the discussions about the role the initiatives of «an active state has played in the economic development of Asian countries); the other is the need for a «participative democracy over against a purely representative formal democracy: in this sense the need to strengthen civil society with its intermediate organizations becomes an important concern; (iii) the struggle for collective and personal identity in a society in which forced immigration, dehumanizing conditions in urban marginal situations, and foreign cultural aggression and massification in many forms produce a degrading type of poverty where communal, family and personal identity are eroded and even destroyed.

Pope Francis added that the Church is ready to take such steps but «political communities and civil societies» need to pitch in to for the initiative to become a reality.

The FAO - led Save Food initiative is partnering with international organizations, the private sector and civil society to enable food systems to reduce food loss and waste in both the developing and the industrialized world.

FAO can coordinate, at global level, the initiatives, activities and projects on food losses waste reduction by partnering with UN agencies, other international organizations, and worldwide stakeholders, including the private sector and civil society.

FAO collaborates with the public sector, the private sector and civil society to develop and implement food loss and waste prevention and reduction solutions through: i) Advocacy and awareness raising; ii) Collaboration and coordination of world - wide initiatives on food loss and waste reduction; iii) Research to evidence for policy, strategy, legislation and standards development; iv) Support to investment programmes and projects.

FAO coordinates major global initiatives and projects to tackle food waste and loss, partnering with international organisations, the private sector and civil society.

The initiative was announced Tuesday by the Taskforce Circular Economy in Food, a group made up of companies, research institutes, civil society organizations and the government.

The complaint submitted by Baby Milk Action was presented in the publication Nestlé's UN Global Compact cover up: How Nestlé's Shared Value reports cover up malpractice and bring the UN voluntary initiative for corporate responsibility into disrepute (NESTLÉ CRITICS, 2009) which included information from various civil society organisations (note 3) alleging violations in the areas of:

These findings and recommendations come after the UK member of the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), Baby Milk Action, submitted a civil society report to the Committee with results from its monitoring of the baby food industry (left) and preliminary findings and recommendations from the World Breastfeeding Trends initiative assessment of the UK.

It is a membership based association that provides a space for civil society to meet, share knowledge and create initiatives to advocate for more democratic global health governance.

In Brazil, the length of breastfeeding increased dramatically from 2.5 months in 1974 - 75 (one of the shortest in any low - or middle - income country) to 14 months in 2006 - 07 due to a combination of policy, health service, civil society, and mass media initiatives.

The Commission could further this goal by three means: conducting and publishing research into what initiatives are successful at increasing political participation; advising public bodies and institutions regarding how to better democratise their functioning; and critically, by providing resources and capacity - building to facilitate local, civil society - led initiatives that aim to increase broad - based levels of participation or deliberation in political decision - making.

A number of civil society leaders I interviewed related how they would receive funding offers amounting to thousands of dollars if they would launch particular initiatives in locations designated by the funder's interests.

«The purpose of my visit is also to explain certain government policies and initiatives to very important stakeholders including the chiefs, religious leaders as well as civil society organisations whose contributions matter a lot in the implementation of such policies and initiatives,» she explained.

He said, «Over the past year, the US Embassy has been working closely with the civil society, the Nigeria Police Force and the EFCC on various initiatives to enhance government transparency, improve security, and investigate and prosecute complex financial crimes.

In Ghana we have The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO)-- formed in 2000, under the initiative of the Center for Democratic Development, CDD - Ghana, as a network of various civil society groups to observe the 2000 Presidential and Parliamentary elections.

He explained that the project which is in partnership with civil society and development partners is a five year initiative aimed at integrating all affected miners who will be taken out of the mining concessions.

It is a joint initiative of the governments of the range countries, international organisations, civil society and the private sector.

Existing community level structures, government and civil society actors in the area that are involved in addressing sexual violence against women / girls or rape (probe on the various initiatives)

Participants» suggestions on how to surmount the identified challenges and barriers to effectively addressing sexual violence against women / girls or rape in general and their area in particular (probe for what they perceive as appropriate individual, community, civil society and government level initiatives)

The effort was initiative initiated by civil society led by the Earthsavers UNESCO DREAM Center and Sagot Kita Bayan with Climate Institute, the International Theatre Institute (ITI) and Clean Air Philippines.

In order to reach these marginalized people the state, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and other development agencies have taken different initiatives.

After the Conference, it will be the responsibility of both Government and Civil Society to make this objective (and all its targets, including target 7), meaningful and attractive both to the country's formal educational systems and to entities in charge of non-formal education initiatives.

76, dean of Harvard Law School, examines the ways in which Brown's legacy continues to affect equality issues in public and in school choice programs, and argues that the terms placed on such initiatives have real repercussions for both the character of American education and civil society itself.

In other words, are there simply a couple initiatives you really want to push, or do you intend to prioritize overarching governing principles like subsidiarity, enhanced civil society activity, and incremental change and opposition to federal mandates, technocratic thinking, and sweeping reform?

Eve's work leading Grub Street was recently recognized by the National Arts Strategies when they selected her to join their Chief Executive Program, a two - year initiative designed to unleash the collective power of 100 of the top executive leaders in the cultural sector to re-imagine the potential of cultural institutions and to figure out how they can contribute to civil society in the 21st century.

Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd MP today launches a major new travel initiative which is designed by young people for young people.

Dr. Cairns is coordinator of the Nexus Network, an interdisciplinary initiative funded by the ESRC bringing together researchers, policy makers, business leaders and civil society to develop collaborative projects and improve decision making on food, energy, water and the environment.

Friends of the Earth groups have fought long and hard to make this initiative a reality and it's a testimony to the work done by African civil society in the fight against energy poverty.»

This presence in climate finance continues even though many of the WBG's decisions and self - appointed roles in climate initiatives continue to be challenged by developing countries and civil society.

The secretariat has set up a portal which presents information on cooperative initiatives undertaken around the world at various levels by governments, international organizations, civil society, and business to reduce emissions.

It builds on the World Bank's Open Data initiative and seeks to: improve disaster and climate change resilience; ensure streamlined data sharing and collaboration among government agencies, the private sector, academia and civil society; and encourage data collaboration with humanitarian efforts.

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.

Although a broadly - based civil society organisation rather than a modern environmental pressure group the Union now focuses much of its programme around policy issues and promotional initiatives on the integration of climate and air pollution policies, including in particular its next World Congress (Cape Town, September 2013).

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.

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) unites 183 countries in partnership with international institutions, civil society organizations (CSOs), and the private sector to address global environmental issues while supporting national sustainable development initiatives.

EITI is now an independent global multi-stakeholder initiative that places civil society in the central role of holding governments and companies to account for the revenue streams developed from extraction.

Azerbaijan reprimanded by international transparency initiative for civil society crackdowns

It is part of the Ontario Civil Legal Needs Project, an initiative of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Legal Aid Ontario, and Pro Bono Law Ontario.

UNHCR interventions will focus on increasing the integration of refugee response programmes with comprehensive national and regional protection and development frameworks; enhancing productive and coping mechanisms of refugee and host communities; and strengthening resilience through partnerships and innovative approaches such as cash - based interventions and other self - reliance initiatives in close cooperation with governments, humanitarian and development actors, civil society and the private sector.

In a new initiative with the Birmingham Law Society, St Philips delivered a civil advocacy training course for trainee and junior solicitors on 28th November 2012.