Sentences with phrase «civil society leaders»

In my research, I have found that most online new - media peace campaigns usually engage a global audience rather than the immediate grassroots individuals and civil society leaders already working towards peace.

Organisational History 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.

Civil society leaders who spoke at the forum called on the Commission to improve its prevention awareness campaign by creating communication strategies that will motivate the masses to join the anti corruption crusade.

Nonetheless, foreign students are worth at least # 8 billion a year to the British economy, the fees they pay essential to the funding of the majority of our universities, with the added benefit of future links between foreign business, government and civil society leaders with the UK.

Like many Catalan independence supporters, including Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, Rufian wears a yellow ribbon to highlight the continued imprisonment of separatist figures Oriol Junqueras, the leader of Esquerra, former interior minister Joaquin Form and civil society leaders Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart.

One year after their appointment to the blue - ribbon panel, a group of First Nations chiefs, university professors, and civil society leaders released today an open letter urging the premier to put forth a climate plan that will see B.C. reclaim its climate leadership.

On Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, 30 CEOs, government ministers, global institution executives, and civil society leaders announced the launch of the latest full - scale attack on global food waste: an all - sector collaboration aimed at increasing political and social momentum to achieve Target 12.3 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

In December 2008, Ona and several other civil society leaders were arrested and held without charge and without access to legal representation in deplorable conditions in a basement cell for five days.

Civil society leaders on the panel will include: Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director, Greenpeace International; Jim Leape, Director General, WWF International; Celine Charveriat, Director of Advocacy & Campaigns, Oxfam International; Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade Unions

A former environmental and human - rights activist, Smith now regularly meets with and convenes private, public, and civil society leaders from Bay Street, to the nation's provincial capitals, to the House of Commons.

Polluting can not be as cheap as it is today — was the message from ministers, business executives and civil society leaders who came together at the third high - level annual assembly of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) last week.

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.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the country's president, has been turning Turkey into an Islamist - tinged autocracy, purging the military and other state institutions of perceived internal enemies and jailing thousands of journalists, professors, civil society leaders, and political opponents.

During Obama's 48 - hour tour, he will dine with Cuban president Raul Castro at a state dinner and meet with anti-government dissidents and civil society leaders.

30 CEOs, government ministers, global institution executives, and civil society leaders will increase political and social momentum to achieve Target 12.3 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The Government responded by temporarily detaining one civil society leader and issuing arrest warrants for other activists.

Over the past five years, I've interviewed many local stakeholders in these areas, including ex-combatants, traffickers, military officials, displaced people, civil society leaders and clerics.

This is based on interviews with over 100 Libyans between politicians, activists, civil society leaders, and individuals over the past three years in Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Italy and the UK.

Chief Willy Ezugwu is the civil society leader in Nigeria and he is the Secretary General of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP).

Professor Whitwell said that the new Discipline reflected the School's commitment to providing graduates with the skills to become the next generation of business, government and civil society leaders.

Titled «Creating a Regional Framework for Prosperity and Peace through Public - Private Cooperation», the 2015 World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa bring together more than 800 key government, business, and civil society leaders from the region and beyond, to support a comprehensive and forward - looking vision for prosperity and peace.

Responsibility, however, also rests with scientists, civil society leaders, and the public.

SEforALL has brought together over 800 participants from nearly 100 countries, with 10 Ministerial level speakers joined by CEO's, investors and civil society leaders.

Amid continuing criticism against the outline agreement that came out of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development last week in Rio de Janeiro, a group of civil society leaders have... Read More

Ban, the UN secretary general, has invited top political, business and civil society leaders to his headquarters on 23 September.

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA — Today — Civil society leaders from across Africa, with support from global movements, launched a letter to climate negotiators that warns that focusing on launching a new mandate at the Durban talks risks backtracking on promises to the poor and the planet.

I met with civil society leaders, impressive people concerned about citizens, governing where they can with funding from the international community.

We feature interviews with foreign policy luminaries, academics, journalists, policy makers and civil society leaders who discuss the ideas, influences, and events that shaped their worldview.

The April 16 +17 conference, sponsored by the Qatar Foundation's Doha International Family Institute (DIFI), brought together researchers, policymakers, civil society leaders and practitioners to discuss efforts to empower families and foster individual, social and economic development.