Sentences with phrase «civil society organisation»

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).

Civil society organisation (CSOs) across Africa have demanded that developed countries fulfill and implement their commitments under the UN climate convention,...

Please note that as of 1 January 2008, responsibility for servicing the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has been transferred Transparency International is the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption.

A Civil society organisation, Africa Arise For Change Network (AACN) has nominated the Defence Chiefs and other Service Chiefs for National Honours of Grand Commander of...

Also, a civil society organisation, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, has said Patience must explain how she came about the funds with which she reportedly built a N10bn hotel in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

A civil society organisation, Coalition Against Terrorism and Extremism, CATE, has demanded explanation from the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF) over its actions towards the...

Reacting to the development, a civil society organisation, the Civil Society Network Against Corruption, condemned Okorocha for not only directing an Imo monarch to confer a traditional title on Zuma, but also unveiling a «giant» statue of the South African leader «in a conspicuous place in Owerri.»

In its reaction, a civil society organisation, the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, said the President's use of Hausa in his salah message was discriminatory as more than half of the population would not understand him.

According to Mr. Ibrahim Tom, a member of the CSO in Maiduguri, Official of the state emergency management agency, SEMA alongside the cateraker Chairman of Bama local government council were at the camp earlier with a member of the civil society organisation.

Among the numerous other entrants, a civil society organisation submitted a list under the leadership of former president of the Slovenian Court of Audit, the country's highest court for supervising state public spending.

From this angle, the regionalist parties that are emerging in the North of England have a great potential, especially if they succeed in joining forces with civil society organisation and movements, mobilising grassroots support and pushing for the creation of some form of «Northern Constitutional Convention» capable of influencing decision and policy - making at the centre.

We must at this point know that the Ghanaian condition is a reflection of the conspiracy between the administration and these civil society organisation.

Accordingly on 11 June 2009 the UK civil society organisation Baby Milk Action submitted a complaint alleging that the reports posted on the UN Global Compact Office site and launched at the joint event were misleading and that Nestlé was, in truth, responsible for egregious violations of the Global Compact Principles.

It is among at least 4,000 signatories of the National Agreement on the Right to Decide and the Referendum Agreement, a group comprising of political parties and civil society organisations in favour of the independence vote.

By working together, governments, consumer goods companies, local producers, civil society organisations and communities have the potential to achieve change which would have been beyond any of them working on their own.

The FSA used its website, TV advertising, posters and printed material, articles in women's journals and national newspapers as well as news coverage, in addition to leveraging stakeholders of the food industry and civil society organisations to get the message across to hard - to - reach groups.

Following is the final statement made by civil society organisations at the recent FAO meeting in Kuala Lumpur:

The International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) consists of a plethora of civil society organisations from all over the world that are all social movement led.

PARIS and WASHINGTON, 21st June 2016 — The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) has agreed to join Champions 12.3, a coalition of leaders from governments, businesses, farmer groups, and civil society organisations dedicated to inspire ambition, mobilise action, and accelerate progress toward achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 12.3 by 2030.

Baby Milk Action refused to do this on the basis that it and other civil society organisations were already campaigning on the issues and Nestlé had published its own responses on websites and elsewhere.

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:

The Global Network, together with other civil society organisations (CSOs) and social movements, has seized this anniversary as an opportunity for stocktaking and, more importantly, to call for renewed commitment by governments, UN agencies, civil society and other stakeholders, for the full realisation of the right to adequate food and nutrition.

The Combining All Our Strength alliance for civil society organisations, in which OurKingdom is a key player, this week held a high - level seminar on the prospects for change, involving electoral experts and Labour and Lib Dem MPs.

President Akufo - Addo's address which was intended to bring closure on the heated public sentiment against the pact seem to have done little if not fuel the controversy as more civil society organisations speak up against the deal.

Corruption and impunity have become accepted convention in the administration, nepotism is eating the administration up yet, some members of OccupyGhana and other civil society organisations are helping the administration to play the blame game on the past Mahama administration as a coverup for the administration's failure which is betrayal of what these groups and their mother organization the Npp promised Ghanaians during the campaign.

«We seek to align with other civil society organisations for a much more loud advocacy that ensures that people who are seeking to occupy the high office of our land do not have such questionable track record like Mr Mahama,» Ernesto Yeboah said.

He conducts two streams of interdisciplinary and multi-method research: the first uses quantitative and qualitative approaches from corpus linguistics to investigate British media portrayals of migrant groups, borders, and citizenship, while the second set of projects explores how data, evidence - based research, and «impact» are constructed, shaped, and visually communicated by civil society organisations in their public - facing work.

Meanwhile, there have been indications that the action may be scuttled by its affiliates as well as civil society organisations in the country.

However, a concerted campaign by donors and civil society organisations changed the minds of a number of parliamentarians and it was subsequently rejected.

Economists including former chief economist at the IMF, Olivier Blanchard [11], and many leading civil society organisations [12] are now calling for a new approach which is being called: «QE for People».

The British Humanist Association (BHA) is one of over 70 civil society organisations in the UK signing a letter calling on Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to secure and advance the Human Rights Act.

Mr. Crentsil appealed to the government and civil society organisations to provide the area with a processing factory so as to help reduce post-harvest losses.

Organised by a coalition of academics and civil society organisations under the banner Democracy Matters, Assembly North and Assembly South represent significant interventions in contemporary British politics.

Civil Society organisations, the Clergy etc, all presented various suggestions and contribution including the need to forward the matter to the Supreme Court to make it more binding.

This was after civil society organisations and other organisations had made contributions.

Today Freedom from Torture joined thirty - three civil society organisations to call on the UN to continue to pressure the Iranian Government to end human rights abuses including torture.

The EC, a month ago organized a two - day forum for political parties, Civil Society organisations and individuals to collate views on the credibility or otherwise of the register.

His promise follows pressure from some civil society organisations and political figures for such positions to be made elective in a bid to make office holders accountable to the citizens instead of the President.

Adoke said in a statement, that some civil society organisations petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over the allegations, which he described as, «weighty,» without having facts to substantiate the claims.

This action by the two state security outfits has received massive condemnation across the country with some civil society organisations threatening legal action against the NPA, BOST, The MD and the security agencies if the decision is not reversed for proper investigation to take place.

According to Max Bank of LobbyControl, 93 % of discussions were with corporate lobbyists, while seven per cent represented consumer protection associations, trade unions and civil society organisations.

He said: «In our experience once a reservation is in place, it tends to stay there even when the UN monitoring bodies, parliamentary committees and civil society organisations are united in the view that it's unnecessary and goes against the object and purpose of the treaty.»

Our project is such that we look for partnerships in corporate organisations, civil society organisations so that they get the opportunity to in they get the opportunity to job shadow, to intern and start they own businesses.

During an interactive session with a group of civil society organisations under the auspices of, «The Situation Room» in Abuja last June, Idris had stated that the measure was intended to bring the police closer to Nigerians.

This is why as we approach the 2019 elections, I agree with Intersociety that civil society organisations working this area should not restrict their interventions to election monitoring.

The next government of the National Democratic Congress, (NDC), under John Dramani Mahama, will rely heavily on civil society organisations and the media, by resourcing them to fight the canker of corruption, according to Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Haruna Iddrisu.

Two civil society organisations, the Campaign for Democracy and Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, have said the country is in military democracy.

«In addition, we must anticipate shift in the focus, scope and attention of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and other stakeholders on our services and activities beyond the traditional Election Day event to the Commission's pre-and post-election activities.

Civil society organisations have said the Senate President, Bukola Saraki's victory at the Code of Conduct Tribunal is a setback in the anti-corruption fight.

The debate was jointly organised by two civil society organisations — Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) and Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA).