Sentences with phrase «civil society organisations»

Participants are mostly made up of timber and construction companies, with a number of civil society organisations also on the list.

We were with a small group of international civil society organisations from the field of human rights, rule of law and peace.

Legal aid was provided by civil society organisation working on legal issues which led to reforms.

Both surveys were conducted in consultation with the governments, with international organisations, and with civil society organisations.

It puts data about the needs of citizens, transparency about the quality of justice delivered, the efforts of high quality civil society organisations at the core.

The clients he has worked for include governments, international businesses and leading civil society organisations.

Many civil society organisations lack the capacity to undertake the research they need and do not have access to resources required to build and sustain such a capacity.

I can see state donors, philanthropic foundations, academics and civil society organisations getting together to work very hard on indicators, which will result in a multitude of them.

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

The majority of the public and a huge range of civil society organisations came together with us to oppose the lifting of limits on discrimination for new religious free schools.

We bring together around 140 civil society organisations from more than 30 European countries.

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

Further, the legal and policy environment for civil society organisations remains largely disenabling in many countries.

«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.

«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.

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.

We, 93 civil society organisations working in Brussels and in countries affected by EU climate policies, are therefore deeply concerned that the same polluting corporations whose actions largely contribute to climate change - chief among them fossil fuel companies and their lobby groups - are using their involvement in the UNFCCC talks to delay action and hold back the needed ambition.

TPP Law research among civil society organisations revealed that procurement procedures and the lack of a level playing field were among the biggest barriers to charities and social enterprises bidding for more public services contracts.

The information gathered in this booklet can help all stakeholders in understaning the available resources and inspire ideas for improving and initiating partnerships between countries, the United Nations, and all development partners, including civil society organisations and businesses.

A Coalition Civil Society Organisations on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution in Nigeria has accused the United Nations Children's Education Fund, UNICEF, and other International organization...

«As we have seen with recent events in the Middle East and North Africa, the role of Amnesty International and other civil society organisations remains relevant in today's world.

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).

Media practitioners and civil society organisations championing the fight against corruption have vigorously campaigned for the passage of the RTI into law, but the RTI is yet to see the light of day, more than a decade after it was introduced in Parliament.

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.

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:

Anyone doubting the wisdom of the decision to award the Peace Prize to a group of Tunisian civil society organisations should remember just how much is at stake in the region.

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.

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

This was contained in a statement issued by the group, a platform of more than 70 Nigerian civil society organisations working on good governance issues, including: Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre, PLAC, CLEEN Foundation, Action Aid Nigeria, Centre for Democracy and Development, Enough is Enough, WANGONET, JDPC, Election Monitor, YIAGA, CISLAC, Nigerian Women Trust Fund, Stakeholders Democracy Network, Proactive Gender Initiative and several other CSOs.

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».

On Monday, the Education Secretary Nicky Morgan announced that, due to the lobbying of religious groups, she will seek to prevent civil society organisations from objecting to schools» admission arrangements.

Independent civil society organisations under the auspices of the Coalition for Monitoring Good Governance and Assessment in Nigeria, COMGAN, have claimed that the Minister of Youths...

The storm of outrage among civil society organisations over the government's bill to stifle campaigning by voluntary bodies, pressure groups and charities for a year in advance of the next general election has eclipsed debate on the abject weakness of the same bill's proposals for a register of lobbyists.

«The ADC welcomes associates, other parties, groups and civil society organisations such as cultural, township unions, social organisations and interests.»

After the fieldwork, the data collected will then be analyzed and uploaded to the EVMAT database at The Electoral Institute (TEI), to help Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and others in Risk Mapping, Violence Mitigation and Advocacy for the election.

It was in 2004 that leading Palestinian academic and civil society organisations called for an academic and cultural boycott of Israeli institutions.

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.

Discuss synergy potentials and provide opportunity to develop future collaborations between and within institutional and Civil Society Organisations stakeholders, and facilitate networking and interaction inside and beyond Europe in terms of policy development, pedagogical support and training mechanisms;

The proposed law on associations and NGOs — which was first tabled in 2011 and is expected to be presented again to legislature again this term — would subject civil society organisations to debilitating restrictions.

Main concerns by the Forum and other civil society organisations still remain: what place will non-formal education and lifelong learning will be given in the targets and indicators?

Many civil society organisations following the World Bank's FCPF initiative are concerned that the launch of the Carbon Fund is premature and will take attention away from clearly defining what progress countries are expected to have made during the FCPF's «readiness» phase — the stage in which countries define a plan of action on how to reduce deforestation.

Vienna, Austria, 25 July 2016: Civil society organisations welcome the progress that has been made at the international negotiations for phasing down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) which ended on a high this weekend in Vienna.

They have been joined by numerous civil society organisations in the global South and North representing youth, indigenous people, women, and those on the frontlines of climate change.

The very real concerns that civil society organisations around the world continue to raise, both regarding environmental and social integrity as well as overall sustainable development are simply going unaddressed.

Friends of the Earth Europe, together with an alliance of European - wide civil society organisations, has sent an open letter to Environment Ministers from all EU Member States urging them to support more ambitious measures ahead of final negotiations on amendments to EU waste legislation.

[1] Civil society organisations have sought to engage with the Alliance through a number of different routes including a sign - on letter signed by over 80 organisations, participation in the Friends of the Alliance conference calls, and attending a meeting of the Alliance in the Hague in July 2014.