Sentences with phrase «from ngos»

Moreover, one of the reasons why Committees need to seek input from NGOs is because state reports have on occasions lacked information of sufficient detail and accuracy to meet the Committee's requirements.

I read what constructive criticism there is from NGOs and I can see how long it takes to bring cases to trial.

And since then it has been one - way traffic in the EU Courts, brushing off criticism from NGOs and indeed the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee in 2011 (see here).

Reactions from NGOs and the environmental community were almost universally critical but also striking in their predictions of dire consequences based largely on exaggerated assessments of the protocol's effectiveness.

That help may come from Peru's government or from NGOs like the Amazon Conservation Association, which helped organize these latest preserves.

We have a lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, government and business.

Religions, now, are changing because of pressure and activity from NGOs.

Businesses are changing because of activity and ideas from NGOs.

The Labour government were taking policies directly from NGOs and green - left think tanks.

Likewise, selected members of the national REDD group, from both NGOs and private developers, formed a technical group which played a major role in helping Peru's Environment Ministry draw up its Readiness Preparation Proposal submitted to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility.

In the forestry sector, several large firms severed ties with timber and pulp and paper companies linked by reports from NGOs to questionable logging practices in Indonesia.

The Bond Annual conference and Exhibition 2014, titled: Redefining development, the future beyond 2015; brings together people from NGOs, universities, think tanks, donors and government both in the UK and internationally to examine how international development will be defined in the future.

Speaking at the press briefing will be a range of international experts from NGOs organized in the Climate Action Network (CAN)- a network of more than 700 organisations from over 90 countries - including Alden Meyer from the Union of Concerned Scientists.

[Doha — Qatar]-- December 4, 2012 — Experts from NGOs who are members of Climate Action Network will be available to respond to the expected announcement by Qatar in the morning that it will pledge to reduce emissions.

South American diplomats expect to make progress towards a global climate deal at this week's UN talks in Lima, despite growing criticism from NGOs that governments in the region are backtracking on pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the environment.

Supranational political organisations have sought legitimacy from NGOs, which have in turn cast the world's problems as environmental problems.

Environmental examples have included representatives from NGOs from around the world (e.g..

If it's coming from NGOs, then tough.

A united voice from NGOs and other actors will help to steer the debate in the right direction — towards enhanced and fair climate action.

Of the five folks in the second session, three were from universities and two from NGOs.

Even this felt tired this afternoon, when six representatives from NGOs and one from the corporate community offered a press conference with the usual criticism, positive comments, and mandatory pointing to «the road ahead» and «next steps.»

The IPCC must urgently review its policies for hiring lead authors — and I would have thought that not only should biased «grey literature» be rejected, but campaigners from NGOs should not be allowed to join the lead author group and thereby review their own work.

This volume suggests news lines of interdisciplinary investigation that will be of interest to members of armed forces, practitioners from NGOs, and policymakers...

Placenames for Burma are provided by the US Government National Geospatial Intelligence Agency GEOnet Names Server, a list derived from Russian topographic maps, lists received from NGOs, and other sources.

«We will be equally interested to hear from car manufacturers about EU product standards, as from NGOs about EU environmental policies, or security experts about combating organised crime,» Hague went on.

The party needs to take lessons from NGOs — many of these really are «mass membership».

But there is categorical evidence from NGOs and foreign governments that the UK lobbied hard against such an agreement being reached, opposing it at the last G20 finance ministers» meeting, and blocking any reference to it in the EU's pre-G20 position.

So far, we know very little about the media in the numerous new democracies around the world except sporadic outbreaks of anger from NGOs specialised in media freedom.

The working group is seeking information from NGOs about:

In order to assist in putting general guidance on HIV and infant feeding into practice in countries, in 2003 WHO and UN partners (with valuable inputs from NGOs, researchers, and government officials) revised HIV and Infant Feeding: A Guide for Health - care Managers and Supervisors.

In the Changing Childbirth in BC research project, a steering group of women of childbearing age from different cultural and socio - economic backgrounds engaged multiple stakeholders, as well as leaders from NGOs, researchers, and community agencies, to examine women's experiences with maternity care in British Columbia (BC).

In total over 850 families received training on the management of natural resources and organic agriculture given by agricultural technicians from NGOs and municipal and public organizations in collaboration with the Centre for Education and Technology.

GRAIN's work is mostly financed by grants from NGOs, private foundations, governments and, at times, intergovernmental organisations (see a list here).

It is also not uncommon for ICCR to invite other stakeholders to the conversation including representatives from NGOs and community groups as well as subject matter experts advocating on any given issue as a way to build bridges between companies and the communities impacted by their operations.

«Despite fears from some NGOs and multilaterals about their involvement and influence, modern philanthropists rarely operate in isolation but recognise the importance of collaboration.»

EWB also sought to make sure the money coming in to the governments from NGOs was being allocated efficiently.

Not exact matches

In fact, he recently attended a forum in Quebec along with the head of the MSN, Lynda Yanz, at which they talked about the positives that flow from a non-adversarial relationship between NGOs and industry.

It's that lightweight design that has set WateRoam apart from other water filtration solutions and helped it win favor with local communities, NGOs and corporate backers, according to WateRoam.

Think of the large NGOs focused on climate change as the beavers who want to keep new holes from forming.

Full assessment is a more transparent process that involved input from recalcitrant NGOs like the David Suzuki Foundation and Sierra Club.

I receive wonderful support from government, industry, and NGOs for my teaching activity.

The panels brought together more than 200 inspirational and insightful professionals from both business, academia, NGOs and the public sector to discuss what opportunities underlie five of the global, systemic risks we face.

The decision to return clean water to local communities wasn't an idea dreamt by a bright - eyed Coca - Cola employee, but rather a decision following years of mounting dissatisfaction from locals, consumers and NGOs who have seen the company exhaust local water resources in small communities in the developing world.

Each of them will consist of 25 - 30 creative, innovative, and solution oriented leaders from Business, Academia, Civil Society / NGOs and youth organisations.

Generally these discussions include representatives from industry, NGOs, government and civil society and, like dialogues, are conducted in accordance with Chatham House Rules.

Guest writer Tracey Saxby is the Co-Founder of My Sea to Sky The BC Liberals are under investigation by Elections BC and the RCMP after The Globe and Mail revealed the party is accepting illegal donations from lobbyists, specifically highlighting donations by Byng Giraud and Marian Ngo from Woodfibre LNG, which proposes to construct and operate -LSB-...]

The BC Liberals are under investigation by Elections BC and the RCMP after The Globe and Mail revealed the party is accepting illegal donations from lobbyists, specifically highlighting donations by Byng Giraud and Marian Ngo from Woodfibre LNG, which proposes to construct and operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on the old Woodfibre Pulp and Paper Mill site near Squamish, British Columbia.

Listen to this quote from Ann Florini, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution and ask yourself if it applies to your organization: «NGOs are a bunch of people whose currency of power is information and the ability to make arguments and persuade people to change how things are done... to have that kind of power you have to have access to information.»

To achieve this, we help visionary NGOs, funders, and governments learn from and adapt the Living Goods model around the world.

CAN - Rac is a national network comprised of over 90 member organizations from across the country, representing aboriginal, faith - based, labour and environmental NGOs.