Sentences with phrase «from civil society»

Better monitoring and law enforcement, coupled with private sector initiatives under pressure from civil society groups, have been credited for much of the decline.

Well - informed voices from civil society and other stakeholders can play an important role in guiding these evolving international discussions.

They should be locked up and kept away from civil society!

What is the political opposition doing and how is it different from the civil society?

But there have been calls from civil society groups, the clergy, and high - profile individuals asking the president not to intervene in the four - month sentence handed to the three.

We accept donations from individuals who are from the civil society who are independent from political parties, governments or corporations.

Mutawakilu, who is also the Member of Parliament for the Damongo Constituency in the Northern Region made the call following pressure from civil society organizations on the government to reduce prices of petroleum products.

The Polish government's decision to invite sponsorship from big polluters and to host a coal summit during the talks has already drawn heavy criticism from civil society organisations.

This attracted barrage of criticisms from civil society groups in the north, the Minority in Parliament and some appointees in government.

About Website Rabble.ca was built on the efforts of progressive journalists, writers, artists and activists across the country and has a unique role of reporting on stories from civil society while providing a counter balance to corporate - owned media.

About Website Rabble.ca was built on the efforts of progressive journalists, writers, artists and activists across the country and has a unique role of reporting on stories from civil society while providing a counter balance to corporate - owned media.

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.

We welcome this contribution form the Copenhagen Consensus Center and remain confident that it, along with all ideas and similar initiatives from civil society stakeholders, will enrich the deliberations.»

They may be less able to intimidate vulnerable communities with violent threats and instead face more non-violent resistance from a civil society reassured by the prize's moral significance.

The currencies of the international partnership, trade and aid are at risk unless we stand together, with one voice, and demand that these systemic issues be addressed,» he told the gathering of leaders from civil society organisations (CSOs), businesses, religious bodies and diplomats.

Sinopale is a biennial event — investigating various forms of resistance and adaptation of local movements and initiatives from civil society, ecological activism and nongovernmental politics.

The global apparel industry that I hail from has built up a particularly long history of attempting to address concerns from civil society, organized labour and governments about the industry's negative social and environmental impacts.

The question, he wrote, «is what use to the Church, as distinct from civil society, the Catholic school network, above all in the state sector, can be said to be at the present time»:

The aim of the conference is to encourage representatives from industry, academia and research as well as policy makers and individuals from civil society to enter into dialogue and thus to initiate suitable (pilot) projects.

It is not «As - Mad - as - Snakes - in - a-Sack», it may involve talking with many strands from the civil society but a consensus on protective measures can soon be established as the basis for UN-sanctioned action or even EU / Nato if game - playing strangles the will of the former to be of use.

Imagine: attending the «Northern Powerhouse Conference» held in February 2016, costing only # 450: a real bargain for a programme which focussed only on business, with no inputs from civil society and third sector organisations, minority groups, or young voices.

It is exactly four years to the day since Citizens UK held an assembly at the Barbican which saw 2,000 people from civil society institutions, many of them faith groups, putting the issue of capping the cost of credit to the Treasury portfolio politicians of the three major parties.

«Also on the committee are Abudu Aladoja from the Nigerian Bar Association, and Mrs. Comfort David from the Civil Society Organization.

The technicalities of convening it would have to be decided at the time, but it would have to be partly elected — with candidates preferably not running under party banners — and have a certain proportion of appointed experts and members from civil society groups.

News of the request from the Auditor General for the prosecutorial powers was met with widespread commendation from Civil Society and the general Ghanaian public.

He said the second chamber of parliament should be appointed by a special appointment committee and its members should be drawn from civil society organizations and policy think tank researchers to provide a more technical and intellectual legislative bench.

The next three years, 2013 to 2015, will demonstrate another circus of UN global agenda setting and reactions from the civil society and rest of the stakeholders.

At this Forum — attended by over 1600 participants, including 120 Ministers and many partners from civil society, academia, foundations, the private sector and other — the world spoke with one voice to affirm that education is a public good, a fundamental human right and a shared responsibility.

Inputs from Parties can be found here Submissions and statements from Parties can be found here Statements from Civil Society at ADP 2 - 12

As talks entered their final days, under heavy pressure from the civil society inter-constituency group and the Friends of Principles, countries mustered political will, resulting in what Ambassador Salerno described as «a revolutionary Preamble».

Rather, after the horrific attacks of 13 November, it needed to determine whether it had the will and capacity to host the whole summit — with full participation from civil society, including in the streets.

Their opinions will not be considered at this moment because the organizations involved wanted the document to be exclusively an expression of opinions and yearnings from civil society.

Getting the implementation of the Paris Agreement is no easy task and requires strong and organized pushes from civil society.

And this quality that is coming from the civil society, from the NGO community, round the world, collectively, is an extraordinary thing.

During the Forum, hundreds of global and community leaders and change agents from civil society, business, government, academia, the media, and more will gather to share insights, explore strategies and develop collaborative solutions for advancing peace, opportunity, and equity worldwide.

It passed, despite sustained and vocal opposition from civil society, privacy, law and civil rights experts, prominent civil servants, academics, former Supreme Court justices, and former Canadian prime ministers.

(Myanmar NGOs say that Facebook didn't detect the messages, and that the warning Zuckerberg received was actually from civil society groups.)

Since the VENUE Act was introduced, it's earned numerous endorsements from civil society organizations and the tech industry.

The Commission is keen to hear from civil society stakeholders with relevant expertise in relation to the inspection of places of detention.

Reporting from the Open Government Summit in London, where sixty countries are represented along with 300 representatives from civil society organizations, Susannah Vila and Christopher Wilson cover how those non-governmental groups are trying to use the summit to pressure their governments to actually live up to the nice promises they keep mouthing.

Grayling thinks they're some sort of left - wing pressure group, rather than a critical voice from civil society.

After a wave of protests and resistance from civil society and the climate movement in Berlin, the last lignite - fired power plant in the city finally shut down on the 24th May 2017.

Ministers from across the world will join leaders from civil society and multi-lateral agencies to address school - related homophobic and transphobic violence at an International Ministerial Meeting hosted by UNESCO on 17 - 18 May.