Sentences with phrase «from nongovernmental organizations»

Reimers will act as one of 30 representatives to the commission, which supports worldwide humanitarian development and values by coordinating efforts and delivering expert advice from the federal, state, and local governments and from nongovernmental organizations on issues of education, science, communications, and culture.

Each of these international gatherings in Russia involved scientists and diplomats as well as government administrators, commercial operators, advocates from nongovernmental organizations, and indigenous peoples.

WHO and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have dispatched an investigation team but for now are dependent on secondhand information from nongovernmental organizations and other partners in northern Syria, says WHO's Christian Lindmeier.

It was installed last May with support from the nongovernmental organization KHAMIR — Kutch Heritage, Art, Music, Information and Resources.

Not exact matches

One report by a local nongovernmental organization said there were 145 cases of torture and inhumane treatment, mostly by SEBIN and Bolivian National Guard agents, from January 2014 to June 2016.

«What's for sure [with trade deals] is there will be losers, as there have been losers from NAFTA and other trade deals,» Maritta Strasser — a lead trade campaigner for the nongovernmental organization Campact, and a speaker at Saturday's reportedly 50,000 - person rally in Frankfurt — told CNBC last month.

Meanwhile, the governor of Caquetá made the same point to our delegation, as did members of a morning - long symposium in which we heard from departmental legislators, nongovernmental organizations, educators and church groups.

Michael Edwards, who recently joined the Ford Foundation after a stint on the World Bank's civil society team, comes from the world of private aid agencies (sometimes termed nongovernmental development organizations or NGDOs).

«Our membership supports the development of robust [life - cycle assessments], but believes that the process should include input from a multitude of stakeholders, including algae technology companies, [nongovernmental organizations] and other scientists.»

Through an arrangement facilitated by two nongovernmental organizations in North Korea and China with help from journalist Richard Stone at Science, Hammond and his colleague Clive Oppenheimer became the first Western scientists to visit the DPRK's volcano observatory, and a historic partnership was launched.

In 1984, in the wake of Argentina's return to civilian rule, President Raul Alfonsín and the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo - a nongovernmental human rights organization - requested technical assistance in exhuming mass graves of victims of the country's «dirty war» and in applying genetic screening techniques to determine grandpaternity of children born in detention or abducted from their parents and adopted by supporters of the previous regime.

Rather, he argues, climate - concerned governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) should pool their resources and buy up the extraction rights to coal and other fossil fuels from so - called «third countries» that choose not to participate in greenhouse gas - reducing collectives.

In its «provisional idea» for acceptable levels of radiation in schoolyards, the education ministry cited a 2009 recommendation from the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), an Ottawa - based nongovernmental organization.

My background — a bachelor's degree in political economy of natural resources from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master's degree in urban and regional planning from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology — led to positions first in government and then at an environmental nongovernmental organization.

If put into effect, the law would require foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), including universities and research institutes, to «obtain prior approval from designated Chinese sponsors if they plan to carry out any permanent or temporary activity in China.

And they make clear to the attendees — who include representatives from governments, industry, philanthropies, and nongovernmental organizations — that although testing and production are moving forward at record speed, knotty issues remain.

Ad Astra, a nongovernmental organization of Romanian scientists with an interest in bringing the country up to international standards, has also protested the changes at CNATDCU in a recent public statement, where it pointed out that the Romanian government is sending contradictory messages by removing all expatriated scientists from CNATDCU while organizing a conference aimed at building bridges between at - home and expatriated scientists.

According to a 2013 study from the Climate Group, a London - headquartered nongovernmental organization, China will need at least $ 24 billion per year for adaptation actions by 2020; by contrast, the nation's estimated budget is only $ 13.5 billion based on its current expenditures.

Thousands of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)-- from the huge World Wildlife Fund to Brooklyn's tiny Friends of the Gowanus Canal — are aggressively educating consumers and lobbying public officials about water issues.

Stipends from the Jesse Jones Leadership Center Summer in D.C. Policy Research Internship Program enable Rice students to get policy research experience at government agencies, private think tanks and nongovernmental organizations in Washington.

In order to conduct research in five countries from my base in Newcastle, England, I recruited teams of researchers from reputable local universities and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).

Individuals and groups from K — 12 and higher education are invited to participate in this program, especially faculty, administrators, school and district leaders, and higher education administrators, as well as individuals and groups from educational nonprofits, funding organizations, and nongovernmental organizations.

This webinar brought together experts and representatives from states, electric generators, academia, and nongovernmental organizations to consider this new approach for ensuring that the RGGI emissions trading program functions as designed and examine the finer points of how such a reserve might work and be implemented.

Provide leadership to state and local governments, community leaders, healthcare professionals, nongovernmental organizations, the faith - based communities, the private sector and the public, domestically and internationally, regarding health protection from climate change effects.

The IWC's work to improve whale killing methods depends on the willingness of the whaling nations to share whaling data (on the time to death (TTD) of hunted whales, instantaneous death rate (IDR), and the number of whales struck and lost) and to respond to recommendations from other governments, nongovernmental organizations, and welfare or ballistic experts.

Although nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have worked for years to protect forests from clearcutting, sustainable forestry is now seen as another way to protect forests.

The plan emerged from months of consultations by federal experts, independent scientists, nongovernmental organizations, members of the general public and international specialists who make up the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP), a joint federal program of President George W. Bush's Committee on Climate Change Science and Technology Integration.

Sequestered in the new National Stadium, thousands of negotiators from the body's 198 member countries hurry through the temporary, canvas - walled corridors erected on the stadium's field, along with representatives of countless nongovernmental organizations and members of the press.

Alongside his colleagues at the nongovernmental organization 350.org, McKibben has spearheaded a campaign calling upon communities, governments and universities all around the world to take action by divesting from fossil fuel companies.

That's just what you can do with EarthTime, a new online tool that blends satellite photos of Earth with data from university research programs, government agencies, and nongovernmental organizations to create eye - popping animations showing how seas rise in tandem with temperatures to swallow up low - lying areas.

While over 180 countries will be participating in December's UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, as well as countless intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations from all over the globe (including six from Israel), the Israeli government will not be among the participants.

We codirect the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN), a group of over 600 experts who provide climate science information on adaptation and mitigation to urban leaders and practitioners from governments, the private sector, nongovernmental organizations and the community.

The sources of the blogs vary from new on the Web, proprietary sources on the hidden web, jury verdicts, court opinions, reports by government and nongovernmental organizations around the globe as well as fun stuff such as trivia questions about products that are the subject of trade secrets.»

The nongovernmental charity organization HOSPICE Casa Speranței was established in Braşov, in 1992, at the initiative of the British Graham Perolls, with the purpose of introducing and developing palliative care for children and adults suffering from a terminal illness.

The need for palliative care is very high in Romania and we continuously try to extend our services in order to reach more patients, thus any help, either from individuals or companies, is of great value to us» declared Mirela Nemțanu, executive director of the nongovernmental organization.

These openings represent many opportunities for subject - matter experts and senior leaders from the military, the private sector and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), as well as current federal employees seeking a transfer or promotion.

It is from this premise that Promundo, an international nongovernmental organization (NGO) working toward gender equality and the promotion of healthy masculinities, co-founded the MenCare global fatherhood campaign in 2011.