Sentences with phrase «leading civil society»

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

Leading civil society organizations have evaluated the emissions reductions promises of all the countries party to the Paris agreement, determining the extent to which they fall short of, or go beyond, the «fair shares» they should be providing to the world, using a thoughtful calculus of equity and science.

The group's letter was backed by a letter of support (http://bit.ly/JRLBOT) from the CEOS of more than 25 leading civil society organizations from around the world, which calls for these commitments to take the form of a pledge at the upcoming Rio +20 earth summit.

On Tuesday, a group of leading civil society activists urged Buhari take medical leave, as his absence «has fuelled further speculations and rumours» about the true state of his health.

Serving as just one example of many reported incidents, on the eve of South Sudan's first anniversary of its independence a leading civil society activist, Deng Athuai, was found beaten into a coma and left by the side of the road.

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».

These strange decisions led civil society organizations such as WACAM and the Third World Network to call for a renegotiation of the Newmont agreement.

Not exact matches

And civil society groups in Myanmar have hit back at Zuckerberg's claim that the company is able to use monitoring to stop hate speech messages spreading like wildfire through its services — they say such messages spread for days, leading to violence.

In her victory speech Ms Notley said «Whether you are a business leader, a union leader, a municipal leader, someone who leads in civil society, or just a plain Albertan — the Legislature belongs to you; the government belongs to you, and you will be treated with respect.»

Perhaps it is now time to recognize that the third world - changing scientific achievement of the last century is not the unmitigated good that much of Western culture claims it is — and that treating the sexual revolution as a unambiguous, indeed undeniable, boon to humanity can lead to a lot of personal unhappiness, homicidal ghouls like Kermit Gosnell, and the deployment of coercive state power in ways that threaten civil society and democracy.

To call for religious warfare, as some of them do, is to recall the religious wars of earlier centuries that unraveled civil society and led thoughtful people to the conclusion that religion in public is inescapably divisive and destructive.

The Jharkhand Freedom of Religion Bill - 2017 was passed by the Bharatiya Janata Party - led government despite significant opposition from religious groups, civil society, and the tribal groups across Jharkhand.

We do not need to construct a qeneral theory of civil society in the context of contemporary political philosophy: that could lead to an endless discussion of different positions and the myriad attempts in the with the practical question of the role of Christian communities in attempts to refurbish, or newly establish, participatory democratic societies across the globe.

Nevertheless the Christian doctrine of the relation between the ethics of Law and Grace, the Hindu concept of paramarthika and vyavaharika realms, the Islamic concept of shariat law versus the transcendent law, and the equivalent ones in secular ideologies like the Marxist idea of the present morality of class - war leading to the necessary love of the class-less society of the future need to be brought into the inter-faith dialogue to build up a common democratic political ethic for maintaining order and freedom with the continued struggle for social justice, and also a common civil morality within which diverse peoples may renew their different traditions of civil codes.

The FAO - led Save Food initiative is partnering with international organizations, the private sector and civil society to enable food systems to reduce food loss and waste in both the developing and the industrialized world.

Led by the World Resources Institute (WRI), the partnership includes representatives from the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with review and feedback provided by more than 200 additional stakeholders from business, government, civil society, and academia.

Today, a protest campaign in front of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) was held by hundreds of farmers and civil society supporters led by the National Women Farmers and Workers Association (NWFA) and Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation (BAFLF).

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.

From June 5 — 7, 2018, more than 200 leading personalities from the cocoa and chocolate industry, governments and civil society will gather in Davos / Switzerland to discuss how technology is spurring innovation in our sector, explore how we can ensure a sustainable chocolate future and highlight the role of business as a change agent.

The Commission could further this goal by three means: conducting and publishing research into what initiatives are successful at increasing political participation; advising public bodies and institutions regarding how to better democratise their functioning; and critically, by providing resources and capacity - building to facilitate local, civil society - led initiatives that aim to increase broad - based levels of participation or deliberation in political decision - making.

The new minister for civil society, Nick Hurd, will lead on the delivery of the programme.

Many recognizable civil society groups including, the Catholic Bishops Conference and the Christian Council of Ghana have condemned the decision by the Mahama - led administration to open Ghana's doors to them.

He also responded to the call of the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations led by Parliamentarians for Global Action to lead them in the preparatory meetings and dialogue at New York, USA, of the Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court.

Prior to joining On Purpose, Mark was Fellow in Innovative Government at the Berlin think tank stiftung neue verantwortung where he lead inter-sectoral teams of high - level decision - makers from government, business, and civil society.

When Cuomo and Gore recently announced their support for the cap of 2 degrees (and a 80 % reduction in greenhouse gases by 2050, based on 1990 levels), they sided with the industrial countries led by the US versus more than two - thirds of the others countries and thousands of civil society groups.

Notably, in 2010, the ACLU testified against «the use of terror watch lists to screen gun purchases,» writing that the «deeply flawed» terror watch list process led the group to conclude, «Given these problems, we do not believe that anyone should be deprived of the right to purchase a gun, or the right to fly, or any other benefit of membership in civil society based solely on placement on a terror watch list.»

The infractions by the Akufo - Addo led - government has compelled some of their strong patrons including, the former moderator of the Presbyterian Church, Prof Emmanuel Martey, Political Science Lecturer and now a fully paid - up member of NPP, Dr Amoako Baah and some NPP - tainted Civil Society Groups to have had cause to condemn the government.

Alan taught the first - ever college course on digital politics (1995), created and built the Center for American Progress's social media program (2007 - 13) and has trained more than 15,000 people across the world in digital & social media strategy, including civil society leaders across the Arab world in 2009; key staff at leading advocacy groups and news media outlets; Members of Congress and their staff; as well as political and business leaders from several countries, including a couple future kings.

In view of the multifaceted nature of the problem we call on government to lead in a coordinated national emergency effort involving traditional rulers, security, civil society, youth organizations, political parties, media and all affiliated government and nongovernmental agencies to confront this menace confronting our dear nation Ghana.

The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD), in partnership with the Civil Society Platform on the Sustainable Development Goals, has led a nationwide consultative process with state and non-state actors targeted at harmonizing all relevant information on the Sustainable Development Goals in the country.

«This peculiarity has reduced the real locus of civil society activism to spontaneous protest movements led by charismatic leaders such as Tunde Bakare, Femi Falana, Wole Soyinka, and Joe Oke - Odumakin, etc, some of whom are also active in the political arena.

[19] The party is also considering a list led by a member of civil society or the left who has «not ceded to the liberal temptation», with Christiane Taubira considered as a possibility to fill this role.

Two civil society organisations, CD and CACOL, said the Buhari - led Federal Government did not deserve to continue in office unless it addressed the «incessant killings by herdsmen» in Benue State.

This was disclosed yesterday by the Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, who represented the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, when a civil society group, Centre for Social Justice, CSJ, led by Barrister Eze Onyekpere submitted a report on MTEF to the Senate.

The two - day event, 3rd to 4th May, 2018, will bring together leading actors from the media, civil society, policy makers, representatives of the judiciary and academia, to discuss latest developments and pressing challenges related to press freedom and the safety of journalists.

According to Series lead Professor Boyd Swinburn from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, «The key to meeting WHO's target to achieve no further increase in obesity rates by 2025 will be strengthening accountability systems to support government leadership, constraining the role of the food industry in the formation of public policy, and encouraging civil society to create a demand for healthy food environments.»

The program's long - standing commitment to the problems of human rights and the legacy of apartheid in South Africa led it to help found the African Transitional Justice Research Network (ATJRN) to assist local researchers and civil society organizations in African countries to effectively evaluate transitional justice mechanisms and strengthen human rights advocacy on the African continent.

«I know the Philippines government is trying to maximize law and order in these areas and civil society is trying to take the lead on [removing the bodies],» says Tom Price, a spokesman for Catholic Relief Services, an aid and development group that has worked in the Philippines for decades.

To complement and, indeed, actively encourage the state governments to act towards making universal health coverage a people's goal, a nationwide campaign will have to be led by civil society groups, along the lines of recent campaigns to combat corruption and sexual violence.»

The six RICE lead agencies align and bring to the table consortia, networks, platforms, programs, and collaborative projects with more than 600 partners from the governmental, nongovernmental, public, private, and civil society sectors.

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.

There are so many aspects to Turing's story: his impact on ending the war, how society treats true genius, his isolated childhood and final years, the extreme lack of civil rights for homosexuals of the time, and how his work on «Christopher» led to the development of computers.

What we propose in the International Campaign aims to create an international movement of thought, discussion, reflection, and action led by civil society, in order to provide contents, raise awareness, define priorities and lines of action, good practices, and find solutions to those points.

While many civil society groups were competing to build their own image at the side events in the official Rio Centro tents and other locations, the so called Peoples Summit in the Flamingo Park was a chaotic demonstration that lead to thousands of civil society representatives from across the world being stranded and lost without any sense of direction or coordination.

In addition to the formal Rio +20 outcome, a significant number of voluntary commitments were made by governments, businesses and other civil society partners in the lead - up to Rio and at Rio itself.

What is significant about global civil society is that it leads to rising above parochialinterests and encourages the development of a cosmopolitan worldcitizenship beyond national boundaries.

The effort was initiative initiated by civil society led by the Earthsavers UNESCO DREAM Center and Sagot Kita Bayan with Climate Institute, the International Theatre Institute (ITI) and Clean Air Philippines.

The Philanthropy Roundtable published an excellent guidebook by David Bass on career and technical education, which smartly suggests that civil society, not the state, take the lead role.

Without mandates on how many or what kinds of charters had to be created, families and civil society could take the lead, gradually creating new organizations and webs of relationships.

Eve's work leading Grub Street was recently recognized by the National Arts Strategies when they selected her to join their Chief Executive Program, a two - year initiative designed to unleash the collective power of 100 of the top executive leaders in the cultural sector to re-imagine the potential of cultural institutions and to figure out how they can contribute to civil society in the 21st century.