Sentences with phrase «local civil society»

The data and methodology presented in Global Insights on Access to Justice are the culmination of an extensive two - year pilot and vetting process, and reflect the consultations of governments, multilaterals, local civil society organizations, and academics from 17 countries.

This involved meetings with members of local civil society, the government and foreign oil companies.

Dr Wykes was arrested by armed Angolan police on the morning of Sunday 18th February in Cabinda, whilst visiting the oil rich enclave to meet with local civil society representatives.

This project identifies ways that insights from political economy can be used in the work of NGOs and local civil society organizations who are seeking to reform the governance of extractive industries.

Supporting these local communities is the best way to develop local civil society.

CAFOD said it's supporting local civil society in Sri Lanka who are strengthening local communities» understanding of peace and reconciliation, «building their ability to resolve local conflicts peacefully, and resist falling prey to manipulation».

Not exact matches

And it crosses over all these lines: local environmental impact, there's the climate argument, there's the First Nations rights argument, there's the stewardship argument, so it can really draw from a whole wide sector of civil society in the way that the faceless catastrophe of climate change can't.

[24] We can not fail to praise the commitment of international agencies and civil society organizations which draw public attention to these issues and offer critical cooperation, employing legitimate means of pressure, to ensure that each government carries out its proper and inalienable responsibility to preserve its country's environment and natural resources, without capitulating to spurious local or international interests.

By working together, governments, consumer goods companies, local producers, civil society organisations and communities have the potential to achieve change which would have been beyond any of them working on their own.

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.

[2] The General National Congress (GNC) and government agencies froze; it was only through the intervention of local councils and civil society that an end of violence was reached.

Often this includes local NGOs and civil society.

The speakers discussed the state's delegation of responsibility to civil society, trade unions, local communities and business actors.

Devolution in Scotland followed a decade - long debate involving a wide range of organisations in civil society; «devo Manc» is the result of confidential bargains between the Treasury and a small group of local deal - makers, mostly on the City Council.

According to Mr. Ibrahim Tom, a member of the CSO in Maiduguri, Official of the state emergency management agency, SEMA alongside the cateraker Chairman of Bama local government council were at the camp earlier with a member of the civil society organisation.

Other lessons can be drawn from the DFID - backed programme in Nepal that funded civil society groups and local government programmes to bring about more inclusive political processes.

Speaking on behalf of Civil Society Organizations, Emmanuel Bonet, called for increase fundings to State Independent Electoral Commission (SIECOM), to enable it conduct the forthcoming Local Government Elections without hitches, noting that the N500m allocated to the commission is insufficient.

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«We call on the government, media and civil society representatives, and local and religious leaders, to reject and condemn hate speech and incitement to violence unequivocally and in the strongest possible terms.»

Also invited were Chairmen, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), Joint Negotiation Council (JNC), Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), traders, as well as representative of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) and Civil Society Organisations (CSO).

According to a statement by ECONEC's spokesman, Paul Ejime and dated 18th March, President of the ECONEC governing board and Chair of Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu in a goodwill message said: «Conducting four elections in one day (presidential, parliamentary, district and local council) is not a mean feat, and in spite of minor hitches reported by election observers, Sierra Leone's political stakeholders — the electorate, government and security agencies, civil society and NEC, deserve commendation for the responsible conduct and patriotism exhibited during the first phase of the electoral process.»

«All northern civil society and pressure groups are by this declaration mandated to mobilize for sustained, coordinated campaigns at their respective State Government Houses, State Houses of Assembly, Local Government Council Secretariats and Traditional Palaces to mount pressure for steps to be taken to ensure enforcement of the directives contained herein.

She worked closely with civil society in Sierra Leone to ensure that the national survey was representative and would provide data of use by and interest to the local population.

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.

The success of STI «will depend on the efficiency of the science - policy - society interface,» involving stakeholders from governments, civil society, indigenous peoples and local communities, industry and business, academia and research organizations.

Communicate to citizens and particular stakeholders, including local communities, youth, governments, civil society, and the private sector, about the value of snow leopards and their ecosystem, and sustain the effort by celebrating 23 October 23 each year as the International Snow Leopard Day with presentation of an annual International Snow Leopard Conservation Award, and 2015 as the International Year of the Snow Leopard.

Fellows will work with local government agencies, civil society groups, and universities to discuss regional impacts of climate change and energy policy, and develop relationships for continued multi-lateral cooperation.

In collaboration with our partners from research, policy, industrial practice and civil society, we develop responses and recommendations for action for pressing environmental issues and support decision - making processes at the local, national and international level.

This Congress will bring together approximately 200 stakeholders in global education, in particular international organisations, governments, parliamentarians, local and regional authorities, civil society organisations, as well as educators from Europe and beyond, using the principle of «quadrilogue» and a holistic approach to global education.

Our project partners in delivering environmental & social responsibility projects range from United Nations Agencies, International & Bilateral Organizations, Multinational — National & Local Business, Industries, Civil Society Groups, and also Governments.

Often, but not always, civil society organizations also develop deep knowledge of the community and can help ensure that new efforts are informed by history and local context.

«The Civil War... has tremendous impact in the present day because slavery was abolished, and we've been trying to deal with the racial situation ever since, trying to help the black citizen achieve an equal status in our society,» Gibbs said in an interview with the local newspaper, The Star.

However, the government's focus on greater school freedom means local and civil society organisations must act to help schools to pursue sustainability.

Instead of trying to use public policy to develop training programs for the workforce of the future, let's instead rest our hopes on a vast array of small - scale, nimble, local solutions crafted by civil - society actors.

So it might be the case that the most promising approach to training is one that relies on the basics of conservatism: Concede our inability to perfectly foresee what's around the corner; avoid centralization; don't assume the government will have all of the answers; and rely on a vast array of small - scale, nimble, local solutions crafted by civil - society actors.

Teachers, health workers, police, local communities, religious leaders and civil society organisations to work together — at the local and national level — to implement programmes that effectively combat SRGBV.

The consensus appears to be that these higher levels of performance have less to do with policy than with everything else: the «ecosystem» of reform in a given place (usually a city) and its network of «human - capital providers,» expert charter - management organizations, leadership - development programs, school - incubator efforts, local funders and civic leaders, etc. — in other words, what conservatives like to call «civil society»: the space between the government and the individual (in this case, between government and individual schools).

The core of the Declaration process is therefore an outline of how we see our unique role and the connection between activism and learning, between education and civil society, between local learning and global action (and vice-versa).

They are offering — perhaps screaming — a counterargument against the thrust of decades: a push for a more powerful federal government, the belief that there are «correct» policy answers, the certainty that locals and civil society can not be trusted, and the conviction that we must rely on technical experts to get things right.

Governments, civil society, religious and cultural organizations, development organizations should develop global education framework for their countries and equally develop national action plan / strategies for its implementation especially in schools, local communities, religious and, cultural centres.

But they all show the potential for positive and lasting change, and with greater sharing and exchange, could become powerful tools in the hands of indigenous peoples, local communities, other civil society organizations, and governments that are struggling to achieve a sustainable, equitable and just world.

The NSC Global Education & Youth Programme is complemented by the Intercultural Dialogue programme which aims at facilitating dialogue between members of parliaments, local authorities, civil society organisations and governments of Europe, Mediterranean rim and Africa.

The educational team Education for Life participated as facilitators on September 27th and 28th, in the 2nd European Congress on Global Education organized by the North - South Centre of the Council of Europe in Lisbon, where they met parliamentarians, governments, local and regional authorities, civil society organizations and higher education institutions.

Social change and peace movements / campaigns, once considered the dangerous work of local grassroots indigenous activists and civil society, have now transformed into «global crowdfunded - change your Twitter avatar - update your Facebook status - like my page» campaigns.

After all, most of the public intellectuals among movement conservatives are focused more on the expansive role of the federal government in civil society and the marketplace, while more populist conservative types are concerned about preserving what they consider to be traditional values such as the idea that the government that is best is the one at the local level that is, in theory, closes to the people (even if the virtual and real bankruptcies of cities such as Detroit and Vallejo, Calif., call that thinking into question).

«The federal government should do more to assist local school districts in maintaining their facilities,» says the American Society of Civil Engineers» 2003 Progress Report on America's Infrastructure.

Balinese society is based around the Pura, or temple, which is the core of religious, civil, family and social life with the Banjar (local meeting hall) being the cohesive center of each community, much as it has been for thousands of years.

Decreed a Civil Society Organization of Public Interest, Inhotim offers, in addition to these areas of artistic enjoyment and entertainment, environmental research work, educational actions and an important program of social inclusion and citizenship for the local population.

This exhibition places this local reflection within a broader global consideration of the role of artists in the imagination of emergent states of the early 20th century and a contemporary reflection on the task of the artist in relation to civil society.

This research must integrate across existing research programmes and disciplines, across all domains of research as well as local knowledge systems, across the North and South, and must be co-designed and implemented with input from governments, civil society, research funders, and the private sector.