Sentences with phrase «of civil society leaders»

Amid continuing criticism against the outline agreement that came out of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development last week in Rio de Janeiro, a group of civil society leaders have... Read More

The fundamental building block for CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation was the 1991 decision of a group of civil society leaders from across the world to reinforce and support the virtual expansion of citizen participation in every region of the globe.

A number of civil society leaders I interviewed related how they would receive funding offers amounting to thousands of dollars if they would launch particular initiatives in locations designated by the funder's interests.

Not exact matches

Like many Catalan independence supporters, including Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, Rufian wears a yellow ribbon to highlight the continued imprisonment of separatist figures Oriol Junqueras, the leader of Esquerra, former interior minister Joaquin Form and civil society leaders Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the country's president, has been turning Turkey into an Islamist - tinged autocracy, purging the military and other state institutions of perceived internal enemies and jailing thousands of journalists, professors, civil society leaders, and political opponents.

Leaders from all parts of society, including business, politics, academia, and civil society have one common task: Building resilient and sustainable societies.

A group of thought leaders representing business, academia and civil society sits down to discuss how global risks can be turned into a wide range of new opportunities.

Leaders from all parts of society - including business, politics, academia, civil society - have one common task of building resilient and sustainable societies.

Next week the World Economic Forum (WEF) will host its 48th annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, drawing together a large number of leaders from governments (including President Trump), international organizations, business, academia, and civil society.

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

Leaders in both business and civil society have focused too much on the friction between them and not enough on the points of intersection.

It ignores the leadership of civil society, including religious leaders; the political value of religious ideas (real theology) in creating a functional future for these nations; and practices like forgiveness that allegedly prevent the just application of punishment.

Yet even as conservatives in the last two decades have made notable strides in access to influential cultural institutions in entertainment and the media, the influence of civil society and nonpolitical leaders on public opinion is still underappreciated.

In their statement, Catholic bishops accused American political leaders of launching «an attack on civil society.»

Wouldn't «a leader that puts the ideals of science and civil society above those of ancient and antiquated religions» also not claim to be Christian, when he isn't.

This answer also makes me the most happy, not that we haven't had other non-christian presidents before (Thomas Jefferson comes to mind) but Obama is the first is a long time and as an Agnostic myself I am proud to have a leader that puts the ideals of science and civil society above those of ancient and antiquated religions

He fears that «coming generations of community leaders» may be less committed to congregations» unique role in civil society; consequently, faith communities will have to be «even truer to their mission than they have been in the past.»

The historian of non-violence, William Robert Miller, says that the first explicit reference to non-violence in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott came from a white librarian, Juliette Morgan, who compared the boycott to Gandhi's salt march in a letter to the Montgomery Advertiser on December 12, 1955.35 The development of non-violent strategies in the civil rights movement of the 1950's and 60's arose partly from belief in pacifism as an expression of love in the Fellowship of Reconciliation and Society of Friends from whom many leaders of the movement for racial justice came.

But the evidence to date suggests that more than a few Ukrainian Orthodox leaders and believers have chosen to stand with civil society, rejecting the Patriarchate of Moscow's support for Putin's Great Russian nationalism.

Civic leaders emphasize the same habit of personal giving for the betterment of civil society, and as a necessary precondition of the common good.

A new report on behalf of Champions 12.3 — a unique coalition of leaders across government, business and civil society who are dedicated to achieving Target 12.3 — assesses our progress so far.

ABOUT CHAMPIONS 12.3 Champions 12.3 is a coalition of more than three dozen leaders across government, business and civil society dedicated to inspiring ambition, mobilizing action, and accelerating progress toward achieving Target 12.3 of the United Nations» Sustainable Development Goals.

The report, aptly named The Business Case for Reducing Food Loss and Waste, was released on behalf of Champions 12.3, a coalition of nearly 40 leaders across business, government and civil society who are dedicated to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals» Target 12.3 to halve food waste and cut food loss by 2030.

Speeches were given by about 50 experts, mostly academic professors and researchers, but also from leaders of civil - society organizations, the private sector and government officials.

On Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, 30 CEOs, government ministers, global institution executives, and civil society leaders announced the launch of the latest full - scale attack on global food waste: an all - sector collaboration aimed at increasing political and social momentum to achieve Target 12.3 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Dave Lewis, chief executive of Tesco, was recently appointed chair of a coalition of leaders from government, businesses, international organisations, research institutions, and civil society called Champions 12.3.

Champions 12.3 brings together CEOs, politicians, leaders from global institutions and civil society to accelerate progress towards the fulfilment of United Nations Sustainable Development -LSB-...]

The new publication, SDG Target 12.3 on Food Loss and Waste: 2016 Progress Report, was released on behalf of Champions 12.3, a unique coalition of leaders from government, business and civil society around the world dedicated to inspiring ambition, mobilizing action, and accelerating progress toward achieving SDG Target 12.3.

PARIS and WASHINGTON, 21st June 2016 — The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) has agreed to join Champions 12.3, a coalition of leaders from governments, businesses, farmer groups, and civil society organisations dedicated to inspire ambition, mobilise action, and accelerate progress toward achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 12.3 by 2030.

30 CEOs, government ministers, global institution executives, and civil society leaders will increase political and social momentum to achieve Target 12.3 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

CC: The Speaker of Parliament The Majority Leader The Minority Caucus The Flagbearer, NPP The National Chairman, NPP All Civil Society Organizations All Media Houses

Nonetheless, foreign students are worth at least # 8 billion a year to the British economy, the fees they pay essential to the funding of the majority of our universities, with the added benefit of future links between foreign business, government and civil society leaders with the UK.

ONITSHA — A human rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and the rule of Law, Intersociety has said that it is far better for the detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu to be kept in the prison custody than to remain in the captivity of the Department of State Services, DSS.

Attack the reputation of anyone — business manager, politician, or civil - society leader — who favors EU membership or an open discussion of it.

While LRA leader Joseph Kony is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, Ugandan civil society actors and peace activists were skeptical of the U.S. troop deployment to the country.

Although leaders of the civil society campaign against the third mandate publically condemned the coup, they called for protests to continue.

«After the transfer happened, we met with a variety of religious, civil societies and political leaders.

«The purpose of my visit is also to explain certain government policies and initiatives to very important stakeholders including the chiefs, religious leaders as well as civil society organisations whose contributions matter a lot in the implementation of such policies and initiatives,» she explained.

This generous view is not shared by many civil society groups and business leaders, who find the lack of vision, clear commitments and targets a big disappointment and a huge missed opportunity.

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.

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.

The pair, Miss Lois Boahemaa who is a JHS «2» student of Modern Preparatory School at Jema and Master Abubakari Osman who is in form «3» at D / A Junior High School (JHS) at Pramposo have therefore called on the government, district assemblies, civil society organizations, parents, traditional and religious leaders to work collectively to eliminate things that impede the rights and safety of children.

He urged world leaders not to make the mistake of equating institutional security with democracy; while democracy promotes security, he insisted institutions like the rule of law and a strong civil society must come first.

Reacting to the development, a civil society organisation, the Civil Society Network Against Corruption, condemned Okorocha for not only directing an Imo monarch to confer a traditional title on Zuma, but also unveiling a «giant» statue of the South African leader «in a conspicuous place in Owerri.&rcivil society organisation, the Civil Society Network Against Corruption, condemned Okorocha for not only directing an Imo monarch to confer a traditional title on Zuma, but also unveiling a «giant» statue of the South African leader «in a conspicuous place in Owerri.society organisation, the Civil Society Network Against Corruption, condemned Okorocha for not only directing an Imo monarch to confer a traditional title on Zuma, but also unveiling a «giant» statue of the South African leader «in a conspicuous place in Owerri.&rCivil Society Network Against Corruption, condemned Okorocha for not only directing an Imo monarch to confer a traditional title on Zuma, but also unveiling a «giant» statue of the South African leader «in a conspicuous place in Owerri.Society Network Against Corruption, condemned Okorocha for not only directing an Imo monarch to confer a traditional title on Zuma, but also unveiling a «giant» statue of the South African leader «in a conspicuous place in Owerri.»

Similarly, the Commission would meet with leaders of the political parties on Tuesday and conclude its series of meetings with the media and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Wednesday.

Civil Society Groups in the Volta Region a have marked this year's International Democracy Day with a call on President Akufo - Addo and leaders of the various Regional bodies to intervene in the crisis in Togo.

«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.

Addressing the members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) UK branch, former President John Mahama slammed Civil Society Organizations, religious and traditional leaders for keeping mute over happenings in the Akufo - Addo government, and further bemoaned what he described as the hypocrisy in Ghana politics.

That is the hypocrisy of our civil society and religious and traditional leaders, everybody is quiet, suddenly some say they don't watch TV anymore and that they watch animals.

Speaking further, he said, «The PDP is aware of clandestine plots against key opposition leaders, particularly members of the PDP National Working Committee, some dissenting members of the APC, members of the civil society, opinion leaders, journalists and bloggers, who refuse to succumb to intimidation and that such persons have already been listed and currently being trailed by agents of the state.