Sentences with phrase «of nongovernmental organizations»

MenEngage An alliance of nongovernmental organizations working with men and boys to promote gender equality.

Develop a deeper understanding about civic responsibility and the role of nongovernmental organizations in community and international development.

The debates will bring together academics, representatives of the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), as well as representatives of nongovernmental organizations and civil society.

The TANs bring together a wide array of nongovernmental organizations, citizens associations, trade unions, communities and alternative media in forms of activism which target global level institutions and issues, while also attempting to use global level visibility to level changes at the national level.

The recommendations were drafted by the Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola, drawn up of academics, think tank researchers, and leaders of nongovernmental organizations.

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.

For example, there are lots of nongovernmental organizations sitting in Nairobi, worrying about wildlife.

Perhaps as significant as the Earth Charter, Agenda 21 and work on sustainable development is the unprecedented step UNCED has taken to encourage global village participation by way of a parallel conference of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) including religious communities.

Near Rio there was an unofficial meeting of nongovernmental organizations of many sorts.

We may hope that some of these nongovernmental organizations will have a strong commitment to the environment and the other creatures with which we share it.

Depending on whom you ask, the agents of globalization vary widely: multinational corporations like General Motors, Nike and Coca - Cola (the largest employer in sub-Saharan Africa); the United Nations and the thousands of nongovernmental organizations; the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization; or CNN and Disney.

In the last month, there have been mass street protests, and a global network of nongovernmental organizations, the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, has joined the call for Mr. Najib's resignation.

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.

Not exact matches

«A range of policy choices skewed the market in favor of diesel, whereas in the rest of the world this didn't happen,» says Greg Archer, who heads the Clean Vehicles arm of Transport & Environment, a nongovernmental organization based in Brussels.

They're «the dreamers, visionaries, megalomaniacs, and arrogant sons - of - bitches» whose businesses «change lives and do more to lift thousands out of poverty than most government programs or nongovernmental organizations.»

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.

Investor Environmental Health Network is a collaborative partnership of investment managers and nongovernmental organizations concerned about the financial and public health risks associated with corporate toxic chemicals policies.

The bank has worked with the International Finance Corporation and TechnoServe, a US - based nongovernmental organization, to increase the use of wet milling to produce higher - quality coffee for export.

Sometimes the spirit to be found in secular nongovernmental organizations has put to shame the lack of spirit in local congregations.

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).

Gargantuan international conferences replete with diplomats, «international civil servants,» various «nongovernmental organization» (NGO) representatives, and the world press have been a staple feature of world politics since the Second World War.

Community development is practiced by many nongovernmental organizations including church groups, but it is overshadowed by the top - down development programs of the World Bank and by transnational corporate investments.

The South African soccer team the Kaiser Chiefs organized a national awareness day; in Burkino Faso, activists partnered with a trucking union for monitoring purposes; drivers of moto - taxis in Thailand keep watch for child sex exploitation; Nepalese trafficking survivors formed Shakti Samuaha, a nongovernmental organization that lobbies officials to make policy changes; organizations in Bangladesh have focused specifically on the taboo topic of male prostitutes and have opened shelters for exploited children.

Recently, in partnership with other nongovernmental organizations, the Union of Major Superiors in Italy pushed the government to pass a stricter law on trafficking.

The Mayor is also able to expand the authority of the act to include athletic activities that are non-interscholastic school - sponsored or organized by a nongovernmental organization.

(3) to make the fullest use of all concerned parties - health professional bodies, nongovernmental organizations, consumer organizations, manufacturers and distributors - generally, in protecting and promoting breastfeeding and, specifically, in implementing the Code and monitoring its implementation and compliance with its provisions;

Abbreviations: NGO nongovernmental organization, CI confidence interval, SSA sub-Saharan Africa, AKF Aga Khan Foundation, SCA South and Central Asia, AME - Sada African Methodist Episcopal Church Service and Development Agency, LAC Latin America and Caribbean, ARC American Red Cross, SEA Southeast Asia, CHS Center for Human Services, CW Concern Worldwide, CI Counterpart International, CRS Catholic Relief Services, DRC Democratic Republic of Congo, ERD Episcopal Relief and Development, FH Food for the Hungry, FG Future Generations, HAI Health Alliance International, HHF Haitian Health Foundation, HP Health Partners, HKI Helen Keller International, HW Hope Worldwide, IRD International Relief and Development, MC Mercy Corps, MCDI Medical Care Development Inc., MTI Medical Teams International, PCI Project Concern International, Plan Plan International, RI Relief International, SAWSO Salvation Army World Service Organization, SC Save the Children, WI Wellshare International, WR World Relief, WR World Renew, WV World Vision

Nongovernmental organizations that monitor compliance with the International Code of Marketing of Breast - Milk Substitutes argue that the Gerber Baby, whose sketch has graced every Gerber product and advertisement since 1931, appears much younger than six months of age.

In an attempt to learn more about dragonfly migration, the US Forest Service's Wings Across the Americas program has assembled a group of dragonfly experts, nongovernmental organizations, academic institutions, and federal agencies and formed the Migratory Dragonfly Partnership (MDP).

Therefore, the target audience includes national and local public health policy - makers, implementers and managers of maternal and child health programmes, health care facility managers, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), professional societies involved in the planning and management of maternal and child health services, health care professionals (including nurses, midwives, general medical practitioners and obstetricians) and academic staff involved in training health care professionals.

Number of pages: 195 Publication date: 2010 Languages: English ISBN: 9789241599573 Download the report [pdf 2.91 MB] Overview Countdown to 2015 is a global movement of academics, governments, UN agencies, foundations, health care associations and nongovernmental organizations formed in 2005 to track progress in reducing maternal and child deaths in the 68 countries where over 95 % of these deaths occur.

The U.N. mission will need to coordinate closely with other U.N. agencies and nongovernmental organizations, which will be working on the reintegration process and the protection of civilians.

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.

Anthropologists and nongovernmental organizations will be watching closely to see if Peru can help rather than harm members of one of the world's last isolated tribes.

«Her dataset is one of a kind,» says Colorado State University conservation biologist George Wittemyer, chairman of the scientific board for the Kenya - based Save the Elephants, a nongovernmental organization.

Robson, whose @joolzr Twitter bio says she's a «primatologist who got a bit lost, and found her place to stand,» now works as a consultant for the University of Auckland, nongovernmental organizations, and others.

Although government and nongovernmental organization staff used federal sources for climate data, researchers found that the majority of decision - makers relied on informal networks and trusted relationships for regional information.

Radha Muthiah will provide the perspective of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a nongovernmental organization that addresses both public health and environmental impact in its mission.

Once you get inside the Bella Center here in Copenhagen, tensions are pretty high, even though the Bella Center is a lot quieter now that the nongovernmental organizations, or civil society if you will, has been kicked out of the building.

A high - level roundtable would be established in each area, perhaps under the National Academy of Sciences, with representatives of private business, nongovernmental organizations, government officials, scientists and engineers.

«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.»

Run by Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs, this exchange program is administered by the Ottawa - based Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE), an umbrella nongovernmental organization comprising 200 colleges, universities, educational organizations, and businesses across Canada.

This school, seen in 2010, is one of more than 50 floating schools and libraries in Pabna, Bangladesh, run by the nongovernmental organization Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha.

After the environment ministry tripled the logging quota in March 2016, eight nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) accused it of breaking EU nature protection laws by not assessing the potential ecological impact of the additional logging and not sparing trees more than a century old.

«One of the real recognitions of the past decade or two is that the answers to the challenges that we face are at the boundaries between the disciplines and that in fact much of the most exciting science is also taking place at the boundaries between the disciplines,» says David Blockstein, a senior scientist with the National Council for Science and the Environment, a nongovernmental organization based in Washington, D.C., that promotes science - based environmental decision - making.

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.

Another group of students will represent the views of government, nongovernmental organizations, scientific academies, and journalists.

The wise postdoc will explore other options — including positions in government, industry, nonprofit or nongovernmental organizations — to determine what will best fit their blend of interests and capabilities.

Governments, charities, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) spend trillions of dollars each year to combat poverty, but they often lack rigorous methods to evaluate the programs they fund.