Sentences with phrase «participation by civil society»

The UNGA resolution states «Economic development, social development and environmental protection are interdependent and mutually reinforcing components of sustainable development... [R] espect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to development, transparent and accountable governance in all sectors of society, as well as effective participation by civil society, are also an essential part of the necessary foundation for the realization of social and people - centred sustainable development» (UN document A / RES / s -19 / 2), 19 September 1997, para 23.

The United Nations General Assembly, by consensus including Australia, outlined a program toward sustainable development, in which it emphasised «Economic development, social development and environmental protection are interdependent and mutually reinforcing components of sustainable development... [R] espect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to development, transparent and accountable governance in all sectors of society, as well as effective participation by civil society, are also an essential part of the necessary foundation for the realization of social and people - centred sustainable development», (19 September 1997), UN document A / RES / s -19 / 2, para 23.

That non-party stakeholders have a say in the Talanoa Dialogue platform highlights the growing participation by civil society organizations, sub-national actors, businesses, universities, and other communities in the climate negotiations.

This redirection would require more participation by civil society as well as by government than global corporate capitalism now allows.

Not exact matches

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 report, authored by CIVICUS in collaboration with a wide range of civil society activists and leaders, and other stakeholders, is the first of what will be a regular report tracking the changing shape of civil society and emerging trends in the opportunities, challenges and constraints civil society and people's participation face.

The standard of political and moral performance required to consider should be the following: 1) increase of solidarity among the inhabitants of the country; 2) increase in the practice of social justice by organs of government and civil society; 3) increase in the distribution of income and wealth among the population; 4) increase of measures to preserve and care for nature; 5) increase in policies for integral development of education in accordance with the highest human values; 6) advances in the realization of the collective will of the citizens; 7) improvement of political institutions; 8) success in combating corruption measured by its reduction; 9) increase in the exercise of citizenship with the effective participation of citizens in government decisions and fight for expansion of their rights; and 10) increase of contribution of public and private organizations to the political, economic, social and environmental development of the country.

Also see the report, Civil Society and School Accountability: A Human Rights Approach to Parent and Community Participation, by the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) and the NYU Institute for Education and Social Policy (IESP).

While protesting this outrage, youth were basically blackmailed into silence by the unjustified threat by the UNFCCC Secretariat of all civil society participation being cut unless we left quietly.

According to Paulo Moutinho, from the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazí» nia, IPAM), an NGO also participating in the process, this construction model of Principles and Criteria, based on effective civil society participation, will surely be able to be adopted by other countries.

[1] Civil society organisations have sought to engage with the Alliance through a number of different routes including a sign - on letter signed by over 80 organisations, participation in the Friends of the Alliance conference calls, and attending a meeting of the Alliance in the Hague in July 2014.

Community engagement and stakeholder collaboration increasingly drive the Society's access to justice work through local and national A2J networks such as partnering with United Way Halifax and participation in CBA - NS Law Day, Access to Justice Week and a roundtable hosted by the Action Committee on Access to Civil and Family Justice.