Sentences with phrase «society organisations working»

We, 93 civil society organisations working in Brussels and in countries affected by EU climate policies, are therefore deeply concerned that the same polluting corporations whose actions largely contribute to climate change - chief among them fossil fuel companies and their lobby groups - are using their involvement in the UNFCCC talks to delay action and hold back the needed ambition.

This is why as we approach the 2019 elections, I agree with Intersociety that civil society organisations working this area should not restrict their interventions to election monitoring.

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Geoff has also been a member of the New South Wales Law Society professional conduct review tribunal and undertaken work for a range of charitable and not - for - profit organisations over many years.

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.

«We are currently working on a range of projects with medium and large scale brands that rely on our skills and experiences developed over many years, working closely with similar organisations on a variety of challenging projects,» said Kevin Laughton, co-founder and consultant, and vice chairman of The Packaging Society.

He conducts two streams of interdisciplinary and multi-method research: the first uses quantitative and qualitative approaches from corpus linguistics to investigate British media portrayals of migrant groups, borders, and citizenship, while the second set of projects explores how data, evidence - based research, and «impact» are constructed, shaped, and visually communicated by civil society organisations in their public - facing work.

In his foreword to the programme for yesterday's all prayer breakfast, David Cameron wrote «I believe very deeply that we should be confident in Britain about our status as a Christian country... Greater confidence in our Christianity can also inspire a stronger belief in our work as politicians to get out there and make a difference to people's lives — and it should inspire our support for churches and faith organisations in the vital work they do in our society and around the world.

By working in partnership with retail organisations we will see benefits for academic research, the sector itself and ultimately for society at large.»

The British Humanist Association (BHA) is the national charity representing and supporting the non-religious, campaigning for an end to religious privilege and to discrimination based on religion or belief and is the largest organisation in the UK working for a secular society.

Amongst global healthcare systems, the NHS is almost uniquely well placed to deliver this transformation in the relationship between patients and clinicians: one of the most trusted organisations in British society, its doctors, nurses and staff recognised by everyone as a force for good in our country — and let me thank everyone who is working so hard to make these changes possible.

I was exceptionally lucky that, at exactly the moment I started looking for a job that coupled research with something else, the Zoological Society of London advertised for someone to spend half of his or her time doing research and the other half combining media and communications work with fundraising for the organisation's wider scientific programme.

The Max - Planck - Society is a supporting organisation for about 100 research institutes, laboratories, branch offices, and work groups of varying size, structure, and tasks.

Develop and lead a proactive and effective media strategy; build relationships with journalists, and act as the main point of contact for journalist enquiries; write press releases and news articles for the website; produce background briefings and prepare spokespeople for interviews, co-ordinating media interviews and requests; arrange media interviews and develop a public profile for key staff; monitor current issues and public opinion to inform the media strategy; work with Member Organisations and the Science Media Centre; ensure that all media communications comply with the Society's brand identity and guidelines

Dear President Juncker, The co-signatories of this letter represent a broad group of business associations, civil society, think tanks and other organisations who are working together to bring strong support to the EU's commitment to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement objectives.

These include the preparation of regional reports on the status of civil society (1994); publication and global distribution of Citizens - Strengthening Global Civil Society (1995), the organisation's first world report on the state of civil society; regional consultations of members; two World Assemblies (Mexico City in 1995 and Budapest in 1997) of members and allies; an expanding membership (400 by end of 1997) of organisations and individuals across the world; a growing publications record and groundbreaking work by three special Task Forces in 1996 and 1997 on increasing the understanding and visibility of the sector, the legal principles necessary for the sector's empowerment and enhancing the sector's resourcsociety (1994); publication and global distribution of Citizens - Strengthening Global Civil Society (1995), the organisation's first world report on the state of civil society; regional consultations of members; two World Assemblies (Mexico City in 1995 and Budapest in 1997) of members and allies; an expanding membership (400 by end of 1997) of organisations and individuals across the world; a growing publications record and groundbreaking work by three special Task Forces in 1996 and 1997 on increasing the understanding and visibility of the sector, the legal principles necessary for the sector's empowerment and enhancing the sector's resourcSociety (1995), the organisation's first world report on the state of civil society; regional consultations of members; two World Assemblies (Mexico City in 1995 and Budapest in 1997) of members and allies; an expanding membership (400 by end of 1997) of organisations and individuals across the world; a growing publications record and groundbreaking work by three special Task Forces in 1996 and 1997 on increasing the understanding and visibility of the sector, the legal principles necessary for the sector's empowerment and enhancing the sector's resourcsociety; regional consultations of members; two World Assemblies (Mexico City in 1995 and Budapest in 1997) of members and allies; an expanding membership (400 by end of 1997) of organisations and individuals across the world; a growing publications record and groundbreaking work by three special Task Forces in 1996 and 1997 on increasing the understanding and visibility of the sector, the legal principles necessary for the sector's empowerment and enhancing the sector's resource base.

Like many other actors working for Peace, Radijojo is a grassroots civil society - driven organisation; a small social system that can «objectively «be described in workflows, mission statements and financial reports.

In India, a number of Indian organisations have been recruited to help deliver the project including the Don Bosco Tech Society training provider, the Musicians Federation of India and the events and media production company Coconut Works.

Together, in humility, we started a journey of transformation and developed a common vision that we believe will drive a fundamental shift in our world, the way we work in our organisations, and within our societies.

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.

In response, we've developed Digital Reach - a pioneering programme working with expert youth organisations to reimagine digital skills delivery to the hardest - to - reach young people in our society.

Providing these opportunities should be the responsibility of society supported by the education system, arts organisations, media and funding bodies working together.

Having worked for an organisation that dealt with integration of non-nationals and disadvantaged [5] children in Dutch society and the educational system for primary school children specifically, there was heartbreaking evidence and examples that those who needed to assess the environmental conditions young children were catapulted into, could not — and will never — understand the extent of trauma these children and their parents had been exposed to; subsequently, unable to realistically assess the cause of underachievement and trauma, nor adequate measures could be taken to equip fugitives with sufficient resources to overcome this disadvantaged position.

We work across the UK through our network of regional branches and by building partnerships with national and local organisations that match our vision of a world where science is seen as a fundamental part of our culture and society.

The Chartered College is working with teachers, headteachers, unions, subject associations and learned societies, schools, academy trusts and other education organisations to build a professional community of teachers.

These organisations are associations, groups and societies which are affiliated to the BSAVA and partner associations who we work very closely with.

Worldwide About Blog Animal Justice Project is a proactive international animal rights organisation working to create a society where all animals are treated equally.

Many travel organisations are working to find and share solutions to these complex issues, such as the World Travel and Tourism Council, The International Ecotourism Society, the World Legacy Awards, and Responsible Travel.

Previously he worked in various arts organisations on a freelance basis including the Royal Society of Arts, Whitechapel Gallery and Art Office (all London).

Antony Gormley (born 1950 in London) has described the Contemporary Art Society as «the foundation of my career», after the organisation bought his work Bed in 1981 and donated it to Tate.

The Contemporary Art Society is the leading organisation for identifying emerging talent in the UK and has donated many «firsts» to museums across the country throughout its illustrious history, including the first works by Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso and Francis Bacon and, more recently, the first works by Damien Hirst, Elizabeth Price and 2013 Turner Prize nominee Laure Prouvost.

Previously she has worked with organisations including Arts Council Collection, Open Source and the Contemporary Art Society.

Both men played an important role within the organisation and since this time one of the most important functions that the organisation serves is to be sure that works, gifted through the Society, will find their way to the right public collections.

The new project of Hidemi Takagi, Blender will be offered on a limited basis at a special rate of # 55 with all profits to the Japan Society Tohoku Earthquake Relief Fund.The Fund will channel 100 % of all donations received to the ongoing work of voluntary and community organisations (NPOs) working in the most affected prefectures.

Caroline Douglas, Director, Contemporary Art Society, said: «The Contemporary Art Society Annual Award is one of the organisation's most vital initiatives, enabling a regional museum to acquire a significant new work of contemporary art.

The Contemporary Art Society is the leading organisation for identifying emerging talent in the UK and has donated many «firsts» to museums across the country throughout its illustrious history, including the first works by Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso and Francis Bacon and, more recently, the first works by Damien Hirst, Elizabeth Price and 2013 Turner Prize winner Laure Prouvost.

She is proud — and rightly so of this strand of the project, and I'm guessing that she feels she has scored a well - earned goal in the CVAN net; whose mission is «to nurture contemporary visual artists and organisations in order to produce internationally regarded, critically engaged work that is valued by our society».

A group of organisations, including the UN FAO, the International Sustainability Unit - Prince of Wales Charity Foundation, the CFS - Civil Society Mechanism, Communitas Coalition, Global Food Security Cluster - Urban working group, ICLEI — Local Governments for Sustainability, RUAF Foundation, IUFN, UCLG, ILO, IFAD, UNCD and Habitat International Coalition jointly organised at the World Urban Forum a session on city region food systems.

Scottish Environment LINK is a non-governmental organisation representing 37 organisations members working to contribute to a more environmentally sustainable society in Scotland.

... comments like those of James Wang of Environmental Defense, who says that scientists who publish results against the consensus are «mostly in the pocket of oil companies»; and those of the, yes, United Kingdom's Royal Society that say that there «are some individuals and organisations, some of which are funded by the US oil industry, that seek to undermine the science of climate change and the work of the IPCC»

We represent European NGOs in the Steering Committee of the Extraterritorial Obligations (ETO) Consortium, a network of 140 civil society organisations and academics working on human rights.

It's great to hear from so many people and organisations working hard to fix the transportation sector, a crucial piece of the puzzle if we are to move to a more sustainable society.

... This document has been endorsed by the Council of the Royal Society, and draws primarily on scientific papers published in leading peer - reviewed journals and the work of authoritative scientific organisations, such as the IPCC and the United States National Academy of Sciences.»

Look for opportunities to develop your team - working skills by becoming involved on a committee for your university Law Society or another local organisation or charity.

K&S also supports pro bono litigation work for various local non-governmental organisations (NGO's), Human Rights organisations and the Uganda Law Society (ULS).

Their private organisation and membership have no authority on those that are actually participating in technical committees to develop standards; indeed most «standardisers» are company experts on the pay role of their respective employers; they participate voluntarily in standardisation work for they see an interest for their very own business, not necessarily for society as a whole.

While in March 2015, Her Highness Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women's Union, Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation and President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, launched the National Strategy for Empowerment of Emirati Women in the UAE 2015 - 2021, which provided a guiding framework and reference for all federal and local governmental institutions and civil society organisations in developing plans and work programs to empower women in all areas.

Law Society statistics show that between the years 2000 and 2012, the in - house lawyer population doubled from 11,800 to 23,500, constituting 18 % of the total solicitor population; this trend continued rising in subsequent years to the point that, in 2015, 22 % of all practicing lawyers were working in - house and one in four solicitors are now employed by an organisation and work exclusively in - house.

Manchester's Law Society, along with the Chamber of Commerce and other organisations with a stake in Manchester's success, is planning to stage an event in London in April 2008, to highlight the benefits of living and working in the city.

Catherine Dixon, chief executive of the Law Society, said the organisation would work to ensure law firms» interests were not forgotten in the Brexit negotiations.

We are members of the International Law Society as well as professional services network, Abacus Worldwide and we work with the software industry's global piracy organisation, the Business Software Alliance (BSA).