Full coverage: Governance

30.06.2005 Dans le cadre de la XXXVe Assemblée générale de l’Organisation des États américains (OEA), qui a commencé aujourd’hui à Ft. Lauderdale, aux États-Unis, la Coalition internationale des organisations pour les droits humains dans les Amériques a adressé aux pays membres de l’OEA une série de recommandations sur des questions prioritaires touchant les droits humains. Dans la déclaration qu’elle a émise, la Coalition a signalé que la faiblesse des institutions démocratiques ainsi que l’exclusion et les inégalités sociales contribuent grandement à la fragilité de la démocratie dans les Amériques.

30.06.2005 L’adoption de la Loi C-38, qui accorde le droit au mariage à tous les gays et lesbiennes du Canada, est une victoire pour les droits de la personne, selon le Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique (SCFP). « C’est une victoire pour les droits de la personne dans l’ensemble du Canada, un pas en avant pour les droits égaux des gays et des lesbiennes de tout le pays », affirme le président national du SCFP, Paul Moist, au sujet de l’adoption hier du projet de loi C-38 par les députés du Parlement.

30.06.2005 Cetiri godini po oktomvriskite promeni, vo Srbija zapocna tranzicija vo demokratska pazarna ekonomija, no mediumskiot sektor i ponatamu ostana eden od najlosite vo regionot po prasanjata na pravnata regulativa. problenite vo zaonskata regulativa gi sledese i problematicniot izbor ba Sovetot za radiodifuzija, a potoa i podelbata na frekfencii koj seuste ne e sprovedena, e navedeno vo izvestajot od istrazuvanjeto sto go sprovede IREX ProMedia od Belgrad.

30.06.2005 Četiri godine posle oktobarskih promena, Srbija je započela tranziciju u demokratsku tržišnu ekonomiju, ali je medijski sektor i dalje jedan od najgorih u regionu kad je u pitanju pravna regulativa, navodi se u istraživanju koje je sproveo IREX ProMedia Beograd.

29.06.2005 Le porte-parole de l'EZLN a déclaré, par voie de communiqué, l' « alerte rouge générale » , entrée en vigueur le 19 juin, dans les territorios rebeldes chiapanèques.

29.06.2005 Varie Ong internazionali hanno reso pubblico un rapporto dal titolo “Africa; Up in Smoke?” in cui si chiede ai leader dei paesi del G8 di prendere iniziative immediate per le energie rinnovabili contrastando i cambiamenti climatici, altrimenti gli sforzi per eliminare la povertà nel continente africano si riveleranno vani. “Amici della Terra” sta promuovendo una virtual action che si terrà simbolicamente il 7 luglio alle 13.45. Intanto oggi a Londra e all’Aja, in occasione delle riunioni annuali degli azionisti della Shell si è tenuta una protesta di numerosi gli esponenti delle comunità impattate dai devastanti progetti della multinazionale petrolifera. Sul caso della Nigeria è partita una denuncia la scorsa settimana con l’intento di far cessare la pratica del "gas flaring", ovvero la combustione in torcia del gas che fuoriesce dai pozzi petroliferi.

29.06.2005 Civilni sektor učinio je mnogo više na uspostavljanju novih odnosa i njihovoj normalizaciji od samih država Dejtonskog trougla. Napravio je pomak ka razumevanju, obnovi poverenja, otvorio vrata za budućnost u regionu. Pokazala je to i deseta sesija Igmanske inicijative koja je proteklih dana održana u Beogradu.

29.06.2005 Trkaleznata masa "Sloboden pristap do informacii", vo organizacija na Misijata na OBSE vo Srbija i Crna Gora, Sekretarot za informacii od javen karakter, Koalicijata za sloboden pristap do informacii i Centarot za deokratija i covekovi prava od Toplica, se odrza deneska vo Prokuplje.

29.06.2005 Okrugli sto "Slobodan pristup informacijama – prava i obaveze" u organizaciji Misije OEBS-a u Srbiji i Crnoj Gori, Poverenika za informacije od javnog značaja, Koalicije za slobodu pristupa informacijama i Topličkog centra za demokratiju i ljudska prava, održan je u svečanoj sali opštine Prokuplje.

29.06.2005 The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has developed DEV INFO INDIA, a database for the collection, compilation and transmission of data on selected social indicators.

29.06.2005 The World Bank has approved of a US $3 million grant to Nepal for its Economic Reform Technical Assistance Project which intends to strengthen home-grown reforms in the areas of public sector capacity, service delivery, social inclusion, governance, and reducing unproductive public sector intervention in the economy.

29.06.2005 Journalists in Pakistan have reportedly filed dozens of access to information requests in the past six months as a result of workshops on press freedom organised by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF). Since December 2004, PPF has held workshops in seven communities throughout the country to train journalists on press freedom monitoring and free expression advocacy.

28.06.2005 Macedonia has taken another step along the road to Euro-Atlantic integration by attempting to reform its notoriously inefficient and corrupt judiciary. However, analysts fear that, in its attempt to impress Brussels, Skopje is rushing into the process without any real clear idea of how to proceed with the reforms.

28.06.2005 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the sagging farm sector growth, which has deprived the rural poor of substantial benefits, has to be doubled. He also stressed that the country will have to improve its performance in the water and the power sectors.

28.06.2005 E-governance centres in all subdivisions of the Kangra district will soon be made functional

28.06.2005 The Vidharbha region of the west Indian state of Maharashtra, which is a water-starved area, has a growing number of water parks and amusement centres. Compare this with the life of villagers who get water once is 15 days.

28.06.2005 The Osijek-based Coalition for Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (LSC) currently implements three programmes: a campaign for definition of the status of NGOs that provide free legal assistance; promotion of minority rights; and promotion of European anti-racism and anti-xenophobia values. These are long-term programmes and campaigns that proceed over several years and involve organizations from all over Croatia.

27.06.2005 As government services progressively move online, digital inclusion involves citizens knowing that these facilities are there, why they are handy, how to use them... and actually using the services.

27.06.2005 UK Ministers have been urged to agree a comprehensive shake-up of police ICT that would see the scrapping of the Police Information Technology Organisation and the 43 independent IT departments of forces across England and Wales.

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