Full coverage: Governance

31.01.2007 The Foundation Open Society Institute Macedonian (FOSIM) and the Ministry of the Interior signed an agreement for cooperation, which obligates FOSIM to supply technical assistance of total value of 40,000 EUR to the Ministry.

31.01.2007 George W. Bush proposes to deal with climate change by means of smoke and mirrors. So what's new? Only that it is no longer just a metaphor. After six years of obfuscation and denial, the United States now insists that we find ways to block some of the sunlight reaching the earth. This means launching either mirrors or clouds of small particles into the atmosphere.

31.01.2007 The United States has asked Bangladesh to re-examine the possibility of restarting negotiations on the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) between the two countries.

31.01.2007 Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, urged Albanian parliamentarians today to ensure that media regulation takes into account the abundance of channels that digital television transmission enables as they prepare licencing regulations.

27.01.2007 The mammoth World Social Forum (WSF) wound to a close in the Kenyan capital after five days of dialogue, art, poetry, dance, drama and protests led by participants from around the globe who believe "another world is possible" -- the slogan of the global civil society movement.

25.01.2007 NEW YORK, Jan 24 (OneWorld) - Government leaders across the world must stop using anti-terror laws as a tool to suppress opposition movements and deprive ordinary citizens of their due civil and human rights, say international civil society groups attending the World Social Forum in Kenya this week.

25.01.2007 Anketa më e re e Raportit të Paralajmërimit të Hershëm, projekt i përkrahur nga UNDP dhe USAID, tregon rënie të trendit të kënaqësisë së respondentëve me punën e institucioneve vendore dhe ndërkombëtare në Kosovë.

25.01.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24 (OneWorld) - At least 186 antiwar protests in the United States have been monitored by the Pentagon's domestic surveillance program, according to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which also found that the Defense Department collected more than 2,800 reports involving Americans in a single anti-terrorism database.

24.01.2007 Provoked by the recent events surrounding the removal of Jadranka Cigelj from the position of the head of the Associations’ Bureau, the security checks on the members of the Civil Society Development Council and the mutual blame-game between Cigelj and the Vice-President of the Government, 15 Croatian NGOs wrote and open letter to the Government.

24.01.2007 El 22 de enero del 2006, Evo Morales, dirigente sindical indígena, asumió la presidencia de la República con un derroche envidiable de jolgorio popular nacional e internacional. Hoy, a un año de gestión, es oportuno identificar los logros y tropiezos del camino recorrido hasta ahora.

24.01.2007 NEW YORK, Jan 23 (OneWorld) - While already pushed to the wall by growing opposition from the Congress on many issues, the Bush administration this week found a new but powerful critic of its policy on climate change.

24.01.2007 Vezano uz nedavne događaje oko smjene predstojnice Ureda za udruge Jadranke Cigelj, sigurnosne provjere članova Savjeta za razvoj civilnog društva te međusobna optuživanja smjenjene predstojnice i potpredsjednice Vlade, danas je petnaest nevladinih organizacija Vladi uputilo otvoreno pismo. U pismu se od Vlade među ostalim zahtijeva ustanovljavanje odgovornosti za protuzakonite provjere i uspostavu jasne procedure za sve buduće slučajeve.

23.01.2007 Last Thursday, January 18, 2007, representatives of 15 non-governmental organizations interrupted the “Associations Day” event, organized by the Governmental Associations’ Bureau, with a protest rally.

23.01.2007 Las fumigaciones venenosas 'caen a la vertical', asegura Uribe, a quien no obedecen ni sus ministros, pero sí los vientos y las aguas. No está claro todavía (hoy, viernes 12 de enero) por qué el nuevo presidente ecuatoriano Rafael Correa aceptó que Colombia siga fumigando la frontera

22.01.2007 PRATHAM’S goal is to ensure that ‘every child is in school -- and is learning well’. Over the last nine years, the NGO claims to have reached out to a million children. Though local governments, citizens and local corporates assist it in its endeavours, the ICICI Bank is performing a lead role. For the second consecutive year the NGO has come out with Annual Status of Education Report (ASER). Rajiv Tikoo of The Financial Express interviews founder trustee Madhav Chavan. Excerpts

22.01.2007 Primary education remains a major problem according to the government and civil society groups now say mother illiteracy remains the key to the problem.
It is the key finding of Pratham - a civil society group actively associated with the government's education policy.

20.01.2007 La propuesta gubernamental de revocatoria de mandato, presentada en Palacio Quemado por el presidente en ejercicio, Álvaro García Linera, establece que el referéndum para defenestrar a una autoridad procederá sólo si se reúne el 25 por ciento de las firmas del Padrón Electoral a nivel nacional, departamental o municipal, dependiendo del caso.

19.01.2007 Jučer, 18. 1. 2007, je na manifestaciji "Dani udruga" koju je organizirao Vladin ured za udruge, održan prosvjed predstavnika 15 nevladinih organizacija. Povod prosvjeda bila je činjenica da Savjet za razvoj civilnog društva, izabran prije više od šest mjeseci, još uvijek nije konstituiran te da je nad njegovim članovima - predstavnicima udruga - izvršena protuzakonita sigurnosna provjera od strane Sigurnosno-obavještajne agencije. Udruge su od Vlade zatražile smjenu Jadranke Cigelj, predstojnice Ureda za udruge, kao ključne odgovorne osobe, a Vlada je nakon samo nekoliko sati tom zahtjevu udovoljila i smjenila Predstojnicu.

19.01.2007 Gragjanskata asocijacija EDUCATION Plus – Macedonia ke gi monitorira pretstojnite parlamentarnite izbori vo Srbija, so 4 svoi nabljuduvaci.

18.01.2007 Metamorphosis Foundation organises OpenOffice.org training for representatives of local self-government units in Republic of Macedonia. The training is held in Riviera Hotel in Ohrid, from 15 to 20 January, 2007. About 100 employees in 25 Macedonian municipalities will be trained during the six day training.