CIVICUS – World Alliance for Citizen Participation

CIVICUS – the World Alliance for Citizen Participation, is an international alliance of over 1000 members from 105 countries that has worked for over a decade to strengthen citizen action and civil society throughout the world, especially in areas where participatory democracy and citizens’ freedom of association are threatened. CIVICUS has a vision of a global community of active, engaged citizens committed to the creation of a more just and equitable world. This is premised on the belief that the health of societies exists in direct proportion to the degree of balance between the state, the private sector and civil society. CIVICUS provides a focal point for knowledge-sharing, common interest representation, global institution-building and engagement among these disparate sectors. It acts as an advocate for citizen participation as an essential component of governance and democracy worldwide. CIVICUS seeks to amplify the voices and opinions of ordinary people and it gives expression to the enormous creative energy of the burgeoning sector of civil society.

Ensuring not just more – but better – development aid, by Finn Heinrich

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Global Network for Good Governance

Hereafter some excerpts of a website about good governance: http://www.geocities.com/gngg2000/index.htm

During the past few years, the promotion of good governance and the need to eradicate corruption have attracted unprecedented worldwide attention … human rights, good
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The Peoples of The World Foundation

Gives Education for and about Indigenous Peoples, http://www.peoplesoftheworld.org/

A 501(c)(3) resgistered nonprofit organization. They work with indigenous peoples to document their traditional and modern life, sponsor their education and help them adapt to the challenges they face in a changing world.
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op-icescr – the Optional Protocol of the International Convent of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

The latest action plans of various countries can be found on the website http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/plan_action

Division in the UN over a complaints procedure for socio-economic rights: New Zealand’s reluctance to take sides.  Continuer la lecture de « op-icescr – the Optional Protocol of the International Convent of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights »

day 9 of the op-icescr working group

Programme for the day: Delegations met around 4pm today, breaking up round 6pm following an informal “private” meeting to discuss the recommendations. While NGOs were excluded from the room, we grouped at the entrance of the room and were able to observe the most of the delegates who have been involved in the discussions to date entered the meeting.  Continuer la lecture de « day 9 of the op-icescr working group »

day 8 of the op-icescr working group

Programme for the day: Delegations met for the afternoon session, ostensibly to consider the report of the Working Group. The report was introduced at 5.45pm, and the Chair has scheduled a meeting for 4pm Thursday. The bulk of the meeting was spent discussing the recommendations and conclusions.   Continuer la lecture de « day 8 of the op-icescr working group »