Full Coverage: Civil society

30.03.2005 The Anti-Corruption Coalition invites you to join its first civic action, the Anti-Corruption Protest Walk, planned for April 4, 2005. The protest walk will express the solidarity with all victims of corruption in the City of Zagreb.

30.03.2005 The Theatre Society DASKA, from Sisak, was established in 1976. Ever since the Croatian Rights Party (HSP) entered the local government in 2002, DASKA doesn’t receive any funding for its programmes by the city, in spite of the fact that it applies in all competitions for funding. For the past seven years, DASKA survives solely on the financing it receives by the Ministry of Culture.

30.03.2005 BANGKOK, Mar 29 (IPS) - Although science and technology offer time-tested early warning systems to detect deadly tsunamis, countries that share the Indian Ocean are learning fast about the pivotal role the public and local communities can play to save lives.

29.03.2005 Il a été arrêté parce qu’il portait la voix des 70 000 nigériens qui sont descendus pacifiquement dans la rue le 15 mars dernier pour protester contre une loi de finance aux effets catastrophique pour la grande majorité de la population.

29.03.2005 La grève étudiante amorcée par la Coalition de l'Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante élargie (la CASSÉÉ) entame sa cinquième semaine. En fait, les premières associations locales qui ont initié le mouvement sont en grève depuis le 24 février déjà!

29.03.2005 The year 2005 has been deemed the year to "make poverty history" as world leaders will have three opportunities to make decisions that could considerably impact the world’s poor. Find out what you can do to ensure they make decisions that represent the generosity and spirit their citizens showed in the wake of December's tsunami.

29.03.2005 There appears to be no end to Africa's long string of woes. Whatever dismal category the world finds itself in, Africa is bound to be present there prominently.

25.03.2005 To commemorate World Tuberculosis Day on Thursday, the Pan American Health Organization celebrated health care providers everywhere who are vital to the successful treatment of tuberculosis, which still kills 5,000 everyday worldwide. While cure rates in the Americas increase yearly, in other regions of the world TB continues to be a deepening challenge for health systems.

23.03.2005 Montréal et Ottawa, le mardi 22 mars 2005 – À la veille du sommet réunissant George W. Bush, Paul Martin et Vicente Fox au ranch du clan Bush au Texas, les réseaux regroupant des organisations de la société civile dans les 3 pays de l’Amérique du Nord lancent un message clair aux ‘trois amigos’ : « La sécurité humaine et les dommages sociaux causés par l’ALÉNA doivent être au cœur de l’agenda. »

23.03.2005 The “Networking Fair” was organized in Tuzla on March 18, under the auspices of a Project of the Referent Group Tuzla, “NGO Sector Development through Support to the Establishment of Functional NGO Networks in B&H”, supported by the European Commision Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

23.03.2005 Placards with a call to boycott B92 Radio and Television and the graffiti on the Jewish cemetery dawned this morning in Belgrade. Over the night, hate graffiti were painted at the entrance of teh offices of Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia and the Humanitarian Law Centre.

23.03.2005 Many Americans believe that foreign aid is money wasted, but a new book demonstrates that global health interventions--many of them funded (indirectly) by U.S. taxpayers--often are highly successful, and have saved millions of lives over the past 50 years.

22.03.2005 PrepCom III, leading to the Tunis phase of WSIS, will be held from 19 to 30 September. It will take place in Palais des Nations, Geneva. During the Inter-Sessional period between PrepCom – 2 and PrepCom –3, the Group of Friends of the Chair (GFC) will continue to draft proposals for Chapter one (Implementation Mechanisms) and four (The Way Ahead) of the operational part. All the governments and other stakeholders can contribute to this process during this period.

22.03.2005 In the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami, seven of the world's leading humanitarian organizations are collaborating--through a grant from the Gates Foundation--to expand the pool of qualified aid workers, improve efficiency, and better measure results.

22.03.2005 Grassroots International's Eritrea program launched in 1983, during the country's remarkable liberation struggle against better funded and better equipped Ethiopia. But Eritrea failed to remain true to the values and ideals it embraced during that struggle, and the deteriorating economic, social and political situation in the country has left Grassroots no choice but to withdraw its support, the group has said.

21.03.2005 Bellanet Asia is going to hold a two-day event on ICTs for building partnerships in Kathmandu from March 28 to 29, 2005. E-governance, open content and online networking will be the thrust areas of discussion in this meet.

21.03.2005 Transparency International-Croatia implements the Anti-Corruption Counselling Office Project. The project will be completed in November 2005, and it operates a centre that provides the citizens with information and counsel on corruption related issues.

20.03.2005 Indian civil society organisations have criticised the levels of government spending on social and development issues in the 2005 budget. They say more investment in India's poor, and especially in education is required. There is also concern at the budget's lack of reference to MDGs.

18.03.2005 Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI), an initiative of the UN ICT Task Force, invites proposal of partnerships from public, private and civil society actors. GeSCI works closely with local partners to improve quality of learning by using ICTs in schools.

17.03.2005 The new Digital Solidarity Fund has been launched this week, a modest but real achievement of the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). What should be the UK input to the Summit in Tunisia in November? How can UK civil society have its say? The British Council is facilitating an inclusive process.