Full Coverage: Civil society

31.01.2007 The “I Love Pula!” civic initiative organized a protest walk, on January 20, 2007, to express its opposition of construction and development works in Pula’s public parks.

30.01.2007 The Civil Society Strengthening Project, implemented by the Institute for Sustainable Communities, financed by the USAID, announced a call for submission of grant proposals for experienced NGOs, under the title “Citizens’ Participation in the Fight against Corruption in Macedonia”.

30.01.2007 WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (OneWorld) - Hundreds of citizens from across the United States descended on Capitol Hill Monday to follow up on the weekend's mass demonstration calling for the reduction and ultimate end of U.S. military involvement in Iraq.

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 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.

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 The Parliamentary Elections in Serbia proceeded in line with international standards, reports the International Election Observation Mission (IEOM). The Elections provided the citizens with a true opportunity to select from a wide array of political platforms and were conducted in accordance with OSCE criteria and the Council of Europe standards on democratic elections, yet, there are certain provisions in election legislation that need to be reviewed, claims IEOM.

22.01.2007 A1 TV won the Annual Civil Society Media Award, presented by the Macedonian Institute for the Media (MIM) for contributions in strengthening of civil society in Macedonia in 2006.

19.01.2007 The Information Society Project at Yale Law School is holding the Open Standards International Symposium (OSIS), scheduled for February 3, 2007, at Yale Law School in New Haven, CT. Click here to register yourself.

18.01.2007 The Earth Caare Foundation and India International Center are holding a memorial function on January 24 in New Delhi to remember two NGO workers - Ms. Sarita and her colleague Shri Mahesh Pitti - who laid down their lives three years ago while working for the rights of rural people of Gaya district in the central Indian state of Bihar.

18.01.2007 A grant of almost US$2 million from ADB’s Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR), financed by the Government of Japan, will help reduce poverty among rural Bhutanese through a pilot project to develop their income-generating skills.

17.01.2007 CGP will be present at the World Social Forum in Nairobi and will organise three round table discussions on the 21st of January 2007. All activities will take place in the Moi International Sport Center in Kasarani. Everybody is most welcome to participate in the discussions.

16.01.2007 The Centre for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID), with the support by the Institute for Sustainable Communities, implements the “Responsible Politics Through Greater Citizen Participation” project, which aims to introduce the citizens with the platforms of political parties and promote higher turnout of voters in the Elections scheduled to take place on January 21, 2007.

15.01.2007 The CESI Association called met on January 11, 2007, to present its concern over the decision of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports to approve the use of the experimental curriculum in health education prepared by the GROZD Association, in ten schools in Croatia. The GROZD programme awaits the approval by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.

14.01.2007 The MOST Civic Association reported, on the bases of reports it received from its observers by the end of the voting, that the Extraordinary Local Elections in Saraj Municipality proceeded quietly and without serious incidents.

11.01.2007 Yesterday Mjaft! Movement protested against the nation’s ongoing energy crisis in front of the Prime Minister’s Office. Mjaft! proposed the inauguration of a new Prime Minister for Albania – Pinocchio - as well as the introduction of a new emblem for the Council of Ministers - a picture of a generator, torch and candle to replace the eagle.

09.01.2007 With the Pakistan government considering the possibility of implementing the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) policy with help from the United Arab Emirates a debate rages whether the UAE would like to buy laptops that may be more than its budget. Fouad Riaz Bajwa in Pakistan analyses the OLPC policy.

08.01.2007 Social Edge, the online community for social entrepreneurs and an initiative of the Skoll Foundation, has given a call for social entrepreneurs to apply for the Global Social Benefit Incubator programme (GSBI). This award provides an intensive two-week residential program at Santa Clara University that enables successful technology innovators to scale their endeavors and achieve sustainability.

08.01.2007 UNDP-APDIP releases a study of pro-poor e-governance projects in India Information and Communications Technology for Governance and Poverty Reduction - A Study of Rural Development Projects in India that analyses 18 projects in the country which use ICTs for the benefit of the poor. The idea behind the research was to determine which projects can be scaled up.