Full Coverage: Governance

31.10.2006 The Referendum on the New Constitution of Serbia succeeded, reports CeSID on the basis of its exit poll conducted on a representative sample of 600 ballot stations. 51.6% of all registered voters voted for the New Constitution. In absolute numbers, that is 108,000 votes more than the required threshold.

31.10.2006 The Government of Croatia announced last weekend that all employees receiving salaries from the State Budget will have to pass, over the coming two or three years, the ECDL Programme (European Computer Driving Licence). ECDL is internationally recognized computer literacy standard, designed under the “Leonardo da Vinci” Programme, implemented by the European Commission.

31.10.2006 A pilot scheme to boost education through a 'one stop education portal' Sakshat, was launched by President APJ Abdul Kalam in New Delhi.Observing that nearly 10 million youth were injected into the employment market every year, Kalam said the country also needed a large number of talented youth with education for the task of knowledge acquisition, knowledge imparting, knowledge creation and knowledge sharing in the 21st century.

31.10.2006 190 elected women panchayat representatives from four states are to receive their first degrees on completion of a formal course in effective leadership at a high profile convocation in New Delhi on November 2, 2006.

30.10.2006 Há exatamente quatro anos atrás comemorávamos – tantos de nós na Avenida Paulista, outros tantos pelo Brasil afora e para além daqui -, finalmente a vitória de Lula, a vitória do PT, a vitória da esquerda.

30.10.2006 A decision by Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed on Sunday, to head an interim government to conduct general elections set for January, may exacerbate widespread political violence that has already resulted in 27 deaths over the weekend.

27.10.2006 JOHANNESBURG, Oct 27 (IPS) - Various African researchers and civil society groups have given a mixed response to the launch of a five-million-dollar prize for African leaders who relinquish power and promote good governance.

27.10.2006 The National Knowledge Commission will recommend setting up web portals on 10 topics and GIS mapping of the country for E-governance

27.10.2006 Marijana Pajvancic, professor of Constitutional Law at Novi Sad University, said last night, at the “Boycott, Of Course!” debate held at the Museum of Vojvodina, that the referendum process won’t be controlled properly, having in mind that the Referendum Commission members come solely from the ranks of political parties that support the New Constitution.

26.10.2006 The Ministry of Environmental Protection, Spatial Planning and Construction (MZOPU) released the draft-Rulebook on Management of Waste Oils. This is another of planned rulebooks designed to raise the levels of environmental protection, secure the implementation of legislation on waste management and European directives.

26.10.2006 Currently in 2006, Kosovars are generally less satisfied with the provision of public services than they were in 2003 according to data in a newly published report by Index Kosova, within a UNDP project Kosovo Mosaic.

26.10.2006 Negotiations over who will oversee the next elections in Bangladesh appear to have broken down, throwing the country into a political crisis. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the Awami League have had a series of meetings to try to find a solution but now they appear to have ruled out a compromise.

25.10.2006 Le Premier Ministre Jacques Édouard Alexis a condamné, ce mardi 24 octobre 2006, les récents propos en République Dominicaine d’une cadre des Nations Unies, Johanna Mendelson, qualifiant Haïti d’État en faillite.

25.10.2006

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George Monbiot, activist author of Heat, spoke to a rapt Oxford audience about our unique responsibility to halt runaway climate change. He detailed how the UK could achieve a 90% cut in CO2 emissions by 2030 - if we could trigger enough political will.

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24.10.2006 BEIJING, Oct 24 (IPS) - Celebrating the success of microfinance as an antidote to poverty has raised some uncomfortable questions here over China's reluctance to allow civil society a bigger role in addressing tough social issues.

23.10.2006 As India's leaders gear up to boost the country's gross domestic product (GDP) to a dizzying 10 percent per annum, analysts warn that although double digit growth is achievable the country's problems of endemic poverty, unemployment and agrarian distress are unlikely to disappear in a hurry.

23.10.2006 Leading black and Asian professional women in Britain have called on their peers to 'storm the doors' of blue chip companies, following a report this week that shows that a form of employment apartheid is rife in Britain.

23.10.2006 As many as child labourers have been identified in the district since the District Child Labour Project Society started functioning in 2001. Of them, 89 have been rehabilitated, according to U. Chandravathi, Director of the District Child Labour Project Society.

19.10.2006 WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (OneWorld) - The United States, in a twist on social Darwinism, maintains protection standards so low that they shield only the strongest people from cancer-causing radiation. So say scientists whose conclusions are propelling a new campaign to provide greater safety for women, children, and others at greatest risk.

19.10.2006 On November 18, 2006, the Municipal Council of Korca approved, with unanimous vote, the Memorandum of Understanding with Civil Society Development Centre - CSDC, group of Korca-based civil society organizations, which aims to institutionalize their cooperation.