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Accountability through Civic Participation in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
… and the State 15 Part III: Linking global, regional and national processes to create an integrated accountability … goals.5 This report takes the Forum as a starting point to illus- trate how existing inter-State, national and … For example, the CPRD requires States to: (i) designate a focal point(s) within government for implementation; (ii) …
Women’s participation and gender considerations in country representation, planning and reporting to the BRS Conventions
… Country contacts .............. 18 Indicator 5: Stockholm National Implementation Plans ............................ 19 … observers of Conventions’ Subsidiary Bodies, and national focal points. It investigates how gender equality … information on its Designed Competent Authority and Focal Point, noting that the organisation now responsible for these …
The Aarhus Convention:An implementation guide. UN/ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
… will undoubtedly be an even greater challenge. Amending national laws to bring them into compliance with the … tion, will likewise find the Guide a useful reference point. It is therefore a pleasure for me to commend this … Service is coordinated by a government-designated national focal point; • Service uses a meta-information system to …
Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… focus on profits has seen companies convince municipal and national authorities to accelerate extractive and economic … by extraction projects, impacts the whole society at national and global level. Projects such as construction of … Working Group on Indigenous Peoples; the FAO Regional Focal Points on Indigenous Peoples; the Guatemala UN Country …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… effective and promising approach to climate change. At the national level, we continue to underpin the need for … drain into a watercourse through surface flow to a common point. Other related terms include watershed, river basin and … Practice,” Working Document from the Second meeting of the focal points of the Declaration on the application of …
The Aarhus Convention: An implementation guide. Securing the public's rights through access to information, public participation and Access to justice for a healthy environment
… Prior to the commencement of the updating process, national focal points and other stakeholders were invited to provide … Guidelines. The “draft elements” were then the starting point for negotiations among countries, which began in June …