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Supporting public oversight by youth in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
11 December 2012 | governance assessment framework, local governance, palestinian territories, service delivery, undp-supported, youthWith the technical support of GAP, the Democratic Governance Thematic Trust Fund (DGTTF) funded UNDP Programme for Assistance to Palestinian People (PAPP) Project “Support to the Role of Youth...
Le Fond des Nations Unies pour la Démocratie invite les organisations de la société civile à poser sa candidature pour bénéficer d’une subvention (Date limite: 31.12.2012)
09 November 2012 | civil society, community, democratisation, economic opportunities, funding, gender, human rights, human-rights, media, opportunity, youthLe Fond des Nations Unies pour la Démocratie invite les organisations de la société civile à poser sa candidature afin de bénéficier d’une subvention pour des projets ayant pour but de faire...
The United Nations Democracy Fund invites civil society organizations to apply for funding (deadline 31 December 2012)
08 November 2012 | civil society, community, economic opportunities, funding, human rights, media, opportunity, rule-of-law, tool, women, youthThe United Nations Democracy Fund invites civil society organizations to apply for funding for projects to advance and support democracy. Project proposals may be submitted on-line between 15...
Overriding desire for democracy tops agenda in ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey
18 January 2012 | political participation, youth. The single greatest priority for young people in the Middle East remains living a democratic country, according to the findings of the 2010 Annual ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey,...
DevInfo Toolkit Now Available to Assist in Assessing and Monitoring Child Friendly Cities (26 April 2011, DevInfo)
26 April 2011 | children, tool, urban governance, web resource, youthUNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (IRC) has partnered with the DevInfo initiative in the development of the Child Friendly Cities DevInfo assessment and monitoring toolkit. This is designed to help...
Monitoring Government Spending in Turkey Reveals Inadequate Investments in Children, Youths, Women, and the Disabled (IBP, 20 Sept 2010)
21 September 2010 | budget, europe, gender, institutional risk assessment, public service delivery, youthThe Public Expenditure Monitoring Platform (PEMP), formed by 30 civil society organizations (CSOs), recently organized a public expenditure monitoring exercise in Turkey that focused on social...
Net-Buzz: recent discussions and commentary from the blogosphere
19 March 2010 | accountability, blogs, gdp, happiness, human rights, oecd, youthA sample of recent or ongoing online discussions on governance assessment-related issues Blogpost: GDP vs. “Happiness”: Economics Are Getting Smarter(Triple Pundit Blog 1 March...
New Blog (Progblog, 25 Feb 2010)
25 February 2010 | blogs, data, youthWikichild is for the community engaged in the development of concepts, data collection, analysis, and research on children’s issues. It draws its inspiration from the United Nations Convention on the...
Brasil: la solución REDECA, destinada al niño y al adolescente, está disponible en el Portal de Software Público Brasileño (CLAD, 12 Feb 2010)
25 February 2010 | data, ict, initiative, latin america, spanish, youthREDECA en un sistema informático desarrollado por la Fundación Telefónica, en conjunto con ocho municipios paulistas, para fortalecer el Sistema de Garantía de los Derechos del Niño y del...
State of the World's Children (UNICEF Publication, Nov 09)
23 February 2010 | report, treaty bodies, youthShared by Governance Assessment Portal In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20 November 2009, UNICEF is dedicating a special edition of its...