Action at the local, national and regional levels

Occasionally, China s government takes action against local officials whose crimes are considered egregious.

Speakers also stated that community based action must genuinely respond to local needs.

Speakers also stated that community based action must genuinely respond to local needs.

Opportunities for citizens to be engaged through voluntary action at the local level and have their action recorded and recognized are steadily expanding.

Sixty regional and local governments, responsible for 15 of global greenhouse gas emissions, are also taking action.

Furthermore, national policy guidelines for combating desertification are not always coordinated with the objectives of local action.

The UK is poised to take similar action, allowing local government pension funds to invest in infrastructure projects.

He also wondered what action was being taken to make the site attractive to visitors from the local area.

UNDP would fund implementation of the action plan and would follow its recommendations, in cooperation with UNCTAD and local partners.

Action at the community level to improve nutrition by making use of local foodstuffs, and promoting nutritional monitoring and prevention.

In most European countries, action to spur private investment in local services and transport both large sectors should also be considered.

Our aim is to create frameworks for action tailored to national and local realities and to guide workplace and community initiatives.

Although action for development must be largely local, it is critically dependent in our globalized world on the external economic environment.

The project also seeks to create a methodological plan for achieving the Goals at the local level, through the study and strengthening of local capacities, in order to ensure the sustainability of any action undertaken.

(b) Encouraging, supporting and involving national and local non governmental and community based organizations in the implementation of their national plans of action

Many local authorities and institutions under ministries, schools as well as big enterprises have also developed their own action plans for women's advancement.

Recognizing the need for a fresh approach, governments joined together under the UNCCD to promote effective action through local programs and international partnerships.

During the planning of local programmes Leader , initiatives were undertaken by Local Action Groups, aiming at, on the one hand, a better definition of women's needs, and, on the other, encouraging women to participate in the programme.

The Philippines formed an inter agency committee on the Philippine plan of action for older persons (1999 2004), which distributed the Madrid Plan of Action to all field offices, local government units and non governmental organizations.

Further sustained effort is needed to increase awareness and recognition among policymakers and planners in developing countries of the nature of voluntary action within specific local contexts and of the contribution such action makes to societies.

For example, the integration of local and indigenous communities in sustainable forest management has strengthened the implementation of the IPF IFF proposals for action.

Constant monitoring by worldwide international, subregional and local agencies (IMF, World Bank, Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF)) of efforts to combat money laundering.

They also committed themselves to taking action to promote a culture of peace and a dialogue at the local, national, regional and international levels.

Both sides accept that working with local partners for peaceful democratic change today is the best way to avoid violent revolution or military action tomorrow.

MONUC and ONUB, in conjunction with local authorities, are coordinating investigations to identify the authors of these tracts and to take appropriate action against them.

Therefore, such action should be based on an assessment of the local situation, in terms of substance abuse, risk and protective factors and available resources.

4. Urges Governments to encourage, support and involve national and local non governmental and community based organizations in the implementation of their national plans of action

Such a clear economic link would help to motivate local policymakers to take strong action, while helping to bolster public support for policies promoting gender equality.

A project for the translation of international instruments into local legislation and national action plans of member States has been started in Burkina Faso and Mali.

The term community in this context includes local people, local institutions, local agencies and the local council.

Local LWV organizations monitor their local government meetings and address local issues.

We would like to see national prevention programmes as well as local and regional plans of action to reduce the incidence of mental problems among young people.

He pointed to the need for regulatory action to ensure that corporate contributions benefited the local economy and mentioned the role of competition policy in this regard.

In implementing that action plan, the Government of Indonesia has been working closely with local government to build a solid foundation to speed efforts to address youth employment.

It was agreed to continue to work jointly in a cooperative and action oriented fashion, including the provision of technical assistance to strengthen the capacity of local authorities.

Founded in 2005, Mi Voz say that they are moved by the goal of generating media where all those different actors shaping the local reality can actively engage on dialogue, take action on the issues they care about, and open new doors as they push local agendas.

You know, it's local cooks teaching local people.

Local govt. Nkwerre local government of Imo State

Bank subsidiaries will increasingly have to finance local lending with local deposits and other local funding.

This commitment has yet to be translated into an overall government approach and coherent action, but there appears to be strong momentum for devolution of authority to the local level.

A significant improvement in local conditions had also allowed mine action in the Sudan, in the Temporary Security Zone between Ethiopia and Eritrea, in Lebanon, in Iraq and in Burundi.

The three year project will strengthen local capacity through the empirical and theoretical analysis of the actual situation in order to influence the formulation of public policies, so that practical action can be taken at the local level focusing on the achievement of the Millennium Goals and objectives.

The Review action plan recommended that action be taken to review and update the current investment legislation, to reform land access, to strengthen the local investment promotion agency, to promote good governance and to devise proactive policies dedicated to the promotion of national and regional investment opportunities.

Under goal 3 relating to effective planning, coordination and implementation of national and local mine action programmes, 15 impact based surveys had been completed or were under way in various countries.