http://www.accessinitiative.org/public/blog Public Blog en http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2012/04/choosing-our-future-and-rio-20 <p><strong>REGISTER HERE</strong>: <a href="http://bit.ly/IMjXhx" title="http://bit.ly/IMjXhx">http://bit.ly/IMjXhx</a></p> <p>The World Resources Institute (WRI), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV), and the <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/7/lettera#term79"><acronym title="The world’s largest civil society network working to ensure that people have the right and ability to influence decisions about the natural resources that sustain their communities. ">Access Initiative</acronym></a> (<a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/7/lettert#term146"><acronym title="See Access Initiative, The in glossary.">TAI</acronym></a>) together with a number of other collaborating partners are organizing a one-day event, “Choosing Our Future: Open and Participatory Sustainable Development Governance”. The event will take place on 19 June at FGV Rio de Janeiro from 8:30am - 5:00 pm .</p> <p><a href="http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2012/04/choosing-our-future-and-rio-20">read more</a></p> http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2012/04/choosing-our-future-and-rio-20#comments Access To Information Media &amp; Outreach Rio+20 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:55:07 -0400 Carole Excell 1620 at http://www.accessinitiative.org http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2012/05/aprontes-de-chile-para-rio-20 <p>El Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile informa en una columna en el Diario El Mercurio del 9 de mayo, pg. A-2, el compromiso del gobierno chileno de impulsar un acuerdo regional entre los países de América Latina y El Caribe, en orden a promover y garantizar los derechos de acceso a la información, a la participación ciudadana y a la justicia en temas ambientales.</p> <p><a href="http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2012/05/aprontes-de-chile-para-rio-20">read more</a></p> http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2012/05/aprontes-de-chile-para-rio-20#comments Chile Access To Information Corporacion Participa PP10 Commitments Sun, 13 May 2012 14:35:06 -0400 Paula Fuentes 1627 at http://www.accessinitiative.org http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2012/05/hungary-will-join-ogp <p>It was a bit more that 7 months ago when EMLA, HCLU Hungary, TI Hungary, K-Monitor (acticorruption) and Ecological Partnership Hungary together sent a message to the Minister of Administration and <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/7/lettera#term117"><acronym title="The ability of citizens to turn to impartial and independent arbiters to resolve disputes over access to information and participation in decisions that affect the environment, or to correct environmental harm. Such impartial arbiters include mediators, administrative tribunals, and courts of law, among others. ">Justice</acronym></a> of Hungary in order to stimulate government decision-making to join OGP. And it was yesterday, 9 May 2012 when the Ministry invited the above NGOs to present their ideas and participate in the process of formulating the OGP commitments of Hungary. We consider it a success and a good example of government-NGO cooperation.</p> <p><a href="http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2012/05/hungary-will-join-ogp">read more</a></p> http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2012/05/hungary-will-join-ogp#comments Hungary Advocacy Capacity Building Governance Thu, 10 May 2012 07:31:15 -0400 Csaba 1626 at http://www.accessinitiative.org http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2012/05/reunion-de-gobierno-chileno-hacia-rio-20 <p>El pasado 7 de mayo se llevó a cabo una importante reunión convocada por la Cancillería chilena en conjunto con el Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, para coordinar a los grupos principales en Chile (sindicatos, centros académicos, ONG´s, representantes del empresariado) en miras de la próxima Conferencia Internacional del Medio Ambiente “Rio + 20”, a realizarse en el mes de junio en Río de Janeiro, Brasil.</p> <p><a href="http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2012/05/reunion-de-gobierno-chileno-hacia-rio-20">read more</a></p> http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2012/05/reunion-de-gobierno-chileno-hacia-rio-20#comments Chile Access To Information Corporacion Participa PP10 Commitments Wed, 09 May 2012 09:57:07 -0400 Paula Fuentes 1625 at http://www.accessinitiative.org