http://www.accessinitiative.org/public/blog Public Blog en http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2010/03/india-villagers-take-coal-fired-plant <p>In a significant development with respect to <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/7/letterp#term100"><acronym title="Refers to the people or any individual, alone, with others, or as one of a community. ">public</acronym></a> <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/7/letterp#term104"><acronym title="The act of taking part or sharing in something. &quot;Participation&quot; refers to informed, timely and meaningful input and influence in decisions on general policies, strategies, and plans at various levels and on individual projects that have environmental impacts. See Table 2.2 of Voice and Choice for types of participation. ">participation</acronym></a> in the <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/7/lettere#term111"><acronym title="The systematic examination of the likely impacts of proposed development on the environment prior to any activity, including an evaluation of environmentally less damaging alternatives to such development. ">EIA</acronym></a> process, the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA) on 8-3-2010 has quashed the approval (environmental Clearance) granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forest to the 1200 MW Thermal Power Plant of Athena Chattisgarh Power Ltd. ACPPL is a group company of Hyderabad-based Athena Power Private Limited (APPL) and has planned to set up two units of 600 MW each in Singhatarai village of Janjgir-Champa district. The ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) had earlier granted approval to the project.</p> <p><a href="http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2010/03/india-villagers-take-coal-fired-plant">read more</a></p> http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2010/03/india-villagers-take-coal-fired-plant#comments Asia Access To Justice PP10 Commitments Public Participation Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:19:43 -0500 Ritwick 1136 at http://www.accessinitiative.org http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2010/03/implementation-principle-10-the-un-environment-programme-adopt-environmental-access-gui <p>From February 24 to 26, 2010 the <a href="http://www.unep.org/gc/gcss-xi/"> United Nations Governing Council/Global Ministerial met in Bali for the 11th special session Environment Forum </a> At the meeting, delegates adopted guidelines for the development of national legislation on <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/7/lettera#term118"><acronym title="The ability of citizens to obtain environmental information in the possession of public authorities. &quot;Environmental information&quot; includes information about air and water quality and information about whether any hazardous chemicals are stored at a nearby factory. ">access to information</acronym></a>, <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/7/letterp#term100"><acronym title="Refers to the people or any individual, alone, with others, or as one of a community. ">public</acronym></a> <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/7/letterp#term104"><acronym title="The act of taking part or sharing in something. &quot;Participation&quot; refers to informed, timely and meaningful input and influence in decisions on general policies, strategies, and plans at various levels and on individual projects that have environmental impacts. See Table 2.2 of Voice and Choice for types of participation. ">participation</acronym></a> and <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/7/lettera#term78"><acronym title="The ability or right to obtain or make use of a commodity or process. In the context of this report, &quot;access&quot; refers to the ability or right to obtain or make use of information, opportunities for participation, and mechanisms for justice in official decisions.">access</acronym></a> to <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>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2010/03/implementation-principle-10-the-un-environment-programme-adopt-environmental-access-gui">read more</a></p> http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2010/03/implementation-principle-10-the-un-environment-programme-adopt-environmental-access-gui#comments Access To Information Access To Information Access To Justice Access To Justice Access To Participation Institutional Reform Legal Reform Principle 10 Public Participation Public Participation Recommendations Sustainable Development Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:19:05 -0500 Monika Kerdeman 1135 at http://www.accessinitiative.org http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2010/03/tai-assessment-training-istanbul-turkey <p>Right after the Coach the Coaches meeting on 1-2 March, a <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/7/lettert#term116"><acronym title=" “TAI Assessment” refers to the process of ranking a country&#039;s performance in providing access to information, participation, and justice, including collecting data to answer selected research questions. The term also refers to the product of such research--as in, &quot;once a team has completed an assessment, they should submit it to The Access Initiative&quot;. ">TAI Assessment</acronym></a> Training was held on 3-5 March by the newly trained coaches for the fresh Turkish <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/7/lettert#term146"><acronym title="See Access Initiative, The in glossary.">TAI</acronym></a> national coalition at the Regional Forestry Department of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in Istanbul, Turkey. It was a unique opportunity for the coaches to test their knowledge in a live situation as well as a great experience for the Turkish participants to meet so many representatives of the TAI family.</p> <p><a href="http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2010/03/tai-assessment-training-istanbul-turkey">read more</a></p> http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2010/03/tai-assessment-training-istanbul-turkey#comments Turkey Capacity Building Other TAI Assessment Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:51:38 -0500 Csaba 1132 at http://www.accessinitiative.org http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2010/03/tai-coach-coaches-training <p>The Access Initiatives (<a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/7/lettert#term146"><acronym title="See Access Initiative, The in glossary.">TAI</acronym></a>) Coach the Coaches Training was held in Istanbul, Turkey from March 1-5, 2010. This training was held to • Build the capacity of some of our first generation coaches to deliver TAI Training Courses • Learn how to make TAI training more exciting and effective • Understand the new materials • Learn from each other and conduct the training of the Turkish coalition</p> <p><a href="http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2010/03/tai-coach-coaches-training">read more</a></p> http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2010/03/tai-coach-coaches-training#comments Turkey Capacity Building Media &amp; Outreach Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:06:43 -0500 Carole Excell 1129 at http://www.accessinitiative.org