Enlightened, and motivated participation by citizens requires both information and enlarged possibilities for such participation.

(d) Ensuring citizens' participation and networking in strengthening integrity, transparency and accountability.

Another is participation of interested citizens and parties in policy choice and assessment.

It was emphasized that the participation of citizens was an integral part of decentralization.

The need to involve the wider society is recognized and citizens participation is encouraged.

104. Citizens participation has also been strengthened, at both the local and the national level.

The final segment stressed the need for broad participation of citizens in resolving community conflicts.

The Syrian Constitution affirms the right of citizens to political participation in several of its articles.

The participation of citizens in cultural life is one of the essential vectors of this emancipation.

To work collectively for more inclusive political processes, allowing genuine participation by all citizens in all our countries.

Third, and most importantly, they need to respond more adequately to the demands of citizens for greater participation.

Participation in the defense of independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity is a sacred honor for all Mozambicans citizens.

Is this a system which encourages, or even allows, political participation by its citizens? I seriously doubt it.

Article 187 7 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine makes participation by Ukrainian citizens in armed conflicts an offence

Without the participation and active contribution of the citizens to social life, a true democracy cannot grow and prosper.

E government can not only increase the efficiency of government by streamlining processes, providing citizens with better services and increasing the participation of citizens but also make government processes transparent and accountable.

These ideas, in which there is a growing interest, show the importance of citizens' participation at all levels of public activity.

Through e government, better services could be offered to citizens and constituencies as a means to achieve increased transparency and improved efficiency and to empower citizens towards improved participation in the policy making process.

23. In order to perform their task properly, citizens must be well informed and enlightened as to the purpose of their participation.

Moreover, such programmes should widen public participation in decision making by ensuring access of information to citizens and establishing mechanisms for reviewing Government policies.

It was also recognized that local and municipal governments needed to be empowered if they were to be amenable to the participation of citizens.

We stress that the participation of citizens in fishing activities covered by relevant international laws is a principle addressed by our fishing and aquaculture regulations.

7. Also encourages the Government of Equatorial Guinea to ensure the participation of all citizens in the country apos s political, social and cultural life

Ways to address this issue were increased citizens' participation, the setting up of anti corruption civic networks, and the role of the media to ensure transparency.

The speakers agreed that it could never be too costly to engage citizens in a process that would affect their own lives, and that it was important to educate both leaders and citizens about the mechanisms of civic participation and their importance.

41. The development councils should move forward from the phase of participation in the definition and implementation of isolated projects to a phase in which citizens participation in the formulation of public policies, development plans and territorial management is strengthened.

As citizens of the world, we want to express our ideas and feelings and to create the necessary conditions for the participation of young people in society.

As a multi ethnic developing country, Guyana accorded priority to social cohesion and the participation of all its citizens, including Amerindians, in the affairs of the nation.

(e) From 4 to 6 October 1995, an International Alert Peace Envoy facilitated a workshop entitled quot Towards the Participation of Citizens in Peacemaking in Burundi quot .

In its efforts to improve the social situation of its citizens, Algeria not only ensured equality between men and women, but also catered to all vulnerable groups through specific intersectoral programmes for expediting their integration and participation in society on the same footing as other citizens.

Concerned citizens

Engaging citizens

Hello, citizens!

respectable citizens.

The very broad participation of the citizens of Burundi, who have voted in favour of the Constitution in large numbers, is the sign of their support to the peace process.

The European Parliament will organize, through the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and in association with the European Commission, a conference on the theme Senior citizens in the twenty first century , with the participation of members of senior citizens organizations from all member States of the European Union.

(d) Development of national and local energy action programmes by an open and transparent process involving the participation of sector representatives, academia, local authorities, citizens, and non governmental organizations in the elaboration of energy policies, and allowing for hearings and other means of broad public participation

Welcoming the commitment of all Member States, expressed in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, to work collectively for more inclusive political processes allowing genuine participation by all citizens in all countries,

Propitiating mechanisms for a timely and adequate information to citizens in order to make local administrators actions transparent and make it possible their participation in the planning and decision making process.

Welcoming the commitment of all Member States, expressed in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, to work collectively for more inclusive political processes allowing genuine participation by all citizens in all countries,

Welcoming the commitment of all Member States, expressed in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, to work collectively for more inclusive political processes allowing genuine participation by all citizens in all countries,

Kazakhstan was currently working on a draft law on local government and self government which provided for the increased participation of citizens in the work of local elected organs of power.

The Committee takes note that the Government of the Sudan appears to consider that participation by citizens in the conduct of public affairs is met by a system of direct democracy.

Such an observatory should invite the widest possible participation and provide the opportunity for all interested citizens to obtain and exchange information on ocean issues that are of concern to them.

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