Admittedly, changing the mission of the NGOs and donor nations would require a change in the mindset of those who believe their altruistic efforts have no negative impact on the society and its ability to sustain itself.
Ms. NELSON: Well, I am of the opinion that it does have a negative influence on the society, but I think people are discounting the positive aspects of people who are trying to use hip-hop - not necessarily rap - as a vehicle for change.
Karen is president of the Orange County Federalist Society lawyer chapter and sits on the Federalist Society International Law Executive Committee.
"We have animals trickling in very slowly, " said Rowdy Shaw, a senior field responder on the Humane Society of the United States' animal rescue team.
"The techniques have a trickle-down effect on the whole society and get the mechanic or the farmer back to work faster, too, " says Dr. Claude Moorman III, director of sports medicine at Duke University.
World Information Society Day, celebrated on 17 May, reaffirms the strong commitment made at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) to build inclusive knowledge societies.
The scheme will be funded by charities and private sector employers but the former adviser on the Big Society wants involvement from the government.
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Now, as we prepare for the World Summit on the Information Society, we might spare a thought for Tim Berners-Lee, the scientist who gave us the World Wide Web.
The day that I decided I wanted to live, I went back to school, made straight As, graduated at the top of my class, on the National Honor Society, became the first person in my family on either side, to graduate from college.
The Richard III Society officially unveiled the reconstruction on Tuesday morning, at the Society of Antiquaries in London.
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Indeed, one of the innovative aspects of the projects is the bringing together of youth and educational institutions on the one hand and civil society actors on the other, around a concrete project in order to develop local communities and effective civic engagement.
Its purpose is to share updates on the national youth policy process among young professionals and activists of civil society, and reflect together on the role of civil society and young people in the implementation and monitoring of the national youth policy.
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Development Goals and the Plan of Action adopted by the World Summit on the Information Society.
The Ice Factory is on the Victorian Society's top 10 list of structures most at risk of being lost.
Whatever the eventual impact of the reforms on society, the welfare-to-work project has already created plenty of new employment in Whitehall.
The IGF grew out of a previous meeting called World Summit on the Information Society that was held in Tunisia in 2005.
David Cameron's former adviser on the Big Society is proposing that all newly retired people take part in a type of national service.
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Senior Tory MP David Davis told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show said that "it seems like an assault on the Big Society idea".
The research was supported by UNESCO within the framework of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), and as part of UNESCO's activities related to Internet Governance.
Instead, she combined her artistry and her rigorous eye for composition to take a cool look at those who live on the margins of society, the disabled or the just plain eccentric.
Menard's collection of Wasilla High School yearbooks contains pictures of Palin on the honor society, student council, cross-country team and, most notably, as co-captain and point guard of the 1982 championship basketball team.
Labour AM Vaughan Gething called for clearer tariff information from the energy providers as he argued that the pressure to find the best deal was putting an additional burden on the poorest in the society.
"Pinki was a depressed, sad, lonely, shy, young little girl, growing up on the periphery of the society in a little village, " said Satish Kalra, director of Smile Train's South Asian region, after meeting with Pinki.
The symposium tried to determine the issues to be followed up by ICSU organizations and by UNESCO in preparation for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva in December 2003 and in Tunis in 2005.
The Director-General outlined the main points of the Recommendation concerning the "development of public domain content" and "reaffirming the equitable balance between the interests of rights-holders and the public interest", issues which are expected to be central to the World Summit on the Information Society.
The World Summit on the Information Society being organized by ITU in co-operation with UNESCO and other UN agencies in December this year, with a second round in 2005, will need to tackle head-on the problem of inequitable access to telecommunications and the handicap this poses for global development.
Earlier this year SGN did a similar project, partnering with the U.S. Humane Society on the game Fluff Friends to raise awareness around animal cruelty and thousands of dollars for the Humane Society.
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Also, living on the fringe of society, as a direct result of the situation, has given me a certain perspective on many elements of life.
The magazine's founder, John Bird, admits that these members of his salesforce are not strictly speaking homeless, but says that they are on the margins of society and thus part of the magazine's mission.
The document was based on information supplied by the Society of Chief Officers of Transportation in Scotland (Scots), who measure defects on Scotland's roads.
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