The BE SAFE Precautionary Policy Clearinghouse includes precautionary-based laws, policies, local ordinances and industry agreements on a range of issues, including: environmental precaution,…
Founded in 1986, the Clearinghouse serves as the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School’s Educational Resource Center. The PON Clearinghouse develops and disseminates role simulations and other…
The recommendations and conclusions as adopted during the final plenary session of the on Governance, Civil Society Participation and Strengthening Partnerships for Chemicals and Waste Management and…
This official press release announces the adoption of an “event based approval system” by India’s Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC). This will replace the case by case approval process…
This Toolkit, a database filled with experiences of participation in local decision-making, aims to contribute towards the development of a positive attitude of local authorities vis-à-vis citizen…
In this book, children's participation rights are reflected on by a Belgian interdisciplinary research network on childrens rights. The first part of the book contains an extensive legal…
This article assesses the growing influence of nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) on the application of new Environmental Impact Assessment regulations which came into effect in South Africa on 1…
This Comment is intended by its authors to assist decision-makers and the working group on the Draft Law on Transparency in the Decision Making Process (Draft Law). The authors consider the Draft Law…
For UNDP, the right to information is a key underpinning for work in democratic governance and is vitalfor promoting ‘open governance’ and the accountability of public decision makers as well as…
Environmental policy implementation in different parts of the UNECE region will be an important part of the Belgrade-2007Ministerial agenda. European ECO-Forum EAP Issue Group invites all interested…