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Project goals and tasks: To provide loyal Civil Society Organizations with the right organizational tools for development purposes, with: Self s assessment structure; Certification structure; Capacity building possibilities. At the Round Table the Senior Adviser of RT President Mr.Koshonov Subkhon makes a speech. The Round Table was lead by Safarova Marina - PO EHIO director. Project of Civil society Program donor, Aga Khan Foundation in Tajikistan with financial support of DFID. September 2009, Dushanbe. Visit to Pakistanian Centre for Philanthropy (PCP) initiated and organized by PO EHIO within the framework of the Program Civil society, Aga Khan Foundation Tajikistan with financial support of DFID. The second from left side is PO EHIO director - Marina Safarova. October 2009, Islamabad, Pakistan. Within this project framework, two public certifications were conducted on a voluntary basis, and about 80 civil society organizations, from throughout the Republic, were certified . Certification commission members are from several individual groups of society s the Presidents Board, Parliamentary deputies, the Ministries of Justice and Education, also representatives of public organizations, international organizations, and mass media. At the present time a third public certification is planned. For certified CSOs, training in capacity building is conducted, for example, on the theme, Organizational development s approach to capacity building. Training themes are often suggested by certified CSOs themselves at the Round tables, based on certification results, or while preparing regional meetings. PO EHIO s Farhang va Tarakkiyot received its certification by carrying out the first public certification in RT. Also within this project framework the organization has provided material for the newspaper, Business and policy. where we share space with other partners of the program, Civil Society on the Dialogue page. On this same page articles regarding development issues were published, along with success stories of CSOs and other material from books, magazines, and scientific literature, devoted to Civil Society development in RT. The Project is still continuing at this time. Project donors: Aga Khan Foundation, Tajikistan/DFID

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With the support of Global Forest Coalition (GFC), ICA Nepal carried out activities that promoted the rights of indigenous communities access to and use of forest resources. It organized orientation, training, and the development of case studies for its national level workshop on indigenous communities and their often complex relationship to forests. During its workshop, ICA Nepal produced 12 recommendations to present to the Nepalese government for immediate consideration. The workshop identified political instability as one of the main underlying causes of rampant deforestation in Nepal. Other resolutions considered giving special care to the culture, skills, and traditions of indigenous populations, providing better education opportunities to local communities, compensating indigenous and ethnic communities for their products, guaranteeing free alternative energy for indigenous and ethnic communities residing in or near forest areas, and new government-led arrangements for cattle raising and grazing. ICA Nepal understands that Nepals rapidly growing population puts great pressure on natural resources. Through Eco-clubs and sustainable agricultural programs, children and adults respectively are encouraged to think about ways to use their environment in a sustainable way. Trees have been planted, and nurseries and kitchen gardens started as a result of this program. Furthermore, through training and facilitation, ICA Nepal has motivated thousands of people towards protecting the environment. - Nepal

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Young people came up with these project aims: We want to carry out a piece of research to find out how music affects teenagers in Manchester. Will will do this through questionnaires, interviews and mystery shopping. We aim to make contact with 250 people. We will do this through schools and friendship networks, including an online version of the questionnaire too. We will do this piece of research in 4 weeks. Do you think music could change a teenager life completely? Lots of people said yes to this question. They generally thought the affects would be positive more than negative. They said it can inspire people and help people to express their emotions, become more social, be a release and an escape, give confidence and a better view of life and be able tosee the world in a different light. They thought it could even help people to become healthier and happier, giving you better life choices and future path, including if it was a focus for your career. But also, people through that it can have a psychological affect on teenagers. It can make you more aggressive and more angry. It is important but as one person pointed out, music isnt everything, and is not on its own always that powerful, but can be a tool for good if used in conjunction with other things.

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