Objectives and Activities. 1. The objectives of the Centre shall be to:
(a) enhance interreligious and intercultural dialogue, thus fostering respect, understanding and cooperation among people, promote justice, peace and reconciliation and counteract the abuse of religion to justify oppression, violence and conflict;
(b) promote a responsible way of living the religious and spiritual dimension of individuals and society;
(c) promote respect and preservation of the sacred character of holy sites, as well as religious symbols;
(d) address the contemporary challenges to society, such as the dignity of human life, preservation of the environment, sustainable use of natural resources, ethical and religious education and poverty alleviation.
2. To achieve these objectives the Centre shall, inter alia:
(a) serve as a forum for representatives of major religions and faith- based and cultural institutions and experts in order to enhance communication and information exchange and in order to facilitate cooperation;
(b) cooperate with appropriate interreligious, intercultural and other bodies and initiatives with similar goals as well as with States and International Organizations;
(c) convene conferences, workshops, discussions and other meetings; and
(d) undertake other activities in accordance with its objectives.
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Objectives and Activities. The "International Organisation of Vine and Wine" (O.I.V) is hereby established. The O.I.V shall replace the International Vine and Wine Office established by the Agreement of 29 November 1924, as amended, and shall be subject to the provisions of the present Agreement.
Objectives and Activities. The objective of the ELEXIS Association is organisation and coordination of activities related to lexicography, and activities related to natural language processing tasks on the topic of semantics, insofar they are of interest to lexicography. To this end, the ELEXIS Association seeks to engage in: - the development of lexicographic tools and (web) services, - the exchange and/or linking of lexicographic data, - the development of lexicographic standards facilitating the interoperability of lexicographic data, - scientific research on lexicography and semantics, including the organisation of conferences, the engagement in research projects and similar, - the exchange of expertise including the organisation of training, research visits and similar, - all other activities which contribute to its aims.
Objectives and Activities. Project objectives and activities, and Client’s and Collaborator’s respective Project responsibilities, are set out in the Project Plan. Client and Collaborator will each carry out such responsibilities in accordance with this MOU.
Objectives and Activities. Assumed within the listed Objectives and Activities are a set of “Core” or ongoing program activities that both Ecology and EPA commit to continue. Examples of these “Core” activities would include; maintenance and operation of the vehicle emissions program, air monitoring, and outreach and education. In addition, both EPA and the state will continue to work together to assess and refine the list of indicators as adequate measures of the state’s air program success. Both agencies will address any emerging air quality issues in a proactive manner.
a) Submit a serious area attainment plan for Spokane and a maintenance plan to EPA by December 31, 1998 to secure redesignation to attainment.
a) Provide continuing feedback and technical assistance on attainment and maintenance plan development and process the plans no later than 6 months after receipt.
b) Formulate a TAP for the CO Maintenance Plan for Yakima by September 30, 1998, and develop a maintenance plan based upon the EPA-approved TAP.
b) Review, comment, and approve or disapprove the TAP in a reasonable time; provide continuing feedback and technical assistance on maintenance plan development; and process the state-submitted plan in a reasonable time.
c) Operate and evaluate the National Ambient Air Monitoring/State and Local Ambient Monitoring (NAMS/SLAM) network.
Objectives and Activities. Objectives and activities of the Partner’s and Collaborator’s respective responsibilities are set out in the Plan. Partner and Collaborator will each carry out its responsibilities with due care and in accordance with this MOU.
Objectives and Activities. The WWF and CARE partnership will address imminent threats to biodiversity while promoting social equity, good governance and sustainable livelihoods. In Nepal, activities will be concentrated in KCA, the first community managed conservation area in South Asia, and the adjoining forest corridors of four village development committees (Papung, Surumakhim, Kalikhola and Phalaicha). In India WWF will work in Kangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, including Kangchendzonga National Park, and forested areas in west and north Sikkim. The Government of India is a partner in the project. Their concerns, needs and expected outcomes have informed each step of this program design. Specifically, their keen interest in participatory approaches to biodiversity conservation in the projects sites have been fully taken into account. WWF’s strength in biodiversity conservation in the region is complemented by CARE’s strength in the areas of good governance, social inclusion, policy analysis, and Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (CVCA). This project will build on the experiences from both the Terai Arc Landscape program implemented with GCP I and GCP II funding, and the strategies identified in the government endorsed Sacred Himalayan Landscape Strategic Plan for Nepal.
Objectives and Activities. The goal of this program is to make three wildlife corridors operational, thereby providing connectivity between areas with critical biodiversity value within the Ruvuma Landscape. This is part of WWF’s overall threats-based conservation strategy in the Coastal East Africa ecoregion (see Figure 4). Corridor development is an important first step in developing sustainable land-use planning for conservation of wide-ranging species, buffering climate change effects, reducing habitat fragmentation, and promoting compatible economic activities to promote development alongside sustainable resource use and management. Biodiversity corridors also maintain home range areas for species like elephants and wild dogs and other predators, thus reducing the risk of biodiversity loss, while providing space to reduce human-wildlife conflicts. and vulnerabilities due to climate change along corridor areas. Improved land use planning, focused development, lower levels of crop damage, and support to communities in planning disaster risk mitigation strategies in response to climate change will mean decreasing need for local communities to resort to emergency survival strategies that inevitably lead to increased pressure on natural resources. Specifically, lowered incidence of elephant human conflict will reduce revenge killing of this species. Improved zoning of croplands and villages will mean clearer definitions of wildlife priority areas and less friction over the long term. Lastly, better food security will mean less recourse to survival strategies such as hunting and particularly trapping. Trapping of bushmeat species is very damaging as it is not selective and threatens rare, endangered female and young animals as well as the targeted older males. Improved food security will reduce the amount of indigenous forest felled for cropping, protecting timber species as well. CARE will undertake a vulnerability assessment in 15 affected communities along corridor areas so local residents can develop adaptation strategies that take into account existing pressures on priority biodiversity. The analysis will be based on CARE’s Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis tool (CVCA). This tool analyzes vulnerability to climate change, risk, and resilience; and it strengthens communities’ adaptive capacity to respond to climate change. The CVCA will: (1) analyze livelihoods of vulnerable communities and climate-related challenges they face; (2) help communities understand climate ris...
Objectives and Activities. The goal of this site activity is to maintain the resilience of the ECR’s mountain and lowland forest ecosystems and their biodiversity values to climate change. To achieve this goal, a climate adaptation strategy is needed that combines on the ground measures to lessen the impacts of climate change with the strengthening of a policy and institutional framework that influences the drivers of environmental change that compound the potential impacts of climate variability. The project objectives will be achieved by working at multiple scales. WWF has chosen three areas for site-specific actions that are located in some of the most vulnerable watersheds of the ECR, according to the 2008 assessment carried out by WWF/Fundación Natura (Caquetá, Pastaza and Chinchipe river basins). Although these three areas are not transboundary or contiguous, WWF actions on the ground at these particularly vulnerable sites will be magnified by policy work at the national and regional level and will contribute significantly to conservation of the ECR ecoregion as a whole. Actions in Objective 1 and 23 will target local institutions and stakeholders to develop and implement adaptation strategies that promote a mosaic of land uses where fragmentation is minimized and connectivity is maximized. This type of development mosaic will offer an alternative paradigm based on maintaining forest cover, encouraging the adaptation of existing protected areas to climate change, and promoting land uses that are less vulnerable to climate variation (e.g., intercropping4, soil management, and silvopastoral5 systems). Objective 2 will build capacity for proactive adaptation and broaden the impact of project actions through dissemination among a community of climate adaptation practitioners building on considerable experience in developing participatory stakeholder engagement processes and capacity for more effective citizen participation. Objectives 3 and 4 target policy and institutional interventions at regional, national and international scales to ensure climate change considerations are included in national development policy frameworks. These actions will ensure that site-specific actions have a broader impact and that lessons learned are applied in other priority regions, reinforced through policy action. This will be achieved by working with key institutions at the national level in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru (national environmental authorities, National Parks, and the National Institute...
