Civil Society definition

Civil Society is: ”Civil society and active citizenship strengthened and vulnerable groups empowered”.

Civil Society. (as defined in the Civil Society Strategy) means individuals and organisations when they act with the primary purpose of creating social value, independent of state control. By social value we mean enriched lives and a fairer society for all;

Civil Society. The Active Citizens Fund is established under the Programme Area “Civil Society’. The objective of the Programme Area “

Examples of Civil Society in a sentence

• As a follow-up to the above, the Parties (the VNGOC and the NYNGOC) enter this Memorandum of Understanding to mutually monitor, support, and promote the work of a joint Civil Society Task Force (CSTF) to serve as a liaison between the United Nations and civil society in the follow-up to UNGASS 2016.

• The VNGOC and the NYNGOC will jointly monitor the activities of the Civil Society Task Force to ensure that the overall goal of securing a comprehensive and meaningful participation of civil society actors in the implementation of the recommendations made in the UNGASS outcome document and that evidenced-based approaches to the drug issues, methodologies, and ideologies will be comprehensive.

• Together with the NYNGOC and the UNODC Civil Society Team, VNGOC led the “Beyond 2008” process.

• Building on the success of the Beyond 2008 initiative and after reviewing best practices of civil society involvement in other recent high-level United Nations General Assembly meetings, the VNGOC and the NYNGOC collaborated on setting up the Civil Society Task Force (CSTF) for the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the world drug problem in 2016.

More Definitions of Civil Society

Civil Society means any person, association of persons, non-governmental organisation established, constituted or registered under any law for the time being in force and working for social welfare, and shall include any community based organisation, professional institution, civic, health, educational, social or cultural body and such other association or body as the Corporation may decide;

Civil Society means a group of persons, who are not part of the Government, who associate for the purpose of advancing or protecting particular interests;

Civil Society means the global community of citizens linked by common interests and collective activity.

Civil Society means Civil Society referred to in S. 5(1)(k) and S. 6(7)(8)(9) of this Act;

Civil Society means a group of members of the public identified as relevant to the functions of the Administration;

Civil Society. ’ means any community organisation or other organisation 30

Civil Society means a body that is voluntary, self-generating and autonomous from the State, formed by a group of citizens acting collectively in a public sphere to express their interest, passions and ideas, exchange information, achieve mutual goals, make demands on the government and hold public officers accountable;