Essays about: "local NGO s"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 68 essays containing the words local NGO s.

  1. 21. A Qualitative Approach to Refugee Law and International Migrant Legislation: The Life Stories of Venezuelan Emigrants

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Lis Cristina Santamaría García; [2017-10-04]
    Keywords : Refugee Law; Refugee; Migrant; Emigrant; International Migrant Legislation; Venezuela; Case Study; Life Stories; Qualitative Research;

    Abstract : This research studies the Venezuelan emigrants’ case in order to contest refugee law and international migrant legislation. Fragments-of-life-stories & semi-structured interviews were used as bottom-up approach, and document research including NGO reports was conducted from a top-down perspective, aiming to provide a cohesive, comprehensive and coherent image of what it means to be a Venezuelan emigrant in the last eighteen years. READ MORE

  3. 22. Bridging the Humanitarian-Development Divide : Indonesian-Swedish Stakeholder Case Studies on LRRD

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Peter Ekblad; [2017]
    Keywords : LRRD; Linking Relief Rehabilitation and Development; Contiuum; Contiguum; Humanitarian; Development; Coherence;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the concept of Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development (LRRD), a topic discussed since the late 1980’s that has failed to be practically implemented, partly because of widely divergent perspectives on the concept. The discourse on LRRD has so far largely been conducted in a top-down fashion with donors constituting the dominant interlocutor, while the perspectives of aid organisations and local communities involved in humanitarian and developmental programmes have been widely overlooked. READ MORE

  4. 23. Productive use of coffee husks - How to make briquettes from coffee husk in Karagwe, Tanzania

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Livsmedelsteknik och nutrition (master)

    Author : Rickard Allreke Wählhammar; [2017]
    Keywords : food engineering; livsmedelsteknik; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : In the Tanzanian district of Karagwe the NGO KADERES is working with agricultural development. In relation to this they produce fair trade coffee obtained from local farmers. Coffee husks are created as a waste product from the plant and are currently not used for any purpose. Instead they are left outside the factory. READ MORE

  5. 24. Small and steady: the role of the town energy committees in the transition to clean energy in Vermont

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Carmen Paula Valache; [2017]
    Keywords : Vermont; town energy committee; local energy action; rural energy transition; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : International and national carbon reduction plans and targets have constituted the subject of a copious amount research in recent years. Concurrently, the number of cities, regions, companies and communities that have set ambitious targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency has been growing. READ MORE

  6. 25. Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge in the Local Government’s Early Warning System: A Case Study from Baringo County, Kenya

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Shu Liang; [2017]
    Keywords : indigenous knowledge; traditional knowledge; early warning system; disaster risk reduction; participatory development; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : There is growing interest in using indigenous knowledge to supplement scientific early warning systems within disaster risk reduction. In October 2016, the government in Baringo County, Kenya incorporated indigenous knowledge in a drought scenario building and response-planning workshop. READ MORE