| Posted: April 27 2005,18:23 |
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PROGRESS: Has your organization seen
progress toward a culture of peace and nonviolence in your domain of
action and in your constituency during the first half of the Decade? |
Yes :
* Supporting several environmental societies
* Implementation of various environmental projects
* Winning important court cases to protect the environment
* Responding to most environmental complaints
Measures of success:
* Public involvement
* Involvement of executive officials and decision makers
* Improvement of capabilities and organizational structure
* Public environmental awareness as well as awareness of legal obligations to environment.
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OBSTACLES: What are the most important obstacles that have prevented progress?
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Major obstacles :
* Failure to execute the court's decisions in some of the cases which the Association has won.
* Lack of awareness of legal obligations to the environment of some individuals and executive officials.
* Personal interests overlap and sometimes have the upper hand over public welfare.
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ACTIONS: What actions have been
undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence during the first half of the Decade?
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Action areas :
* Protection, maintenance and development of natural and urban environment
* Appealing and winning support.
* Promotion of environmental education and raising awareness on legal obligations to environment.
* Support and empowerment of environmental civil societies.
Most important activities :
* Control of industrial pollution in the western part of Alexandria.
* Protecting sea turtles against extinction off Alexandria's Mediterranean shores.
* The ‘environment parliament’ where Association members and citizens meet with local and executive officials
* Environmental education in schools
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Preservation of the archaeological and architectural heritage of
Alexandria, Rashid and Siwa; and establishment of a heritage
preservation forum.
* The legal support project in cooperation with the Egyptian centre for the support of civil societies.
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Establishing a club for young vanguards of environment protection to
educate and raise awareness of youth on environmental issues.
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Materialization of the youth club activities, participation in
international conferences and launching campaigns to clean the
Mediterranean coasts
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ADVICE: What advice would you like to
give to the Secretary-General and the General Assembly to promote a
culture of peace and nonviolence during the second half of the Decade? |
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PARTNERSHIPS: What partnerships and
networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the
global movement for a culture of peace? |
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PLANS: What new engagements are
planned by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence in the second half of the Decade (2005-2010)? |
* Promoting awareness among the public on their environmental rights.
* Involvement of the public, executive officials and decision makers in solving environmental problems.
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Establishing a centre in the Association to promote volunteering
culture, and compile a database for the volunteers and the bodies
interested to recruit them.
* Promoting awareness of legal obligations to the environment and means of resorting to court arbitration whenever needed.
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Postal address of organization
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E-mail address of organization
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fea@link.net
info@feaalex.org
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Website address of organization
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www.feaalex.org
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Highest priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Sustainable development
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Second priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Highest priority country of action (or international)
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National level in Egypt
- villages and cities in the governorates of Alexandria, Beheira and Matrouh
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Second priority country of action (or international)
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