Sentence examples for civil society programs from inspiring English sources

Perhaps those civil society programs proved too successful — and too threatening to Mr. Putin — for their own survival.

Yet, in Tunisia, external investments in civil society — programs launched by the United States, European governments, and independent foundations, which were peaceful, gradual, and unrelated to war or invasion — bore fruit.

As Mr. Khodorkovsky sits in prison awaiting trial, Open Russia and Yukos civil society programs continue functioning, although the organization has complained that the tax authorities are harassing its beneficiaries.

MOSCOW — Russia has ordered the United States to end its financial support for a wide range of pro-democracy, public health and other civil society programs here, in an aggressive step by the Kremlin to halt what it views as American meddling in its internal affairs.

The effort is the idea of David Bonbright, the director for civil society programs at the Aga Khan Foundation, the nondenominational international development agency, and Simon Zadek, the chief executive of AccountAbility, a pioneer promoter of standards for businesses to report on corporate social responsibility.

"The administration chose not to follow through on that for a variety of reasons, cutting the support for civil society programs in half, etc.

"Be prepared for the fact it will be messy," said Dr. Bush, who heads the Islam and civil society program at the Asia Foundation.

At the time of his imprisonment, Gross was a subcontractor for DAI's civil society program in Cuba, funded by the United States Agency of International Development.

The back story is that the American government has been funding many projects in Egypt, some civil-society programs, some direct aid for projects like water, sanitation, and health.

Our companies all have already invested in existing programs to support civil society, but programs like the Civil Society Empowerment Programme highlight the potential benefits of greater collaboration.

One can argue that current civil society development programs provide local CSO with the skills necessary to ensure their longevity well beyond the time when international funds end.