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Private Voluntary Organization

Also called a PVO. A charity or other organization that provides international assistance and is eligible for financial support from USAID. Organizations must register as PVOs to apply for this support, and ordinarily must provide audited financial statements and the like.

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The process requires consistent interagency coordination, reliable collaboration with non-governmental organizations, dependable private contractor relationships, and solid recipient nation cooperation as well as often providing updates to concerned members of Congress.

Humanitarian Transportation Programs or How Little Programs Can Produce Big Peace Dividends

non-governmental organizations that are working peacefully and transparently to support civil society in Egypt," McCain said in a statement.

John McCain calls on Egypt to end 'harassment' of NGO employees

Whenever there were elections in Macedonia, a bloc of non-governmental organizations was formed conducting a campaign encouraging citizens to go to the polls.

Turnout crucial for opposition

Arab Forum for Environment and Development "AFED" concluded today its 3rd annual conference which was held here with the participation of 500 delegates from 52 countries, representing companies, non-governmental organizations, research institutions, academics, media, ministers and representatives of intergovernmental organizations as well as international observers.

AFED Concludes its Conference in Lebanon

The Non-Governmental Organizations Council was established in 2000 in Kurdistan and contains 130 organizations from Arbil, Sulaimaniya, Duhuk, Ninewa and Kirkuk.

PRT holds meeting in Kurdistan

Musahama offers the ideal online interface for UAE's non-governmental organizations, potential partners, and prospective volunteers

du engages with UAE-based NGOs, organizing workshops on the Musahama web portal

It will also examine how the international community uses and adapts international law to deal with new and emerging challenges, and how non-state actors, including intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, individuals and transnational corporations, impact contemporary international law.

Brill Academic Publishers launches "International Community Law Review"

The United States Department of Defense and its armed services annually conduct education and training programs for the international military community, as well as for civilian officials within foreign governments and non-governmental organizations.

Military education and training

Especially recommended reading for government employees, non-governmental organizations, students of public policy and applied economics, and any individual with a direct personal or professional interest in global development issues.

Global Crises, Global Solutions

Work in government or affiliated non-governmental organizations involves a wide variety of scope and geographic options--from your county health department and state Medicaid program to the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the World Health Organization.

The people's business: management careers in the public sector

Those from the faith-based organizations were among an estimated 15,000 official delegates, including scientists, world leaders, people living with HIV and AIDS and non-governmental organizations attending the conference.

AIDS conference attracts faith groups

More than 40 free-market non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and stakeholders in civil society from around the world in July signed an Open Letter to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) supporting FAO's new report in favor of using agricultural biotechnology to help meet the needs of the poor and undernourished.