A growing number of countries have introduced a form of marriage or civil partnership registration for same sex couples. Marriage confers health benefits on heterosexual men and women and similar benefits could arise from same sex civil unions. The authors argue that legal and social recognition of same sex relationships may reduce discrimination, increase the stability of same sex relationship...

The UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development was an essential partner to the evaluation leaders in harnessing the contribution and expertise of civil society. This article describes what the partnership entailed, the additional value it brought and how civil society might use the evaluation findings both as a tool for advocacy and a means for improving its own engagement with the ind...

......There is no formula for a successful relationship, but a partnership of convenience negotiated by others tends not to work very well for either participant. I know of such a relationship, and nobody calls it quits. The relationship renews itself again and again. This arrangement does not involve any civil ceremony, wedding, or ring. I am talking about the marriage between business and aca...

“A partnership approach to development is one of the keystones of Ireland Aid. Partnership will only work effectively however if the partner country is governed well. Good governance and the building of capacity to achieve good governance will become and increasingly important element in our aid programme. Without good governance, the rule of law, respect for human rights, and democracy, no amo...

Table of contentsSection 1: Introduction1.1 Civil-military co-operation1.2 Objective, problem definition and research questions1.3 Developing the process-based partnership model1.4 Applying the process-based partnership model in practice1.5 Structure of the reportSection 2: Background caseSection 3: Case study designSection 4: Decision to cooperate4.1...

EASTERN PARTNERSHIP AS A PLACE OF CIVIL SOCIETY FORMATION – PLAN FOR THE NEXT EU ENLARGEMENT? The article is an attempt to look at the enlargement policy from angle of Eastern Partnership as a place civil society formation. aim present main motives next east. research was based on qualitative methodology with use institutional, legal and comparative analysis. material covered original acts pres...

Within neoliberal approaches to the study of International Relations there is a consensus that nongovernmental actors and their potential impact need to be studied more. This article examines how Estonian civil society organisations are acting as agents in the general Europeanisation processes. The framework within which they operate, the European Neighbourhood Policy and the EU-Russia Strategi...