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2013 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
14. The Contribution of Civil Society
verfasst von : Lorenzo Mattarolo, Claudio Di Benedetto
Erschienen in: Renewable Energy for Unleashing Sustainable Development
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Abstract
Ranging from single individual to institution and groups, civil society encompasses all structures that have the goal of advancing a common purpose through ideas, actions, and demands on governments [1]. Civil society also includes non-governmental organizations (NGOs). NGOs do not include profit-making activity and are not created by intergovernmental decision [2]. NGOs are defined according to different terminology: UN has depicted them as “non-profit citizens’ voluntary entities organized nationally or internationally” [3]. NGOs have been involved in the UN since its inception and their rate of involvement has grown exponentially since then. The role of civil society, in particular NGOs, the main focus of this chapter. has been explicitly recognized from Agenda 21, the sustainable development blueprint adopted at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit [4]. In the action plan, Agenda 21 presents and discusses the key role of NGOs in supporting sustainable and responsible development and contributing to policy and decision making.