Legal Framework for the Police Commissions: Current State and Prospects for Development by I. O. Sviatokum

“…They include representatives from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, National Police as well as representatives of the civil society, appointed on the by the oblast councils on the local and by the Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Ombudsperson on the countrywide level. …”
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International Organizations: the Main Factors of Emergence and Development by L. S. Voronkov

“…Given the involvement of the overwhelming majority of modern sovereign states and tens of thousands of civil society organizations in activity of numerical IIGOs and INGOs, none of the existing centers of world power can afford to trample down and to subordinate activities of all these international organizations. …”
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Governance Interactions Concerning Peri-Urban Lake Ecosystems: A Systematic Literature Review by Akshay Anand, Yijian Zeng, Diana Reckien, Karin Pfeffer

“…This is particularly important in the context of peri-urban lake ecosystems, where conflicting goals between governance actors (state to civil society) often result in socio-ecological transformations of lakes. …”
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Practice of Administrative and Jurisdictional Activity of Community Police Officers – Integral Part of the Principles for the Formation of Local and State Security Policy by M. V. Kalashnyk

“…The author has outlined the perspectives for more effective involvement of local residents into formation of local and state security policy through new mechanisms of cooperation with local communities and civil society institutions developed by the practice of police officers of territorial communities; the author has provided a number of propositions for the development of regulatory legal documents that would regulate the activities of community police officers. …”
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Re-Thinking Pan-Africanism and African Integration by Keith Gottschalk

“…Pan-Africanism began as a gift of the diaspora to the African continent. These civil society initiatives in the diaspora culminated in an elaborate permanent, continental, state-centric institutionalisation, starting six decades ago with the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963. …”
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Evolution of US public diplomacy: Domestic political determinants, priorities and new challenges by P. А. Sharikov

“…This may allow for a better understanding of the possibilities and limits of the US public diplomacy tools based on the institutions of a developed civil society.…”
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The National Police in the system of administrative delinquency prevention subjects by O. M. Muzychuk

“…Measurement and analysis of this indicator are rather complex processes, as they are carried out not only within the framework of police activities, but are also largely related to the functioning of civil society institutions, educative, cultural, scientific and educational institutions and organisations, including international ones, which focus their activities on solving urgent problems that constitute the social basis of administrative delinquency. …”
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The COVID-19 Pandemic in the Social Teaching of the Roman Catholic Church by H. T. Sardaryan

“…Arguments about the gradual decline of the role of the state in the organization of the management of socio-economic processes against the background of the strengthening of civil society institutions also lost their significance, as only the state was able to organize a centralized mobilization of resources to counter the mass threat to public health. …”
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Russian University Students’ Volunteering within the Framework of Sustainable Development Goals and Values by O. V. Zinevich, E. A. Melekhina

“…The need to facilitate volunteering development in universities accomplishing the mission of social and economic development of society in partnership with businesses and civil society institutions is underestimated both in research and in practice. …”
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CHALLENGES OF LOCALIZATION OF THE POLICY FRAMEWORK AND NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR PREVENTING VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA by BEJI GOWAL BEKUMA, JOHN UKAWUILULU

“…The paper recommended that: effective national coordination is urgently needed to localize the policy at the grassroots. While, different civil society organizations should not work at cross-purposes but be coordinated in their activities toward preventing violent extremism in Plateau State. …”
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Presença ausente e ausência presente do Estado na produção do espaço para o turismo no Vale do Ribeira paulista by Carolina Todesco

“…When considering public policies for regional development directed to the Valley, from 60s to the early 80s, there is a centralized and inefficient state action without the involvement of civil society in the production process of its policies. …”
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Digital state in the context of legal reform in Ukraine: theoretical and legal aspect by E. Najafli

“…It is indicated that the transition from an extensive paradigm of a digital state formation to an intensive one should be recognized as an urgent need today, which would provide for an inclusive model of the formation of a digital state due to the real inclusion (involvement) of civil society institutions in solving state affairs, stimulating civil initiative and making it impossible to adopt key legal acts without prior extensive public consultation, which should be given not optional but mandatory character.…”
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Les Kurdes de Syrie, de la “dissimulation” à la “visibilité” ? by Jordi Tejel Gorgas

“…Un passage qui pourrait se réaliser sous le signe de la radicalisation, voire de la violence.Since the creation of the Syrian state, diverse segments of Kurdish society have been integrated into political and civil society. If, however, during the first half of the 20th century this integration did not present major problems – Kurdish identity was not threatened – with the accession to power of the Ba’th Party, Kurdish integration proved more complex. …”
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A Watershed Approach to Co-Creating Just Sustainabilities: Reflections from the Lake Superior Living Labs Network by Charles Z. Levkoe, Nairne Cameron, Lindsay P. Galway, Rachel L. W. Portinga, Randy Hanson, Kathryn Milun, Erika Vye

“…Across the Global North, post-secondary institutions, civil society organizations, and communities are partnering to establish living labs by integrating research, teaching, and community engagement to advance regenerative social-ecological systems. …”
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The European Union’s Assistance to Morocco (1999–2011): Strategic Directions, Priority Areas, and Main Outcomes by O. S. Kulkova

“…The author examines aid delivery mechanisms, distribution of aid through the Government and to civil society institutions in Morocco, as well as terms of such assistance. …”
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Directions of harmonization of the main principles of domestic administrative and legal science with European integration requirements by O. Yu. Kyrychenko

“…The above-mentioned approaches are aimed at demonstrating to the world community the steady rise of Ukraine as a legal, democratic state, ensuring effective cooperation of state institutions and civil society, guaranteeing commitment to the principles of the rule of law, as well as maintaining the proper level of functioning of the law enforcement mechanism of our country.…”
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Health promotion and tobacco control: a transatlantic perspective between Brazil and Portugal by Francisco Lucas de Lima Fontes, Ermelinda do Carmo Valente Caldeira

“…The articulation of public policies that involve multiple sectors and civil society has proved fundamental in dealing with this problem. …”
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AUTHORITARIANISM IN THE CENTRAL ASIA (AS EXEMPLIFIED BY KAZAKHSTAN) by V. V. Evseev

“…Among the main reasons of authoritarianism, established in Central Asia, the author emphasizes on the maintenance of tribal (clan) society structure, strengthening of conservatism and influence on the part of Islam, weak civil society institutions and the formation of local elite based on old party nomenclature. …”
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Legal status of public control entities over the activities of the National Police in Ukraine by V. A. Doroshenko

“…The importance of public control over the activities of law enforcement agencies in terms of building a democratic state with an active civil society is emphasised. Public control is an instrument of public assessment of the implementation of public tasks by law enforcement agencies. …”
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