NGO Forum

Mining Weekly published an article titled, “Canadian federal agency rejects NGO complaint regarding KSM project permitting process.” The article reads as follows;

“A Canadian federal agency has rejected a request for review (RfR) by nongovernmental organisation (NGO) the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (SEACC) of the permitting process regarding Seabridge Gold’s Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell (KSM) project, in British Columbia.

The Canadian National Contact Point (NCP) – an interdepartmental committee chaired by the Canadian Foreign Affairs Department and promoting adherence to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD’s) non-binding Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises – concluded that a complaint it received in December 2016 regarding aspects of its environmentalassessment review process did not merit further examination and its file has now been closed after only the initial assessment level of review.

Genetic Literacy Project published an article titled, “Innovation meets precaution: NGO delay tactics hinder gene-editing revolution in Europe.” The article reads as follows;

“Does today’s fear of potential risks caused by GMO makes us unable to carry out necessary actions for a better life, because we get misdirected ending up as cowards? … In these days, human society faces new social, economic and ethical challenges due to the substantial progress made in modern biotechnology. Increasing technical efficacy and decreasing costs revolutionizes the tools that science-driven economies will apply to change the availability of genomes as major biological resource.

Zambian Watchdog published an article titled, “Zambian NGOs steal Millions of US Dollars from UK’s DFID.” The article reads in part as follows;

“The Department for International Development (DFID) a United Kingdom government department responsible for administering overseas aid in Zambia has reported three Non-governmentalOrganisations (NGOs) to the Zambia Police and to the Drug Enforcement Commission-Anti-money laundering Unit.

This follows a forensic audit into funds given to the Zambia Accountability Project(ZAP) for monitoring the disputed 2016 General Election.

Following the forensic audit Report; project manager, Abdon Yezi has been suspended.

New Vision published an article titled, “If NGOs become local-based, aid will be more efficient.” The article reads in part as follows;