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Making decisions by consensus -- Facilitating consensus -- Facilitating consensus in large groups -- Facilitating consensus in virtual meetings -- Quick consensus decision making -- Facilitation techniques and activities -- Troubleshooting in your meetings -- Bridging the gap between theory and practice -- Consensus in wider society -- Afterword -- Appendix: Short guide to facilitating workshops -- Glossary

This publication presents a proposal for a model constitution for Kenya. It is the result of two seminars held in 1994 which were attended by members and representatives of the Law Society of Kenya, the Kenya Human Rights Commission and the International Commission of Jurists - Kenya Section. (DÜI-Hff)

Many countries use tax competition tools to stimulate enterprises to improve innovation efficiency. Consequently, in China, does tax competition have an incentive effect on the improvement of enterprise innovation efficiency, and what is the existing mechanism? Considering the characteristics of industrial enterprises engaged in various innovative activities to achieve sustainable competitive advantage and taking the panel data of industrial enterprises in 31 provinces and regions of China from 2011–2018 as the research object, this paper empirically studies the influence of tax competition and its mechanism on the innovation efficiency of industrial enterprises. It is shown that excessive tax competition in China hinders the improvement of the innovation efficiency of industrial enterprises, in which capital flow plays a partially mediating role. Further research shows that after the implementation of an innovation-driven development strategy, the degree of tax competition in China was reduced, which alleviated the adverse impact of excessive tax competition on the innovation efficiency of industrial enterprises, and capital flow also reduced this negative effect. The results reflect the good effect of implementing an innovation-driven development strategy in China, and it also shows that excessive government intervention is not conducive to the effective allocation of market resources. Tax Competition is a double-edged sword; therefore, it is necessary to promote the innovation efficiency of industrial enterprises by combining promising government and an effective market. The conclusions are important for the appropriate shaping of fiscal policy.

The Canadian Mercury Science Assessment is the first comprehensive scientific evaluation and synthesis of mercury (Hg) in the Canadian environment. The assessment is the outcome of a partnership between the Clean Air Regulatory Agenda (CARA) Mercury Science Program, led by Environment Canada, and the Canadian Arctic Northern Contaminants Program (NCP), led by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada. The CARA Mercury Science Program was developed in 2007 to establish the scientific knowledge base to support regulatory decision-making for Hg. The intention of the program was to (1) determine key indicators of the effects of atmospheric emissions of Hg on environmental quality and human health; (2) measure current and past levels of these indicators; and (3) develop the capacity to predict changes in these indicators associated with changes in levels of atmospheric emissions of Hg or in the receiving environment (Morrison, 2011). The geographic focus of the CARA Mercury Science Program was south of the Arctic Circle. The NCP was established in 1991 in response to concerns about human exposure to elevated levels of contaminants, such as Hg, in fish and wildlife species that are important to the traditional diets of northern aboriginal people. Since its beginning, this program has supported significant research on the transport, transformation, and fate of Hg in Canadian Arctic ecosystems (NCP, 2012). The geographic focus of the NCP program is north of the Arctic Circle, and the program is complementary to the CARA Mercury Science Program. Monitoring and research in support of these 2 programs provide the foundation of this assessment, a foundation augmented by science supported by other Environment Canada programs, Health Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, provincial and territorial governments, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, International Polar Year, and industry.

Climate Change and Adaptation transcends many policy areas and is an evolving discipline. The Report presented by the Climate Change Committee on Adaptation (CCCA) must be seen as an initial step that complements the work of the Department of Physics within the University of Malta (UoM) with regards to the Second National Communication of Malta to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Report presented by the Committee should serve as the basis of a mature, apolitical, national discussion on the potential impact of climate change adaptation on Malta. The arising discussion should be supported by an ongoing communication process that is directed to inform, educate, and instill awareness amongst the population at large on this important policy domain. The Report is not exhaustive. The breadth and depth of climate change and adaptation limits the extent to which all arising issues are explored and studied, and for which solutions are presented. The Government, knowledge institutions, non government organisations, and think thanks should use the Report as a spring board from which they extend further knowledge of the impact of climate change adaptation on Malta by expanding on policy matters presented in the Report as well as to fill in lacunae on policy matters not addressed by the Report. The Committee has neither prioritized nor costed the recommendations it puts forward. This is a conscious decision taken by the Committee. The Committee is aware that there will be those who will criticise it on this matter. Be that as it may, the Committee is of the considered opinion that a prioritisation and costing exercise should only be carried out following a comprehensive public discussion were the policy proposals presented are debated, new policy proposals put forward by the public, non governmental organisations, et al, and specific, as well as generic, reactions to the Report listened to, examined, and reviewed. The Committee has also not presented recommendations with regards to where the loci of responsibility for climate change and adaptation should rest and the resource capacity required should rest to take forward and implement the final recommendations following the discussion process. This is again a conscious decision taken by the Committee. Once again, the Committee is aware that there will be those who will criticise it on this matter. Be that as it may, this Report must not be seen in isolation from the National Strategy for Policy and Abatement Measures Relating to the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions approved by the House of Representatives in September 2009. The Committee underlines that the National Strategy for Policy and Abatement Measures Relating to the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions had proposed the setting up of a Climate Change Division within the Malta Resources Authority which will 'own and co-ordinate Climate Change adaptation and mitigation policy at both a national and international level'. ; peer-reviewed