Translation of "Auf dorfebene" in English

The promotion of village elections and village governance is a very positive development.

On 18 December 1991 the budgetary authority of the Community agreed a budget for 1992.

Village organisations, women's groups, micro-credit entities and agricultural co-operatives are important components as well.

The village-based, participatory approaches call for frank dialogue and effective decision making and conflict resolution mechanisms.

Another problem is that no clear distinction is made between the requirements in terms of policy development and investments, on the one hand at village level and on the other hand in the modern sector.

Moreover, efforts at village level, where the majority of the poor live, must be clearly prioritised. It is there that the need for resources in terms of aid is at its greatest.

Until that time, village level democracy will continue to inform and educate individual rural Chinese on the fundamental aspects of participatory government.

Many programs, such as those in the Millennium Villages project, already show that a scaling up of primary health systems at the village level can play a decisive role in reducing child and maternal mortality.

In 1987, the Chinese government quietly launched a program of self-governance at the village level.

Grassroots democracy may at present be limited to the village level, but the Chinese people have tasted democracy and self-governance for the first time and like it.

He expressed in particular his hope that the "gacaca" system, a traditional court system on village level, will help to bring reconciliation to the country.

It will also aim to enhance the development of village self-government, raise the level of democratic elections and increase the transparency and accountability of elected representatives.

Therefore, these communities do not really have the ability to enforce rules at the village level and exclude outsiders such as oil palm plantations, logging companies, residents of other villages, migrants, small-scale loggers or transmigrants.

Three panels followed by open discussions formed the basis of the seminar, focusing first on current policies and measures, secondly on gaps in existing provision and thirdly on proposals for action.

Informal groupings at village level generated several renewal projects, which not only improved the quality of life, but more importantly resulted in local people working together.

The trained nutritionists have been able to give further training to a total of 280 Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) so far at village level.

Basic education: DVV International, in cooperation with the NGO Non-Timber Forrest Products has launched basic education measures for children and adults at the village level in the province of Ratanakiri.

Furthermore, DVV International supports Welthungerhilfe in carrying out literacy courses for children and adults in villages in the province of Ratanakiri.

Third, entrepreneurship needs to take stronger roots where it is most needed — at the village level, where the greatest income-generating opportunities exist.

Since 2003, a system has been in place for each community and village to elect a chief and a local council who are then responsible for local development.

It runs training programmes on leadership at the village level, empowering local women leaders and offering skills training to youth

Some 3,900 village-based organisations have been created, dealing with a range of issues from women's initiatives, to water usage, to savings and credit.

The range and quality of banking services for self-help groups has been improved though the development of demand-oriented products and the employment of their members as banking agents at village level.

Rural electrification in India is determined at the village level if a functioning distribution network is present, electricity is available in public places and at least 10% of households are connected.

Indeed, the only elections in China in which truly independent voters choose candidates occur at the village committee level, but this democratic mummery is staged mainly for the benefit of outside observers.

Perhaps it’s too messy for the People’s Prince at this point. About 20 young people arrive, girls and boys. In their teens and early 20s. Chandu explains that this is the village-level militia, the lowest rung of the Maoists’ military hierarchy.

We have already collected hundreds of archival files from a commune in Linyi to analyze how conflicts at the village level between rural cadres and mass organizations developed.We hope that the project will contribute to understand ing the nature of factionalism during the Cultural Revolution.