dania wrote:rosdoodoo wrote:dania wrote:IQU wrote:good luck everone ????hope coming week will be more approval issues
hi iqu and everybody just to say that we can only hope hope and only hope for decisions after waiting for 3,4,5,6 years, in this 21st century and living in european union .there is no rules and there is no body here to ask the department of justice what they r doing and why it is taking soooo long to process these applications when in every where in this europe and outside maximum time limit is only six months to process.irish system is unique in the world .we should protest about this.....
Well they have said it in the letter that, a statute limitation period of 26 months is envisage and a more complicated application may take longer than 26 month and if your applications is taken more than 26 month, you the applicant should know why and if you doubt ask the reasons for the delay, unless your common good as been undermined per your character on serious things on day to day basis around us, hope that helps you a bit, otherwise check articles of the European treaties and help yourselves.
my point is that why the hell in this country it is taking so many years to process these applications, r we living in stone age or some third world country???the answer is no no no we r living in 21st century and in europe.it is just an excuse for their ignorance and laziness that more complicated application takes more time, can they explain why in other countries same applications take way less time then here ,now it is the time for us to protest about it and stop suffering in silence,the things will not change here untill we do some thing about it .
I have gotten an article for you and hope it will help your desperation a bit.
Advocating change more 'difficult'
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Deirdre Garvey of The Wheel said NGOs must assert the importance of their values in society. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
Advocating for social and political change was becoming “increasingly difficult” for the voluntary sector, but increasingly important for society, the chief executive of a representative body for the sector has warned.
Deirdre Garvey of The Wheel - an umbrella body for 870 community and voluntary organisations - said NGOs must assert the importance of their values in society and lead a discussion on them, if they were to remain a vital part of it.
Ms Garvey was speaking at a conference today hosted by The Wheel, on the increasing pressure on NGOs to demonstrate their effectiveness - ie their value for money - to funders.
“Most charities know well the importance of their work to society. However many struggle to measure, evaluate and communicate their impact. As a consequence the value of their work us not fully understood and appreciated.”
The voluntary sector had taken a “hugely disproportionate hit” in funding cuts over the past three years, of between 15 and 30 per cent, she said. In this context it was more vital than ever that NGOs proved their worth, and “take charge” of their situation.
“I know people feel they just don’t have the time to do this, that their resources are already stretched to breaking point, but we are just going to have to step back and take the time to do this.”
NGOs needed to identify the outcomes they wanted for their work, how best to achieve them and what was the best model for them.
Asked whether, if social or political change was a desired outcome for an NGO, they would be circumscribed from articulating this given their dependence on State funding, she said: “That kind of advocacy work is going to become increasingly difficult in the next few years.
“Philanthropic organisations like Atlantic Philanthropies are shutting up business in the next three years.
“It underlines the importance for the voluntary sector of not being a victim to these cuts, but of taking charge of the situation and really stepping back to reflect on the kind of society we want to build, and leading that discussion.”
If the sector were to grow stronger it would have to convince wider society of the importance its values - of participative democracy, community empowerment, social justice and equality.
“The lack of shared vision about the kind of society we want inhibits the voluntary sector,” she said.
Fergus O’Ferrall, lecturer in health policy at Trinity College Dublin, said the sector faced a “clear choice”.
“It may continue to be shaped as a product of the current dysfunctional State in Ireland or it may become a creative catalyst for radical change. We must break our resource dependency upon a failed State model of development and become the seedbeds of a new kind of active citizenry.”
The Wheel today published a guide for NGOs, Knowing and showing your outcomes and impacts, to help groups track and measure their work.
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