A related initiative on the state level is the State Economic Empowerment Development Strategy ( SEEDS ).

Decaying infrastructure is one of the deficiencies that Nigeria ’ s National Economic Empowerment Development Strategy ( NEEDS ) seeks to address.

* Religious Youth Empowerment, Inc. ( RYE ) is a 501 ( c )( 3 ) nonprofit.

A related, but distinct concept is Black Economic Empowerment.

Employment Equity also forms part of a company's Black Economic Empowerment scorecard: in a relatively complex scoring system, which allows for some flexibility in the manner in which each company meets its legal commitments, each company is required to meet minimum requirements in terms of representation by previously disadvantaged groups.

It is a system of lineages, whereby those who successfully receive an Empowerment ( Tibetan Buddhism ) or sometimes called initiation ( permission to practice ) are seen to share in the mindstream of the realisation of a particular skillful means of the vajra Master.

Michael Robertson is founder of the Robertson Education Empowerment Foundation ( REEF ).

Empowerment as a methodology is often associated with feminism: see consciousness-raising.

Empowerment is one of the main procedural concerns when addressing human rights and development.

In other words, “ Empowerment is not giving people power, people already have plenty of power, in the wealth of their knowledge and motivation, to do their jobs magnificently.

An example this is the Black Economic Empowerment ( BEE ) program in post-Apartheid South Africa.

The first is Structural Empowerment which comes from the Organizational / Management Theory and is described as the ability to get things done and to mobilize resources.

The second is Psychological Empowerment which comes from Social Psychological models and is described as psychological perceptions / attitudes of employees about their work and their organizational roles.

The " Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index " ( WEAI ) is the first measure to directly capture women's empowerment and inclusion levels in the agricultural sector.

Dr. Ghani is also a member of the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, an independent initiative hosted by the UNDP.

Axworthy is currently President of the University of Winnipeg, and is a member of the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, the first global initiative to focus specifically on the link between exclusion, poverty and law.

Born in El Azizia near Tablat about 60 Km in the south of Algiers, Algeria, Brahimi is a member of the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, the first global initiative to focus specifically on the link between exclusion, poverty and law.

Empowerment evaluation is value oriented towards getting program participants involved in bringing about change in the programs they are targeted for.

Empowerment evaluation as a process which is facilitated by a skilled evaluator equips and empowers participants by providing them with a way of critically thinking and reflecting on programs.

Balcerowicz is a member of the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, an independent initiative hosted by the UNDP and the first global initiative to focus specificially on the link between exclusion, poverty and the law.

One definition for the term is " an intentional, ongoing process centered in the local community, involving mutual respect, critical reflection, caring, and group participation, through which people lacking an equal share of resources gain greater access to and control over those resources " ( Cornell Empowerment Group ).

Supporters of the ' Green Empowerment ' campaign for a no vote in the leadership referendum include the then Male Principal Speaker Dr. Derek Wall, Cllr.

Rappaport's ( 1984 ) definition includes: " Empowerment is viewed as a process: the mechanism by which people, organizations, and communities gain mastery over their lives.

Within each of these regions, Birdlife International carries out various global programmes, including: The Global Seabird Programme, The Birdlife Preventing Extinctions Programme, the Flyways Programme, the Climate Change Programme, the Forests of Hope Programme, the Local Empowerment Programme and the Important Bird Areas Programme.

Empowerment of employees in the work place provides them with opportunities to make their own decisions with regards to their tasks.

* Gender Empowerment Measure, indicator used by the United Nations as a measure of inequalities between men's and women's opportunities in a country

The programs in service-learning include Community Advocates for Parents and Students ; Helping Youth through Personal Empowerment ; Academic Mentorship In Giants On-going Success ; the Woodward School ; Keeping the Doors Open ; and Farms to K.

The Rio Grande Valley Empowerment Zone, a 10-year program that ended in 2004, allocated over $ 40 million and attracted over $ 365 million in other funding for small business development, utility infrastructure and educational initiatives in South Texas.

* SOCM, or Statewide Organization for Community Empowerment ( formerly known as Save Our Cumberland Mountains ), a grassroots group trying to ban mountain top removal mining and bring green Jobs to Tennessee, had its offices in Lake City for several years.

Empowerment also includes encouraging, and developing the skills for, self-sufficiency, with a focus on eliminating the future need for charity or welfare in the individuals of the group.

* The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups ( 2011 )

Boundaries of Home: Mapping for Local Empowerment.

* United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ( UN Women )

These organizations include the NY Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, League of Filipino Students in San Francisco State University, Anakbayan ( New York / New Jersey, Los Angeles, San Diego, Honolulu, East Bay and Seattle ), the Critical Filipino / Filipina Studies Collective, Habi Ng Kalinangan, babaeSF ( San Francisco ), Pinay Sa Seattle, and Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment ( FiRE ).

In the run-up to the June 6, 2006, primary elections in his home state, Camejo helped create Green IDEA ( later known as IDEA PAC ), a California political action committee espousing " Independence, Democracy, Empowerment, and Accountability ," to support candidates for county councils, the locally elected leadership bodies of the Green Party of California.

* Urban Partnership for Sustainable Upliftment, Renewal, Governance & Empowerment

The university now sponsors a wide range of student organizations, including BSU, the DePaul Conservative Alliance, DePaul Irish Society, the DePaul Alliance for Latino Empowerment, United Muslims Moving Ahead, Hillel, the Asian Cultural Exchange, the Hellenic-American Student Association and the Activist Student Union.

*" Technology for Local Empowerment ," Third Global Forum on Telecentres Daniel Ben-Horin opening remarks at conference in Santiago, Chile, April 5, 2011

The College also operates several external programs and associated centers such as Male Development and Empowerment Center, Center for Women's Development, Center for Black Literature, and The DuBois Bunche Center for Public Policy.

The area is also home to a significant South African community, composed predominantly of young white immigrants who have left South Africa, for reasons of employment, career experience, money and travel, since finding employment at home became harder ( following the introduction of Black Economic Empowerment ).

Whilst in California, Franks developed the idea of SEED, an acronym for Sustainable Enterprise and Empowerment Dynamics, as a model for using principles of femininity, sustainability and social responsibility in business.