The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) last week convened a meeting of more than a dozen civic organisations that agreed to advocate on immediate environmental priorities.
According to a press release from the GHRA, the meeting, which was convened last Saturday, was a response to concerns that governance arrangements in Guyana, particularly civic involvement in policymaking, are weak and overly dependent on listless statutory bodies, as well as the stated intention of the new government to address governance matters.
The GHRA said the meeting identified two major areas in which quality civic involvement is critical:
