CEESP Sharing Power - Proud Hosts of the CEESP Sharing Power Conference

Proud Hosts of the CEESP Sharing Power Conference

This Conference has been made possible through the generous support of the following:

CEESP

CEESP, the IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy, is an inter-disciplinary network of professionals whose mission is to act as a source of advice on the environmental, economic, social and cultural factors that affect natural resources and biological diversity and to provide guidance and support towards effective policies and practices in environmental conservation and sustainable development.

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IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. It supports scientific research, manages field projects all over the world and brings governments, non-government organizations, United Nations agencies, companies and local communities together to develop and implement policy, laws and best practice.

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Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa

Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa is an iwi (tribal) authority representing around 15,000 descendants of Ngāti Awa. The rohe (tribal area) of Ngāti Awa is located in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Rūnanga has responsibility for progressing the economic, cultural, social, political and environmental interests of Ngāti Awa. The Rūnanga was established in its current form in 2005 at the completion of the Ngāti Awa Treaty settlement with the Crown which settled long standing grievances arising out of the land confiscations during the 1800s.

The Ngāti Awa Vision

Ngāti Awa te toki te tangatanga i te rā, te ngohengohe i te wai.
Ngāti Awa the adze whose bindings will not be loosened in the sun or be softened by the rain.

This whakatauki (proverb) likens Ngāti Awa to the adze. The iwi has taken this saying as the theme for its Vision 2050. The aspirations within the Vision have been compiled from the thoughts of Ngāti Awa rangatahi (youth), pakeke (adults) and kaumätua (elderly). The Vision provides the guidance for the Rūnanga and all Ngāti Awa for the next generation.

Visit Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa website

Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi was opened in 1992 and officially became a wānanga in 1997. Awanuiārangi is one of only three institutions designated as wānanga under the Education Act 1989.

The name Awanuiārangi is linked to the whakapapa (genealogy) of the Mataatua canoe, which landed at Whakatāne. Many tribal groups claim descent from the Mataatua canoe and the ancestor Awanuiārangi. Among them are Te Whanau-ā-Apanui, Whakatōhea, Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti Whare.

Although Awanuiārangi has strong links to the people of Mataatua, its doors of learning have always been open to all iwi and all New Zealanders.

Awanuiārangi also recognises that our aspirations are linked to and expressed by other indigenous people throughout the world. We acknowledge a common experience for tangata whenua and indigenous people everywhere.

Since it's inception, Awanuiārangi has always been mindful of its mission -

"Rukuhia te mātauranga ki tōna hōhonutanga me tōna whānuitanga"

"To pursue knowledge to its greatest depths and broadest horizons"

Visit Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi website

Victoria University

Victoria Management School, Maori Business The Victoria Management School is part of the Faculty of Commerce & Administration at Victoria University of Wellington, a state-funded university based in the capital city of New Zealand. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in NZ and is renowned for its teaching and research. It has established an international reputation for the high quality of its graduates and research, and has a proud tradition of academic excellence.

The School offers courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels across these areas. The Maori Business programme offers students the opportunity to graduate with a Maori Business major or Honours and offers the following Courses:

Management of Māori Resources
Māori Authorities
Māori Small Business
Treaty of Waitangi Settlement Process
Advanced Management of Māori Resources as well as two post-Graduate Papers

Maori Entrepreneurship, and
Maori & Indigenous Cultural & Intellectual Property Issues

Visit Victoria University of Wellington website.

Lottery Community

This committee makes grants to encourage or enable community self-reliance, capacity building and stability, or opportunities for social, civil or cultural participation and reducing or overcoming barriers to such participation. Grants are made to create benefits for New Zealand communities. Lottery Community consists of 11 regional committees and one national committee. Funding is available for projects, activities, resources or services that have a community/social service focus, for example developmental or preventative projects, welfare and support services, or projects that help improve the wellbeing of people in the community.

Visit Department of Internal Affairs website.

The J R McKenzie Trust is a philanthropic organisation that has been in Aotearoa New Zealand for almost 70 years.

The focus of the Trust is on building and supporting strong, inclusive and socially just communities. We support organisations to reduce inequality and social exclusion through long-term funding partnerships. Our focus is on social, health and developmental needs, especially within our two key areas of attention: disadvantaged children and their families, and Māori development.

Visit JR McKenzie Trust website.

nga_pae

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga is one of eight Centres of Research Excellence (CoRE) funded by the New Zealand Government. Our task is to conduct excellent research which addresses needs and seizes upon opportunities arising in Māori communities. Our vision is that the potential of Māori communities to contribute to New Zealand and the world is achieved. We do this by convening excellent multi-disciplinary research teams located throughout a network of research providers.

Visit Nga Pae o te Maramatanga website.

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Ecological Society of the Philippines. The Society was founded in 1979 under its original name, UESP (Underwater Ecological Society of the Philippines), it was duly registered with the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The name was amended and changed to the Ecological Society of the Philippines (ESP) in October 1983. It is a non-stock, non-profit, non-governmental organization.

ESP was formed to provide a formal institutional organization that would cooperate and collaborate with both private and public sectors of Philippine Society; for the institution, sponsorship, assistance and financing of action programs, studies, and research pertaining to the conservation, enchantment, and protection for mankind of nature in all its forms, and the natural environment, including fauna, flora, landscape, water, soil, forest, and other natural resources.

Visit Ecological Society of the Philippines website.

The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) is a global coalition working to advance forest tenure, policy and market reforms, primarily in developing countries. Our mission is to promote pro-poor reforms that will increase household and community ownership, control and benefits from forests and trees.

Visit the Rights and Resources Initiative website.

Visit Linden Leaves website.