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General Capacity Building

Capacity building - Both government agencies and civil society need particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to facilitate public access to information, participation, and justice. Five indicators were used to measure particular aspects of capacity building that are not assessed as part of the case studies.

Recommendations:

o Access rights should be made an integral part of the Civics, Social and Political Education (CSPE) curriculum. Teachers should be provided with the necessary training for effective curriculum delivery..

o More training opportunities and incentives should be put in place for teachers of environmental education.

o 'Establishing a Modern Statutory Framework for Charities' (DCRGA,2003), should be transformed into a legal instrument.

o Licensing decisions made by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland should provide detailed information especially when licenses are denied.

o Free legal aid should be provided for groups and individuals acting in the public interest in both judicial and administrative tribunals involved in environmental issues.

o The earnings threshold for access to legal aid in public interest cases should be raised to the index-linked level of the average industrial wage.