LIST OF APPROVED NGOs |S/N |Name |Address |Tel/Fax No |Date of Registration |Registration Number |Contact Person |Field of Activities | | |Action Familiale |Royal Road |Tel: 464 3512 |1964 |Ordinance 1964 |President: Mr J. Sauvages |Promote natural family planning among|
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MAURITIUS NATIONAL PROGRESS REPORT OF THE SPECIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON CHILDREN – “A WORLD FIT FOR CHILDREN” MINISTRY OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS‚ CHILD DEVELOPMENT‚ FAMILY WELFARE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION December 2006 1 National Progress Report of the Special Session of the General Assembly on Children – “A World Fit for Children” INTRODUCTION Since 1991 the Ministry of Women’s Rights‚ Child Development‚ Family Welfare and Consumer Protection is mandated to cater for children
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Sustainable Mauritius Brundtland report (1987) has defined the term sustainable development as the development that meets the needs for the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs Sustainable development and planning is structured essentially around 3 elements: economic growth‚ social development and environmental protection. While development is associated with social development‚ it is also associated with environmental disasters if the development
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What is AIDS? AIDS‚ which stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome‚ is a human disease caused by HIV‚ the human immunodeficiency virus. In this disease‚ the immune system gradually becomes less effective‚ which leads to more and more opportunistic infections and tumors. It is transmitted when a bodily fluid‚ for example blood‚ semen‚ or breast milk‚ of an infected individual comes into direct contact with a mucous membrane or blood stream of another individual. Although most commonly thought
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The Banking Sector in Mauritius The banking sector comprised 20 banks licensed to carry on banking business in Mauritius as at end-June 2011.Of these‚ eight were domestically-owned banks‚ seven were subsidiaries of foreign banks and five were branches of international banks. Reflecting efforts undertaken by the Bank to develop the range of services offered by banks in Mauritius‚ a new entrant joined the banking industry in March 2011 as the first bank licensed to conduct Islamic banking business
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The law and legal system of Mauritius are an unusual hybrid and a remarkable instance of comparative law in action. As a consequence of its history‚ as an overseas possession of France from 1715 to 1810 and as a British colony from 1814 until it achieved independence within the Commonwealth in 1968‚ its law and legal system reflect the legal traditions of both its former colonial rulers. In general terms‚ Mauritian private law is based on the French Code Civil while public law and commercial law
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1. Cultural Tourism in Mauritius Tourism comprises of activities of persons travelling and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than 1 consecutive year‚ for leisure business and other purposes (WTO‚ 1991). Mauritius is one of the islands which make up the Mascareignes Islands group. Tourism is a major factor in keeping the economy of this country as high as it is. Before people started visiting this beautiful part of the world they solely relied
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A Report and Proposition of Strategies to Enhance Growth of the ICT Sector Through FDI in Mauritius Syed Farhan Ahmed[1]‚ Shaun J Rodrigues[2] and Harrish C Bheemul[3] Abstract Mauritius has progressed significantly from a low-income to a middle-income diversified economy with growing industrial‚ financial and tourist sectors. However‚ one of the most significant contributors to Mauritius booming economy is the development of the services sector and the focus of Foreign Direct Investment
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Economic Sciences and Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul‚ winner of the 2001 the Nobel Prize for Literature but one verdict: “Mauritius post-independence in 1968 had little hope and awaited a bleak future.” History or rather Mauritius‚ proved the dire prognostications famously wrong. Indeed‚ we had it on the highest possible authority which stated that Mauritius was a strong candidate for failure because of being a very typical African economy – * monocrop; * prone to terms
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MAURITIUS TRANSPORT CONSENSUS FORUMS – BRIEFING TO THE HON. MEMBERS OF THE CABINET GOVERNMENT OF MAURITIUS by Jonathan Richmond Transport Adviser to the Government of Mauritius 28 September 2006 INTRODUCTION This briefing document reports on a process to achieve consensus among twenty major stakeholders on transport policies and actions needed for Mauritius. Following forums held on 14 and 21 September‚ nineteen out of twenty participants reached agreement on a set of proposals and signed a
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