The main purpose of this report is to give an account of the most appropriate roles and arrangements that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can assume in the newly created, UN-administered, Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). In order to do that, extensive literature …

In this dissertation, the changes introduced by the Lisbon Treaty to Common Foreign Security Policy (CFSP) in order to address and improve the coherence of the EU's external action are examined. In order to understand the coherence problem that existed in the EU's external action before the Lisbon Treaty …

Tijdens muziektherapie kiezen veel jongeren tussen 12-18 jaar er graag voor om te zingen of te rappen. Het komt regelmatig voor dat zij hierbij andersoortig stemgebruik hanteren dan hun eigen, natuurlijke stem. Met name wanneer ze sociaal-emotionele problemen hebben of een psychiatrische stoornis. Om …

The present research investigates the perfect way to present a horse on a photo in order to sell it. Two studies were conducted in order to define the aspects of a good sales photo, to investigate where people look at in a photo and finally to define what potential customers consider attractive. For …

By desk research and interviews it was found that the issues that make a specie commercially interesting are properties and availability as primary issues. Secondary are demand and price which may vary. Experience from the past had different amounts of success and on average it is found that acceptance …

This graduation paper is an evaluation of the chain of biomass at Staatsbosbeheer. The goal is to get a grasp on all its variables. So that decisions now made out of experience could be found to indeed be the right ones. By naming all the variables and trying to link them to each other, a better insight …

Within the Netherlands gay emancipation is almost fully legalised. In April 2001, Article 1:30 of the Dutch Civil Code regarding the legalisation of same-sex marriages entered into force. Moreover, according to Article 1:227 of the Dutch Civil Code gay couples have the right to adopt children. In theory …

Being a successful company, especially one small in size, is no longer all about having the best product. Twenty-first century business is more about marketing and communication than it has ever been. The internet has revolutionized the way we think, do business and live. No wonder most companies who …

It has been almost fifteen years since the brutal conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) started, and has been causing tremendous suffering for the Congolese civilians ever since; leaving millions of people dead, and causing another hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes, while …

Rational exportations warrant a multitude of sophisticated homework done in advance in an enterprise's homeland as prerequisite before the conscientious companies could embark on their discrepant exportation efforts. This report expounded hereinafter aims to furnish the author's internship assignment …