Sentences with phrase «national policy measures»

The UK Government and the devolved administrations published the Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on 17 July 2007 - setting out a way forward for work and planning on air quality issues and the air quality standards and objectives to be achieved; introducing new policy framework for tackling fine particles and identifying potential new national policy measures which modelling indicates could give further health benefits and move closer towards meeting the Strategy's objectives.

Not exact matches

Gold bugs like Sprott have long warned about the impact of inflation, central bank policy measures and government spending on the value of fiat national currencies.

The walkout, «Stand for the Second,» is a response to the March 14 National School Walkout that called for gun control policy measures while honoring the one - month anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

On trade policy, he wanted tougher measures against China but faced opposition from National Economic Council director Gary Cohn, the former Goldman Sachs COO.

More substantively, while on national security measures the United States and Israel have a complicated relationship that would make cross-pollination hard to imagine — don't expect to see a former Mossad chief to be in the running to head the CIA — economic policy really is different.

Although interpretation of earnings data remains difficult, due to methodological differences in the construction of the various measures (for details see Box A, Statement on Monetary Policy, February 2002), the rebound is evident in both national accounts and financial reporting - based estimates.

Nevertheless, I am convinced that rather than continue to assume that growth, as measured by Gross National Product is an appropriate goal of national and international policy, we must examine how it relates to economic welfare, and that requires that we dare to make judgments about what constitutes National Product is an appropriate goal of national and international policy, we must examine how it relates to economic welfare, and that requires that we dare to make judgments about what constitutes national and international policy, we must examine how it relates to economic welfare, and that requires that we dare to make judgments about what constitutes welfare.

My point is only that rough approximations to measuring economic welfare strongly suggest that the time for viewing increase in gross product as the appropriate goal for national policy is ended.

An important policy issue in this connection is whether measures to establish national or regional import quotas are effective in stimulating more domestic production.

Niebuhr and the political realists did share some common convictions: the need for an adequate anthropology, understanding of human existence, which they saw as fundamentally self - centered and self - seeking; this being the case, the measure of an effective foreign policy was the responsible pursuit of the national interest.

National policies should be created to incentivize producers to change the way they manage their farming systems and adopt natural water retention measures used in organic agriculture such as green cover and intercropping as well as diversifying farmers» crop and income base so they have something to fall back on when drought strikes.

(a) Implement and / or further elaborate policies and measures in accordance with its national circumstances, such as:

Breastfeeding is now included in the National Performance Measures of Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant partly because of the Roundtable's work.My «business» for the past 16 years has been to build the very foundation of «breastfeeding - related businesses:» starting the LC profession; establishing the credential; forming the professional association; and creating / changing health policy.

Hopefully the APPG will help the government implement the aspects of the Global Strategy where there are found to be gaps and encourage it to reinstate the National Infant Feeding Survey so the impact of policies can be measured and available publicly.

However, most ignore this as a matter of policy, stating they follow national implementation, and then work to weaken national measures.

It showed that 20 countries have enacted laws, decrees or other legal enforceable measures, 27 have enacted many of the Code's provisions as law, 21 countries have implemented the entire Code as a voluntary measure or as a national policy and another 22 are currently drafting regulations based on the International Code and Resolutions.

(1) to protect and promote breastfeeding, as an essential component of their overall food and nutrition policies and programmes on behalf of women and children, so as to enable all infants to be exclusively breastfed during the first four to six months of life; (2) to promote breastfeeding, with due attention to the nutritional and emotional needs of mothers; (3) to continue monitoring breastfeeding patterns, including traditional attitudes and practices in this regard; (4) to enforce existing, or adopt new, maternity protection legislation or other suitable measures that will promote and facilitate breastfeeding among working women; (5) to draw the attention of all who are concerned with planning and providing maternity services to the universal principles affirmed in the joint WHO / UNICEF statement (note 2) on breastfeeding and maternity services that was issued in 1989; (6) to ensure that the principles and aim of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the recommendations contained in resolution WHA39.28 are given full expression in national health and nutritional policy and action, in cooperation with professional associations, womens organizations, consumer and other nongovermental groups, and the food industry; (7) to ensure that families make the most appropriate choice with regard to infant feeding, and that the health system provides the necessary support;

· Legislation or suitable measures giving effect to the International Code as part of the national comprehensive policy on infant and young child feeding.

Despite this, their detailed tax policies are a net giveaway of 0.1 % of national income, their detailed social security measures would only provide a tenth of the cuts that they have said they want to deliver, and their commitments on aid, the NHS and schools would (relative to a real freeze) increase spending on these areas by 0.3 % of national income.

In response to the Government's consultation on the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), the Chartered Institute of Building has called on the Government to provide greater clarity for Local Authorities to understand what «Green» credentials they are being measured against.

Therefore, Mr. Speaker, we will, through consultations inside and outside government, translate the President's «Coordinated Programme of Economic and Social Development Policies» (CPESDP) into a detailed medium - term national development policy framework for 2018 - 2021, for fast and sustained growth, building on the achievements of this year and the measures already contained in this budget.

According to the Paramount Chief, measures are being taken at the local level by stakeholders in the Volta Region in tandem with the National Policy of establishing industries in each district.

On the need to restore the value of the national currency, Dr Nduom said that would not be a short - term enterprise but «a long - term consistently applied policy and related practical measures to make this happen».

In this sense, NASA climatologist James Hansen agrees with Dick Cheney who famously called individual conservation measures «a personal virtue» but not the stuff of national energy policy.

Measure blocks changes to National Institutes of Health clinical trials policy and overhead payments, drops fetal tissue limits

«It's more difficult to do research into local than national policies, Halskov Hansen goes on to explain, and mentions the restrictions on car use in Hangzhou use as an example of the measures the local authorities have already introduced.

Part of this is a result of ongoing frustration with broader policy measures, particularly at the national level, when it comes to confronting climate change.

«National drought policies with effective early warning systems would be crucial in promoting vulnerability assessment and risk mitigation measures, particularly in light of the devastating droughts witnessed in Africa this year that have left more than 20 million people on the verge of starvation,» she added.

«We must be well prepared for the future, and national drought policies which are based on realistic vulnerability assessments and that have effective early warning systems and risk mitigation measures will be vital,» Barbut stressed.

This study, third in a series of three studies on the state of professional development in the United States, examines state policies and practices of four states making progress in two factors: access to professional development as defined by the Professional Development Access Index and student achievement as measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

As background prep we did an exercise on the state of germany in 1871 after unification, then had a discussion of what type of constitution would be necessary, thinking about key areas of policy such as the economy, control of the military, social measures (education / health), etc and deciding whether these should be under national or regional control.

For the seminar was convened national and international experts to discuss youth policies with a medium - term view and reflect on the measures taken today and to be taken to advance the rights of young people.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is also expected to announce four other measures concerning educational policy, including the protection of spending per - pupil, a guarantee ensuring all teachers in state - funded schools will be qualified by September 2016, the establishing of a Royal College of Teachers and a National Leadership Institute to promote high quality leadership in schools in deprived areas.

That message was echoed by many of the advocates, researchers, and experts who took turns at the figurative bullhorn here last week for the release of «Measuring Up 2008,» the fifth in a biennial series of reports by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.

On October 25, the National Academy of Education (NAEd) released Evaluation of Teacher Preparation Programs: Purposes, Methods, and Policy Options, a report that aims to provide clearer information and direction around evaluation measures and systems in educator preparation.

In fact, the measures on the GCI are influenced more by state and national industrial, health, trade, monetary, tax, and labor policies and regulations than by what a 15 year - old student scores on an international test.

A report out this week from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) found that California is just one of five states that has no formal policy requiring that teacher evaluations be tied in some way to student achievement measures.

Policy Brief: Measuring Success: Accountability for Alternative Education 2017 Building A Grad Nation Report AYPF Alternative Education Resource Page Center for Assessment Website Hathaway Scholarship Program Wyoming's ESSA State Plan The National Alternative Education Association (NAEA) Website Reaching At - Promise Students Association (RAPSA) Website Opportunity Youth Network (OYN) Website National League of Cities (NLC) Reengagement Network Website

According to the State of the States in Gifted Education, a biennial analysis of state laws and policies to support high - ability and high - potential students conducted by the National Association for Gifted Children and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted, 28 states lack even a single gifted education performance indicator on their annual report cards or other accountability measure.

Summary: Despite a recent shift toward national control over education policy, New Hampshire has implemented a variety of measures designed to embrace localization and flexibility.

Measuring Child Outcomes in the Early Years provides information to inform decision - making regarding the assessment of young children's learning, development, and wellbeing (LDWB) for state and national assessments designed to influence early childhood education (ECE) policy and practice.

Not exactly a firm foundation from which to propose national policy but then when has public education ever been concerned measuring success?

's most recent post, about the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's $ 45 million worth of bogus Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) studies that were recently honored with a 2013 Bunkum (i.e., meaningless, irrelevant, junk) Award by the National Education Policy Center (NEPC), it seems that the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation are, once - again, «strong - arming states [and in this case a large city district] into adoption of policies tying teacher evaluation to measures of students» growthMeasures of Effective Teaching (MET) studies that were recently honored with a 2013 Bunkum (i.e., meaningless, irrelevant, junk) Award by the National Education Policy Center (NEPC), it seems that the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation are, once - again, «strong - arming states [and in this case a large city district] into adoption of policies tying teacher evaluation to measures of students» growthmeasures of students» growth.»

The national policy landscape surrounding academic standards, assessments, accountability, and school improvement is in many respects more chaotic than ever as states transition away from strong federal systems and requirements under NCLB and once again take the lead role in defining and enforcing accountability measures for public schools.

An official with the Chicago - based National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) told Policy Watch this week that, to the organization's knowledge, no other U.S. state has approved a proposal like House Bill 800, a measure one Democrat likened to creating «de facto, segregated private schools» last week.

Complementary national, regional and global policy frameworks that co-ordinate rather than compete with each other will strengthen the effectiveness of the measures.

It is designed to reduce emissions in six provinces, working with provincial, district and commune authorities, local communities and the private sector, with the objective to «enhance Viet Nam's ability to benefit from future results - based payments for REDD + and undertake transformational changes in the forestry sector», with a focus on «the implementation of national policies, measures and national strategies or action plans that could involve further capacity - building, technology development and transfer and results - based demonstration activities».

Article 4.2 states that the parties «shall adopt national policies and take corresponding measures on the mitigation of climate change.»

Through case studies, key recommendations for new rules, and descriptions of best practices, this working paper can help state officials to determine how best to structure future state - level policies — including measures for complying with forthcoming national emissions standards under the Clean Air Act — to reduce methane emissions from natural gas development.

This policy brief highlights that under Millennium Development Goal 1, Asia - Pacific governments are committed to halving extreme poverty by 2015 and many have adopted poverty - related measures in national forestry policies and programs.