Sentences with phrase «support policy goals»

Were they making scientific descions, not based on objective reasoning, but rather on a desire to support the policy goals of this particular president?

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The goal of the report was to identify the government and policy infrastructures that best support these superstars of entrepreneurship.

The administration has other councils focused on other policy areas, such as developing a competitive income tax code and streamlining burdensome regulation.UTC strongly supports the goals of each of these advisory committees as a way of ensuring and enhancing America's growth in the decades to come.

If you write a policy, be prepared to enforce the policy — whether it is a policy setting limits or a policy supporting goals.

Translated to a national stage, such policies could create a disconnect between Bush's stated long - term goals of helping the middle class and poorer workers while supporting business, political analysts say.

Helping to drive those results is a dedication and commitment to diverse suppliers — all 66 Top Corporations have a formal, written policy to support its supplier diversity program, and 95 percent have an annual diversity spend goal.

«This program is intended to support the other measures by additionally lowering long - term interest rates... and at the same time it gives a signal that monetary policy is committed to its goal of stable prices.»

Amounts also depend on whether or not they help create jobs or support public policy goals such as energy reduction, minority business development, or business district revitalization.

Conservation and environmental cleanliness are worthy goals which I fully support; and they can be, and are, addressed by mostly sensible public policies.

But we recognized that the more realistic goal was to weaken the support of economic ideology and the policies it generates on the part of people of good will.

The Initiative's activities are focused on: Mapping out a course to a stronger, cleaner economy by establishing a 10 - year vision for making Canada a clean growth leader, supported by specific goals, metrics, and policy road maps Bringing together a diverse group of Canadian leaders who provide a balanced, evidence - based voice for implementing this vision Demonstrating...

Our overall goal is to ensure that donor and developing - country investments and policies support sustainable smallholder farmer productivity.

But, the support of strong policies, regulations and innovative technologies, etc. are essential to achieve the set goals.

FLPC will assist the Good Food Institute, whose goal is to disrupt animal agriculture by supporting plant and culture - based alternatives to meat, dairy, and eggs, to research and identify the federal laws and policies that facilitate or impede plant and culture - based alternatives to meat, dairy, and eggs.

The coalition has been awarded three grants over the past five years: Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and Pulmonary Disease Grant with the goal of increasing the number of policies and practices that promote and support breastfeeding - friendly environments; Business Case for Breastfeeding Grant to educate employers on how to comply with the Workplace Accommodations for Nursing Mothers Act and a Women Infants and Children (WIC) Local Agency Breastfeeding Special Project Grant.

As policy makers seek to fulfill the Millennium Development Goal of reducing child mortality by two thirds by 2015, effective and comprehensive restrictions on marketing practices in order to protect and support breastfeeding are imperative.

Breastfeeding Support www.breastfeedventura.org The Coalition is comprised of health care providers, community leaders, policy makers, and parents, as well as public and private organizations with the common goal of promoting and supporting breastfeeding as the culture norm in Ventura County.

It is critical that breastfeeding and skilled lactation support are included in policies designed to achieve the above goals.

The guidelines contain an overview of international policy, goals and guidelines; background on HIV and infant feeding; current recommendations for HIV - positive women and considerations relating to different feeding options; an overview of the process of developing or revising a national policy on infant and young child feeding incorporating HIV concerns; considerations for countries considering the provision of free or low - cost infant formula; suggestions for protecting, promoting and supporting appropriate infant feeding in the general population; key issues in supporting HIV - positive women in their infant feeding decisions; and considerations on monitoring and evaluation.

Hospital policies and practices to support breastfeeding are important for improving breastfeeding rates and helping women meet their own breastfeeding goals.

The center has supported thousands of women to achieve their breastfeeding goals since its inception, performed lactation research, provided education on lactation topics to both parents and professionals, advocated for changes in breastfeeding policies and provided lactation therapy for the treatment of infant sucking problems and maternal breast and nipple problems with an over 95 % success rate.

On the local level our goal is to keep them alive and connect them with resources — at the state level my goal would be to support that local initiative while working on long - term fixes including in - patient service funding, policy pertaining to the amount and flow of opioids while supporting law enforcement in their fight to keep it from trafficking and sales in our communities.»

The strategy was to coordinate messaging among liberal groups and reduce complex policy questions to «talking points and narratives that play well in the media and build public support for the White House's policy goals.»

«Our goal has always been to constructively work with the speaker to pass the Right to Know Act — she has a clear choice: support sound policy that a majority of her members, 18 families of New Yorkers killed by the NYPD and hundreds of community groups from across the city endorse, or chart a path that is increasingly antithetical to democracy and allows police abuses to continue.»

Her policy goals if she wins are to provide more living wage jobs, to advocate for equal work for women and to support small business through Merchant Associations and / or Business Improvement Districts.

Following up on a resolution adopted by the State Committee of the Green Party at the party's nominating convention in Troy on Saturday, May 17, Green Party leaders sent a letter today to the Executive Board of the Working Families Party suggesting a joint meeting to discuss cooperation in opposing Governor Cuomo's conservative agenda and supporting their common progressive policy goals.

Corporate leaders have, when asked, stood with Mr. de Blasio in support of policy goals they believe will benefit the city, such as mayoral control of city schools.

Ferreras - Copeland explained her support for the formal request: «As this letter states, asking agencies to review their budgets is sound policy, and we ask them to conduct these analyses with the goal of finding 5 % in savings,» she said in a statement to Gotham Gazette.

The office manages AAAS's international institutional relationships, supports the internationalization of AAAS, and advances the AAAS goals of providing leadership in international science cooperation, science diplomacy, and science, technology and security policy.

My personal goal is to educate myself about current and proposed policies, and to reach out to my local representatives to ask for their support in policies that are evidence - based.

The AOP framework has been developed through an extensive international collaboration between scientists, regulators and policy - makers with the primary goal of making mechanistic toxicological knowledge more readily available to support safety assessment decisions.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), an independent organization that provides economic, development and humanitarian assistance around the world in support of the foreign policy goals of the United States, predicts that by 2025, one - third of all humans will face severe and chronic water shortages.

To accomplish these goals, seven working groups were created, including communications, education, evidence, IT / bioinformatics, pharmacogenomics, policy, and a steering group to guide and support efforts among working groups.

With support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the three - year project will empower developing counties to advocate for universal access to reproductive health as a critical component in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in health through increased funding, an improved policy environment and increased visibility for family planning at the local, national and global levels.

Drawing on her lifetime of love for fashion and a professional career in social services and policy work, Jacquie and her good, good friend of 18 years, Franklin Gutierrez, started Moesel Clothing with the goal to provide high quality and stylish clothing for kids through a model that would help support production and economic opportunity for skilled artisans in Peru.

It also supports the development of policy papers, as well as partnerships with other key actors to develop gold standard practices in support of these goals.

UNESCO will launch a new publication on this occasion, «Education for Sustainable Development Goals: Learning Objectives,» to support policy - makers, curriculum developers and educators to promote learning for the SDGs.

The main goal of the group is to support the new national education policy in Pakistan by helping increase the capacity of the federal and provincial governments to implement reforms.

The goal of the Einhorn Family Charitable Trust's (EFCT's) partnership with the Center on the Developing Child's Frontiers of Innovation (FOI) is to support the translation of emotional connection and other key innovations in parenting and early childhood among stakeholders in research, program delivery, policy, and philanthropy.

As part of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, SDP has been working with districts, charter school networks, state education agencies, and nonprofits since 2008 to transform the way they collect and use data to support their program, management, and policy Policy Research at Harvard University, SDP has been working with districts, charter school networks, state education agencies, and nonprofits since 2008 to transform the way they collect and use data to support their program, management, and policy policy goals.

During his year in the International Education Policy (IEP) Program, the Michigan - native made a good start toward his goal, organizing many events aimed at helping his peers better understand what students with disabilities go through, including an international conference focused on supporting students with disabilities in higher education and participatory events such as Dining in the Dark.

Our ultimate goal is to highlight the importance of ongoing adolescent language development for educators, researchers, and policy makers by revealing how teachers» and students» ways of using language support advances in students» text comprehension, academic writing, and school achievement.

Public policy and all administrative and personnel policies should support these goals.

Refocus schools on building deeper learning competencies by supporting policy reform to improve education goals, assessment, accountability and practice.

The Diplomás team has identified four key policy areas to target as they work towards the attainment goal: counseling and advising, dual credit, student support pathways, and college affordability.13 P16Plus supports these policy areas using data to help inform those efforts that are most successful for students.

This brief focuses on three key topics for early learning in ESSA: setting clear goals and policy priorities for early learning, integrating early learning into school improvement, and supporting early childhood educator development.

This policy brief from Higher Ed for Higher Standards identifies clear strategies for developing aligned K — 12 and higher education goals and outlines how states can use those goals to drive strategic actions to support all youth on their path to attain a postsecondary credential of value.

We support policies, practices, and funding to strengthen the state's early childhood system, with the goals of dramatically increasing school readiness, improving third grade reading and math proficiency, supporting families, and ultimately building a strong workforce for Kentucky's future.

In current national dialogues about school improvement, SEAs have increasingly been asked to provide oversight and support for districts in their efforts to meet ambitious goals for increasing student achievement.268 SEAs also clarify education policy for districts.

Increasing the number of children with disabilities who are fully included in early learning programs is a long - standing goal in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), has been promoted by professional associations and in a recent joint policy statement from the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, and is supported by nonregulatory guidance on early learning and ESSA.