Sentences with phrase «about international initiatives»

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René adds that they scoured the international education press, looking for news about government initiatives to boost English - language teaching.

CNBC Meets» Tania Bryer speaks to cultural icon Dolly Parton about her international reading initiative the «Imagination Library».

Quotes Eduardo Pokorny T» 01, senior director of international growth and development at ESPN, in an article about the opening of a multifunctional sports facility, part of the company's safe space initiative, in Ciudad Bolívar, Bogotá.

Here for America is an initiative of the Association of Global Automakers to increase public education about the importance of international automakers to American job creation, economic growth, technological innovation and strong communities.

Local media in the state, tonight, is reporting that ballot initiative SQ755, which bars state courts from using Islamic or international law, is on the path to approval — Yes votes outweighing Nos by more than two - to - one, with about 40 - percent of the precincts in.

Visit Booth 2871 at SuperCorrExpo in Orlando (October 17 - 20) to learn more about the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation's (ICPF) educational initiatives and to meet packaging students and faculty.

Info about the International Micronutrient Malnutrition Prevention & Control (IMMPaCt) Program, global initiatives & tools.

In this capacity, I am responsible for the wording of this international initiative and for writing or co-authoring various publications about it.

For a while, it seemed as if the ongoing debate about online safety, and all the expertise engaged with that, was obscured by simplified «panic button» coverage in the spat between Facebook and Ceop, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre.In the meantime, the Family Online Safety Institute had been collaborating on something far more worthwhile - an international directory of online safety initiatives.

Learn more about their programs and initiatives around the world and donate by visiting Heifer International.

One initiative that is slow off the mark is the transformation of the underground Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, which housed about 2700 centrifuges for enriching uranium, into an international physics center.

In response to a question about the likelihood of Congressional support for proposed budget increases for DOE science initiatives, Moniz offered remarks that were both pragmatic and optimistic: While noting that current spending caps might make a 20 % increase in clean - energy R&D unlikely, he said that there have been encouraging signs of greater bipartisan support for such research, and an appreciation for the DOE's strategy to work with private investors as well as international collaborators.

Much of the work involves travelling, talking to people about the practicality of a new initiative, using the knowledge of experts who might give it a very clever twist, and learning from locals who provide essential regional experience, especially in international initiatives.

Frustrated by failure to agree a broad international deal to limit global warming, about 30 nations have joined the U.S. initiative to limit short - lived air pollutants as a new way to curb temperature rises, protect health and aid crop growth.

Developing countries have resisted enshrining their programs into binding international law because most of these initiatives are rooted in national goals, such as controlling local pollution and increasing the value of forests, which makes them skittish about foreign commitment and monitoring.

In 1998, as the United States was considering signing the international Kyoto Protocol treaty to limit global greenhouse gas emissions, Southern was part of an initiative called the Global Science Communications Team that brought together industry, public relations and think tank leaders to devise a plan to confuse the public about the state of climate science.

We've received extra funding from the Australian Research Council and the Australian Government's «Caring for our Country» initiative for this research program, and we've just heard that Stephanie won a major international prize for the paper we published about her study.

AllTrials is an international initiative of Ben Goldacre, BMJ, Centre for Evidence - based Medicine, Cochrane Collaboration, James Lind Initiative, PLOS and Sense about Science and is being led in the US by Sense About Science USA, Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine and the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Pracabout Science and is being led in the US by Sense About Science USA, Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine and the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical PracAbout Science USA, Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine and the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice.

The program includes updates about several regional and international initiatives on the use of transgenic animals in research and the innovative use of targeted nucleases and their applications in transgenic animals.

We enjoyed speaking to many national and international brands who were seeking to learn more about our beta - alanine loading and dosing initiative.

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Additionally, the trend has brought about initiatives for the implementation of the blended learning approach in rural areas, and International locations.

Whether or not it is the result of the disappointing showing of US students on international tests, college professors» concerns about the college readiness of students, or other evidence of students» and graduates» lack of 21st century skills, there is no shortage of recent initiatives designed to address the situation.

IEL hosted a pre-conference workshop about what it means to be community scholars and use activist scholarship and an AERA presidential site visit that gave domestic and international scholars an opportunity to see a community schools initiative in action.

About Pet Adoptathon ® Pet Adoptathon ® is an initiative developed by North Shore Animal League America that, for more than two decades, has brought together the international animal shelter and rescue community to raise awareness of the plight of homeless pets worldwide and to find them loving and permanent homes.

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There are several initiatives that we are involved in on a local level to protect our dive sites, such as the Placencia Mooring Masters project, and on an international level to learn more about our Whale sharks behaviour, such as the Eco Ocean project.

The initiative will support three interrelated Read more about Keyword: International A collaborative initiative of Kelly Strayhorn Theater and Carnegie Museum of Art

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Such initiatives speak volumes about where the attention of the international art world is.

2.00 pm Welcome introduction 2.15 pm Jens Maier - Rothe (Co-Director, Beirut) presents the not - for - profit art initiative and exhibition space in Cairo (EG), Beirut 2.45 pm Luis Silva and João Mourão (Co-Founders, Kunsthalle Lissabon) present the Lisbon - based (PT) Kunsthalle Lissabon as an institutional hoax 3.15 pm Kristine Siegel and Rhea Dall (Co-Directors, PRAXES) speak about PRAXES Centre for Contemporary Art, a not - for - profit venue for international contemporary art and research based in Berlin (DE) 3.45 pm Break 4.00 pm Arnisa Zeqo and Antonia Carrara (Co-Founders, rongwrong) discuss rongwrong, a space for art and theory in Amsterdam (NL) 4.30 pm Mirene Arsanios (Co-Director, 98weeks) presents 98weeks a research project based in Beirut (LB) 5.00 pm Break 5.15 pm Discussion with the art institutions moderated by Vanessa Müller (Director, European Kunsthalle) followed by Q&A 7 pm Drinks

«Louise Bourgeois: Conscious and Unconscious is part of a series of cultural initiatives organised by the Qatar Museums Authority to promote and support local and international art, foster conversations about artists and popular culture, and build bridges between cultures,» said Qatar Museums Authority Chairperson Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al - Thani.

Together with gallerist Charles Guice, she is currently developing the online initiative Converging Perspectives that will promote dialogue about contemporary photography, its practitioners and innovative exhibitions from an international perspective.

This technical document presents the latest estimates of the emissions gap in 2020 and provides plentiful information, including about current (2010) and projected (2020) levels of global greenhouse gas emissions, both in the absence of additional policies and consistent with national pledge implementation; the implications of starting decided emission reductions now or in the coming decades; agricultural development policies that can help increase yields, reduce fertilizer usage and bring about other benefits, while reducing emissions of greenhouse gases; and, international cooperative initiatives that, while potentially overlapping with pledges, can complement them and help bridge the emissions gap.

We're excited to share news about a new project, «Earth Challenge 2020,» our global citizen science initiative with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the U.S. Department of State's Eco-Capitals Forum.

That's why Greenpeace Russia is launching a new international initiative, Greenpeace Fire — to raise awareness about wildfires and how they're fuelling the increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather, as well as prompting action to reduce their severity.

School of Visual Art and Design professors Mary Robinson, Sara Schneckloth and David Voros exhibited work in Norway as part of an international initiative to raise awareness about the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and the cultural importance of seeds in biodiversity.

«It's not surprising that the administration, when it goes in front of an international body like this, is going to brag about all the initiatives undertaken on global warming at the state level,» said Jerry Taylor, director of natural resources studies for the libertarian Cato Institute.

He talks to Lawyer Monthly about the biggest milestones in international trade over the past 30 years, in particular the UNDROIT initiative and the establishment of the WTO.

An initiative spearheaded by Career Directors International (CDI) meant to promote awareness about the importance of having an updated resume ready.

About Blog The Billion Prices Project is an academic initiative that uses prices collected from hundreds of online retailers around the world on a daily basis to conduct research in macro and international economics.

Belfast About Blog Its principal aim is to organise a series of initiatives themed around issues relating to the international genres of crime fiction, in order to establish long - term collaborations with other UK and European scholars and Libraries.

About Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) LCIF supports the large - scale humanitarian initiatives of members of Lions Clubs International, the world's largest service club organization with 1.35 million members in 207 countries and regions.