Sentences with phrase «active role in their government»

«I am pleased that so many of my colleagues in the City Council have embraced the participatory budgeting process, as it allows residents to play an active role in their government.»

Sunshine Week seeks to enlighten and empower people to play an active role in their government at all levels, and to give them access to information that makes their lives better and their communities stronger.

Not exact matches

May has been adamant that the government should play a more active role in vetting proposed foreign acquisitions of UK companies.

Hence, regulators and the government are well - advised taking a more active role in ensuring this goal.

In July 2014, Debtwire informed that Fortress and other hedge fund companies were trying to take a more active role facing a possible restructuring of the debt acquired by the government of Puerto Rico.

For example, I think it is absolutely essential that the government play an active role in making sure our food is safe.

Now, I believe that government can and should play a positive, active and limited role in society.

Shaw is an active partner to leaders in government and public and charter education around the role of independent schools in the vital debate about the future of education.

THE GOVERNMENT should take a more active role in the private sector, Ed Miliband will say today, as he warns against returning to «business as usual» in the wake of the slump.

Mr. D'Amato, who played little role in the 1986 or 1990 gubernatorial campaigns, said in an interview last week that his active participation in this year's race was motivated purely by a desire to improve state government.

Cable indicated he would be prepared to work with the Labour party too, underlining his left - wing instincts on «redistribution» and the government «having an active role in the economy».

«Unite members will be especially heartened to hear that Jeremy believes in an active role for government — in protecting jobs, in using investment to build the homes families and young people urgently need and to keep our communities strong.»

Eighty per cent per cent of British people want the government to take a more active role in helping those at risk of having their homes repossessed, according to an Ipsos MORI study for St Mungo's.

He also told lawmakers the government should play «a more active role» in helping poor cities.

The Committee concludes that the Strathclyde Review does not provide a «sufficient basis for changing how Parliament holds the Executive to account»; that «both Houses of Parliament... need to play an active role in considering how powers should be delegated appropriately in primary legislation, how those powers should be exercised by Government and the way in which both Houses scrutinise and approve delegated legislation»; and that «[t] he use and scrutiny of delegated legislation is at the heart of the delicate balance of power between Parliament and the Executive».

«One of my recommendations in the report is that our local governments, both the City of Buffalo and Erie County should be taking a more active role in ensuring their citizens» rights are being enforced in the workplace.»

In countries where prenatal screening is offered as a public health service, governments and public health authorities should take a more active role in this regard.&raquIn countries where prenatal screening is offered as a public health service, governments and public health authorities should take a more active role in this regard.&raquin this regard.»

It presents the plans as a break from the government of Nicolas Sarkozy because it gives the state a more active role in defining priorities.

Some of the social commentary is light, but very welcome, particularly in how it sees banana republics embrace dictators with the facade of democracy, while the US government plays an active role in assuring its own rights in the mix in a tit - for - tat kind of way that doesn't exactly help the people of that country.

Recognition of the vital role of schools — and of active play — in improving child health was further reflected last summer when the government guaranteed School Sport Premium funding of # 150 million a year until 2020.

In the government's Sporting Future, A New Strategy for an Active Nation, the role of sport in school was particularly highlighted: «The opportunity for children to take part in and develop a love of sport and physical activity is vital to ensuring their long - term enjoyment and participatioIn the government's Sporting Future, A New Strategy for an Active Nation, the role of sport in school was particularly highlighted: «The opportunity for children to take part in and develop a love of sport and physical activity is vital to ensuring their long - term enjoyment and participatioin school was particularly highlighted: «The opportunity for children to take part in and develop a love of sport and physical activity is vital to ensuring their long - term enjoyment and participatioin and develop a love of sport and physical activity is vital to ensuring their long - term enjoyment and participation.

As is the case in New York City, the government maintains an active regulatory role, something that surely would have Milton Friedman turning in his grave.

To be sure, the federal government must still play an active role through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in ensuring that states are held accountable for providing all students, particularly the most disadvantaged, with a globally competitive education.

If Democrats see an active role for the federal government in education and value the bilingualism of Tim Kaine, what role do they see for the federal government in ensuring U.S. children, including ELLs, have the opportunity to develop these bilingual skills?

On his path to power, Duncan fended off naysayers from the left, who see him as a union buster, and from the right, who dispute any active role the federal government might have in running schools.

After seeing first - hand the vital, life - saving role played by military working dogs during 12 years of active duty service as a U.S. Navy SEAL, including combat deployment in Iraq, Ritland started his own company training and supplying dogs for SEAL teams, the U.S. Government, and the Department of Defense.

For those who have contacted us with concerns that the City should take a more active role in providing for its feral cat community, we want to clarify the distinction between the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals and New York City government.

Peter Cooper, in his charter, established a student government that would play an active role in the administration of Cooper Union and he mandated term limits so that the largest possible number of students could play an active role.

To move this leadership forward, Alberta is also hosting the Cities & Climate Change Science Conference in Edmonton, as part of the CitiesIPCC campaign led by C40 and ICLEI, to ask the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to focus on the active role of cities — and per extension, of sub-national governments at every level — on tackling climate change.

If the U.S. government thought NASA climate scientist James Hansen has been a thorn in its side, just wait until he quits his job and becomes a full - time activist ready to take a more active role in lawsuits challenging the federal and state governments over their failure to limit emissions.

However, he noted that for the plan to be effective, other changes across the board have to be made, citing the example of free electricity given to farmers who add to the problem by overdrawing the supply of groundwater through electrical pump sets.On top of privatization measures, Singh encouraged local governments to take an active role in determining local needs and strategies for water conservation, drawing on the large South Indian metropolis of Chennai as a prime example: «We have the impressive example of Chennai city that had a city - based, neighbourhood - based strategy.

Duval: I think the main thing is that we have an expectation that our government should play a more active role in solving society's problems.

And they found that the largest gap in their polling between young folks and older folks was on the question of, «Do you think our government should play a more active role in solving society's problems?»

The Federal Government has, historically, taken an active role in defining and enforcing those treaty rights on behalf of the tribes, and takes quite seriously its government - to - government obligations with respect to those tribes as sovereign entities (a good summary list, prepared in 2009 by the White House - Indian Affairs Executive Working Group is availaGovernment has, historically, taken an active role in defining and enforcing those treaty rights on behalf of the tribes, and takes quite seriously its government - to - government obligations with respect to those tribes as sovereign entities (a good summary list, prepared in 2009 by the White House - Indian Affairs Executive Working Group is availagovernment - to - government obligations with respect to those tribes as sovereign entities (a good summary list, prepared in 2009 by the White House - Indian Affairs Executive Working Group is availagovernment obligations with respect to those tribes as sovereign entities (a good summary list, prepared in 2009 by the White House - Indian Affairs Executive Working Group is available here).

Governments and international organizations that support transparency should play an active role in lobbying for the wide - spread adoption of the Mauritius Convention among those States who are still hesitant.

Several of our lawyers have substantial, high - level government experience, and have played and continue to play an active role in a wide range of federal IP legislative activities, both on the Hill and within the Administration:

We welcome the opportunity to take an active role in shaping government policy.

Under a normal presidency, his investment in companies with active government contracts might stir up conflict of interest questions with the PIAB role, but it's hard to imagine that being a hurdle under a president who actively promotes his family business from the highest office in the land.

Italy's top political leadership has been briefed by Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams of the Nobel Women's Initiative and Italian non-governmental organizations on the need for the government to support the call for a ban on fully autonomous weapons and play an active role in international efforts to address the weapons.

There have been reports that the National Security Council and Department of Homeland Security are taking a more active role in making sure there is a strong movement in favor of disclosure, he told TechNewsWorld, «but we'd like to see more transparency, such as public reporting about how the process works,» which is requested in the litigation, «as well as some way of understanding the volume, number of vulnerabilities the government handles, and even the budget devoted to it.»

«If trade in bitcoin intensifies with no resolution to the country's currency woes, we could witness the central bank and government revise its position by taking on a more active role in cryptocurrency trading.

Athletics NT provides access to organised athletics for all members of the community and to play an active role in building sustainable communities through the development of strong relationships with schools, community groups and Northern Territory Government.

In my view the government has adopted a cynical and disingenuous approach in which the apparatus of the new arrangements play no active role in engaging with Indigenous peoples on a systemic basis to ensure that mechanisms for Indigenous participation can become a realitIn my view the government has adopted a cynical and disingenuous approach in which the apparatus of the new arrangements play no active role in engaging with Indigenous peoples on a systemic basis to ensure that mechanisms for Indigenous participation can become a realitin which the apparatus of the new arrangements play no active role in engaging with Indigenous peoples on a systemic basis to ensure that mechanisms for Indigenous participation can become a realitin engaging with Indigenous peoples on a systemic basis to ensure that mechanisms for Indigenous participation can become a reality.

The Western Australian Government is taking an active part in the negotiations, with the Australian Government and other respondents taking a minor role: [34]

This is a step CATSINaM believes is necessary if we the profession is to play an active role in realising the words in current government policy on the development of culturally safe services and practices.

«We can all play a role in helping our kids to become active and healthy, whether it is by increasing public awareness, lobbying governments and business, volunteering, providing financial support, getting our own families involved or being role models to youth,» he says.

If we could change anything in the real estate sector or our economy, I believe we want to see government take a more active role in encouraging investment in the real estate marketplace.