Sentences with phrase «also national initiatives»

There are also national initiatives, such as the EPSRC's Career Development Schools or the MRC's New Generation meetings.

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The California Lawyers for the Arts offers artists education, representation and dispute resolution and also are involved with the United States Patent and Trade Office national pro bono legal initiative.

But it also encompasses a host of other big initiatives, including more than $ 5 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and money to help the FDA; $ 1 billion for tackling the opioid epidemic; and provisions that are meant to help pair Americans who suffer from serious mental illnesses with available psychiatric beds.

Oliver's predecessor Jim Flaherty was also a supporter of a national regulator, and had championed the initiative since the Conservative government came to power in 2006.

Starbucks also announced plans to expand the national initiative to five new communities in 2017, including neighborhoods in the Baltimore, Birmingham, Long Beach, CA, Miami, and Seattle areas.

NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.

National Bank also highlighted that major maintenance initiatives are planned at Syncrude Canada Ltd., Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.'s Athabasca oil sands project and Suncor Energy Inc.'s base plant — which cumulatively could reduce industry oil output by 650,000 barrels per day in the coming months, easing some of the stress on full pipeline networks.

He is also the National co-Leader of BDO's Industry 4.0 initiative.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

The beverage industry also supported «Go Green Use Blue,» a similar initiative launched in Hartford, Conn., in 2008, in conjunction with Mayor Eddie A. Perez and the National Recycling Coalition.

The league has also garnered national recognition for its progressive and inclusive initiatives.

3) Marketing & messages: One of the pillars of this new launch is that «In 2012, McDonald's will also raise nutrition awareness among children and parents through national marketing initiatives.

Of course, others, such as the National Audit Office and the Institute for Government's Whitehall Monitor team also hold the government to account by scrutinizing reform initiatives against such data as is available.

Also at 8:30 a.m., an initiative of the National Women's Political Caucus of New York City, Sheroes of New York, is set to make history as the first campaign with 11 female candidates, Democrats and Republicans, collaborating to motivate people to vote and increase awareness and consideration for women candidates, New York Historical Society, 170 Central Park W., Manhattan.

Labour does not offer a great deal more, focused primarily on low - cost initiatives and on changing mindsets, although the party does also offer a National Refuge Fund and wider access to Legal Aid for victims of domestic violence.

Headlining the initiative is the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, a venture led by former Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and backed by President Barack Obama that — in addition to gearing up for legal battles and gubernatorial contests — will also focus prominently on state legislative races.

Shireen is also president of the board of directors of Community Technology Centers» Network, a national affiliation of initiatives and organizations around the country that collectively promote effective technology integration for social, civic, and economic security in the lives of low - income communities.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo also committed an additional $ 5 million to the National Comedy Center through the second phase of the Buffalo Billion initiative.

Education secretary Nicky Morgan also sung the praises of the initiative, which sees schools run independently of local authorities and exempt from teaching the national curriculum.

Commending Citi FM for the initiative, the Eastern Regional Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers, Daniel Affadu, said they will also educate their pupils on the harmful effects of galamsey.

«Obviously the attention that has been given towards the initiatives at the national level to young men is important, but we really also felt that there were needs that young women have as well that were being overlooked in that conversation, and that kept coming up again and again,» Ms. Mark - Viverito told the Observer, among women in the philanthropy world and elsewhere.

The President of the National House of Chiefs also commended government for other initiatives such as the industrialization policy and the fight against corruption and environmental degradation.

Syverud also successfully obtained from the initiative $ 12.5 million for the National Veterans Resource Complex, part of SU's flagship effort to transform central New York into the «hub» of research and programming connected to veterans and military affairs.

He also commended the CBN's initiative to give three million naira each to empower eligible youths under the Youth Initiative Empowerment Development Programme (YIEDP), which was open to youths who are either serving in the National Youth Service Corps or those who have not spent more than five years post NYSC service.

Like low - carbon energy, the Administration has also placed major funding emphasis on advanced manufacturing, particularly through their multi-agency initiative to establish a national network of 45 manufacturing innovation institutes with industry.

WSU also had a variety of minority science undergraduate initiatives — such as the MARC (Minority Access to Careers) fellowship, which is administered by the National Institutes of Health.

However, those downward trends have begun to reverse, through the discovery of new types of fuel and building techniques, but also through ecological initiatives such as the ongoing National Forest project and the new Northern Forest, announced by the UK Government in January 2018.

Obama also gave a shout out to Subra Suresh, marking his first day as director of the National Science Foundation; plugged the Administration's spending on STEM education; and highlighted a private - sector initiative, called Changing the Equation, in which hundreds of companies and organizations are adding their dollars to public investments in science education.

-- In carrying out the authority provided under this section, the Secretary shall also create a national public recognition initiative to encourage participation in tree - planting programs by retail power providers.

He is also the UT Southwestern Director and Co-Principal Investigator of a national initiative called NeuroNEXT, and he serves on the executive committee of the Lone Star Stroke Consortium.

The boards shall also encourage the institutions to profile themselves and take the initiative for national and international evaluations of research activities.

The committee also calls attention to the potential for very cost - effective and scientifically fruitful advances with the advent of long - duration (10 - day) balloon flights and the expected availability after the final 2 years of development of ultralong - duration (up to 100 - day) balloon flights (see the section «The National Virtual Observatory and Other High - Leverage, Small Initiatives» in Chapter 3).

They comprise not only an inter-institutional research initiative, but also serve to secure better integration and participation of national scientific communities into EMBL's activities, and opportunity for national institutions to benefit from the EMBL model.

And New Zealand has also announced that it will launch a national brain research initiative.

He is also co-founder of America on the Move, national weight gain prevention initiative.

SI: As mentioned above, the National Lab Day «Event» simply celebrates all of the work that is ongoing throughout the year, and it also encouragesfuture involvement in our initiative.

The school also participates in a national initiative called 15 + Make Time to Listen... Take Time to Talk.

Emerging Minds would also receive $ 16 million for its National Workforce Support in Child Mental Health initiative.

HP also launched its National Education Technology Assessment Programme, a global initiative that is designed to ensure educational establishments have the IT tools they need to prepare students for the digital economy.

National Roast Dinner Day will also be back, led by the Soil Association's Food For Life initiative.

The Lab's staff will also continue to lead the national advocacy agenda that NCTL launched in 2007 Additionally, grant will support the Lab's «By All Means» initiative by providing advice and support to the city teams, leveraging financial and technical assistance resources, conducting research on the effectiveness of local work, documenting local work and disseminating best practices, brokering national partnerships with organizations in the health, education, social service, and community schools» fields, and providing direct technical assistance in relevant areas of expertise.

Host a School Chef National School Meal's week also featured the «Host a School Chef» initiative where school chefs are invited to spend a day in a different environment, such as a Michelin star restaurant, a sports stadium, or a 5 * hotel.

We have also been able to work on anti-bullying initiatives with Cartoon Network, the government, and national organizations.

For 2018 Snowsport Wales has joined forces with the initiative and will also run National Schools Snowsport Week sessions at slopes and clubs across Wales throughout the week.

Frank Stasio also speaks with Ulcca Joshi Hansen, associate director of national outreach and community building with Education Reimagined, a non-profit initiative of Convergence that works to accelerate the growth and impact of the learner - centered education movement in the United States, about the range of nontraditional school models, the educational mindset they reflect and how they prepare children for work and life.

The National Board is also working to cultivate teacher leadership through its Network to Transform Teaching (NT3) initiative, which is engaging labor, management and practitioners across six sites to strengthen polices and structures for teachers to attain Board certification and serve in instructional leadership roles in high - need schools.

Julayne has also cultivated resources for community and school - based health centers with Access Community Health Network, and managed campaigns focused on advancing critical social change initiatives in education, health, and public safety for national non-profit and federal agency clients of The Advertising Council in New York City.

The 18th edition of the national report also looks at school choice initiatives, district mergers and policy shifts and how they are transforming schools.

«Having certified more than 112,000 teachers, we are perhaps best known for our Board certification process, but the National Board is also engaged in far - reaching initiatives to improve and elevate teaching practice across all aspects of the continuum, from the earliest days of preparation through the many aspects of teacher leadership,» said...

To help other districts and schools interested in learning more or pursuing blended learning, Raise Your Hand Texas also launched a public blended learning resource portal with curated national resources and materials, as well as content created exclusively for the Raising Blended Learners initiative.