Sentences with phrase «as citizen engagement»

It will require new forms of political leadership as much as citizen engagement.

Not exact matches

To live by an ethic of civility requires a respectful engagement with the other, whether as fellow person or as fellow citizen.

Owoyemi said, «In OPAN's assessment, the legislature remains critical to how Nigeria quickly harnesses the potentials of online technology and use of social media as a critical component of citizen engagement.

As an example of the kind of direct engagement he's prescribing, Barger said that his staff had stayed on Twitter until midnight on the day that the auto bailout plan hit the press, engaging both journalists and citizens online.

As a consequence, due to its substantial citizen engagement and the way in which the independence referendum has been managed democratically by both sides, this case demonstrates very good social innovation practices — efficient governance, social media usage and a rationalised dialectic.

The initiative focuses on areas such as housing, caregiving, community engagement, volunteering, social inclusion and combating isolation among older citizens.

They use results as a guide for designing and implementing rapid responses as part of their multi-channel citizen engagement campaigns.

The public should be given a real say in issues that concern them, using tools that provide genuine engagement such as Citizens» Juries.

«As the lead community engagement partner in the Participatory Budgeting (PB) effort in NYC, Community Voices Heard was excited that Citizens Union noted its support today for innovative pilot programs such as Participatory BudgetinAs the lead community engagement partner in the Participatory Budgeting (PB) effort in NYC, Community Voices Heard was excited that Citizens Union noted its support today for innovative pilot programs such as Participatory Budgetinas Participatory Budgeting.

Dick Dadey, executive director of Citizens Union, said DeRosa publicly reporting her engagement ring as a gift «showed a sensitivity for the need to disclose anything that can be considered a potential problem even though an engagement ring from your finance should not have to be reported.»

Varner's primary public engagement is through citizen science engagement programs, which she views as an opportunity help volunteers appreciate the natural world, consider local consequences of climate change and participate in all aspects of science.

In CFE v. New York, Judge Leland DeGrasse ruled that an adequate education included the «foundational skills that students need to become productive citizens capable of civic engagement and sustaining competitive employment,» the «intellectual tools to evaluate complex issues, such as campaign finance reform, tax policy, and global warming,» the ability to «determine questions of fact concerning DNA evidence, statistical analyses, and convoluted financial fraud.»

Get a closer look on how Del Mar implemented a curriculum strategy to ensure their students are set up for academic achievement as well as life - long, self - directed learning and engagement — as both global and digital citizens.

Learn about their curriculum - implementation strategy that ensures students are prepared for academic achievement as well as lifelong, self - directed learning and engagement as both global and digital citizens.

In testing whether adolescents attending schools with a strong civic climate were more likely to envision themselves as active citizens, I control for differences in a wide variety of individual and contextual factors that could also affect anticipated engagement.

Place - Based Education uses the local community and environment as the starting place for curriculum learning, strengthening community bonds, appreciation for the natural world, and a commitment to citizen engagement.

«By incorporating high academic standards and clear expectations with plans for greater student engagement and achievement, Alabama stands ready to meet the rigorous demands of preparing students for the work force and for their roles as citizens in our democratic system.

The civic engagement programs are also needed to develop responsible and competent citizens that are knowledgeable about the principles and practices of democracy, provide students with opportunities to apply formal civic learning in the classroom to community service projects, and equip the students with skills to participate responsibly as engaged members of their communities.

As students tackle compelling topics, we build compassionate, thoughtful citizens while deepening learner engagement.

REA found that problem - based learning activities increased students» engagement in school, and gave students a sense of ownership for the topics they researched and a deeper awareness of community issues and their roles as citizens.

After the Summit, parents will be able to attend a series of learning webinars on a variety of education topics, and work toward planning engagement opportunities for other parents and citizens as well begin to plan an activity in their community that will help increase student success.

... to cultivate the potential in every student to thrive as a global citizen by inspiring a love of learning and civic engagement, by challenging and supporting every student to achieve academic excellence, and by embracing the full richness and diversity of our community.

Specifically, by 2020, the Foundation intends to create a leading leadership forum focused on Kenyan Youth and children in Kenya that educates, empowers, and engages them to grow into actively responsible citizens, thus leading them to act on socio - economic issues such as combatting corruption, job creation, civic engagement, conservation, and national cohesion.

The Centre for Applied Complexity was established to look at whole of citizen engagement in government and is running active programs in Wales and elsewhere in areas such as social inclusion, self - organizing communities and nudge economics together with a broad range of programs in health.

In her text for the exhibition's catalogue, Brito informs us that the concept of cosmopolitanism was in fact introduced by Socrates, who saw himself as «a citizen of the world», and then further refined by the Stoics who saw it as «an aesthetic engagement with cultural differences.»

But with sustained citizen engagement, increased monitoring and transparency, more «mundane science» (in the best sense, as conveyed by Dan Kammen and Michael Dove) and pressure on despots and other bad actors, chances of up - side surprises remain high.

He would have to push for far more engagement and investment by the United States in developing countries — the main source of such emissions in coming decades — even though many lawmakers and citizens perceive these countries more as economic foes than potential allies on energy innovation.

If they don't like any of the particular options that fit the best available evidence on sea level rise, or don't like the particular ones that they suspect a majority of their fellow citizens might, they can be expected to try to stigmatize the municipal and various private groups engaged in adaptation planning by falsely characterizing them and their ideas in terms that bind them to only one of the partisan cultural styles that is now (sadly and pointlessly, as a result of misadventure, strategic behavior, and ineptitude) associated with engagement with climate change science in national politics.

Despite established theory and proven practice regarding public participation and engagement, citizen consultation, and related fields, their application to climate change management, and in particular to assessing geoengineering as part of the portfolio of policy options, remains nascent.

Rather, the speakers emphasized the need for government organizations to be aware of RSS, Twitter, Facebook and like tools as sources of information and citizen engagement.

I am personally encouraged to see Law Day events in communities outside of major provincial urban centres as engagement with the public in these communities is integral to ensuring that all citizens of Canada are educated about the justice system and that access to justice is equal for all people, no matter where they choose to reside.

We both love grass roots, citizen engagement initiatives, marriage and parenting conversations, teaching and consulting, and technology as a way to enhance learning and social communities.

Community based networks comprised of a variety of citizens who have an interest in supporting and promoting quality early learning for Pennsylvania's children through outreach to families with engagement and support, partnering around transitions into early learning and school age settings, and acting as a local resource on quality early learning supports.

However, Putnam found that their effectiveness varied widely, largely as a result of differing levels of civic engagement among their citizens.