Sentences with phrase «by nongovernmental»

Reviews of policies and curricula pertaining to sexuality education have shown that while many countries have established curricula, little is known about their use in schools — the degree of implementation, the mode and quality of the instruction, the existence of program monitoring and evaluation tools, the adequacy and quality of teacher training, the level of support for or opposition to the subject, and the effectiveness of existing programs in achieving desired knowledge and behavioral outcomes among students.28 — 33 Small - scale reviews of school - based programs run by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have been conducted in Kenya, but there has not been a review of the government's sexuality education program in schools.34, 35

The Financial Accounting Standards Board was established in 1973 to «establish and improve standards of financial accounting and reporting that foster financial reporting by nongovernmental entities that provides decision - useful information to investors and other users of financial reports.»

This volume is the fifth in a series of scholarly reports produced by the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC), an international network of climate scientists sponsored by three nonprofit organizations: the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, the Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP), and The Heartland Institute.

The written evidence reprinted below was submitted by the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change.

A careful analysis of this report produced by a team of scientists assembled by the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) finds it does not provide reliable guidance to the complicated issues of measuring, forecasting, and responding to sea - level rise.

The 2013 report by the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) provides the scientific balance that is missing from the overly alarmists reports of the United Nations» Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which are highly selective in their review of climate science.

Along with Fred Singer, I served with Bob as a Lead Author on several volumes of work produced by the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change.

(This document was obtained by a nongovernmental organization via a Freedom of Information Act request).

The scholarly reports produced by the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC), an international network of climate scientists sponsored by three nonprofit organizations: Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP), and The Heartland Institute.

The IPCC's claims about these things have been thoroughly refuted by the recent report by the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change Reconsidered II: Physical Science, which cites nearly 5,000 peer - reviewed scientific articles that contradict the IPCC's claims.

Certifications issued by a nongovernmental agency can increase your paycheck, on average, by as much as $ 324 weekly, according to BLS data.

Charter schools are public schools operated by nongovernmental organizations.

But, like private schools, charter schools are operated by nongovernmental entities, and students attend only if their family selects the school.

Run by the nongovernmental organization (NGO) Mercy Corps, headquartered in Portland, Oregon, and Edinburgh, the Youth Take Initiative — or, in Arabic, Nubader program — would teach stress management and relationship skills to at - risk 11 - to 18 - year - olds.

Those media reports relied on preliminary data on a trial of a new drug in Guinea that were leaked by a nongovernmental organization that was helping conduct the study, the researchers say.

Run by the nongovernmental organization Mercy Corps, the Youth Take Initiative — or, in Arabic, Nubader program — teaches stress management and relationship skills to at - risk 11 - to 18 - year - olds.

This school, seen in 2010, is one of more than 50 floating schools and libraries in Pabna, Bangladesh, run by the nongovernmental organization Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha.

The Mayor is also able to expand the authority of the act to include athletic activities that are non-interscholastic school - sponsored or organized by a nongovernmental organization.

His unqualified gratification «that the tax bill passed by Congress includes an excise tax on investment income earned by super-sized university endowments» dangerously downplays the important role played by nongovernmental institutions in a pluralist civil society.

Thus far these questions have been asked only by nongovernmental organizations.

by nongovernmental and supranational organizations.

Not exact matches

One report by a local nongovernmental organization said there were 145 cases of torture and inhumane treatment, mostly by SEBIN and Bolivian National Guard agents, from January 2014 to June 2016.

It also states: «The activities of nongovernmental entities in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, shall require authorization and continuing supervision by the appropriate state party to the treaty.»

It goes without saying that I agree with Pete's center - right agenda below, with its mend them, don't end them approach to our minimalist entitlements and its due concern for doing everything that can be done to sustain our nongovernmental intermediary institutions (which, of course can be choked by too much or the wrong kind of government).

One man wrote from Zimbabwe, where as a social worker and academic he was engaged in community planning sponsored by the Disciples of Christ and a local nongovernmental agency.

Community development is practiced by many nongovernmental organizations including church groups, but it is overshadowed by the top - down development programs of the World Bank and by transnational corporate investments.

In April, China passed new regulations that will affect its more than 7,000 foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by requiring that they register with the local police and find an in - country partner.

There is barely a passing mention of thousands of nongovernmental programs, mainly church - related, that are demonstrably effective in countering disease, feeding the hungry, and advancing development by building communities of mutual aid.

The obvious benefit of this approach will be increased funds available for nongovernmental schools, funds subsidized by a tax credit rather than dispersed in federal grants.

Perhaps as significant as the Earth Charter, Agenda 21 and work on sustainable development is the unprecedented step UNCED has taken to encourage global village participation by way of a parallel conference of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) including religious communities.

* If ever there was a clear - cut cause for outrage, it is the concerted campaign by Greenpeace and other nongovernmental organizations, as well as by individuals, against Golden Rice.

This book explores the various actions that should be undertaken by governments, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals.

This interest led to my participation in another short - term project: In 1993, I was involved in a mountain gorilla survey in the Impenetrable Forest (Uganda), which was organised by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the German nongovernmental organization Mountain Gorilla and Rainforest Direct Aid.

Run by Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs, this exchange program is administered by the Ottawa - based Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE), an umbrella nongovernmental organization comprising 200 colleges, universities, educational organizations, and businesses across Canada.

After the environment ministry tripled the logging quota in March 2016, eight nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) accused it of breaking EU nature protection laws by not assessing the potential ecological impact of the additional logging and not sparing trees more than a century old.

Through an arrangement facilitated by two nongovernmental organizations in North Korea and China with help from journalist Richard Stone at Science, Hammond and his colleague Clive Oppenheimer became the first Western scientists to visit the DPRK's volcano observatory, and a historic partnership was launched.

In 1984, in the wake of Argentina's return to civilian rule, President Raul Alfonsín and the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo - a nongovernmental human rights organization - requested technical assistance in exhuming mass graves of victims of the country's «dirty war» and in applying genetic screening techniques to determine grandpaternity of children born in detention or abducted from their parents and adopted by supporters of the previous regime.

But, she cautions, «malaria will not be eliminated by expat scientists or international NGOs [nongovernmental organizations].

Amid the fear and confusion, there are ongoing efforts by outside groups such as DataRefuge to store data, especially that related to climate change, on nongovernmental servers and sites.

«It improves international security by allowing nongovernmental actors to monitor the actions of nations,» says Hitchens, who points to Amnesty International; that group has launched eyesondarfur.org, a Web site that broadcasts satellite imagery of 12 vulnerable villages in war - torn western Sudan, empowering the public to document atrocities and track the movement of refugees and troops.

Nongovernmental organizations, called ngos by aid workers, also contribute substantial amounts of relief service.

But you can teach yourself many of these skills relevant to politics, for example by getting involved in a student parliament or working for some nongovernmental organisation.

About 300 marine scientists have signed a petition in favor of the ban, released in June by a French marine conservation nongovernmental organization called Bloom.

The process involves examining multiple lists of trafficking victims, usually gathered by governments or nongovernmental organizations.

Jean - Claude Juncker, the new commission's president - elect, must decide whether to keep the post; nine nongovernmental organizations have called on him to scrap it because they are angered by the support of the current science adviser, Anne Glover, for genetically modified organisms.

«We were pleased to see this positive effect, given that nongovernmental organizations have substantiated real cases of deforestation within plantations held by RSPO members,» said co-lead author Kimberly Carlson of the University of Hawaii.

To get a clearer picture, Pedler and colleagues pulled together 45 years of mammal trapping surveys conducted by the state government, mining companies, and nongovernmental groups.

Ad Astra, a nongovernmental organization of Romanian scientists with an interest in bringing the country up to international standards, has also protested the changes at CNATDCU in a recent public statement, where it pointed out that the Romanian government is sending contradictory messages by removing all expatriated scientists from CNATDCU while organizing a conference aimed at building bridges between at - home and expatriated scientists.

According to a 2013 study from the Climate Group, a London - headquartered nongovernmental organization, China will need at least $ 24 billion per year for adaptation actions by 2020; by contrast, the nation's estimated budget is only $ 13.5 billion based on its current expenditures.

The recommendations were drafted by the Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola, drawn up of academics, think tank researchers, and leaders of nongovernmental organizations.