Sentences with phrase «capacity building effort»

In Austin, funds will be used in a capacity building effort to better protect the rights and interests of Mexican nationals within the Consulate's jurisdiction.

In 2001, Aljira was one of eight institutions in the nation chosen by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to participate in the Warhol Initiative, a capacity building effort for small to mid-size visual arts organizations.

Relatively small contributions can make it possible for scientists from developing countries to participate in WCRP regional and international capacity building efforts that would normally be beyond a country's means.

The main objectives of this tool are to provide the guidelines to help staff become effective facilitators and trainers, to support quality capacity building efforts, to contribute to the development of a career pathway in after - school professional development, and to encourage after - school leadership staff to create ongoing opportunities for staff development.

This analytical document assesses the capacity building efforts dedicated to the Least Developed Countries.

Some capacity building efforts on all sides are in order, and equity must take an integral place in the ADP agenda to allow this to happen.

Costs are defined in a variety of ways and under a variety of assumptions that affect their value ► Cost types include: ► administrative costs of planning, management, monitoring, audits, accounting, reporting, clerical activities, etc. associated with a project or program; ► damage costs to ecosystems, economies and people due to negative effects from climate change; ► implementation costs of changing existing rules and regulation, capacity building efforts, information, training and education, etc. to put a policy into place; ► private costs are carried by individuals, companies or other private entities that undertake the action, where ► social costs include additionally the external costs on the environment and on society as a whole.

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By funding the relief efforts of organizations in the Caribbean, there's potential to build stronger response capacity so that these organizations are better equipped to face future challenges.

I hope that MITEF Greece contributed to their effort through capacity building and global networking.

India strengthened its rice production capacity through concerted efforts by India and IRRI to develop rice varieties with resistance to pests and diseases and stresses such as drought and flooding; to commercialize hybrid rice; to streamline production practices so they would be profitable, sustainable, and environment - friendly; and to extensively exchange information with Indian scientists and researchers along with capacity building.

The fund, a joint effort of UNICEF and the WePROTECT Global Alliance Board, will implement programs with the aim of continuing to build capacity to fight child sexual exploitation online.

Since the end of the Cold War efforts to promote democracy — by strengthening parliaments, supporting political parties and building the capacity of civil society — have become common place.

[1] Earlier in September 2013, Tarek Mitri, who heads the UN Support Mission in Libya, described it as a process that «would give voice to many Libyans and opens a space that does not exclude any of those who may have contributions to make to public life and are otherwise isolated, separated or entrenched in their partisan attitudes... [to] promote a national capacity to address urgent priorities and ensure public support to the efforts of state - building.»

Speaking Monday at a City Hall press conference, Malliotakis outlined a twelve point plan, available on her campaign website, which includes extensive legal efforts at locating and mandating treatment of mentally ill persons, building 30,000 units of supportive housing and expanding the psychiatric bed capacity in City hospitals.

Today, we serve more than 2,000 at - risk youth each year from more than 300 zip codes in New York and throughout the tri-state area, and an additional 8,000 young people through outreach efforts — as well as countless lives changed by our advocacy, training and capacity building work around the world.

With the Building Community Capacity program, the de Blasio administration is redoubling its efforts to strengthen local organizations and improve access to the arts in all of the city's neighborhoods.

In his goodwill remark, the Senior Capacity Building Manager of IFES, Seray Jah, applauded the efforts of INEC at enhancing the knowledge of its voter education staff and extending it to the grassroots level.

For example, they point out that investments in country capacity building have been inadequate and difficult to track, arrangements for fair and timely sharing of patient samples remain weak, and reform efforts at WHO have focused on operational issues but have neglected to address deeper institutional shortcomings.

Now, after a sustained effort, State has built significant scientific and technical strength and a promising capacity...

The cases emphasize both the methodologies used and the organizations» efforts to build internal M&E capacity and support.

To reduce these risks, Williams et al. urge the international community to support capacity - building efforts in the most economically vulnerable countries.

Though building a strong safety culture takes continuing time and effort, he, Rudd, and Peterson agree, it's well within the capacity of departments across the country to achieve.

Building capacity at the faculty level magnifies the effort as the faculty «pay it forward» to many students in the long - term,» said Holley - Bockelmann, who is also the Vanderbilt director of the Fisk - Vanderbilt Masters - to - Ph.

India strengthened its rice production capacity through concerted efforts by India and IRRI to develop rice varieties with resistance to pests and diseases and stresses such as drought and flooding; to commercialize hybrid rice; to streamline production practices so they would be profitable, sustainable, and environment - friendly; and to extensively exchange information with Indian scientists and researchers along with capacity building.

Moving the Needle provides quarterly updates from PATH's Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access (CVIA) on our vaccine development efforts, as well as related supporting work, such as developing human challenge models, building capacity of developing - country vaccine manufacturers, and evaluating new adjuvants and other novel vaccine technologies.

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) has organized a proposal Writeshop as part of its effort to mobilise and strengthen research capacity in African agricultural universities and research instiCapacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) has organized a proposal Writeshop as part of its effort to mobilise and strengthen research capacity in African agricultural universities and research insticapacity in African agricultural universities and research institutions.

Fundamental to his efforts is a desire to build research capacity around ethics in developing countries, and to lead a team of experts to conduct breakthrough research to understand the current state of research ethics and health systems development around the world.

Many of the centres operate collaborative multi-disciplinary ventures focusing on long - term challenges relevant to the nation's efforts to build its scientific capacity and enhance economic competitiveness.

Efforts have been made to raise awareness and build the capacity of practitioners on global education.

Focusing effort on what matters most is central to the strategic planning of any successful school, and hence should be a key focus of building leadership capacity throughout the school from the principal team down.

An appropriate education depends on genuine and sustained efforts at capacity - building at the federal, state, and local levels.

We put also significant efforts in order to increase education, public awareness and training, and to develop capacity building.

As part of the initial three - year program strategy for NCPI, FWI has worked with FMCSV and HCDC to develop a research plan with two overarching goals: (1) to build the best possible approach to communicating the science of child development in a Brazilian context, and (2) to create local capacity to lead this research effort over the long term in Brazil.

I want to keep working at solving the problem that, notwithstanding the great efforts we've made in Massachusetts over a couple of decades in setting high goals, measuring progress, holding people accountable, and investing and building the capacity of the system to deliver, we've still been — however successful we've been comparatively — unsuccessful at: closing persistent achievement gaps.

Some of these might be categorized as efforts to build the capacity of the current system by simply paying for professional development sessions on particular topics; others might be thought of as attempts to change the system by developing new approaches to hiring, compensating, and evaluating teachers.

Additionally, the US2020 City Competition is leveraging the «roles of cities as centers for innovation, supporting outstanding efforts to build STEM mentoring capacity at the local level.»

Instead, the organization aims to create change through community empowerment, channeling time and resources into community leaders and education professionals in an effort to build on the talent and capacity that is already present and create a much more sustainable outcome.

SDP Fellows will be employees of the agency who support efforts to build capacity for rigorous analytics and research methods to inform management and policy decisions.

I applaud Newark's schools for their efforts, even if imperfect, to build the systems and capacity to provide high - quality programs to students with a diverse range of disabilities.

«This calls for stronger efforts by governments and all actors, in ensuring access, use and affordability — it requires also greater work to build the capacities of all women and men to make the most of all new opportunities.»

Texas Comprehensive Center (TXCC): The TXCC provides professional development and technical assistance to the Texas Education Agency and the state's 20 regional education service centers to build their capacity to support districts and schools engaged in improvement efforts.

Southeast Comprehensive Center (2005 — 2012): The Southeast Comprehensive Center provided technical assistance and professional development to the state education agencies of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina to build their capacity to support districts and schools engaged in improvement efforts.

Texas Comprehensive Center (2005 — 2012): The Texas Comprehensive Center provided technical assistance and professional development to the Texas Education Agency and the state's 20 regional education service centers to build their capacity to support districts and schools engaged in improvement efforts.

Participants heard from, and discussed with, high - level education policy leaders in an effort to develop an understanding of the policy conditions, such as capacity building, professional development, funding, Common Core - aligned curriculum, instruction, and assessments, etc., that will allow support for innovative approaches, such as those featured in the site visits to schools, to expand.

Only a few have made sustained efforts at capacity building (such as Missouri «s 1993 Outstanding Schools Act provided funding for a state - wide teacher professional development system, or New Jersey «s provision of significant additional resources to high poverty «Abbott» school districts).

Informal, unplanned collaborations can play a big role in developing trust and relationships and help build capacity and organizational change in Birth - 3d learning efforts.

We will also continue to use Michael Fullan's Coherence Framework as a guide to assist our teams in their efforts to establish shared goals and accountability as well as building capacity to deepen student learning through pedagogical practices.

This webinar focused on the emerging efforts to use personalized learning approaches to better serve students with disabilities, tools that are designed to help policymakers and practitioners, and strategies to help build the capacity of schools to use this approach.

To support regional capacity - building efforts to better serve the state's ELs, Icela became one of the state's only WIDA - certified trainers on the English language proficiency standards and assessments.

He has been involved in a series of key efforts, including the creation of data tools to support CCSA's nationally recognized accountability work, various advocacy campaigns, the development of a database of statewide stakeholders, and the building of internal analytics capacity to help determine the most effective election strategies CCSA's sister 501 (c4) organization, CCSA Advocates, should pursue.