Sentences with phrase «clear policy commitments»

After a campaign in which the Leaders» Debates have elevated style over substance, clear policy commitments must make a belated comeback.

There is a clear policy commitment across all governments in Australia to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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However, it would require a major refocusing of fiscal policy, with a clear political commitment and hard rules in order to be successful.

Britain can not pretend to hold all the cards in the Syrian conflict but a clear strategic policy aimed at halting violence based on a commitment to the twin diplomatic - humanitarian track puts us on the good side of a bad conflict.

The problem with some potential celebrity candidates, like Oprah or Mark Zuckerberg, is that they have no clear - cut ideological or policy commitments, so they could resort to selling a vague message of change (as Trump did).

BASC's Council has agreed the following policy on wildfowling as a clear statement of the organisation's long term commitment to wildfowling which had previously been dispersed through documents such as the constitution and council minutes.

Other recommendations included making it easier to finance infrastructure projects and providing a clear commitment to a long - term energy policy.

«The major aim of the policy is to provide clear direction for reporting disclosures of abuse and commitment to the development of good practice and sound procedures to keep children safe.

The parliamentary party has a clear collective mandate as the official opposition, partly on the basis of a manifesto with clear commitments to Nato and the EU plus renewal of Trident, all policies now put into question by Corbyn's leadership campaign.

«In contrast, Jeremy has made clear his commitment to oppose the policies of this Tory government which are harming working families in our country, and put forward his positive alternative so that we can get Labour back into government to rebuild and transform Britain so that no one and no community is left behind.»

Whatever the merits of Mr Hunt's policies, he speaks for a government elected with a clear majority on a manifesto commitment to move the NHS to a full seven - day service.

A federal program «to attract to the federal service outstanding men and women from a variety of academic disciplines and career paths who have a clear interest in, and commitment to, excellence in the leadership and management of public policies and programs.»

Just for starters, it would appear that the waiver «winners» just promised to adopt narrow, prescriptive teacher evaluation and school improvement policies that apply to charter schools as well as district schools — but not even charter authorities are entirely clear on how this will play out in reality or if these commitments should be taken any more seriously than so many empty promises in the Race to the Top applications.

Support for competitive programs, even among reformers, is apt to plummet as it becomes clear that the vagaries of peer reviewers and the prowess of grant writers are what drive results in such competitions, not true policy change, political courage, leadership or public commitment to reform.

In the process, Obama and Duncan are retreating from the very commitment of federal education policy, articulated through No Child, to set clear goals for improving student achievement in reading and mathematics, to declare to urban, suburban, and rural districts that they could no longer continue to commit educational malpractice against poor and minority children, and to end policies that damn children to low expectations.

Additionally, the culture of education reflects Meaningful Student Involvement when discriminatory language against students is not tolerated; clear expectations and policies reflect a commitment to Student / Adult Partnerships, and a total commitment to the Cycle of Engagement is apparent throughout learning, teaching and leadership.

Therefore, there is certain to be an expectation that President Dilma Roussef will send a clear message to the world showing that Brazil will meet the commitments announced in Copenhagen, avoiding a stain on the country's prestige and avoiding setbacks in its environmental policy.

Recent policy changes — including cuts to renewable subsidies and abolishing the Green Deal as well as the Zero Carbon Standard for homes — «have been widely interpreted to have reduced the action being taken to meet the clear commitment to carbon budgets.

And they have made more than 1,170 commitments to ambitious climate action, sending a clear signal to policy makers that business is implementing the Paris Agreement.

Yet here we see a man, with associations to commercial interests in the implementation of environmental policy (contrast with the speculation that surrounds sceptics who have worked with the oil industry), with a clear commitment to the environmental ethics espoused WWF, who is responsible for determining the UK's policy over the next 45 years.

He also said that: «There is a clear commitment to energy security through oil stocks well exceeding the 90 days obligation and the recent referendum on nuclear energy is significant because it allows the government to pursue energy policies aiming at the 3Es (energy security, economy and environment).»

Meanwhile, on the foreign - policy front, the NOAA study projects «tensions between governments in the East and West [will] begin to fray as it is becoming clear that an entirely new level of commitment» — read: huge amounts of money — «will probably be needed to address the relationship between people and the planet.»

The ISS further prescribes that the board gender diversity policy include a clear commitment to increase board gender diversity, avoiding boilerplate or contradictory language.

This statement reflects the commitment of the current Israeli government to an infamous policy of «punitive home demolitions», which consists of demolishing the home of relatives of Palestinians suspected of security offences against Israel in the West Bank and East Jerusalem (two other types of demolitions are «administrative demolitions» of houses built without a permit and «clearing demolitions» carried out on the pretext of military needs such as during Operation Protective Edge in Gaza in 2014).

The Office of Personnel Management's PMF program is designed to attract to the federal service outstanding men and women from a variety of academic disciplines and career paths who have a clear interest in, and commitment to, excellence in the leadership and management of public policies and programs.

The areas — which are explored on the government - funded information site Student Wellbeing Hub — include: commitment from school leadership, early intervention, engagement with families and communities, positive behaviour support, clear policies and a focus on student wellbeing.