Sentences with phrase «coalition building which»

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The Islamic State has also built their own makeshift drones, which have been used to harass coalition troops.

In a report commissioned by the Coalition for Marriage, which asked him to assess the likely knock - on legal consequences of any proposed gay marriage legislation, he writes that any decision to redefine marriage will have far - reaching consequences for schools, hospitals, foster carers and public buildings.

After 28 years working to get kids into college, Thacker left his job as a high school counselor in 2004 to write «College Unranked: Ending the College Admissions Frenzy» and found the Education Conservancy, through which he is building a broad - based reform coalition of educators at both the supply (high school) and demand (college) sides of the equation.

Eight existing home visiting programs met the minimal legislative threshold for federal funding: Early Head Start, the Early Intervention Program, Family Check - up, Healthy Families America, Healthy Steps, Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters, Nurse - Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers.40 In August 2011, the Coalition for Evidence - Based Policy built upon the government's review by evaluating the extent to which programs implemented with fidelity would produce important improvements in the lives of at - risk children and parents.41 Through this review, one program was given a strong rating (the Nurse - Family Partnership), two were given medium ratings (Early Intervention Program and Family Check - up), and all other programs were given a low rating.

Politically, we will need to find points of agreement which bring together egalitarians, liberal republicans and social democrats, so as to build a powerful reform coalition.

I've argued on my own blog (http://hands-of-the-many.blogspot.com/2010/05/next-labour-will-change-be-moderate-or.html) that New Labour represented an understandable compromise with the upper class so that the overwhelming hostility to the party in the press would be lessened, and the party could communicate its message to a wider audience - and then, build the coalition which brought the party to office, and enabled the much - needed social democratic reforms to take place.

Behar, a progressive reformer who ran unsuccessfully for City Council and State Assembly, has been quietly building a coalition of community and civic leaders, which are already expressing encouragement.

In 2015, a coalition called Move New York offered a failed proposal that built on Bloomberg's plan, by also reducing the tolls already in place on such outer - borough bridges as the Verrazano - Narrows and Bronx - Whitestone, which serve areas with few mass transit options.

It also strengthens political parties in general, providing an intermediary between the state and the voters which can build pre-election coalitions which are important to developing a consensus among the people in support of a coherent set of policies.

This means building strong foundations for any consequent coalition - a necessity which, last time round, was compromised by the rush to office of both parties, and their unpreparedness, plus that of Whitehall, for the dance of negotiation which a hung Parliament brings with it.

«The Coalition finds the context in which the RTI Bill is mentioned in the 2018 Budget Statement very revealing, considering that government was not able to fulfill the commitments made on the Bill in the 2017 Budget Statement, but refused to at least commit to achieve and build on it in the upcoming year Budget Statement as done for other commitments that were unfulfilled.

He is energetic and engaging, important attributes in a legislator, a position which consists not only of taking votes but sponsoring legislation, building coalitions, and handling constituent issues.

«The UK is working to build a broad coalition of governments, international organisations, non-governmental organisations and businesses which share the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and to forge agreement on how we will work together to make it happen,» the department said.

Also at 10 a.m., Assemblywomen Rodneyse Bichotte and Michele Titus and state Sen. James Sanders Jr. hold a press conference with the Minority and Women - Owned Business Enterprise Coalition on Article 15A, which is scheduled to expire in spring 2018, Legislative Office Building, Room 130, Albany.

In a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the coalition urges him to not offer any tax incentives to the company, which already has a presence in Brooklyn, is building a distribution center on Staten Island and has announced plans to expand its offices in Manhattan.

Mr Bercow should build on this work and leave a legacy which will survive the end of coalition government and give backbenchers enduring influence when the House falls back into the control of a single party.

Specifically, the Jimenez and the Coalition, which held a similar protest at the new stadium in early June, want: the old stadium torn down by the end of the year; one represtentative of their organization on the advisory board that distributes the $ 800,000 in community funds; the replacement parks to be built safe and green (no artifical turf, they say); and for the community to share in the profits of memorabilia sold from the old stadium.

But after an indictment of the past and the foundations upon which this coalition was built, he didn't seem able to position the Lib Dems in the next two years of the government's lifespan and beyond.

Even after he had produced his offer, Brown regarded it as a mistake since it legitimised a deal - making, coalition - building process which Brown believed could only end one way — with a Lib / Lab government.

In its place he declared the need for a «new settlement» which only the Labour party can deliver, rejecting the «heartless» coalition government and instead building a society where ordinary people «do well».

The reality is the exact opposite of his silly jibe - the SNP Government are building recovery in Scotland, and it is the Tory / Lib Dem coalition which is smothering economic growth.

«We have a great track record of success, and I hope to build on that achievement and attract new voters and coalitions to our party and the ideals for which we stand,» Bulger said.

The Battery Park City Homeowners Coalition negotiating committee approved the deal Wednesday, and now it will go to the condo boards of the 11 affected buildings, which will have 30 days to approve it.

Massey didn't directly respond to a question of whether the Conservative Party endorsement may give Malliotakis an imprimatur of conservative bona fides which appeals to Republican primary voters, instead pitching himself as a «coalition - building candidate» and noting his endorsement by the Independence Party.

If you want to know what happened to it, take a look at the Department of Health's first annual report on the «End of life care strategy» (62 full colour pages) which asserts that the initiative is off to a great start: it is establishing a National Implementation Advisory Board and a National Coalition to raise public awareness, has published a set of Quality Markers and core competencies, built monitoring into Operation Finance Guidance, tendered for a pilot of a national survey and begun the process to set up an Intelligence Network.

«Paul has broken two fundraising records, which shows a groundswell of support, he has built a campaign infrastructure, he has secured the Independence Line, and is building a coalition that can beat Bill de Blasio in November,» spokeswoman Mollie Fullington said.

We built coalitions which helped us win.

Also, a civil society organisation, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, has said Patience must explain how she came about the funds with which she reportedly built a N10bn hotel in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

The traditional labourist message of using state power to seek to protect individuals from the power of capital, and to democratically steer the economy towards meeting the needs of people not of corporations was, and is, an inherently modern one; and a mission around which a progressive electoral coalition could, and can, be built.

Several dozen members of various community groups organized under the coalition of «Real Affordability for All» gathered on the steps of City Hall to voice their concerns about Mr. de Blasio's housing program, which aims to build and preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing over the next decade.

They say those cuts don't show up in the government's tally of science spending, however, because much of the reduction comes in spending on capital projects — such as new buildings and equipment — which the newly elected Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition government last year moved outside of the science budget.

We would need to build a public coalition for it, which there isn't at the moment.

Which communities should education reformers serve, and can a new coalition be built in support of school reform?

Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) is an environmental group that builds coalitions and which take pride on making the world cleaner and healthier.

It replaced the Building Schools for the Future programme, which was controversially scrapped four years ago by the incoming coalition government.

Some saw their plans for new schools or the re-building of existing ones scrapped with the cancellation of the Building Schools for the Future programme, which the coalition said was too expensive and bureaucratic.

NSBA and Rebuild America's Schools coalition forwarded a letter to Senate Leaders supporting a two - year extension for Qualified Zone Academy Bonds (QZABs), which are used by school districts in every state to renovate, repair, and modernize school buildings and classrooms.

The power of the NFCC brand, which you have all worked so hard to enhance in recent years, also has helped us attract respected partners and build coalitions on important policy issues.

As an artwork, Eichhorn's gesture built upon the traditions of artistic withdrawal of labour established by the Art Workers» Coalition and Art Strikes in New York in the 1970s, which enabled artists to understand and articulate their positions as cultural workers.

Since January 1943 an agreement existed between the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a coalition which would culminate in the combining of their collections of American art in a new building, paid for from the endowment of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.

On the steps of the Wilson Building, middle school students and teachers will be joined by members of the «Put A Price On It, D.C.» coalition, which consists of 70 local organizations and businesses, to speak out in favor of the proposed policy.

The Coalition's diesel initiative is also building on the U.S. EPA's Smart Way program, which has become a global model for increasing efficiency and reducing pollution from freight through a portfolio of readily available technologies and practices.

The United States is also supporting SLCP efforts around the world, many of which the Climate and Clean Air Coalition will build on and scale - up.

On Tuesday I attended the Build Small Coalition meeting, which is a reconvened group previously dubbed the Space - Efficient Housing Working Group.

The NSW Government discussed options at the Our Future Our Voice Summit in 2004, on three models including a regional assembly model (based on the Murdi Paaki model), the Coalition of peak Aboriginal Bodies (building on existing organisations) and the Combined ATSIC / Land Council model (where local land councils input to regional councils, which in turn input to State land councils).

Eight existing home visiting programs met the minimal legislative threshold for federal funding: Early Head Start, the Early Intervention Program, Family Check - up, Healthy Families America, Healthy Steps, Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters, Nurse - Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers.40 In August 2011, the Coalition for Evidence - Based Policy built upon the government's review by evaluating the extent to which programs implemented with fidelity would produce important improvements in the lives of at - risk children and parents.41 Through this review, one program was given a strong rating (the Nurse - Family Partnership), two were given medium ratings (Early Intervention Program and Family Check - up), and all other programs were given a low rating.

She is involved in an evaluation of the Early Learning Coalition in the Altgeld - Riverdale community of Chicago, which is designed to build a community infrastructure to support early learning and serve as a demonstration program to inform other early learning collaborations in low - income, high - need communities.

Cradle Through College Coalition, of which Committee for Children is a member, sent letters to House and Senate leadership in response to their respective budget proposals urging them to make stronger investments in high - quality early learning, K — 12 education, pathways for postsecondary education, stability for vulnerable students, and building a strong pipeline of education from early childhood to early adulthood.

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Commissioner Calma said the targets build on the positive steps already undertaken with the Government through the Indigenous Health Equality Summit, the signing of the Statement of Intent, and the recent launch of the National Indigenous Health Equality Council, which includes a number of health experts from the Close the Gap coalition.