Sentences with phrase «development of policy recommendations»

The Pascua Yaqui Tribal Council established a Tribal Child and Family Providers Networking Board to work across tribal departments, agencies, and offices to coordinate development of policy recommendations and improve the quality of life for all tribal members.
This video from a Colorado talk show exposes the corruption behind the Center for Climate Strategies (CCS), the so - called «consulting» organization hired by the State of Minnesota to «assist» in the development of policy recommendations for the Minnesota Climate Change Advisory Group (MCCAG).
While it is too early to identify all of the potential ELSI issues that may emerge in this field, such considerations should be factored into the development of policy recommendations for public health and clinical practice in infectious disease, both domestically and internationally [106].
During the past year alone, concerns about oversight of high - containment laboratories; vetting of personnel (personnel reliability); the efficacy of security measures in place for the select agent program; medical countermeasure research, development and distribution; bioterrorism and pandemic influenza preparedness; misuse of beneficial biological research and technologies; and microbial forensics have generated several policy evaluations and prompted the development of policy recommendations and legislation.
After the Framework was developed MDH held a series of community meetings across the state to engage the public in development of policy recommendations to improve outcomes and reduce disparities for infants, toddlers, their families, and their communities.
Chaired by Michael Horgan, the C.D. Howe Institute's Fiscal and Tax Competitiveness Council oversees research and development of policy recommendations to foster effective and efficient spending and tax programs, and ensures that Canadian fiscal policy supports economic dynamism and sustainable income growth.

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In addition to this core product line, RiskMetrics owned Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), a pioneer in the development of policy - based proxy voting recommendations.
A primary recommendation related to defining an issues hierarchy to guide development of food labelling policy.
Guidance Materials: Guidance for the Development of California School Wellness Policies (2005), developed in a collaborative effort between the Department of Education and other organizations, provides districts with suggestions and concrete recommendations for meeting Section 204 requirements.
In addition, each school district and charter school is required to establish a district School Health Advisory Council that shall meet at least 2 times annually to make recommendations to the local school board in the development or revision, implementation and evaluation of their wellness policy.
The National Youth Sports Health & Safety Institute will be the recognized leader and advocate for advancing and disseminating the latest research and evidence - based education, recommendations and policy to enhance the experience, development, health and safety of our youth in sports.
The National Youth Sports Health & Safety Institute is dedicated to being the recognized leader and advocate for advancing and disseminating the latest research and evidence - based education, recommendations and policy to enhance the experience, development, health and safety of our youth in sports.
Part of an Australian Research Council funded study titled Being and becoming musical: towards a cultural ecological model of early musical development, the study aims to provide a comprehensive account of how Australian families use music in their parenting practices and make recommendations for policy and practice in childcare and early learning and development.
The strudy produced findings, recommendations, timetables, and estimated expenses in ten interrelated dimensions of school food service operations: facilities, finances, food and health, wellness policy, teaching and learning, the dining experience, procurement, waste management, professional development, and marketing and communications.
The County Manager performs research tasks as assigned by the Legislature and submits recommendations regarding any modifications needed for more efficient governmental operations and serves as chief advisor to the Legislature in the development, implementation and ongoing modification of policies and procedures.
The Governor's Airport Advisory Panel is charged with producing recommendations on redesigns and modernization for our region's airports, and is comprised of the following appointees by the Governor: Amanda Burden, former commissioner of the New York City Department of City Planning; Tony Collins, co-chair of the North Country Regional Economic Development Council; Jose Gomez - Ibanez, Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government and Harvard's Graduate School of Design; Queens Borough President Melinda Katz; DanTishman, CEO of Tishman Construction Corporation; Jacqueline Snyder, former head of the New York City Public Design Commission; John Zuccotti, co-chair of Brookfield Office Properties.
Before the election, Holt also joined Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy and others in calling on the new administration to appoint a top - level science adviser to assist in the development of science related recommendations and contribute to the administration's decision - making process.
Building on this work we collaborated with the Association of Clinical Genetics Science (ACGS) to evaluate the challenges to data sharing and to provide recommendations for policy development.
IRDiRC Committees and Task Forces will deliver a series of recommendations for policies and standards, tools and infrastructure development, and adoption of best practices in response to the needs of the rare disease community.
The Institute contributes to sustainable development by advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change and energy, and management of natural and social capital, as well as the enabling role of communication technologies in these areas.
The Task Force should publish its recommendations to encourage the development of state and local policy that supports the movement toward creating trauma - sensitive schools across the state.
Although the series is now over a decade old, many of the recommendations made by the task forces are still relevant today, such as providing effective professional development for teachers and principals, professionalizing teaching, political and policy challenges like bipartisanship, and dispelling myths about the challenges of leading urban districts.
At the heart of their recommendations, compiled in two separate policy papers, are the following strategies: empowering principals and educators with more autonomy over staffing; leadership and coaching opportunities for excellent teachers; student - focused professional development designed at the school site; direct investment in community engagement; and financial incentives to attract and keep teachers making progress with their students (based on a multi-measured evaluation system) in hard - to - staff schools.
In response to the negative impact on English Learners from over 10 years of «drill and kill», narrowly focused reading and math curricula and limited access to social science, science and the arts, Californians Together has issued a policy brief to delineate research - based teaching practices with policy recommendations for accelerating the language development and academic growth of English Learners.
The national office of CoSN works closely with state chapters to develop and deliver professional development, build capacity among members, provide leadership and policy recommendations, advocate on behalf of technology officers, and much more.
Best Practices for Supporting Teachers and Administrators to Improve Outcomes for Dual Language Learners in PK - Grade 3 highlights research on training DLL teachers, describes best practices for teachers and administrators to support development of English and children's home language, shares a tool for coaching and professional development of teachers, and discusses policy trends and recommendations for improving outcomes of dual language learner children.
In its report released this month, the committee issued a number of commonsense recommendations ranging from better professional development of teachers, of school law enforcement officers and of juvenile - justice workers to a repudiation of «zero - tolerance» disciplinary policies.
In preparation for this launch, the Government of India (GoI) has thus far tasked a Committee for Evolution of the New Education Policy with producing a set of recommendations, while the Ministry of Human Resource Development (the government ministry overseeing education)(MHRD) has assembled a document, Some Inputs for Draft National Education Policy 2016, which was released for public viewing on June 29th and outlines the broad contours of the NEP.
The purpose of the Guide is to offer recommendations to states developing policies and procedures on 1) the identification of English learners with disabilities, and 2) Individualized Education Program (IEP) development for English learners with disabilities.
The status of the permitting reforms will require careful monitoring by the IPIC over the period of implementation to meet required timeframes and to support development of required reports and inform future policy recommendations.
Further, you may move into the discussion of its effects, unexpected outcomes, evaluation of its success or failure, recommendations for further development, policy implications, etc..
The Animal Services Advisory Board may offer opinions and make recommendations to the department on the development of short or long term goals, Washoe County Code amendments, educational resources, community programs and policies and procedures.
The mission of the City Manager's Office is to support the City Council in the development and evaluation of policy by assembling and analyzing data and making recommendations; to provide leadership and direction to employees in implementation of policies, programs and daily operations; and, to ensure that the City of Fort Walton Beach government provides the municipal services and infrastructure necessary for a high quality of life for our citizens, in a fiscally responsible manner.
Updates to this second version of the Policy Matrix include lessons learned from market developments from the past year, as well as more detailed program design recommendations in key areas such as program size, compensation, customer participation, and low to moderate income participation.
This policy document presents the recommendations of the Expert Group on Technology Transfer on future financing options necessary for enhancing the development and transfer of technologies, for consideration by the subsidiary bodies at their thirtieth sessions.
Kobe, 12 - 14 October 2017 — The Task Force for the Future Development of APN gathered in Kobe, Japan to implement institutional recommendations for improving the effectiveness of APN and to consider concrete steps to gear its activities towards greater impact and stronger policy relevance.
Through case studies, key recommendations for new rules, and descriptions of best practices, this working paper can help state officials to determine how best to structure future state - level policies — including measures for complying with forthcoming national emissions standards under the Clean Air Act — to reduce methane emissions from natural gas development.
The report also contains recommendations for more effective policies and greater regional cooperation on the development of sustainable energy systems.
This technical document reviews existing reserves and geographical distribution of fossil fuels across the African continent, reviews technical options for decarbonising efforts and provides policy recommendations that would enable the use of resources for the continent's development efforts while ensuring minimisation of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions.
Using evidence based analysis for policy decisions is a better investment than reading 100s of recommendation with little heed to sequencing pro-poor development priorities.»
It aims to: explain major policy measures including general environmental strategy towards a green growth and skills development strategy; discuss the green structural change and its impact on the labour market and outline the plans that Korea has put in place for skills response; present case studies that show actual examples of skills response to green economy in various sectors; and discuss the current approach and suggest policy recommendations.
This policy paper outlines a number of basic principles and recommendations for governments and policy makers to take into account if they decide on the development and implementation of such instruments.
This guidance document provides recommendations to policymakers in five areas: policy development; government and resources; curriculum development; capacity building of teachers and education planners; and public awareness, communication and stakeholder involvement, based on the case studies, as well as brief profiles of climate change and education in 16 countries» sustainable development policy processes.
The Office of the People's Counsel for the District of Columbia commissioned Synapse to conduct a Value of Solar study and offer recommendations regarding policies to sustainably support the development of distributed generation in the District.
This study provides policy recommendations to governments and to development partners on how to minimize the negative impacts of energy trade on the poor, and increase its benefits in order to meet the MDGs.
By adjusting the values of those parameters found to be influential through numerical experiments and simulations, short - term and long - term policy recommendations that can keep the system within optimum levels or sustainable development targets (e.g., Millennium Development Goals or the Post-2015 Development Agenda) can be designed development targets (e.g., Millennium Development Goals or the Post-2015 Development Agenda) can be designed Development Goals or the Post-2015 Development Agenda) can be designed Development Agenda) can be designed and tested.
Development needs of the Estonian energy sector were assessed in order to prepare policy recommendations for enabling the shift from fossil fuel based electricity production to the use of 100 % renewable domestic energy sources and fuels on a national level.
We have been early - adopters of all the recommendations of the Justicia Project, including initiatives and policies respecting parental leave, flexible work arrangements, advancement into partnership, business development and leadership skills.
The cases serve as a backdrop for highlighting social dynamics at play in elder abuse cases, comparing relevant legislation across the country, clarifying legal obligations to respond to elder abuse under legislation and professional codes of ethics, and making recommendations for protocol and policy development, and professional development and training to support the practice of health care and social service workers in the area of elder abuse and neglect.»
In April 2018, West Coast LEAF submitted recommendations to BC's Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General to inform the development of provincial standards and policies on unbiased policing.
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