Sentences with phrase «economic planning capacity»

While the on - going planning process is being orchestrated by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the mission is under the direction of the Climate Change Commission, which has no scientific or long - term economic planning capacity and which depends on a private contractor to fulfill this awesome mission.

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That government should establish a One - Stop - Shop for investments, electronic templates to simplify business processes, streamline the activities of the Ghana Export Promotion Council (GEPC), Ghana Investment Promotion Council (GIPC) and Free Zones Board, and strengthen the capacity of the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) and other statistical reporting agencies to deliver reliable and timely economic and social statistics for planning, research and development.

However, $ 41 million of a 10 - year, $ 1.22 billion Canada First Research Excellence Fund announced in the 2014 to 2015 fiscal plan will start to flow into their coffers to bolster the capacity of universities to «create long - term economic advantages for Canada.»

The NCCS team works with colleagues in each site to understand their strengths and challenges, including their political and economic circumstances, in order to provide customized implementation assistance — including consultation, training, strategic planning facilitation and sustainability advice — designed to build their local capacity to implement the community schools strategy at both the school site and systems levels.

The WV Council on STEM makes three strong recommendations: 1) Develop local capacity for STEM education across the state by establishing 3 - 5 Regional STEM Network HUBS; 2) Strengthen the public's awareness of STEM as a vital economic development advantage for quality job growth through an aggressive public engagement plan; and 3) Establish a virtual STEM clearinghouse to review current STEM resources and assets across the state to ensure alignment and eliminate redundancy.

These training manuals consists of five complementary modules, which aim to enhance the capacity of Arab Governments to incorporate Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) tools into economic strategies, policies and plans in order to adapt to climate change.

The call for tenders specifies the total amount of capacity required, the time lines for capacity establishment, the fuel options as defined in the Government's power plant establishment plan, the type of plant (base load, load following, peaking capacity), possible transmission constraints that have to be taken into account, and in certain cases a price cap, i.e. maximum average price that the new plant can be expected to earn throughout its economic life.

The Bank supports country - led development strategies and priorities aimed at integrating climate - and disaster - resilience in national development planning, while helping countries take advantage of new economic, capacity building, and financing opportunities that climate change presents.

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The places that will be hardest hit are the places that already have high water stress (a high fraction of available water already in use) and a low capacity of the community to adapt (ie, economic resources, water management plans).

If the plan is draw capacity from other sections post-merger, evaluating the economic consequences to the firm's existing profitability is necessary.

We build a public + private ecosystem that includes research - driven regional economic development plans, capacity - building to eliminate structural racism and bias in schools and housing, and legislative advocacy to promote equitable access to schools and housing.

Common themes among the Plans include health, education, capacity development and governance, economic / employment participation, land and heritage, law and justice, housing and infrastructure, essential services delivery and family violence.

There is also a need for a considerable commitment of time and resources beyond the usual time - span of agency funding cycles: «Planning to date, be it social, community, economic or infrastructure development is severely inhibited by funding and time constraints, which in turn impacts on the planners» capacity to apply sound planning methodology to the taskPlanning to date, be it social, community, economic or infrastructure development is severely inhibited by funding and time constraints, which in turn impacts on the planners» capacity to apply sound planning methodology to the taskplanning methodology to the task.»