Sentences with phrase «establishing new initiatives»

In response, the United States and China are establishing a new initiative on Climate - Smart / Low - Carbon Cities under the U.S. - China Climate Change Working Group.

Inspired in part by the work of the Conference of Chief Justice's Civil Justice Improvements Committee, Chief Justice Scott Bales of the Arizona Supreme Court issued an Order at the end of last year establishing a new initiative for the Arizona Courts, creating a 24 - member committee of judges, lawyers, and...

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Since winning majority status last year, the Conservatives have embarked on a whirlwind series of initiatives in the region, ranging from rebuilding relations with China through high - level visits, to securing an invitation to participate in the TPP, to taking initiatives on Myanmar (lifting sanctions, establishing a new embassy).

Further, a Secretariat is being established within the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation to coordinate all new evangelisation initiativNew Evangelisation to coordinate all new evangelisation initiativnew evangelisation initiatives.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

He is widely recognized as a champion of inter-industry collaboration through such initiatives as New Ways of Working Together and his efforts to establish the Global Consumer Goods Forum.

Since joining the company in 2010 following the passing of co-founder Floyd Anderson, Chaon has established a number of initiatives that will further establish it as a leader in its home state and grow it into new markets.

Strong organizational skills with self - motivation to learn new topics and self - initiative establish and maintain effective structure in a dynamic working environment;

DairiConcepts accommodates the application - specific needs of established food companies with large volume requirements and growing companies with solid new product initiatives.

Cuomo, who established Taste NY to promote New York - made beverages and food products, said the sales figures show the initiative is a success.

One of the problems with such an initiative is that it would further entrench incumbency and make it difficult for new parties to challenge the established parties.

Even as the campaign against Cuomo's agenda was in full swing, UFT members have continued implementing new school - based initiatives established by the UFT contract that are moving New York City schools forward, Mulgrew sanew school - based initiatives established by the UFT contract that are moving New York City schools forward, Mulgrew saNew York City schools forward, Mulgrew said.

«I feel our hospitality initiative meets certain criteria that Gov. Cuomo established, such as not wanting to create new taxing entities or new taxing districts,» Barrett said.

The county last week issued a «request for interest» — looking for potential vendors to establish a bike - sharing program, similar to New York City's Citi Bike initiative.

Critics note that Cuomo - driven initiatives to raise the minimum wage and establish paid family leave have added to the cost of doing business in New York.

Asked to comment on the status of the initiative in Rensselaer County, a public affairs officer for ICE, Rachael Yong Yow, said the agency «does not comment on applications until an MOA [memorandum of agreement] is signed by both parties and a new program is established.»

Initiatives such as Start - Up New York have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars, and untold amounts in future tax revenues for a decade, to entice new small businesses to come to New York — while established mature businesses exit the StaNew York have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars, and untold amounts in future tax revenues for a decade, to entice new small businesses to come to New York — while established mature businesses exit the Stanew small businesses to come to New York — while established mature businesses exit the StaNew York — while established mature businesses exit the State.

The public - private initiative was orchestrated by the Niagara Global Tourism Institute, a program established by NU in 2014 with grant funding provided through NYPA's Power Proceeds program, as recommended by the Western New York Power Proceeds Allocation Board.

«The newly established WEP will now be focused on acting as a women's advocacy party: it will launch new initiatives to register and enroll new women voters and engage them more actively in the political process,» Wing said.

Both Diaz and Torres are allocating funds for two new LGBT initiatives — the development of an LGBT - friendly senior housing facility spearheaded by SAGE, Services and Advocacy for GLBT Seniors, and a medical facility that the Callen - Lorde Community Health Center will establish in partnership with Boom!Health, a Bronx - based agency that provides a broad range of health, social, and legal services.

The new initiative is a milestone in a series of increasing efforts to establish Germany's position among the world's leading research nations, says Max Huber, spokesman of the new GATE consortium.

The Lustgarten Foundation, the nation's largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research, established the new Distinguished Scholars initiative to identify and fund the best minds in research today to engage in pancreatic cancer research.

Through the CIC program, the Cancer Research Institute conducts a number of important initiatives that seek among other things to build consensus across the field on key issues, to develop and implement new standards for carrying out and reporting immunological monitoring assays of therapeutic cancer vaccines, and to establish and promote the adoption of new criteria for evaluating the clinical impact of cancer immunotherapies.

The nonprofit New Schools Venture Fund has established a «Charter Accelerator» initiative to invest in more nonprofit EMOs.

The new course's focus on health and exercise corresponds with Sesame Workshop's latest initiative, Healthy Habits for Life, a multi-year campaign to help young children and their caregivers establish an early foundation of healthy habits that can last a lifetime.

The problem is how to establish those partnerships and it's no surprise that research shows word of mouth and past use are still significant factors in decision making, but what if you are moving away from «DIY» tours or want to develop a new initiative?

Among those lessons include the importance of having an effective governance structure for managing the Cabinet and the initiatives, establishing a shared vision for the priorities and goals, and the necessity to strategically leverage or generate new resources to expand the services and initiatives for children.

But the new initiative, which was announced at a Head Start center here last week, will establish a network of psychologists to work with children, parents, and staff members at centers nationwide.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role on both established and new initiatives such as national teacher certification, the Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher Network, and shaping high quality professional learning for teachers.

New Jersey, although a bit earlier to establish state tests, has focused its quality initiatives on a small group of lowperforming («Abbott») districts.

The schools identify and implement interventions, evaluate their effectiveness, and establish compatible new initiatives.

Schools should establish induction initiatives, including mentorships and integrated ongoing professional development, to support new teachers.School Improvement Principals must ensure the culture of continuous improvement in their schools in terms of school climate, instructional programs, and instructional facilities.

The bill, which establishes funding allocations for the Departments of Labor, Health & Human Services, Education and related agencies, reflects modest new investments in education initiatives targeted to disabled and disadvantaged students.

«Privacy for All Students» is an ad hoc coalition of parents, students and faith groups, established for the sole purpose of getting an initiative on the ballot to repeal the new law.

The Mind Trust has built a network of 17 world - class education organizations in Indianapolis by recruiting some of the nation's best, established programs and helping to launch new schools and initiatives through its Charter School Incubator and Education Entrepreneur Fellowship.

Winning applicant teams for each site accept the opportunity to manage a designated «focus» school (the bottom one percent of low - performing LAUSD public schools) or newly established «relief» school (designated to ease overcrowding in schools that have been operating on year - round calendars and have been identified by a bond initiative for new campuses).

The initiative establishes a new level of transparency and knowledge regarding how special education is funded in the sector in order to increase investments in quality programs for students with disabilities.

It pledged not to establish new «top - down initiatives or bureaucratic action plans», but instead said it would target schemes to ensure «sufficient high quality teachers, leaders, system leaders, sponsors and members of governing boards on these areas of greatest need, starting with the National Teaching Service».

The authors suggest that the literacy coach begin by connecting a new initiative to current practice to validate teachers» prior efforts, choose generative practices that raise important questions about teaching, establish teaching credentials by spending significant amounts of time teaching in the classroom, focus teacher training on student learning, use a repertoire of coaching strategies, and get into the habit of regularly videotaping and reviewing lessons and demonstrations.

(4) Conduct a program for end - stage and renal disease research, to include support of projects and demonstrations for providing special services (including transplantation and dialysis), artificial kidneys, and supplies * necessary for the REHABILITATION of individuals suffering from such disease and which will (A) insure dissemination of research findings, (B) provide encouragement and support for initiatives and new approaches by individual and institutional investigators, and (C) establish and maintain close working relationships, with other governmental and voluntary institutions and organizations engaged in similar efforts, in order to unify and coordinate scientific efforts, encourage joint planning, and promote the interchange of data and reports among investigators in the field of end - stage renal disease.

(3) Conduct of a program for spinal cord injury research, to include support of spinal cord injuries projects and demonstrations established pursuant to section 303 (b), which will (A) insure dissemination of research findings among all such centers, (B) provide encouragement and support for initiatives and new approaches by individual and institutional investigators, and (C) establish and maintain close working relationships with other governmental and voluntary institutions and organizations engaged in similar efforts, in order to unify and coordinate scientific efforts, encourage joint planning, and promote the interchange of data and reports among spinal cord injury investigators.

«We've got new tools, a new BlackBerry WebWorks platform, new commercial services and other new initiatives that are all about making it easier for developers to establish and build on that connection with our customer base.»

Surely, one of greatest initiatives that could be made by the new entity would aggressively establish transparent and friendly terms for authors — without whom not one publisher of any size anywhere can function at all.

First established in 2012 as a joint initiative of Carnegie Corporation of New York and the American Library Association, the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence are awarded to the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S..

Reaching those shelves still won't be easy for everyone, but B&N's new initiative will benefit indie authors who have sold enough eBook copies to demonstrate an established sales track record.

Launched a new initiative called «Scholarship for the Next Generation of Scientists,» a $ 2.5 million five - year program that will help establish at least 15 new Canadian scientists through funding of a post-doctoral fellowship

It is a new consumer online banking initiative from the long - established investment banking behemoth Goldman Sachs & Co..

Humane Societies — through our outreach initiatives, we have established new relationships with local human societies and strengthened relationships with others we have worked with in the past.

Through her animal rescue non-profit organization, the Eastwood Ranch Foundation, she has established a pioneering new initiative called Foster Fur Kids.

To strengthen the voice of the pet industry at the state and local levels, the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) is launching a new initiative to establish a State Coordinator program.