Sentences with phrase «funding decisions supporting»

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DUBAI, May 2 - Iran's decision last month to unify official and free - market exchange rates to support the rial «is a step that goes in the right direction,» an International Monetary Fund official said.
• Arsenal Capital Partners agreed to sell its portfolio company, Certara, a Princeton, N.J. - based provider of technology - driven decision support solutions for drug development, to EQT VII Fund for an enterprise value of $ 850 million.
MacManus, in a written response to the senators, defended USAID's work without responding to their concerns about U.S. tax dollars supporting Soros's causes and their call for a State Department review into those funding decisions.
«In recent days we have been unable to secure the funding to support our business plan and it is therefore with the deepest regret that we have arrived at this decision,» Chairman Philip Green said.
CIFF has indicated a significant interest in funding up to 50 % of Living Goods» costs for 2015 - 2018, with the condition that Living Goods raises approximately $ 1 for every $ 1 CIFF contributes.152 Regardless of CIFF's decision, Living Goods is actively seeking funding from new and existing donors to fill its funding gap and plans to use these funds to support scaling up in Uganda and its partnerships and advocacy team's efforts to help organizations replicate the model in other places.153
Therefore, while cash generated from operations is our primary source of operating liquidity and we believe that internally generated cash flows are sufficient to support day - to - day business operations, we use a variety of capital sources to fund our needs for less predictable investment decisions such as acquisitions.
A recent poll conducted on behalf of RBCsup ® / sup finds that students who receive less than one - quarter of their funding from parents feel more confident in their financial decision making and are more likely to make and stick to a budget compared to their peers who receive more financial support from their parents.
Masayashi Son, the Founder, Chairman and CEO of SoftBank, has made unpredictable moves in the past, not least its decision last October to set up a $ 100 billion technology investment fund with Saudi Arabia, he has also promised U.S. President Donald Trump support via job creation in the U.S.
BOEM has funded or considered numerous studies to collect information about the marine environment to support decisions concerning offshore renewable energy development.
The Fed noted that its decision reflected «realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation», but that the current level of the federal funds rate remains «accommodative», supporting... Read More»
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Following the Argentine fiscal crisis of 2001 - 02, the U.S. supported the decision of the International Monetary Fund to cut off assistance to Argentina until the Argentinian government agreed to an economic recovery plan.
Commissioned by Australian Organic with funding support from Horticulture Australia Ltd and industry sponsors, the biennial Report helps the organic industry, governments and researchers understand industry trends, benchmark their business growth and make investment decisions.
Policymakers and funders should use the available research on implementation and encourage future work to guide decisions about how to scale up evidence - based programs effectively and support them over time.
And yes, I get it that we don't let kids make decisions about the most important things in life; on the other hand, we didn't have a whole lot of support from school admins, or even from parents (who relied on the sale of soda and junk at school events to fund enrichment programs) at that time to eliminate junk from schools.
Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeedingsupport, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeedingsupport individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeedingSupport from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.
At 2 p.m., Rep. Adriano Espaillat hosts a press conference on the U.S. Department of Education's decision to deny support of Upward Bound program funding at Columbia University, Double Discovery Center, Lerner Hall, 2920 Broadway, Manhattan.
The foldout also includes commitments to «support our public schools» and to «close the $ 4.4 billion annual gap in funding owed by the state to public schools» — a figure apparently derived from the Court of Appeals» 2003 Campagn for Fiscal Equity, Inc. v. State decision, which ruled Albany had shortchanged the city billions in education funds.
While several budget and economic development ads are already being run, a Cuomo aide insisted no decision has been made on using funds to counter the vocal opposition to the gun bill, though a private coalition is taking shape to support the measure.
As the national association and accrediting body for CACs, NCA serves as a voice for the movement before lawmakers, funders, and other decision - makers, leads initiatives that advance and support the CAC mission to provide healing and justice for child victims of abuse, and ensures quality care for the children and families our members serve.
We wonder how the Governors who are not members of our Party would support the decision to approve funds that was ostensibly meant to fund another Party.
Nixon's criticism mirrored an op - ed she published last month that slammed Cuomo for his support of charter schools and for proposing to eliminate the so - called Foundation Aid formula for funding public schools, which critics argued would deprive districts of billions of dollars that they are still owed under 2006 court decision that found the state had underfunded public education.
According to this report, the decision has as much to do with President Obama's comments in which he appeared to «reverse an earlier show of support» — something the White House very much denies — and a lack of funding.
Despite that contribution, and despite more than $ 300 million in state and county funds sought for the construction, the university refused to share its study with key decision makers who were asked to support the deal.
As County Executive, Poloncarz pledged to create a new funding process that would be utilized for the 2013 Erie County Budget to ensure all cultural institutions throughout Erie County had the opportunity to compete for County support, with final decisions being made in a fair and equitable manner.
In a statement, Moskowitz said the network will appeal Elia's ruling, which she described as a decision «to support [Mayor Bill] de Blasio's refusal to provide Success Academy the funding it needs and deserves to operate pre-K.»
But this will hinder support from funding bodies, journal reviewers — and departmental colleagues and chairs who write letters for tenure and promotion decisions.
«The White House's decision... to shift $ 589 million in unspent Ebola response funding to fighting Zika won't require cutting any Ebola research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH),» Puneet Kollipara wrote last Friday.
In this role, he reported on science legislation and funding decisions in Congress, and coordinated workshops and exchanges to support US - UK collaboration across a full range of science and technology policy developments.
The study, entitled COMET (Comparison of Operative to Medical Endocrine Therapy) for low - risk ductal carcinoma in situ, received funding through a $ 13.4 million, five - year award from the Patient - Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), an independent, nonprofit organization authorized by Congress in 2010 to support research that enlightens health care decisions.
With participants often able to attend for free or get funding support, the decision to attend a short intensive learning experience may come down to opportunity cost.
One question guides top scientific institutions in making hiring and promotion decisions, and funders in awarding support, says Ushma Neill: «Will the candidate move the needle forward in their field?»
Several independent advisory boards guide decisions by NCI leadership, including funding support for proposed or ongoing research projects and programs.
Joshua D. Stein, MD, MS W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Funding provided by the Glaucoma Research Foundation Board of Directors Project: A Dynamic, Personalized Glaucoma Monitoring Decision Support Tool
The funder provided support in the form of salaries for authors GJP and TL, but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
The decision to wear black was orchestrated by powerful British women in film and yesterday, a group of actresses from the UK and Ireland, including Saoirse Ronan, who pledged their support for the new UK Justice and Equality Fund in an open letter published in The Observer.
To support effective blended learning, leaders should support more flexible budgeting processes that afford schools the chance for strategic decision - making: they can push schools to articulate new instructional models and then step in to fund those models with the right devices.
Americans» support for using public funds to pay for students to attend private schools apparently was growing even before the U.S. Supreme Court's June decision upholding the Cleveland voucher plan, findings from this year's Phi Delta Kappa / Gallup poll on public attitudes about education suggest.
Hence, the lack of supporting constitutional text, principles of federalism, and the doctrine of stare decisis (which lends stability to the law by encouraging courts to stand by their prior decisions) all militate against the creation of a federal constitutional right to education or to supposedly equal school funding.
«Australia is investing record funding in education that will continue to grow, all targeted based on need, and the Turnbull Government is focused on improving student outcomes through measures we know are effective — teacher quality, a better curriculum, greater parental engagement and support for principals to make local decisions about their local school,» he said.
While FLVS's political support was impressive, the annual appropriations funding mechanism not only was risky — it was subject to year - to - year budget decisions — but also essentially capped growth.
Editorial decision - making and the creation and publication of content — including content produced with support from philanthropic funding — remain in the sole control of Education Week, under the direction of its Editor - in - Chief and Executive Editor.
The federally funded What Works Clearinghouse reviews and compiles the available studies on a range of topics to support state and local decision - makers.
«C3S applauds Governor Cuomo's decision to increase charter school support and to unfreeze the charter school funding formula.
Even if just a handful of students utilized the vouchers, a district such as Hot Springs County — which covers a wide geographic area with one school in each grade span — would face difficult decisions such as reducing classes and course offerings, cutting activities, or reducing student supports to compensate for the reduced funding when students leave.
This assumption does not account for the politics of senior executive appointments and the research funding decisions that support government promises.
In the case of AIMS, despite the fact that the organizations» schools were among the highest performing charter schools in the state, CCSA supported Oakland Unified School District's (OUSD) 2013 decision to revoke the schools» charters amid allegation of mismanagement of public funds and the initial unwillingness of the AIMS board of directors to take necessary corrective actions.
Beyond proposing an increase in federal parent involvement funds, which will be wasted if spending is not monitored or evaluated, how will you support a stronger parent voice in school decision making, which is an essential component of any effective parent involvement program?
«This historic FCC decision in support of a $ 1.5 billion increase in E-rate program funding levels the playing field by ensuring students in low - income and rural communities gain full access to today's digital learning environment.»
Prior to today's decision in support of 21st Century education, E-rate funding had been capped 16 years ago at $ 2.25 billion a year, meaning that existing funding had not kept pace with inflation.
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