Sentences with phrase «funding initiative which»

Sky Arts Ignition: Doug Aitken — The Source is the first project to be selected as part of the Sky Arts Ignition Series, a new funding initiative which will see Sky Arts partner with six leading arts organisations, to invest directly in the creation of new innovative art works, events and performances, and look to support them across Sky's platforms

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The film was shown in movie theaters and the song was sold on iTunes, with 60 cents from every purchase benefiting the Chipotle Cultivate Foundation, which funds initiatives that support sustainable agriculture and family farming.

Bankwest today launched its new charity, which will raise funds for community initiatives, as well as a scholarship program that aims to better the lives of Western Australians, and has pledged $ 1 million per year to the charity for five years.

It won $ 2.9 million from Ontario's Smart Grid Fund for the initiative, which it matched with in - kind dollars.

's New Farm, an initiative through which money is raised to fund the farming of organic produce that's donated to the Stop.

So far, the initiative has secured $ 124 million through the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, which is financed primarily by governments.

Eurobank, which did not respond to an email seeking comment, on its own initiative in September restrained nearly $ 74 million of the funds.

Product sales generate income for the agents, which help overcome the high turnover that has plagued volunteer community health - worker initiatives and the fickle funding that has undermined government efforts.

The NDP is not without its own attempt to buy off voters with a proposed federal - provincial childcare initiative, which when fully implemented would cost $ 5 billion annually: funded 60 % federal and 40 % provincial.

TIL, which typically uses its own resources or that of its deep - pocket parent BCCL to fund growth initiatives, had kicked off the uncharacteristic move of raising substantial external capital for MagicBricks Realty Services Ltd early last year when the digital real estate business in India saw the emergence of a host of new players backed by global investors such as SoftBank, News Corp and Tiger Global.

The commitment in Budget 2011 to undertake a Strategic Operating Review to find $ 4 billion in annual savings followed the Budget 2010 initiatives which restrained growth in national defence spending, capped funding of the International Assistance Envelope, forced departments to absorb the increase in annual federal employees» wages for 2011 - 12, and froze their operating budgets for 2011 - 12 and 2012 - 13 at their 2010 - 11 levels.

In the middle space, where the small firms can hit a hockey stick and grow, I'm quite excited by this creation of the business growth fund, which is actually a private - sector initiative, but with certain rules that make it easier to happen.

The Council manages a research funding initiative called the Matching Grants Research Program, which has invested more than $ 65 million to create a broader economic impact that has been projected to exceed $ 1 billion.

It did absolutely nothing but announce the proposed Canada Jobs Grant, which was a blunt attempt by the Harper Government to create a federal training initiative using Provincial funds.

«An important driver of the Board's decision to explore a potential Crown REIT IPO was the proceeds the transaction would generate which could be used to fund a combination of capital management and debt reduction initiatives,» the company said.

They will also seek a ban on «bump stocks,» which are used to make semiautomatic weapons mimic automatic weapons in rate of fire; more money to harden school campuses; and funding for mental - health initiatives and to provide trained school security officers.

Ms. Taylor was also involved in the Electoral Commission Papua New Guinea project, an Australian Government project managed by CARDNO ACIL and was the Project Manager for The Electoral Reform Project, a European Union (EU) funded initiative operated by Transparency International (PNG) which was aimed at promoting democracy and advocacy for electoral reform.

Dubbed Xiong «An Global Blockchain Innovation Fund, the new initiative was announced Monday at the opening ceremony of a new Blockchain Industrial Park in Hangzhou - a Chinese city noted for its support for innovation and which plays host to major companies such as Alibaba.

Eden Shochat, a serial entrepreneur (face.com sold up and aternity) and veteran investor with experience (Genesis Foundation, Aleph Fund), wants to help entrepreneurs out with an unprecedented initiative that concentrates, on a single document, the names of all the angels investors in Israel, how to contact them and details of the investments which they generally look out for.

Adam Dumond is organizing the second Sarnia Sings event, which includes a live karaoke band to raise funds for local mental health initiatives.

Supporters of George W. Bush's faith - based initiatives plan, which would shift some of the responsibility and funding for social services onto religious organizations, often stress that the plan isn't radically new but rather an extension of accepted practices.

Aid to the Church in Need Philippines and Duyog Marawi are working together on the initiative, which is urging people to pray for the Muslim - majority region, and donate funds towards rebuilding work - including a restoration of St Mary's Cathedral.

So, a UN panel on funding anti global warming initiatives — which included George Soros — wants to tax us into submission and make businesses pay to produce carbon dioxide.

Barry Callebaut has its Cocoa Horizons Foundation which «funds farmer training, farmer support, innovative finance, initiatives to protect children, access to education, woman's empowerment and basic health services.»

Another multi-stakeholder initiative known as ReFED has recently released an important piece of analysis, which demonstrates the cost effectiveness of 27 key technical interventions in food waste reduction, recovery, and recycling, and which serves as a data - driven guide for businesses, government, funders, and nonprofits to collectively reduce food waste at scale.

The initiative will be supported for the next three years by the Foundation for Global Sports Development (GSD), which has provided the ITF with a grant of $ 375,000 to fund workshops, education courses and professional development for women in sport.»

The ASA is a voluntary, industry - funded initiative, which does not require corrections to be made and levies no fines.

This clarification was necessitated when our Global Council, on behalf of IBFAN, had to take a strategic decision whether or not and under what conditions IBFAN should participate in two new initiatives by UNICEF and WHO, WHO NetCode, and the UNICEF Breastfeeding Advocacy Initiative, both receiving funding from the BMGF, which has direct links and gets its returns from the baby food industry and also engages with entities such as the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) that create situations of risk of conflicts of Interest in infant and young child feeding.

«Don't forget the cost of sponsored events such as these televised awards goes onto the price of formula, which is already overpriced to fund the SMA Baby Know How bus tour, mother and baby clubs and other promotional initiatives the companies use in violation of the marketing standards.

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is the lead funder for this merger, supporting the development of FoodCorps» supply - side initiative, which will stand on the shoulders of School Food Focus» long - time success in this work.

«The Decision Facts: On September 21, 2015, the requester submitted a request («Request») for «documents relating to spending of recovered assets stolen by Late General Sani Abacha and the Bank's role in the implementation of any projects funded by the recovered assets and any other on - going repatriation initiatives on Nigeria with which the Bank is engaged.»

Professor Paul Boyle, Chief Executive of the ESRC said; «We are delighted that the next phase of funding for this Big Data initiative has been announced, which builds on the success of the first phase.

The Assembly's proposed $ 76.6 billion 2018 - 2019 spending plan includes about $ 500 million in new revenues from the Transportation Sustainability Program, which would be used to fund «certain transportation and MTA initiatives,» according to a news release from Speaker Carl Heastie's office.

Lucinda Hurley, executive director of Nassau BOCES» Department of Strategic Initiatives, which has organized the Island - wide pre-K initiative, advocated for a steady, reliable funding stream to expand pre-K — but not at the expense of taking funding from K - 12 sources.

The mayor believes the mandate he was elected on is one of equality for all New Yorkers, and the best way to level the playing field is with initiatives such as universal pre-K, strong support for state - funded institutions in the city and higher wages, which de Blasio supported long before Cuomo.

In the 2014 State of State handbook which accompanied the speech, the governor detailed these as well as other reform initiatives, emphasizing that matching small donations with public funds would give «voice to small donors» and «help enable a diverse pool of candidates with substantial grassroots support, but little access to large donors, to run competitive campaigns.»

Syracuse University is planning a $ 5,060 tuition increase in the fall of 2018 as part of a plan to fund $ 100 million in academic initiatives, which will likely bring tuition at the university up to more than $ 50,000 a year.

Cuomo initially linked the tax credit and the DREAM Act, which the Assembly Democrats strongly support, in his 2015 - 16 executive budget, and then went one step further in his 30 - day amendments, connecting both initiatives to TAP funding.

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz is applauding the state budget, which includes funding for the Buffalo Billion initiative.

When pressed for specifics, a spokesperson for Stringer pointed to wasted funds on technology initiatives, failure to detect collusion to drive up prices by food suppliers, late release of 70 % pre-kindergarten contract information prior to the 2014 school year, and overpaying on custodial supplies, which Stringer has pointed out over the last three - plus years since he took office as Comptroller and de Blasio became Mayor.

The first initiative is the 10 - year, $ 5 billion Clean Energy Fund, which will reduce energy bills for consumers as early as this year while providing necessary support for clean energy companies, according to a press release from Cuomo's office.

The money will fund the YMCA's YouthBuild initiative, which provides educational training and job skills to at - risk Queens youth.

Among the initiatives up for possible state funding is Syracuse University's proposed National Veterans Resource Complex, which would help «solidify» central New York as the «hub» of research and programming connected to veterans and military affairs.

Funded by Big Lottery and Comic Relief it is part of the national Moving People initiative, which aims to stamp out discrimination towards people with mental health problems (see notes to editors).

Senate Republicans continue to oppose the creation of a statewide campaign finance system funded by taxpayers, which would needlessly divert resources away from our schools, infrastructure and initiatives to provide tax relief for hardworking families.»

Even better: there is a proposed initiative, which the IGP just announced, to instal a similar body in Abuja, to galvanize public - private sector partnership, to improve funding for the police.

Day's resolution, which expresses opposition to the initiative unless funding is found at the state level, has the support of the New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC).

He vowed to fight for the mansion tax on residential property sales of at least $ 2 million to provide revenues for low - cost senior housing and the millionaires tax to fund subway repairs and reduced fares for low - income New Yorkers in Albany, which he called «crucial initiatives» going forward.

Rodriguez was awarded $ 735,000 in city funds, which could be spent in four categories: senior services run in connection with the Department of the Aging, youth services through the Department of Youth and Community Development, anti-poverty initiatives and local projects.

Walsh also said he would continue to seek United States Department of Housing and Urban Development grants to support initiatives such as the Syracuse Lead Hazard Control Program, which was denied federal funds and eventually shuttered in 2016.