Sentences with phrase «get informed citizens»

No, it is to get informed citizens involved whereas the 2020 Summit was largely the «in - crowd» who already have a say having a yet more formal structured say.

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We know that television informs us, a genuine window on the world, but also that its commercial demand for profit severely limits the amount of diversity of opinion that is aired, that it tends to trivialize issues and to represent the views of the rich, so that through TV the average citizen simply can not get the information needed to make intelligent decisions about living in our democracy.

Think tank launches get lots of publicity and speeches pour out about creating «informed citizens» and much more.

He said: «A lot of people that may not be aware of our publicity programme would get informed through this platform and would become aware of our work and their own roles as citizens.»

She talks about her mission as the head of the city's Community Engagement Team and her goals to get citizens better informed and more engaged.

Are charter schools, online providers, and private and parochial schools all afraid they will not get access to public funds if parents recognize that they too are aimed at neural rewiring «to produce knowledgeable and competent adults able to participate as informed citizens in the democratic process»?

She also plans to have officers hand out brochures in the field that inform citizens about low - cost spay / neuter services, where to get low - cost or free pet food, and other information that might better help people take care of their pets and prevent them being surrendered to the shelter.

(if Reneweconomy is getting 3 million hits there must be a groundswell of well - informed citizens out there who will not countenance coal developments?)

This easy - to - use information allows small groups and individual citizens to get informed and act.

But I'll be back, and I suggest you, too, persevere, because, if, as ReadWriteWeb opines, even the U.S. government open access data initiative data.gov has whole lot to learn from the Brits, our government desperately needs to see how those who «get it» are engaging their citizens; and our informed readers need to do what they can to cause it to get it, too.

Get Smart Week is about helping consumers — whether they are business owners, students or senior citizens — make informed decisions about their insurance.

This is also the task for us — the European Commission — to inform the citizens about the possibility to get better redress and first of all to have their complaint dealt with properly.»