Sentences with phrase «held by national government»

As part of the process they will also be able to formally request specific powers, currently held by national government, to be devolved to them.

Not exact matches

«DoD / Government Accounting Excellence» was held at, and hosted by, the national accounting firm Baker Tilly at their facility in downtown Minneapolis.

Debt held by the public: The portion of the national debt held by entities other than the federal government.

The data set — which you represent — is usually held by large private companies, public organizations, and the national government.

His focus now is on ensuring National provides a strong Opposition that holds the Government to account and ensures the gains made by hardworking New Zealanders over the past few years are not frittered away.

Held on the eve of the UN-sponsored elections of a new national assembly and government, the peace march, known as Dhammayietra II («Pilgrimage of Truth»), traversed dangerous territory marked by landmines and firefights.

The Australian Government has committed to halving food waste by 2030 (consistent with Target 12.3 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals), and the strategy is expected to be released at the national food waste summit being held in Melbourne on 20 November 2017.

Recently the Food Waste Reduction Alliance — lead by Food Marketing Institute, Grocery Manufacturers Association and National Restaurant Association — held a convening of representatives from the food industry, government agencies and non-government groups, all sharing an interest in addressing the issue of food waste.

We proposed various methods by which this could be achieved through existing or new international institutions, as well as approaches to compel national governments to hold their corporations to account for their practices anywhere in the world.

National governments are imposing conflicting legal obligations and asserting competing claims of jurisdiction over data held by computing service providers.

Of course, others, such as the National Audit Office and the Institute for Government's Whitehall Monitor team also hold the government to account by scrutinizing reform initiatives against such data as is Government's Whitehall Monitor team also hold the government to account by scrutinizing reform initiatives against such data as is government to account by scrutinizing reform initiatives against such data as is available.

The movement they say is relieved that Zakzaky is still alive as revealed by members of the contact committee set up by the National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, that visited their leader where he is being held by the federal government.

Passed at a recent international conference, held by St Dunstan's and the European Blind Union and presented to the European Commission and European Disability Forum in Brussels, the Resolution urges national governments to promote the full participation of people with a visual impairment in all aspects of art and culture.

The Court, in a judgment on a suit with reference number FHC / L / CS / 1098/07 filed by fishermen operating in Eti - Osa Local Government Area of the State, held that the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) lacked the Constitutional power to regulate inland waterways within the State.

They accused government of unduly delaying the payment of their tier two pension funds being held by the National Pensions Regulatory Authority in the last three years.

The council election was held on the same day as the national General Election, when the Labour Party government lost power and the Watford parliamentary constituency was won by the Conservative Party.

«The most surprising and amazing of this is that the Federal Government is watching while Nnamdi Kanu is creating a state within a State, threatening to stop Anambra State gubernatorial election by holding rallies in South South and South East states and using provocative and inciting words, granting interviews to the press, which pose a threat to national unity and security.

A motion was tabled at the 1917 Congress held in Swansea by the Joint Parliamentary Committee and 104 retail societies, calling for direct representation at national and local government levels.

Read more: Nduom assures farmers of better living conditions President John Mahama in his address at the 32nd National Farmers» Day celebration held at Kintampo in the Brong Ahafo Region under the theme: «Agriculture: A Business Response to Economic Growth», he refuted claims by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that agriculture has been declining under the NDC government.

He focused on Europe and after reiterating the party's promise to hold a referendum on the draft EU Treaty he also promised to amend the 1972 European Communities Act «so that if any future government agrees any treaty that transfers further competences from Britain to the EU a national referendum before it could be ratified would be required by law.»

The National Chairman of the Party, Uche Secondus, during the PDP National discourse held today in Abuja under the theme «Nation Building: Resetting the Agenda,» called on Nigerians to rescue the nation by voting in a transparent government that will serve the people's interest.

The statement signed by the President of SOKAD — USA, Dr. Freeman Kamuru, its Secretary, Danlami Ngboze and Financial Secretary, Saidu John, reads: «The decision of the National Economic Council (NEC) of the Federal Government of Nigeria to set up a Sub-Committee to visit the frontline States «involved in herdsmen / farmers conflict and hold consultations with the stakeholders and interested parties on how to end the conflicts», is a good and welcome move that is long overdue.

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) is holding the one - day industrial action in protest against the three - year pay package agreed by the government in January this year.

Moments after the National Electoral Council's televised announcement, state television carried images of Mr. Maduro, holding his wife's hand and flanked by several of the more powerful members of his government, walking down a narrow lane outside the presidential palace, smiling and waving.

President Mahama who disclosed these in a speech read for him by a Member of the Council of State, Mr Adenze Kanga, at the 31st edition of National Farmers Day held in Bolgatanga on Friday, said government recognises the important role the agriculture sector plays in the socio - economic development of the country.

The summit, which was organized by the Government - University - Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR) of the National Academies of Science and held in Washington, D.C., 11 to 12 November 2002, included representatives from government agencies, disciplinary societies, and several education and science organizations who presented a litany of policy prescriptions and recommendations on the educational and societal forces that affect the experiences and expectations of the nation's future scientists and Government - University - Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR) of the National Academies of Science and held in Washington, D.C., 11 to 12 November 2002, included representatives from government agencies, disciplinary societies, and several education and science organizations who presented a litany of policy prescriptions and recommendations on the educational and societal forces that affect the experiences and expectations of the nation's future scientists and government agencies, disciplinary societies, and several education and science organizations who presented a litany of policy prescriptions and recommendations on the educational and societal forces that affect the experiences and expectations of the nation's future scientists and engineers.

According to the Daily Caller, Paul, who doesn't think the federal Department of Education should even exist, conceded at a National Heritage Foundation event on Tuesday that his request for more reading time is a strategy to hold up a bill he sees as an overreach by the federal government.

The National Tourism Administration of the People's Republic of China (CNTA), together with the Provincial Government of Sichuan, has officially opened the 2011 Sichuan International Tourism Festival, 2011 with a formal ceremony held at the town of Shuimo in Wenchuan County, Sichuan ProvinceRunning until May 15th, 2011 this international tourism festival commemorates the devastation caused by the 8.0 - magnitude earthquake that struck the province of Sichuan at 2:28 pm China local time on May 12th, 2008 with devastating consequences to both life and property.

Headlined by lead speaker Dr. Taleb Rifai, Secretary - General of UNWTO, the dialogue was joined by dignitaries including Mr. Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism, the Kingdom of Cambodia; Ms. Sandra Howard Taylor, Vice Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Colombia; Mr. Du Jiang, Vice Chairman of China National Tourism Administration; Dr. Alexis Tam, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao SAR Government; Mr. Alejandro Schiavi, Undersecretary of Coordination, Ministry of Tourism, Argentina; Mr. Rodolfo López Negrete Coppel, Chief Executive Officer of Mexico Tourism Board, as well as private leaders like Ms. Pansy Ho, Managing Director of Shun Tak Holdings Limited; Mr. Gerald Lawless, President and Group Chief Executive Officer of Jumeirah Group; Mr. Peter Meier, Chief Executive Officer of Kuoni Group; Mr. Qian Jiannong, Vice President of Fosun Group; Mr. Francisco Silva Silva, Chairman of the Board of Grupo Security and Mr. Zhang Ling, Chairman of HNA Tourism Group Co. Ltd..

CITM 2012, jointly organized by China National Tourism Administration, Shanghai Municipal People's Government and Civil Aviation Administration of China, will be held in Shanghai New International Expo Centre from November 15 to 18.

With effect from 1 September 2017, a Tourism Tax of RM10 per room per night will be imposed by the Malaysia Government on non-Malaysian nationals or non-permanent residents holding a My PR card.

In the capital Colombo, the government - run National Art Gallery (NAG), which houses a permanent collection of traditional Sri Lankan paintings, does occasionally hold temporary exhibitions of more contemporary art, including one display of more than 100 paintings and sculptures by local artists (2/28 — 3/4).

06 Nov 2009 Public Forum on Amalgamation at IMMA A public forum on the amalgamation of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Ireland and the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork, announced by the Government in 2008, will be held at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday 18 November.

Ted Baillieu was premier from December 2010 to March 2013, he was replaced by the Denis Napthine Government, also Liberal / National, which held power to December 2014.

The report, by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) with support from the Italian Government, uses data collected from interviews and surveys with National Ozone Units, a special Africa workshop held in June, and UNIDO's long standing experience from more than 1,000 projects in developing countries under the Montreal Protocol regime.

Individuals would be allotted 40 % of the national total carbon ration, and the remaining 60 % would be held by the government for its use and to auction to corporations to the highest bidder.

For a Member of the House of Representatives, a by - election would be held - because the Liberal / National government has a majority of 1 and 3 of their members are in the gun the results will be... interesting.

The Canadian cloud has been seen as one of the most attractive data destinations: national privacy policies and provincial rules and regulations in this country provide good protections for an individual's personal information, as well as important data held or used by public institutions such as schools, universities, hospitals, government - owned utilities and government - operated service providers.

Significant matters / transactions include: Advised Xstrata South Africa (Proprietary) Limited on its offer to purchase Lonmin plc's entire issued share capital, # 5 billion Advised Telkom SA Limited on its unbundling of a 35 % stake in Vodacom Group (Proprietary) Limited, R35 billion Advised Edgars Consolidated Stores Limited on its acquisition by Bain Capital, R25, 5 billion Advised The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) on the introduction of BEE equity participation in Sasol Limited and their arranging financing therefore, R25, 4 billion Advised FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) and Nedbank Limited (acting through its Nedbank Capital division) as lenders to Richards Bay Titanium (Proprietary) Limited and Richards Bay Mining (Proprietary) Limited, R19 billion Advised Citibank N.A. on a bridge loan granted to Turquoise Moon Trading 427 (Proprietary) Limited by Citibank N.A. and JP Morgan Chase, R10 billion Advised British American Tobacco plc on its secondary listing on the JSE, R550 billion Advised Pioneer Foods Limited on its listing on the JSE Securities Exchange, R6 billion Advised the South African National Roads Agency Limited in respect of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project involving the construction and upgrade of the Gauteng freeway and the procurement of an open road tolling system, R44 billion Advised Absa Bank Limited (acting though its Absa Capital division), FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) and Vunani Capital (as co-lead arrangers) and the South Africa National Roads Agency Limited (as issuer) on the establishment of its South African Guaranteed Domestic Medium Term Note Programme and the subsequent issue of notes thereunder, R32 billion Advised Shoprite Checkers (Proprietary) Limited on the proposed Brait Private Equity private equity buy - out (this did not proceed), R12 billion Advised Reclamation Holdings (Proprietary) Limited and various shareholders on the acquisition by Capitalworks Private Equity SP GP (Proprietary) Limited and Old Mutual Life Assurance Company South Africa Limited of a 20 % equity stake in Reclamation Holdings (Proprietary) Limited from various shareholders, R511 million Clients include: Multinationals, listed companies, financial institutions, entrepreneurs and Government

Their approach is indicative of a trend towards holding national governments accountable in law where they enter into contractual relationships with private citizens and corporations by limiting the protection afforded by sovereign state immunity.

M1 specifically computes figures based on «the total quantity of currency in circulation (notes and coins) plus demand deposits denominated in the national currency, held by nonbank financial institutions, state and local governments, nonfinancial public enterprises, and the private sector of the economy.»

This project, which was on foot before the National Inquiry's recommendations were made, covers the tracing of family and communities records held by government and non-government bodies relating to Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.

At the National Native Title Tribunal Agreements Conference in Brisbane held on 1 - 3 August 2001, Senator Jeannie Ferris, Chairperson of this Committee, informed the conference that compulsory acquisition had been used by a State government to break a deadlock in negotiations between local Aboriginal parties and the local council over a community riverbank project.

[142] This work has continued through participation and engagement in a number of fora where Indigenous peoples rights and interests in water have been advocated, including the Australian Governments 2020 Summit in Canberra in April 2008, the National Water Planners Forum held by the National Water Commission in June 2008, and various Indigenous water forums.

Improving access to affordable mortgage financing for qualified home buyers and investors and committing additional resources to loan modifications and short sales will help reduce current and future inventories of real estate owned (REO) properties held by government agencies, according to the National Association of Realtors ®.