Sentences with phrase «local government capacity»

It is a World Bank initiative under the Local Government Capacity Support Project.

In some nations, national governments have set up legislative frameworks to strengthen and support local government capacities for this.

Not exact matches

Most safety net programs are currently administered at the state or federal level, rather than the local level — meaning that states have a greater capacity to cover independent contractors through government safety net programs.

While the Chinese central government is expecting its different regions to use its comparative advantages to support the one belt, one road, this strategic deployment is constrained by the capacity of local governments.

Local taxes collected to support ongoing government functions (and not temporary projects) apply to that net tax capacity.

The vast stimulus programme launched at the end of 2008 to counter the world financial crisis restored growth but led to wholesale misallocation of capital into wasteful projects that earn scant returns, the vast debt problem affecting companies as well as local governments, and also created soaring excess capacity in sectors such as steel production.

It also requires them not to «attempt or support the functions, programmes and activities of political, social, ethic or gender interest group in a private capacity and name or in circumstances unrelated to the discharge of the project and tasks of the Civil and Local Government Services».

The provisions on local content and local participation in petroleum activities as well as a Local Content Fund will lead to job creation and the building of indigenous capacity, which will enable Government achieve its objective of ensuring that the nation's petroleum resources are harnessed for the benefit of all Ghanaians and thus ultimately improve the standard of living of the ordinary citlocal content and local participation in petroleum activities as well as a Local Content Fund will lead to job creation and the building of indigenous capacity, which will enable Government achieve its objective of ensuring that the nation's petroleum resources are harnessed for the benefit of all Ghanaians and thus ultimately improve the standard of living of the ordinary citlocal participation in petroleum activities as well as a Local Content Fund will lead to job creation and the building of indigenous capacity, which will enable Government achieve its objective of ensuring that the nation's petroleum resources are harnessed for the benefit of all Ghanaians and thus ultimately improve the standard of living of the ordinary citLocal Content Fund will lead to job creation and the building of indigenous capacity, which will enable Government achieve its objective of ensuring that the nation's petroleum resources are harnessed for the benefit of all Ghanaians and thus ultimately improve the standard of living of the ordinary citizen.

Nwosu, who is the Auditor - General for Local Governments in Imo State, said, «At the local government level, with the granting of financial autonomy to the local government councils, there arose a greater need to strengthen the capacity of the office of auditors - general for local governmLocal Governments in Imo State, said, «At the local government level, with the granting of financial autonomy to the local government councils, there arose a greater need to strengthen the capacity of the office of auditors - general for local gGovernments in Imo State, said, «At the local government level, with the granting of financial autonomy to the local government councils, there arose a greater need to strengthen the capacity of the office of auditors - general for local governmlocal government level, with the granting of financial autonomy to the local government councils, there arose a greater need to strengthen the capacity of the office of auditors - general for local governmlocal government councils, there arose a greater need to strengthen the capacity of the office of auditors - general for local governmlocal governmentsgovernments.

I'm hoping tomorrow and the coming months see Government giving greater freedom to local areas with the capacity to deliver, and providing greater support to those areas struggling with capacity, decline or both.

«The report did not take into cognisance the significant improvement in the areas of Capacity Building, Training and Re-training of the entire personnel of the Force as provided for by the current Federal Government of Nigeria and other Foreign and Local NGOs which has greatly improved the efficiency and service delivery of the personnel of the Force throughout the country.

«Budget cuts to local and central government will inevitably diminish public sector capacities to continue the (albeit sometimes faltering) steps in the right direction of a sustainable food system,» it stated.

«This is a capacity building and training for women - in - agriculture and especially women in purdah in select local government areas of Ilesa East, Ilesa West, Ifelodun, Ikire and Iwo.

Mr Prosper Ahalivor who spoke on behalf of the Head of the Local Government Service (LGS) said it was pertinent to disclose that in its bid to improve institutional and staff capacity, competition, performance and service delivery, the Service had developed and implementing an evaluation / assessment system known as the LGS Performance Management System (PMS).

This training also seeks to support the FOISECON in order to build their capacity to conduct free and credible elections at the local government levels and how well - implemented electoral process can bring about peaceful change of power and improve their leadership skills and take on board means for preventing or mitigating the escalation of electoral violence and conflict throughout the respective electoral cycle.

«I am worried that the crisis in the NNPC will greatly reduce Nigeria's revenue - generating capacity and will affect the revenue distributable to federal, state and local governments in Nigeria.

The workshop is intended to improve the participants» capacity to replicate the training at the Commission's Local Government area offices for an improved overall dissemination of voter education to voters ahead of the 2019 general elections.

The INEC Chairman noted that this was the first time the Commission was paying special attention to building the capacity of Assistant Electoral Officers (AEOs) at the Local Government level to deliver on the Commission's voter education mandate.

Now that the Local government election is around the corner and every political party is jostling for Candidates preparatory for the polls, what should inform our choice of a Chairman should not just be the capacity to maintain and sustain the fragile peace in ONELGA but to further it by ensuring that it takes roots and grows into a giant oak effectively shield the people of ONELGA from the unwanted rays of insecurity.

The indicators are intended to help local governments, businesses and federal agencies describe and assess what's known as community resilience capacity.

«Greater reductions of all threats at all levels, reef - wide, regional and local, are required to prevent the projected declines in the Great Barrier Reef and to improve its capacity to recover,» the government said.

The organization has country offices in 177 countries, where it works with local governments to meet development challenges and develop local capacity.

The Local Government Association, which represents more than 370 councils in England and Wales, is highlighting that under proposals in the Educational Excellence Everywhere White Paper, councils will retain their responsibility to make sure all children get a school place, but from 2022, when all schools are academies and free schools, will have no powers to force schools to expand — even where there is demand and capacity within the school.

The Local Government Association (LGA) says that the money should be used to maintain improvement capacity within the schools system, which will be beneficial to both council - maintained schools and academies.

«Even in countries with strong national policies and laws,» says co-author Susan Garnett Russell, «several factors result in an implementation gap including lack of capacity in government schools, low levels of capacity among civil servants, autonomy of local and school administrators, and discrimination and xenophobia by the host communities.»

Yet while school boards» capacity to innovate may be greater in practice than it is in theory, they enjoy less autonomy than other local governments.

Commenting on the report, Roy Perry, Chairman of the Local Government Association's Children and Young People Board, said: «Councils remain concerned that Regional Schools Commissioners still lack the capacity and local knowledge to have oversight of such a large, diverse and remote range of schLocal Government Association's Children and Young People Board, said: «Councils remain concerned that Regional Schools Commissioners still lack the capacity and local knowledge to have oversight of such a large, diverse and remote range of schlocal knowledge to have oversight of such a large, diverse and remote range of schools.

And in areas in which the federal government lacked either the license or capacity to shape local policy directly, executive branch officials used federally sponsored litigation as a tool to advance reform.

The government has released its latest figures on school capacity - including local authority forecasts for how demand for places is set to change between the school years 2010 - 2011 and 2015 - 2016.

Mr Laws added: «In making these allocations this government is continuing to target funding effectively, based on local needs, using data we have collected from local authorities about the capacity of schools and forecast pupil projections.»

The funding announced today will provide a further boost to the government's drive to help create over 600,000 extra places by 2021, which will generate additional capacity to meet local demand.

Doesn't allow for local governments or local citizens to evaluate the impacts on their communities caused by charter schools on issues such as traffic capacity and consistency with approved uses already in place.

The now fully - complete STIC network brings together public and private transportation stakeholders (State and local level government, academia, and industry) in each State and has created a national network with capacity to have these Councils identify, develop, and advance innovations with the potential to improve the transportation system.

State and local governments, railroads, and other stakeholders need predictable, dedicated funding to plan and invest more effectively in rail safety, reliability, accessibility, and capacity.

She works in many capacities with local, state and federal organizations and governments towards the betterment and advancement of the people of Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Continuance of the project has been offered to build capacity among farmers and Local Government Units (LGUs) to institutionalize the collection and environmental and cultural fees derived from tourism and applied to conservation.

• Strengthens global resilience to climate change by expanding government and local community planning and response capacities.

Cities Farming for the Future (CFF), a major 4 - year programme, enhanced the capacities of staff of local government, NGOs and universities and of leaders of urban producer groups; it facilitated multi-stakeholder diagnosis, policy formulation, and action planning and implementation on intra - and periurban agriculture in 20 major cities in 17 countries.

For example, the UN Capital Development Fund's Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) helps build the capacity of local governments, who are on the front lines of adapting to climate change, to access and utilize adaptation finLocal Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) helps build the capacity of local governments, who are on the front lines of adapting to climate change, to access and utilize adaptation finLocal Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) helps build the capacity of local governments, who are on the front lines of adapting to climate change, to access and utilize adaptation finLoCAL) helps build the capacity of local governments, who are on the front lines of adapting to climate change, to access and utilize adaptation finLoCAL) helps build the capacity of local governments, who are on the front lines of adapting to climate change, to access and utilize adaptation finlocal governments, who are on the front lines of adapting to climate change, to access and utilize adaptation finlocal governments, who are on the front lines of adapting to climate change, to access and utilize adaptation finance.

Initial investments have already been made by thousands of local governments in energy efficiency projects, programs, policies, and expanding staff capacity, but most federal funds that have supported these efforts are expiring.

At the national, regional, and global level, UN-Habitat works to raise awareness and to help counterparts to build the capacities needed to enable cities and local governments to address climate change effectively.

By presenting their own experiences of participating in disaster risk reduction activities, it aims to highlight the capacity of children in order to inspire other children and youth, as well as encourage local governments, NGOs, and the private sector to support child - centered community risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

In this area, the key objectives of the UN System are: to promote active climate change collaboration of local governments and their associations in global, regional and national networks; to enhance policy dialogue so that the urban dimension of climate change is firmly established on the agenda; and to foster the implementation of awareness, education, and capacity building strategies.

The process is facilitated by ICLEI in its capacity of Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) Constituency and on behalf of Global Task Force of Local and Regional Governments.

The past five years have brought a sea change in urban climate action: increased awareness of the critical role that local leaders play in carbon reduction; new capacity in local governments to tackle climate change; and a sharper focus on strategies that advance energy efficiency, renewable energy, and clean transportation.

Achieving this progress on policy will require improved impact monitoring and awareness raising at all levels of government, partnership and capacity building and local financing.

Our civil society partners, Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme - Cameroon (BDCPC) and Cameroon Ecology, work with national government, international and domestic civil society, local government, and forest communities to raise awareness of governance weaknesses and build local capacity to address them.

This major 4 - year programme enhanced the capacities of staff of local government, NGOs and universities and of leaders of urban producer groups; it facilitated multi-stakeholder diagnosis, policy formulation, and action planning and implementation on intra - and periurban agriculture in 20 major cities in 17 countries.

RUAF contributes by enhancing the capacities of local authorities and other stakeholders and facilitating the integration of (intra - and peri --RRB- urban agriculture and city - region food measures in the policies and action programmes of local, regional and national governments, civic society organisations and private enterprises, with active involvement of the urban producers and other relevant stakeholders.

While rapid population growth in any urban centre provides major challenges for its local government, the need here is to develop the capacity of local governments to manage this with climate change adaptation in mind.