Sentences with phrase «more stakeholder group»

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And regardless of ownership claims, lots of people reject the idea that shareholders have any special role here, or that their voices should count for more than the voices of other stakeholder groups.

[i] Following Johnston Birchall (2010, p. 4), we define a «mutual» as a member - owned enterprise in which ownership and control resides in members of two (or more) key stakeholder groups, namely workers and consumers / service users, and whose benefits go largely to these members.

Bindow expressed satisfaction with the turnout of stakeholders from various interest groups in the state and urged for more unity in the party.

With few new ideas, and without concrete examples of corruption to force legislative action, the report elicited praise from good - government groups (who no doubt hope for more substantive grounds for action in the commissions» follow - up reporting) but prompted most political stakeholders in New York to shrug.

Advocacy groups, governments and companies can use the protocol informally, but a governance council representing the stakeholder groups will oversee a more formal assessment carried out by trained auditors.

More than 100 scientists, animal welfare officers, representatives of advocacy groups and stakeholders from different countries met for a 2 - day conference in San Francisco to discuss how to improve transparency and to increase the public understanding of the essential contributions that animal research makes to modern life science and biomedical research.

Over the last 10 years, the project has held more than 20 public meetings, participated in numerous one - on - one meetings and group presentations, and has engaged in open dialog and meaningful discussions with community members and stakeholders to better understand the island's issues as well as the cultural and natural significance of Maunakea.

Two experts from two different stakeholder groups offered their feedback: A) An educator who was looking for ways to make the idea more useful for a real - world classroom setting, and B) a social investor, who was looking to see if there was a viable market, and if the product would make a viable business.

Over the course of this grant, FOI: (1) is producing professional development materials to help staff representing multiple state agencies better understand the basic science of child development generally and the promotion of executive function and self - regulation skills more specifically; (2) is supporting the creation of small learning communities, building on existing relationships at the site and policy level and connecting to other learning communities across North America; (3) is supporting the Washington cross-agency working group to sustain its current gains and momentum during the upcoming executive branch transition in January and to share lessons learned with the broader national FOI community of states and Canadian provinces; and (4) is beginning conversations with stakeholders at the community level to explore mutual interests and is beginning to chart a path toward enhanced collaboration within the state.

In addition, Kentucky and Vermont have incorporated portfolios into their statewide assessments of student achievement — another effort to offer a broader picture of student achievement, and the now - defunct Massachusetts Reform Review Commission convened representatives from various stakeholder groups to devise a strategy for expanding the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System to make it fairer and more comprehensive.

They may need to ensure that the more vocal stakeholder groups are balanced against other stakeholder interests so that no one group becomes too dominant (i.e. guarding against «pushy parent» syndrome).

After providing definitions of formative, interim and summative assessments to respondents, all three groups of stakeholders found formative and interim assessments more aligned to their priorities than summative.

This is a great way to include key stakeholders in your classroom, whether it be reading to a small group, preparing crafts, talk about a career and so much more!

Superintendents are expected to be instructional leaders with new ideas; school boards are challenged to satisfy disparate interest groups asking for more programs; and union leaders often advocate for their membership without considering impacts on other stakeholders.

Additionally, we held more than 20 focus groups with roughly 150 teachers, conducted over 120 peer and administrator interviews to gather critical stakeholder feedback, and surveyed over 300 teachers and school leaders.

The Teach Strong campaign, launched today, is supported by a diverse group of stakeholders — including teachers» unions, civil rights groups, teacher voice organizations, and education policy leaders — that share a common vision for a society in which teachers are more valued and supported at all stages of their careers.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will travel to 15 or more states in the coming months to solicit feedback from a broad group of stakeholders around federal education policy in anticipation of the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

The following strategies are designed to promote your school and gain more community support from a variety of stakeholder groups.

This team collaborated on the design and development of the frames with stakeholders groups, including teacher leaders, administrators, literacy experts, education researchers and more.

The goal is to make a much more comprehensive tool that entire stakeholder groups can tailor to the needs and questions of their specific sites and use to inform their Continuous Quality Improvement process all the way from the site level to creating cultures of learning in entire organizations.

It was with this in mind that I invited a group of no - kill stakeholders to a leadership meeting that Best Friends hosted at last week's No More Homeless Pets National Conference in Jacksonville.

Shelter Animals Count is a new, collaborative initiative formed by a diverse group of stakeholders to create and share a national database of sheltered animal statistics, providing facts, and enabling insights that will save even more lives in years to come.

Drawing significant institutional attendance, Frieze New York 2018 welcomed more than 200 groups from leadership and stakeholders at leading art museums and institutions from around the world.

We are fortunate enough to be co-hosting the event with the NWEI Port Townsend Steering Committee, who has been actively organizing NWEI sustainability discussion groups for many years, most recently transforming the local food scene with over 30 Menu for the Future discussion course groups meeting — the groups involved local farmers, business owners, community stakeholders and food based organizations who are all working together to create a more sustainable local food supply (stay tuned for a future post delving into their work!)

Faces of the Campaign is an ongoing series featuring our key organizers and stakeholders involved in «Put A Price On It, D.C.» Our coalition — more than 45 groups as of this writing — is comprised of racial justice activists, union workers, health advocates, moms, dads, kids, retirees, and business - owners alike.

Two days later, delegates from these disparate and often contentious groups were hammering out the fine points of the two - page document, which urges Brazil's federal government to reverse its opposition to direct payments from abroad to people and entities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), and to involve more stakeholders in the process of forming climate - change policy.

These activities are expected to result in increased access to environmental news and information, improved environmental content, greater inclusion of women and marginalized groups, and more engagement both amongst journalists and between them and other stakeholders.

In those cities, a Multi-stakeholder Forum on Urban Agriculture and / or Food Security has been established, involving all direct and indirect stakeholders in urban food production and consumption, assisted by one or more multi-disciplinary working groups.

The Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum convened representatives from more than 400 civil society organizations, while the Science, Policy, Business Forum highlighted key opportunities for green investment.

The governors and premier assembled an Advisory Group of more than 40 stakeholders to advise them, and their final recommendations are due in May 2009.

Before the vote, more than 30 meetings were held with a diverse set of energy stakeholders that included utilities, the renewable energy industry, environmental groups and customer advocates.

In the recent work group organized by the French government along with all stakeholders of France's solar industry, delivering more volumes to the market was highlighted as a number one priority.

We agree that referring to stakeholders in the outcome document should be avoided as some private interest groups, such as big corporations, do more harm than good.

ArtMob is a group of artists, scholars and other stakeholders interested in the intersection between Canadian culture and copyright and intellectual property law, and how it comes into play with the Web... [more]

Despite my deep personal disappointment with progress towards a more inclusive stakeholder group for the A2J Sector, there are many heroes who are acting locally.

«The final version then is sent to a larger, more comprehensive group of stakeholders in one justice centre for implementation and adaptation through social lab style prototyping and an iterative developmental evaluation process.

Today the Law Society of Upper Canada's Bencher debate was hijacked by a group of Benchers who — wait for it — wanted even more time to study the issues and seek stakeholder input.

From an economical point of view, potential time savings are inherently appealing for some mental healthcare stakeholders.25 69 On the other hand, short interventions might entail certain risks, such as a weakened patient - to - therapist bonding.13 eHealth experts therefore emphasise the need for participatory research and the importance of target audience's perceptions when designing new treatments.70 71 As for that matter, the majority of our sample retrospectively would have preferred more group sessions (12 — 15 sessions) and half of our sample required more time for group interaction during each session (cf. the Applicability of the blended intervention section).

Created by a group of LGBT Young People and wider stakeholders, the LGBT Charter is a positive step towards challenging discrimination while promoting a more inclusive society.

Collaboration occurs when a group of autonomous stakeholders, sharing a problem domain, interact using shared rules, norms and structures to address issues related to that domain.23 Inherent in collaboration is the notion that the outcomes achieved are more effective, efficient and / or sustainable than what would have been achieved if organizations were working alone.24, 25,26,27,28 Researchers28, 29,30 have found that collaboration and integration of services for vulnerable populations are more effective, efficient and less costly than narrowly focused initiatives.

The more you educate all stakeholder groups about the value of a continuous quality improvement program, the more valuable it will become to all concerned.

Backed by growth equity investor and majority stakeholder Northern Pacific Group, and under the leadership of President and CEO Kevin Ortner, Renters Warehouse now manages more than $ 3 billion in residential real estate, servicing over 13,000 + investors across 20,000 + residential homes over 42 markets and 25 states.

Backed by growth equity investor and majority stakeholder Northern Pacific Group, and under the leadership of President and CEO Kevin Ortner, Renters Warehouse now manages more than $ 3 billion in residential real estate, servicing 12,000 + investors across 17,000 + residential homes in 32 markets and 18 states.