Sentences with phrase «national decision makers»

Launched in 2011 to be a resource for local, state, and national decision makers aiming to strengthen families and improve child wellbeing, CFRP has succeeded in providing rigorous research and evaluation to inform policy decisions.

Mencap aims to improve access to social care and is therefore attempting to i) gather powerful data in order to influence local and national decision makers; ii) provide early advice with the help of solicitors and barristers working pro bono; and iii) improve legal education by training care managers to spot legal problems and developing a chat bot — an «automated legal brain» which is interactive and can provide information and rights and redress.

This guidance document is designed to help national decision makers better understand the components of Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) and how they can be bolstered by the principles and methods of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).

Reducing or eliminating funding for these disciplines signals to the public that national decision makers believe they are not important to student success.

Meanwhile, a recent House Education Committee hearing with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan about the president's FY14 budget proposal illuminated competing education priorities among national decision makers.

The network will help them start conversations and engage with local and national decision makers who have not just a moral but a legal duty to take urgent and bold action to tackle the illegal and harmful levels of air pollution that are putting their families» health at risk.

«They will certainly improve our ability to support disaster survivors and national decision makers.»

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Following a national survey of 600 HR decision makers and 959 freelancers, we found that the Affordable Care Act is triggering companies to hire more freelance workers, especially since 2016 is when the tax penalty for uninsured workers is the highest at $ 695 per employee.

Our National Conference and Business Fair delivers on that goal with unparalleled access to key decision makers and business - building skills,» said Pamela Prince - Eason, WBENC President and CEO.

Washington, DC --- The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) will convene 3,500 decision makers from the nation's leading corporations, government entities and women's business enterprises (WBEs) to generate business together and stimulate economic growth at the 2013 WBENC National Conference & Business Fair in Minneapolis, MN, June 25 - 27, 2013.

In addition, religious leaders often have the stature to advocate and negotiate with the most senior national decision - makers as countries make tough decisions on how to allocate scarce resources for health.

Their group - created strategy included these actions: establishing cooperative links with other churches and groups committed to ecology; developing a Center of Ecology Information and a paperback book table at the church; devising methods to reach decision - makers in the community; exploring the development of a coordinating council of all ecology groups active in that community — Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, Zero Population Growth, League of Conservation Voters, Wilderness Society, National Wildlife Federation, National Audubon Society, World Population, GASP (Group Against Smog Pollution), Planned Parenthood, etc..

FPA's strategies create an integrated national presence that simultaneously affects the decision - makers at all levels and impacts external customers and consumers allowing FPA to address emerging threats.

the roles of the National Competition Council, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Australian Competition Tribunal in the administration of the Regime, and the Minister as decision maker, and the relationship between the institutions.

The guide presents clear guidance to school district staff and decision makers, using state - level knowledge and expertise and consulting national sources.

The partner agencies on this project — Washington State Department of Agriculture, Washington State Department of Health, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Washington State University School of Food Science — came together to develop «SAFE Salad Bars in Schools - A Guide for School Food Service» in order to consolidate messages and present clear guidance to school district staff and decision makers, using state - level knowledge and expertise and consulting national sources.

She completed UCSF's Reach the Decision Makers Fellowship program in 2011, with a focus on reform of our national chemicals law.

This information is aimed at programme managers and decision - makers, and those who will be in charge of revising national guidelines on prevention of mother - to - child transmission and infant and young child feeding.

When developing national and local policies that affect babies, our policy makers, like everyone else, bring with them often powerfully felt cultural attitudes and personal beliefs that can influence their decision making.

RISE Project on Thursday released a report alleged drawn up by DIGIPI called «Note on aspects affecting the social and economic climate of Teleorman County,» that speaks of «a crime ring made up of the county's decision makers,» including PSD's Dragnea, who previously was the county's prefect, misappropriated European and national budget funds.

Instead, we should talk about the decision - makers, i.e. whether the national government or local communities should decide where things go.

As the national association and accrediting body for CACs, NCA serves as a voice for the movement before lawmakers, funders, and other decision - makers, leads initiatives that advance and support the CAC mission to provide healing and justice for child victims of abuse, and ensures quality care for the children and families our members serve.

On its website, Freshwater claims it can help firms to «influence decision - makers openly, effectively and ethically - in Westminster and Whitehall, the devolved national governments and assemblies, London's City Hall and local authorities across the UK».

While the national and international perspectives mean much to key decision - makers in Latin America, it is the link that can be found between the issue and the local interest that is crucial to framing the problem and moving toward a solution.

With funding from Maryland Sea Grant, a program funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the State of Maryland, Kenney has launched a «listening tour» to understand the scientific needs of regional and local decision - makers related to increasing resilience to climate change.

The findings highlight the urgent need for policy - makers worldwide to re-think the issue as many decision - makers, national and internationally, assume that fossil fuel emissions can be offset through sequestering carbon by planting trees and other land management practices.

Decision - makers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Environmental Protection Agency are enthusiastic about NSF's proposed increase in postdoc salaries, says Colwell.

For policy makers, revising the National Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance System to allow reporting of outcomes on a per - couple basis (including oocyte donors) would provide significantly more useful information for decision - making purposes.»

James A. Edmonds • Member, IPCC Steering Committee on «New Integrated Scenarios» (2006 - present) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Framing Issues,» IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (2007) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Global, Regional, and National Costs and Ancillary Benefits of Mitigation,» IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Decision - Making Frameworks,» IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001) • Lead Author, Working Group III, Summary for Policy Makers, IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001) • Lead Author, Working Group II, «Energy Supply Mitigation Options,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group II, «Mitigation: Cross-Sectoral and Other Issues,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Estimating the Costs of Mitigating Greenhouse Gases,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «A Review of Mitigation Cost Studies,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Integrated Assessment of Climate Change: An Overview and Comparison of Approaches and Results,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, IPCC Special Report, Climate Change 1994: Radiative Forcing of Climate Change and An Evaluation of the IPCC IS92 Emission Scenarios (1994) • Lead Author, IPCC Special Report, Climate Change 1992: The Supplementary Report to the IPCC Scientific Assessment (1992) • Major contributor, IPCC First Assessment Report, Working Group III, Response Strategies Working Group (1991).

The pilot of Raising Risk Awareness project will run until March 2017 and will generate a suite of tools and knowledge products, and run a series of national and regional events to help civil society, communities, practitioners, media and decision - makers better understand and prepare for the current and future risks from extreme weather events.

Through annual giving, members of this group foster community engagement in some of the most pressing public policy challenges while interacting with world leaders, national decision - makers and leading researchers.

A January 2017 report issued by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, which provides nonpartisan guidance for national decision - makers, found substantial evidence that cannabis is effective for treating chronic pain, nausea and vomiting, and in reducing spasticity symptoms in multiple sclerosis, but also found clear risks for pregnant women anNational Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, which provides nonpartisan guidance for national decision - makers, found substantial evidence that cannabis is effective for treating chronic pain, nausea and vomiting, and in reducing spasticity symptoms in multiple sclerosis, but also found clear risks for pregnant women annational decision - makers, found substantial evidence that cannabis is effective for treating chronic pain, nausea and vomiting, and in reducing spasticity symptoms in multiple sclerosis, but also found clear risks for pregnant women and youth.

In this role, the research center provides the public and decision makers with relevant scientific information about the status and trends of natural, cultural, and recreational resources found in those portions of Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area affected by Glen Canyon Dam operations.

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The target groups included were the local women and men leaders, parliamentary women, national administration, decision makers and the general community of the mentioned states.

The decision by the National Science Teachers Association to reject the offer from the documentary's makers prompted one of the producers to question the organization's motives.

And those decision makers are much more likely to pay attention to their own data than to national studies.

«Flexibility in the hands of local decision - makers, best equipped to determine how to support and help students succeed, will further public education,» stated Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director and CEO, National School Boards Association.

Begin your new year with inside information from national leaders and Capitol Hill decision makers about crucial education issues that will influence your work on the local level.

Along with traveling to our nation's capital to develop and present policy positions, College Success Arizona will also attend two national conferences and receive extensive training on how to interact with key decision makers.

Some of the local and national decision - makers most in need of Judge Wolff's wisdom aren't reading e-books right now.

A powerful, national online force driven by over one million members, Color Of Change moves decision - makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America.

However, the national political conventions that occur every four years during presidential elections offer a unique opportunity to influence individuals who have the power to improve animals» lives directly — this includes elected officials as well as other key decision makers, party officials, activists, and members of the media who are in town for the week's events.

On occasion a need arises for possible change in the breed standard, at which time the national breed club, with the input of its members, becomes the final decision maker as to whether or not there should be a change.

CFHS members understand the importance of advancing animal welfare at the national level and that CFHS membership brings direct benefit to your organization, including the cohesion offered by a strong national voice for humane societies and SPCAs to advance Canada's animal welfare agenda, increasing visibility with national decision - makers through our presence on influential national committees and coalitions — not to mention exclusive funding opportunities and original, evidence - based research and resources and opportunities to connect with animal welfare organizations across the country.

Chris Caldow has been with NOAA since 2000 when he became a Knauss Marine Policy Fellow with the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science's (NCCOS) Biogeography Branch at NOAA Headquarters, a unit specializing in mapping the distributions of marine plants and animals to aid decision makers faced with spatially explicit management decisions.

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The book inaugurated the series «Atlanta Art Now,» which aims, as publisher Louis Corrigan might say, to reveal the art scene to itself, and to lodge Atlanta more firmly in art - world consciousness through concerted national and international distribution to decision - makers such as curators and writers.

NCE's Global Commissioners delivered this narrative — which was important in getting buy - in from national governments and companies for an ambitious agreement — to more than 45 global decision - makers, including Heads of Government and Finance Ministers.

It will present the facts to concerned citizens, national and regional decision makers, energy companies, banks and investors in order to facilitate a move away from coal and into clean renewable energy.