Sentences with phrase «national economic competitiveness»
In addition, in some nations education goals have focused very narrowly on the development of skills that are presumed to contribute to national economic competitiveness, the formation of national identity, and local relevance, without sufficient attention to the development of the skills that contribute to effective citizenship and global citizenship.
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«It is imperative for all of the major stakeholders in women's enterprise development — in policymaking, program development, capital, research, and organizational capacity - building — to move forward in the same direction, to not only increase our national competitiveness but to level the economic playing field.
«Perennial rail service challenges have impacted our competitiveness, our national supply chain's long - term economic sustainability and Canada's global reputation as a trading nation,» the company wrote in its briefing to the committee reviewing Bill C - 49, the government's modernization of the Transportation Act.
TORONTO, March 16, 2016 — MaRS Studio Y is spearheading the inaugural National Youth Leadership and Innovation Strategy Summit, bringing together top young leaders and innovative organizations from across the country to architect the first national plan for engaging youth leaders to strengthen Canada's economic competitNational Youth Leadership and Innovation Strategy Summit, bringing together top young leaders and innovative organizations from across the country to architect the first national plan for engaging youth leaders to strengthen Canada's economic competitnational plan for engaging youth leaders to strengthen Canada's economic competitiveness.
The [NSLP] was developed out of that, so in many ways hunger and nutrition — in addition to being an education issue, and an economic competitiveness issue — is also a national security issue.
Appealing, for example, to those Senators who, while eager to withdraw from Afghanistan and avoid future such «entanglements,» nonetheless remain anxious about the future of American leadership and economic competitiveness, Kerry argued that «deploying diplomats today [to protect the national interest] is much cheaper than deploying troops tomorrow.»
«A sustained focus on health and education will build the capacity of the national workforce, bolstering economy - wide competitiveness and facilitating economic diversification beyond the extractive industries,» the World Bank said.
Like the bipartisan group of Members of Congress who support the Golden Goose Award, the founding organizations believe that federally funded basic scientific research is the cornerstone of American innovation and essential to our economic growth, health, global competitiveness, and national security.
With main facilities in Albuquerque, N.M., and Livermore, Calif., Sandia has major R&D responsibilities in national security, energy and environmental technologies and economic competitiveness.
This work is part of the DOE's Exascale Computing Project (ECP), which aims to maximize the benefits of exascale — future supercomputers that will be 50 times faster than our nation's most powerful system today — for U.S. economic competitiveness, national security and scientific discovery.
Like the bipartisan group of members of Congress who support the award, the founding organizations believe that federally funded basic scientific research is the cornerstone of American innovation and essential to our economic growth, health, global competitiveness, and national security.
Both bills would require NSF officials to explain why every grant they make is «in the national interest,» using seven criteria that range from «increased economic competitiveness» to «promotion of the progress of science.»
But the new criterion lists nine «national goals» that projects should strive to advance «collectively,» including increasing national security and economic competitiveness.
The bill also protects funding for critical national and regional waterways — which handle commerce valued at more than $ 2 trillion annually — through the Army Corps of Engineers, and programs that encourage energy independence and economic competitiveness.
The White House reminds us that «a world - class STEM workforce is essential to virtually every goal we have as a nation — whether it's broadly shared economic prosperity, international competitiveness, a strong national defense, a clean energy future, and longer, healthier lives for all Americans.»
Governors, lawmakers, and blue - ribbon panels are championing the plans, which are fueled by local and national concerns about economic competitiveness and jobs.
Our goal is to inform the national body of work on rural education and explore its implications for increasing educational attainment and economic competitiveness of Idahoans and other Americans who live and work in rural communities.
When turning to education reform, conservatives, by and large, are animated by their love of freedom, pluralism and choice, and by their conviction that America needs stronger academic results to enhance its national wellbeing and boost its economic competitiveness.
At the same time, increased public and elite concern about the effect of underperforming schools on national equity and economic competitiveness has created new political incentives for policymakers to embrace innovative approaches to teacher quality and school reform generally.
Second, the problem needs to be one that affects the whole country (for example, economic competitiveness, social justice, national security), even if the solution focuses mostly on a region (the segregated South) or significant constituency (kids with disabilities).
The urgency of the state's need to improve its national and global economic competitiveness has meant an intense focus on STEM education.
«It is the key to a vibrant middle class, strong national security and our global economic competitiveness.
Pennsylvania provides far less state support (36 %) than the national average (50 %) or any of our surrounding states, placing our economic competitiveness in jeopardy.
Develops designs for more economically efficient transportation programs and policies as it relates to FASTLANE grants, to generate national or regional economic benefits and an increase in the global economic competitiveness of the United States.
The TIGER discretionary grant program is a DOT program that invests in innovative surfacetransportation projects, including multimodal and multi-jurisdictional projects, which willhave a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, or a region: road, rail, transit, and port projects that promise to achieve critical national objectives (e.g., safety, state ofgood repair, economic competitiveness, livability, sustainability).
To view DOT performance across an array of safety, state of good repair, economic competitiveness, quality of life, environmental sustainability, national security preparedness, and organizational excellence measures, refer to the current DOT Performance Summary tables.
Partnerships between states and railroads are central to the Obama Administration's vision for a national high - speed rail program, which will allow America to win the future by creating construction and manufacturing jobs here in the U.S., while promoting future economic growth and global competitiveness.
These funds will lay a new foundation for economic growth and competitiveness by investing in our national infrastructure network, building on recent safety achievements, and modernizing our transportation systems through research and innovation.
The 2010 IEPR Update will focus on how projects in California receiving ARRA awards are creating economic benefits and new jobs, reducing California's dependence on imported energy, and increasing California's competitiveness in national and international energy markets.
This includes supporting national economic and energy security, improving energy efficiency, reducing greenhouse gases and building national competitiveness.
«The U.S. should approve this pipeline to utilize this resource to enhance our energy and national security, preserve our global competitiveness, and maintain our role as a world economic leader.»
Improving energy efficiency (EE) can reduce energy demand and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and deliver a range of other benefits such as improved air quality, enhanced economic competitiveness and, at the national [continue reading...]
This morning, at the Council on Competitiveness National Energy Summit, Georgetown University President John DeGioia appeared on a panel on «the Global Economic Development Opportunity».
What is demanded now is a major, coordinated national project to regain our economic competitiveness in strategic sectors while permanently correcting the imbalances that led to the Great Recession.
It is about American competitiveness, international influence, national security and long - term economic strength and prosperity.
Improving energy efficiency (EE) can deliver a range of benefits such as improved air quality, enhanced economic competitiveness and, at the national scale, a higher degree of energy security.
For our health, our national security and our economic competitiveness, we need to curb our fossil fuel addiction.
Big, long - term investments in new technologies are made only by governments and are almost always motivated by concerns about national security or economic competitiveness, from the threat of the Soviet Union in the 1950s to OPEC in the»70s.
A recent poll conducted by the American Tort Reform Association and the grassroots Sick of Lawsuits released a national survey finding that a strong majority of people believe lawsuit abuse hurts economic growth, job creation, and U.S. competitiveness.
ATRA is committed to working with state and local leaders to improve national competitiveness by removing the excessive barriers our civil justice system poses to economic developments and job creation.
Child's observations are borne out by a 2013 report on China's urban competitiveness from the National Academy of Economic Strategy (part of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences).