Sentences with phrase «nongovernmental organizations]»

On his nongovernmental Web site, Dr. Hansen posted «If It's That Warm, How Come It's So Damned Cold?»

The documents say that over four years ending in 2013, the group expects to have spent some $ 1.6 million on financing the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change, an entity that publishes periodic reports attacking climate science and holds lavish annual conferences.

At the Natural Capital Institute Hawken brought together a team of researchers to create a digital database of NGOs (nongovernmental organizations) and CBOs (community - based organizations) in an attempt to scope out the nature and extent of this civil society movement.

We, nongovernmental organizations working to conserve these natural resources for the long term well being of local communities, hereby express our deep concern at the current devastation occurring to the country's natural resources:

«We're a nice little selfish country of petroholics, and that has made us lazy,» said Frederic Hauge, president of Bellona, Norway's largest nongovernmental environmental organization.

And then, mainly with European and nongovernmental organization pressure, the goal was spread via the G8 and eventually the UNFCCC into other parts of the world as well.

She also worked at a consulting company and various nongovernmental organizations on projects involving education, school reforms, and international cooperation between museums, cultural institutions and universities.

In addition to her work on cultural initiatives, Sheikha Mayassa is the chairperson of Reach Out to Asia, or ROTA, a philanthropic nongovernmental foundation dedicated to assisting victims of natural disasters and improving the quality of primary and secondary education in Asia.

He is a co-founder of Drawing Room KTM, an artist - run studio and learning space and founding member of Srijanalaya, a nonprofit nongovernmental organization dedicated to alternative forms of art education in Nepal.

The book Nongovernmental Politics, published in April 2007, contains a collection of scholarly essays that are centered on the challenges and importance of nongovernmental activism in contemporary society.

Based in Los Angeles, the Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpolitical, and nongovernmental organization that situates artists and their ideas at the heart of its mission.

Holzer found these documents at the Web site of the independent, nongovernmental National Security Archive (nsarchive.org), which obtained them through the Freedom of Information Act, and has used them as source material for her work since 2004.

Protecting the resources of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary is a collaborative effort involving local, State and Federal agencies as well as numerous nongovernmental organizations.

The core responsibility of CDF, an international nongovernmental organization (NGO) constituted in Belgium, is to conduct research and provide the research findings to the government for effective management of Galápagos.

About Remote Area Medical: RAM is the largest nongovernmental organization that operates mobile medical clinics delivering free, high - quality, dental, vision, and medical services to underserved and uninsured individuals who do not have access to or can not afford a doctor.

Under the act, an «Animal shelter operator» means any individual, entity, association, trust, or corporation that operates a nongovernmental facility that maintains ten or more dogs and cats for the purpose of impounding or harboring seized, stray, homeless, abandoned or unwanted dogs or cats, but not including any facility that does not house or harbor dogs or cats on the premises and only operates through a system of fostering in private homes.

She said her program is working with nongovernmental partners such as the AVMA and the National Alliance of State Animal and Agricultural Emergency Programs.

It removes the option of the court allowing the owner or keeper of a dangerous dog to keep the animal and requires the court to either order the dog confined at a governmental facility, local humane society or similar nongovernmental organization for its lifetime or be euthanized.

Pools created by such nongovernmental issuers generally offer a higher rate of interest than government and government - related pools because there are no direct or indirect government or agency guarantees of payments in the former pools.

Authorities that issue bonds on the behalf of qualified nongovernmental issuers include health facilities and industrial development authorities.

The largest nongovernmental regulator for all securities firms doing business in the United States.

Certifications issued by a nongovernmental agency can increase your paycheck, on average, by as much as $ 324 weekly, according to BLS data.

Market income consists of labor income; business income; capital income (including capital gains); income received in retirement for past services; and other nongovernmental income sources.

Buyers of the bundle can also contribute to a second charity, one that Nintendo of Europe picked: SOS Children's Villages International, an Austria - based nongovernmental organization that works to strengthen families and communities in an effort to support the welfare of children.

The subject of terrorist cruelty is persons or nongovernmental agencies.

Consult and obtain, as appropriate, information and advice regarding Transportation Fringe Benefit program activities among Federal, State, tribal, local governments, nongovernmental entities, the private sector, foreign governments, and international organizations.

Supporters: As supporters, entities such as manufacturers, nongovernmental organizations, trade associations, and civic associations, will support the R2ZE goals.

Consult, as appropriate, regarding Transportation Fringe Benefit Program activities among Federal, State, tribal, local governments, nongovernmental entities, the private sector, foreign governments, and international organizations.

Online teacher education programs are becoming feasible as the technology infrastructure in Namibia advances (Bateman, 2002) and nongovernmental organizations such as SchoolNet Namibia continue to install networked computers in primary and secondary schools around the country.

The Broad Foundation is the largest nongovernmental donor to stem cell research in California, having given $ 75 million to support or create stem cell centers at UCSF, USC and UCLA.

Drawing on two years of ethnographic fieldwork in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, my dissertation examines how, and to what effect the imperative to manage youths» free time in the name of prevention sets up a political field in which state, corporate and various nongovernmental actors can frame and justify interventions in the lives of Brazilian youth.

Develop a deeper understanding about civic responsibility and the role of nongovernmental organizations in community and international development.

LONDON — The American Federation of Teachers, along with teachers unions and nongovernmental organizations throughout the world, will speak out during Pearson's annual general meeting Friday, April 29, in London to call for a review of its business model that pushes high - stakes testing in the United States and privatized schools in the developing world.

The GSA is the first global initiative of more than 70 governments, corporations, educational institutions, and nongovernmental organizations in more than 50 countries and regions working with the New York Academy of Sciences to identify the world's best STEM talent and create a global network of promising students and noted scientists.

Those programs take several different forms: Some directly use state money to pay private school tuition, while others provide tax credits to individuals and businesses that donate to nongovernmental programs that cover the cost of private schools.

He sees the key to this new structure in the chartering model, in which nongovernmental organizations are granted extensive autonomy, by a government - appointed, independent authorizing board, to operate schools in exchange for positive student achievement outcomes.

Charter schools are public schools operated by nongovernmental organizations.

During the 1990s, Emerald has not had significant grants from nongovernmental agencies that would make the average expenditure per pupil radically different than those of surrounding schools.

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is a voluntary, nongovernmental, regional membership association that serves higher education institutions in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and other geographic areas in which the commission conducts accrediting activities.

After a disaster, hundreds of volunteer nongovernmental organizations of a variety of sizes and levels of accountability come into the disaster - impacted communities to try to assist the community during their recovery and rebuilding phase.

As more states address the preparation of new teachers, both lawmakers and nongovernmental organizations are trying to increase admission requirements.

Founded in 2010, we are a global nongovernmental organization that deploys landscape - scale ecosystem restoration projects and measures and reports the impact.

The recommendations to policy - makers and education stake - holders are matched by case studies about programmes, often led by community - based nongovernmental organizations.

Reimers will act as one of 30 representatives to the commission, which supports worldwide humanitarian development and values by coordinating efforts and delivering expert advice from the federal, state, and local governments and from nongovernmental organizations on issues of education, science, communications, and culture.

He regularly advises government agencies, foundations, and educational and nongovernmental organizations in the United States and abroad.

Activists pressure schools to redefine «civic education» in terms of influencing public policy and engaging in political activity - while giving short shrift to being a good parent, dependable neighbor, and conscientious member of the nongovernmental institutions that compose civil society.

Individuals and groups from K — 12 and higher education are invited to participate in this program, especially faculty, administrators, school and district leaders, and higher education administrators, as well as individuals and groups from educational nonprofits, funding organizations, and nongovernmental organizations.

As the traditional urban school district is slowly replaced by a system marked by an array of nongovernmental school providers, new policies (undergirded by a new understanding of the government's role in public schooling) are needed.

The debates will bring together academics, representatives of the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), as well as representatives of nongovernmental organizations and civil society.

Our even broader network of partners includes government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, universities, corporations, community - based organizations, foundations, and individuals who work together to bypass gridlock and do the work of restoration.