Sentences with phrase «on capacity development»

However, I consider that such support should focus on capacity development, rather than on increased regulation, review or assessment.

This research also included an examination of international development theories, and in particular the model for development based on capacity development utilised in the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) programmes in developing countries.

There must be a greater focus on capacity development for traditional owners through the negotiation and agreement making process.

It also presents the ESCWA Guide on Climate Negotiations for Representatives and Negotiators from the Arab Countries as well as the impact of three regional training workshops on capacity development for climate change negotiations, which were conducted by ESCWA in cooperation with the League of Arab States.

This manual is a state - of - the - art publication on capacity development for water and the green economy produced to bring the areas of «capacity development» and «water» together under the green economy umbrella.

2015: Regional Training Workshop on Capacity Development for Climate Change Negotiations for the Arab Countries

2015: Fifth Regional Training Workshop on Capacity Development for Climate Change Negotiations for the Arab Countries

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Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

On May 9, Putin signed the Strategy for the Development of an Information Society for 2017 — 2030.91 Based on the Russian government's desire to establish «sovereignty» over the Russian portion of the internet, the strategy postulates that Russia must have the capacity to produce its own software and hardware independently, with all core information infrastructure ultimately under state controOn May 9, Putin signed the Strategy for the Development of an Information Society for 2017 — 2030.91 Based on the Russian government's desire to establish «sovereignty» over the Russian portion of the internet, the strategy postulates that Russia must have the capacity to produce its own software and hardware independently, with all core information infrastructure ultimately under state controon the Russian government's desire to establish «sovereignty» over the Russian portion of the internet, the strategy postulates that Russia must have the capacity to produce its own software and hardware independently, with all core information infrastructure ultimately under state control.

The Tuck - WBENC Executive Program is a six - day intensive experience focused on WBE skill development to increase business capacity, operations, and leadership.

«Ontario's capacity to compete globally depends on how well we harness our entrepreneurial strengths,» said the Honourable Brad Duguid, Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure.

Development of human capacity is the «key» to achieving substantially enhanced Return on Entrepreneurial Investment (ROEI) ROEI will only be maximized if human capacity development is a critical component of building entrepreneurship and Development of human capacity is the «key» to achieving substantially enhanced Return on Entrepreneurial Investment (ROEI) ROEI will only be maximized if human capacity development is a critical component of building entrepreneurship and development is a critical component of building entrepreneurship and leadership.

Translated into program, what Washington wanted to see was blacks concentrating in the main on developing their capacities to exploit such opportunity as already lay at hand, relying on the expectation that as such self - development proceeded, blacks would be in a stronger position to make a successful claim for the full rights of citizenship.

In recognition of this, a great deal of the emphasis on the role of clergy to be detailed here refers to the development and mobilization of concern, competence, and care - giving capacity on the part of the community as a whole.

Only one chapter is explicitly theological, dealing with Life, based on the Whiteheadian understanding of God, exploring what enables the development of life, its increased complexity and capacity for intensity, harmony, contrast, and richness of experience through the lure of novel possibilities to be actualized and the abiding acceptance of all experience, preserved everlastingly with no loss of immediacy.

Instead, we should build on practices that have developed all over the world out of peasant experience, and follow nature's guidance in the development of agricultural ecosystems that can have the generative capacities of natural ecosystems.

Where Callahan focuses on «potential for development,» others speak of capacity for «cognitive - affective» behavior.

The formula of Marx preserves all its pluralistic force ``... when, with the universal development of all the individuals, the productive forces will grow and all sources of the cooperative richness will gush forth, only then we will be able to escape from the narrow - minded horizon of the bourgeois law, and the society will be able to write on its banners: from each one according to his capacities, to each one according to his needs!»

She serves the Jewish and broader religious communities in a number of capacities including as a member of the Global Initiative for Faith, Health and Development of the Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty, as a member of the Summit on Religious Leadership in Response to HIV and as a board member of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies.

These include the development of new strategies and activities to promote climate change adaptation by building on our scientific research, strengthening internal capacity, and preparing producer - oriented tools for implementation.

Based on these findings, the IFOAM - Organics International / ICARE consortium proposes a capacity development strategy and a sector development action plan that can serve as guidance for coordinated sector development.

The IFOAM project Regional Cooperation for Organic Standards and Certification Capacity in East Africa (OSEA) and the UNEP / UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Development (CBTF) project Promoting Production and Trading Opportunities for Organic Agricultural Products in East Africa facilitated the development of a regional organic standard in the period 20Development (CBTF) project Promoting Production and Trading Opportunities for Organic Agricultural Products in East Africa facilitated the development of a regional organic standard in the period 20development of a regional organic standard in the period 2005 to 2007.

John H Davies overlooked the design and development of Old Trafford as an 80,000 capacity arena, though it was the inspirational Billy Meredith who was the mastermind on the pitch, it was Davies» money that led United to their first honours the league title in 1907, and the FA Cup in 1908.

The Educare model puts as much emphasis on the development of children's noncognitive capacities as it does on their literacy and numeracy abilities, which means that kids in Educare centers are surrounded by lots of the interactive nurturance that fortifies their prefrontal cortex and leads to healthy executive - function development.

Those changes impair the development of an important set of mental capacities that help children regulate their thoughts and feelings, and that impairment makes it difficult later on for them to process information and manage emotions in ways that allow them to succeed at school.

Emphasis is placed on the development of requisite skills and capacities that promote readiness for first grade.

The focus on child protection and the development of the initial capacities of the child, its autonomy, and personal development is a firm commitment at Micuna.

Michel Odent, in his review of research on the «primal period «(the time between conception and the first birthday), concludes that interference or dysfunction at this time affects the development of our capacity to love, which is particularly vulnerable around the time of birth, being connected hormonally to the oxytocin system.3 Research by Jacobsen4 5 and Raine6 among others, suggests that contemporary tragedies such as suicide, drug addiction and violent criminality may be linked to problems in the perinatal period such as exposure to drugs, birth complications and separation or rejection from the mother.

Auspiciously, breastmilk travels this same course and has tremendous influence on the development, wellbeing and protective capacities of the digestive tract and its flora — and thus the child.

He has worked for microfinance institutes in Peru and Brazil, expanding rural development capacities and conducting social impact analyses on development and governance issues.

In a statement, the group said in his capacity as a High Commissioner he is expected to be unbiased and treat all members of the Ghanaian community equally as the nation's development is based on the well - being of its people.

Participants at the 5 - Day Capacity Development Workshop for Electoral and Assistant Electoral Officers, which began on 17th October in Awka, Anambra State, and was organised by The Electoral Institute (TEI) in collaboration with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES).

«We must develop the capacity to feed ourselves and we should be spending our resources on real development projects, not luxuries,» he said.

«Shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers said this week that the Conservatives will back the development of new high speed rail lines in their election manifesto... «I am working hard on proposals to take high speed rail forward in this country to see if we can't at least start to catch up with countries like France and to deal with the capacity problems on our network,» she said.»

On the local content work being done on the project, Senator Alasoadura said: «It is massive development of capacitOn the local content work being done on the project, Senator Alasoadura said: «It is massive development of capaciton the project, Senator Alasoadura said: «It is massive development of capacity.

A member of the organization, Tanya Castro - Negron, spoke on Friday in her capacity as tenant president of Lands End II, one of the developments that would be most affected by the new towers.

Obiano, who spoke at the Prof. Dora Akunyili Women's Development on Monday, said those who issued the threat had no capacity to execute it.

During the meeting, Borough President Katz also noted the one year anniversary of the Jamaica NOW Action Plan's April 15, 2015 launch and outlined major milestones of the Jamaica NOW Action Plan in the past year, including the activation of the Bronx - Flushing - Jamaica Q44 Select Bus Service that serves 44,000 New Yorkers daily; the newly - restored paths at Rufus King Park that are part of the first phase of the Park's major capital improvements; redesigned storefronts of local businesses along Sutphin Boulevard (with more on the way); a $ 138,000 «Building Community Capacity» grant toward the formation of the Jamaica Arts Alliance; the release of an RFP to activate the 168th Street Garage into a new, mixed - use development, with the City to announce the winning bid shortly; the launch of the «Jamaica Avenue Streetscape Improvements» study to determine the cost and scope of additional seating, increased plantings and improved pedestrian circulation in the area; and free public Wi - Fi on track by July in the Downtown Jamaica Corridor, the first area in Queens to host LinkNYC.

There is no doubt, this development has dealt a devastating blow on the terrorists capacity on IED preparation, suicide bombing and their ability to sustain their criminal acts, the statement added.

On his part, Vice Chancellor of UMaT Professor Jerry S. Y. Kuma, expressed delight with the agreement and referred to GNPC's support as monumental to the development of human capacity in Ghana's mining, oil and gas sector.

On Monday, Maggie Truax, a spokeswoman for COR, repeated the statement: «COR Development did not hire, retain or pay Joe Percoco in any capacity and intends to fully cooperate with any investigation into this matter.»

Through the Center for Advancing Science & Engineering Capacity and with the support of an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation officer's grant awarded in February 2005, AAAS has offered STEM human resource development consulting (on a cost - sharing basis).

Funding agencies can have a major impact if they instruct reviewers to consider postdoctoral fellows not merely as a means to achieving the knowledge objectives of the proposal but also as young professionals whose development has a wider impact on national capacity.

«It provides a unique vantage point from which to consider the intricate interface between capacities inherent in the human infant and the shaping force of experience,» said Sandra Waxman, senior author of the study, director of the Project on Child Development, faculty fellow in Northwestern's Institute for Policy Research and the Louis W. Menk Chair in Psychology at Northwestern.

But amid this governmental turmoil, another, longer - term development is under way that will affect the lives of everyone in the U.S. and take its toll on others around the world — the loss of critical expertise and capacity in the science agencies of the federal government, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, among many others.

Until 2001, she worked at the NationalAcademies» National Research Council over a 17 - year period, serving in several capacities — Executive Director of the Board on Sustainable Development, where she directed the Sustainability Transition Study and the Global Change Research Program; director of international organization programs for the Office of International Affairs; and Director of the Polar Research Board.

«We were able to show salamander - like regenerative capacities in both — fossil groups that develop their limbs like the majority of modern four - legged vertebrates as well in groups with the reversed pattern of limb development seen in modern salamanders,» said Dr. Jennifer Olori of State University of New York at Oswego, co-author on the study.

The first round of winners, announced last week, emphasizes regional development and capacity building, as well as top - notch research on humans, plants, and animals.

On May 23, a session titled «New Developments of Planetary Science with ALMA» attracted a near - capacity crowd.

Supports research on perception, action and cognition including the development of these capacities.