Sentences with phrase «policy areas including»

Highly competent in liaising with a range of people involved in policy areas including staff performance and health and safety.

But the trickiness of his task in leading a united party forward was exposed as foreign affairs spokesman Menzies Campbell, a strong supporter of the Lib - Lab project, called for an unprecedented extension of co-operation with Labour to new policy areas including health and education.

These are two of the calls that the Institution of Engineering and Technology is making to government across policy areas including energy; education; manufacturing; IT and communications; and transport ahead of the general election.

Not exact matches

«The most pressing areas where government, business and other stakeholders can find common ground should include tax reform, infrastructure investment, education reform, more favorable trade agreements and a sensible immigration policy.»

This research area covers rules governing trade between Canada and other countries or among Canadian provinces, the impact of trade restrictions or of their removal, and policy issues affecting the ability of Canadians to compete in world markets, including questions of international economic cooperation.

The term Great Firewall, then, should be seen as encompassing policy areas well beyond the extensive censorship system, to include forced technology transfer, forced partnership with Chinese partners, ever more sophisticated theft of intellectual property, demands that internet data be «secure and controllable,» legislation allowing government officials to demand access to software source code, and denial of access for major internet platform companies such as Google, Amazon, and Facebook.

Sections include an introduction to how blockchain technology works, how this technology could be deployed in various application areas, its potential impacts, and its implications for European policy.

To compensate for this lack of «real address», lenders use dummy information based on probable loan data including sample purchase prices, sample real estate tax bills common for the area, and sample homeowners insurance policies and / or homeowners association assessments, where applicable.

In addition to this general statement, the Party also provides a detailed summary of its policies in key areas, including health care, the economy, democratic reform, education, the environment, and social justice and issues.

But joining the TPP also meant effectively renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), with the United States under onerous terms of entry that put Canada's other traditional defensive areas on the negotiating table (including Canadian content in media, intellectual property regime preferences, telecommunications ownership policies, and remaining investment restrictions), with little prospect of any valuable concessions from the United States.

Carrefour published its Sourcing Policy on Sustainable Palm Oil in 2014 which includes the RSPO standard and additional criteria such as protection of peat lands and high carbon stock areas.

A field trip throughout Sonoma County that included: an overview of the area's agricultural landscape and the challenges and opportunities the county faces amid shifting policies and demographic changes; a tour and tasting at Vella Cheese company as well as a demonstration of traditional cheesemaking by hand; a comparative tasting of heirloom tomatoes, stone fruits, and melons at Green String Farm, along with a tour hosted by Bob Cannard, famous for supplying Alice Waters and her restaurant, Chez Panisse; a tour, hops demonstration, and guided beer tasting at Carneros Brewing Company.

Core focus is on consumer issues, although mention is made of prioritising «competition and consumer issues in highly concentrated sectors, in particular in the supermarket and fuel sectors» (nothing new here) and the policy states that some areas are always regarded as a priority, including «cartel conduct and anti-competitive agreements, and the misuse of market power».

The report can be used by governments, industry and academia to inform policy and investment decisions, including identifying areas for further investigation.

Mr. Kemper practices in the area of labor and employment law where he regularly counsels employers on a variety of workplace issues including, but not limited to, interviewing, hiring, employee discipline and discharge, workplace discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour (including tipping practices), whistleblower, unemployment, restrictive covenants, non-compete agreements, non-solicitation agreements, non-disclosure agreements, separation agreements, workplace policies and employee handbooks.

Policy compliance will be reviewed and annually, including a review of nutrition standards with education goals; physical activity and education goals, and determine areas in need of improvement.

Ensuring that actions to improve infant feeding are included in all of these relevant policy areas, including obesity, diabetes and cancer reduction, emotional attachment and subsequent school readiness, improved maternal and child mental health and environmental sustainability

The bipartisan Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 mandated that the USDA set guidelines for what needed to be included in local school wellness policies in areas such as setting goals for nutrition education and physical activity, informing parents about content of the policy and implementation, and periodically assessing progress and sharing updates as appropriate.

The CIP includes action areas for Member States, WHO and other actors and recommends «to create a supportive environment for the implementation of comprehensive food and nutrition policies» and calls for Member States to «establish a dialogue with relevant national and international parties and form alliances and partnerships to expand nutrition actions with the establishment of adequate mechanisms to safeguard against potential conflicts of interest».

Uribe's hawkish policy weakened the FARC considerably, including by killing some of the group's leadership figures, and it made urban areas safer.

His areas of interest include EU's policy for neighbouring countries (mainly EaP, Western Balkans, Turkey), electoral reform and state capture.

In an address to the Institute for Public Policy Research think tank in London, she called for a federal UK founded on a «new Act of Union» that included repatriating to Scotland the EU's powers in areas like fisheries, farming and employment rights.

The six reports released today covered a wide variety of important areas of European policy, including the single market, health, taxation and foreign policy.

«Prior to granting any significant extension of this authority, the Senate believes public hearings should be held to assess the current structure and identify any possible areas of improvement including but not limited to creating heightened parental involvement in Community Education Councils and the Panel for Education Policy,» the resolution states.

It is not a dining club, unlike some Parliamentary groupings, but operates as more of a policy and strategy discussion forum, with guest speakers (including Mark Littlewood of the IEA and John Cridland of the CBI), and, more regularly, members of the 2020 discuss ideas drawn from their areas of expertise from their careers before Parliament.

Lucy's background is as a lawyer and campaigner, and her areas of expertise include transport, postal services, health policy, employment rights and equality law.

This includes taking the credit for significant areas of policy covering welfare, energy, housing, and constitutional reform.

While the policy notes that «New York's legal code is relatively accessible compared to other states,» it suggests that the state commit to including its laws on a platform such as America Decoded, adopting the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau's eRegs tool to make the laws more accessible, and instituting an «open by default» policy in the area of IT purchasing, data and research.

Mr Grice has a wide range of interests in the area of social policy including local government finance, urban regeneration and constitutional policy.

Beach has served three decades in law enforcement, including in areas of crisis response, operational planning, emergency management and public policy, the governor's office said.

These include: · Restricting trade hours of on - licence venues to limit the availability of alcohol in the early hours of the morning · Enhancing community involvement, better facilitating the engagement of local residents with licensing systems · Adding / prioritising public health and / or harm minimisation objectives in alcohol legislation · Restricting the sales of high risk products in areas of concern; and · Deprioritising government support for industry voluntary schemes in place of policies supported by evidence.

Areas of policy interest include education, tackling poverty, and promoting business & enterprise; and he also has a special interest in affordable credit and sub-prime debt issues.

Several areas of policy overlap involve the parties» commitment to cutting waste and bureaucracy, including in the NHS.

Several of the team have been heavily involved in successful SLF campaigns including the Liberal Democrat campaign against the NHS Bill, and in taking forward progressive Liberal Democrat policies in a wide variety of areas.

ReZone Syracuse, which was started in 2015 by former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, aims to update building policy and regulations across the city, including in areas surrounding Syracuse University's campus.

It will draw up policies on areas including Brexit and national security, the Sunday Times reports.

These areas include productivity, social mobility, governance and ethics, international development and policy formation.

If the listing on the stock exchange is successful, MTN Ghana would be exempted from the capital market local content policy which enjoins companies operating in specific areas including telecom, mining, oil and gas to list a minimum percentage of their shares on the Ghana Stock Exchange within 5 years of commencement of operations in Ghana.

We are working within the existing party structure, including association, area and regional representation along with a central CPF Council, chaired by Oliver Letwin, who has been involved for more than 30 years in the development of policy.

Ravitch has been a critic of education policies championed by Cuomo, including the expansion and protection of charter schools, which the governor says provides choice and opportunity to students in low - income areas.

Among the policy areas discussed in the speech included Economic Development, Education, Housing, Parks, Tourism and Culture, Transportation and Constituent Services.

Hammond said it would present hard choices for policy makers, including tax increases or spending cuts in other areas, cutting payments to health care providers, or an end coverage for some New Yorkers.

The Country report covered ten thematic areas which include: General measures taken to realize the rights and welfare of the child in the policies and law of the State party or in any other international convention or agreement in force in the state.

An education activist in New York for years, Ms. Nixon has also been studying up on other policy areas, including transportation, according to people familiar with her activities.

Workshops in areas including policy, leadership, and communications are designed to maximize each fellow's proficiency in the qualifications used as benchmarks for Senior Executive Service (SES) recruitment by the U.S. Government.

Commencing with a two - week orientation, we host a series of trainings and workshops in areas including policy, leadership, and communications designed to maximize each fellow's proficiency in the qualifications used as benchmarks for Senior Executive Service (SES) recruitment by the U.S. Government.

Science policy is an area of public policy which is concerned with the policies that affect the conduct of the science and research enterprise, including the funding of science, often in pursuance of other national policy goals such as technological innovation to promote commercial product development, weapons development, health care and environmental monitoring.

With over 80 percent of forests already degraded by human and industrial activities, today's findings underscore the immediate need for international policies to secure remaining intact forests — including establishing new protected areas, securing the land rights of indigenous peoples, regulating industry and hunting, and targeting restoration efforts and public finance.

Other areas of concern included finding funding opportunities for senior postdocs seeking a permanent position, developing work - permit policies for spouses of nonresident postdocs, establishing institutional postdoc offices, and recognizing the contributions made by these individuals.

Sutley, for her part, came to the post after a four - year stint as a deputy mayor in Los Angeles, where she also oversaw climate change and energy policy, including restraining emissions from diesel trucks at area ports as well as promoting solar energy by setting a goal of generating 10 percent of the city's electricity from the sun by 2020.