Sentences with phrase «policy changes in the governance»

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Most notably, he is requesting that the company: (i) immediately cancel its proxy access policy; (ii) immediately implement a proxy access bylaw; (iii) that the chair of the board immediately resign; (iv) that there be a complete change of directors in the governance committee over the next year; and (v) that any director or officer refusing to act in accordance with the 2018 shareholder proposal immediately submit their resignation.
Abusing their trust, global governance agents of change use the fuzzy expression «gender equality» in the developing world allowing it to be understood as a policy enhancing a greater recognition of the inherent equal dignity of the woman, while in fact it hides their own agenda.
Amid delays that were based, in part, on political point - scoring, the system lasted only five years before the Welsh Assembly Government moved forward with a referendum to get rid of the LCO system and devolve further powers in one go — evidence, perhaps, that a system which requires the agreement of both devolved and central governments on policy changes might prove detrimental to effective governance.
However, legislative oversight is a fundamental check and balance on government operations, ensuring that government programs and policies remain responsive to constituent needs, changing economic constraints, and innovation in governance.
These included changing the format of Panel for Educational Policy meetings to allow for more public comment, revising the city's school closing and co-location processes to make it more difficult for the city to close or co-locate schools, adding parent training centers so that parents in groups like the Community Education Councils can participate knowledgeably in the structures of governance, and restoring a degree of authority to district superintendents vis - à - vis principals.
Governance could become more effective by using well - designed mixes of policy instruments to motivate changes in behaviour to support sustainable development.
Speaking about the policy options emerging from the four regional assessments, Watson said: «Although there are no «silver bullets» or «one - size - fits all» answers, the best options in all four regional assessments are found in better governance, integrating biodiversity concerns into sectoral policies and practices (e.g. agriculture and energy), the application of scientific knowledge and technology, increased awareness and behavioural changes
He also promised to set up a committee of external experts to appraise research procedures; its findings will guide changes in governance and policies at RIKEN to prevent a recurrence, Noyori said.
Today's advocates for better schools are insurgent groups that challenge the establishment by encouraging parents to engage actively in K - 12 reform efforts, demanding major changes in school choice and teacher policies, as well as school governance.
Several institutions do not disclose the fact that their faculty to student ratios can even be as tremendous as 1:80, yet this is a common standard — a standard that both prospective college students and faculty members must realize before signing on board.IPEDS Policy and Internal Organizational Governance Structures in Higher Education «Organizations do not change until the individuals in it change» (Hall & Hord, 2011, p. 7).
Gaston has more than fifteen years of experience in participative and transdisciplinary research on governance related to issues such as sustainable development, energy, climate change and radioactive waste management and with working in and around the assemblies of the policy processes of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), the United Nations Non-Proliferation Treaty process (UN-NPT) and of the research - related activities of the European Commichange and radioactive waste management and with working in and around the assemblies of the policy processes of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), the United Nations Non-Proliferation Treaty process (UN-NPT) and of the research - related activities of the European CommiChange (UNFCCC), the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), the United Nations Non-Proliferation Treaty process (UN-NPT) and of the research - related activities of the European Commission.
Since systemic reform requires big changes in philosophy and policy, these three pieces were particularly welcome: David Osborne applied his steer / row framework to teacher empowerment in charters, Politico showed what D.C.'s robust charter sector is accomplishing, and Fordham offered a terrific taxonomy of state - level school governance.
Marc never quite resolves the extent to which Ontario sticks out like a structural sore thumb, nor does he quite draw the lesson that might be most applicable here: American education surely needs a major overhaul of its education governance before it can successfully put into place the other changes in policy and practice that Marc urges (and that these other countries do).
Changing governance arrangements clearly can make a difference in the way urban public school systems function, but such a strategy requires the right combination of ingredients - committed and skilled leadership by the mayor, willingness to use scarce resources, a stable coalition of supporters, appropriate education policies, and a cadre of competent, committed professionals to implement the reforms.
The Governance Committee of the Metro Nashville School Board met on Saturday and made recommendations for policy changes that will result in more financial transparency for all schools, including publicly - funded, privately run charter schools.
Students can be powerful advocates for student involvement, as well as for other changes that students want in policy or governance.
Malloy's bill required that school governance councils be given the opportunity to; (1) to review the fiscal objectives of the draft budget for the school and provide advice before it was submitted, (2) participate in the hiring process of administrators, (3) work with school administration to develop and approve a school compact, (4) be involved in developing and approving a written parent involvement policy outlining the role of parents in the school, (5) participate in analyzing school achievement data and school needs relative to the improvement plan for the school, (6) assist the principal in making programmatic and operational changes for improving the school's achievement and the list goes on.
Proficiency in this area requires knowledge and insight into higher education governance, policy, and financing in order to establish effective institutional change.
It would be very nice to believe that if only unions would get out of the way, we could make enormous strides with fairly simple changes in school governance and human capital policies.
The fact that she is willing to wage such an intense fight to change the course of a major public - policy initiative evidences deep faith and confidence in the American system of governance.
The students were briefed about the institute and informed that it continues to walk the legacy of Prof. Wangari Maathai and therefore keen on training transformative leaders and change agents with a multidisciplinary practical knowledge on resource economy, policy, legal pluralism, community mobilization skills and appropriate participatory approaches handy in assisting communities to sustainably utilize resources besides developing policy and generating research data that would guide integrated environmental governance and management.
Responding to comments 14, 25, and 56: I'm a policy analyst in Seattle, well - read on the impacts of climate change, but also other global resource constraints — like peak oil, peak phosphorus and the limits of industrial agriculture, waters supply (closely related to climate), and human systems / governance.
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