Sentences with phrase «private sector initiatives»

Better monitoring and law enforcement, coupled with private sector initiatives under pressure from civil society groups, have been credited for much of the decline.

Realizing the benefits of technology spillovers therefore also depends on an important and complementary role for government in supporting private sector initiatives in green innovation.

2014 saw the first private sector initiative in support of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots when Canadian company Clearpath Robotics issued a statement on 13 August pledging not to participate in the development of fully autonomous weapons.

There are countries with co-regulatory processes or other forms of private sector initiatives: Norway, Japan and United Kingdom.

Announced at the Building Sustainable Futures Forum sponsored by Olam International, the newly - formed GAA is a CEO - led private sector initiative seeking to contribute significantly to the delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, most notably SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture [1].

The new areas are a public - private sector initiative backed by the ministry of lands, the ministry of tourism and the Sri Lanka Tourism Club, a government - recognised group of industry leaders.

The authors fail to explainóassuming their claims are trueówhy private sector initiatives and market forces without further government subsidies are inadequate.

The expansion of government efforts, however, inevitably encourages the rise of shadowy private sector initiatives promising to protect distressed borrowers.

The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology Foundation (LHoFT) is a public - private sector initiative that drives technological innovation for Luxembourg's Financial Services industry.

«In November, New Yorkers will have a clear choice between a most unserious type liberal who favors higher taxes and government intervention versus a commonsense conservative who believes in limited government, individual freedom and private sector initiative,» Turner said in a statement.

«We have gone over and over the target, this whole thing is a private sector initiative, the project belongs to the private sector, but as a government, we are playing a facilitation role, «she said.

«To diversify our economy through Agriculture, we can not, but support this private sector initiative and drive for our Agro commodity exports,» the Minister said in the statement.

Consumer awareness, private sector initiatives, governmental regulation and targeted investments are urgently needed to move towards sustainable water use.

Get Safe Online, a public and private sector initiative that started in the U.K., is on a mission to protect all Internet users and their personal information — providing comprehensive guides, blog posts, and news articles on numerous subjects related to web safety.

«This is a private sector initiative to deal with the volume of resets,» Paulson said at a press conference following the unveiling of the plan.

On March 31 in Paris, multilateral development banks and the International Development Finance Club — among the world's chief financiers of public and private sector initiatives — gave themselves a pat on the back for agreeing to «climate change mitigation finance tracking principles for development finance».

It summarizes relevant treaties, cooperative development agreements, private — public partnerships and private sector initiatives and their relationship to climate objectives.

The discussion paper is intended primarily for policy makers, regulators, and implementing agencies to relook at the private sector initiatives under corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a driver for green growth and climate action as well to encourage the private sector and organizations interested in CSR to act with national / regional governments to align their CSR efforts with broader sustainable development goals.

Through a series of public and private sector initiatives, women are playing an increasingly stronger role in all facets of Emirati society.

The Australian Employment Covenant is a private sector initiative lead by Mr Andrew Forrest, the CEO of Fortescue Metals Group.