Sentences with phrase «private sector investors»

But a lack of demand from carbon markets and uncertainty about how many credits could be used as part of future global emissions cuts has scared off many private sector investors.

«The event will outline opportunities for private sector investors as well as providing a forum to ensure regional strategies for future development are aligned.»

Instructively, several projects have already been identified by private sector investors who want to take advantage of the one district one factory policy and some of them are actually already engaged in securing the requisite equipment for production.

The industry is the single largest private sector investor, employing more than 425,000 people.

Kwara Public - Private - Partnership Office, also known as KP3, is launching a brand new website in what it described as an effort to engage private sector investors in key sectors of Kwara state's economy.

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, says his government is keen on building the business - friendly economy on the continent, and has assured potential private sector investors of the security of their investments.

«The plan will also incentivize and partner private sector investors to set up business incubator hubs and industrial parks, [and] establish a new enterprise fund to attract private partnership nationally.»

The Centre was funded by a # 6.6 million loan from Advantage West Midlands, together with investments of # 2.1 m from Coventry University Enterprises Ltd, Construction Skills, Learning and Skills Council Coventry and Warwickshire and construction industry private sector investors.

Canada's Fondaction, a retirement savings plan by workers in Quebec, followed swiftly with an announcement yesterday that it will contribute USD10 million to the Fund, making it the first private sector investor to join the Fund.

Technology companies competed to develop new applications for the new Common Core State Standards, and there appeared to be many exciting opportunities to make money in the emerging education marketplace.7 This was the first time in history that the U.S. Department of Education designed programs with the intent of stimulating private sector investors to create for - profit ventures in American education.

Project finance gives State and local project sponsors the ability to accelerate the delivery of needed infrastructure projects, often in partnership with private sector investors.

UN climate talks have so far failed to agree a role for a forestry - based carbon market in a future carbon reduction treaty, meaning private sector investors have very little idea of financial returns from projects that save trees.

Governments can use policy measures alongside relatively small sums of public money to catalyze private sector participation, enabling government involvement to help reduce the perception of risk, and consequently actual risk, among private sector investors.

«I see Niagara Falls in five years where Buffalo is today and that is a great sense of optimism not only for the people that live there but also for private sector investors to begin to really pour in money to expand the property tax base in Niagara Falls and taking advantage of its unique natural resources which is the falls and the Niagara River,» Higgins said.

«He's probably the single largest private sector investor we've had in this community in decades,» said Dottie Gallagher - Cohen, president of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, the area's leading business organization.

In his address to the Heads of States Summit held on the occasion of the 22nd Session of the Conference of Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), French President Mr. François Hollande announced his decision to join other public and private sector investors in the establishment of the LDN Fund, as part of France's commitment to combat desertification and mobilize the necessary resources.

The vice president added that many private sector investors were interested in coming to Sierra Leone, stressing that the Nigerian government had good economic relationship with Sierra Leone.

The immediate past government initiated steps for a new national airline which would be a partnership between the government and private sector investors.

He says that governments will set the targets that nations will try to reach, but it will be scientists, private sector investors and workers who will largely determine whether those goals are met.

African energy ministers, utility companies, and private sector investors all gathered in Washington D.C. recently for the Powering Africa Summit at the St. Regis Hotel.

«Other pension funds, banks, and private sector investors who have not already done so should take note of this decision and follow suit by disinvesting from any companies whose environmental or human rights records make them incompatible with «ethical investment» aspirations.»

Governments including UK, Norway, Germany and Australia has so far pledged $ 3 billion of funding for forestry projects, but donor countries would need to double that figure in order to increase demand and make the protection of trees financially viable for private sector investors, the report added.

«This is a great appointment for the business,» said Ian Gilthorpe, «Adrian has a proven track record of delivering and project managing complicated development projects as well as managing a team of lawyers delivering focused and proactive asset management services on large property portfolios for private sector investors.