Sentences with phrase «public stakeholder process»

On March 20, 2013, following a public stakeholder process, the Board adopted new rules at N.J.A.C. 14:8 - 7 to codify the Aggregated Net Metering requirements of the Solar Act.

On October 4, 2012, the Board directed Board staff («Staff») to initiate proceedings and convene a public stakeholder process to fulfill the directives of the Solar Act.

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«We are reviewing the TFN report and are listening to all interested stakeholders as we enter the public hearing process.»

We encourage all interested stakeholders to share their views on the proposed certification program and participate in the public comments process as well.

What the organic livestock standard says The Organic Livestock and Poultry Production rule, commonly referred to as the Organic Animal Welfare Rule, is the result of 14 years of public and transparent work within the process established by Congress, and reflects deep engagement and input by organic stakeholders during multiple administrations, both Republican and Democrat.

That USDA has violated the Organic Foods Production Act and its consultation provisions enacted to apply in just these circumstances for industry and public stakeholders to revise, refine, and advance organic standards via a well defined process.

To further build this understanding among early childhood stakeholders in the state, WI - AIMH held a meeting to explore the endorsement process and the impact it has on workforce development in November 2010 with public and private stakeholders from multiple agencies and systems working with young children.

The bill Requires the State Departments of Public Health and Health Care Services to coordinate, through a stakeholder engagement process, to do the following: — Improve the process for WIC eligibility and application enrollment via Medi - Cal and Covered California enrollment.

This is because the majority of the Ghanaian public are majority of stakeholders and it is very important to understand and appreciate the processes involved in declaration of results so that we can all be on the same page.»

Suez was ordered to solicit public and stakeholder input during the process of developing these programs.

The Action Plan is a culmination of the Jamaica Now Planning Initiative, a nine month community - wide engagement process consisting of over 30 meetings between residents, businesses, leaders and other stakeholders, and two public conferences.

When asked the role of the DEC in the public debate over the Plant Janeway said, «We are now in the point of the process where are soliciting input and comments from all citizens and concerned stakeholders and we've extended that comment period, and when the comment period closes we will take all those comments into consideration in making the decisions going forward.»

Our groups hope they act on this spirit by working closely with both state legislatures ---- and public stakeholders ---- in a transparent process to introduce and pass comprehensive reforms in the Port Authority's governance this session.

SCHROON LAKE — Following contentious public hearing process, Adirondack Park stakeholders discuss what comes next more

Following contentious public hearing process, Adirondack Park stakeholders discuss what comes next

Board member Rosalyn Taylor, who chaired the superintendent search committee, says the board sought community involvement throughout the process through focus groups, stakeholder meetings, and public receptions.

We believe that education is a human right and we want to ensure that New York City public schools are places of learning in which all stakeholders (parents, students, educators, non-pedagogical staff, administrators and the community) are engaged in a democratic process to provide a free and quality education to all its students, from Pre-school to College.

«New York's public schools need a leader who can reconcile opposing views among stakeholders over controversial issues, navigate the political complexities of the legislative process, and work with the Board of Regents to forge cogent policies that will make New York's education system student - focused.»

We maintain that a comprehensive Health Impact Assessment - an established process for studying the health impacts of an action, including public and stakeholder input, and identifying ways to protect the public - should be conducted.

The bill seeks greater USPSTF transparency regarding the public comment process, adherence to the Administrative Procedure Act, engaging stakeholder experts and patients in a meaningful way and public access to deliberations and supporting materials.

The Bologna Process is a collective effort of public authorities, universities, teachers, and students, together with stakeholder associations, employers, quality assurance agencies, international organisations, and institutions, including the European Commission.

(3) Future clinical application of human germline genome editing should not proceed unless, at a minimum, there is (a) a compelling medical rationale, (b) an evidence base that supports its clinical use, (c) an ethical justification, and (d) a transparent public process to solicit and incorporate stakeholder input.

Currently, textbooks used in public schools in states like Texas and California must first be approved at the state level, a process in which various stakeholders get the chance to pressure publishers into addressing their concerns.

We will have clear processes for adopting public policy positions, explicit ethical policies and ways of identifying and managing potential conflicts of interest among different stakeholders.

Reviewing academic standards is an arduous task that is typically handled by the State Board of Education and the Department of Public Instruction, which reviews standards on a five - year cycle and involves hundreds of stakeholders in the process.

While stakeholders were still processing the lengthy budget plan Thursday, it earned a tepid reaction from public school advocates at the NCAE.

The process for developing this new accountability and improvement system for Maine began with a series of forums, stakeholder meetings, a survey and other public outreach in September 2011.

The scope of this project includes not only project management but also the gathering and synthesizing of stakeholder input via research, surveys, and public meetings; facilitation of community and steering committee meetings; organization and analysis of information shared and gathered throughout the process; and production of the SBOE LRP.

We look forward to working alongside local stakeholders and community partners to ensure that our elected leaders are held accountable throughout this process to establish a unified, autonomous, high - quality public school system that supports all students in New Orleans.»

The authors observed four shared strategies used by the groups in this process: 1) public conversations — open forums for deliberation among a range of stakeholders, leading to problem solving and commitments to action; 2) monitoring programs and policies — gathering and analysis of data to evaluate the effectiveness of improvement efforts; 3) participating in the public arena — building political will through get - out - the - vote campaigns and meetings with elected representatives; and 4) joint ownership and relational culture — developing «public» relationships that lead to collective action.

ESSA further requires that states conduct «extensive outreach and community engagement» with education stakeholders and the general public during the development process of these state plans.

As DOT implements an outreach strategy, the Department is committed to building relationships with stakeholders, including state and local partners who help fund our transportation systems and those who serve underrepresented populations, recognizing that community leaders are ideally positioned to champion the public engagement process and disseminate information to their constituents.

The President's decision to launch TTIP negotiations with the EU followed a detailed exploratory process by the Administration that included public and private sector stakeholders, as well as Congress, and determined that an agreement that addresses a broad range of US - EU bilateral trade and investment policies, as well as global issues of common interest, could generate substantial economic benefits on both sides of the Atlantic.

«Only industry stakeholders were invited to participate behind closed doors, while civil society was excluded from the process despite the fact that the regulations could have profound consequences for ordinary members of the public.

My research - based process allows me to co-labor with scholars, scientists and community stakeholders to assemble surviving fragments in service of public history.

She is particularly interested in management processes that integrate multiple stakeholders and work across boundaries to solve complex environmental problems on public lands.

Firstly, the RUAF Foundation cooperates with urban producers, local NGOs, public administrations and other relevant stakeholder groups in setting up of concrete short chain marketing initiatives, for example within the framework of the Market - oriented urban agriculture project in Gaza (implemented in cooperation with Oxfam) agricultural value chains in various specific product groups are supported in a market - for the poor - perspective; The From Seed to Table programme supported 30 urban farmer groups in 17 cities to innovate their local production systems, engage in value - adding activities and establish innovative short marketing channels; The projects in Freetown and Makeni in Sierra Leone implemented in cooperation with COOPI helped to establish various youth - led agro-enterprises (in pig raising and slaughtering; milk and fruit processing and waste management).

This guidance document provides recommendations to policymakers in five areas: policy development; government and resources; curriculum development; capacity building of teachers and education planners; and public awareness, communication and stakeholder involvement, based on the case studies, as well as brief profiles of climate change and education in 16 countries» sustainable development policy processes.

The process involved communication between scientists and a variety of «stakeholders,» from the public and private sectors and academia.

They exemplified a vision of a democratic process for societally relevant environmental assessment, based on dialogue between interdisciplinary teams of scientific experts and a wide range of stakeholders and the general public.

With their participation effectively mandated and the RTO stakeholder processes in most regions heavily skewed toward the interests of large transmission and generation asset owners, many public power utilities» only choice is to work closely with Congress and FERC to seek needed reforms.»

This has involved providing the evidence - base to support policy formulation (undertaking assessments, drafting guidance frameworks and policy briefs), facilitating the policy process (convening and participating in policy dialogues / workshops), building capacity (developing and implementing needs - based training), liaising with a wide range of stakeholders (public meetings, discussion forums, on - line questionnaires) and communicating the result of his work to ensure it has maximum impact (writing press releases, opinion editorials and blogs).

Have you heard about the upcoming three - year study on a major societal challenge — Canada's transition to a low - carbon future and how to ensure that the public and all the many stakeholders have confidence in the process?

Rather, we envision processes that foster public learning, shared deliberation among public and expert stakeholders, and collaborative development of improved governance processes and outcomes around this incredibly important set of issues.

In New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and the West Coast, Surfrider Foundation has emerged as a key stakeholder in ocean planning, representing recreational ocean users in the public planning process.

Although the Reserve does not directly adopt methodologies developed by other organizations (all of its protocols are developed and finalized through public, transparent stakeholder processes), it will prioritize project types for which well - developed and vetted GHG quantification methods already exist.

The Surfrider Foundation is a key stakeholder in ocean planning efforts, making sure recreational ocean users are heard in the public process.

These proceedings are critically important to property owners, developers, municipalities, and other community stakeholders because they decide significant matters of property rights, fairness and due process, economic development, neighborhood compatibility, and public policy.

The aspiration is to have policies, processes and decisions that create no more burden than is necessary to ensure protection of the public interest and to minimize risk to all stakeholders.

Consequently, the current balance obtained between industry involvement and EU public interest, consisting in a process organised by and for the stakeholders concerned, must be preserved.