Sentences with phrase «recent international initiative»

The agreement is the most recent international initiative for Espree, which maintains 26 such partnerships in 29 countries.

Not exact matches

For example, in a recent analysis published in an edition of International Studies in Catholic Education dedicated to the question of whether there can be such a thing as a Catholic curriculum, Therese D'Orsa argues from the Australian experience that «attempts to give meaning to the concept of a Catholic curriculum... have ranged across a spectrum familiar to those who lead in Catholic schools» and that such initiatives have had a «limited impact».

The International Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF) announced this week that Smurfit Kappa has become ICPF's most recent corporate partner by pledging $ 150,000 to support the foundation's educational and student outreach initiatives.

The government and the international agencies in the eradication initiative have intensified campaigns there in recent months to wipe out the virus.

Whether or not it is the result of the disappointing showing of US students on international tests, college professors» concerns about the college readiness of students, or other evidence of students» and graduates» lack of 21st century skills, there is no shortage of recent initiatives designed to address the situation.

He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award Grant, the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Award, and was a recent fellow of the smARTpower program — an international, community - based art initiative of the Bronx Museum of the Arts and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State.

The new sculpture is the newest addition to the museum's permanent collection, commissioned and acquired through The Bass Acquisition Fund, and part of the museum's most recent acquisition initiative dedicated to international contemporary art.

Recent projects include Sundown Schoolhouse, an itinerant educational program; Edible Estates, an international series of domestic edible landscapes; and Animal Estates, a housing initiative for native animals in cities around the world which debuted at the 2008 Whitney Biennial.

Some international groups are helping to foster synergies, including the World Health Organization's recent conference on Climate and Health, the Convention on Biological Diversity's initiative on Health and Biodiversity, the Lancet - Rockefeller Commission on Planetary Health, and the DIVERSITAS - Future Earth ecoHEALTH project, which brings together public and animal health, development, ecology, economics, and other sectors to investigate connections between health and environmental change to generate science and policy outputs that can inform sustainability solutions.

This is particularly germane this week, as a couple thousand scientists and others focused on polar change have gathered in Montreal for a large conference (Twitter feed here) reviewing the enormous body of work produced under the recent International Polar Year initiative.

With a recent International Transport Forum study projecting that freight volumes could quadruple by 2050, the Low - carbon Freight initiative is an important catalyst to spearhead solutions to help manage and mitigate transport sector emissions.