Sentences with phrase «regional capacity for»

Through visionary leadership and inclusive relationships, we develop regional capacity for the continuous improvement of student learning.

«QUEST truly strengthens our regional capacity for research and education in fisheries and marine science,» said Bill Karp, science and research director at the NEFSC.

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availability of sufficient pipeline, gathering, and other transportation facilities and related infrastructure to process and transport its production and the impact of these facilities and regional capacity on the prices received for production;

In 2016, for example, Kyrgyzstan canceled a project with several Russian companies to build five hydropower plants, citing the Russian entities» inability to secure financing.28 In Tajikistan, the Russian military has periodically been unable to pay its local Tajik staff at its base there, even though the base purportedly serves as a key bulwark in Russia's defense against regional instability.29 That same year, Moscow pledged over $ 1 billion in security assistance to Dushanbe and promised to increase its troop presence in the country by 2,000 soldiers.30 Yet neither appears to have materialized, which raises questions about Russia's true capacity and willingness to respond to a security crisis in the region and to project influence there.

Madhavan replaces Grey in his capacity as regional president for MEA.

The IFOAM project Regional Cooperation for Organic Standards and Certification Capacity in East Africa (OSEA) and the UNEP / UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Development (CBTF) project Promoting Production and Trading Opportunities for Organic Agricultural Products in East Africa facilitated the development of a regional organic standard in the period 2005 to 2007.

Healthy Schools BC Regional Grants aim to build regional capacity amongst health, education and community partners to collaboratively work through new approaches and designs for learning (such as the Healthy Schools BC Learning Framework, Spiral of Inquiry and innovative prototyping) for district / group - level initiatives that are directly related to mental well - being.

However, the project isn't moving as fast as hoped for multiple reasons — Good Earth Power blames slow progress on issues like bad weather and a regional dearth of forest industry infrastructure like trucking capacity, but others are skeptical of the company's overall business plan.

In addition to the economic and social development challenges that face individual countries, regional disparities in the capacity for scientific advancement and research and in the quality of education continue to plague the development of a strong, unified research community.

Relatively small contributions can make it possible for scientists from developing countries to participate in WCRP regional and international capacity building efforts that would normally be beyond a country's means.

The aim was to strengthen institutional capacity and national policies, supporting trans boundary regional cooperation, and help generate income for herders and others living with the PAs.

The Convention recognizes the importance of women in the implementation of the Convention, and identifies critical areas for their engagement: (i) awareness - raising, and participation in the design and implementation of programmes; (ii) decision - making processes that men and women adopt at the local level in the governance of development, implementation and review of regional and national action programmes (RAPs and NAPs); and (iii) capacity - building, education and public awareness, particularly at local level through the support of local organizations.

A Department for Education spokesperson commented: «It is for colleges to decide whether to apply to become sponsors and for the regional school's commissioner to decide on their suitability based on their capacity and their track record in supporting underperforming schools.»

The NFER report says growing sponsor capacity is now a key priority for RSCs, with regional variations in the number of underperforming schools raising «potentially significant problems for tackling school underperformance».

As noted, SEAs rely on regional service units to provide support for capacity building, but there has been another shift in strategy as well.

In support of AACTE's mission to build capacity for high - quality educator preparation programs, we are excited to announce plans for new regional workshops focused on performance assessment, continuous improvement, and quality assurance.

But council leaders say regional schools commissioners lack the «capability and capacity» for the job and «could risk children's education».

The funding reform commission is responsible for taking a number of factors into account including local capacity to support schools, regional differences in associated costs and a variety of student characteristics that impact educational needs.

The deal is aimed at assessing the current statistical systems, building capacities on both a local and regional level, providing internships for QTA staff, technical support for QTA departments, a tourism sector human capital development strategy, and a visa facilitation study

These affiliations provide capacity building opportunities as well as regional marketing initiatives for Belize.

«Together with the new service to Durban, additional flights to Paris and increased regional capacity, these developments will lay the foundations for solid long - term growth of the Seychelles national airline and country's economy.»

The MOU aims to enhance the cooperation between UNWTO and CTO in areas such as the preparation of regional strategies and action plans for the development of sustainable tourism, the promotion of tourism investment, market intelligence and capacity building.

In equilibrium, all fluxes into the surface will be balanced by fluxes out of the surface (including momentum, etc, as well as energy), so whatever lies beneath the surface gives the surface an effective heat capacity and also (in the oceans) some ability for local / regional imbalances to be balanced globally, with all of that responding to forcings and PR+CR and other feedbacks at the surface.

While various studies in the valley and nation have focused on ways to enhance regional food systems and distribution of produce grown on local farms, this is the first study in the Northeast, and likely the country, to develop a comprehensive, data - driven methodology for strategically protecting the farmland — the most fundamental ingredient for securing the productive capacity of the metropolitan region's foodshed.

However, from the perspective policymaking on adaptation, it may be helpful in future to develop much more specific attribution capacity in the science for the obvious reason that as part of the overall development of better forecasting of regional impacts / events, it improves specific risk planning and claims for aid.

Those rules call for regional grid operators to take steps to allow battery storage resources to take part on basically a level playing field in the capacity, energy and ancillary markets.

«Capacity mechanisms should only be developed to address security of supply if a regional system adequacy assessment points to such a need, taking into account the potential for energy efficiency and demand - side response.»

The priority areas for intervention identified in the report include: ecosystem conservation and rehabilitation to combat poverty; capacity - building to strengthen environmental governance; and enhance and promote regional environmental cooperation.

The JRC says it hopes the study's findings could help countries to set priorities for regional investments that address the unequal burden of impacts and the differences in adaptation capacities across Europe.

This 270,000 MW of capacity, coupled with the roughly 30,000 MW now planned for the Mekong, up to 10,000 MW in Borneo and 80,000 MW of pumped storage, represents a huge regional resource.

ACTS seeks to build community and business partnerships at the local, regional and international level, in order to bring together a network of people for positive engagement, capacity building and change.

The costs of the necessay backup for a project of this magnitude are borne by the grid operators, the regional utilities, who have to buy and operate the additional «peaker» capacity since their utility charters include maintaining system stability.

It also presents the ESCWA Guide on Climate Negotiations for Representatives and Negotiators from the Arab Countries as well as the impact of three regional training workshops on capacity development for climate change negotiations, which were conducted by ESCWA in cooperation with the League of Arab States.

And in some ways these strategies are even more important than a regional market for accomplishing certain climate and clean air objectives, like reducing the need to rely on specific in - state natural gas plants that provide local capacity.

With this expansion has come an enhanced vision for CLSMF of a cohesive regional law firm with the capacity to engage in high - impact litigation for the benefit of low - income persons, minorities, veterans, and the elderly in Central Florida.

CLM also works to build capacity at national and regional levels through library associations, and is the main intellectual resource for IFLA and its members when it comes to copyright and other legal issues for libraries.

Emergency / Project Coordination — Duties & Responsibilities Coordinate all logistical and organizational aspects of emergency response activities, including personnel, procedural execution, equipment deployment, and situational assessments Interact with individuals and victims in a professional manner to ease the experience, educate the public, and promote the development of quality support relationships within the local and regional community Act as a liaison between staff members, management, and other parties to maintain a high - quality collaborative relationships, driving program success and sustainability while ensuring rapid response to crisis Present relevant information and instruction to both staff members during training and victims during crisis, providing thorough explanation an demonstration to allow individuals to grasp important concepts Managed and supervise staff in a manner which drives efficiency, promotes safety, and utilizes each individual to the highest capacity Perform needs - based issue and situational assessments to improve operational efficiency, manage expenses, and ensure critical execution during difficult and complex emergency situations Support other members of the leadership team to facilitate efficient logistical and organizational operations, performing important administrative tasks and analytical assignments Maintain a strong technical knowledge of and passion for emergency management techniques, appropriate policies and procedures, response methods, and other relevant information Address important queries from all sources, resolving them in an expedited and complete manner

Mission: To expand the mentoring field's regional capacity to reach more school - aged children with caring, committed adult mentors, using best practices, training and professional support to achieve lifelong positive educational and behavioral outcomes for youth.

As the Social Justice Commissioner has noted in the Social Justice Report 2006, there is a lack of capacity at the regional level for Indigenous peoples to «organise» themselves into a regional structure that the government could then endorse and negotiate with.

The Report covers a broad range of issues extending from the local level (with Indigenous perspectives on Shared Responsibility Agreements), regional and national levels (considering the capacity for Indigenous participation and engagement in federal policy making processes), through to the international level (with a review of developments on Indigenous human rights over the past four years).

The Commonwealth government had the ongoing problem of holding other governments accountable for tied grants, leaving ATSIC unable to track government expenditure on Indigenous programs and forcing them to attempt to plug the gaps in State and Territory services through the capacity of the regional councils.

A strong regional infrastructure for implementing the ELP will ensure that statewide and local organizations work together, tap into each other's wisdom, have the capacity to understand the changing demographics and needs of children and families, and set strategy to take action collectively so that ALL children have a greater opportunity to be successful in school and in life, particularly those furthest from opportunity.

Strategies: On site training for CY people in the housing and construction industry; all building contractors to employ Indigenous people for the purpose of skills development; extend telecommunications and broadcasting capacity; maintain regional network of airstrips; support the sealing of roads; pursue home ownership.

Strategies: Identify and pursue benchmark - setting for employment and training objectives; continued to support vocational educational and training via the funding of CDEP; for business development and support target service delivery, coordination and capacity building; coordinate agencies involved in economic development; influence Chamber of Commerce; negotiate with regional chain stores for job placement and training.

Strategies: Develop regional Family Violence strategy; support culturally expressive and creative art initiatives targeting Family Violence; establish capacity development and regeneration programs; monitor and review local and regional programs; Many Rivers Family Violence Unit to meet regularly with government stakeholders to gain support for local initiatives.

Texas Comprehensive Center (2005 — 2012): The Texas Comprehensive Center provided technical assistance and professional development to the Texas Education Agency and the state's 20 regional education service centers (ESCs) to build their capacity to support districts and schools engaged in improvement efforts, including support for leadership.

Cultural Capacity Building Cores: The Northwest Indian Prevention Intervention Research Center, directed by Tom Ball, is focused on preparing Tribes in the Northwest region for the development of their own regional prevention and intervention research center.