Sentences with phrase «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.

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

The examples of purely public sector initiatives show some promise, but there are obvious flaws such as the bluntness of subsidy tools often leading to the value of subsidies being captured by the better off rather than the poor.

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.

maximise the contribution that private and community sector initiatives in education, employment, health and housing can make to the success of the overall strategy.

There are more border guards than ever on the damn thing, but there's a lot of private - sector initiative bridging the gap between Canadian tech and Silicon Valley money.

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].

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CHANGE THE EQUATION (CTEq) is a nonprofit, non-partisan, CEO - led business sector initiative to ensure that all students are STEM literate by collaborating with schools, communities, and states to adopt and implement excellent STEM policies and programs.

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 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.

It conducts this work through the Equity Program, committees and working groups, and a number of justice sector initiatives and partnerships.

He has served with numerous business, professional, civic and charitable organizations and has been involved in other private and public sector initiatives for the City of Columbia and the State of South Carolina.

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

Access to justice will not result from the efforts of lawyers alone; neither can it result solely from public sector initiatives.

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.

«More capital at the early stage is going to drive the breakthroughs that will drive costs down,» said Brian Deese, Obama's senior adviser on climate change who announced the private - public sector initiative to reporters in Washington.

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

In the middle space, where the small firms can hit a hockey stick and grow, I'm quite excited by this creation of the business growth fund, which is actually a private - sector initiative, but with certain rules that make it easier to happen.

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

Of course, the widespread social benefits of vigorous competition make it appropriate for a society to use public - and private - sector initiatives to cushion the most vulnerable people from the worst effects of job loss.

«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.

The Partnership champions private and public sector initiatives that reinforce the city's strengths as a hub for innovation and a magnet for global talent.

«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.

Obama also gave a shout out to Subra Suresh, marking his first day as director of the National Science Foundation; plugged the Administration's spending on STEM education; and highlighted a private - sector initiative, called Changing the Equation, in which hundreds of companies and organizations are adding their dollars to public investments in science education.

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.

Public - and private - sector initiatives to redesign high schools, strengthen the curriculum, and improve results for students abound.

This was the thrust of a recent task force report in Ohio titled «High - Quality High Schools»; it was the point of the president's proposed $ 200 million Performance Plan Fund (part of the $ 1.5 billion initiative); and it's the essence of any number of private - sector initiatives.

AFC also wishes to thank D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser for her steadfast support of the federal three - sector initiative, which authorizes $ 180 million for K - 12 education in the District over three years.»

«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.

He charted evidence that investments in basic research, testing and development by the federal government lay behind the private - sector initiatives that have since fundamentally reshaped global forecasts for energy, economies and geopolitics.

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».

Dozens of private - sector initiatives have sprung up or accelerated.

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

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

The bank provides long - term financing to sovereign and private - sector initiatives,» she explains, «and climate change is the context in which everybody is doing business now.

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

Contribute to DLA Piper's internal diversity initiatives, helping the firm to attract the best talent and lead on diversity and inclusion in our sector

In addition to his professional victories, Swartz is known for his public sector initiatives, having previously served as counsel to the Province of Ontario advising on innovative approaches to service delivery, commercialisation and outsourcing.

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