Sentences with phrase «set of public policies»

We are committed to keep on fighting for what we believe in the light of this vision and to make sure that any mechanism for reducing deforestation is based on a comprehensive set of public policies and public and voluntary funds that can ensure our rights and life in the Amazon and on the planet.

In a video message Laudemir André Muller, Minister for Agrarian Development, Brazil, talked about a set of public policies for a more sustainable production model, in particular the National Plan on Agroecology and Organic Production, designed for rural development and healthier food.

Impetus for SciSIP however stems from a larger federal interest in the interactive development and application of this new knowledge to a longstanding yet continuously evolving set of public policy issues, typically summarized under the headings of «policy for science» and «science in policy.»

The piece I wrote illustrated the power of personalized learning powered by blended learning, which addresses the call by a group of business and academic leaders in their recent «Open Letter on the Digital Economy» and a corresponding piece that contained a set of public policy recommendations to «redesign how we deliver education at all levels using the power of digital technologies.»

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We should be asking what role public policy is playing in this phenomenon and whether a different set of policies would lead to a different distribution of economic gains.

Most respondents disagreed with the Conservatives that the census is a privacy concern — 55 % of the CEOs said the census should remain mandatory since the resulting data are important for setting public policy.

Published by the conservative think - tank Fraser Institute, the report's goal is to influence public policy and «set the record straight» on «wildly off - base» reports on financial costs of raising children.

«We've always had a set of community standards that the public can see,» Facebook Vice President Monika Bickert told NPR's Steve Inskeep, «but now we're actually explaining how we define those terms for our review teams and how we enforce those policies.»

The New York City area, with its many interest rate - sensitive industries, has prospered when decision - makers in the public and private sectors could have confidence that the Federal Reserve was committed to a rigorous set of policies that promoted price stability, in a growth - oriented economic environment.

Almost all of the public discussion at the time on the appropriate setting for monetary policy focused on the inflation outcomes excluding the influence of the changes in the tax rate (Graph 4).

November & December 2009 — Facebook again revises its privacy policy and the privacy settings for users and now, in a fell swoop, it makes a range of personal information public by default — available for indexing on the public web.

These first two principles will be more effective in helping to address financial stability risks when the public understands how monetary policymakers are weighing such risks in the setting of monetary policy.

Facebook is spelling out in plain English how it collects and uses your data in rewritten versions of its Terms of Service and Data Use Policy, though it's not asking for new rights to collect and use your data or changing any of your old privacy settings.The public has seven days to comment on the changes (though Facebook doesn't promise to adapt or even respond to the feedback) before Facebook will ask all users to consent to the first set of new rules in three years.

Our unique public policy committee structure balances the priorities of our grassroots Members with the strategic direction set out by our board of directors, policy council and management team.

And so, a few years ago, Daniel Callahan of the Hastings Center was condemned for suggesting that public policy should set a point, say age eighty - five, above which no more medical interventions aimed at curing should be attempted.

One might also suppose that the list included a comprehensive set of public - policy propositions clearly expressed as such and ranked accordingly.

I do not presume to have a set of policy prescriptions or legal briefs for bringing some ideal type or measure of religion into public life.

Additionally, although I don't at all doubt that nutrition policy makers are qualified to make decisions on the majority of guidelines regarding public health, I do question whether it is fair for them to decide what is and isn't achievable for the public in terms of food related behaviour, and to set the guidelines pertaining to this accordingly.

But beyond those concrete suggestions, my larger aspiration for this book is that it might provide us with a set of guiding principles to propel forward the public - policy discussions and debates that we need to have now.

As a public education advocate and founding member of Parents Across America, I'm one of many who are speaking up for empowering parents and educators to set the direction for our education policy — not the billionaires, hedge - funders and corporate titans who are currently driving it.

Intended for use by policy - makers, national breastfeeding committees, breastfeeding advocates, women's health activists and others working for public health in the community, the Resource sets out why breastfeeding in the context of HIV has never been as safe as it is today.

The Early Experiences Matter Policy Guide is your set of tools for taking action and improving public policies that impact the lives of infants, toddlers, and their families.

(2014) Directs each local school board to adopt a policy to set aside, in each school in the school division, a non-restroom location that is shielded from the public view to be designated as an area in which any mother who is employed by the local school board or enrolled as a student may take breaks of reasonable length during the school day to express milk to feed her child until the child reaches the age of one.

The participating public interest NGOs bring particular value - added to the gBICS through their firm stand on the need to avoid or adequately manage conflicts of interest.The influence of the baby food industry in research, the medical profession and in policy - setting is pervasive, both through direct sponsorship and through Public - Private for profit Partnerships (PPpublic interest NGOs bring particular value - added to the gBICS through their firm stand on the need to avoid or adequately manage conflicts of interest.The influence of the baby food industry in research, the medical profession and in policy - setting is pervasive, both through direct sponsorship and through Public - Private for profit Partnerships (PPPublic - Private for profit Partnerships (PPfpPs).

The plan establishes a set of six fundamental principles for the region, which include: transportation and other infrastructure upgrades; new commercial and residential growth; land use and transportation decisions based on policies like the Global Warming Solutions Act and the Clean Energy and Climate Plan; creation and preservation of workforce housing that matches new job rates; creation and maintenance of an effective public transit system; and coordinated planning and implementation efforts.

It is therefore crucial that engineers play an active part in the setting of many areas of public policy.

Cuomo highlighted the issue in his campaign policy book on government reform, wrting, «Like New York City, New York State needs a system of public campaign financing to set limits on campaign spending and to increase participation by qualified candidates who lack the means or the connections to raise significant campaign funds.»

There is an irony that the report from the «Centre for policy studies» failed to mention that the NHS is the only public body, that we are aware of, that has it's own full time litigation authority costing some # 7 million per year set up to deal with the complaints from patients regarding treatment they have received from a healthcare system that is supposed to protect them.

On the day Justin Welby is officially confirmed as the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of All England, the British Humanist Association has expressed its deep concerns about the policy direction he will set for the church of England in relation to public services.

In 2018, the Ministry will begin implementing recommendations that will reform university accreditation and affiliation policies towards introducing equity and fairness in the setting up of public and private universities.

This is currently happening in Lagos, Nigeria, where the State governor, Babatunde Fashola, has embarked on an ambitious set of policies designed to improve public services provided by his government and infrastructure of one of the most populous cities on the continent.

In an idea very similar to that proposed by Iain Duncan Smith, the public services policy group will say that parents should have the power to set up new schools to rival those of local education authorities:

Public policy shouldn't be set by the highest bidder,» said Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause / NY.

After several years of more progressive policies, typified by David Cameron's famous «hug a hoodie» comments, the party's home affairs team unveiled a tough set of measures to designed to prioritise public safety over criminal's rights.

The new law requires public and private colleges to adopt a set of comprehensive procedures and guidelines, including a uniform definition of affirmative consent, a statewide amnesty policy, and expanded access to law enforcement to ensure the safety of all students attending colleges in New York State.

The news that potentially thousands of people have died as a consequence of the policies, decisions and structures set up under the last Labour Government is breath - taking and demonstrates so clearly why well meaning platitudes are just not enough when it comes to delivering vital public services.

Donald Trump sets the bar very high, but the award for the worst public policy idea of the year goes to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

However, economists at Glasgow University's Centre for Public Policy for the Regions (CPPR) said that the OBR had overestimated North Sea oil production levels «in every set of projections made».

«It doesn't set a very good example,» said Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, a fiscally conservative think tank based in Albany.

«David... believed in constant political campaigning as the daily style of politics and in exerting control - freak discipline over his colleagues, with steady injunctions about the use of set policy lines and slogans on all public occasions, of the kind which has given a talking clock style to many politicians.»

City officials almost allowed him to set public policy by erecting his wall of concrete on the Hudson River.

The mayor's announcement comes just after the City Council unveiled a report and a package of legislation aimed at reforming the city's Fair Share policies, which provide a set of guidelines and require public outreach before the city sites «challenging facilities,» including homeless shelters.

Sprawling guidelines on prosecuting suspected paedophiles are to be revised with a single policy to prevent another Jimmy Savile scandal, the director of public prosecutions is set to announce.

The home secretary is set to cut back the controversial and divisive policy with a change in approach at the end of the year, following a public consultation over the summer.

Kelly was a member of a commission set up by the Institute for Public Policy Research into the Private Finance Initiative, which expressed some scepticism about the operation of the pPolicy Research into the Private Finance Initiative, which expressed some scepticism about the operation of the policypolicy.

Offering a history of broadband initiatives in Ulster County this past week, county Comptroller Elliott Auerbach noted a 2012 resolution supporting applications to the Connect NY Broadband Grant for broadband service to the towns of Denning, Wawarsing, Hardenburgh, and Rochester; a 2014 State of the County address request from County Executive Mike Hein to the Ulster County Legislature to set policy on «some important issues still facing Ulster County including Broadband expansion and improving internet access for county residents»; a request from the legislature later that same year «that the county executive develop a plan... and the plan should include a one year, two year and five year plus proposal for broadband expansion»; and resolutions and letters directed to the state Public Service Commission this year directing Verizon to provide high speed fiber optic internet across Ulster County.

The professionals that we have will run the airport and then ultimately public policy that will be set by the county executive and by the county board of legislators as a group,» Latimer said.

As The Post first reported, Custom Computer Specialists could earn more than $ 1 billion over the life of a contract set for approval by the Panel for Educational Policy Wednesday to provide Internet upgrades at public schools.

Bharara told the Moreland Commission that his office had just adopted a new set of policies to go after public officials» pensions — starting with Stevenson, a former member of the Bronx New York Assembly, and disgraced ex-state Sen.

We also aim to set up a parliamentary website devoted to reform of parliamentary procedure (excluding wider policy issues) to provide a channel so that public grievances or proposals for positive change can be aired.