Sentences with phrase «social policy dimension»

This volume is organized around England's Every Child Matters Agenda (2005) for Foster Carers and Scotland's Getting It Right For Every Child (or Young Person) in Foster and Kinship Care Agenda (2007), thereby highlighting a comparative social policy dimension to this volume and it's focus on enhanced developmental outcomes for looked after children and young people.

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There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

Richard Munang and Jessica Andrews, authors of «Harnessing Ecosystem - Based Adaptation: To Address the Social Dimensions of Climate Change,» published in Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, think that we can.

«But this emergent stability also reflects an implicit social contract among the various scientists and policy specialists involved, which allows «the same» concept to accommodate tacitly different local meanings» or «The varying importance of particular dimensions of knowledge for different social groups may allow cohesion to be sustained amidst pluralism, and universality to coexist with cultural distinctiveness».

She is a retired psychiatrist and frequent commentator on the psychological dimensions of education and social welfare policies.

R. Claire Friend, MD, is a retired psychiatrist and frequent commentator on the psychological dimensions of education and social welfare policies.

His research examines the social, legal, and ethical dimensions of emerging technologies, with a focus on policy, governance, and public engagement.

«But this emergent stability also reflects an implicit social contract among the various scientists and policy specialists involved, which allows «the same» concept to accommodate tacitly different local meanings» or «The varying importance of particular dimensions of knowledge for different social groups may allow cohesion to be sustained amidst pluralism, and universality to coexist with cultural distinctiveness».

Assess the sustainability of national energy policies: how do countries perform in their likely ability to balance the three dimension of the Energy Trilemma: energy security, social equity, environmental impact mitigation?

The document addresses the transition to a low carbon economy through a framework of policy coherence and good governance using International Labour Standards as guidelines for supporting not only the social dimension of sustainable development, but the economic and environmental ones as well.

This policy document aism to address and raise awareness of the social dimension of ecosystem - based adaptation (EbA) to climate change, laying particular emphasis on: i) the social impacts of EbA on global national and regional level and local communities and ii) social considerations in designing and implementing EbA.

This is a really tough question as there are so many dimensions to the climate problem — natural science, social science, policy etc..

Instead, the goals should be to promote relevant areas of knowledge beyond just technical understanding of climate science that include understanding of the social, institutional, ethical, and economic dimensions of the debate along with familiarity with the costs and benefits of a range of policy proposals.

He suggests having a Global Science Panel to deliver frequent, focused reports on specific scientific topics, Regional Evaluation Panels to assess the cultural, social, economic and development dimensions of climate change and a Policy Analysis Panel to undertake rapid analyses of specific policy options, such the environmental effectiveness of controlling black cPolicy Analysis Panel to undertake rapid analyses of specific policy options, such the environmental effectiveness of controlling black cpolicy options, such the environmental effectiveness of controlling black carbon.

It argues that, in the absence of transformative policies which coherently address the economic, social and environmental dimensions of development, building climate resilience will remain elusive and poverty and inequalities will worsen.

An analytically efficient and multi-disciplined Urban and Regional Planner, versed in offering a broad understanding of the scientific, social and valued dimensions of environmental issues; specific expertise in land use and environmental impact of development; familiarity with political and economic dimensions of environmental issues; knowledgeable in planning policies for future development; familiarity with GIS software; adapt in recommending zoning regulations with environmental health in mind; and consulting with public, private and non-profit agencies.

• to describe the lives of children in Ireland, in order to establish what is typical and normal as well as what is atypical and problematic; • to chart the development of children over time, in order to examine the progress and wellbeing of children at critical periods from birth to adulthood; • to identify the key factors that, independently of others, most help or hinder children's development; • to establish the effects of early childhood experiences on later life; • to map dimensions of variation in children's lives; • to identify the persistent adverse effects that lead to social disadvantage and exclusion, educational difficulties, ill health and deprivation; • to obtain children's views and opinions on their lives; • to provide a bank of data on the whole child; and to provide evidence for the creation of effective and responsive policies and services for children and families; • to provide evidence for the creation of effective and responsive policies and services for children and families.