Sentences with phrase «support around policy»

«It was a metaphor about how a city engages community support around policy,» he said.

The Kentucky senator held a panel discussion on Capitol Hill with Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland, the latest high - profile Democrat publicly working with Paul to rally support around a policy or idea.

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Plank also promised in the letter that Under Armour will take «other public positions on legislation around the country in support of the interests of our teammates whenever policy conflicts with human rights.»

«We remain firmly convinced that an extraordinary amount of monetary policy support, including through our forward guidance, is still necessary for the present level of underutilized resources to be re-absorbed and for inflation to return to and durably stabilize around levels close to 2 percent within a meaningful medium - term horizon,» Draghi said.

The advisory group was established in 2010 with the purpose of providing the Secretary of Commerce with recommendations around policies and programs that support entrepreneurship and help cultivate a skilled workforce.

For starters, there is no strong body of support on either side of the political fence in the U.S. (or globally for that matter) for the sort of trade war that is being whipped up around U.S. President Donald Trump's tweets and policy outpourings.

«So while we seek to understand what the new Administration's policies mean for us and our business both domestically and around the world, I can assure you that we will do whatever it takes to support you, our partners, to realize your own dreams and achieve your own opportunities.»

The policy of guaranteeing every citizen a universal basic income is gaining support around the world, as automation increasingly makes jobs obsolete.

Coalition of CEOs believe Canadian rules, policies and procedures need to favour domestic tech companies the way the policies and standards of countries around the world support their own firms.

This setting of monetary policy is supporting employment growth and a return of inflation to around its average rate of the past couple of decades.

To turn GDP growth around, Yellen recommended that Congress adopts policies that «encourage business investment and capital formation, improve the nation's infrastructure, raise the quality of our educational system, and support innovation and the adoption of new technologies.»

There is a clear role for greater information - sharing, networking support, publicity around global success stories, and specifically targeted policy.

So even though I think abortion is morally wrong in most cases, and support more legal restrictions around it, I often vote for pro-choice candidates when I think their policies will do the most to address the health and economic concerns that drive women to get abortions in the first place.

For more than sixty years the Institute has been committed to researching the best practices for organic farming and sharing findings with farmers and scientists around the world, advocating for policies that support farmers, and educating consumers about how going organic is the healthiest option for people and the planet.

Our Alcohol Policy is supported by Responsible Marketing Guidelines and a Responsible Sales and Marketing Handbook outlining requirements for promoting our wines in all of the markets that we operate in around the world.

Failed by flawed government policies and left out of development programs, women farmers around India are coming together to demand fair treatment and access the support to which they are entitled.

«How Arsenal respond this summer will be crucial» Admin, please save this article because you will need it next year this time around... This kind of articles are there for long 11 seasons (summers) and the specialist is here doing what his ego tells him to do... I say no, this time ALL fans should stand together and demand more, put more pressure on the board and the manger... This club is a top club and is not a 4th grade anymore... All those who are in UK should do something (protests, show banners, chants, boycott, whatever)... I know there are still fans who support Wenger, but you also should demand more from Wenger, I assume you are discontent with the results and the transfer policy... Doing nothing, our 4th - place trophy is not even guaranteed...

The Society's other main streams of work are around raising awareness of the Muslim community and Muslim issues, supporting other Muslim groups and influencing policy development.

Because of the overwhelming research, and our advocacy for infants and toddlers, Attachment Parenting International is in full support of strong parental leave policies, similar to those in many countries around the world.

to raise awareness about the issues surrounding pregnancy and baby loss in the UK, and push for tangible improvements in services, support, research or policy around bereavement support

And speaking of the Brooklyn Food Coalition, look around to see if there is a local group — a food policy council, a chapter of Slow Food, a food bank, a public health department, Kiwanis, Rotary, the Junior League, maybe a social justice organization — that can provide you with a home and some support.

Policy makers who wish to achieve clinically important improvements in maternity care, particularly around normalising and humanising birth, and preventing preterm birth should consider midwife - led continuity models of care and consider how financing of midwife - led services can be reviewed to support this.

When he announced the endorsement, the union's president, Bruce Both, said Meng had «pledged her support for our Union's effort to hold Walmart accountable for reckless corporate policies that effect the worker families, small business owners, and women that live in the 6th Congressional,» adding: «Our Union believes that Grace will help unify an ethnically diverse community around the most pressing issue facing our Unions membership: keeping New York City Walmart free.»

My fear stems from the fact that a renowned economists and a vice Presidential candidate of a party whose philosophy stands on ideals of conservatism, will confidently move around with a message of establishing one factory in each district at this point of our national reconstruction.How do you implement such a policy after scrapping 70 % of taxes across, build 350 secondary schools, free secondary school etc.You sum up all these deceitful platitudes and you begin to shiver.We are made to believe that the issue of unemployment would be buried under their government forgetting that, we were made to lineup in hot sun to register for employment only to be told in 2005 by Ghana Statistical service that unemployment figure for that year was the highest do far and remains the highest today.The lowest unemployment figures recorded between 2001 - 2016 was recorded in 2013 under Mahama.So who possess the practical record to support his call.

«The introduction of this policy has also complicated the roll - out of universal credit by diverting most claimants who are responsible for three or more children back to tax credits; and at the same time the policy has been introduced into universal credit under interim rules, with full rules expected to be in force from November 2018.2 «This has created unnecessary complexity and is likely to lead to a great deal of confusion for claimants not only in respect of support for their children but also around which benefit that support will come from.»

Central to the support it can provide is to fight for a coherent alternative to that of Blair, knitting all of the individual issues together around an alternative economic policy to reverse, rather than continue, Thatcherism.

«In order to achieve anything we must unite around policy issues, which is why we've asked our Democratic colleagues to pledge their support to seven progressive issues including reproductive health, single - payer health care and the DREAM Act.

He also worked as a policy analyst on a New York education task force, and as a consultant with public housing authorities and child support enforcement agencies around the country.

It was on the basis of this illusion that his aspiration was supported in 2015 and his policies, silence, actions and inactions were supported and blames passed on aides all with the hope that eventually he will come around.

De Blasio supports President Obama's go - it - alone effort on immigration reform, calls current policy «absolutely ridiculous» and says the president has «every right» to go around Congress.

It's a national security issue — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:42 We are confident these priorities will not only provide jobs but will improve the security of Ghanaians — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:41 Our job creation agenda will be driven by investment in human capital — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:40 The broad agenda for next year is to translate the stability into shared growth - Ken Ofori - Atta 10:33 We have restored macro stability and renewed confidence in the economy — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:32 We have achieved in one year, what seemed impossible to achieve in eight years — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:31 We have provided stable electricity supply — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:31 I am glad to report that we are on course to end the year with the fiscal deficit of 6.5 % — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:30 We are happy to note that our policies are yielding results that have brought back smiles to several Ghanaians — Ken Ofori Atta 10:29 We resolve to be fiscally discipline — Ken Ofori Atta 10:29 I'm happy to note that we have turned the economy around — Ken Ofori Atta 10:28 When I presented the budget in March, I indicated our commitment to take strategic steps to fix the challenges facing the economy and restore hope to Ghanaians — Ken Ofori Atta 10:25 I thank the august House for all the support that has brought us so far — Ken Ofori Atta 10:24 Speaker of Parliament invites the Finance Minister to present the 2018 budget

«Africapitalism can help shape the new trade paradigm because it requires governments, donors and the private sector to work together in «Shared Purpose» to ensure the creation of national plans and supporting policies around specific sectors and related targets, so the private sector can step in with capital and expertise geared to achieve those targets, be they tons of grain produced, megawatts of electricity generated or industrial parks created» he stated.

Continuing that theme, the 2015 manifesto's welfare pledges revolve around explaining how the SNP would exert its influence on this policy area if involved in supporting a minority Labour government.

It is unlikely the current strategy will generate public support for the more radical policies needed to reduce poverty significantly below existing levels — where around 20 per cent of the population is in poverty.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), an independent organization that provides economic, development and humanitarian assistance around the world in support of the foreign policy goals of the United States, predicts that by 2025, one - third of all humans will face severe and chronic water shortages.

«Globally important wilderness areas — despite being strongholds for endangered biodiversity, for buffering and regulating local climates, and for supporting many of the world's most politically and economically marginalized communities — are completely ignored in environmental policy,» James Watson, director of science and research initiatives at the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York and the study's lead author, said in a statement, adding that we probably have only one to two decades to turn this around.

We support the consensus - based, bipartisan energy code provision contained in S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act, which strengthens national model codes that are already certified, adopted and in - use by 44 states and several localities around the U.S.

A combination of top teachers, improved curriculum, policy changes, and an increase in family and community engagement and political support is what helped to turn D.C. schools around.

One of the things we did through the leadership of the Chancellor was to develop a private funding initiative to support Regents Research Fellows, a new group of invaluable policy experts who are working with the new Commissioner on developing policy initiatives around complex regulatory structures surrounding such things as accountability.

Should the support staff who work on your account take holiday, get sick or leave the organisation, what are the processes and policies around documentation, training and handovers?

The AchieveNJ evaluation and support system is structured around several guiding principles; each one describes improvements from previous state policies.

League of Education Voters Assistant Director of Policy and Government Relations Julia Warth gives an overview of 2017's accomplishments, outlines the possibilities in 2018 around K - 12 funding, early childhood education, expanded learning opportunities, student supports, career connected learning, postsecondary supports, and answers your questions.

This fall, as school districts scattered around the country are considering «no homework» policies, teacher educator Curtis Chandler looks at research on whether and how homework can support learning and suggests teaching apps to help make it short, meaningful, and accessible.

Authors of the policy brief found that ESAs appear to be an end run around state constitutional prohibitions against using public funds to support religious activities.

Leading up to the Senate Education Committee vote on April 28, the following groups turned in support for Click to add MIRS Bill Hound SB 0103 — the Michigan Association of School Administrators, Grand Rapids Public Schools, West Michigan Talent Triangle, the Michigan Association of School Boards, the National Heritage Academies, the South Central Education Policy Consortium, Michigan Association of Public School Academies, Great Lakes Education Project, Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency, then - Dearborn Schools Superintendent Brian WHISTON and around 40 southeast Michigan school superintendents and Zimco and K - 12 Evaluation Solutions.

Previously, Erica was a Senior Director at Achievement First Charter School Network, where she started the Human Capital team and was responsible for supporting Achievement First's activities around Human Resources systems, talent strategy, employment policies, benefits, performance improvement, compensation, and Diversity & Inclusiveness strategy.

Tuck, who supported the lawsuit and was heavily opposed by the teachers» unions, said he still believes the state needs «more rational policies around tenure and seniority - based layoffs,» but those would not be his first priorities were he to win.

The Center on the Developing Child's diverse activities align around building an R&D (research and development) platform for science - based innovation, and transforming the policy and practice landscape that supports and even demands change.

We need resources to support bold new policies for lifting achievement and turning around struggling schools.

We work with lawmakers from around the country and support laws and policies that strengthen children's well - being.