Sentences with phrase «unite around policy»

In January he offered his «in or out» referendum — not because he wanted to do so, but because he hoped that his party would unite around the policy and that Ukip would be undermined.

«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.

So last week Labour moved closer to a new policy on disarming Britain's nuclear arsenal but further away from uniting around any policy they might choose on this subject.

Not exact matches

Over the past 30 years, policymakers from around the United States have spent countless hours and numerous dollars on programs, policies, and incentives to create venture - capital clusters and to stimulate investments in their cities and regions.

Policy - makers from around the world are currently meeting in Bonn, Germany, under the auspices of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 23).

The current status quo around the United States immigration policy is bad for innovation and bad for our economy.

Despite changing international attitudes towards marijuana and enforcement, the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the World Drug Problem met this year and decided to keep its prohibitionist policies around drugs to continue the criminalization of all drug use that's not for medical or scientific purposes.

According to the Bank of Canada, greenfield foreign direct investment into Canada has declined since mid-2016 — especially from Europe but also from the United States — a possible sign of the effects of the uncertainty around trade policy.

If immigration of this kind must be actively pursued, wouldn't it be better to follow an open policy of allowing not - yet - murdered Christians in Muslim countries around the world to emigrate to the United States and other western countries.

We champion programs and policies that strengthen food security across the United States and around the globe, including the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, Feed the Future, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and federal Child Nutrition Programs.

And when the time for an In Out referendum comes, which under Liberal Democrat policy will happen next time there is a significant transfer of powers the EU, we will be united around a clear message as the Party of In.

«Compared with the toxic atmosphere of 2015 and early 2016, the parliamentary party is now pretty united, at least around policy.

«This selfless act of releasing her supporters provides voters with the opportunity to unite around a candidate who shares Republican principles and will serve the interests of his constituents in Congress by standing in opposition to the liberal policies of President Obama and Speaker Pelosi,» Steele said in a statement released by the Republican National Committee.

Writing in the Financial Times (#) yesterday, Menzies Campbell called for a re-think on nuclear policy, in particular scrapping the «Moscow criterion» — an archaic detail which gives Trident the power to destroy ballistic missile defenses around Moscow, should the United States not intervene first.

Does David Cameron ever think about how his silly proposals play out around the ENTIRE United Kingdom before he says they are party policy?

Jeff reports on science policy in the United States and around the world in an effort to explain to scientists how government works.

Scientific research can inform policies aimed at addressing the needs of communities displaced by climate change, something that is already happening in the United States and around the world, according to experts at a 25 - 26 July meeting of the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition.

While the research offers new insight into Chinese history, it also has interesting implications for modern river management policies around the globe, such as those causing similar flooding problems along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers in the United States.

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.

Indeed, policy makers and oncology professionals in the United States and around the world recommend treating those diagnosed with breast cancer for their psychological distress.

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Gaston has more than fifteen years of experience in participative and transdisciplinary research on governance related to issues such as sustainable development, energy, climate change and radioactive waste management and with working in and around the assemblies of the policy processes of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), the United Nations Non-Proliferation Treaty process (UN-NPT) and of the research - related activities of the European Commission.

In Shanghai, for example — which had the highest mean PISA score of any jurisdiction in mathematics in 2012 — 27 percent of students in the target population of 15 - year - olds did not take the test, due in part to internal migration policies that prevented enrollment; in the United States, that exclusion rate was around 11 percent.

«I not only fell in love with the classroom, but I also recognized how important it is for students to experience and determine their role in the world,» says Benson, who returned to the United States inspired to launch a summer reading program where she took parents and children on educational trips around their hometown — and hers — Washington D.C. Those two experiences led Benson to HGSE's International Education Policy (IEP) Program where she hoped to learn how to engage...

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In this book some of the most respected minds in educational equity provide a critical interruption to the ongoing policy conversations taking place around public education in the United States.

As part of its «Benchmark Best Practices» series, COACHE surveyed faculty at its member institutions — more than 200 colleges and universities across the United States — about tenure policies, paths to promotion, and clarity of procedure around both.

In almost every state in the United States, and in many countries around the world, there is serious policy and political focus on standards - based reform and the use of increasingly «high - stakes» assessments for students and, in turn, for educators responsible for student performance.

Our member organizations come together, united around the goal of better educating the almost 1.4 million English Learners by improving California's schools and promoting equitable educational policy.

The United States Council for International Business (USCIB) builds awareness among business executives, educators and policy makers around issues related to employment, workforce training and skills enhancement.

The George W. Bush Institute is an action - oriented, nonpartisan policy organization with the mission of engaging communities in the United States and around the world by cultivating leaders and advancing policies to solve today's most pressing challenges.

She has given workshops and presentations on state education policy in the United States around the nation and in several foreign countries.

The leading school reform policy in the United States revolves around strong accountability of schools with consequences for performance.

It serves policy holders in both the United States and around the world.

Joseph Chamie, whom I interviewed early on here about the population «cluster bombs» exploding in many poor places around the world, has turned his focus on the growing population of the United States, and its relation to the hot - button issue of immigration policy.

ACEEE's State and Local Policy Database includes comprehensive information on energy efficiency policies and programs being implemented in dozens of leading localities around the United States.

Forest products will also become a source for transport fuel, and where energy consumption is significantly affected by policy measures (e.g. EU, United States), large markets will open up to forest - derived energy from developing countries around the world.

On what basis may the United States argue that it need not reduce US ghg emissions to its fair share of safe global missions because China or some other developing country has not yet adopted strong climate change policies, given that any US ghg emissions in excess of the US fair share of safe total omissions is harming hundreds of thousands of people around the world and the ecological systems on which life depends.

The goal of this campaign, which began around the time of the first Kyoto Protocol negotiations, was to assemble a group of like - minded «free - market» think tanks and pseudo-science experts that would call into question the scientific research on climate change, create doubt in the minds of the public and politicians, and effectively delay the introduction of clean energy policies in the United States and elsewhere.

The Gezi movement has united people in a square and around a tree against the polarizing policies and rhetoric of the ruling party.

Since the United Nations has accredited and enlisted numerous non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations to assist in the implementation of its policies relative to Agenda 21 around the world and in the United States, the State of Florida and all of its political subdivisions may not enter into any agreement, expend any sum of money, receive any funds, receive any grants, or receive any contracting services, or giving financial aid to or from those United Nations non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations as defined in Agenda 21 or any of its ancillary programs.

The Harvard Project's research focuses on policy architecture, key design elements, and institutional dimensions of international and domestic climate change policy — and draws upon leading scholars and policy practitioners from around the world (including Argentina, Australia, China, Europe, India, Japan, and the United States).

Solar United Neighbors (SUN) is building a solar homeowner coalition across eight states and the District of Columbia to help people install solar while giving them an organization to fight anti-solar legislation and policy decisions around the country.

Harvard's Berkman Center has released the draft of a report, «Next Generation Connectivity: A review of broadband Internet transitions and policy from around the world» [PDF], which examines the position of the United States in relation to various other countries with respect to salient aspects of broadband connectivity.

He had trusted his agent and United of Omaha to provide for his family's financial security and now was faced with a decision to let his life insurance go, pay premiums he could not afford or shop around fro a new policy at age 73.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners shows the average HO - 3 premium (the most common homeowners insurance policy in the United States) in 2006 for New Yorkers was around $ 869 and Connecticut's was $ 878, whereas Pennsylvanians paid an average of $ 643.

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The USPTO advises the president of the United States, the secretary of commerce, and U.S. government agencies on intellectual property (IP) policy, protection, and enforcement; and promotes stronger and more effective IP protection around the world.

The society is dedicated to the discovery and dissemination of knowledge and provides a forum for the sharing of research, clinical strategies, public policy concerns, and theoretical formulations on trauma in the United States and around the world.

The United States has a long and troubling history of coercive policies and practices around reproductive health, particularly for low - income women and women of color (see «Guarding Against Coercion While Ensuring Access: A Delicate Balance,» Summer 2014).