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Regional, State, and Local Initiatives in Nanotechnology: Report of the National Nanotechnology Initiative
... RSL initiatives, as well as by many representatives of businesses, various levels of government, and the member agencies of the NNI—in all, 103 participants, as listed in Appendix ...RSL initiatives since ...
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School transitions for vulnerable young people: re-engaging students through local initiatives
... As noted above, this section will briefly outline key themes and findings from the VAGO Report (2015) and the DET Report (2014). Both focus on issues impeding successful transitions and offer explicit guidelines to ...
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Local initiatives to help workless people find and keep paid work
... It is important that issues of conflicting accountability are resolved and that management structures for joint working are clear. Furthermore, it is not uncommon for there to be multiple partnerships operating within an ...
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The local state and economic development in peripheral regions : a comparative study of Newfoundland and Northern Norway
... But if the necessary role of the local state in facilitating the formation of regional production systems in peripheral regions is acknowledged, viewing local initiatives as lessons for [r] ...
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A European strategy for encouraging local development and employment initiatives. Communication from the Commission. COM (95) 273 final, 13 June 1995
... 3.3 Supportine national policies to the benefit of local initiatives Finally, the European Union can support national policies for encouraging the local initiative approach, both via the[r] ...
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Active School Travel: Pathways to a Healthy Future
... schools, local governments and communities to address barriers to active travel to ...enable local initiatives. Local government would be the most effective level of government to facilitate ...
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Power to the people: local energy initiatives as seedbeds of innovation?
... Do local initiatives really have an impact on the dominant energy practices in society? Here, we in- vestigate this question for the local initiatives concerned with sustainable or renewable ...
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Local Renewable Energy Initiatives in the natural gas free energy transition in the Netherlands : Obstacles, barriers and measures in niche development of local cooperative district heating by forerunner initiatives in the province of Friesland
... Many local initiatives are developing small or large projects with PV and according to the initiator almost all and definitely the large projects started with the vision ...
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A survey of local health promotion initiatives for older people in Wales
... health initiatives promoted social interaction, befriending and counselling, and intellectual ...B). Initiatives to engage older people in creative activities such as arts and crafts were not well reported, ...
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Material and methods
... Obstacles and alternative solutions were identified on the basis of actor interviews and workshops and the disciplinary studies described above. Semi-structured interviews and meetings were conducted in Sweden and ...
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Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision on the review of the European Community programme of policy and action in relation to the environment and sustainable development "Towards Sustainability". COM (95) 647 final, 24 January 1996 and COM (95) 647 final/2, 3 April 1996
... and consumption; · · further developing the concepts of shared responsibility and partnership; encouraging initiatives at 'local and regional level on issues vital to sustainable develop[r] ...
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New Zealand Local Government initiatives and incentives for sustainable design in commercial buildings
... This initiative is similar in philosophy to modernising building codes. It involves the local body recognising the newness of the concepts and taking a leadership role to educate the commercial sector. However, ...
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The form and function of local government community engagement initiatives : Swedish case studies
... An undercurrent in the radslag story, and an explicit strand in the participatory budgeting case, is that getting sufficient community trust and interest in participation in order to fo[r] ...
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Applying social innovation theory to examine how community co designed health services develop: using a case study approach and mixed methods
... energy initiatives, could be more informative than the lit- erature of health service innovation which tends to exam- ine top-down organisation and health system ...and local service providers were actually ...
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Forging strong local partnerships. The ADAPT and employment Community initiatives innovations No 1
... HELPING PEOPLE TOWARDS EMPLOYMENT 10 Reasons why a Partnership Approach can make your work more effective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Involving new actors, especially from industry and commerce The id[r] ...
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Fiscal dependence in a special autonomy region: evidence from a local government in eastern Indonesia
... of local government, such as public servants’ salaries and other expenses related to asset ...the local government in running the daily governmental ...measure local financial capacity in meeting the ...
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equalities Initiatives: The Case of UK Local Government
... in local government demonstrates the Sexualities equalities work in local government demonstrates the complex ways in which sex/gender and other characteristics interact complex ways in which sex/gender and ...
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Programme of Research and Actions on the Development of the Labour Market: The role of local authorities in promoting local employment initiatives. Main report.
... 04377 Community Action to Combat Unemployment: The Contribution of Local Employment Initiatives CCQH 83 662 final] Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 5 Rue de [r] ...
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Food Austerity: a lifestyle choice for whom!
... Some argue that green consumers’ attitudes and values vary from those of others—that they intrinsically value nature, hold pro-social and pro- environmental values, and have positive attitudes towards local ...
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The Perception and Potential of Preservation in Public Libraries
... In some cases, a collection survey can prove useful in determining where to start. While the resources for this may not be readily obtainable from local sources, there are other options available. For example, in ...
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