explore civic participation through advocacy groups. In particular, the focus is placed on the role these groups play in legislature. This role is proposed to have shifted over time, with civic engagement through organizations beginning to “exert considerable sway in the policy process”. As public involvement in policy picks up, many groups seek legislative movement or public awareness regarding current issues in society. One of these groups is the Freedom Project, an organization based in helping
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activities. The focus is on purposefully measuring the most critical metrics of progress that support continued learning, adjustment, and alignment. The nature and frequency of measurement depends on the type of work. For example a polio eradication project may have different metrics of measurement than a tobacco control
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Country Paper Aid Flow to Bangladesh and the Question of Accountability of CSOs at National Level to the People They Serve By Shadnaz Khan* Bangladesh, like other poor and less developed countries, has been a regular receiver of foreign aid or external assistance in order to lessen the gap between savings and investment and to mitigate the balance of payment deficit. However, there has been serious debate over the issues such as low performance in aid-utilization, donors’ stringent and one-size-fits-all
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A REFLECTIVE COMMENTRY. The document Essence of Care (2010) published by the Department of Health addresses twelve fundamentals, which are important guide lines in providing holistic care for the patient admitted in this ward.. Food and drink is one such area, which is the focus of my service improvement initiative. The change I propose was to introduce different colour lids for the water jugs to indicate fresh water is being provided twice a day in the ward where I was under going my recent
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Grant Proposal and Presentation Learning Team A: Leslie Hernandez, Marcy Melendrez, Dominic Nakagawa and Liz Ragasa BSHS 451 February 13th, 2014 Professor Michele Howser Grant Proposal and Presentation Cover Letter February 13th, 2014 Leslie Hernandez Founder & President Human Nature Project 1234 Human Nature Ave. Las Vegas, Nevada 89149 Dear Mr. Mike Sprinkle, We are requesting $79,272 for our agency to hire on two full-time advocates to represent our clients who are
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for the Department of Health (DOH), which is now considering the proposal of herbalist and former health secretary Jaime Galvez Tan to fund a research on the plant as possible panacea to the fatal bleeding among dengue victims. Health Assistant Secretary Elmer Punzalan said here yesterday that the Philippine Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PTAHC), an agency under the DOH, is now coordinating with Tan on the latter’s proposal for a P20-million research fund to finally establish whether tawa-tawa
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Lynda Yanz. 2 NGO Engagement with the Private Sector on a Global Agenda to End Poverty : A Review of the Issues Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. What is this discussion really about? 2 3. Canadian NGOs: issues in advocacy, dialogue and partnership 3 3.1 Advocacy 3 3.2 Direct dialogue 6 3.3 Programming social partnerships and strategic alliances 8 3.3.1 What is driving the discussion of social programming partnerships and strategic alliances? a) Corporate interests b) Intermediary
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637, extension 7918, tian@ciise.concordia.ca Office hours: Wednesdays from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., or by appointment. Course website: http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~tian/INSE6310 On the course website, you can find lecture slides, handouts, course project information, and other resources. Students are suggested to visit the course website regularly. 2. Course Description • This course teaches basic concepts, models, methods and tools in maintenance management. The related reliability concepts,
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Administration (FDA) drug review bears a structural similarity to many decisions made by other regulatory agencies: high uncertainty, low reversibility, avoidance of observable error, and high political stakes that induce lobbying by interested parties. This project explores the policy lessons to be learned from viewing FDA drug review as a politically shaped exercise in information processing. I argue that the incentives facing regulators induce limits on the degree to which drug review can be accelerated, that
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membership in the European Union. Following the process of Serbia's joining European Union, the Center for Democracy in September 2008, began with the realization of the project "Implementation of EU values, policies and standards in the local community." European values, policies and standards in the local community The project is designed in accordance with the current status of Serbia in the process of Euro-integration. The ratification of the Stabilization and Association Agreement Serbia
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