20162023ProgrammeWelfareUnited NationsSubsidyGovernment's plansDemocrats2021ShortagesRetirementLansleyEnactPresident'sBoris JohnsonProcurementWorkforceOrganizationNotablyPrimeCareRadical reformFrameworkProposalsExploreDiscriminatory socialSystemWorkersPoliticallyDisabilityEconomicDraft2019Strategic planNation'sSecurity'sPension reformLocalElected officialsWorkFailPoliciesMajorSupportElectionsTalksCoalitionSectorCutsCommitteeImplementOverhaulNationalServicesSignificantSubsidiesSecurity2017SchumerFormulasSecretaryParliamentaryMinistry of Hea
201612
- Progress report on the actions from the health and social care delivery plan, published in December 2016. (gov.scot)
- [15] Following his electoral win, in 2016, the Trudeau announced a 12-year, $180 billion (US$143 billion) infrastructure plan, with a focus on public transport, infrastructure in rural communities and Canada's northern regions, green infrastructure and affordable housing. (wikipedia.org)
- At their meetings on 19th and 20th of September 2016, the EPSU local government unions discussed the way forward on the European Pillar of Social Rights. (epsu.org)
- For example, on February 11, a court in Stariy Oskol sentenced 23-year-old doctoral student Aleksandr Kruze to 2.5 years in prison for extremism for reposting four nationalist images on social media in 2016. (state.gov)
- In June 2016, the Executive Board in decision EB139(1) requested the Director-General to develop with the full participation of Member States and in cooperation with other relevant stakeholders a draft global action plan on the public health response to dementia, with clear goals and targets, for consideration by the Seventieth World Health Assembly, through the Executive Board at its 140th session. (who.int)
- 1 Availab le at http://www.who.int/mental_health/action_plan_2013/en/ (accessed 22 November 2016). (who.int)
- 2 Availab le at http://www.who.int/nmh/publications/ncd-action-plan/en/ (a ccessed 22 November 2016). (who.int)
- 3 Availab le at http://www.who.int/disabilities/actionplan/en/ (accessed 22 November 2016). (who.int)
- 4 Availab le at http://www.who.int/ageing/global-strategy/en/ (accessed 22 November 2016). (who.int)
- 5 Availab le at http://www.who.int/hrh/resources/globstrathrh-2030/en/ (a ccessed 22 November 2016). (who.int)
- 6 Availab le at http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11087%3A2015-54th- directing-council&catid=8811%3Adc-documents&Itemid=41537&lang=en (a ccessed 22 November 2016). (who.int)
- In addition to the PESS, Mozambique also has several disease specific & health programme and systems related strategic plans such as the Integrated MDG 4 & 5 plan, Strategic Plan for Malaria 2012-2016 , and Human Resources Development Plan 2008-2015 . (who.int)
20235
- An amendment to the constitution of the US state of Ohio, which passed in a referendum on November 7, 2023, does not allow abortion through the full term of a pregnancy , contrary to what is claimed by posts on social networks. (yahoo.com)
- Partial Decentralized Paddy Procurement planned for smoother operations in Bongaigaon and Biswanath districts during KMS 2023-24. (indiatimes.com)
- Between 2019 and 2023, more and more countries around the world have tackled discriminatory social institutions, notably through legal reforms that protect women's rights and grant them equal opportunities. (oecd.org)
- Building on the fifth edition of the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI), the SIGI 2023 Global Report provides a global outlook of discriminatory social institutions, the fundamental causes of gender inequality. (oecd.org)
- This backdrop reinforces the need for the Federal Government to bolster community confidence in 2023. (ceda.com.au)
Programme4
- Progress is now gaining traction with items including the development of Once for Scotland workforce policies and the commitment in Programme for Government 2019 to improve consistency in employee experience and workforce practices. (gov.scot)
- The latest programme supports the Indian government's urban sector strategy, with a focus on urban reforms that are aimed at making cities not just liveable but also centres of economic growth "through provisioning of inclusive, resilient and sustainable infrastructure", according to a statement. (indiatimes.com)
- We are changing how we fund youth-led culture and creativity and plan to share our plans for a new funding programme in the New Year. (esmeefairbairn.org.uk)
- Janet Grauberg, Esmée's learning partner for our Leaving Care Learning Programme, shares her reflections on the Government's draft Children's Social Care Framework and Dashboard, and how we and organisations we work with, have responded. (esmeefairbairn.org.uk)
Welfare6
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's provincial government passed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Citizens Act in 2014, establishing the first-ever legal framework for the welfare of seniors. (com.pk)
- Manitoba's healthcare, child welfare, justice and education systems have all been identified as areas suitable for social impact bonds, Fielding said. (cbc.ca)
- Completion of that goal would net the Saskatchewan government roughly $1 million in savings it would otherwise have spent putting the kids into the province's child welfare system. (cbc.ca)
- FRANCE is to embark on a complete reform of the funding of its social welfare programmes. (connexionfrance.com)
- The thesis situates the Secretariat for futures studies between the welfare state expansion and planning optimism of the late 1960s and the breakthrough of neoliberal ideas and decline of the welfare state of the early 1980s. (lu.se)
- This was manifested in a utopian view of the future, more particularly one in which Swedish welfare society was ascribed the ability to shape its own future, and to some extent even that of other parts of the world, by means of planning and large-scale reform. (lu.se)
United Nations1
- US President Joe Biden expressed his support for a reformed United Nations Security Council (UNSC) with India as a permanent member during his bilateral talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (indiatimes.com)
Subsidy5
- Energy Subsidy Reform Facility (ESRF) has been at the forefront of knowledge creation and dissemination on the topic of energy subsidies. (worldbank.org)
- ESRF provided over US$14 million of World Bank-executed Technical Assistance (TA) grants to support energy subsidy reforms in over 70 countries, that resulted in 120 analytical reports/TA outputs that informed 39 World Bank operations (US$12.6 billion in total lending) for energy subsidies policy and/or regulatory reforms. (worldbank.org)
- ESRF has built a vibrant internal community of practice that unites more than 300 energy subsidy reforms practitioners from different Global Practices at the World Bank and facilitates knowledge exchange as well as peer-to-peer learning. (worldbank.org)
- In 2015 the government withdrew onshore wind and solar power from the subsidy scheme, which appeased the Tories' rural backbenchers but caused a seven-year halt to the development of new power technologies that would have given the UK cheaper energy. (newstatesman.com)
- The analysis demonstrates that the Jordanian government in-kind subsidy is reaching the poor. (who.int)
Government's plans1
- I'm proud of our coverage of this government's plans to overhaul the judiciary, including the political and social discontent that underpins the proposed changes and the intense public backlash against the shakeup. (timesofisrael.com)
Democrats8
- Last November, Congressional Democrats introduced the Butch Lewis Act , which they said is legislation that "establishes a legacy fund within the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation [PBGC} to ensure that multiemployer pension plans can continue to provide pension benefits to every eligible American for decades to come. (plansponsor.com)
- As of the coalition agreement, it is up to us to name a district elder for Nõmme so that the district of Nõmme will be led by Social Democrats for the next four years," Kaljulaid said. (err.ee)
- Democrats, in turn, used their own projections to minimize the Social Security problem, and the worst-case numbers to illustrate the impact of any benefit cuts. (brookings.edu)
- As expected, Republicans said the best way to rescue Social Security was to reduce benefits, while Democrats sought to give the program breathing room by raising taxes. (brookings.edu)
- The New Democrats say Premier Doug Ford and his government have a secret plan to throw the system wide open to privatization. (cbc.ca)
- When Bush said Social Security would be bankrupt by 2042, Democrats in the gallery could be heard shouting "No! (heartland.org)
- In a televised response immediately after the president's address, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Democrats "strongly disagree with the president's plan to privatize Social Security," calling it "dangerous. (heartland.org)
- At the outset, Swedish futures studies were influenced by the ideological heritage of the Swedish Social Democrats. (lu.se)
20212
- [12] In 2021, Trudeau announced the creation of a national child care plan with the intention of reducing day care fees for parents down to $10 a day per child within five years. (wikipedia.org)
- We repeat our concerns of July 2021 that the response of the government should not be to place children in hotels, outside of the care system. (childrenengland.org.uk)
Shortages1
- In response to the Immigration Reform and Control Act of (IRCA) of 1986, the NAWS was commissioned by the DOL to examine shortages of seasonal agricultur al services workers while simultaneously observing wages and working conditions. (cdc.gov)
Retirement7
- The SAFER Banking Act would permit marijuana firms to access banking and financial services, including retirement plans. (plansponsor.com)
- Under Social Security, workers' payroll taxes aren't saved in workers' own retirement accounts. (house.gov)
- Surveys have shown young workers are more likely to believe in visitors from other planets than in Social Security being available for them at retirement. (heartland.org)
- A better way: personal retirement accounts funded with a percentage of payroll taxes as part of comprehensive reform. (csmonitor.com)
- He closed the meeting by saying he would announce a reform to the Smic minimum wage by the end of 2012 and launch talks on reforming the retirement system by the beginning of 2013. (connexionfrance.com)
- DB plans differ from the "defined contribution" 401(k) plans used by most private sector workers, wherein the employer promises a certain contribution but makes no guarantees regarding the ultimate benefit the worker will receive at retirement. (nationalinterest.org)
- For all the cost and risk that pensions impose on state and local government budgets, these plans are only marginally successful in their goals of attracting quality public employees and providing these employees with a secure retirement. (nationalinterest.org)
Lansley4
- Former health secretary Andrew Lansley brought in reforms blamed for encouraging "competition" between health bodies from hospital trusts to GP surgeries, when buying in private healthcare services. (mirror.co.uk)
- However campaigners say the White Paper - which was leaked at the weekend - does not go far enough and many of the Lansley reforms remain in place. (mirror.co.uk)
- Privately many NHS leaders and some Conservative politicians believe the Lansley reforms to be one of the worst structural revamps in the history of the NHS. (mirror.co.uk)
- The Lansley reforms gave powers over the day-to-day running to NHS England and devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. (mirror.co.uk)
Enact1
- After successfully completing the recapitalisation of its four systemic banks and qualifying for two billion euros (£1.4 billion) in bailout loans last month, Athens must enact this second set of reforms to qualify for 1 billion euros by the end of the month. (yahoo.com)
President's1
- Good morning and welcome to the third hearing in the Committee's series on the President's and other bipartisan entitlement reform proposals. (house.gov)
Boris Johnson1
- Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled today his government's plan to reform funding of the social care system. (carers.org)
Procurement2
- Assam Initiates Corporate Social Responsibility Authority & Paddy Procurement Reforms. (indiatimes.com)
- We passed a government-wide procurement reform bill which led to the expanded use of credit cards for small item purchases, saving about $250 million a year in processing costs. (brookings.edu)
Workforce4
- It came as MPs rejected an amendment to the Health and Care Bill by 61 votes that would have obliged the Government to regularly publish an assessment of health and social care workforce numbers in England. (medscape.com)
- The clause , proposed by Jeremy Hunt, chair of the cross-party Commons Health and Social Care Committee, would also have forced the Health Secretary to explain to parliament how workforce numbers would meet the population's health and care needs for the next 5, 10, and 20 years. (medscape.com)
- NHS Providers said that Trust leaders would be disappointed that MPs voted down the clause that would have provided a 'robust system' for long-term workforce planning. (medscape.com)
- A workgroup developed school readiness goals and indicators based on recommendations of the National Education Goals Panel and five key domains of child well-being: 1) good health, 2) safety and survival, 3) economic well-being, 4) social and emotional well-being, and 5) education/workforce readiness. (cdc.gov)
Organization4
- Therefore, in May 2017, BVI requested technical assistance from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to develop a plan/"road map" for strengthening the MOHSD's stewardship capacity for IS4H. (scielosp.org)
- A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. (state.gov)
- To analyze the level of satisfaction of medical professionals regar ding their work environment in a Social Health Organization of Brazilian Unified Health System. (bvsalud.org)
- The satisfaction in the work environment of the medical professional in the Social Health Organization is associated with internal factors, as well as the need for their performance recognition by the management policy. (bvsalud.org)
Notably1
- Redwood was a long devotee of privatisation, notably of social services. (countercurrents.org)
Prime6
- Unpaid family carers were not mentioned once in the Prime Minister's announcement, and it was some time before social care was mentioned. (carers.org)
- Several policies regarding interior and domestic issues in Canada were planned and adopted by the Canadian Cabinet , chaired by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau , following the October 19, 2015 election of the Liberal Party to a majority of seats in the House of Commons , such as social and environmental policies. (wikipedia.org)
- During the 2015 election campaign, Trudeau said that if made prime minister, he would implement an infrastructure plan worth $60 billion (US$42 billion) in spending over 10 years. (wikipedia.org)
- Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' government started a new round of talks with euro zone institutions and the IMF this week on the bad loans, as well as splitting off the country's power grid operator from dominant electricity utility PPC and making state sector wages dependent on performance. (yahoo.com)
- After a two-day round-table conference of business, union and local authority leaders, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said 'France was in a difficult economic and social position' and its social partners needed to be creative with ways to get it back to work. (connexionfrance.com)
- 1The Economic Council of Finland, chaired by the Prime Minister, is a body for facilitating cooperation between the government and major interest groups. (who.int)
Care37
- and the support provided to local health and social care systems for delivering services at a regional basis. (gov.scot)
- Patients seeing the right healthcare professional at the right time is one of the key aspects of primary care reform. (gov.scot)
- 5.7 We have developed a new approach to recruit, retain, develop and manage talent within Health and Social Care in Scotland to ensure the very best and most able leaders reach boardrooms. (gov.scot)
- There is genuine consensus in the country that social care reforms and greater investment are long overdue. (cbi.org.uk)
- For too long, successive governments have failed to deliver a plan to fix our broken social care system, despite a rapidly ageing UK population and a steep rise in demand for social care. (carers.org)
- So the fact that the government is finally putting forward a plan for long-term funding of health and social care is to be welcomed. (carers.org)
- We are concerned, however, that the plans put forward today will not go far enough in fixing social care, nor do enough to address the chronic challenges of those affected most by our broken social care system - unpaid family carers. (carers.org)
- For years, unpaid carers have had to take on more and more vital care for family members as services collapsed under the weight of cuts to social care. (carers.org)
- It was hardly surprising, therefore, that Carers Trust research found only one in eight carers felt they got enough support from the social care system. (carers.org)
- But the proposals set out today seem to prioritise rescuing a post-pandemic NHS over fixing social care. (carers.org)
- But the government will ultimately only heap more pressure on the NHS if it fails to take this opportunity now to properly fix social care. (carers.org)
- And if the government really wants to fix social care once and for all, it needs to commit a lot more to social care than just £5.4 billion of the £36 billion to be spent overall. (carers.org)
- We look forward to engaging our local services for carers, and carers themselves, so we can work with government to ensure that what unpaid carers really need from a reformed social care system is represented in plans as they move forward. (carers.org)
- Leaks about the government's ideas for health-care reform have emerged over the past few weeks. (cbc.ca)
- The Toronto Star then reported a plan to form a 'super agency' that would oversee the whole system, taking over from the LHINs and folding in such agencies as Cancer Care Ontario and eHealth. (cbc.ca)
- The documents suggest the Ford government will completely restructure the administrative bureaucracy that currently manages the flow of funds between the Ministry of Health and health-service providers such as hospitals, long-term care facilities, home-care agencies and community health clinics. (cbc.ca)
- If done properly, such reform could smooth a patient's journey through the system from family doctor to specialist to lab tests to hospital to home care. (cbc.ca)
- The reforms will also encourage a lot of hospitals to merge, sources in the health-care sector told CBC News. (cbc.ca)
- Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock said: "The NHS and local government have long been calling for better integration and less burdensome bureaucracy, and this virus has made clear the time for change is now. (mirror.co.uk)
- Keep Our NHS Public says only part of the 2012 Health and Social Care Act is being repealed. (mirror.co.uk)
- The new plans would grant the Health and Social Care Secretary more operational powers over the NHS. (mirror.co.uk)
- Edel Harris, Chief Executive of the learning disability charity Mencap, said: "There are huge benefits to further integration between the NHS and the provision of social care. (mirror.co.uk)
- use of Home Office hotel accommodation must cease and central government must invest in proper care for children , so that local authorities can accept and support every child who arrives on our shores without a parent or guardian, as the law dictates. (childrenengland.org.uk)
- Social care: pressure. (bmj.com)
- Over the past two years, Meikle says Egadz has kept those 22 kids out of care, saving the government about $1.5 million. (cbc.ca)
- I hope health care reform is given enough time and effort to evolve into a plan that works. (lifamilies.com)
- Commenting on the findings, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said: 'The care sector is desperately short of workers and can't wait months for the government to come up with a solution. (medscape.com)
- Health plans must cover certain types of care to adults and children without charging you a copayment or coinsurance. (medlineplus.gov)
- This care must be provided by a doctor who participates with your health plan. (medlineplus.gov)
- You have the right to choose a primary care provider (PCP) from the health plan network. (medlineplus.gov)
- Health Care Reform , Health System Plans by Editor Equity/Equidad - DB . (bvsalud.org)
- The life expectancy at birth in China has increased from 35 years in 1949 to 75 years in 2012, mainly the result of government commitment to health, provision of cost effective public health programmes, coverage of health financial protection mechanisms, and a basic health care delivery network. (bvsalud.org)
- These are run by government subsidies and individual contributions and cover both outpatient and inpatient care. (bvsalud.org)
- Health Care Reform, Health System Plans, 4. (bvsalud.org)
- And then participation restriction is one that really will impact your ability to work, out and engaging social or recreational activities or obtain health care, prevent sieve services, go to school. (cdc.gov)
- Momentum for patient and caregiver engagement in health and social care is growing across Ontario. (bvsalud.org)
- 1) This is evidenced by a number of recently released strategies and frameworks highlighting the importance of involving Ontarians in their own care as informed consumers of health and social services. (bvsalud.org)
Radical reform1
- Oliver Letwin and John Redwood did not shy back in their 1988 publication Britain's Biggest Enterprise: Ideas for Radical Reform of the NHS . (countercurrents.org)
Framework7
- Counties can help provide the organizational framework necessary for construction of a comprehensive youth reform plan. (aecf.org)
- In a bold shift of power, the Government outlined plans to move decision-making out of Whitehall and end the restrictive era of top-down bureaucracy with a new framework of democratic accountability for the police. (www.gov.uk)
- To help the country to achieve the MDGs, this program encourages and helps the preparation of long term multi-sectoral investment plans, securing financing for its implementation, and the coordination of health interventions' scaling up, on the basis of health priorities, within a sound macroeconomics framework. (who.int)
- Furthermore, it includes a conceptual framework preparing the health sector to reform and decentralize over the next six years. (who.int)
- The National Health Sector Strategic Plan serves as a framework for multi-annual operational plans named Economic and Social Plan (Plano Economico e Social - PES). (who.int)
- These annual plans are informed by the Medium Term Expenditure Framework. (who.int)
- First 5 LA incorporated the indicators into the results-based accountability framework for its strategic plan and developed a community-oriented report designed to educate and spur school readiness-oriented action. (cdc.gov)
Proposals3
- In the parliamentary debate, the opposition accused the Schroeder government of damaging good relations with France with some of its proposals for a united Europe. (rferl.org)
- Sarah is part of the social investment team, managing a portfolio of investments, developing new proposals, and supporting Esmée's broader social investment work. (esmeefairbairn.org.uk)
- In a welcome move, two new proposals have advanced the Social Security reform debate. (csmonitor.com)
Explore1
Discriminatory social2
System10
- They also discussed the need to strengthen and reform the multilateral system and reiterated their support for building resilient global semiconductor supply chains. (indiatimes.com)
- It's unfair, and wrong, to leave with our kids and grandkids a Social Security system that can't pay full promised benefits. (house.gov)
- Britain's unique exposure to stagflation (low growth and rising prices) is caused by government policies that have focused on efficiency, creating a "just-in-time" economy, a system with no slack to accommodate global volatility. (newstatesman.com)
- It takes the knowl-edge and political will of county policy makers to implement and support the appropriate reforms in the juvenile detention system. (aecf.org)
- These reforms enhance system efficiency, improve the conditions in existing facilities, eliminate the inappropriate use of secure deten-tion and increase community safety. (aecf.org)
- President George W. Bush used his annual State of the Union speech on February 2 to call for sweeping changes to the nation's Social Security system, a call that has been met with approval, doubt, and opposition from lawmakers and interest groups. (heartland.org)
- Bush warned lawmakers that, without action, the Social Security system is on a path toward insolvency, the result of the nation's aging population. (heartland.org)
- Racism is "a system [of power and oppression] of structuring opportunity and assigning value based on the social interpretation of how one looks (which is what we call "race") that unfairly disadvantages some individuals and communities, unfairly advantages other individuals and communities, and saps the strength of the whole society through the waste of human resources" (1). (cdc.gov)
- We propose a global approach targeting the agri-food system, offering innovative social and technical interventions on antimicrobial usage, adapted to family farmers. (cdc.gov)
- In February 2019, the Government of Ontario revealed its plans to reform the Ontario health system. (bvsalud.org)
Workers7
- the other is an Employee Old Age Benefit Institution (EOBI) plan with a contribution component for private-sector workers. (com.pk)
- Bush focused the address on Social Security reform, the centerpiece of which is a plan to allow younger workers to invest some of their payroll tax contributions in stocks and bonds. (heartland.org)
- The Bush plan would allow workers to pass on money in their private accounts to their children or grandchildren, which Dreier told McLaughlin should be "very appealing" to younger workers. (heartland.org)
- Since the program's inception, Social Security has functioned on a pay-as-you-go basis, with current workers paying taxes to finance the benefits of retirees. (heartland.org)
- Then workers would turn them over to Social Security, which would pay a monthly annuity based on the funds in the account. (csmonitor.com)
- 6 May 2022) The EPSU Executive Committee, meeting in Brussels on 4-5 May, sends solidarity greetings to its affiliates JHL, Jyty, SuPer and Tehy for their industrial action to secure a decent pay increase-for workers across local government and health services. (epsu.org)
- Yes, long-term government workers generally fare extremely well under public plans, receiving far higher benefits than they would under a 401(k) plan. (nationalinterest.org)
Politically3
- These reforms are politically sensitive and require building strong public support. (worldbank.org)
- The Government will need to be willing to listen and act on the council's advice and avoid implementing politically popular, but ineffective, measures. (ceda.com.au)
- As we've argued here at New Matilda, Gonski is big, important and also potentially politically advantageous for the government. (newmatilda.com)
Disability5
- The last COAG conference, on disability reform, demonstrates that a bit of political pressure on social issues like this can quickly force concessions from intransigent premiers. (newmatilda.com)
- The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was signed into law in July, 1990, is one of the catalysts prompting legal and policy reforms in the area of disability. (cdc.gov)
- Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, Health Resources Administration) planned several national surveys about various aspects of disability in the early 1990's. (cdc.gov)
- Questionnaire Development and Data Collection Methods Given such broad objectives for the NHIS-D, it was apparent very early in the planning process that it would be impossible to collect all of the data needed about disability in one interview. (cdc.gov)
- Thus, it was decided to use a two phase data collection plan with a series of disability questionnaires. (cdc.gov)
Economic9
- The government's economic policy relied on increased tax revenues to pay for increased government spending. (wikipedia.org)
- However, progress is slow and major environmental, economic, and social challenges threaten to reverse the trend, which calls for countries to step up efforts to reform laws and address biases. (oecd.org)
- Changes in social norms have resulted in both progress and setbacks, but they reveal that the biases against women's economic empowerment have worsened between 2014 and 2022. (oecd.org)
- We used the Taxes and Growth Model (TAG) to evaluate the economic and budget implications of the Nunes plan. (taxfoundation.org)
- The two main drivers of economic growth in the plan are the full expensing of capital investment and the lower tax rate on business income, both of which significantly reduce the tax code's bias against saving and investment. (taxfoundation.org)
- Prenatal and early life exposures to environmental toxins (e.g., lead, pollution), substance abuse, and chronic economic and social stress (e.g., poverty, parental depression, violence) can have profound effects throughout childhood and adulthood. (cdc.gov)
- School readiness is therefore an important outcome that reflects health and developmental influences early in life but also reaches far throughout the life course ( 8 ) as the numerous positive health, social, and economic benefits associated with educational attainment are conferred ( 9 , 10 ). (cdc.gov)
- Indeed, improved data quality and accessibility at the national and state levels during the past 2 decades have prompted the widespread development of report cards and indicators to gauge progress in public health and other social, environmental, and economic areas ( 13 ). (cdc.gov)
- It discusses economic and social issues that are of central importance to the success of the nation. (who.int)
Draft5
- The government press conference on Thursday touched on draft legislation to amend the Family Benefits Act that has been causing tensions in the cabinet and Riigikogu lately and is set for its first reading on Monday. (err.ee)
- Then the NDP obtained a draft bill that would pave the way for those restructuring plans, confirming what CBC and the Star had reported. (cbc.ca)
- Separately, the government submitted to the creditors an initial draft of a tough pension reform seen as the biggest political hurdle in the coming months for Tsipras's leftist-led coalition, with just a three-seat parliamentary majority. (yahoo.com)
- The Annex to this report duly includes a draft action plan, covering the period 2017-2025. (who.int)
- The draft plan includes actions in line with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as applicable to people with dementia. (who.int)
20191
- The new Plan, PESS III, will start in 2014, covering a 6 year period up to 2019. (who.int)
Strategic plan1
- Mozambique is completing its National Health Sector Strategy (Plano Estratégico do Sector Saúde -PESS II 2007-2012), which has been extended to December 2013 to allow for the finalization of the next strategic plan. (who.int)
Nation's1
- The Conservatives' social reform agenda will improve the nation's health. (blogs.com)
Security's2
- Since these plans were written, Social Security's 10-year cash flow deficit has increased by over 450 percent, across-the-board cuts will occur seven years sooner, and Social Security's long-term shortfall is almost 60 percent larger. (house.gov)
- But that doesn't mean taking Social Security's guarantee and gambling with it. (heartland.org)
Pension reform1
- The budget bill released by the Senate includes a provision to create a special committee to work on pension reform. (plansponsor.com)
Local16
- Lord Kerslake: (Maiden Speech) My Lords, I want to touch on three issues in my speech today: local government, devolution and housing. (theyworkforyou.com)
- Lord Kerslake: My Lords, I declare my interest as president-elect of the Local Government Association. (theyworkforyou.com)
- Lord Kerslake: My Lords, I declare an interest as chair of Peabody, chair of the recently formed London Housing Commission and president-elect of the Local Government Association, to follow the noble Lord, Lord Best. (theyworkforyou.com)
- In doing so, I declare my interest as chair of Peabody and president of the Local Government Association. (theyworkforyou.com)
- The accord clearly acknowledges the need for reform of planning and local government regulations. (ceda.com.au)
- Critical to its success will be the state and territory government commitment to work with local governments to deliver planning and land-use reforms that make housing supply more responsive to demand. (ceda.com.au)
- As the primary provider at the local level in health, social services and juvenile corrections, county government has a unique function in this process. (aecf.org)
- A tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the costs of general government services, goods, and activities. (taxfoundation.org)
- It also clearly fails to recognise the value of local government and health staff and their vital contribution to maintaining services during the pandemic. (epsu.org)
- The new Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill will also rebalance the Licensing Act to give the public and local agencies an even greater say over policies to tackle crime and disorder. (www.gov.uk)
- Regional and local authorities used procedural violations and restrictive or vague legislation to detain, harass, or prosecute persons who criticized the government or institutions it favored, such as the Russian Orthodox Church. (state.gov)
- Significant government pressure on independent media constrained coverage of numerous issues, especially of Ukraine and Syria, LGBTI issues, the environment, elections, criticism of local or federal leadership, as well as issues of secessionism, or federalism. (state.gov)
- Pension plans for state and local government employees have faded from national news since the Great Recession. (nationalinterest.org)
- That is a volatile combination for state and local government finances. (nationalinterest.org)
- In the past, public employee pensions were not a major factor for state and local governments, as public pension funds were small relative to the budgets of the governments that sponsored them, and pension investments were mostly low-risk. (nationalinterest.org)
- If your child's school does not have a plan, consider contacting the school board or local emergency management agency and recommend creating one. (cdc.gov)
Elected officials1
- County elected officials play a critical role in youth detention reform in ways other than financial support. (aecf.org)
Work6
- 5.4 Much of the work taken forward through regional collaboration is particularly focused on supporting actions to deliver the outcomes required by our Waiting Times Improvement Plan during the next 18 months, and in the longer term. (gov.scot)
- Before drawing too much inspiration from this history, however, we should recognize that this rescue was anything but assured when Mr. Conable and the other members of the bipartisan National Commission on Social Security Reform began work under the leadership of Alan Greenspan in February 1982. (brookings.edu)
- Under the leadership of President Clinton who said "The era of big government is over," we went to work to make that a reality. (brookings.edu)
- The Plan marks an important step in our work to identify, prevent and remove barriers for persons with disabilities. (canada.ca)
- The good work of Simpson-Bowles Commission and the Bipartisan Policy Center Debt Reduction Task Force shows us that there are bipartisan solutions to fix Social Security. (house.gov)
- Work with your community to ensure reunification plans are in place and educate residents about how to use the plans and follow protocols in the event of a disaster. (cdc.gov)
Fail1
- If the social programs fail to reach agreed-upon goals, investors get nothing. (cbc.ca)
Policies6
- Reforms of pension policies is an immediate need. (com.pk)
- For all the Tories' attempts to blame the Bank of England, Britain's unique exposure to the crisis is caused by government policies. (newstatesman.com)
- To address the fundamental causes of gender inequality, we need dedicated policies and programmes to focus on biases and social norms. (oecd.org)
- The government must do this while continuing to navigate volatile energy markets and implementing new policies to accelerate decarbonisation. (ceda.com.au)
- Censorship and self-censorship in television and print media and on the internet was increasingly widespread, particularly regarding points of view critical of the government or its policies. (state.gov)
- This is why there was a big revolt about the old HIP plan and policies - the plan didn't want to pay the doctors very much so it attracted a larger group of not as good doctors many who weren't board certified and from other countries- who in turn were missing many diagnoses and refusing to send those who needed specialists out, and not giving tests that were clearly indicated. (lifamilies.com)
Major1
- The government used direct ownership or ownership by large private companies with government links to control or influence major national media and regional media outlets, especially television. (state.gov)
Support5
- After all that business has gone through during the pandemic and the fantastic Government support that followed, now is not the time for tax increases. (cbi.org.uk)
- Energy Sector Management Assistance Program's (ESMAP) ESRF is uniquely positioned to support governments willing to reform energy subsidies because it takes a cross-sectoral approach to designing reforms, addressing the needs of the poor and vulnerable, and communicating with the public to build consensus and trust in the reform process. (worldbank.org)
- Germany has signaled that it will strongly support reform of the European Union at next month's EU summit in France, even though the meeting may not achieve all that it believes is necessary. (rferl.org)
- Jonny Page, Esmée's Head of Social and Impact Investment, outlines our plans for social investment and the opportunities it offers to support our mission. (esmeefairbairn.org.uk)
- Indicators are powerful tools to support planning, community engagement, policy, and advocacy on behalf of children and families. (cdc.gov)
Elections1
- Plans to hold the first elections for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) in May 2012 were set out in a consultation, Policing in the 21st Century, earlier this year. (www.gov.uk)
Talks1
- Our effort is to conclude talks on Friday,' said a government official who participated in the talks with the heads of the EU/IMF mission at a central Athens hotel. (yahoo.com)
Coalition3
- The second half of the Tallinn city government coalition - the Social Democratic Party (SDE) - announced its candidates for Nõmme district elder and three deputy mayor positions on Thursday. (err.ee)
- Far-right Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu tells the Tel Aviv crowd that the coalition plans to use its Knesset majority to push through judicial changes. (timesofisrael.com)
- We have 64 mandates that demand judicial reform," he says, referring to the number of seats the coalition holds in the 120-member parliament. (timesofisrael.com)
Sector4
- This requires a large range of institutional actors - government, civil society, philanthropy and the private sector - to commit resources over the long term. (oecd.org)
- Another government official said there was convergence on public sector wages and an energy ministry official said Athens was also likely to reach agreement on the power grid operator. (yahoo.com)
- It requires political involvement such as advocating for the most favorable allocation of limited resource and technical expertise for the development of comprehensive strategic plans to guide the health sector. (who.int)
- From 2005 to 2009, he joined World Bank Institute in Washington, DC to teach courses on health sector reform and results-based financing in Asia, Africa and Europe. (who.int)
Cuts3
- Cuts occurred in 13 out of 14 departments making the federal government in 2000 the smallest government since Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. (brookings.edu)
- But the reinventing government movement was not just about cuts, it was also about modernizing and improving the performance of government. (brookings.edu)
- After five years of austerity including 12 pension cuts, the government plans to increase social security contributions instead of slashing main pensions again. (yahoo.com)
Committee4
- Editor's Note: Elaine Kamarck testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on June 18, 2013. (brookings.edu)
- We would like to thank everyone who was involved in this plan, including the Advisory Committee on (Dis) Ability. (canada.ca)
- The Committee on Ways and Means, more commonly referred to as the House Ways and Means Committee, is one of 29 U.S. House of Representative committees and is the chief tax -writing committee in the U.S. The House Ways and Means Committee has jurisdiction over all bills relating to taxes and other revenue generation, as well as spending programs like Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment insurance, among others. (taxfoundation.org)
- Reps. Bill Archer (R) of Texas, chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, and E. Clay Shaw Jr. (R) of Florida, Social Security Subcommittee chairman, unveiled a plan for overhauling the program without raising taxes or lowering benefits. (csmonitor.com)
Implement1
- What it takes to implement JDAI reforms. (aecf.org)
Overhaul2
- Attorneys, homebuilders, barbers and a slew of others begin to digest big tax overhaul plan that is hard to swallow for some. (sltrib.com)
- Just hours after the state's long-anticipated tax overhaul plan was posted online, a formidable line of industry representatives were already arrayed to pick it apart. (sltrib.com)
National10
- s), to allow service reform on the basis of population needs as set out in the National Clinical Strategy. (gov.scot)
- The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt any of the following projects from the application of the provisions of Chapters ll and IlII: The projects listed in Section 10A are those vital to the national security or defence of India. (indiatimes.com)
- The duration of this effort (later renamed the National Partnership for Reinventing Government under my successor Morley Winograd) makes it the longest government reform effort in modern American history. (brookings.edu)
- This article describes 1) the steps taken in this bilateral collaboration to update BVI's NISH policy and fine-tune its IS4H vision, including the development of a national plan/road map, and 2) lessons learned. (scielosp.org)
- National plan for prevention. (blogs.com)
- Governments and policy makers must eliminate existing discriminatory provisions in legal frameworks, ensure that legislation is enforced, and develop national action plans and comprehensive strategies for gender equality. (oecd.org)
- Labor's ' National Plan for Schools Improvement ' was released with much ado. (newmatilda.com)
- Labor's 'National Plan' is hardly a blueprint. (newmatilda.com)
- Military planning scenarios indicate that the dominant security threat is no longer limited to global war demanding national mobilization and the rationing of strategic materials. (nationalacademies.org)
- Prior to its completion, the Plan underwent an independent, external review, the Joint Assessment of National Strategies (JANS) and the recommendations were incorporated ensuring international quality alignment. (who.int)
Services8
- There is no evidence in these many pages that the Ford government is cooking up a plan to make Ontarians pay for health services that are currently insured under the Ontario Health Insurance Plan, the kind of privatization that supporters of medicare fear most. (cbc.ca)
- UC Berkeley Center for Social Services Research (Jun. (kidsdata.org)
- In a prepared statement, Derek Miller, the chamber's president and CEO, said tax reform will provide a stable source of money for government services, and lowering tax rates will create an environment that "allows business to flourish. (sltrib.com)
- Only Hawaii, New Mexico and South Dakota impose a broad tax on services, and those states have always done so, said Liz Malm, senior director of strategic government relations and an economist for MultiState Associates, a trade group that tracks state taxes. (sltrib.com)
- Are Social Impact Bonds a good way to invest in public services? (cbc.ca)
- We'd like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services. (www.gov.uk)
- Essential health benefits are 10 types of services that health insurance plans must cover. (medlineplus.gov)
- Some plans cover more services, others may vary a bit by state. (medlineplus.gov)
Significant4
- Because of the multi-faceted challenges, energy subsidies reforms face significant sustainability risks. (worldbank.org)
- It took the government three years to prepare the rules for such a significant piece of legislation. (com.pk)
- First can I say how much I welcome the fact that we are having this debate and the significant transport investment that is planned? (theyworkforyou.com)
- Using racially informed, life course-anchored practice models may help assure equitable service delivery to older adults whose current health reflects culturally structured, race-related stress accumulated in social institutions during sensitive periods, developmentally significant social transitions, or ubiquitously over a lifetime (28-31). (cdc.gov)
Subsidies4
- Reforming energy subsidies is a complex undertaking and a political economy challenge. (worldbank.org)
- Reforming energy subsidies require institutional and administrative capacity and call for strong technical, coordination, communication and leadership skills. (worldbank.org)
- Reforming energy subsidies sustainably requires a comprehensive approach to address multi-faceted challenges to reforms. (worldbank.org)
- Governments provide subsidies for covering essential public health programmes. (bvsalud.org)
Security18
- It is almost 22 years to the month since Representative Barber Conable Jr. strode to the floor of the House to defend a carefully constructed plan to save Social Security. (brookings.edu)
- The $168 billion package eased the program through a turbulent period, and 1983 marks the last time Congress cut Social Security benefits, raised taxes and lived to tell about it. (brookings.edu)
- Then as now, a president was ready to invest his political capital in Social Security reform. (brookings.edu)
- Despite his best efforts to convince the public that Social Security was going broke, Ronald Reagan got exactly nowhere. (brookings.edu)
- Yet unless Congress acts to protect and preserve Social Security, beginning in 2033, Social Security will be unable to pay full benefits, according to the Board of Trustees. (house.gov)
- Here's why Social Security has to be fixed. (house.gov)
- Two years later, in 2010 Social Security began running permanent cash flow deficits, reaching $1.3 trillion over the next 10 years. (house.gov)
- Today our witnesses include representatives from two bipartisan groups who have taken a hard look at Social Security and have come up with ways to fix it. (house.gov)
- He also said Republicans in Congress are "enthused" about addressing Social Security reform. (heartland.org)
- During a news conference the day after the address, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said, "Many of us believe that privatization … is a code word to destroy Social Security, not preserve it. (heartland.org)
- Bush cited numbers from the Social Security Trustees report of 2004 showing Social Security will be paying out more than it takes in starting in 2018, with the shortfall growing larger each year. (heartland.org)
- Social Security was a great moral success of the twentieth century, and we must honor its great purposes in this new century," Bush said. (heartland.org)
- And so we must join together to strengthen and save Social Security. (heartland.org)
- Under the Archer-Shaw plan, the government would establish individual Social Security Guarantee Accounts for each worker using a refundable tax credit of 2 percent of earnings - capped at a current maximum of $1,452 a year. (csmonitor.com)
- If the account is large enough to pay more than the normal Social Security benefit, the individual would get the heftier check. (csmonitor.com)
- It keeps Social Security solvent for at least 75 years. (csmonitor.com)
- It creates a new entitlement program funded out of general revenues, whether there's a non-Social Security surplus or not. (csmonitor.com)
- Now the president and Congress must overcome their distrust and negotiate a Social Security reform package. (csmonitor.com)
20174
- Trudeau's government provided a CA$372.5 million bailout to Bombardier in February 2017. (wikipedia.org)
- En este contexto, en mayo de 2017 las Islas Vírgenes Británicas solicitaron la asistencia técnica de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) para desarrollar un plan u "hoja de ruta" para fortalecer su capacidad de administración en el ámbito de los IS4H. (scielosp.org)
- As of September 11, the Ministry of Justice expanded its list of extremist materials to include 4,507 books, videos, websites, social media pages, musical compositions, and other items, an increase of more than 200 items from 2017. (state.gov)
- According to the prosecutor general, authorities prosecuted 1,500 extremism cases in 2017, some of which included charges of "extremism" levied against individuals for exercising free speech on social media and elsewhere. (state.gov)
Schumer1
- Schumer mentioned that plans, such as the Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Plan, are in dire financial trouble . (plansponsor.com)
Formulas1
- But short- and medium-term public employees don't do nearly as well from public plans due to the "back-loading" of these plans' benefit formulas. (nationalinterest.org)
Secretary1
- Esther Lynch, ETUC Confederal Secretary presented the plans and next steps on ETUC's strategy on the European Pillar of Social Rights. (epsu.org)
Parliamentary1
- Other suppliers warned that this would cause prices to become more volatile, and the Energy and Utilities Alliance, the trade association, called for a parliamentary inquiry but the government responded that the closure would "not have a material bearing" on energy prices. (newstatesman.com)
Ministry of Hea1
- Before joining the World Bank, he worked with Plan International, the Government of the Netherlands and served more than 15 years in the Ministry of Health in Burkina Faso. (who.int)