dablink This piece is about the popular or citizens initiative. For alternative meanings of initiative , see Initiative disambiguation . In political science , an initiative also known as a popular or citizens initiative is a means by which a petition signed by a certain minimum number of registered ... of the day. It is a form of direct democracy . The initiative may take the form of either the direct initiative or indirect initiative . Under the direct initiative, a measure is put directly to a vote after being submitted by a petition. Under the indirect initiative, a measure is first referred ... with the legislature . Such a vote is known, when originating in the initiative process, as an initiative ... a constitutional article, or even to introduce a new article into the constitution. The right of initiative ... system does not. If the necessary number of supporters is reached, the initiative will be put ... an amendment, and one for which one they want, the original one from the initiative or the one introduced ... for the initiative was included in the 1922 constitution of the Irish Free State but was hastily ... 1937 constitution has no initiative. United States Main article Initiatives and referendums in the United States The United States has no initiative process at the national level, but the initiative ... granted to the United States Congress Congress of the United States . Establishing a national initiative ... amendments, probably no initiative could have lawfully been voted on notwithstanding the bills passage ..., both the Abourezk Hatfield National Voter Initiative and the Jagt Resolutions never got out of committee ... in the United States initiative and referendum originated in the state of South Dakota . South Dakota adopted initiative and referendum in 1898 by a vote of 23,816 to 16,483. Oregon was the second ... European Union Union level main European Citizens Initiative The rejected Treaty establishing ... for Europe TCE included a limited indirect initiative right Article I 46 4 . The proposal of introducing ... more details
otheruses Infobox television episode Title The Initiative Image File The Initiative.jpg 230px Series Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 4 Episode 7 Airdate November 16, 1999 Production 4ABB07 Writer Doug Petrie Director James A. Contner Guests Marc Blucas as Riley Finn Mercedes McNab as Harmony Kendall Adam Kaufman actor Adam Kaufman as List of minor Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters Parker Abrams Parker Abrams Bailey Chase as List of minor Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters Graham Miller Graham Miller Leonard Roberts as List of minor Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters Forrest Gates Forrest Gates Lindsay Crouse as List of minor Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters Maggie Walsh Maggie Walsh Mace Lombard as Tom Scott Becker as Lost Freshman Episode list List of Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes Prev Wild at Heart Buffy the Vampire Slayer Wild at Heart Next Pangs The Initiative is the seventh episode of season 4 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer . Written by Doug Petrie and directed by James A. Contner , it originally aired on November 16, 1999 on the The WB Television Network WB network . In The Initiative , Spike is imprisoned in an underground demon research facility, and Riley realizes he has a crush on Buffy. Plot Riley Finn Riley and a couple of friends, Forest and Graham, watch Buffy Summers ... to have drunk the drugged blood, and when the doctors come to get him he attacks. He escapes the Initiative ... The vast set for the Initiative, revealed for the first time in this episode, was filmed at a Skunk ... of the Initiative is established. This episode marks the first of many references to Spike as a neutered animal, or an impotent man, now that he has the Initiative installed inhibitor chip in his ... and Graham, Riley s teammates in the Initiative, and the final appearance of Parker Abrams. References ... 1999 television episodes es The Initiative fr Intrigues en sous sol tr The Initiative ... more details
wiktionary InitiativeinitiativeInitiative is a process by which a referendum can be triggered by a petition of voters Initiative may also refer to In personal behavior, initiative is the ability and tendency to initiate to start an action, including coming up with a proposal and giving or helping without first being requested to do so Initiative organization , a readiness to embark on a new business venture In military operations, taking the initiative means generating a series of threats to which the opponent must respond Fiction Avengers The Initiative , a comic book series from Marvel Comics Civil War The Initiative , a comics crossover storyline from Marvel Comics Fifty State Initiative , a fictional government program in the Marvel Comics Universe Initiative Buffy the Vampire Slayer , a fictional secret military bipartisian government organization in Buffy the Vampire Slayer The Dharma Initiative , a fictional organization from the television show Lost The Initiative , the seventh episode of season 4 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer Games In poker, initiative is the ability to make continuation bet after having raised preflop Initiative chess , the ability in chess to make attacks that must be responded to initiative games , activities used for team building to challenge a group with a structured task initiative role playing games , a number which determines the order in which characters take actions, especially during combat Other The Initiative Tunisia a political party. disambiguation bg cs Iniciativa it Iniziativa ... more details
There are three political organisations called the Feminist Initiative Feminist Initiative Sweden , a feminist Swedish political party Iniciativa Feminista Spain , a feminist Spanish political party FemINist INitiative of Canada , a movement to form a moderate feminist political party in Canada FemINist INitiative of BC , a moderate feminist political party in British Columbia, Canada disambig ... more details
The Leland Initiative is a program of USAID to improve internet connectivity in Africa . It was named after Mickey Leland . External links http www.usaid.gov leland USAID Leland Initiative page http www.panafril10n.org wikidoc pmwiki.php PanAfrLoc LelandInitiative PanAfriL10n page on the Leland Initiative www stub Category Information technology and development ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 An initiative represents an Organization enterprise s readiness to embark on a new venture. Generally speaking, the motivation for an initiative arises from a desire to accomplish something that would benefit the enterprise, such as improving productivity, reducing costs or increasing market share. A typical initiative is expressed as a process and includes Metric mathematics metrics and time frames. It may be a formal, named project , a pilot project, or an informal executive directive. In any event, an initiative serves as a focal point for attracting the resources needed to accomplish a cherished goal. Economic incentive often plays a strong role in establishing and following through energetically to complete an initiative. A strong economic reason for accomplishing the goal can enhance its chance to succeed. See also Program management List of project management topics Project planning DEFAULTSORT Initiative Enterprise Category Project management ... more details
Initiative 200 was a Washington U.S. state Washington State initiative to the Legislature promoted by California affirmative action opponent Ward Connerly and filed by Scott Smith and initiative entrepreneur Tim Eyman . It sought to prohibit racial and gender preferences by state and local government. It was on the Washington ballot in November 1998 and passed with 58.22 of the vote. It added to Washington s law but not its constitution the following language 1 The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting. References note text http www.secstate.wa.gov elections 1998 i200 text.aspx Text of Initiative 200 AAUS Category History of affirmative action in the United States Category Government of Washington state US law stub ... more details
Infobox political party country Austria party name Communist Initiative name native Kommunistische Initiative colorcode Communist Initiative Austria meta color leader Otto Bruckner foundation 2005 ideology Marxism Leninism position Left wing colours Red headquarters Rankgasse 2 5 br A 1160 Vienna website http www.kommunisten.at Communist Parties expanded Europe The Communist Initiative German language German Kommunistische Initiative is an Anti revisionist orthodox Marxist Leninist organisation in Austria . It was founded in 2004 as a faction of the Communist Party of Austria KP . It left the party in 2005. It was a candidate in the parliamentary elections in 2008 as a part of the alliance Left Austria The Left . At the elections of the Austrian Chamber of Labour Chamber of Labor in Vienna it candidated in an alliance with the ATIGF Austrian section of the Communist Party of Turkey Marxist Leninist as KOMintern and got 0,7 and one seat. External links http www.kommunisten.at Official Site Category Communist parties in Austria austria party stub ... more details
Initiative in a chess position belongs to the player who can make threats that cannot be ignored. He thus puts his opponent in the position of having to use his turns responding to threats rather than making his own. ref http chess.about.com od reference g bldefini.htm ref A player with the initiative will often seek to maneuver his pieces into more and more advantageous position as he launches successive attacks. The player who lacks the initiative may seek to regain it through glossary of chess Counterattack counterattack . The importance of initiative is summed up in the syllogism that initiative is necessary to attack and attacking is necessary to win i.e. by capturing pieces and checkmating the opposing king chess king therefore initiative is needed to force a win. Citation needed date November 2009 Discussion Due to moving first, White and Black in chess White starts the game with the initiative, but it can be squandered in the opening chess opening by accepting a gambit . Players can also lose initiative by making unnecessary moves that allow the opponent to gain Tempo chess tempo , such as superfluous preventive moves intended to guard against certain actions by the opponent, that nonetheless require no specific response by them. The concept of tempo is closely tied to initiative, as players can acquire the initiative or buttress it by gaining a tempo. The initiative is important in all phases of the game, but more important in the chess endgame endgame than in the chess middlegame middlegame and more important in the middlegame than in the chess opening opening harvcol Euwe Meiden 1966 pp xvii,xxii . Having the initiative puts the opponent on the defensive. Grandmaster chess Grandmaster Larry Evans considers four elements of chess pawn structure , force Glossary ... in tempos. Having a time advantage is having the initiative harvcol Evans 1958 p 123 . The initiative ... Hays isbn 1 880673 96 7 pages 13 48 chess Category Chess terminology Chess stub fr Initiative checs ... more details
primary sources date October 2011 File Logo Caribbean Initiative.jpg thumb File Caribbean Initiative Area.png thumb The http www.iucn.org about union secretariat offices meso caribbe Caribbean Initiative is the most recent initiative of the IUCN IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature . The Caribbean Initiative focuses on the Insular Caribbean an ecologically coherent unit with unique biodiversity where conservation and natural resource management issues are at the heart of the challenge of sustainable development . How was the Caribbean Initiative started? Members, councillors, commissions and staff of the IUCN assemble every four years at the World Conservation Congress where the 4 year global program for conservation and sustainable development is established and approved. This determines the global program priorities and actions of the Union. During the 2004 Congress, the members .... In response, the IUCN formulated a proposition for the Caribbean Initiative. The Initiative benefited ... in the wider Caribbean,and between members and key partners. The development of the Initiative was completed ... Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The 2009 2012 Caribbean Initiative Strategy was developed ... held in Barcelona, Spain. This was also the date of the official launch of the Initiative. Through the Caribbean Initiative, the IUCN aims at strengthening its work in the region and establishing a win win situation for members and countries. The Initiative offers social and political actors the possibility ... actions. Headquarter For an initial period of two years, while the Initiative becomes fully ... Caribbean region. br br The current Coordinator of the Caribbean Initiative is Ms. Deirdre P. Shurland who is native of Trinidad and Tobago . Members of the Caribbean Initiative The current members of the Caribbean Initiative are br Bahamas br http www.bnt.bs Bahamas National Trust br Cuba br http ... links http www.iucn.org about union secretariat offices meso caribbean Caribbean Initiative IUCN ... more details
Green politics sidebar expanded all The Green Initiative lang es Iniciativa Verde is a Green political party in Argentina . External links http www.iniciativaverde.org.ar Green Initiative http www.juliesbicycle.com Green Initiatives for Theater and Music Industry Green parties Category Political parties in Argentina Category Global Greens member parties cs Iniciativa Verde de Iniciativa Verde ... more details
The initiative Grammatical case case denotes the starting point of an action but shouldn t be confused with the egressive case . This case is used in the Manchu language as the suffix deri . Example booderi which means beginning from the house . Category Grammatical cases Ling morph stub ... more details
In the United States the Buffer Initiative was an initiative led by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, with numerous partners, and started in 1997 to enroll 2 million miles up to convert 7 e6acre km2 in conservation buffers by 2002, using the Conservation Reserve Program s continuous enrollment option, and drawing on the resources of several other agricultural conservation programs, including EQIP, Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program, Wetlands Reserve Program, and Emergency Watershed Protection Program. References CRS article Report for Congress Agriculture A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition url http ncseonline.org nle crsreports 05jun 97 905.pdf author Jasper Womach DEFAULTSORT Buffer Initiative Category Agriculture in the United States ... more details
The Bamako Initiative was a formal statement adopted by African health ministers in 1987 in Bamako , Mali , to implement strategies designed to increase the availability of essential drugs and other healthcare services for Sub Saharan Africa ns. ref cite web url http www.eldis.org healthsystems userfees background.htm title Bamako Initiative accessdate 2006 12 28 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20061128203803 http www.eldis.org healthsystems userfees background.htm Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2006 11 28 ref A Health Policy and Planning article by Hardon 1990 5 186 189 ref cite journal author Hardon A title Ten best readings in the Bamako Initiative journal Health Policy Plan. volume 5 issue 2 pages 186 9 year 1990 doi 10.1093 heapol 5.2.186 url http heapol.oxfordjournals.org content 5 2 186.full.pdf html ref describes the initiative as follows The Bamako Initiative is a joint World Health Organization United National Children s Fund WHO UNICEF Initiative aimed at solving the problems in the financing of primary health care in sub Saharan Africa. It was launched in September ... on revenue out of the sales of drugs. Measures The Bamako Initiative proposed decentralising ... child6.htm title Bamako Initiative revitalizes primary health care in Benin accessdate 2006 12 28 ... UNICEF The Bamako Initiative cite journal author Knippenberg R, Alihonou E, Soucat A, et al. title Implementation of the Bamako Initiative strategies in Benin and Guinea journal Int J Health ... Bamako Initiative schemes http tilz.tearfund.org Publications Footsteps 31 40 Footsteps 37 Providnig essential drugs.htm Providing essential drugs The Bamako Initiative cite journal author Uzochukwu BS, Onwujekwe OE, Akpala CO title Effect of the Bamako Initiative drug revolving fund on availability ... Bamako Category 1987 in Africa Category History of Mali Africa stub Mali stub de Bamako Initiative fr Initiative de Bamako ... more details
Infobox Non profit Non profit name Ada Initiative Non profit logo Non profit type 501 c 501 c 3 501 c ... and culture. homepage http adainitiative.org Official website The Ada Initiative is a non profit ... name AboutUs cite web author year 2011 title About Us work About Us publisher Ada Initiative url http ... author Alex Bayley year 2011 title Please donate to the Ada Initiative s Seed 100 campaign work Culture ... 2010. ref name Byfield cite web author Bruce Byfield year 2011 title Ada Initiative Supports ... osrc article.php 3923936 Ada Initiative Supports Women in Open Source Counters Sexism.htm ..., founded the Ada Initiative in February of 2011. ref cite web author Valerie Aurora year 2011 title The Ada Initiative launch announcement publisher The Ada Initiative url http adainitiative.org ... watercolor by Alfred Edward Chalon . Donated by the Ada Initiative to Wikimedia Commons. Administration All services provided by the Ada Initiative are pro bono , and the organization is supported by member donations. In the summer of 2011, the Ada Initiative launched a seed funding campaign ... work Sponsors and supporters publisher Ada Initiative url http adainitiative.org sponsors ... full time roles in the organization. ref name Skud Board & advisory board The Ada Initiative is governed ... Us work About Us publisher Ada Initiative url http adainitiative.org about us accessdate 8 November ... cite web author year 2011 title Advisors work About Us publisher Ada Initiative url http adainitiative.org about us advisors accessdate 9 November 2011 ref Mission Quotation The Ada Initiative is a non ... AIOpenHatch cite web title Congratulating the Ada Initiative on its seed funding url https openhatch.org blog 2011 congratulating the ada initiative on its seed funding publisher OpenHatch accessdate 9 April 2011 ref Initiatives One of the Ada Initiative s first programs was developing Harassment anti harassment policies for conferences. The Ada Initiative works with open source conference organizers ... more details
Multiple issues wikify March 2012 orphan March 2012 notability September 2009 Dogwood Initiative is a Canadian non profit public interest group based in Victoria, British Columbia. Conceived in autumn 1998 at a meeting of First Nations, environmentalists, community advocates, and labour leaders, Dogwood Initiative began operating in 1999. ref http www.dogwoodinitiative.org aboutus mission ref The organization s goal is to help British Columbians take back decision making power over their land, air and water. ref http dogwoodinitiative.org aboutus ref Dogwood Initiative strives to work on fundamental issues that will change the way decisions are made in B.C. Recent Campaigns Created decals which fit onto loonies to spread the word about the threat of oilsands tankers and oil spills on the coast of British Columbia s Great Bear Rainforest . ref http www.dogwoodinitiative.org notankers ref Over 250,000 NoTanker Loonies are already in circulation across Canada. ref http www.cbc.ca canada british columbia story 2009 02 11 bc oil slick loonies.html ref Dogwood Initiative facilitated the registration of 1,600 participants for public hearings on the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline and tanker project. ref http thetyee.ca Blogs TheHook Environment 2012 01 08 Northern Gateway hearings start ref References reflist External links http www.dogwoodinitiative.org Dogwood Initiative homepage Category Environmental organizations based in Canada ... more details
Infobox Political Party name The Initiative native name lang ar lang1 French name lang1 lang fr L Initiative colorcode The Initiative Tunisia meta color logo leader Kamel Morjane founded 1 April 2011 headquarters secretary general ideology international colors papers position Centrism Centre ref Citation first Angelique last Chrisafis title Tunisia s political parties newspaper The Guardian date 19 October 2011 url http image.guardian.co.uk sys files Guardian documents 2011 10 19 Tunisian Parties 2010.pdf accessdate 24 October 2011 ref seats1 title Constituent Assembly of Tunisia Constituent Assembly seats1 Infobox political party seats 5 217 hex The Initiative Tunisia meta color website URL http www.almoubadara.tn country Tunisia The Initiative lang ar , lang fr L Initiative or Al Moubadara is a centrism centrist political party in Tunisia . It was formed after the Tunisian revolution , on 1 April 2011. It has emerged out of the Constitutional Democratic Rally RCD of ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Ben Ali . The Initiative is led by Kamel Morjane , former Defence and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tunisia Foreign Minister under Ben Ali. ref Citation first Sam last Bollier title Who are Tunisia s political parties? publisher Al Jazeera English date 9 October ... Oct 2011 ref ref Citation first Eymen last Gamha title The Initiative publisher tunisia live.net date 5 October 2011 url http www.tunisia live.net 2011 10 05 party profile the initiative accessdate 22 Oct 2011 ref The Initiative party assertively supports the representation of former RCD members in post revolutionary politics. ref Citation first Houda last Mzioudet title The Initiative Party Don ... 2011 10 09 the initiative party make new without excluding rcd accessdate 23 Oct 2011 ref References references External links http www.almoubadara.tn Website of the Initiative in French and Arabic ... fr L Initiative sv Initiativet ... more details
The SyncML Initiative, Ltd. was a non profit corporation formed by a group of companies who co operated to produce an open standard for data synchronization and device management . wiktionarypar Data Synchronization Prior to SyncML , data synchronization and device management had been based on a set of different, proprietary protocol s, each functioning only with a limited number of devices, systems and data types. The SyncML Initiative, Ltd. consolidated into the Open Mobile Alliance OMA in 2002, contributing their technical work to the OMA technical Working Groups Device Management Working Group and Data Synchronization Working Group. The SyncML legacy specifications were converted to the OMA format with the 1.2.2 versions of OMA SyncML, OMA Data Synchronization and OMA Device Management specifications. References http www.openmobilealliance.org Technical release program ds v1 2 2.aspx Recent documents http www.openmobilealliance.org syncml OMA SyncML Section old site sci org stub DEFAULTSORT SyncML Initiative Category Companies disestablished in 2002 Category Data synchronization Category SyncML ... more details
orphan date September 2010 Central and Eastern Europe Development Initiative CEED ref Cite web url http makro.pb.pl 2115147,11483,kulczyk zmienia optyke londynu?ref col2 title Kulczyk zmienia optyk Londynu work pb.pl date 2010 06 01 language Polish ref ref Cite web url http finanse.wnp.pl ceed 8211 konkurencja bric,112552 1 0 0.html title CEED konkurencja BRIC work wnp.pl date 2010 06 15 first Piotr last Stefaniak language Polish ref is an open initiative and gathers countries from Central Europe Central and Eastern Europe , members of European Union . CEED Initiative has been founded by Dr Jan Kulczyk , Polish entrepreneur . CEED Initiative was created to demonstrate and underline region s investment and development potential as well as its competitiveness. CEED Initiative sets up standards for regional cooperation and promotes values of free market economy, modernization, innovation and competitiveness ref Cite web url http www.finance.si 312105 Srednja in vzhodna Evropa lokomotiva EU title Srednja in vzhodna Evropa lokomotiva EU work finance.si date 2011 05 16 language Slovenian ref ref Cite web url http www.ap3.ee article 2011 5 16 ida euroopast saab vedur title Ida euroopast saab vedur work finance.si date 2011 05 16 language Estonian ref . Creation of CEED was announced during ..., CEED Initiative has published its first report ref name Ref 1 cite web title CEED achievements, opportunities and challanges publisher CEED Initiative url http ceed.demo.eo.pl c document library get ... Initiative Report is an annual analysis on economic situation and prospects countries of Central and Eastern Europe. CEED Initiative report has been prepared by experts specializing in Central and Eastern Europe affairs. Partners and co founders of the CEED Initiative http www.kulczykinvestments.com ... an international multimedia and publishing company. The initiative is also supported by key entrepreneurs ... CEED Initiative ... more details
number 1.jpeg caption Avengers The Initiative 1 solicited cover schedule Monthly ongoing y Superhero ... subcat Avengers sort Avengers The Initiative Avengers The Initiative was a comic book series ... with The Initiative , a banner running across Marvel books from February 2007 to May 2007, similar ... War The Initiative special by Brian Michael Bendis . A preview of the title was shown in Civil War The Initiative . Publication history The first issue of Avengers The Initiative was released on 4 April ... The Initiative would become an ongoing series, the third regularly published Avengers title from ... Gage moved to full writing duties. ref http www.newsarama.com comics 120810 Initiative Gage.html Gage Taking The Initiative Under a Dark Reign , Newsarama , December 10, 2008 ref The series was canceled after Avengers The Initiative 35 April 2010 , at the conclusion of the Siege comics Siege storyline ... side stands victorious and has launched the Fifty State Initiative which calls for one S.H.I.E.L.D. ... Caselli Story Happy Accidents Title Avengers The Initiative Volume 1 Issue 1 Date June 2007 Publisher ... writer Dan Slott penciller Stefano Caselli Inker Stefano Caselli Story Hero Moment Title Avengers The Initiative ... Avengers The Initiative Volume 1 Issue 3 Date August 2007 Publisher Marvel Comics Page Panel ID ... Stefano Caselli Inker Stefano Caselli Story Bug Hunt Title Avengers The Initiative Volume 1 Issue 3 ... Initiative, thinking he could be a powerful member. However, Trauma s trainer, the former mutant ... failure to contain the Hulk and prevent massive amounts of damage and casualties. Initiative ... , Constrictor comics Constrictor , an unknown female Initiative recruit called Mutant Zero and the Scarlet Spider Scarlet Spiders Red Team Scarlet Spiders to the conflict to save the Initiative ... War Hulk Title Avengers The Initiative Volume 1 Issue 4 5 Date September October 2007 Publisher Marvel Comics Page Panel ID ref The Shadow Initiative sneaks into Madison Square Garden , where the Hulk ... more details
Cleanup date December 2008 Tense Infobox Union name Workers Initiative country Poland affiliation anarcho syndicalism members full name Workers Initiative native name Inicjatywa Pracownicza image Image Anarchist flag.svg 175px founded 2001 current head dissolved date dissolved state merged into office people website http www.ozzip.pl www.ozzip.pl footnotes Include all unused fields for future use. See template talk Infobox Union for usage. The Workers Initiative lang pl Inicjatywa Pracownicza or IP is a Poland Polish Anarcho syndicalism anarcho syndycalist trade union . IP was established in the second half of 2001 as an informal anarchism anarchists group whose objective was the common struggle for workers rights. As a formal nationwide Anarcho syndicalism anarcho syndycalist trade union IP began to act in September 2004. References reflist External links en icon http www.ozzip.pl english Workers Initiative pl icon http www.ozzip.pl Inicjatywa Pracownicza Category Trade unions in Poland Category Syndicalism Category Anarchist organizations Category National trade unions centers of Poland pl Inicjatywa Pracownicza ... more details
The Halifax Initiative is a coalition of Canada Canadian non governmental organization s for public interest ... formed the Halifax Initiative in December, 1994 to ensure that demands for fundamental reform ... Municipality Halifax . The Halifax Initiative is a coalition of development, environment, faith based, human rights and labour groups. Members of the Halifax Initiative Coalition Development and Peace ... Mond History The Halifax Initiative Coalition was formed in the context of an international movement ... Initiative in December 1994 to ensure that demands for fundamental reform of the international ..., the Halifax Initiative is a coalition of 19 development, environment, faith based, human rights and labour .... Key achievements Since December 1994, the Halifax Initiative has built public and policy maker ... World Bank accountability Halifax Initiative has also been involved in World Bank accountability ... , a form of capital control. Tobin tax work On March 23, 1999, due in part to the Halifax Initiative ..., and lent growing support for global taxes. Export credit agencies Halifax Initiative has also done ... over 130,000 Canadians demanded change in a letter writing campaign facilitated by the Halifax Initiative. During 2006 7, the Halifax Initiative participated in the multi stakeholder Advisory Group ... of Halifax Initiative staff in the Advisory Group facilitated the inclusion of recommendations ... of enhanced transparency, human rights and environmental policies by EDC. The Halifax Initiative ... and human rights. In 2008, Halifax Initiative submitted an analysis on the human rights obligations ... Halifax Initiative s work in this area and has called for enhanced human rights due diligence by export credit agencies. Projects considered unworthy by the Halifax Initiative The Halifax Initiative ... between civil society and the Government of Canada Among other things, Halifax Initiative institutionalized ... on international financial institutions issues. Public debate in Canada Halifax Initiative has informed ... more details
advert date April 2011 Infobox Non profit Non profit name National Initiative for Democracy Non profit ... NationalInitiative.us dissolved footnotes National initiative refers to proposals within the United States to allow for ballot initiative s at the Federal government of the United States federal ... Initiative For Democracy include Ralph Nader , author, activist and Perennial candidate perennial independent ... States . National Initiative for Democracy USA The National Initiative for Democracy NI4D is a proposed ... Initiative does not change or eliminate Congress, the President, or the Judicial Branch of government. Laws created by initiative must still stand up in the courts just like laws created by Congress. The National Initiative adds an additional check the people to America s system of checks and balances ... of the National Initiative for Democracy believe the law making branch of government Congress ... America, when the Constitution was written. The National Initiative for Democracy believes direct .... The National Initiative believes most of the existing state initiative processes have the right ... mob rule mentality. By 2009, 24 US states had an initiative process in place at the state level. The proposed National Initiative would be somewhat similar to those already in place at the State government ... registered voter via various media outlets, to administer initiative elections and to administer ... to vote may sponsor an initiative. The sponsor shall be identified on the initiative, on any ... conveyed, that promotes or opposes an initiative shall conspicuously identify the person s responsible ... funds, services or property in support of or in opposition to an initiative. Financial disclosures ... an initiative. Violations of the prohibitions shall constitute a felony. The initiative itself shall ... parts. The initiative shall contain no more than five thousand words. Before being put to a national vote, an initiative would need to qualify in one of 3 ways a public opinion poll, a petition or legislative ... more details
Measles Initiative MI , launched in 2001, is a long term commitment and partnership among leaders in public health and supports the goal of reducing measles deaths globally by 90 by 2010 compared to 2000 estimates. Impact Largely due to the technical and financial support of the Measles Initiative and the commitment from African governments, 217 million children have been vaccinated against measles and 1.2 million lives have been saved since 1999. Building on this achievement, in 2005, the Initiative has expanded its technical and financial support to countries in Asia , where total measles deaths are highest outside of sub Saharan Africa . ref http www.measlesinitiative.org facts2.asp Measles Facts ref Since 2001, the Measles Initiative has mobilized more than 200 million and supported more than 40 African countries and three Asian countries in implementing high quality measles vaccination campaigns. As a result, global measles deaths have dropped by 48 from 871,000 in 1999 to an estimated 454,000 in 2004 thanks to improvements in routing and supplementary immunization activities. The largest reduction occurred in Africa, the region with the highest burden of the disease, where estimated measles cases and deaths dropped by 60 . ref name about http www.measlesinitiative.org mip2.asp About Measles Initiative ref Structure The mechanism for the Initiative is an American Red Cross led partnership with operational support to measles burdened countries. The Initiative has adopted the highly successful Rotary International Rotary led global polio eradication initiative as a model. ref name about Rotary s strategy was two fold repeated vaccination campaigns reinforced by routine vaccination. The Initiative employs a similar approach initial mass catch up campaigns to vaccinate ... a chance to be vaccinated. Partners The partners of Measles Initiative are American Red Cross International ... in Africa. References reflist External links http www.measlesinitiative.org Measles Initiative Official ... more details
The Muskoka Initiative on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health is a funding initiative announced at the 36th G8 summit which commits G8 member nations to collectively spend an additional 5 billion between 2010 and 2015 to accelerate progress toward the achievement of Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5, the reduction of Maternal death maternal , infant mortality infant and child mortality in developing countries . ref cite web title Text of the G8 Summit communique Muskoka Declaration url http www.ctv.ca CTVNews Politics 20100626 text of the g8 communique publisher CTV.ca accessdate 26 June 2010 ref See also Global Strategy for Women s and Children s Health References reflist Category Maternal health Category Millennium Development Goals Category G8 International dev stub ... more details
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