Policy Background. The Province of British Columbia is committed to an integrated system of person centred primary and community care that works for people and primary care providers across BC’s geographical CHSAs and that provides value for money for BC citizens. Primary care is built around team based care at the community health service area level provided through a mix of patient medical homes, urgent primary care centres, community health centres and health authority primary care services, through PCNs. These primary care services will be supported by local health service area specialized service programs for more medically complex patient populations focused on complex medical and/or frailty; mental health and substance use; cancer care linked with hospital and diagnostic and provincial specialized services.
Policy Background. Core Strategy policy CS4: Providing quality homes and housing choice in Barnet. seeks a boroughwide target of 40% affordable homes on sites capable of accommodating ten or more dwellings. The proposal set out in the deed of variation would not alter the quantity of affordable housing proposed (35%) or change the tenure split or quantity of affordable housing over the extant permission.
Policy Background. In a crisis authorities will be confronted with two basic questions: whether to intervene, and if so how to intervene (e.g. through facilitating a private sector solution, public statements, liquidity support and recapitalisation). As a rule, the handling of a crisis and its resolution are primarily the responsibility of the institution(s) involved. Public intervention, in particular when public money is at risk, should only occur when there is a clear systemic risk, i.e. when there is a serious disturbance of the financial system that, as a result, may have a major impact on the real economy. The purpose of the template is to provide a common language to authorities when they discuss such systemic assessments and the possible effects of related policy measures in a cross-border context. In this way, it enables them to address more clearly any differences in their views on the impact of the crisis and reduces the risk that under the pressure of circumstances they might start discussing how to resolve a crisis before assessing its potential impact. A formal assessment, backed-up by supporting material, further enhances the authorities’ accountability for any recommendations made. Scope assessment. The assessment should be made from the perspective of the domestic financial system, composed of financial institutions, markets and infrastructure, and the domestic real economy. The domestic financial system needs to be defined with reference to those parts that have the potential to disturb the domestic real economy. In defining the financial system’s three components, one should be wary of possible overlaps (resulting in double counting) and gaps. The real economy assessment should only include the effects of the crisis intermediated via the domestic financial system and via foreign financial systems (e.g. direct lending from abroad). In principle, all foreseeable effects should be taken into account, although the further away in time the effects are, the greater the uncertainty. Hence, it might be useful to differentiate between short-term and long-term effects.
Policy Background. As from the 1980s, Chile has executed profound macroeconomic structural reforms which have included the privatization of state enterprises, the lib- eralization of trade and opening of its markets to for- eign investments. In addition, since 1990 the country has enjoyed a solid political stability. These accom- plishments have distinguished our country within the Latin American region and increased the flow of for- eign investments and, with our country as a platform, from Chile to other markets5. In addition, its FTAs with the major world economies and Latin American neighbours6, attracts investments from third countries which, after complying with the corresponding rules of origin, can benefit from the export preferences given to Chile by those FTAs. The soundness of these policies has been repeated- ly confirmed. The World Bank’s Governance Indica- tor of 2006 placed Chile ahead of the rest of the countries of Latin America with regard to account- ability, political stability, absence of violence, gov- 1 Partner of the law firm of “Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxxx” of Santiago, Chile and Member of the Board of Directors of the American Arbitration Association of New York.
Policy Background. Policy CS9 of the Barnet Core Strategy (Providing safe, effective and efficient travel) identifies that the Council will seek to ensure more efficient use of the local road network and more environmentally friendly transport networks, require that development is matched to capacity and promote the delivery of appropriate transport infrastructure. Policies DM17 and CS9 seek that proposals ensure the safety of all road users and make travel safer, reduce congestion, minimise increases in road traffic, provide suitable and safe access for all users of developments, ensure roads within the borough are used appropriately, require acceptable facilities for pedestrians and cyclists and reduce the need to travel.
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Policy Background completion of a single market in services Wider EU policy developments for the completion of an internal market in services form the backdrop to this study. 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the single market. In November 2010, the Commission adopted a Communication: “Towards a Single Market Act – for a highly competitive social market economy”2 which identified 50 proposals to help to complete the single market. The Communication points out that many professionals still face lengthy and cumbersome procedures before having their qualifications recognised by national competent authorities. Indeed, in 2010, problems relating to the cross-border recognition of professional qualifications accounted for 16% of the total 1 Examples include: (i) tax advice, which in some EU countries is a shared task between lawyers and accountants and (ii) supervising and monitoring the construction of buildings, a shared reserve between engineers and architects in some EU countries. 2Commission Communication: Towards a Single Market Act for a highly competitive social market economy: 50 proposals for improving our work, business and exchanges with one another. caseload of the SOLVIT Network, an EU-wide Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism for resolving problems relating to the practical application of EU law without recourse to legal action3. Following these initial 50 proposals, the Commission adopted a follow-up Communication on 13 April 2011 a Single Market Act: Twelve levers to boost growth and strengthen citizen’s confidence in the Single Market4 . The twelve priorities were selected from among 50 proposals initially put forward on the basis of contributions received through a public consultation and during public debates. The Commission proposes that the EU should adopt a key action for each lever by the end of 2012. The Commission will present the necessary legislative proposals for the implementation of those key actions, so that the Parliament and Council can respond to the invitation from the European Council to adopt a series of priority measures to re-launch the Single Market by the end of 2012/2013. The aim of the measures outlined in the Single Market Act is to provide a coherent political response to gaps in the Single Market by presenting a model for sustainable, smart and inclusive growth in the framework of the Europe 2020 Strategy. One of the twelve priority initiatives identified, Lever 2, is concerned with promoting the mobility for EU citizens. ...
Policy Background. In early stages of environmental policies, specific directives have been elaborated for a large range of individual issues. Motivations where the protection of European citizens against air and water pollution, the regulation of waste flows, the protection of Nature and landscapes as well as the willingness of avoiding distortions in the economic competition due to uneven national emission standards. The full understanding of sustainability issues came then, leading to a redefinition of environmental strategies and the launch in 1998 of the integration process3 with the joint objectives of streamlining the environmental legislation and improving the efficiency of policies. One of the most remarkable achievements to date is the so-called Water Framework Directive built upon the concept of river basin management and targets of ecological quality of water bodies and the full recovery of costs of water protection and management. Agri-environmental policies are also continuously moving towards more ecological integration. Initially foreseen as a way to support farmers’ income in compensation to the progressive decline of subsidies to products, the so-called “second pillar” of the Common Agriculture Policy contained a set of targets beneficial to the rural landscape and the environment. In the recent years, programmes have been undertaken for defining, beyond individual measures, some ecological integrated perspectives, one of them being the so-called “high nature value farmland areas” where the maintenance of adequate cultivation practices (e.g. extensive grazing) is considered as the best way of maintaining the ecological potentials. Nature conservation has progressively moved from species protection towards a policy of habitats conservation, the "birds" directive of 1972 and the "habitats" directive of 1992 both merging in the NATURA2000 process, designated areas covering now 18% of the EU. In the current phase 1 European Environment Agency, 2005. The European Environment State and Outlook 2005. Copenhagen 2 xxxx://xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx.xxx/dataservice/metadetails.asp?id=814 3 The Cardiff Process is the name given to the process launched by European heads of state and government (The European Council) at their meeting in Cardiff, in June 1998, requiring different Council formations to integrate environmental considerations into their respective activities. the reflections are developing towards a more systemic approach where the integrity and connectivity of the...
Policy Background. This Partnership Agreement is intended to enhance and sustain effective partnership working between each local authority and the governing body of each school. In pursuance of this, WG has developed the Education in Wales: Our National Mission Action Plan 2017-21 to support improvements in learning and wellbeing of children and young people. The National Mission focuses on the following four key enabling objectives: • Developing a high-quality education profession. • Inspirational leaders working collaboratively to raise standards. • Strong and inclusive schools committed to excellence, equity and well-being. • Robust assessment, evaluation and accountability arrangements supporting a self- improving system.
