The research community must be involved in the development of these goals, targets and indicators, recognizing interconnected issues and building on existing measure of well-being.
One of the key objectives of the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) is to help countries improve their self-assessment capability by building on existing strengths and experiences.
From talking to our customers, we understand that the most practical path to success is through building on existing business practices and technology before putting forward more fundamental changes.
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CCS. And building on existing skills has worked before.
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Mikael Hagstrom, from SAS, said the company was proud to be building on its existing operations in Scotland.
The transaction will make Sky the second-largest provider in the UK broadband market, building on its existing position as the UK's fastest-growing broadband and telephony business.
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"It will further enable the transition of the local economy from one of traditional industries, such as agriculture, to a modern, high technology based economy, building on strong existing foundations".
It was also literacy and numeracy programmes, building on best existing teaching practice, to raise basic standards systematically nationwide - 84, 000 more 11 year-olds a year now up to standard in maths and 60, 000 in English.
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And finally there was work underway to develop and showcase the talent the area will need, building on an existing set of skills among the coders, designers, artists and new media types already populating the lofts and studios of east London.
But rather than just shrinking, urban planners see an opportunity to re-imagine the city, building on its existing strengths an industrial backbone, leading universities and hospitals, and an abundance of land for redevelopment while investing for a modern, sustainable future.
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The event, that took place on 6 and 7 September 2012, provided a platform for discussion on the achievements during the UN Literacy Decade (UNLD), the plan for concrete actions to scale up efforts over the coming three years by building on effective existing practices and also envision the post-2015 literacy scenario and the challenges.
In addition, UNESCO is building on its existing partnership with GOOGLE to enlarge the scope of the AFRICOM Membership Directory to include more information on museums in Africa in order to elaborate a mapping of museums in Africa on the general GOOGLE site and a more detailed mapping that includes museum professionals and their specialities on the AFRICOM web site.
"Most of our focus is on building the existing businesses, " says Ken A. Fox, founder of ICG.
Analysts said the proposals were unlikely to run into the trouble experienced when plans for Terminal 5 were unveiled because BAA would be building on the site of existing premises.
There was a lot of building work going on and the existing wards looked full.
Future Earth will have a new global governance body and secretariat, building on the strengths of the existing core global environmental change programme, which are co-sponsored by ICSU and other members of the Alliance.
Go big or go home: There are opportunities to make money by building businesses that marginally improve on existing products or services, but the real thrill sets in when the decision is made to go after an enormous idea that seems slightly crazy.
Novasite is building on Applied Molecular Evolution's existing technology to make this kind of large-scale drug modification possible.
Mr Black also called on the Welsh Government to make representations to the UK government to reduce the rate of VAT on building repairs and improvement work to existing buildings from 20% to 5%.
Ryder says, diplomatically, that building its own school is no reflection on the existing ones in the district.
But Ms Slocombe, chairman of the council, said building the pool alongside an existing sports centre on the site would prove better in the long-term.
"At the NATO summit in April, we adopted a resolution focusing on building a defense system against real, existing threats, i.e. short-range and medium-range missiles, " Fischer said.
The Sandy Hook Task Force voted unanimously late Friday to recommend to the Newtown, Connecticut, board of education to build a new school on the site of the existing building.
This time it intends to double its current floor area of 400, 000 square feet (37, 000 m2) by renovating existing rooms and by building anew on to its current site in midtown Manhattan.
For others it was about a sporting legacy, getting people on their bikes, building cycle paths and improving existing cycle lanes.
Sandy Hook's task force had considered other alternatives, such as renovating the existing building or building a new school on a different site.
The new Education Center occupies the entire west side of the ground floor in both the addition and the existing building, as well as new spaces on the third floor and the lower level.
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For more than a year, company execs have been discussing becoming a "mobile virtual network operator, " or MVNO, a model under which a company skips the expensive process of building a national phone network, instead signing on with an existing provider and rebranding its service.
Building on Volvo Car Corporation's and Volvo Technology's already existing safety systems - including features such as cameras, radar and laser sensors - the vehicles monitor the lead vehicle and also other vehicles in their immediate vicinity.
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According to the letter, the four-story building will be a research facility that will not replace the existing campus on 1 Infinite Loop.
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