Youth Visioning seeks to empower young people in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to take action for sustainable living and development, and by doing so encourage locally-based development of new skills and opportunities.
Private sector growth can boost job creation, poverty reduction can increase national security and standard of living, and youth development will help prepare Tunisian students and professionals for future employment, build local capacity, and develop citizens at the grassroots level.
In addition, awareness of the interdependence between living heritage and sustainable development is increasing, but appropriate policies, capacities and institutional mechanisms must be in place to ensure its safeguarding.
It deals with heritage that communities deem important, and strives to contribute to the promotion of creativity and diversity, to the well being of communities, groups, and society at large, enabling a peaceful development and living together.
Asked about the wisdom of including 200 living units in the plans, Mr Attwood said he thought it was a modest development and defended the policy of city-centre living.
She is now living in Manila putting her financial and business development acumen to work to develop alternative building materials and modular housing systems for low income groups.
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It hopes that Gower will obtain the European charter for sustainable tourism, which ensures the protection and preservation of the area, while also contributing to economic development and the well-being of people living, working or holidaying locally.
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The other, located largely in the southeast, Texas and the Heartland, makes its living in more traditional industries, from agriculture and manufacturing to fossil fuel development.
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"We developed these carbon zero homes from the design and development stage through to people living in them, " said Professor Mark Gillott, of the University's School of Architecture and Built Environment.
"The key to reconstruction, economic development and improving peoples' standard of living is security, " he said.
Major topics of the workshop include: The city as a Living Museum, identifying cultural spaces, supporting grassroots living culture, revival and support of traditional skills, Sustainable development etc.
People are therefore attracted to urban living as cities hold incredible potential as engines of growth and social development.
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And despite all this development, the number of people living without electricity in their homes will have only fallen over the next two decades from 1.3bn to 1bn, with no fall in the number of people - 2.6bn - reckoned to have no clean cooking facilities.
Just as we in Europe have had to revise our traditional view of Britain as a country living in the past and lagging behind the mainstream of economic and social development, it is time for the British to revise their traditional view of the continent as a potential threat, and show enough courage to join the club.
Alongside our efforts to lay a new foundation for economic growth, we must follow through on our common commitment to raise living standards across developing countries and to make smarter investments in areas like agricultural development and food security.
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This can only come about through measures that will help the development of a non-oil economy and so improve the living standards of Nigerians and sedate the desire to control oil revenues.
As other cities continued building freeways that promoted driving and sprawl, Vancouver remained committed to urban living, as evidenced by the development of Granville Island, a pedestrian-friendly peninsula where residents frequent large public market and art studios.
What he actually wants, he says, is to revive the development of software that allows people to be creative and make a living while doing so.
We further invest to strengthen relationships in communities by promoting Local Living Economies, a new approach to economic development that fosters local ownership of business and sustainability.
It is hoped the busway will ease congestion on the A14 and provide an alternative mode of transport for people living at a proposed new housing development in the area.
The core idea revealed to Escriva in that 1928 vision, and unfolded in subsequent stages of Opus Dei's development, was the sanctification of ordinary life by laypeople living the gospel and Church teaching in their fullness.
In response, Heritage Minister Alun Ffed Jones AM said he was committed to the development of these areas and championed the government draft language strategy, 'A living language: A language for living'.
Soon Mr Reiner held a little gathering in his living room, featuring White House staffers, child-development experts, the mayor of Los Angeles and (just to demonstrate that this campaign would go places) Steven Spielberg.
There is much that Japan can be proud of since 1945 -- rapid recovery from war devastation, adopting a pacifist Constitution, the economic miracle, achieving the best living standards in the region, creating a robust democracy in a relatively egalitarian society, and promoting regional economic development through massive aid and technical cooperation.
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a set of targets intended to reduce global poverty and improve living standards by 2015.
Cathy Ashton, the new High Representative for Foreign Affairs, told MEPs that she was concerned about the living conditions of Palestinians in Gaza, and called on Israel to re-open border crossings to aid the economic development of the Palestinian areas.
The outcomes of this Power Shift Pacific: Looking Beyond Disaster Youth Forum, will include the development of action plans and youth projects to be implemented in different communities, as well as the development of a Pacific youth volunteer network enabling an exchange of information between Pacific Island youth living abroad and their island communities.
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