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1Context. The Team Europe Democracy (XXX) is a global initiative launched by the European Commission (EC) and 14 Member States (MS)1 to advance democracy and human rights globally. The XXX Secretariat, managed by GIZ and Xxxxxx, implements the XXX Network as one of three pillars. The XXX Network acts as an interface between EU institutions, Member States, civil society organizations (including think tanks and research centres), and local and regional government platforms to xxxxxx collaboration beyond traditional donor-beneficiary relationships. The XXX Network comprises three working groups (WG), each addressing different thematic priorities. Among these, the WG2 focuses on political and civic participation. This Working Group aims to support its members in identifying and implementing strategic as well as operational options and tools to improve related policy programming and coordination. It also aims to increase the impact of democracy support both xxxxxxxx0 and in partner countries. One of its thematic priorities is strengthening civic space3 because of its crucial role in democratic governance processes and the mitigation of the global trend of authoritarianism and regression of space for civic engagement4. Civic space also has a key role in contributing towards reaching the achievement of the sustainable development goals5. Indeed, the shrinking of the civic space is a global concern due to its effect on local and international civil society organisations (CSOs), development organisations, and various activist groups6. Most importantly, civic space, and the fundamental freedoms tied to it (including freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association) are essential elements of healthy democratic societies: elections alone are not enough. Over the last twenty-years, EU, MS and other relevant stakeholders have launched various initiatives to support CSOs in their resilience, protection, survival, and effective advocacy in a context of regression of the freedom of expression, of assembly and space for civic engagement7. Although some results have been achieved, the trend indicates that civic space has continued to shrink and decline in many partner countries7. Many countries continue to treat civil society, human rights defenders and citizen activists as political opponents or even criminal elements, rather than legitimate contributors to public discourse, good governance and fair and equal societies. Whilst programmatic responses from...
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1Context. In Sheffield, we recognise the need for local health and social care agencies to work together to support individual service users. Increasingly the Government is expecting us to work in this way — in partnership with each other and with service users, to provide appropriate and seamless care around the needs of the service user. The sharing of personal information between health and social care professionals is vital to the provision of such care. Having all the relevant information to hand enables professionals to make informed decisions about the treatment and care required.
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  • Context The Department of Education is Western Australia’s largest public sector employer with approximately 45,000 staff or one third of the Government workforce in around 800 worksites. We provide a system of public schools in which our aim is to ensure that every school is a good school, every teacher is effective and every student is successful. The Department's other key responsibilities include: • regulation of non-government schools in accordance with Part 4 of the School Education Act 1999 • administration of state funding to non-government schools • higher education policy and planning • legislative reviews • providing Secretariat services to the Teachers Registration Board of Western Australia, the Training Accreditation Council and the School Curriculum and Standards Authority. The principles underpinning the Department’s operations in Western Australia are: • working collaboratively to achieve outcomes • accepting responsibility and accountability for the achievement of outcomes • enabling flexible, innovative and diverse work practices • promoting confidence in the professional judgement of the Department’s staff. All Department actions are guided by four core values: Learning, Excellence, Equity and Care. For further information, please visit: xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxx.xx.xxx.xx/xxx/xxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxx Further context about the particular school or college in which the vacancy is being advertised is available on the Department’s website. Please visit xxxx://xxx.xxx.xx.xxx.xx/xxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxx.xx and enter the school or college name in the Find a School field.

  • Operational Context The System Managers will be responsible for managing the Fleetmap information of the users they are representing. This information is also shared with the other system managers; the ID information also must be kept.

  • Strategic Context This Agreement is informed by a wider strategic context related to the delivery of safe, quality, financially sustainable and accountable healthcare for all Western Australians. The delivery of health services within the following strategic context is the mutual responsibility of both Parties, whether with reference to supporting information and guidelines or mandatory policy requirements.

  • Background and Context 1.1 Objectives of this Agreement The purpose of this Agreement is to define, in the context of the resource inputs provided, the targets by which the performance of Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) will be measured in 2021. The ongoing supports that the Department of Justice will provide to FSI in this regard, and the mechanisms for monitoring and appraising performance, form part of the overall governance arrangements between the two parties and as such are set out in the separate but complementary Oversight Agreement 2020-22.

  • Terms, definitions Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the same definitions as contained in the Redevelopment Agreement, unless specifically defined otherwise.

  • Feminine/Masculine Pronouns Wherever the feminine pronoun is used in this Agreement, it includes the masculine pronoun and vice versa where the context so requires.

  • Use of Singular Terms Wherever the singular is used in this Agreement, the same shall be construed as meaning the plural if the context requires unless otherwise specifically stated.

  • Terms Defined As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meaning set forth below:

  • Use of Masculine Pronoun Whenever a masculine pronoun is used in this Contract, it shall include the feminine gender unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

  • Plural and Singular Unless otherwise specifically stated, any provision in this Agreement which is expressed in terms of the plural shall, in its application to the singular, be read with the necessary changes to express the singular, and vice versa.

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