11,265 research outputs found
An Impact Study of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in the Six ACP Regions
Get PDFThis article intends to present a very detailed analysis of the trade-related aspects of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) negotiations. We use a dynamic partial equilibrium model – focusing on the demand side – at the HS6 level (covering 5,113 HS6 products). Two alternative lists of sensitive products are constructed, one giving priority to the agricultural sectors, the other focusing on tariff revenue preservation. In order to be WTO compatible, EPAs must translate into 90 percent of bilateral trade fully liberalised. We use this criterion to simulate EPAs for each negotiating regional block. ACP exports to the EU are forecast to be 10 percent higher with the EPAs than under the GSP/EBA option. On average ACP countries are forecast to lose 70 percent of tariff revenues on EU imports in the long run. Yet imports from other regions of the world will continue to provide tariff revenues. Thus when tariff revenue losses are computed on total ACP imports, losses are limited to 26 percent on average in the long run and even 19 percent when the product lists are optimised. The final impact on the economy depends on the importance of tariffs in government revenue and on potential compensatory effects. However this long term and less visible effect will mainly depend on the capacity of each ACP country to reorganise its fiscal base.Preferential Trade Agreements, Africa, EPAs, Partial Equilibrium Simulations, International Relations/Trade,
Alma Fowlkes interview, 2011
No full textFowlkes, Alma - Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewer: Esther Gillies, LCSW. Date: 11/30/2011. An interview with Alma Fowlkes, MSW, as she discusses her social work career with Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). ❧ CONTENTS: (00:31) -- Introduction by Esther Gillies. (02:09) -- The beginning of Fowlkes career for DCFS. (03:50) -- Staff development specialist for Exposition park -- Services and eligibility were being separated. (04:42) -- Training for staff and foster parents. (05:34) -- MAPP Program - Model Approach to Partnership and Parenting. (08:00) -- Parenatal Program -- Drug-exposed babies. (10:11) -- Early influences. (11:30) -- Budget standards differ for drug-exposed babies. (12:00) -- National Grandparent program development & Respite Program. (13:50) -- The demands of fostering drug- and alcohol-exposed babies. (15:25) -- The development of Kinship services. (17:20) -- Program design in 1970s with Adult Protective Services. (20:08) -- Early event planning with DCFS. (20:55) -- Alma Fowlkes Award created by workers and foster parents. (21:40) -- Christmas party with 3,000 attendees. (24:59) -- Planning events on limited budget. (27:44) -- Planning an Easter Egg Hunt for the children. (28:55) -- Annual picnic in the park. (30:25) -- The necessity for appreciation and recognition of social work staff. (32:00) -- Eat-in to improve staff moral. (33:38) -- Creative use of MSW Interns. (34:55) -- Families Helping Families Program. (38:00) -- Region 2 moves into separate office -- Creating a good working environment. (43:20) -- Black Families Unit. (44:50) -- Advice for future social workers regarding working in a large bureaucracy. (48:05) -- Benefits of working in a large bureaucracy. (54:45) -- County dress code. (56:35) -- Establishment of Senior's Committee in Region 2. ❧ Alma Fowlkes. Interviewed by Esther Gillies. Date of interview: 11-30-11. Length of Interview: 1 hour and 2 minutes. DVD containing interview. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. Department of Children's Services Gospel Hour Contest Program. 2. Very Important Parents Newsletter. 3. Families Helping Families NACO Award
Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership (RIEP) Community Cohesion and Prevent Pilot. A report prepared for: Local Government Yorkshire & Humber
No full textThe Centre for Research in the Social Sciences at the University of Huddersfield is pleased to present the findings from the Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership (RIEP) Pilot Community Cohesion and Prevent Evaluation, funded by Local Government Yorkshire and Humber.
This research addresses the challenges of implementing the community cohesion and Prevent policy agendas, and building strong and positive partnerships across agencies and communities to support that implementation, in two local authority areas, Kirklees and Bradford.
The research took place from November 2009 – March 2010, and used a multi-method approach involving the following:
Interviews with Local Authority and key partner policy makers, officers, and front line staff (20 interviews)
Research by people working in the communities, including youth workers, housing workers, and community workers, with community members (33 interviews and 7 focus groups
Analysis of Local Authority strategies (13 strategies)
Community cohesion emerged as a governmental policy priority in the wake of the violent disturbances in Oldham, Burnley and Bradford in the summer of 2001. Prevent is a key component of CONTEST, the government’s counter-terrorism strategy
Inter-agency Cooperation and New Approaches to Employability
Get PDFThis article examines the role of inter-agency cooperation, which is one form of ‘partnership’, in new approaches to employability in the UK. The article articulates a ‘model for effective partnership working’ on employability. This model is applied first in a general review of employability policy and then to discuss case study research on the recent ‘Pathways to Work’ and ‘Working Neighbourhoods’ pilots. It is argued that successful partnerships need a clear strategic focus based on a necessity for inter-agency cooperation and institutional arrangements that allow for shared ownership, trust and mutualism, and flexibility in resource-sharing. While some of these factors are apparent in UK employability services, an over-reliance on contractualism and centralized organizational structures may undermine partnership-based approaches. Many of the success factors associated with effective partnership working appeared to be in place, even though the role of the Public Employment Service was fundamentally different in each case (as a key actor in implementing the first pilot, but largely withdrawing from the implementation role in the second). The article concludes by outlining the relevance of this model and the case study findings to discussions of the future development of employability policies and related partnership working
The Solomon Islands School of Education Partnership: Aspirations, context and design in educational change.
No full textThis article provides a background and context for a project that linked the School of Education in Solomon Islands College of Higher Education (SOE) with an external partner to work together on institutional and educational change. The four and a half year Partnership was funded by the New Zealand Aid Programmei. Pre-service teacher education in Solomon Islands is mainly provided by the School of Education. For a number of years the school has faced many challenges in its attempt to offer quality pre-service teacher education. Some challenges were external, such as political instability and ethnic unrest, and some were internal, such as a need to address the school's aims, design of programmes, quality of teaching, learning and assessment and the professional development of academic staff. We explain how the partnership responded to challenges and evolved in a way that recognised the input of the School of Education staff and avoided the imposition of solutions by the external partner. The major aspirations and intentions of the Partnership are described along with indications of positive changes that led to an extension of the project. A major change in the school was the inclusion of a teacher education programme for some of the many untrained practising teachers in the Solomon Islands. It is pointed out, however, that there were risks and challenges that faced the Partnership over its duration. Some were outside the control of the partners and others could be addressed and improvements made, especially within the school using a collaborative approach. It is argued that issues remain and further impetus is needed to effect more lasting change
The practice of local partnership in rural development: the cases of Newent (UK) and Sault (France)
No full textThis research is concerned with the practice of local partnerships in the promotion of
rural development with particular reference to two case study areas, Newent in the UK
and Sault in France.
In recent years, local partnership working has become increasingly common in the
promotion of rural development. It is presented by academics, politicians, policy makers
and practitioners as `inherent' and `imperative' to the preparation and implementation of
rural development programmes today. However, there still exists limited understanding
and knowledge about local partnership working in practice and the validity and
importance of such statements. To advance this understanding the present research had
four main objectives organised around the identification and the exploration of four main
issues: the reasons, the processes, the outcomes and the implications of the local
partnership practice in rural development.
The author has sought to elucidate the subject by means of a detailed exploratory study
involving the longitudinal observation of two particular examples of local partnerships.
Two case study areas were selected, both with an active history of rural development
initiatives and partnership working at parish or commune level. Newent is a small town
in the Forest of Dean, which has sought to address growing socio-economic decline in
recent years by preparing and implementing a regeneration strategy through local
partnership working. Sault is a village in Provence, which has had to respond to
depopulation and various economic difficulties as well as the closure in 1996-98 of the
military base of Albion. Qualitative data on local partnership evolution and operation,
collected in both areas between 1998 and 2001, was assembled from documentary
research, semi structured interviews and direct observation at meetings.
This investigation has allowed the identification of various explanations for the recent
increase in the practice of local partnership in rural development, explanations which are
mainly associated with the underlying context of the rural development process today
and with the meaning of the partnership concept itself. From this investigation local
partnership working in rural development has emerged as a long-term, progressive,
comprehensive and pragmatic process that is organised over time. Its existence and
longevity depend primarily on the local context, the existence of opportunities, the issues
to be addressed, a broad mobilisation of local/rural actors, a flexible local space, some
local re-organisation as well as regular and concrete achievements. In this respect, the
most commonly reported outcomes of local partnership working pertain to the process of
partnership working more than to the tangible outputs that may have resulted from it.
These meet the initial expected benefits from such a practice as for example broader
participation, greater reciprocity between rural development actors and territories, and an
increase in local capacity for development action
From wheelchair users around the state
No full textEvita Rush, lead author ; Barton Robinson, co-author.Title from PDF caption (viewed on January 6, 2021)."This guide was created in partnership between Oregon Spinal Cord Injury Connection, Adventures Without Limits, and Willamette Partnership"--Page 1.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.This project has been funded in part by a grant from Travel Oregon.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
Taking ownership: The story of a successful partnership for change in a Pacific Island science teacher education setting.
Get PDFThis paper explores an example of a partnership approach that appears to be producing sustainable change in a Pacific Islands education setting. The people involved report on the way science education staff from the Solomon Islands School of Education (SOE) and staff from the Faculty of Education University of Waikato (UOW), New Zealand worked together on the redevelopment of undergraduate science education courses for the SOE. Together we sought to identify significant factors supporting the process. The development required significant change and posed a number of challenges yet resulted in local staff producing high quality materials and programmes and taking ownership of ongoing development. More importantly, there was significant personal professional learning in both science education and initial teacher education for local Solomon Islands staff. Factors contributing to the success of the partnership are explored through the perceptions of the participants and include the quality of relationship, mutual respect, emphasis on conceptual agreement when working together, and the involvement of local staff in decision-making
‘Put it there, partner!’ A case study of an organic partnership with a school
No full textThis paper presents the findings of a case study of an organically developing partnership between a Higher Education Institution (HEI) and a primary school. The paper gives a brief overview of the context of current partnership working and some of the challenges this presents. It also briefly explores the impact on partnership working of government initiatives such as School Direct. The paper goes on to present the findings of the case study where the author, a university tutor (teacher educator) has developed a partnership with a school over the past two and a half years. The partnership journey begins with supporting the student to engage a challenging class in literacy work and then continuing to support her through her NQT year. The paper discusses how a practitioner research opportunity brought several ITE stakeholders together in terms of impact on learning and development and how the partnership is developing symmetrically as a result. I have found that effective partnership can start this way and that a partnership that develops to the benefit of all stakeholders: school, HEI, me, NQT/RQT and current PGCE students is more effective in terms of sustainability, innovation and collaboration. The paper goes on to explore future implications in terms of School Direct planning and working
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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