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111European Commissioner for the Environment — The Commissioner for the Environment is the member of the European Commission responsible for protection of the European Union s environment. The current Commissioner is Janez Potočnik. The European Union has made a number of environmental moves …
112Seventh Framework Programme — The Seventh Framework Programme for research and technological development (FP7) is the European Union s chief instrument for funding research over the period 2007 to 2013. It bundles all research related EU initiatives together under a common… …
113Qualifications for professional social work — Professional Social Workers are generally considered those who hold a professional degree in Social Work. In a number of countries and jurisdictions, registration or licensure of people working as social workers is required and there are mandated …
114Pay for performance (healthcare) — Pay for performance is an emerging movement in health insurance (initially in Britain and United States). Providers under this arrangement are rewarded for meeting pre established targets for delivery of healthcare services. This is a fundamental …
115Expansion plans for Milton Keynes — In January 2004, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott announced[1] the United Kingdom government s Expansion plans for Milton Keynes He proposed that the population of Milton Keynes (ceremonially Buckinghamshire) should double in the subsequent 20 …
116Integrative Center for Homeland Security — The Integrative Center for Homeland Security (ICHS) at Texas A M University in College Station, Texas is an office funded by the Vice President for Research created to explore and identify educational, research, and outreach needs in the emerging …
117Identity Governance Framework — The Identity Governance Framework is a strategic initiative of the Liberty Alliance that will define a set of standards to help enterprises easily determine and control how identity related information is used, stored, and propagated in… …
118government economic policy — ▪ finance Introduction measures by which a government attempts to influence the economy. The national budget generally reflects the economic policy of a government, and it is partly through the budget that the government exercises its three …
119One-China policy — The One China policy (simplified Chinese: 一个中国; traditional Chinese: 一個中國 政策 ; pinyin: yī gè Zhōngguó) refers to the policy or view that there is only one state called China , despite the existence of two governments that claim to be China …
120Drug policy reform — Relative harm assessment of various drugs from the scientific journal The Lancet[1] Drug policy reform, also known as drug law reform, is a term used to describe proposed changes to the w …
