The phrase "a complementary initiative" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to an initiative that enhances or supports another initiative or project.
Example: "The new training program is a complementary initiative designed to improve employee skills alongside the existing mentorship program."
Alternatives: "a supportive initiative" or "an auxiliary initiative".
Simon says the donation could work together with programs like One Laptop Per Child as a complementary initiative to bring IT to Africa.
The school feeding programme will be a complementary initiative to UNICEF's current education programme, which focus on both girls' education and the promotion of child-friendly schools.
A complementary initiative centered at Duke University emphasized the isolation of full-length cDNA clones from libraries representing a diversity of zebra finch brain states [ 14].
Promoting synergy as a strategy is probably most appropriate for grant programs that address complex social problems with many underlying causes where a number of complementary initiatives are required necessitating the involvement of a number of organizations offering different capacities.
However, because these areas have very low media penetration, around 50% or less, complementary initiatives such as a social mobilization program becomes more important and should be considered for future initiatives.
Fourth, how to more closely and constructively collaborate with kindred disclosure initiatives to address market fatigue and confusion with disparate – and potentially complementary – initiatives.
The programme also places no expectation/requirement on the beneficiaries to participate in other, complementary initiatives like training or job search – despite evidence that the combination of wage subsidies with such other programmes increases their effectiveness.
These platforms have been mobilising partners, particularly from industry and especially SMEs, facilitating dissemination and demonstration activities, promoting complementary initiatives and attracting private and public funds at national and regional level.
G8 members cannot forget the importance of complementary initiatives such as social safety nets, direct nutrition interventions, and stronger health systems, all of which ensure that the most vulnerable, who may not directly benefit from more food being produced, do not slide further into poverty.
Author: Dewees, A. Background Since 1995, UNICEF Kampala has managed technical and financial support for a complementary basic education initiative.
The development of the draft strategy was coordinated with the Open Water Data Initiative, a complementary US Federal activity exploring the integration of water information into a connected national water data framework [2].
