The phrase "a functioning dialogue" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a conversation or exchange of ideas that is effective and productive.
Example: "In order to resolve the conflict, we need to establish a functioning dialogue between both parties."
Alternatives: "an effective conversation" or "a productive discussion".
Improvements in the quality and delivery of those public services produced "en régie", i.e. by local bureaucrats themselves, depends crucially on the establishment of a functioning dialogue between this latter group and the wider scientific community.
Maria: OK, so there wasn't really a functioning dialogue then between those who managed the changes and the rest of the personnel?
Maria: So you can't..., there wasn't really a functioning dialogue between those who managed the changes and the rest, no...? Tuulia: No.
What is important to understand are the end results of a properly functioning dialogue plan which includes the necessary follow-up in one's own community: this results in deeper inquiry into one's own tradition instead of merely imposing doctrine.
Collectively, we hope that these two reports will provide the "common baseline of facts" that President Obama identified in his farewell address as key to a civil dialogue in a functioning democracy, for a profession that will always have a central role in guaranteeing the freedom and equality that are the cornerstones of our democracy.
Dialogue participants think a functioning Internet of Water could be created over the next few years if a compelling case can be made for investing in water data and integration.
Irrespective of your personal political leanings, for anyone who thinks sensible dialogue is a critical component to a functioning democracy, there is a large problem to solve here.
To address such issues, brands, suppliers, unions, and governments need to collaborate and find long-term and sustainable solutions, including well functioning social dialogue, an effective legal framework, and systems for regular and fair-wage reviews, to mention a few examples.
This means ensuring a fully functioning forum for dialogue between civil society and government is operating in all OGP countries.
Even still, the Canadian government's latest idea dialogue is a functioning forum for Canadians to suggest new policies to the feds, and there are some very solid suggestions up there.
Ever since, painting has in some ways functioned in dialogue with the camera.
