"For several months, there has been a secret process on drafting the bill for OMP, even as government had committed to a parallel public consultation process," says Ruki Fernando, a Colombo-based human rights activist.
The Scottish and Welsh funding councils are carrying out parallel consultations on introducing a metrics system, but how each uses the results to slice up the funding pot between universities may differ.
But even before the completion of the UN consultation, a parallel process had commenced, based on the agenda articulated in the 2012 United Nations (UN) Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio + 20) [ 7].
Consultation with stakeholders occurred as a parallel process that informed multiple aspects of the review, including search strategy and interpretation of results.
In a parallel move, Ofqual, the exams regulator, has launched a consultation on the regulatory aspects of the changes.
In March 2002, the governor, in consultation with his campaign team, created Amigos de Pataki, a parallel campaign operation that organized Latino support.
Sculpture shows a parallel decline.
