The phrase "a programme designed to encourage" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a specific program or initiative that aims to motivate or support individuals or groups in a particular context.
Example: "The organization launched a programme designed to encourage young people to pursue careers in science and technology."
Alternatives: "a scheme aimed at promoting" or "an initiative intended to foster".
Under Eisenstadt's direction, the body focused its attentions first on the Think Family programme – designed to encourage public sector workers to see individuals' problems as part of a web of intermeshed family issues and to respond in a more family-focused way.
After the Olympics, Adlington embarked on one of the toughest challenges of her career by taking on a 450km charity bike ride across Zambia to help African orphans affected by HIV and Aids, and the "Rebecca Adlington Swim Stars" programme, designed to encourage youngsters to take up swimming, will occupy much of her energy in the future.
Internal commitment, said Argyris, is closely allied with empowerment.Argyris argued that the problem with many corporate programmes designed to encourage empowerment was that they created more external than internal commitment.
7 8 22 Unless individuals or their families perceive their weight status correctly, their acceptance of programmes designed to encourage healthy weight may be low.
The educational programme was designed to encourage nurses to embrace a philosophy of restraint-free care and be familiar with techniques of individualized care [ 18].
These programmes are designed to encourage a wider knowledge of other countries and to spread good practices in the education and training fields across the EU.
The LTA points to its schools programmes, to an Allplay campaign designed to encourage use of park courts, to variants of the game such as its "cardio-tennis" fitness regime and some recent improvement in participation figures to claim it is belatedly making progress.
It is, in other words, a highway designed to encourage people to drive less.
