The coalition's reforms, which have given schools more autonomy, built on progress made by Labour.
He also said the proposal had built on progress made in months of closed-door negotiations with Democrats on the issue of patients' rights.
But if we are to deliver major improvements in children's health across the board, we need to build on progress in all these areas.
Daniel M. Price, who was President George W. Bush's chief Group of 8 negotiator, said the initiative built on progress made in recent years, but faced some of the same challenges.
This is what the Children Not Soldiers campaign seeks to achieve, galvanising support to end the recruitment of children by government armies – but requiring renewed commitment in order to build on progress so far.
The Alzheimer's Society is calling for the intervention of government funding: "It is vital that national governments build on progress made and commit to appropriately resourced national dementia strategies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
General Powell said the purpose of the talks, which are scheduled to continue for four days, is to build on progress in "developing some common ground" between the two leaders last month in Paris.
Those hoping that we could finally build on progress with tobacco to effectively tackle the alcohol and obesity epidemics will be as disappointed as the corporate sector is delighted.
A science museum will soon join the art museum.These projects build on progress made over the past decade towards becoming a world-class city, from the opening of dozens of top-notch restaurants to Art Basel picking Miami as one of the three venues for its shows ("the Super Bowl of the Art World", as Tom Wolfe called it in his Miami novel, "Back to Blood").
He also looked forward to a post-Brexit future for UK fisheries, saying: "As we prepare to leave the EU we have an opportunity to build on progress made and improve the management of fish stocks in our waters, but we will continue to follow the principles of fishing sustainably and ending the wasteful practice of discarding fish".
