Sentence examples for championing development from inspiring English sources

Current and former English Premier League footballers Craig Bellamy, Didier Drogba and Nwankwo Kanu all have Africa-based charitable foundations championing development causes.

In Phoenix Mayor Phil P. Gordon, also recently reelected, revived the downtown by championing development projects; Phoenix now has the fastest-growing employment base among the nation's large cities.

In addition, London mayor and avid cyclist Boris Johnson, who's pushing for a "cycling revolution" in London, is championing development of the "Crossrail for bike" project: 21 miles of bike paths that would be almost completely segregated from motor traffic.

The EU is desperate to avoid being cast as the villain, both because it has a strong economic interest in a successful trade round and because its protectionist farm policies damage its pretensions to champion development in the poor world.

Gillmor has also championed development of industry standards, most notably his role as co-creator of the attention.xml specification and co-founder of the Attention Trust, a non-profit organization to protect user data rights.

Organizational change theory suggests that the uptake of smoking cessation care provision by services requires endorsement by organizational leaders or champions; development of comprehensive organizational smoking policies and the introduction of systems to routinely assess, record and act on smoking status [ 24 27].

[ 11] Champions are recognised as key determinants of organisational innovation,[ 11] echoing our interviewees accounts of how local professionals had successfully championed developments in their PCO.

Ideally, as a collective and through this new bank, they will take the lead in championing sustainable development, and a participatory, collaborative approach that results in equitable growth.

With a manifesto championing sustainable development, Silva has promised to resurrect ethanol – which has been damaged by oil subsidies – and put more emphasis on wind and solar.

Mr. Brown's father, Pat — for whom the institute was named — was governor from 1959 to 1967 and was considered one of the most effective chief executives in this state's history, championing the development of its higher education, highway and water systems.

Over time his attitude changed from one of contempt to that of championing its development.