Sentence examples for engaged in programmes from inspiring English sources

In Nigeria, we have engaged in programmes to create short-term job opportunities, including a community services programme for unskilled youth, and a graduate internship scheme, which will support 50,000 university graduates to acquire work experience in private-sector entities.

It added: "...the United States, Russia, and other nuclear weapons countries are engaged in programmes to modernize their nuclear arsenals, suggesting that they plan to keep and maintain the readiness of their nuclear weapons for decades at least despite their pledges, codified in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation toeaty, to pursue nuclear disarmament".

Most respondents (88%) were actively engaged in programmes to address asphyxia.

When communities are engaged in programme development and implementation, the benefits extend beyond the scope of the project itself, promoting the kind of self-confidence and self-reliance that accelerate the fight against poverty.

Health issues were important intrinsic motivators, because of increased levels of concern, and extrinsic motivators, as a result of advice from others, to engage in programmes.

The importance of understanding HWs' relationships to the health system, resources and environment in which they operate should not be underestimated as HW motivation to engage in programmes can play an essential role in delivering services [ 39].

Recent recommendations suggest that companies should engage in programmes that improve the health and wellbeing of their employees through specific non-communicable disease prevention schemes and the promotion of healthy lifestyles [ 38].

Some countries, most notably France and Austria, have engaged in preventive programmes to fight this disease: These countries were the first to implement population-wide, free of cost prenatal screening programmes more than three decades ago [ 2- 4].

"They went to parents and understood their attitudes and engaged in educational programmes to change them," Hawkes said.

The number of kids engaged in El Sistema programmes is estimated to hit the half-million mark by 2015, which seems mind-boggling; but Abreu points out that 33% of Venezuela's 30m population is under 14.

UNICEF, a main partner in the development of the standards, is engaged in DDR programmes for children who have been recruited into armed groups and forces in Africa, Asia and Latin America.