Sentence examples for initiative parallels from inspiring English sources

Several executives at competing electronic commerce companies said the UDDI standard initiative parallels but ignores an earlier effort led by Commercenet, a competing Silicon Valley electronic commerce initiative.

The deal was struck during talks in Tehran with UN nuclear watchdog Yukiya Amano, whose initiative parallels more far-reaching efforts by the six world powers to reach an accord that would ease Western concerns that Iran could one day develop nuclear weapons — an assertion Iran denies.

The FAO initiative offers parallels with work being done by Farm Africa, Amref's partner in the Katine development project, funded by Guardian readers and Barclays in Katine sub-county.

'Speak Africa' Forum participants will take part in debates and sessions on a wide range of issues, including: Youth employment and migration Youth entrepreneurship Youth and information technology Youth, health and HIV/AIDS.The attendees will also get a chance to express themselves through Speak Africa – a groundbreaking initiative running parallel to this year's Forum.

The network of European and Latin American institutions involved in the project activities, starting from the initial project partner nucleus, has been continuously increasing as a result of the training initiatives and parallel actions undertaken to develop the NECOBELAC community.

A parallel initiative, Think Ahead, is being launched to recruit high-fliers into adult mental health.

In a parallel initiative, Gates and two dozen other billionaires have committed to spend $2bn on energy research.

A trio of social entrepreneurs has created a certification system called B Corp. — think of LEED certification for green buildings — and last week started a parallel initiative aimed at investors.

And all of the nonengineers are also asked to come up with ideas for what features they want to see on Spreecast, or it could even be on some parallel initiative.

The US and 18 other countries have pledged to double funds for clean energy research to a total of $20bn over five years, boosting a parallel initiative by Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg and increasing the prospects for successful agreement at the Paris climate negotiations that start on Monday.

The latest UNEP initiative runs in parallel with another initiative to use the Montreal Protocol on ozone-depleting substances to phase down hydrofluorocarbons, which are also other powerful climate forcers.