"initiative put forward" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to talk about a proposal or plan that is intended to solve a problem or help in some way. For example, "The government has put forward an initiative to help support struggling businesses during the pandemic."
The new crime mapping initiative put forward yesterday by the Home Office creates transparency about the amount of crime in our neighbourhoods.
Still, the announcement, combined with Mr. Bush's call this week to revamp laws regarding immigration, would signal the second major policy initiative put forward by the White House at the beginning of an election year.
Not only are some denominations divided internally, but now California religious leaders on both sides of the debate are preparing to battle over a November ballot initiative, put forward by conservatives, that seeks to amend the State Constitution and effectively overturn the court's decision on same-sex marriage.
Even for an initiative put forward by the United Nations, the Global Compact for Migration sure has caused some confusion.
The talks in Kiev are part of an initiative put forward by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and veteran German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger was brought in to moderate.
This is the global initiative put forward by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
"This initiative puts forward a common set of facts, data and goals so that we can hold ourselves accountable and improve public safety".
The proposal is among the first major policy initiatives put forward by the chairman, Christopher Cox, who took office in August.
New initiatives put forward by the Human Genome Project and the FDA require the development and use of assays for the rapid simultaneous quantitation of multiple analytes.
