Country ownership requires new types of dialogue between donors, government actors and civil society, and deep consultation with our citizens on their priorities and aspirations.
Second, it was our duty as the party of working people to be in touch with, and accurately to reflect, their priorities and aspirations.
Part of the global Participate initiative to bring the perspectives of the poorest into the post-2015 debate, when the millennium development goals (MDGs) expire, Compass 2015 aims to identify the priorities and aspirations of poor or marginalised people.
Part of the reason the "northern powerhouse" is such a powerful idea is that it redefines the "we" so that the priorities and aspirations of the north are as valid as those of a hedge fund manager or the pampered board of HSBC.
Councillors as local voices, not decision-makers: It is clear that [councillors] are moving more and more to acting as community facilitators; people who bring communities together to help build capacity and facilitate conversations around priorities and aspirations for the area.
Perceptions of the need for environmental conservation in Africa held by those outside the continent are sometimes expressed in terms that seem opposed to the legitimate priorities and aspirations of African peoples (in meeting which agriculture and livestock management must remain crucial).
"Forcing a woman by threat of criminal sanctions to carry a fetus to term unless she meets certain criteria unrelated to her own priorities and aspirations is a profound interference with a woman's body and thus an infringement of security of the person," Chief Justice Brian Dickson wrote in a 5-to-2 ruling that threw out Dr. Morgentaler's conviction.
The main concept presented in this paper is to convert the MODM problem into its equivalent goal programming (GP) problem by appropriately setting the priority and aspiration level for each objective.
"It is a very informative and easy-to-understand guide and it will open a new dimension in the debate about Scotland's future and the choice we face next September over the opportunity to make our own decisions according to our own needs, priorities and aspirations or sticking with a Westminster system that is simply not working for Scotland".
In the process, the U.S. reinforces to the world--and to ourselves--its priorities and aspirations.
