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Record 1 2015-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management (General)
  • Public Service
CONT

The task force concluded that departments... must continue to be the main focus of policy work. For departments to carry out this responsibility effectively, more attention is needed to the following areas : strategic planning, data development and management, involvement of operational staff, increased rigour in articulating outcomes, use of evaluation as a feedback mechanism.

OBS

operational staff: term used in the context of the Blueprint 2020 vision of the Government of Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
  • Fonction publique
CONT

Le groupe de travail a conclu que les ministères devraient demeurer les principaux responsables du travail d'élaboration des politiques [...] Pour que les ministères puissent assurer cette responsabilité avec efficacité, il faut accorder plus d'attention aux éléments suivants: planification économique, élaboration et gestion des données, participation du personnel opérationnel, articulation plus rigoureuse des résultats attendus, recours à l'évaluation à titre de mécanisme de rétroaction.

OBS

personnel opérationnel : terme utilisé dans le contexte de la vision pour Objectif 2020 du gouvernement du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Fish
OBS

The Fish and Wildlife Advisory Board provides advice to the Minister of Natural Resources on both the generation and expenditure of funds, and provides such other advice as may be requested by the Minister. The Board's main focus is to assure that the interests of hunters and anglers receive appropriate attention and to ensure the best possible use of their licence dollars.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Poissons
OBS

Ministère des Richesses naturelles.

Spanish

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Record 3 1988-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

... environmental impact assessment was defined for discussion purposes as a process, or sequence of activities, beginning with a pre-project data acquisition programme(the baseline study), followed by an interpretive, predictive and evaluative phase(the preparation and review of an impact assessment report) after which post-construction environmental assessment continues for some period of time(the monitoring programme). This definition... encouraged the participants to consider the overall approach rather than restricting their thinking to the familiar Environmental Impact Statement(EIS) which is all too often the main focus for bureaucratic and public attention.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

... environmental impact assessment was defined for discussion purposes as a process, or sequence of activities, beginning with a pre-project data acquisition programme(the baseline study), followed by an interpretive, predictive and evaluative phase(the preparation and review of an impact assessment report) after which post-construction environmental assessment continues for some period of time(the monitoring programme). This definition... encouraged the participants to consider the overall approach rather than restricting their thinking to the familiar Environmental Impact Statement(EIS) which is all too often the main focus for bureaucratic and public attention.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales

Spanish

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Record 5 1988-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

... environmental impact assessment was defined for discussion purposes as a process, or sequence of activities, beginning with a pre-project data acquisition programme(the baseline study), followed by an interpretive, predictive and evaluative phase(the preparation and review of an impact assessment report) after which post-construction environmental assessment continues for some period of time(the monitoring programme). This definition... encouraged the participants to consider the overall approach rather than restricting their thinking to the familiar Environmental Impact Statement(EIS) which is all too often the main focus for bureaucratic and public attention.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales

Spanish

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Record 6 1988-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

... environmental impact assessment was defined for discussion purposes as a process, or sequence of activities, beginning with a pre-project data acquisition programme(the baseline study), followed by an interpretive, predictive and evaluative phase(the preparation and review of an impact assessment report) after which post-construction environmental assessment continues for some period of time(the monitoring programme). This definition... encouraged the participants to consider the overall approach rather than restricting their thinking to the familiar Environmental Impact Statement(EIS) which is all too often the main focus for bureaucratic and public attention.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
OBS

"Évaluation des impacts" : Appréciation, à l'aide de critères, des impacts. Les impacts s'évaluent du point de vue de leur durée (à moyen, à long terme; temporaire, permanente, etc.), de leur importance (forte, faible, positive, négative, bénéfique, nuisible, etc.) et de leur envergure (locale, régionale, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 7 1988-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

... environmental impact assessment was defined for discussion purposes as a process, or sequence of activities, beginning with a pre-project data acquisition programme(the baseline study), followed by an interpretive, predictive and evaluative phase(the preparation and review of an impact assessment report) after which post-construction environmental assessment continues for some period of time(the monitoring programme). This definition... encouraged the participants to consider the overall approach rather than restricting their thinking to the familiar Environmental impact Statement(EIS) which is all too often the main focus for bureaucratic and public attention.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 8 1980-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
OBS

A photograph in which details are depicted in semitransparent or ghostlike manner, sometimes by double exposure or masking, in order to focus attention on the main subject or parts of the illustration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
OBS

Photographie dans laquelle les détails apparaissent semi-transparents ou voilés; cet effet est produit par double exposition ou masquage et est destiné à attirer l'attention sur certaines parties de l'image.

Spanish

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