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FACILITY ASSOCIATION [30 records]

Record 1 2024-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
  • Wastewater Treatment
OBS

The BC Water & Waste Association(BCWWA) is a not-for-profit organization that represents around 4, 000 water professionals. Our members work every day to keep our water systems clean and safe – from source to tap to drain and back to the environment. They include water and wastewater facility operators, utility managers, engineers, technicians and technologists, consultants, government policy and regulatory staff, backflow assembly testers and cross connection control specialists, researchers and suppliers.

Key term(s)
  • British Columbia Water and Waste Association

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Traitement des eaux
  • Traitement des eaux usées
Key term(s)
  • British Columbia Water and Waste Association

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
CONT

This report presents the Procurement Process Plan component of [Southern Alberta Energy from Waste Association(SAEWA) Project Development Plan]. The preceding sections include : an overview of project delivery models and procurement processes; the rationale behind the proposed methodology to prequalify, select and negotiate a contract with the preferred project development proponent; identification of resources required to carry out the procurement; and a budgetary estimate for SAEWA to execute the recommended procurement plan. The procurement process methodology outlined herein is based on the preferred approach expressed by SAEWA for implementation of a design build operate maintain contract for development of an energy from waste facility.

Key term(s)
  • design-build-operate-maintain contract

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
CONT

Donneur d'ordre : La Régie d'assainissement des eaux usées de la Vallée du Richelieu (RAEVR); Gouvernance et contrats : Régie intermunicipale en contrat CCEE[;] Avancement : Usine en démarrage depuis novembre 2017. Toujours en rodage depuis 2 ans (usine non réceptionnée).

Key term(s)
  • contrat de type conception construction exploitation entretien
  • contrat conception construction exploitation entretien
  • contrat conception-construction-exploitation-entretien
  • contrat de type CCEE

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Facilities
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A facility through which the data network interprets the call request signal as an instruction to establish a connection to one or more data stations previously designated by the user, thereby relieving the user of the need to provide address selection signals during call set-up.

OBS

This facility may permit a faster call set-up than usual. No special priority is implied over other users of the network establishing a connection. The designated addresses are assigned for an agreed period of time.

OBS

direct call facility : designation and definition standardized by ISO and the International Electrotechnical Commission; designation standardized by the Canadian Standards Association(CSA).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de télécommunications
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Service selon lequel le réseau de données interprète le signal de demande d'appel comme l'instruction d'établir une connexion avec une ou plusieurs stations de données désignées à l'avance par l'utilisateur, évitant ainsi la nécessité pour l'utilisateur de fournir les signaux de sélection lors de l'établissement d'une communication.

OBS

Ce procédé peut accélérer l'établissement de la connexion sans impliquer aucune priorité sur les autres utilisateurs du réseau; les adresses choisies sont attribuées pour une période convenue.

OBS

service d'appel direct : désignation et définition normalisées par l'ISO et la Commission électrotechnique internationale; désignation normalisée par l'Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones de telecomunicaciones
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 4 2024-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Data Banks and Databases
DEF

A set of functions available on demand to a user, and provided by a data network as a service for data transmission.

OBS

Some user facilities may be available on a per-call basis, and others may be assigned for an agreed period of time at the request of the user.

OBS

user facility : designation and definition standardized by ISO and the International Electrotechnical Commission; designation standardized by the Canadian Standards Association(CSA).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Banques et bases de données
DEF

Service mis, sur demande, à la disposition d'un usager et fourni par un réseau de données dans le cadre d'un service de transmission de données.

OBS

Certains de ces services complémentaires peuvent être disponibles communication par communication, ou pour une période convenue avec l'usager.

OBS

service complémentaire : désignation et définition normalisées par l'ISO et la Commission électrotechnique internationale; désignation normalisée par l'Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Bancos y bases de datos
DEF

Servicio o facilidad disponible a petición del usuario y proporcionado como parte de un servicio de transmisión de la red pública de datos.

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Record 5 2021-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Organization
  • Sociology of Old Age
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
CONT

A naturally occurring retirement community is a middle ground between independent living and living in a long-term care facility in the sense that the community of older residents forms organically, but NORC programs funded jointly by government agencies and private organizations allow services and activities for older adults to be offered on-site. This is why NORCs typically comprise not only residents but also social service and health care providers and housing managers or neighborhood association representatives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation sociale
  • Sociologie de la vieillesse
  • Aménagement du territoire

Spanish

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Record 6 2019-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

A user facility in which a call set-up procedure and a call clearing procedure determine a period of communication between two data terminal equipments (DTEs) in which user data are transferred through the network in the packet mode of operation and delivered from the network in the same order as they were received by the network.

OBS

This facility requires end-to-end transfer control of packets within the network; data may be delivered to the network before the call set-up has been completed, but they are not delivered to the destination address if the call set-up attempt is unsuccessful; multi-access DTEs may have several virtual calls in operation at the same time.

OBS

virtual call; VC: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

OBS

virtual call facility : designation and definition standardized by the Canadian Standards Association(CSA) and reproduced with its permission.

OBS

virtual call: designation officially approved by the Electronics and Telecommunications Terminology Committee (CUTEL).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
DEF

Service complémentaire utilisant une procédure d'établissement et de libération de la communication qui détermine une période pendant laquelle les données de l'usager sont transférées en mode paquet entre deux équipements terminaux de données et remises par le réseau dans l'ordre où il les a reçues.

OBS

Toutes les données de l'usager sont remises dans l'ordre dans lequel elles ont été reçues par le réseau.

OBS

Ce service complémentaire nécessite un contrôle de transfert de bout en bout des paquets dans le réseau; les données peuvent être remises au réseau avant l'établissement de la communication, mais [elles] ne sont pas remises au destinataire si l'appel est resté infructueux; les terminaux de données à accès multiples peuvent accepter plusieurs communications virtuelles à la fois.

OBS

communication virtuelle; VC : terme et abréviation uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

OBS

service de communication virtuelle : désignation et définition normalisées par l'Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA) et reproduites avec son autorisation.

OBS

communication virtuelle : désignation uniformisée par le Comité d'uniformisation des termes de l'électronique et des télécommunications (CUTEL).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
DEF

Facilidad de usuario en la que un procedimiento de establecimiento y un procedimiento de liberación de la comunicación determinan un período de comunicación entre dos ETD [equipo terminal de datos], en el que se transferirán datos de usuario a la red según el modo paquetes.I

OBS

La red entrega los datos de usuario en el mismo orden en que los recibe.

OBS

llamada virtual; VC: término y abreviatura aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 7 2018-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupational Bodies and Committees
  • Prostheses
  • Orthoses
OBS

Since 1974, the Prosthetics and Orthotics Association of British Columbia(POABC) is the provincial association for Prosthetists, Orthotists, P&O Technicians, students and facility owners/managers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités professionnels
  • Prothèses
  • Orthèses

Spanish

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Record 8 2018-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Engraving and Printmaking (Arts)
OBS

Martha Street Studio[, also known as Manitoba Printmaker's Association, ] is a community-based printmaking facility, located in Winnipeg's Historic Exchange District.... It offers the artistic community equipment, facilities, and support to produce, exhibit, and to disseminate cutting-edge print-based works on a local, national, and international level.

OBS

Martha Street Studio [was] incorporated in 1988 [and] is a dynamic not-for-profit, artist-run centre ... that both preserves and advances the print arts. ... Through production, education, exhibitions and sales, [it is] a significant contributor to the progression of printmaking and to Winnipeg’s cultural landscape. Martha Street Studio supports professional artists working within and on the periphery of traditional printmaking and cultivates new and emerging artists. [It] also engages and connects communities through [its] programs and exhibitions and builds audiences and interest in printmaking.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Gravure d'art

Spanish

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Record 9 2018-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Sports (General)
OBS

In 1944, a group of sports and community-minded individuals formed the Kitchener Sports Association in response to the need for an all-event, year-round sports and entertainment facility.

OBS

[It provides] funding assistance to local minor athletes, sports groups and charities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Sports (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 10 2016-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupational Bodies and Committees
  • Industries - General
OBS

Association for Facilities Engineering(AFE) is a professional membership organization [that] brings together professionals who ensure the optimal operation of plants, grounds and offices at Fortune 500 manufacturers, universities, medical centers, government agencies and innovative small firms from around the world. And, they all look to AFE as the leading technical resource on engineering issues. AFE's mission is to provide trade-craft related certification, technical information and other relevant resources to plant and facility engineering, operation and maintenance professionals worldwide.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités professionnels
  • Industries - Généralités

Spanish

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Record 11 2014-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A component of a knowledge-based system that explains how solutions were derived and justifies the steps used in reaching them.

CONT

An essential characteristic of an expert system is its ability to explain the reasoning leading to problem solutions. ... An explanation facility is also invaluable for refining the quality of the knowledge base as both incorrect inferences and incorrect flow of control can be apparent in the explanations.

OBS

explanation facility : term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [International Electrotechnical Commission] ;term standardized by the Canadian Standards Association(CSA).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Élément d'un système à base de connaissances qui explique comment les solutions ont été obtenues et qui décrit les différentes étapes permettant d'y arriver.

OBS

module d'explications; justificateur : termes et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [Commission électrotechnique internationale]; termes normalisés par l'Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA).

Spanish

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Record 12 2013-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Transport
DEF

All the equipment at a road check point used to automatically sort properly equipped commercial vehicles approaching at highway speeds, in order to identify those that meet the conditions for passing through and reduce the risk of congestion.

OBS

roadside check facility : term and definition proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport routier
DEF

Ensemble des équipements situés à un point de contrôle routier, qui permettent de trier automatiquement, lorsqu'ils roulent à vitesse normale, des véhicules commerciaux munis des dispositifs appropriés, afin d'identifier ceux qui remplissent les conditions de passage et de diminuer ainsi les risques de congestion.

OBS

installation de contrôle routier : terme et définition proposés par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

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Record 13 2010-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Historical Park and Site Names
  • Exhibitions (Arts and Culture)
OBS

The Red River Exhibition Association owns and operates Red River Exhibition Park. The dream began over thirty years ago when the Red River Exhibition Association first purchased 218 acres of land west of Assiniboia Downs and then added an additional 262 acres in 1981 bringing the total acquisition to 480 acres. Red River Exhibition Park was built as a multi purpose facility on only 90 of those acres leaving almost 400 acres for future growth and expansion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de parcs, lieux et canaux historiques
  • Expositions (Arts et Culture)
OBS

La Red River Exhibition Association créera un site de démonstration de la restauration d'arbres indigènes et de prairie d'herbes longues au nouveau site permanent du Parc d'exposition de la rivière Rouge. Ce lieu d'exposition accueillera également un certain nombre d'événements des jeux panaméricains de 1999.

Spanish

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Record 14 2010-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial Institutions
  • Loans
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
CONT

Soft loans are made by the special lending facility of a multinational development bank(for example, the Asian Development Fund and the African Development Fund) or the International Development Association, an affiliate of the World Bank. Typically, soft loans have extended grace periods in which only interest or service charges are due, longer(up to 50 years) amortization schedules, and lower interest rates than conventional bank loans. Access to the soft loan window is limited to developing countries with low per capita incomes, and developing countries experiencing balance of payment problems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Institutions financières
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Coopération et développement économiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instituciones financieras
  • Préstamos
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
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Record 15 2008-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Fire, Accidents, Miscellaneous Risks (Insur.)
OBS

The Facility Association is an entity established by the automobile insurance industry to ensure that automobile insurance is available to all owners and licensed drivers of motor vehicles where such owners or drivers are unable to obtain automobile insurance through the voluntary insurance market.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Incendies, accidents et risques divers (Assur.)

Spanish

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Record 16 2006-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Data Transmission
  • Telecommunications
  • Air Transport
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A user facility in which a permanent association exists between two DTEs [data terminal equipments] which is identical to the data transfer phase of a virtual call.

CONT

A permanent virtual circuit occurs where terminals are permanently associated via a virtual circuit and, in concept, this is equivalent to a leased circuit providing permanent point-to-point connection between two terminals; i.e. no call set-up or clearing procedures are needed.

OBS

permanent virtual circuit; PVC: term and abbreviation standardized by CSA.

OBS

permanent virtual circuit; PVC: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission de données
  • Télécommunications
  • Transport aérien
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Circuit virtuel établi d'une manière fixe entre deux terminaux et assurant donc un service analogue à une liaison spécialisée.

OBS

circuit virtuel permanent; CVP : terme et abréviation normalisés par la CSA.

OBS

circuit virtuel permanent; PVC : terme et abréviation uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión de datos
  • Telecomunicaciones
  • Transporte aéreo
  • Internet y telemática
DEF

Circuito virtual que posee un canal lógico asignado permanentemente al mismo en cada equipo terminal de datos.

OBS

circuito virtual permanente; PVC: término y abreviatura aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 17 2005-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Real Estate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Immobilier

Spanish

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Record 18 2005-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 19 2003-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

A facility which permits a user to nominate more than one address for the sending of the same data.

OBS

The network may undertake this by one of two distinct forms : sequentially, simultaneously and if both forms are provided may allow the user to opt for a preferred form. The procedure for using this facility may a) be as defined for a direct call, or b) use a special code or codes in the abbreviated address calling facility to designate all the required destinations or c) indicate the individual full or abbreviated address of each user to which data are to be transmitted; this facility may also be used in association with the delayed delivery facility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
DEF

Possibilité aux termes de laquelle un usager peut envoyer les mêmes données à plusieurs adresses désignées.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
DEF

Order o invocación cuyo destino es un conjunto de estaciones.

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Record 20 2003-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Organized Recreation (General)
OBS

The Alberta Association of Recreation Facility Personnel is a provincial organization dedicated to the active living of all Albertans by providing training and development to individuals involved in the operation of recreation facilities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Loisirs organisés (Généralités)
OBS

Appellation et abréviation confirmées par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 21 2003-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Furnishings and Equipment
CONT

"Under the Partnership Plan, the City would buy Portsmouth Public School, and bring it up to useable condition for use as a Seniors Centre, "said Mr. Bennett. "The City would be the owner. The Seniors Association would take over the building and convert it into a multiple-use facility to meet the educational, social, and recreational and certain health-care needs of older people. The Association would be the sole occupant".

CONT

... it is envisioned that Eagle Nest Park will be developed as a mutliple use facility, meaning it will share both community and neighborhood level characteristics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipements urbains
DEF

Équipement central dont la plus grande partie de l'espace n'a pas de vocation explicite et dont l'architecture volontairement neutre et discrète ne suggère pas une utilisation plutôt qu'une autre.

CONT

Les équipements banalisés ou polyvalents, c'est-à-dire sans affection exclusive à un utilisateur ou à une utilisation, ont été imaginés.

CONT

Étude, réalisation et exploitation d'un équipement polyvalent destiné à l'accueil et aux activités des enfants au Centre de Loisirs, ainsi que toute activité pouvant être organisée au sein de cette structure.

Spanish

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Record 22 2002-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
OBS

More often seen in the plural.

CONT

Clubs and individuals interested in more information on Canadian Tennis Week and Indoor Tennis Days should contact their provincial tennis association or neighbourhood tennis facility.

PHR

indoor tennis facility, outdoor tennis facility.

Key term(s)
  • tennis facilities

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Par extension [de sens]. Le mot «tennis» désigne l'ensemble des terrains : courts et gradins aménagés pour les spectateurs.

OBS

Dans certains contextes, les termes «terrain de tennis», «terrain» et «tennis», termes légèrement plus génériques que «court de tennis», rend bien les termes anglais «tennis area» ou «tennis facilities», c.-à-d. terrain de tennis comprenant le court proprement dit et une enceinte aménagée, p. ex., les tennis d'un club sportif. De plus, si on doit qualifier la notion, on privilégie le terme «court» comme le montre le cas suivant : «court central» (et non «terrain central»). Terme connexe : moquette.

CONT

Autour des tennis une piste de coureurs serait facilement construite.

PHR

tennis couvert.

Spanish

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Record 23 1999-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
  • Insurance
OBS

Facility Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
  • Assurances
OBS

Source : Traduction des débats, Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick.

Spanish

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Record 24 1998-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
DEF

Special financing made by several countries(Germany, Japan, Switzerland and the United Kingdom initially) in addition to contributions made directly to the Special Facility for Sub-Saharan Africa using arrangements negotiated directly between IDA [International Development Association] and the contributors to be used in countries meeting the eligibility requirements of the Facility with repayment terms at least equivalent to IDA terms and with procurement open at least to those countries under the Facility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coopération et développement économiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
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Record 25 1998-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
  • Management Operations (General)
OBS

Professional designation given by the International Facility Management Association in Houston, Texas.

OBS

Source(s) : International Facility Management Association in Houston, Texas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 26 1998-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Loans
DEF

A lending facility to extend loans to the developing countries on terms intermediate between those charged by the [World] Bank and IDA [International Development Association]. Now discontinued.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Prêts et emprunts

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
  • Préstamos
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Record 27 1998-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
DEF

An advance under the Project Preparation Facility. It is at the(World) Bank(or IDA(International Development Association)) rate. It is normally repaid through reimbursement under the loan/credit for the project in question.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Préstamos
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Record 28 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Programs (Non-Canadian)
  • Finance
  • Cotton Industry
OBS

Set up in the Central African Republic with credits from IDA [International Development Association] and the WB [World Bank] Structural Adjustment Facility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes nationaux non canadiens
  • Finances
  • Industrie cotonnière

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas nacionales no canadienses
  • Finanzas
  • Industria algodonera
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Record 29 1995-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

Clubs and individuals interested in more information on Canadian Tennis Week and Indoor Tennis Days should contact their provincial tennis association or neighbourhood tennis facility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[En France,] les clubs ou associations de tennis sont régis par la loi du 1er juillet 1901. Ils doivent s'affilier à la F.F.L.T. par l'intermédiaire de la ligue régionale à laquelle ils sont rattachés.

Spanish

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Record 30 1992-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Correctional facility officers on the national, state, and local levels; sheriffs; other employees in the corrections field or related fields interested in the study and practice of good corrections principles. Promotes the development of innovative services, evaluation, and inter-professional cooperation in order to increase the effectiveness of correctional facilities. Seeks to advance high standards of training and the professionalization of corrections personnel, thereby securing public confidence and support.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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