scholarly journals Pollination service delivery for European crops: Challenges and opportunities

2016 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Nogué ◽  
Peter R. Long ◽  
Amy E. Eycott ◽  
Lea de Nascimento ◽  
José María Fernández-Palacios ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Pollination Service ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

scholarly journals The reality of rurality : parent experiences with best start in two rural communities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerri Graham
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Systems Perspective ◽  
Parent Experiences ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Rural Service Delivery

Human services literature from a variety of disciplines demonstrates that rural and urban communities pose different challenges and opportunities for service delivery; however, little research specifically explores early learning and care service delivery in rural communities. This qualitative study draws on a critical ecological systems perspective to examine the experiences of rural parents accessing services through a specific service delivery strategy, Best Start networks. Thematic analysis was used to analyze data gathered from two rural communities as part of a larger study examining parent experiences with Best Start in three communities across Ontario (Underwood, Killoran, & Webster, 2010). Three themes emerged that related specifically to the rural experience: (a) Opportunities for Social Interaction; (b) Accessibility of Services; and, (c) Impact of Personal Relationships. Results indicate that certain factors related to rural life and location affected parents' experiences with Best Start services. Drawing on the broadly defined concept of accessibility, implications for rural service delivery are discussed and recommendations for practice and future research are presented.

scholarly journals Migrant integration services and coping with the digital divide: challenges and opportunities of the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin McMullin
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Research Note ◽  
The Public ◽  
Digital Service ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Migrant Integration ◽  
And Coping

In this research note, I reflect on the impacts of the shift to online service delivery for voluntary and community organisations. In particular, I report on initial findings from research being undertaken on migrant integration organisations in Quebec (Canada) and Scotland (UK). The research shows four key emerging themes: the complexities of the digital divide (including skills and access to information and communication technology, and the issue of the number of devices in a household to support multiple users); trust, communication and access to online services; the breaching of the public/private divide as practitioners provide digital services from their home; and the benefits and opportunities for digital service delivery. The research note concludes by reflecting on the long-term implications for voluntary and community sector services as they adapt to and recover from the pandemic and engage in long-term planning.

scholarly journals The influence of spatiotemporally decoupled land use on honey bee colony health and pollination service delivery

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 084016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew D Smart ◽  
Clint R V Otto ◽  
Benjamin L Carlson ◽  
Cali L Roth
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Pollination Service ◽  
Bee Colony ◽  
Honey Bee Colony

Emerging Roles of Libraries and Librarians During and Post COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Fredrick Wawire Otike ◽  
Asmaa Bouaamri ◽  
Agnes Hajdu Barát ◽  
Péter Kiszl
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
World Health ◽  
Library Services ◽  
The World ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Changing Roles ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Learning Institutions

This chapter highlights the challenges and opportunities that have and will arise as a result of the epidemic. When the spread of CoronaVirus 2019 (COVID-19) was announced by the World Health Organization (WHO), most schools, colleges, and tertiary institutes around the world were ordered to close so as to contain the spread. Currently, most learning institutions are experiencing challenges related to how to provide critical services; the most critical ones are linked to the library services. With the COVID-19 pandemic still in place, it is evident that libraries will greatly be affected in their service delivery. This chapter, therefore, brings into perspective the eminent changing roles of libraries and the challenges and opportunities that did and will emerge as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides different library case studies and how the COVID-19 pandemic is being handled in Kenya, Morocco, and Hungary. The chapter puts into perspective new insights that will enable libraries to adapt quickly to the new technologies substituting the obsolete and redundant ones.

scholarly journals Routine Immunization Service Delivery Through the Basic Package of Health Services Program in Afghanistan: Gaps, Challenges, and Opportunities

2017 ◽  
Vol 216 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. S273-S279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chukwuma Mbaeyi ◽  
Noor Shah Kamawal ◽  
Kimberly A. Porter ◽  
Adam Khan Azizi ◽  
Iftekhar Sadaat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Routine Immunization ◽  
Immunization Service ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

scholarly journals The reality of rurality : parent experiences with best start in two rural communities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerri Graham
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Systems Perspective ◽  
Parent Experiences ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Rural Service Delivery

Human services literature from a variety of disciplines demonstrates that rural and urban communities pose different challenges and opportunities for service delivery; however, little research specifically explores early learning and care service delivery in rural communities. This qualitative study draws on a critical ecological systems perspective to examine the experiences of rural parents accessing services through a specific service delivery strategy, Best Start networks. Thematic analysis was used to analyze data gathered from two rural communities as part of a larger study examining parent experiences with Best Start in three communities across Ontario (Underwood, Killoran, & Webster, 2010). Three themes emerged that related specifically to the rural experience: (a) Opportunities for Social Interaction; (b) Accessibility of Services; and, (c) Impact of Personal Relationships. Results indicate that certain factors related to rural life and location affected parents' experiences with Best Start services. Drawing on the broadly defined concept of accessibility, implications for rural service delivery are discussed and recommendations for practice and future research are presented.

Transforming governance patterns: challenges and opportunities for voluntary sector policy capacity

2018 ◽  
pp. 318-330
Author(s):  
Rachel Laforest
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
New Governance ◽  
Policy System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Policy Capacity ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Service Delivery Systems ◽  
Representation Of Interests

Governance dynamics such as contracting, partnerships, networks and privatization have transformed the policy system into complex mix of networks and providers from the public, private and voluntary sectors. This chapter examines how voluntary organizations are contributing to policy in this new governance context and whether they have the policy capacity to sustain that contribution. The integration and realignment of service delivery systems holds great promise for voluntary organizations to balance their service delivery role with the democratic role of representation (which has too often been neglected over the years). User-centred and place-based models legitimize experiential evidence recognises the importance of the representation of interests in the very design and evaluation of programs. The challenge will continue to be the lack of stable and sustainable financing sources to support the capacity of voluntary organizations.

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