And then there are many federally financed initiatives that have been forced to make cuts, large and small, to cope with the new budget reality.

John Sperling is also an opponent of drug prohibition and is actively financing initiatives to decriminalize medical marijuana in the United States.

The federal government has begun to finance "faith-based initiatives."

The fund, whose creation was announced last October, is the latest move in a growing effort by corporations to finance private initiatives to improve the nation's schools.

One important goal is to find new ways to finance individual initiatives seen as alternatives to mainstream business and government offerings, projects often turned down by other finance institutions.

All three programmes finance different initiatives and projects supporting drug users through training opportunities, employment support, and/or housing.

The acute shortages of public funds for basic education in Zambia over the past decade have led to an increasing reliance on external aid to finance educational initiatives.

It has already financed several initiatives to combat child labour, especially in Africa.

Moreover, the Commission is also financing initiatives aimed at ensuring that Darfurian society is involved in and committed to the process of conflict resolution.

Structural and pre-accession funds should be more efficiently used to finance such initiatives.