Certified Financial Planner is an international financial industry designation for professionals who provide holistic financial planning services. To earn the designation, professionals must pass a comprehensive examination and earn a minimum amount of relevant work experience. Maintaining certification requires professionals to engage in continuing education and to meet rigorous competency, ethics and practice standards on an ongoing basis. There are more than 126,000 Certified Financial Planners in 23 countries around the world.
A call for proposals is a process commonly used by government bodies to select companies that will be awarded funding to carry out specific projects. Under the process, the government invites interested and qualified candidates to submit applications for funding, in which they outline in detail the proposed project and the way the funding will be used. Applications are then assessed and ranked against a set of predetermined criteria, with the highest-ranking proposals receiving the funding.
A call for papers is a process commonly used in the academic world to select speakers to present at educational conferences or to select articles for publication in an academic journal. When pertaining to a conference, a call for papers is an invitation for speakers to submit applications outlining a presentation that they propose to give on a specific topic, along with biographical information and a list of previous speaking engagements. A panel of experts typically selects a winning proposal based on a set of predetermined criteria. When pertaining to an academic journal, a call for papers is an invitation to submit research articles for publication.
The common fisheries policy is the European Union policy through which countries in the region collaboratively manage fisheries. This policy aims to achieve a thriving and sustainable European fishing industry. It features rules pertaining to trade, the industry's sustainability and the size of the European fishing fleet. The policy also provides funding for sustainability initiatives and scientific research and data collection relevant to the industry.
Canadian Family Physician is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by the College of Family Physicians of Canada, the professional association and legal certifying body for the specialty of family medicine in Canada. The journal is published monthly in both English and French. It features content written by experts and industry practitioners that addresses a range of current issues in the discipline of family medicine, such as research pieces, clinical trial information and practice tips for family physicians.