Meaning of initiative in English

From the Cambridge English Corpus 
joint initiative
Measures are being taken to reduce the number of hoax calls in a joint initiative between emergency services and telephone operating companies.
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legislative initiative
However, temporary appointments could be transformed into permanent ones through legislative initiative.
From the Cambridge English Corpus 
local initiative
We see it as a bridge between global concern and local initiative.
From the Cambridge English Corpus 
major initiative
The third major initiative of the government was to add more value to cocoa by expanding local processing.
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management initiative
Is that not much more important than the rest of the financial management initiative?
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marketing initiative
The marketing initiative is frequently changed to meet new marketing conditions.
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Hansard archive
new initiative
This can make study findings appear redundant as the health service rushes on to experiment with the next new initiative.
From the Cambridge English Corpus 
outreach initiative
These include confidential advice and support help lines, a network of equal opportunities advisers, equality training programmes and outreach initiatives.
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peace initiative
It is not yet clear if the charter is a serious peace initiative.
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philanthropic initiative
The first phase of liberal social policy supported a dual model with a strong call for self-help and philanthropic initiatives.
From the Cambridge English Corpus 
policy initiative
On financial services, the policy initiative was in the hands of the corporate lobbyists who pushed for a project which was eventually implemented.
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prevention initiative
We are concerned also that the lessons of the drug prevention initiative on interventions in the criminal justice system should be taken forward.
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private initiative
Thus, the system acted as a brake on private initiative and was an obstacle to the development of the telephone.
From the Cambridge English Corpus 
proposed initiative
However, care should be taken to ensure that the proposed initiative is not by its own momentum transformed into another institution.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English 
recent initiative
If he will make a statement on his recent initiative for relief of international debt.
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Hansard archive
research initiative
Stakeholders were approached by introductory e-mail, which detailed this as a research initiative, stating that their involvement would be anonymous and that results would be published.
From the Cambridge English Corpus 
strategic defence initiative
This applies equally to strategic defence initiative research and defence research.
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Hansard archive
strategic initiative
When a situation has been especially important or pivotal to the party's fortunes, party leaders have not hesitated to use election contests as a strategic initiative.