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18 March 2024, Capacity Lab Integration. Building inclusive communities
Belgium - Mons - March 2024
© European Union / Giedrė Daugėlaitė
Capacity building session 1: Plant species conservation planning
Sessions de renforcement des capacités 1: Planification de la conservation des espèces végétales
Ulcinj (Montenegro) - 24 October 2016
1st Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week “Building a regional network to conserve plants and cultural diversity”
1re Semaine de la conservation des plantes méditerranéennes “Construction d’un réseau régional pour la conservation de la diversité culturelle et végétale”
Photo by Pilar Valbuena for The IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation.
More information on 1st Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week, please visit:
www.medplantsweek.uicnmed.org/
If you use one of our photos, please credit it accordingly and let us know. You can reach us through our Flickr account or at: lourdes.lazaro@iucn.org
Capacity Sud. Laboratorio Project Cycle Management (PCM)
Una metodologia europea per migliorare le capacità di progettazione delle amministrazioni pubbliche
Biblioteca Comunale Pietro Acclavio Via Salinella 31, Taranto
16-17 ottobre 2014
18 March 2024, Capacity Lab Gender Equality. Strategies and approaches to improve gender parity in politics
Belgium - Mons - March 2024
© European Union / Jérôme Van Belle - WBI
The idea of the halftrack, which combined the capacity and speed of a truck with the mobility of a tank, gained favor with several armies in the 1930s, namely Germany and the United States. In 1938, the US Army contracted with the White Motor Company to convert one of its M3 Scout Cars (known better as the "White Scout Car") to a halftrack. Results were not all that favorable, and the Army went back to the drawing board. A purpose-built halftrack by Firestone, the M2, was better and put into production, but the Army felt the M2 was too short. White was once more approached about a lengthened version of the M2, designated M3. The Army was finally satisfied with the result and ordered it into production in 1940.
As the United States was likely to enter World War II at some point, the M3 used as many commercially available parts as possible, including its drivetrain and engine. The M3 had good road speed (up to 45 mph), could carry a squad of troops or nine tons of cargo, and was reliable, aside from issues with the track sprockets, which were quickly rectified in the field. Though by no means meant to engage in pitched battle, the M3 was given adequate armament in the form of a pintle-mounted M2HB .50 caliber machine gun, and provision for two smaller M1919 .30 caliber machine guns attached to the rear deck. Space was at a premium, but lockers were installed beneath the infantry seating for ammunition and equipment.
One thing that the M3 was not was armored. Though it did have some armor, the vehicle did not stop bullets above rifle caliber, if that. After the debacle at Kasserine Pass in February 1943, the M3 got the derisive nickname "Purple Heart Box." In the movie "Patton," General Omar Bradley (played by Karl Malden) relates that he asked a soldier if German machine gun bullets went straight through the M3. The soldier replied that they did not--they went through one side and "rattled around." Though it was not Bradley who actually related this story to Patton (in real life, Bradley correctly reflected that the M3 had been poorly used by untrained troops at Kasserine), it was true. The fighting compartment was also open-topped, which left it vulnerable to the cold of winter and the heat of a grenade.
That aside, the M3 overcame its detractors and turned out to be one of the war-winners for the Allies. Over 65,000 would be built by White Motors, Autocar, Diamond T and International Harvester, and were adapted in to several dozen different variants, namely antitank gun carriers and mobile antiaircraft guns. As the former (the T12 and T30), the M3 left a lot to be desired, but as the latter (M16 and M15A1), the M3 was superb--even if it ended up being used more in the antipersonnel role than against Axis aircraft. Many were supplied to the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union; the latter liked their M3s so much that they built their own version, which formed the basis for the BTR series used to modern times.
With so many halftracks produced, it was inevitable that they would be passed on to other armies and used after the war. Israel in particular loved the M3, and produced their own variants; IDF M3s were used as late as the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Several hundred still exist, and many are still operable.
This M3A1 is one built by Diamond T, and has been superbly maintained. This may be the only M3 I've photographed with a tarp covering the infantry compartment; it also has some extra jerry cans on the front fender. This halftrack represents one assigned to the 2nd Armored Division in 1944-1945, and is on display at the Tucson Military Museum.
Capacity building session 1: Plant species conservation planning
Sessions de renforcement des capacités 1: Planification de la conservation des espèces végétales
Ulcinj (Montenegro) - 24 October 2016
1st Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week “Building a regional network to conserve plants and cultural diversity”
1re Semaine de la conservation des plantes méditerranéennes “Construction d’un réseau régional pour la conservation de la diversité culturelle et végétale”
Photo by Pilar Valbuena for The IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation.
More information on 1st Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week, please visit:
www.medplantsweek.uicnmed.org/
If you use one of our photos, please credit it accordingly and let us know. You can reach us through our Flickr account or at: lourdes.lazaro@iucn.org
Welcome Reception, Global Conference on Cyber Capacity Building (GC3B) 2025, Geneva, Switzerland, May 13, 2025. Photo GC3B/Violaine Martin
2015 Dec 12-14
Cape Town, South Africa
Forty domestic workers participated in the second Africa regional capacity building workshop for English- speaking affiliates on December 12 – 14, 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa.
During the 3 days, the participants exchanged information on how they organize and communicate with their members. There was training specifically on communication skills, trade union principles and strategic planning methods.
Also, the participants had a chance to visit the housing project for domestic workers in Cape Town.
Source & photos: Myrtle Witbooi & Rey Rasing
ProAgro builds the capacity of government officials, workers, and employers through training and experience sharing. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, xxx/xxx/2024. Photo: Robel Kiros/ILO
Effective reporting, dissemination and use of Large-scale learning assessments: Capacity building workshop, 27-30 November 2018, Dakar (Senegal)
Project Director Dr. Anjal Prakash and Mr. Rajamohan from MARI (Modern Architects for Rural India) taking a session in the workshop.
Northern class 331 (331007 & 331004 'The Bradfordian') can be seen flying through Kirkstall Junction with one of the new 6 carriage diagrams for the line. Making for some much needed capacity on peak services.
331007 & 331004 - 2H63 1817 Skipton to Leeds.
26/06/2025
LFL at 12th & Pahoa
Squeezed in:
• Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes by Josie Fison & Felicity Dahl
• The Tamarack Tree by Patricia Clapp
APEC 2025 Third Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM3) and Related Meetings
CTI: CBNI 4: Capacity Building Workshop on Resilient Supply Chains
Mr. Scradam on visuals
starpause on audios
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