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The Civil Society Programme took place on Wednesday 11 May and Thursday 12 May and provided an opportunity for dialogue between civil society and EBRD staff, senior management, the President and Board Directors. It was an occasion for civil society stakeholders to learn more about the Bank and discuss issues of interest and concern regarding the EBRD’s policies and investment projects.
The Programme also featured multi-stakeholder roundtable sessions on key strategic themes related to the role of civil society as an important actor in transition and development processes. Special features of the Civil Society Programme 2016 were discussions on:
•25 years of Transition - The Role of Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
•Engaging civil society to promote transparent procurement
•EBRD’s Strategy for the Promotion of Gender Equality (2016-2020): the role of civil society
•Inclusion through skills and innovatiom
In addition, a panel organised by the youth organisation AIESEC looked at the role of youth in shaping the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
25 years of Transition: The Role of Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
A fire-side chat with Sergei Guriev, Professor of Economics, Sciences Po (incoming EBRD Chief Economist)
Civil society, operating in the space between public and private sectors, has played an important role in socio-political and economic transition processes around the world, including the EBRD’s traditional countries of operations. In 25 years since the establishment of the EBRD, civil society’s contribution to transition has varied across the post-communist transition region. In some countries, the work of civil society organisations (CSOs) has contributed to more democratic political systems and more open market based economies as a ‘reputational actor’ performing a ‘watchdog’ function and as a generator of ‘social capital’ necessary to sustain the change process through the difficult early years. In other countries, the focus of CSOs has been on providing a variety of social services particularly to disadvantaged and vulnerable people negatively affected by the transition process. Many civil society actors have been operating in restrictive regulatory environments, and have relied heavily on international donor funding.
What has been civil society’s input into promoting good governance, sustainable development and economic inclusion in EBRD’s traditional region over the past few decades? What are the key lessons learned, from both its successes and failures that can be applied to other countries embarking on a transition process? What steps could be taken to increase the role of civil society in promoting positive changes in societies and economies?
The discussion looked back at the key achievements and setbacks of the civil society sector in contributing to transition since the Bank’s establishment. It also reflected upon the challenges ahead for civil society in building well-governed, sustainable and inclusive economies and societies.
Leadership Development Programme (LDP), Pillar 2: People and Organization Management - Opening Event held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 27 June 2023
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
Strength in numbers - The number of female police officers doubled in the past three years, enabling more accessible and comfortable service delivery for women.
The Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) currently includes almost 100 Issuing Banks in the EBRD region and more than 800 Confirming Banks worldwide. The event gave EBRD confirming and issuing banks the opportunity to review and discuss industry challenges and opportunities with leading specialists, including International Chamber of Commerce and Chief Economist Office. It also featured 25th anniversary award ceremony which will recognize most active banks in EBRD Countries of Operations.
14:30 – 14:45 Opening and Welcome Speeches
• Alexander Saveliev, Director, Financial Institutions, EBRD
• Rudolf Putz, Head of Trade Facilitation Programme, EBRD
14:50 – 15:30 Panel Discussion: Development of Trade & Trade Finance - SEMED
Moderator: Kamola Makhmudova, Senior Banker, EBRD
• Alexander Plekhanov, Office of the Chief Economist, EBRD
• Hanane El Boury, Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP), the Kingdom of Morocco
• Ahmed Benyahya, BMCE Bank, the Kingdom of Morocco
• Hossam Mustafa Rageh, Commercial International Bank (CIB), the Arab Republic of Egypt
• Anas AlMasri, Bank Al Etihad, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 15:30 –
15:50 – 16:30 Panel Discussion: EBRD’s new Partner Banks
Moderator: Marco Nindl, Principal Banker, EBRD
• Sally Hamdalla, QNB Alahli, the Arab Republic of Egypt
• Malliotis Achilleas, Eurobank Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus
• Vladislav Berezhny, Credit Agricole Bank, Ukraine
• Ahu Heper Dolu, Fibabanka, Republic of Turkey
• Andrew Wood, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, the United Kingdom
16:35 – 17:15 Panel Discussion: Trade Finance Solutions for Imports of Energy Efficient Machinery & Equipment – Gaps and Constraints
Moderator: Terry McCallion, Director, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change, EBRD
• Sergiy Kostogryz, Raiffeisen Bank Aval, Ukraine
• Gagik Sahakyan, Ameriabank, Armenia
• Maria Mogilnaya, Associate Banker, EBRD
• Holger Kautzky, Commerzbank
• Eugenia Zhiglova, KBC Bank
17:35 – 18:10 TFP Annual Awards Ceremony
Hosted by Nick Tesseyman, Managing Director, Financial Institutions, EBRD
Congratulations from Ambassador Chih-Kung Liu, Head of the Taipei Representative Office in the UK
"William Booth College at Champion Park, Denmark Hill in the London Borough of Southwark, is the headquarters of The Salvation Army leadership and officer training which delivers education and training programmes for the United Kingdom. Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the college is a memorial to William Booth; it is Grade ll listed.
"The college was proposed by William Booth's son Bramwell just after his father William's death, as a tribute to him. On 8 July 1929, the college was officially opened by HRH Prince George."
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Programme for performance by the Royal English Opera during their 1863–4 season at Covent Garden www.roh.org.uk/about/roh-collections
The London East Asia Film Festival's programme launch was held at Electric Cinema in Notting Hill on 12th September.
We are incredibly excited to have announced our programme. The Fortress is being screened as our Opening Gala at Odeon Leicester Square as an international premiere. We are thrilled to say that there will be a Q+A with Director Hwang Dong-hyuk and Actor Lee Byung-hun! Our Closing Gala, Outrage Coda, directed by Takeshi Kitano is a must see, action-packed film which we are honoured to be screening at our festival this year. LEAFF’s Festival Director, Hyejung Jeon, gave an inspiring speech at the beginning of our press launch to start out festival season off with a bang.
You can discover our full programme on our website. www.leaff.org.uk/programme-2/
Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) Summit 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
JOINT MEDIA ADVISORY
Women Empowerment and Political Participation in Africa: Emerging Issues from African Female Parliamentarians from Countries due for Elections in 2015,2016 and Beyond
24 March 2015 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
What: Breakfast Meeting on Emerging issues on the Participation of Women in Elections in Africa, at the margin of the Women in Parliament Global Forum Annual Summit 2015.
Who: African Union Commission in collaboration the United Nations Development Programme Regional Service Centre for Africa (UNDP-RSCA)
When: Tuesday 24th March 2015 – at 07:30 a.m – 10:00 a.m.
Where: African Union New Conference Center – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Objectives: The Meeting aims to create a targeted networking and experience sharing platform for women Members of Parliament (MPs) from countries due for elections in 2015, 2016 and beyond and tosensitize them on issues of parliamentary development, elections and transformative leadership
Background:
The African Union Commission (AUC) with the technical support of UNDP-RSC, through the Bureau of the Chairperson is implementing the project’ Building an Enabling Environment for Women’s Economic Empowerment and Political Participation in Africa. The project has four outcomesof which one is on Increased Participation of Women in Decision Making.
In 2014, the AUC/UNDP project participated in the Women in Parliament Global Forum(WIP)in held in Kigali, Rwanda. During WIP Summit, women parliamentarians adopted Kigali Declaration that calls on world leaders and parliamentarians to improve education and healthcare levels, combat poverty and gender-based violence, as well as discriminatory practices and attitudes.
In light of that, and the fact that a number of African countries, which due for elections in 2015, 2016 and 2017, are still below 20 per cent in women parliament representation, and taking advantage of the Women in Parliament Global Forum (WIP) Annual Summit 2015, to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 23-25 March 2015, under the theme “New Leadership for Global Challenges”, the AUC will convene a breakfast meeting on Emerging issues on the Participation of Women in Elections in Africa, at the margin of WIP Summit.
This meeting will provide an opportunity for the AUC supported by its partners such as UNDP and others, to push further, the agenda to increase women’s participation in decision making and politics, with Parliament as one key area where the numbers of women need to be increased.
The meeting will target prospective candidates, already sitting; civil society organisations specialized in women’s political participation and young women to ensure that women from countries due for elections in 2015 and 2016 and beyond have a platform for targeted networking, campaign tactics, engagement of media and how to finance for elections.
In addition, the side event will contribute towards the women’s increased awareness of the benefits of cross-party alliances, through amongst others, women’s caucuses which have been successful in a pushing for progressive laws, policies and gender responsive budgets in a number of countries This also points to the fact that increased participation of women in key governance institutions such as Parliament contributes to the global and Africa’s development agenda.
Media representatives are invited to cover the event.
Attached is the draft program of event.
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Official closing event of the UN-NYG Mentoring Programme, held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 8 March 2019
Speech by Mentors and Mentees
Ms Patricia Gody-Kain - Mentor
Mr Christophe Xerri - Mentor
Ms Johanna Slaets - Mentee
Mr Joseph Hiess - Mentee
Ms Melissa Buerbaumer - Mentor
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
UN NYG OFFICERS:
Chirayu Batra - President
Denis Subbotnitskiy - Vice President
Kirsten Virginia Glenn - Communications and Liaison Officer
Marianne Nari Fisher – Treasurer
Babatunde Adigun – Programme Manager
Amelia Lee Zhi Yi - Mentoring Coordinator
Rong Liu - Intern Coordinator
The UN-NYG Mentoring Programme is a project initiated by the UN-NYG and led by Ms Amelia Lee Zhi Yi, the UN-NYG Mentoring Coordinator. The programme is implemented with support from the IAEA Office of the Deputy Director General, Ms Mary Alice Hayward, Head of the Department of Management.
The key vision of the mentoring programme is to act as a platform for IAEA staff to strengthen their professional skills at the workplace and improve networking capacity through the cultivation of cross departmental and generational relationships.
The goals of the Mentoring Programme are to:
1. Strengthen staff resources through mutual learning experiences for mentors and mentees, to nurture high performance leaders with the capacity to “give back” at the workplace
2.Develop self-sustaining professional relationships between mentors and mentees that narrow the gap between different departments and age groups at the IAEA
The Civil Society Programme took place on Wednesday 11 May and Thursday 12 May and provided an opportunity for dialogue between civil society and EBRD staff, senior management, the President and Board Directors. It was an occasion for civil society stakeholders to learn more about the Bank and discuss issues of interest and concern regarding the EBRD’s policies and investment projects.
The Programme also featured multi-stakeholder roundtable sessions on key strategic themes related to the role of civil society as an important actor in transition and development processes. Special features of the Civil Society Programme 2016 were discussions on:
•25 years of Transition - The Role of Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
•Engaging civil society to promote transparent procurement
•EBRD’s Strategy for the Promotion of Gender Equality (2016-2020): the role of civil society
•Inclusion through skills and innovatiom
In addition, a panel organised by the youth organisation AIESEC looked at the role of youth in shaping the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
25 years of Transition: The Role of Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
A fire-side chat with Sergei Guriev, Professor of Economics, Sciences Po (incoming EBRD Chief Economist)
Civil society, operating in the space between public and private sectors, has played an important role in socio-political and economic transition processes around the world, including the EBRD’s traditional countries of operations. In 25 years since the establishment of the EBRD, civil society’s contribution to transition has varied across the post-communist transition region. In some countries, the work of civil society organisations (CSOs) has contributed to more democratic political systems and more open market based economies as a ‘reputational actor’ performing a ‘watchdog’ function and as a generator of ‘social capital’ necessary to sustain the change process through the difficult early years. In other countries, the focus of CSOs has been on providing a variety of social services particularly to disadvantaged and vulnerable people negatively affected by the transition process. Many civil society actors have been operating in restrictive regulatory environments, and have relied heavily on international donor funding.
What has been civil society’s input into promoting good governance, sustainable development and economic inclusion in EBRD’s traditional region over the past few decades? What are the key lessons learned, from both its successes and failures that can be applied to other countries embarking on a transition process? What steps could be taken to increase the role of civil society in promoting positive changes in societies and economies?
The discussion looked back at the key achievements and setbacks of the civil society sector in contributing to transition since the Bank’s establishment. It also reflected upon the challenges ahead for civil society in building well-governed, sustainable and inclusive economies and societies.
The Standard Assessment of Mitigation Potential and Livelihoods in Smallholder Systems (SAMPLES) Program aims to identify pro-poor mitigation options in smallholder farming systems, focusing on opportunities to both benefit farmers’ food security and contribute to climate change mitigation.
Photo: Training SAMPLES students from Maseno University in the field in Nyando District, western Kenya.
Leadership Development Programme (LDP), Pillar 2: People and Organization Management - Opening Event held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 27 June 2023
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
The Civil Society Programme took place from Thursday 14 May through Friday 15 May. The Programme in 2015 introduced a new approach to the flagship event of the EBRD engagement with civil society.
For the first time, CSOs had the chance to shape the Civil Society Programme through a social media consultation. In addition, CSOs were invited to submit proposals for the organisation of discussion panels dedicated to issues of specific interest to the Caucasus region and stakeholders in the EBRD.
The Civil Society Programme took place on Wednesday 11 May and Thursday 12 May and provided an opportunity for dialogue between civil society and EBRD staff, senior management, the President and Board Directors. It was an occasion for civil society stakeholders to learn more about the Bank and discuss issues of interest and concern regarding the EBRD’s policies and investment projects.
The Programme also featured multi-stakeholder roundtable sessions on key strategic themes related to the role of civil society as an important actor in transition and development processes. Special features of the Civil Society Programme 2016 were discussions on:
•25 years of Transition - The Role of Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
•Engaging civil society to promote transparent procurement
•EBRD’s Strategy for the Promotion of Gender Equality (2016-2020): the role of civil society
•Inclusion through skills and innovatiom
In addition, a panel organised by the youth organisation AIESEC looked at the role of youth in shaping the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
25 years of Transition: The Role of Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
A fire-side chat with Sergei Guriev, Professor of Economics, Sciences Po (incoming EBRD Chief Economist)
Civil society, operating in the space between public and private sectors, has played an important role in socio-political and economic transition processes around the world, including the EBRD’s traditional countries of operations. In 25 years since the establishment of the EBRD, civil society’s contribution to transition has varied across the post-communist transition region. In some countries, the work of civil society organisations (CSOs) has contributed to more democratic political systems and more open market based economies as a ‘reputational actor’ performing a ‘watchdog’ function and as a generator of ‘social capital’ necessary to sustain the change process through the difficult early years. In other countries, the focus of CSOs has been on providing a variety of social services particularly to disadvantaged and vulnerable people negatively affected by the transition process. Many civil society actors have been operating in restrictive regulatory environments, and have relied heavily on international donor funding.
What has been civil society’s input into promoting good governance, sustainable development and economic inclusion in EBRD’s traditional region over the past few decades? What are the key lessons learned, from both its successes and failures that can be applied to other countries embarking on a transition process? What steps could be taken to increase the role of civil society in promoting positive changes in societies and economies?
The discussion looked back at the key achievements and setbacks of the civil society sector in contributing to transition since the Bank’s establishment. It also reflected upon the challenges ahead for civil society in building well-governed, sustainable and inclusive economies and societies.
Programme for a performance of Romeo and Juliet by Bolshoi Ballet in 1956 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden www.roh.org.uk/about/roh-collections
The Greener Business Asia (GBA) project, under the ILO/Japan Multi-bilateral Programme, assists enterprises in fulfilling their role as driving forces towards the shift towards more equitable and sustainable economies. The project aims at strengthening support systems for enterprises to undertake process of bottom-up improvement through mechanisms of worker-employer cooperation. A set of practical tools and training programs for enterprises and service providers have been developed and delivered in the hotel and manufacturing sectors. Participating enterprises have secured gains in resource productivity and general environmental management, better workplace conditions, including Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), and overall competitiveness.
Read more on our Green Jobs Community of Practice: apgreenjobs.ilo.org/project/greener-business-asia
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At the Malay Heritage Centre informing the visitors and public of the coming events and activities along Kandahar Street, Kampong Glam.
Towcester Greyhounds First Ever Trials - by James Rudd at Towcester Racecourse, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, on 19 November 2014.
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2 pages of Bedlington Adverts in the Programme from the Ladies Supporters Club of Dr. Pit Band concert.
I recently got the job of scanning a batch of football programmes, magazines and comics for sale on www.ebay.co.uk under the seller name of the_genies_cave. I thought that they might have a wider interest. Further, I discovered a Flickr group dedicated to them!