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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.
Storyville: Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer wins Best Documentary Programme at the Broadcast Awards 2015 (Roast Beef TV for BBC Four)
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!
The cricket pavilion at Roberts Park, home to the Saltaire club, members of the JCT600 Bradford Cricket League. It dates from 1869, when the club was formed. The historic structure received a makeover in 2001. It is part of the Saltaire World Heritage Site. Pictured before Saltaire's first victory of the season, a three-wicket success, obtained with six balls to spare, over fellow Division One strugglers Farsley. The groundsman, their work on wicket and outfield complete, take a breather in the sun.
Match statistics: Farsley 265-6 off 50 overs (Daniel Hodgson 147, Gregory Pickles 44, Jack Holland 39, Adil Mustafa 3-70) 8pts lost to Saltaire 268-7 off 49 overs (Shoukat Ali 61, Asif Ayub 61, Tariq Mehboob 55, Mohammed Munir 25no) 18pts by three wickets. Saltaire won the toss and elected to field. Free admission. Programme (14pp) by donation. Attendance: 32 (plus numerous park users passing through as the day wore on!).
Saltaire Cricket Club has played in the 14-acre Roberts Park since formation in 1869. The Green Flag-awarded park did not open until 1871, but the cricketers played on as construction work continued around them. The club joined the Bradford Cricket League in 1905, two years after it was established. Famous ex-players include former Lancashire and Warwickshire medium pacer Sydney Barnes (1873-1967) and former England, Auckland, Essex and Surrey spin bowler Jim Laker (1922-1986).
Photo by Julian Paul www.julian-paul.com
The foyer of HKW is transformed for this year’s festival in collaboration with raumlaborberlin into a living social space with a rich programme of theoretical and hands-on workshops, discussions and participatory projects. Artists, researchers and technology activists are invited with the audience to formulate constructive responses to the questions and dilemmas posed by the ‘capture all’ society.
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.
Orientation Programme 2022, 1st semester Welcome Session to New Exchange Students at Iscte, on the 8th of september 2022.
Fotografia de Hugo Alexandre Cruz.
participants in the IGU Greenkeeper Education Programme on a visit to the Ft. William GC with the Victoria Memorial in the background - November
Faculty of Economics and Management Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
Mecanoo Architects, Delft.
Programme : 23,500 m2 faculty building for 5,000 students and 400 employees including 4 lecture halls, 12 small lecture halls, offices, restaurant, meeting areas with multimedia facilities
design 1991 -1992 – realization 1993 -1995
From the beginning of the 1960s Utrecht University campus has been located outside the city, on the De Uithof terrain. A master plan by OMA/Rem Koolhaas from the early 1990s designated zones to be filled with high-density development to spare the landscape. Each zone has been given a character of its own. The Faculty for Economics and Management, for five thousand students and four hundred staff, lies in a zone known as the ‘Casbah’. Based on the notion of this traditional North African form of settlement, the long shallow building has only three storeys with a neutral facade enclosing a sheltered world of patios, rooms, halls, footbridges, stairs and leisure places.
The building, which has a rectangular basic form, is a system of constantly converging or connecting spaces. Groups of students can walk around the building with ease. The corridors and passages are framed by the classrooms and offices. The entrance area is the assembly area or congress zone. It consists of a large open space in which the lecture rooms appear to hang. The balconies between these closed boxes, the staggered layers and connecting links are places for the students to meet casually or enjoy a moment of leisure. Focal points such as the multimedia centre and the restaurant are located on the ground floor. Light enters the building via three large patios with different layouts. In the largest patio luxuriant bamboo suggests a jungle, while the other two are more calm – a Zen garden and a ‘water’ patio provide a glimpse of the charming landscapes.
The facade has various forms – sometimes exposed and sometimes with a veil or skin. Facades of cement slabs are concealed behind steel grids and wooden lattices in seemingly random trellis patterns. Other parts of the facade have their entire breadth covered with gigantic blinds, a series of moveable aluminium lamellas.
The Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) currently includes over 100 issuing banks in the EBRD regions and more than 800 confirming banks worldwide. The event gave 150 guests the opportunity to review and discuss current market challenges with key industry specialists, regulators and representatives from the World Trade Organization, the International Chamber of Commerce HQ and the local, national International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) committees industry. It also featured the highly popular annual award ceremony for ‘The Most Active EBRD TFP Banks’ and ‘Deal of the Year’, co-hosted with the “Financial Times Special Editions”.
Moderators
Anna Brod
Principal Banker, EBRD
Kamola Makhmudova
Associate Director, Senior Banker, TFP, EBRD
Rudolf Putz
Head Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP), EBRD
Speakers
Marc Auboin
Counsellor, World Trade Organization
Faycal Badawi
Director of Foreign Banking Relations & Trade Financing, BMCE Bank Of Africa
Chafic Haddad
Head of EMEA, Financial Institutions, Citi
Andrea Hauptmann
Executive Director, Head of Guarantees Department, Raiffeisen Bank International AG
William Howarth
President, International Compliance Association
Alan Ketley
Managing Director, Global AML Advisory, MUFG
Hans Krohn
Regional Head CIS, Commerzbank AG
David Yung-Lo Lin
Representative, Taipei Representative Office in the UK
Francis Malige
Managing Director Financial Institutions Group, EBRD
Jelena Moraca
Corporate Strategy & Transactional Banking Department Deputy m, Eurobank A. D.
Ulf-Peter Noetzel
Global Head of Trade Finance Financial Institutions, Deutsche Bank AG
Vincent O'Brien
Chair, ICC Banking Commission
Selma Omić
COO - Member of the Management Board, Addiko Bank dd
Lakis Pantelides
Manager Trade Services, Bank of Cyprus Group
Sanela Pašić
CEO - President of the Management Board, Addiko Bank dd
Elena Ristevska
Senior Officer, Komercijalna Banka AD Skopje
Senad Softić
Governor, Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina
THE UK COACH RALLY IS AT BLACKPOOL THIS WEEKEND, SHAME ABOUT THE WEATHER!
AS I AM UNLIKELY TO ATTEND ANY MORE COACH RALLIES I HAVE SCANNED THE COVERS AND PAGES OF INTEREST OF PREVIOUS RALLIES BEFORE I DISPOSE OF THEM.
2019年度實習計劃 — 與秘書處部門主管茶敘
2019年度实习计划 — 与秘书处部门主管茶叙
2019 internship programme - Tea gatherings with Heads of Divisions (2019.06.25)