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The MSA British Rallycross Championship held at Lydden Hill on 16th March 2013
I have wanted to visit Lydden Hill circuit for a long time, but clashes with other events have always got in the way. Therefore once I saw this event advertised, I booked it up in my diary straightaway.
Lydden Hill circuit is situated in a very picturesque part of Kent, just off the A2 not far from Canterbury. I read somewhere that Lydden Hill is the shortest racetrack in the UK. The circuit is entered by a small lane just off the London bound carriageway of the A2. The entrance booths are immediately in front of the new arrivals and we found that we could either park up behind the paddock area or on a banked field from which you can view most of the track from the comfort of your own car. We elected to park up by the track overlooking the Dover Slope.
The track is draped into a shallow valley, with the highest point at the hairpin North Bend before dropping back down the the valley floor. The track is small, you can easily walk around the whole perimeter in less than twenty minutes, which would have been a delightful experience on most days, however this Saturday wasn't one of these. The strength of the wind made even opening the car door a challenge, but once combined with constant heavy showers, the ice cold rain coming horizontally at you for most of the day was particularly unpleasant.
At least we were able to take cover in the car during the worst of the weather. We felt sorry for the driver of a car which span out in the main grass area in front of the Dover Slope. His car was well away from the track so the organisers had obviously deemed it to be safe to be left until the end of the session before sending the recovery truck. Unfortunately for the poor driver, this meant that he had to stand out in the storm at the nearest Marshall station without any shelter or even a coat.
This wasn't the only weather induced problem. Everything got so wet in the morning that I found that the little joystick control on my 7D camera stopped working, so I was unable to adjust the focus point selection for the rest of the day. Luckily once it was well and truly dried out, it started working again the following day.
The actual racing seemed to be very suited to these miserable conditions. Rallycross is a fast, furious event with each race held over three short laps and consisting at grids of up to half a dozen cars. Each race pitches a selection of equal performance cars together, which ensures that most of the races are fiercely competed right up to the flag. The fact that each driver has to take a joker lap, once in each race, which involved taking Pilgrims bend before returning to the loose surface part of the track, means that you only know the likely finishing order, once everyone is on the final part of the last lap.
The positive parts of the day.
The car control displayed by the drivers; very impressive.
The speed generated by the higher powered cars around the whole lap was; very impressive.
The preparation and of the sophistication of the cars; very impressive
The atmosphere around the circuit and in the paddock was very friendly and welcoming.
The negatives of the day
The weather, the weather and the weather.
The lack of information, the programme didn't have a running order or any timings so we were uncertain as to what was actually on track at any point, didn't know whether there was a lunch break and wasn't even sure as to when the last race was scheduled for. This problem was not helped by the lack of any PA announcements or commentary for most of the day.
Would I attend another event at Lydden Hill? Yes, absolutely, but next time I will check the weather forecast first.
Silk programme for The Queen Mother's 80th Birthday, August 1980 www.roh.org.uk/about/roh-collections
In the 1980s (?) the TV programme Highway, hosted by Sir Harry Secombe, visited Arbroath. The producer of every episode, Bill Ward (left), is pictured with Sir Harry and Arbroath's Father Bill Ward.
59th ABU General Assembly and Associated Meetings 2022
25 November - 30 November 2022
New Delhi, India
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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
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
Monica Mason and Christopher Newton talk about their production of The Sleeping Beauty, 2017. Still from an exclusive film available in your digital programme.
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
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
A programme for the event held at Central Hall Westminster.
Children from the Harpenden an Brackley Branches of The National Children's Home entertained and sung at the event.
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.
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.
Strength in numbers - The number of female police officers doubled in the past three years, enabling more accessible and comfortable service delivery for women.
Orientation Programme 2022, 1st semester Welcome Session to New Exchange Students at Iscte, on the 8th of september 2022.
Fotografia de Hugo Alexandre Cruz.
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.
Programme for performance by the Royal English Opera during their 1863–4 season at Covent Garden www.roh.org.uk/about/roh-collections
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.