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After WWII, it must really suck to have held on to this one dinky and rather unimposing building. Then again, if the Germans built, in A'dam, something like they did in NYC, I'm sure the Dutch would have had a fit. (Anyone who's seen the NYC one knows what I'm talking about. AUCHTUNG, BABY!)
New Yorkers previewed 33 unique timepieces by the world's best known watchmakers at a VIP reception at Antiquorum hosted by the Consulate General of Monaco. The watches are destined for the 5th edition of the ONLY WATCH charity auction in Monaco on September 28 to benefit Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. (c) Consulate General of Monaco/ S.Vreeland
English Language Fellow, Blaire Creamer Hart, conducted a two-day workshop on Communicative Language Teaching at the American Corner in Hyderabad, India on May 26-27, 2016. The workshop was organized by the U.S. Consulate in Hyderabad and the Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiya Foundation (called M.V. Foundation or MVF), a leading organization in India’s movement for child rights. MVF operates several bridge schools (institutions aimed at bringing back dropouts and out of school children into educational systems) in various Indian states. It also works closely with the government on issues of children’s rights and teacher training. The attendees at the workshop were MVF bridge school teachers and teacher trainers who possessed varying levels of English proficiency and were interested in learning how to integrate communicative activities into their lessons.
Catalina Restrepo, Director, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Medellín, Colombia; James Njoroge Muchiri, Deputy Governor, Nairobi City County, Kenya; Jeff Merritt, Head of Centre for Urban Transformation; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum; Jonas Brunschwig, Consul General of Switzerland in San Francisco, Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco, USA; Jonathan Reckford, Chief Executive Officer, Habitat for Humanity (HFH) International, USA; Michiel Dijkman, Chief Executive Officer, Economic Board Utrecht, Netherlands; Noridah Abdul Rahim, Director-General, Ministry of Federal Territories of Malaysia; Patrick Marmen, Chief of Staff, Bureau du design, Ville de Montréal, Canada; Sarah Dennis-Phillips, Planning Director, San Francisco Planning Department, City of San Francisco, USA; speaking in Executive Roundtable: Driving High-Quality Urban Development session at the Urban Transformation Summit 2025 in San Francisco, USA, 21/10/2025, 13:30 – 17:00, 23 - City Hall. Room 201. Copyright: World Economic Forum
NBA Africa dedication of the new Boys & Girls Club in Soweto and the following reception at the US Consulate in Johannesburg.
A lively reception was held at the British Residence on 7 May, celebrating the laudable efforts of Jack’s PACK, a charity which raises money for children fighting cancer.
NBA Africa dedication of the new Boys & Girls Club in Soweto and the following reception at the US Consulate in Johannesburg.