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New York, 17 July 2017 - Mr. Jitendra Shankar Mathur, Secretary of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, India.
‘The SDGs in Action: Eradicating Poverty and Promoting Inclusive Prosperity in a Changing World,’ a high level side event organized by the UN Development Group, in conjunction with the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2017), discussed how countries at various stages of development, including those faced with complex situations such as violent conflict and fragility are accelerating efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The theme of the HLPF, ‘Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world’ challenges the UN and Member States to hold true to the 2030 Agenda pledge to leave no one behind and to reach the furthest behind first.
Mr. Achim Steiner, UNDG Chair and UNDP Administrator highlighted on the need to pursue an integrated approach versus “cherry-picking” priority areas, where the UN can help identify synergies and trade-offs in different country contexts to determine interventions that yield benefits across several SDGs.
“The critical importance of leaving no one behind and reaching the furthest behind first: here the UN can help countries better understand and address inequalities in all their forms”.
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Modern architecture in Beijing
LINKED HYBRID, Beijing, China, 2003-2009
PROGRAM: 644 apartments, public green space, commercial zones, hotel, cinemateque, kindergarten, Montessori school, underground parking.
CLIENT: Modern Green Development Co., Ltd. Beijing
ARCHITECT: Steven Holl Architects, New York City and Beijing
SIZE: 221,426 sm
The 220,000 square meter pedestrian-oriented Linked Hybrid complex, sited adjacent to the site of old city wall of Beijing, aims to counter the current privatized urban developments in China by creating a new twenty-first century porous urban space, inviting and open to the public from every side. Filmic urban public space; around, over and through multifaceted spatial layers, as well as the many passages through the project, make the Linked Hybrid an "open city within a city". The project promotes interactive relations and encourages encounters in the public spaces that vary from commercial, residential, and educational to recreational. The entire complex is a three-dimensional urban space in which buildings on the ground, under the ground and over the ground are fused together. Geo-thermal wells (655 at 100 meters deep) provide Linked Hybrid with cooling in summer and heating in winter, and make it one of the largest green residential projects in the world.
The ground level offers a number of open passages for all people (residents and visitors) to walk through. These passages ensure a micro-urbanisms of small scale. Shops activate the urban space surrounding the large reflecting pond. On the intermediate level of the lower buildings, public roofs gardens offer tranquil green spaces, and at the top of the eight residential towers private roof gardens are connected to the penthouses. All public functions on the ground level, - including a restaurant, hotel, Montessori school, kindergarten, and cinema - have connections with the green spaces surrounding and penetrating the project. The elevator displaces like a "jump cut" to another series of passages on a higher levels. From the 12th to the 18th floor a multi-functional series of skybridges with a swimming pool, a fitness room, a café, a gallery, auditorium and a mini salon connects the eight residential towers and the hotel tower, and offers spectacular views over the unfolding city. Programmatically this loop aspires to be semi-lattice-like rather than simplistically linear. We hope the public sky-loop and the base-loop will constantly generate random relationships. They will function as social condensers resulting in a special experience of city life to both residents and visitors.
On September 2, 2014 the Universities at Shady Grove (USG) hosted Congressman John K. Delaney and the Honorable Thomas E. Perez, United States Secretary of Labor, for a forum on the topic of workforce development entitled, “Preparing Today for Tomorrow’s Success.” In addition to Congressman Delaney and Secretary Perez, panelists included: Dr. DeRionne P. Pollard, President of Montgomery College; Mr. Diego Uriburu, Executive Director of Identity Inc.; and Mr. Patrick J. Caulfield, co-owner of Coakley & Williams Construction Inc. The panel discussion was moderated by USG’s Executive Director, Dr. Stewart Edelstein.
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DRA Announces Partnership for Microenterprise Financing
Nation’s Largest Microlender to Serve Delta Region
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., Aug. 5, 2011 -- DRA Federal Co-Chairman Chris Masingill announced today that Southeast Missouri State University’s Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and ACCION Texas, Inc. are partnering to develop ACCION Delta, which will provide microlending services to the 252 counties and parishes of the federally designated Delta Regional Authority. ACCION Delta’s regional office will be located at the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) in Cape Girardeau.
“Small businesses are the backbone of the Delta economy,” said DRA Federal Co-Chairman Chris Masingill. “While these loans may be small, they can make a major difference in the success of a small business. Now, more than ever, we need to be doing everything we can to make sure our mom and pop shops have the resources they need to grow their business and create good-paying jobs.”
As an extension of ACCION Texas Inc., a 501(c)(3) microfinance company, ACCION Delta is committed to empowering diverse individuals, assisting entrepreneurs and small businesses gain access to capital and the practical knowledge to operate a business.
Established in 1994 in San Antonio, ACCION Texas (ATX) is a nonprofit microlender and small business lender. Its services help Texas and Louisiana entrepreneurs strengthen their businesses, stabilize and increase their incomes, create employment and contribute to the economic revitalization of their communities.
“We are pleased to partner with great technical assistance providers like the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Operation JumpStart program that provides much needed training for small businesses,” said Janie Barrera, president and CEO of ACCION Texas Inc. “What the Delta lacked was access to a credit provider like ACCION Texas.”
The collaboration between ATX and CIE brings together the nation’s largest microlender with one of the nation’s most successful rural microenterprise development programs. Since 2006, the CIE's Operation JumpStart program has trained over 750 aspiring entrepreneurs that have started nearly 250 new businesses that are sustaining at over 90%.
Based on the success of Operation JumpStart, the CIE was the only recipient in the United States to receive two grants from the U.S. Small Business Administration to build microenterprise development capacity. The CIE is collaborating with the Delta Regional Authority to build a network of Operation JumpStart programs throughout the lower Mississippi Delta region. Organizations are completing certification training and will begin training and mentoring hundreds of aspiring entrepreneurs and existing small business owners soon. With the development of ACCION Delta, they will have access to the capital they need.
“I am thrilled to partner with ACCION to deliver high-quality business training and services, and capital to entrepreneurs throughout southeast Missouri and the Mississippi Delta region,” stated Dr. James Stapleton, executive director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and assistant professor of management at Southeast. “Their expertise in providing loans to individuals who do not have access to traditional funding sources combined with the expansion of our successful Operation JumpStart program will lead to the startup and expansion of hundreds of businesses in our region. It’s these kinds of regional collaborations supported by the Delta Regional Authority that will lead to significant improvement in quality of lives, businesses and communities throughout our region.”
About ACCION
ACCION Texas, Inc., the nation’s largest nonprofit microlender, is committed to providing capital to entrepreneurs who do not have access to loans from commercial sources. ACCION’s loans range from $500-$100,000. Since inception, ACCION has made 12,000 loans to entrepreneurs totaling $112 million. For more information, please visit: www.acciontexas.org. To schedule an interview with ACCION President and CEO Janie Barrera, please contact Veronica Flores-Paniagua at (210) 531-5536.
About the Delta Regional Authority
The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is a federal-state partnership that serves 252 counties and parishes in parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. Chris Masingill, appointed by President Obama to be the DRA’s federal co-chairman, along with the governors of the eight states, comprise the Authority’s board. For more information, please visit: www.dra.gov.
About Southeast Missouri State University and the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at Southeast Missouri State University is one of the most comprehensive entrepreneurship-focused university centers in the Midwest, offering a wide array of academic and outreach programs and services, including: innovation development and research; entrepreneurship education, training and mentorship; and business incubation and development services. The CIE supports Southeast Missouri State University’s strategic priority to advance the region’s economic appeal and strength by accelerating local and regional economic growth and development that improves the quality of lives, communities and businesses in southeast Missouri and the surrounding region. For more information, visit: www.semo.edu/cie.
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Bachelor of Engineering students Utkarsh Agarwal, Jeremy Brouillet, Michelle Burns, Emil Cashin, Chloe Ruiz-Funes, and Scott Snyder designed a new receiver development for concentrating solar power. The group developed a set of new high-performance receiver designs, sought out suitable materials for use in a demanding high-temperature system, and predicted receiver efficiency with optical and thermal modeling.
Faculty Advisor: Jifeng Liu.
Me with 3 of the beautiful students and their teacher from Lesedi Mohau Development Centre which provides training in different trades for women and men as well as an education program for children.
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December 11, 2014, Albany - Governor Cuomo announces $709.2 million in economic and community development funding has been awarded through Round IV of the Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) Initiative.
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Recognizing Chhattisgarh’s contribution as a significant contributor in the fast developing economy of the country, the fast developing state of Chhattisgarh has been awarded for its exemplary work in the field of finance. Under the evolving economy, Chhattisgarh has been awarded with this inspiring award. There has been sincere efforts by the Rural development Minister Ajay Chandrakar thanked the people of the state for the honor. Chhattisgarh being a new state has emerged as a fast developing state in last one decade. The state has brought many changes in its policies and process and has created a suitable environment for investors, industries and business.
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INERTIAL SYSTEM (LASER-PELLET FUSION)...New research studies are underway at three AEC laboratories -- Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, and Sandia Laboratories, (Albuquerque, New Mexico) -- to develop the production of fusion energy through laser irradiation of solid particles of heavy hydrogen isotopes. c. 1973
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(L-R)International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominque Strauss-Kahn talks with Director-General of the World Trade Organization Pascal Lamy prior to the opening of the Development Committee meeting held during the 2011 IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings at World Bank Headquarters April 16, 2011, in Washington, D.C. IMF Staff Photo
Teams comprised of students from the College of Engineering, Ross School of Business, School of Information, and Stamps School of Art & Design created new products for preteens, incorporating the use of active technology, to improve physical and mental health maintenance and outcomes. Photography by Philip Dattilo.
Legalisation or empowerment? Transparency International India helps local communities organise against corruption.
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Advancing Racial Justice in Business
Angela Williams, President and Chief Executive Officer, United Way Worldwide, USA; Elton Ndoma-Ogar, Head, Diversity and Inclusion, AlixPartners, USA; Kim Smouter-Umans, Director, European Network Against Racism (ENAR), Belgium; Karyn Twaronite, Partner; Global Vice-Chair, Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness, EY, USA; Silja Baller, Acting Head of Mission, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice, World Economic Forum
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Sustainable Development Impact Meetings, New York, USA 19 - 23 September
U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development RD Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small departs from Siesta Shores Water Control and Improvement District facility, where it was announced that the USDA is investing $102 million to expand access to housing and water infrastructure for socially disadvantaged rural people who live and work in 45 states and American Samoa, during a visit to Siesta Shores and Falcon Lake in Zapata Co., TX, on Dec 16, 2022. The 263 projects in which USDA invests will create economic opportunities and improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in rural America.
The investments are part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to ensure that people living in rural America have equitable access to the infrastructure and economic opportunities they deserve.
“USDA invests in rural America because we know a strong community is rooted in its people,” Torres Small said. “Thanks to the leadership of President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Agriculture Secretary Vilsack, USDA can help invest in opportunity and prosperity for all people, regardless of background or financial status, who make up the character and personality of our great country’s rural lands.”
The Siesta Shores Water Control and Improvement District in Zapata County, Texas, receives a $1 million Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant to purchase a filter upgrade along with new raw water pumps and electrical wiring. It also will install six-inch raw water piping and fittings to reach the deeper parts of the community’s water source, Falcon Lake.
These investments are in addition to the recent expansion of the Rural Partners Network (RPN), which is central to President Biden’s commitment to ensure all rural people can benefit from federal resources. Led by USDA with support from more than 20 federal agencies and commissions, RPN is part of an all-of-government strategy to champion rural people and places, including Native American communities.
These programs are Water and Waste Disposal Grants to Alleviate Health Risks on Tribal Lands and Colonias, Appalachian Regional Commission Grants, Delta Health Care Grants, Socially Disadvantaged Groups Grants, Housing Preservation Grants, Rural Community Development Initiative Grants, Tribal College Initiative Grants, Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants, Rural and Native Alaskan Village Grants, Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grants and Community Facilities Disaster Grant Program.
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Our career development center — in conjunction with academic advising — help you strategically showcase your skills and stand out from a sea of competitors. We start early by helping you define your goals and make the right major and career choices. Job shadowing, learning to network, practice for interviews, and preparing your resume are all part of the process.
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Kendal (black strip) wait for the ball to pop out their side of a scrum during a North West derby against Preston Grasshoppers in rugby union's North Premier league. It was the opening fixture at the Lakelanders' new ground. Multi-pitch New Mint Bridge, built on a 12-acre site, cost more than £10m. The visitors spoiled the party, and sent home disappointed the majority of a bumper crowd, by coming back from 9-5 down at half-time to win 25-19. Hoppers, now unbeaten in five games this season as they look to bounce straight back to National League Two North, outscored the Lakelanders four tries to one. Kendal had to wait until the third minute of second half stoppage time to cross the Preston line. Scrum-half Chris Park's touchline conversion salvaged a losing bonus point.
Kendal's new ground was funded by the sale, to a supermarket developer, of their former Mint Bridge home, which is half a mile down Shap Road towards the town centre. It has taken a decade for Kendal to relocate because three public inquiries were needed before the proposed supermarket was given the go-ahead. RFU president Bill Beaumont officially opened New Mint Bridge in a short ceremony just before the Preston game kicked off.
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Admission: £7. Programme: £1 (24 pages). Attendance: 800 (estimate). Scoring sequence: 3-0 (11mins); 6-0 (20mins); 6-5 (30mins); 9-5 (40mins); 9-8 (42mins); 12-8 (50mins); 12-13 (54mins); 12-20 (66mins); 12-25 (77mins); 19-25 (80+3mins). Referee: Jack Le Feuvre (North Federation).
Mina Chaudhary, a local woman in Pedari, Banke District, Nepal, is showing her handicrafts. ©ILO/Pradip Shakya
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Teams comprised of students from the College of Engineering, Ross School of Business, School of Information, and Stamps School of Art & Design created new products for preteens, incorporating the use of active technology, to improve physical and mental health maintenance and outcomes. Photography by Philip Dattilo.
A Counseling and Student Development class in the Buzzard Building on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois on October 26, 2010. (Jay Grabiec)
Teams comprised of students from the College of Engineering, Ross School of Business, School of Information, and Stamps School of Art & Design created new products for preteens, incorporating the use of active technology, to improve physical and mental health maintenance and outcomes. Photography by Philip Dattilo.
I took this at Cuyamaca College at their Child Development Center on campus. They have developed the center into a Reggio Emilio center. I loved it!
One of the entrances to the cafe, which is called the Terrace at the Memorial
Photograph taken by Steve Burton
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