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With the implementation of mobile event apps, MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions) planners are finding it a lot easier to organize international conferences and exhibitions.
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AMSTERDAM - Amsterdam International Water Week Conference 2019: Implementation of integrated solutions by cities, industries, utilities and financiers: from cases to bankable projects. The AIWW Conference is designed to provide a platform for professionals from across the water sector, as well as water-related fields such as agri-food, energy and nature, in order to build connections and scale up solutions to urgent global water issues. - PHOTO: GUUS SCHOONEWILLE
Southern Regional Fuels Program recognized for implementing prescribed fire over 1.3 million acres this year
Wildfire season has intensified with “mega fires” becoming the norm across western landscapes. The Regional Fuels Program acknowledged it’s not “if,” but “when” the south will have to face similar wildfire seasons. Forests across the Southern Region applied prescribed fire on a regional record-high 1.3 million acres of federal lands. All of this was completed during a pandemic and a new budget modernization process.
The last decade, the U.S. wildfire season has intensified year after year with “mega fires” becoming common place across the western landscape. The Southern Regional Fuels Program acknowledged it’s not “if,” but when the south will have to face similar wildfire seasons as climate change continues making its mark. This Region accomplished implementing prescribed fire to more than 1.3 million acres in FY21, during a pandemic, and following a new budget modernization process.
Forest Service employees carried out the program of work while putting their trust in Regional leadership that the funding and needed resources would be provided. Every Ranger District executed its best effort on all burn days, managing the team's safety while meeting the objectives outlined in the interdisciplinary approved burn plans.
The Forest Service improved water quality, air quality, and carbon sequestration as it reduced the wildfire threat to local communities throughout the south, including Puerto Rico. Our employees embody the skills necessary to perform at a high level to accomplish the mission and communicate the benefits of their work to external audiences. This monumental feat would not have occurred without thousands of Southern USDA Forest Service Employees dedication and strong work ethic.
The success of the Regional Fuels Program was dependent on several individuals for their leadership and ability to communicate to make this year’s historic accomplishment possible.
Mike Ward has been at the helm of fuels management, overseeing suppression, aviation, and coordination functions to acquire the necessary resources and not overextending fire suppression needs. Ward coordinated with Air, Archeology, Biology, Budget, and Timber program managers to ensure a desired outcome by all.
Jason Demas has managed budget concerns and balanced fire suppression needs. Mike Seaton managed the surge modules stationed all around the Southern Region. Seaton communicated daily inside and outside the Geographical Area to keep a workforce available to meet Regional needs. Nancy Ellsworth was a critical contributor to streamlining the ordering process and troubleshooting with the National Interagency Coordination Center to improve the process.
Shardul Raval helped navigate the process to keep the Regional Leadership Team informed, while addressing concerns promptly. He had the bigger picture insight that led to the great success for all of our lands treated with prescribed fire.
•Cultura CTI se denomina la iniciativa que implementa actividades como reciclaje, robótica y astronomía directo en la sala de clases. Profesores trabajan codo a codo con investigadores y, los niños, experimentan con ciencia y tecnología en primera persona y que tuvo su lanzamiento en la ciudad de Coquimbo.
Imprimir toda clase de objetos en 3D; armar sus propios robots utilizando kits y experimentar con genética, todo esto realizado por niños, niñas y jóvenes en la sala de clases. Desde el próximo 27 de septiembre, un total de 24 colegios de la Región de Coquimbo se incorporarán a una iniciativa inédita para la enseñanza de la ciencia en el país. Como parte de un programa implementado de manera conjunta entre profesores y científicos, establecimientos educacionales públicos de las comunas de Andacollo y Coquimbo, podrán acceder a actividades como estas, en sus propias escuelas.
La iniciativa, denominada “Cultura CTI”, busca acercar estos contenidos a los estudiantes bajo metodologías participativas, donde la clave es conseguir que el alumno sea protagonista en su proceso de aprendizaje. Para ello, cada colegio tuvo que escoger proyectos del Catálogo de Iniciativas de Cultura CTI, conformado por 32 propuestas desarrolladas por expertos de universidades y destacados centros de investigación, las cuales fueron evaluadas previamente por un panel de expertos.
El lanzamiento de la iniciativa se realizó ayer en el Colegio José Agustín Alfaro, Tierras Blancas, de Coquimbo, reuniendo autoridades de la Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, CONICYT; del Programa de divulgación de la Ciencia, Explora, la Seremía de Educación de la Región de Coquimbo, profesores y oferentes de Cultura CTI y la comunidad de docentes y alunmos del Colegio.
“Estamos iniciando un trabajo en conjunto con quienes tienen la mirada de la ciencia y la tecnología- académicos universitarios, integrantes de centros de investigación- que hacen una oferta participativa de contenido; y, del otro lado, los profesores, que trabajan, día a día, en enseñar y motivar a nuestros niños. El objetivo final de esto, en términos país, es mejorar la calidad de la educación. No se trata de que todos los estudiantes sean científicos, sino que ojalá desarrollemos el pensamiento crítico. Creemos que este programa tiene las virtudes de trabajar en pos de ese objetivo, integrando a toda la comunidad educativa”, destacó el director ejecutivo de CONICYT, Christian Nicolai.
En tanto, el seremi de educación de la Región de Coquimbo, Pedro Esparza, comentó “estamos llevando adelante un conjunto de trasformaciones de nuestro sistema educativo, que nos permiten instalar la educación como un derecho social. Hoy relevamos Cultura CTI y cómo estamos innovando, efectivamente, en la enseñanza de las ciencias. Lo más importante es entender que, la ciencia y la tecnología hay que vivenciarlas. No basta el pizarrón, no basta la clase formal, hay que generar una experiencia. La enseñanza de la ciencia no tiene que ser sólo para el niño aplicado y buen alumno, sino que para todos ”.
Implementada por CONICYT a través de su Programa Explora y el Consejo Nacional de Innovación para el Desarrollo (CNID), Cultura CTI se llevó a cabo durante todo 2016 como programa piloto en tres escuelas públicas en la comuna de San Joaquín y nueve de la Región de los Ríos, donde continúan ejecutándose con excelentes resultados. Ahora, las escuelas de Coquimbo y Andacollo se suman escogiendo 20 iniciativas que apuntan a temáticas como reciclaje, biología, astronomía, robótica y ciencias naturales.
Tras este proceso de selección -en el que participaron representantes de toda la comunidad educativa-, comenzará a ejecutarse un proceso de codiseño, donde maestros y científicos tendrán la misión de mejorar la propuesta, ajustándola a la realidad de cada grupo escolar. Esta importante etapa se iniciará el próximo miércoles 27 de septiembre, en una reunión colectiva, donde asistirán los integrantes de las 24 escuelas y los artífices de los proyectos CTI escogidos.
“Para mí, que soy profesora de la Región de Coquimbo, es muy importante y enriquecedor participar de este proceso, porque nos da la posibilidad de insertarnos en la Cultura CTI. Queremos que en mi escuela, no sólo los profesores de ciencias naturales, se empapen del método científico y puedan innovar en sus prácticas pedagógicas. De verdad ésta es una experiencia fantástica, sobre todo, porque permite a los alumnos de nuestro colegio- que aunque es de alta vulnerabilidad, ha desarrollado un fuerte trabajo en CyT- abrir su mente y enfrentarse a nuevas experiencias. Finalmente, todo esto, beneficia a nuestros niños”, comentó Isela Maureira, profesora de Ciencias Naturales del Colegio José Agustín Alfaro, Tierras Blancas, Coquimbo.
Esta primera reunión de Cultura CTI Coquimbo representa, además, una de las primeras acciones que se inscriben del proyecto de Nueva Educación Pública, que comienza a ser implementado por el Ministerio de Educación en 14 comunas y 237 establecimientos educacionales del país, alcanzado en total a más de 57 mil estudiantes del país. Se busca crear un nuevo sistema de educación pública, que mejore la calidad de la enseñanza y potencie, entre otros aspectos, trabajos en red como los que propone Cultura CTI.
Agahi to implement the Nokia-UNESCO Mobile Learning initiative to deliver quality education to teachers
Nokia Pakistan and UNESCO collaborate to launch Mobile Learning for Teacher’s in Pakistan using Nokia Education Delivery App to facilitate teacher training via mobile phones
Nokia Pakistan and UNESCO Islamabad launched the project “Mobile Learning Project for Teacher’s Professional Development” today as formal collaboration in the presence of senior government officials, Nokia representatives and UNESCO representatives. As part of this program, UNESCO and Nokia are joining hands, where Nokia is providing its mobile phones and its application “Nokia Education Delivery (NED) for UNESCO’s project on ‘use of ICT for professional development of public school teachers’ in remote areas.
Since 2011 NED has turned into an open source solution to improve livelihoods, and in order to support such mobile learning innovations to be filled with life in Pakistan, The project will be implemented by AGAHI, a UNESCO partner and a non-profit foundation working in the area of communication and media policy design.
Nokia developed NED to allow using a mobile phone to access and download videos and other educational materials from a constantly updated education library. Operating in hundreds of schools and having reached millions of students in the Philippines, Tanzania, Chile and Colombia, Nokia Education Delivery has been shown to improve study results and increase retention among students.
This collaboration is part of the agreement signed last year between UNESCO and Nokia at international level to promote the use of mobile technologies to further the objectives of “Education for All”. As part of this agreement Nokia is developing applications and new Mobile technologies offering access to information and enrich learning environments at global level.
In Pakistan, through the project “Mobile Learning for Teachers” Nokia’s Education Delivery application will help UNESCO to enable the delivery of high- quality educational materials to teachers who lack training and resources though mobile phones giving an opportunity to teachers to train themselves on the same level as professionally competent teachers.
Speaking about the project, UNESCO Director, Kozue Kai Nagata said, “In 21st century Public- private partnerships are enjoying growing attention and support as a new and sustainable modality for development. We are confident to collaborate with Nokia to provide us with the best platform to train public school teachers. Nokia Education Delivery is fit to match our need of delivering quality training to a large number of public school teachers across Pakistan through the project named “Mobile Learning for Teachers”
Amir Jahangir, President AGAHI and a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, shared his views on the launch that “Pakistan is a knowledge starved country, where universal education has its own challenges. To meet the target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) on education, Pakistan needs to address its education challenges through innovation and technology which can reach to a larger population with cost effective solutions”.
Speaking about the launch of NED program, Ulrike Vott Nokia Sustainability Manager for Middle East said, “Nokia Education Delivery facilitates education in a fun and interactive way. In addition to the NED software, Nokia offers program implementation support for the benefit of Pakistan’s education landscape.” The Nokia Education Delivery software system has two modules. The first module is installed on a Nokia mobile phone and contains a browse able catalog of educational videos. The second module is installed on the computer of the education administrator. It manages the organization’s mobile video library, so that videos can be added, deleted and updated. It also provides information on the usage of different videos.”
This unique pilot project for Pakistan has been initiated by UNESCO and AGAHI aims at using Mobile phones as medium for training teachers, where the teachers in remote areas will be equipped with devices, SIMs, a software solution and high quality educational content. The course for training and capacity building will be developed into video files and will be transmitted step by step according to curriculum on the phones provided to teachers. Over the course of the training period, teachers will be tested via SMS on regular basis and as an incentive, those who will score highest in tests will receive free mobile top ups. At the end of the course, test scores of all teachers will be aggregated and the passing teachers will be awarded certificate in the final workshop.
AGAHI is UNESCO implementing partner in Pakistan. A not for profit, AGAHI specializes in creating communication, information and media policy design tools, that enables the stakeholders to engage in information collaboration on knowledge-based platforms. AGAHI works in building the capacity of knowledge workers in creating content based on best practices to disseminate information in building a more integrated knowledge ecosystem.
Left to right: planers, pair of wood wedge quoins with pica markings, Golding "adjunct" type case clip-on box, small composing stick
Sustainable farming practices are being implemented on farms; degraded lands are being recovered, fodder reserves are increasing; grasslands are being expanded and restored; new land cultivation technologies enabling more efficient water use and higher yields have been introduced.
UNDP and GEF are demonstrating the use of alternative energy sources such as solar batteries and wind-powered water pumps.
Photo courtesy of UNDP in Kazakhstan
Engraving to illustrate Sketches of New Zealand – Maori Biographies, compiled by James Cowan with Herr G. Lindauer 1901.
Short biographies of prominent New Zealand Maoris with a historical context.
Published by H. Partridge, Auckland. Dark brown and gilt cloth boards, 68 pages 22cm x 14cm.
Agahi to implement the Nokia-UNESCO Mobile Learning initiative to deliver quality education to teachers
Nokia Pakistan and UNESCO collaborate to launch Mobile Learning for Teacher’s in Pakistan using Nokia Education Delivery App to facilitate teacher training via mobile phones
Nokia Pakistan and UNESCO Islamabad launched the project “Mobile Learning Project for Teacher’s Professional Development” today as formal collaboration in the presence of senior government officials, Nokia representatives and UNESCO representatives. As part of this program, UNESCO and Nokia are joining hands, where Nokia is providing its mobile phones and its application “Nokia Education Delivery (NED) for UNESCO’s project on ‘use of ICT for professional development of public school teachers’ in remote areas.
Since 2011 NED has turned into an open source solution to improve livelihoods, and in order to support such mobile learning innovations to be filled with life in Pakistan, The project will be implemented by AGAHI, a UNESCO partner and a non-profit foundation working in the area of communication and media policy design.
Nokia developed NED to allow using a mobile phone to access and download videos and other educational materials from a constantly updated education library. Operating in hundreds of schools and having reached millions of students in the Philippines, Tanzania, Chile and Colombia, Nokia Education Delivery has been shown to improve study results and increase retention among students.
This collaboration is part of the agreement signed last year between UNESCO and Nokia at international level to promote the use of mobile technologies to further the objectives of “Education for All”. As part of this agreement Nokia is developing applications and new Mobile technologies offering access to information and enrich learning environments at global level.
In Pakistan, through the project “Mobile Learning for Teachers” Nokia’s Education Delivery application will help UNESCO to enable the delivery of high- quality educational materials to teachers who lack training and resources though mobile phones giving an opportunity to teachers to train themselves on the same level as professionally competent teachers.
Speaking about the project, UNESCO Director, Kozue Kai Nagata said, “In 21st century Public- private partnerships are enjoying growing attention and support as a new and sustainable modality for development. We are confident to collaborate with Nokia to provide us with the best platform to train public school teachers. Nokia Education Delivery is fit to match our need of delivering quality training to a large number of public school teachers across Pakistan through the project named “Mobile Learning for Teachers”
Amir Jahangir, President AGAHI and a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, shared his views on the launch that “Pakistan is a knowledge starved country, where universal education has its own challenges. To meet the target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) on education, Pakistan needs to address its education challenges through innovation and technology which can reach to a larger population with cost effective solutions”.
Speaking about the launch of NED program, Ulrike Vott Nokia Sustainability Manager for Middle East said, “Nokia Education Delivery facilitates education in a fun and interactive way. In addition to the NED software, Nokia offers program implementation support for the benefit of Pakistan’s education landscape.” The Nokia Education Delivery software system has two modules. The first module is installed on a Nokia mobile phone and contains a browse able catalog of educational videos. The second module is installed on the computer of the education administrator. It manages the organization’s mobile video library, so that videos can be added, deleted and updated. It also provides information on the usage of different videos.”
This unique pilot project for Pakistan has been initiated by UNESCO and AGAHI aims at using Mobile phones as medium for training teachers, where the teachers in remote areas will be equipped with devices, SIMs, a software solution and high quality educational content. The course for training and capacity building will be developed into video files and will be transmitted step by step according to curriculum on the phones provided to teachers. Over the course of the training period, teachers will be tested via SMS on regular basis and as an incentive, those who will score highest in tests will receive free mobile top ups. At the end of the course, test scores of all teachers will be aggregated and the passing teachers will be awarded certificate in the final workshop.
AGAHI is UNESCO implementing partner in Pakistan. A not for profit, AGAHI specializes in creating communication, information and media policy design tools, that enables the stakeholders to engage in information collaboration on knowledge-based platforms. AGAHI works in building the capacity of knowledge workers in creating content based on best practices to disseminate information in building a more integrated knowledge ecosystem.
03.03.2022 - Prefeita Paula Mascarenhas realiza reunião com os líderes dos quilombolas sobre implementos agrícolas - Foto Michel Corvello
Photos from the GDS: New gTLD Program Next Round Implementation Status Recap and Q&A session at the ICANN77 Policy Forum
Rays of Hope Informal Briefing to Member States: Insights on implementation and plans for 2023 and Beyond, held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 7 June 2023
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
Welcome Remarks:
Lisa Stevens, IAEA Director, Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT)
Opening and Closing Remarks:
Najat Mokhtar, IAEA Deputy Director-General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
RoH Implementation Status and Plans:
Hua Liu, IAEA Deputy Director-General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation
Q&A Session:
Lisa Stevens, IAEA Director, Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT)
The ‘Global NDC Conference 2017: integrated governance, finance and transparency for delivering climate goals’ took place in Berlin, Germany, from 2 – 6 May 2017. The conference was jointly organized by the LEDS GP, the GIZ Support Project for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement (SPA), and the UNDP Low Emission Capacity Building (LECB) Programme, in collaboration with the NDC Partnership.
Find out more about the Conference here: ledsgp.org/2017/05/global-ndc-conference-2017-integrated-...
Find out more about LEDS GP at www.ledsgp.org
LA SECRETARÍA DE TURISMO DEL GOBIERNO DE LA REPÚBLICA, A TRAVÉS DEL CONSEJO DE PROMOCIÓN TURÍSTICA DE MÉXICO (CPTM) PRESENTÓ, DURANTE LA TERCERA SESIÓN ORDINARIA DE SU JUNTA DE GOBIERNO, LAS CAMPAÑAS DE PROMOCIÓN NACIONAL E INTERNACIONAL PARA PROMOVER Y COMERCIALIZAR LOS DESTINOS TURÍSTICOS DE MÉXICO EN LOS PRÓXIMOS AÑOS. 24/ 10/ 2013
21 September 2016, Kigali, Rwanda - Cameroon, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda and Zambia concluded a two-day Regional workshop for Africa on “Towards productive, sustainable and inclusive agriculture, forestry and fisheries in support to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Africa.” (Photo: © FAO/ Teopista Mutesi )
DOT’s newly implemented plaza at 125th Street and Park Avenue, just underneath the Metro North viaduct, aims to activate the transit crossroads of the Harlem-125th Street Corridor through new seating areas, improved lighting and artwork. The NYC DOT Art Program partnered with Creative Art Works and the New Harlem East Merchants Association (NHEMA) to present, “Harlem Sunrise,” a mural painted on-site by Creative Art Work’s Youth Employment Program, led by teaching artist, Gera Lozano. The sunburst design pays homage to the artwork by Terry Adkins on the overpass above the plaza, while also encourages feelings of hope and prosperity to the diverse inhabitants of the neighborhood.
NYCDOT Art Program, Community Commissions
“Harlem Sunrise” by Creative Art Works, Gera Lozano: Teaching Artist
In partnership with Creative Art Works + New Harlem East Merchants Association (NHEMA)
125th Street and Park Avenue, Manhattan
26 June 2014, 'Implementing the new legislation on EGTC - Dialogue with the national authorities
Belgium - Brussels - June 2014
© Committee of the Regions / Wim Daneels
We hit rural Kansas during the season when the farmers move all their farm implements around. That timing's not hard to manage, though; Kansas farmers are always moving their farm implements around. Farmers are busy people, but I wonder how much of their time is spent driving extremely slow vehicles great distances.
According to the Kansas Department of Agriculture, in 2017 (the most recent year listed on their web site) there were 58,569 farms operating in Kansas, cultivating a total of 45.7 million acres of Kansas, or 74,600 square miles. That works out to 66.3% of the land in Kansas being farm. The average size of a Kansas farm is 781 acres, and 84.6% of those farms are family owned and operated. In total, agriculture provides jobs for 254,000 Kansans, or about 13% of the workforce.
Trump's pointless trade war was particularly rough on Kansas farmers, and farm income dropped precipitously while bankruptcies increased by about 25% in both 2018 and 2019. According to a 2019 report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, about 40% of what money Kansas farmers did make in this period came from Federal assistance programs designed to mitigate the trade war's effect. So, essentially, Kansas farmers were living off government welfare. In the recent Presidential election, loser Donald Trump got 56.5% of the Kansas vote, beating President-elect Joe Biden by 201,759 votes. Using the logic the Republican Party frequently employs to explain the votes on the other side, this is because Kansas farmers like getting free stuff.
The ranking of USAID implementing partners by obligated revenue ii Q1-3 of fiscal year 2014 as reported on ForeignAssistance.gov and analyzed by Ben Mann with inspiration from Siobhan Green.
I'm sure Katherine Townsend was instrumental in making the data open and available in the first place.
You can read the smack talk this caused on on Facebook.
H.E. Ambassador Janis Karklins, Former President of PrepCom of the Tunis Phase of the WSIS at the Multistakeholder Dialogue on Implementation of WSIS Action Lines for Development
© ITU/R.Farrell
Macarena Mo, Environmental Sustainability Consultant, ORT University, Uruguay; Global Shaper at World Economic Forum on Latin America 2016 in Medellin, Colombia. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell
Inveneo is proud to be an implementing partner with Creative Associates in the Tanzania 21st Century Basic Education Program (Tz21) where our role is to lead the technology intervention design and deployment with Kicheko Ltd, our Inveneo Certified ICT Partner (ICIP) in Tanzania. Together, Inveneo and Kicheko have been instrumental in introducing sustainable technology solutions that are relevant to rural Tanzanian schools that often lack electrical power and ICT skilled staff.
Recently we passed a major milestone in the program - the deployment of information and communication technologies to 5 pilot schools.
Dr. H.E. Kavishe of Kicheko, Wayan Vota and Jen Overgaag of Inveneo, assisted by a cadre of Kicheko technicians, installed a mix of laptops, desktops, LED projectors and related networking and power equipment at Naliendele, Kambarage, Darajani, and Kisiwandui Primary Schools, and Machakaeni Teacher Center.
The pilot deployment is testing technology configurations and the installation was used to train local engineers on Inveneo installation methodologies in preparation for the major ICT deployment to all schools, scheduled for early 2012.
Read more on the Inveneo newsfeed.
May Brothers farming implements waiting to be transported via rail. In the background in the Criterion Hotel.
El Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas implementa proyectos viales que garantizan una red de transporte segura y competitiva, minimizando el impacto ambiental y contribuyendo al desarrollo social y económico del país.
Actualmente, en la provincia de Tungurahua se ejecuta la construcción de una de las obras viales más importantes de la zona central, como es la carretera Cahuají - Píllate - Cotaló de 26,12 kilómetros de longitud, ruta alterna a la Penipe - Los Pájaros (Baños), que actualmente está deteriorada a causa del proceso eruptivo del volcán Tungurahua.
Provincia: Tungurahua
Ambato: 28-10-2013
Fotos: Luis Arcos
Oana Niculescu-Mizil la Dejun cu Excelentele Sale, domnii Ambasadori ai Elvetiei si Canadei la Bucuresti, cu membri ai Asociatiei Pentru Implementarea Democratiei al carei presedinte este domnul Alexandru Cumpanasu, cu deputati de la toate partidele, cu reprezetanti ai Administratiei Prezidentiale si cu jurnalisti.
Agahi to implement the Nokia-UNESCO Mobile Learning initiative to deliver quality education to teachers
Nokia Pakistan and UNESCO collaborate to launch Mobile Learning for Teacher’s in Pakistan using Nokia Education Delivery App to facilitate teacher training via mobile phones
Nokia Pakistan and UNESCO Islamabad launched the project “Mobile Learning Project for Teacher’s Professional Development” today as formal collaboration in the presence of senior government officials, Nokia representatives and UNESCO representatives. As part of this program, UNESCO and Nokia are joining hands, where Nokia is providing its mobile phones and its application “Nokia Education Delivery (NED) for UNESCO’s project on ‘use of ICT for professional development of public school teachers’ in remote areas.
Since 2011 NED has turned into an open source solution to improve livelihoods, and in order to support such mobile learning innovations to be filled with life in Pakistan, The project will be implemented by AGAHI, a UNESCO partner and a non-profit foundation working in the area of communication and media policy design.
Nokia developed NED to allow using a mobile phone to access and download videos and other educational materials from a constantly updated education library. Operating in hundreds of schools and having reached millions of students in the Philippines, Tanzania, Chile and Colombia, Nokia Education Delivery has been shown to improve study results and increase retention among students.
This collaboration is part of the agreement signed last year between UNESCO and Nokia at international level to promote the use of mobile technologies to further the objectives of “Education for All”. As part of this agreement Nokia is developing applications and new Mobile technologies offering access to information and enrich learning environments at global level.
In Pakistan, through the project “Mobile Learning for Teachers” Nokia’s Education Delivery application will help UNESCO to enable the delivery of high- quality educational materials to teachers who lack training and resources though mobile phones giving an opportunity to teachers to train themselves on the same level as professionally competent teachers.
Speaking about the project, UNESCO Director, Kozue Kai Nagata said, “In 21st century Public- private partnerships are enjoying growing attention and support as a new and sustainable modality for development. We are confident to collaborate with Nokia to provide us with the best platform to train public school teachers. Nokia Education Delivery is fit to match our need of delivering quality training to a large number of public school teachers across Pakistan through the project named “Mobile Learning for Teachers”
Amir Jahangir, President AGAHI and a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, shared his views on the launch that “Pakistan is a knowledge starved country, where universal education has its own challenges. To meet the target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) on education, Pakistan needs to address its education challenges through innovation and technology which can reach to a larger population with cost effective solutions”.
Speaking about the launch of NED program, Ulrike Vott Nokia Sustainability Manager for Middle East said, “Nokia Education Delivery facilitates education in a fun and interactive way. In addition to the NED software, Nokia offers program implementation support for the benefit of Pakistan’s education landscape.” The Nokia Education Delivery software system has two modules. The first module is installed on a Nokia mobile phone and contains a browse able catalog of educational videos. The second module is installed on the computer of the education administrator. It manages the organization’s mobile video library, so that videos can be added, deleted and updated. It also provides information on the usage of different videos.”
This unique pilot project for Pakistan has been initiated by UNESCO and AGAHI aims at using Mobile phones as medium for training teachers, where the teachers in remote areas will be equipped with devices, SIMs, a software solution and high quality educational content. The course for training and capacity building will be developed into video files and will be transmitted step by step according to curriculum on the phones provided to teachers. Over the course of the training period, teachers will be tested via SMS on regular basis and as an incentive, those who will score highest in tests will receive free mobile top ups. At the end of the course, test scores of all teachers will be aggregated and the passing teachers will be awarded certificate in the final workshop.
AGAHI is UNESCO implementing partner in Pakistan. A not for profit, AGAHI specializes in creating communication, information and media policy design tools, that enables the stakeholders to engage in information collaboration on knowledge-based platforms. AGAHI works in building the capacity of knowledge workers in creating content based on best practices to disseminate information in building a more integrated knowledge ecosystem.
"Violence against women is a non-negotiable issue that the EU cannot condone in any way"- Mara Marinaki, Principal Adviser on Gender and on Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, European External Action Service
Photo: UN Women/Emilie Gomez
(De Izq a Der). Xavier Córdova (Viceministro del Interior), Gustavo Jalkh (Presidente del Consejo de la Judicatura), Lenin Lara (Ministro de Justicia) y Doris Gallardo (Directora General del Consejo de la Judicatura), durante la firma de convenio en la que se implementará cámaras de video conferencias en las cárceles del Ecuador. Foto: Franklin Jácome/CJ.
The Government of Alberta has directed Alberta Health Services (AHS) to proceed carefully in implementing a portion of their plan.
There will be no job losses for nurses or for other front-line clinical staff. Any reduction in full-time equivalent positions will be in keeping with proactive disclosures announced in the fall of 2019.
A minimum of 100 management positions will be eliminated and a full review of senior AHS executives will be completed before the end of the fiscal year.
Alberta’s government has directed that only a portion of the actions identified in the implementation plan proceed, changes that are expected to yield up to $600 million in annual savings.
“The pandemic has changed everything. As a result, AHS has been directed to proceed carefully, putting patient care above all else. As a first step, AHS has been directed to eliminate a minimum of 100 management positions and to proceed with previously announced contracting work. This approach will allow us to strike the right balance between supporting the COVID-19 response and Alberta’s challenging fiscal situation.” said Tyler Shandro, Minister of Health.
Plans to contract out laundry services and community lab services, both announced in 2019, will continue. Requests for proposals (RFPs) for these services will be issued before the end of the year. About 70 per cent of community lab services is currently provided by the private sector, while about 68 per cent of health-care laundry is already cleaned by the private sector.
AHS has been given the go ahead to proceed with developing business cases for both environmental and food preparation services in 2022 and 2023. Both business cases will be subject to review and approval by the Government of Alberta.
AHS will also streamline non-clinical and back office operations, including optimizing distribution and inventory management and strengthening staff scheduling and overtime management systems. Job losses will be minimized in these areas.
“Alberta’s response to the pandemic has been the primary focus of the entire health-care system over the past seven months. The care and well-being of Albertans will always be our first priority. We remain fully committed to continuing to improve the financial sustainability of the organization, and will implement some of the review recommendations in a strategic and paced approach that ensures front-line health-care workers and Albertans are supported throughout the pandemic.” said Dr. Verna Yiu, president and CEO, Alberta Health Services.
(photography by Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta)
Photos from the GDS: New gTLD Program Next Round Implementation Status Recap and Q&A session at the ICANN77 Policy Forum
El Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible, con el apoyo del Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) y el financiamiento del Adaptation Fund del Protocolo de Kioto, implementó el proyecto de “Reducción del riesgo y de la vulnerabilidad al cambio climático en la región de La Mojana”, una apuesta que logró generar acciones que les permitieron a las comunidades de los municipios de San Benito Abad, San Marcos y Ayapel, enfrentar las inundaciones y sequías producidas por los efectos del cambio climático, a través de la implementación de medidas de adaptación en sus modos de vida.
Gracias a esta iniciativa, la Mojana, y los Municipios de San Benito Abad, Ayapel y San Marcos, cuentan ahora con una valiosa cantidad de información hidroclimatológica y un Sistema de Alertas Tempranas implementado coordinadamente con el IDEAM y CORPOMOJANA, que aporta información sin precedentes en otras regiones del país, para la planeación y tomar decisiones de política pública a nivel nacional, regional y local. En este sentido, se establecieron 11 estaciones de monitoreo climático, y se consolidaron 27 comités comunitarios para el monitoreo del Sistema de Alertas Tempranas, así como la creación del Centro de Pronósticos y Alertas que funciona en Corpomojana.
El proyecto logró también resultados significativos para las comunidades de la región de la Mojana, que implementaron medidas agroecológicas adaptables al cambio climático, que fomentan las prácticas tradicionales de producción más resilientes a los efectos del clima. Así mismo, apoyó el desarrollo de actividades productivas que permiten la diversificación de fuentes de alimentos que contribuyen a la seguridad alimentaria y generación de ingresos, con una participación directa de 2.000 familias. Se establecieron más de 270 hectáreas de sistemas agrosilvopastoriles, 1.900 huertas familiares adaptadas a posibles inundaciones y más de 80 hectáreas de cultivos orgánicos de maíz, fríjol, guandú, plátano y yuca.
Así mismo, junto con las comunidades, se propuso un diseño de vivienda y centro comunitario que incorporan criterios de adaptación y variabilidad climática. Como resultado se construyeron 11 centros comunitarios adaptados al cambio climático para la comunidad; se implementaron en más de 500 hogares sistemas de captación de agua lluvia para los tiempos de sequía y medidas de gestión del riesgo; se edificaron viviendas vernáculas con adaptaciones a las inundaciones y se estructuraron 14 centros educativos con medidas para proporcionar agua en tiempos de sequía para más de 200 niños.
Con el apoyo técnico del Instituto Alexander Von Humboldt- IAVH, el Proyecto construyó para la región, la planificación eco regional, que define los lugares y acciones necesarias para la restauración de ecosistemas, a partir de la Planificación para la restauración de ecosistemas de humedal. Se implementaron acciones de restauración impactando a 945 hectáreas, en los Municipios de Ayapel, San Benito Abad y San Marcos y 35 km de canales en 5 caños priorizados en el territorio, recuperando la capacidad de regulación y amortiguación de estos ecosistemas, reduciendo la vulnerabilidad de las comunidades, la flora y fauna nativa mojanera, frente a los impactos de inundaciones y sequías. Estas acciones beneficiaron a más de 4.500 personas y permitieron la instalación de 29 viveros temporales establecidos con una producción de más de 200 mil plantas, de las cuales cerca de 137 mil, fueron sembradas.
“Aquí aprendimos de todo, recibimos muchas capacitaciones y al final nosotras sacamos adelante este proyecto. Con el conocimiento hicimos los viveros, las restauraciones y las huertas, ahora acompañamos a otras comunidades para hacer lo mismo”, cuenta Juana Madariaga de la comunidad de Pasifueres.
Por otra parte se realizó el fortalecimiento Comunitario e Institucional, con el que se capacitaron 155 Promotores Rurales para la Adaptación territorial, incorporar consideraciones de Cambio Climático en 12 instrumentos de planificación, 38 organizaciones de base, 3 de ellas lideradas por mujeres y se instaló la Plataforma de Mujer Rural. Esta estrategia se trabajó de la mano con las alcaldías municipales, las universidades regionales y las autoridades ambientales con jurisdicción en el territorio.
“Para el Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible el trabajo realizado en la Mojana es un ejemplo para todo el país. Este proceso no sólo ha permitido a la región adaptarse a los efectos del cambio climático, sino tejer procesos de asociatividad que han permitido comprender con mayor facilidad los cambios presentados en la región y establecer las medidas necesarias para adaptarse y enfrentar temporadas de sequía o inundaciones”, Comentó el Ministro de Ambiente Carlos Correa.
Gracias a la experiencia y las lecciones aprendidas con el proyecto “Reducción del riesgo y de la vulnerabilidad al cambio climático en la región de La Mojana” se abre la puerta a una nueva iniciativa que escalará todas estas acciones para aumentar la resiliencia al clima y la sostenibilidad ambiental y social de las comunidades vulnerables en la región de La Mojana. Lo anterior, a través del proyecto Mojana Clima y Vida, liderado por el Fondo de Adaptación, con recursos del Fondo Verde para el Clima (GCF) que cobijará a los 11 municipios de la depresión Momposina, con el fin de aumentar la resiliencia y la sostenibilidad socioambiental para abordar los efectos del cambio climático, el uso sostenible de los recursos naturales y la gestión eficiente frente a los riesgos de desastres.
“Los logros alcanzados, no serían posibles sin el compromiso de las comunidades y el apoyo de la institucionalidad pública nacional, regional y local, en cabeza del Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible y de la local, gobernaciones, alcaldías y corporaciones ambientales, quienes han contribuido a que las medidas implementadas por el proyecto tengan resultados tangibles. Seguiremos trabajando en el fortalecimiento y generación de capacidades locales, que se materialicen en una planeación del desarrollo sostenible y compatible con el clima, y en la construcción de territorios resilientes y adaptados, concluyó Jimena Puyana, Gerente de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible. / Nov. 14, 2020. (Fotografía Oficial Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible / Emilio Aparicio Rodríguez).
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Conferencia del Dr. Jorge A. Sanguinetty titulada "El futuro de Cuba y cómo implementar una transición hacia una economía de mercado y una democracia" celebrada en el Salón Félix Varela de la Ermita de la Caridad en Miami, organizada por Consenso Cubano
Jorge A. Sanguinetty nació en La Habana en 1937. Antes de emigrar a Estados Unidos en 1967, trabajó como economista en el Instituto Nacional de la Industria Turística, la Junta Central de Planificación y el Ministerio de la Industria Azucarera. Hizo su doctorado en economía en la City University of New York. En 1973 ganó una beca postdoctoral en la Universidad de Yale donde enseño economía. Posteriormente fue asociado de investigación en la Brookings Institution en Washington, D.C. y después se trasladó a Río de Janeiro como funcionario de las Naciones Unidas para dirigir un proyecto de investigación sobre educación y desarrollo económico en diez países latinoamericanos, mientras enseñaba economía de la educación en la Universidad Católica de Río de Janeiro. En 1984 funda DevTech Systems, Inc., una firma consultora con sedes en las ciudades de Washington y Miami.
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Flex VCD DVD disc housed in a die cut.
2 Color printer on French paper broadside.
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About Dr.Mihir Kumar Panda, Ph.D,D.Litt,, innovator
World’s only achiever of large number of World Record for 10,000 Teaching Aids & innovations
Founder & Co-ordinator General, ‘SROSTI’ (Social Development research Organisation for Science, technology & Implementation)
Collaborator Vijnana Bana Ashram
Bahanaga, Baleshwar, Odisha, India-756042
Website : simpleinnovationproject.com
E-Mail- : mihirpandasrosti@gmail.com
Face Book link:https://www.facebook.com/mihirpandasrosti
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Dr.Mihir Kumar Panda, an Educational, Societal and Scientific Innovator has established an NGO 'SROSTI' at Bahanaga, Balasore,Odisha,India
Dr. panda has innovated/invented more than 10,000 (ten thousand) teaching aids and different innovations and he has more than 30,000 (Thirty thousand) ideas to make scientific and mathematical models.
His creations are very essential guide for school and college science exhibitions, innovative learning and play way method for the teachers and students, science activists, innovators, craftsmen, farmers, masons, physically challenged persons, common men, entrepreneurs and industrialists.
He is popularizing science through song, innovative demonstrations and motivational speech since 1990 in different parts of Odisha state without taking any fees.
Dr. Panda is an extreme motivational speaker in science and possess magical scientific demonstration and a crowd puller.
Innovator Mihir Kumar Panda loves nature and in his agricultural farm he does not uses the chemicals , fertilizers and pesticides. In his farm even the smallest creatures like snakes, caterpillar, white ants, worms ,vermies are in peace and are managed successfully not to do harm.
Dr. Panda is an Educationist, an environmentalist, a poet for science popularization, a good orator, a best resource person to train others in specific field of science and engineering.
The uniqueness of Simple Innovation and scientific activities and achievements ofDr. Panda can not be assessed without visiting his laboratory which is a living wonder in the realm of science.
From a small cake cutter to mechanical scissor, from a play pump to rickshaw operated food grain spreader and from a village refrigerator to a multi-purpose machine, thousands of such inventions and innovations are proof of Dr. Panda's brilliance.
From a tube well operated washing machine to weight sensitive food grain separator, from a password protected wardrobe to automatic screen, from a Dual face fan to electricity producing fan are example of few thousands of innovations and inventions of Mihir Kumar Panda.
Dr.Mihir Kumar Panda though bestowed to a popular name as Einstein of Odisha is obliviously treated as Thomas Alva Edison of India.
Dr. Panda's residential house also resembles a museum with scientific innovations of different shapes and sizes stacked in every nook and cranny which proves his scientific involvement in personal life.
Innovator Panda believes that , the best thing a child can do with a toy to break it. he also believes that by Educating child in his/her choice subject/ passion a progressive nation can be built.
The shelf made scientist Dr. Panda believes that Education is a life long process whose scope is far greater than school curriculum. The moulding of models/ innovations done by hand always better than the things heard and the facts incorporated in the books.
With no agricultural background, Dr. Panda has developed unique natural bonsai in his Vijnana Bana Ashram which also shows path for earning just by uprooting and nurturing the plants which are found to be small and thumb in nature.
Dr. Panda's Scientific Endeavour and research is no doubt praise worthy. One cannot but believe his dedicated effort in simple innovation laboratory.
Social service, innovation/ inventions, writing, free technology to students for preparation of science exhibition projects, free technology to common men for their sustainability, preparation of big natural bonsai, technology for entrepreneurs and industrialists for innovative item are few works of Mihir Kumar Panda after his Government service.
. To overcome the difficulties of science and math, explanation in classes, innovator Panda has created few thousands of educational, societal and scientific innovations which helps teachers and students of the country and abroad.
Dr. Panda believes that though inventions/innovation has reached under thousands and thousands deep in the sea and high up in the space. It has reached on moon and mars, but unfortunately the sustainable inventions/innovation has not properly gone to the tiny tots and common people.
Dr. Panda is amazing and wizard of innovations and works with a principle the real scientist is he, who sees the things simply and works high.
Dr.Mihir Kumar Panda's work can be explained in short
Sports with Science from Dawn to Dusk
Struggle some life- science in words and action
Triumphs of Science - Science at foot path
Hilarious dream in midst scarcity
A life of innovator de-avoided of Advertisement.
FELICITATIONS, AWARDS, HONOURS & RECORDS
* 200+ Felicitation and Awards from different NGOs, Schools & Colleges within the State of Odisha and National level.
* 10 Nos Gold, Silver & Bronze medal from different National & International level.
*Awarded for 10,000 innovations & 30,000 ideas by Indian Science Congress Association, Govt. of India.
* Honorary Ph.D From Nelson Mandela University, United States of America
* Honorary Ph.D From Global Peace University, United States of America& India
* Honorary D.Litt From Global Peace University, United States of America& India
* Title ‘Einstein of Odisha’ by Assam Book of Records, Assam
* Title ‘Thomas Alva Edison of India’ by Anandashree Organisation, Mumbai
* Title ‘ Einstein of Odisha & Thomas Alva Edison of India’ from Bengal Book of World record.
*World Record from OMG Book of Records
*World Record from Assam Book of Records,
* World Record from World Genius Records, Nigeria
* World Record from BengalBook of Records
* National Record from Diamond Book of Records
* World Record from Asian World Records
* World Record from Champians Book of World Records
* World Record from The British World Records
* World Record from Gems Book of World Records
* World Record from India Star World Record
* World Record from Geniuses World Records
* World Record from Royal Success International Book of Records
*World Record from Supreme World Records
* World Record from Uttarpradesh World Records
*World Record from Exclusive World Records
*World Record from international Book of Records
*World Record from Incredible Book of records
* World Record from Cholan Book of World Record
* World Record from Bravo International Book of World Record
* World Record from High Range Book of World Record
* World Record from Kalam’s World Record
* World Record from Hope international World Record
* International Honours from Nigeria
* Indian icon Award from Global Records & Research Foundation (G.R.R.F.)
* International Award from USA for the year’2019 as INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR-2019
* National level Excellence Leadership Award-2020 from Anandashree Organisation, Mumbai
* Best Practical Demonstrator & Theory instructor from Collector & District Magistrate,
Balasore.
* Best Innovator Award by Bengal Book.
* Popular Indian Award by Bengal Book.
* Great man Award by Bengal Book.
* Best Indian Award by Bengal Book.
* The Man of the Era by Bengal Book.
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Dr. MIHIR KUMAR PANDA
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Hindi Media report- Simple innovation science show for popularisation of science in free of cost by Dr.Mihir Ku Panda
Simple innovation science show for popularisation of science in free of cost in different parts of India By Dr.Mihirku Panda
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November 18, 2010 - "Roles for Third Parties in Improving Implementation of EPA's and OSHA's Regulations on the Management of Low-Probability, High-Consequence Process Safety Risks" - Penn Program on Regulation, in conjunction with the Wharton Risk Management Center, hosted a conference regarding the usage of third party auditors in the enforcement of regulatory safety measures in high risk industries. Industries which experts call "Low-Probability, High-Consequence," such as nuclear reactors, oil refineries, or chemical processing plants, are specifically hoped to be improved by third party inspections safety. The conference brought together numerous participants from a variety of fields, including from government, industry, insurance, academia, and non-profit sectors. The conference consisted of a day-long discussion spread over three separate panels. Over the course of the conference, participants stressed the importance of implementing a third party system to effectively and thoroughly audit industry despite lack of adequate funds and resources. Other potential scenarios offered for enacting effective third party auditing included making sure that these third party auditors were completely independent from the industries they would be inspecting so as to eliminate bias or a conflict of interest. Another issue to consider is the question of whose authority would the third party auditors be under and what kind of enforcement power would they have to enforce industry change. One of the panel discussions brought up the potential linkage of third party audits with insurance companies so as to provide an incentive for industry to decrease safety risks in order to pay lower insurance premiums. Workshop participants included Isadore "Irv" Rosenthal, a Senior Research Fellow at the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center; Howard Kunreuther, James G. Dinan Professor of Business and Public Policy at Wharton and Co-Director of the Wharton Risk Center; Laurie Miller, Senior Director of Environment and Process Safety at the American Chemistry Council; Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan, Managing Director of the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center; Scott Berger, Executive Director of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Don Nguyen, a Principal Process Safety Management Engineer at Siemens Energy, Inc.; Mike Marshall, Process Safety Management Coordinator at the Directorate of Enforcement Programs at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) within the United States Department of Labor; Cary Coglianese, Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Director of the Penn Program on Regulation; Bob Whitmore, Former Chief of OSHA Division of Recordkeeping at the United States Department of Labor; Jim Belke, Chemical Engineer at the Office of Emergency Prevention and Member of the Office of Chemical Preparedness within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); William Doerr, FM Global Research Area Director; Manuel Gomez, Director of Recommendations at the U.S. Chemical Safety Board; Tim Cillessen, Manager of Sales and Marketing at Siemens Energy, Inc.; Mike Wright, Director of Health, Safety, and Environment at United Steelworkers; Jennifer Nash, Affiliated Researcher of Nanotechnology and Society Research Group at Northeastern University and the Associate Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Executive Director of Regulatory Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Michael Perron, Senior Vice President of Willis Re New York.