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Ecovolis program has proven successful in dramatically increasing bicycle use in Tirana, which, formerly, was a city without a developed bicycle culture. Ecovolis program is the first project in Albania that provides low-income adults with commuter bicycles as well as a donating program for children bicycles. The program recently completed two major steps, opening new bike stations in the city of Durrës and integrating Tourist Information Point Service to the bicycles stations' structure.
History
The Tirana Community Bicycle Albania project won financial support from the George Soros Open Society Foundation Albania (OSFA). An even larger contribution came from the US-based Pedal for Progress organization, which donated 450 bicycles. Sixty of these were used road bikes, which were modified and painted by local technicians to serve as public bikes in the Ecovolis scheme. Another portion was set aside to donate to children and to activists and volunteers at PASS. Still another portion were diverted to the project's Eco Bicycle Shop, a social enterprise which sells bikes for USD 50-150 and reinvests profits for the service and maintenance of Ecovolis bicycles. The main objective of the program was to introduce the community to an inexpensive, environmental friendly form of transport -- the bicycle; to sell used bikes at low prices; to donate bikes to the children of needy families and to PASS volunteers; to establish a bike sharing-scheme in the city (Ecovolis); and to employ financially disadvantaged people and young students to operate the bike-sharing scheme.
System
Each Ecovolis station is staffed by two employees in two shifts and contains 30 -- 60 bicycles. In order to use the bicycles it is required to provide a personal identification document (such as passport or ID card) or by subscribing to the Ecovolis membership Card.
The first black and red bicycles, (also the colors of the Albanian flag) were donated from US-organization Pedal for Progress, (which collect and donate used bicycles). As these bicycles were of different types, converting them for safe and comfortable public use took months of work. The price per bicycle varies from 60 US$ to 90 US$ each. The bicycle is equipped with a front bicycle basket, a behind carrier, a comfortable saddle and a public fender with the Ecovolis sign.
The bicycle stations also provide touristic information to the visitors and a list of the city attractions. Moreover, being a non-profit social enterprise, during particular days the program offers free bicycle service, cycling courses, donations of bicycles and helmets for children in need, bike tours and a bicycle recycle program.
Danilo Astori, Vice-President of Uruguay, attends the Seminar: The challenges of regional integration Cooperation during the ECLAC Thirty-fifth sesión in Lima.
Photo: Daniel Malpica/ Peruvian Foreign Ministry
A general view of the Seminar: The challenges of regional integration Cooperation during the ECLAC Thirty-fifth sesión in Lima.
Photo: Daniel Malpica/ Peruvian Foreign Ministry
Matthew Cunliffe ’13 recently spent three days in Prague studying the integration of former communist countries into the European Union. Photo sent by Matthew Cunliffe ’13.
The Sentinel radar system plays a part in the Army’s Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative (AI3) Quick Reaction Capability, which will complete its laboratory testing and flight test program in 2013. Here, Task Force Lightning Soldiers of the Florida National Guard conduct crew drills with the Sentinel radar system at Oro Grande Base Camp, NM. The Soldiers performed a variety of drills as part of the certification process, in preparation for deployment to the National Capital Region. (U.S. Army photo by CPT Kevin Lockett)
Read more on page 108, Army AL&T Magazine armyalt.va.newsmemory.com/
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Alla Österlengymnasiets elever har i höst fått chansen att åka till Malmö för att uppleva musikalen Kinky Boots. Här kommer några bilder från den 24 november 2016. Vilken kväll! En blandning av fest och glamor och motgångar och eftertänksamhet. Och flera bra budskap att fundera över efteråt! Det är inte lätt att hitta sig själv och veta vad man vill med sitt liv. Och det är sannerligen inte lätt att sedan våga vara sig själv (varken som transvestit eller "chefens son") - särskilt inte när man stöter på fördomar.
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London Borough of Harrow, presented by Carolyn Downs, Chief Executive LGA, and Neil Ackroyd, Ordnance Survey
An installation at Tate Modern in August 2023 by Rasheed Araeen "Zero to Infinity" which children and adults could interact with; the 'structure' periodically being organized into its original order then gradually dispersed again. Great fun to participate and to observe!
A full set can be seen in the album Chaos into Order