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This panel explored policy issues around facilitating SMEs participation in public tenders and providing small business with growth opportunities arising from delivering contracts for municipalities and local government.
The event also launched a research report describing policy dilemmas regarding engaging local small businesses in bidding for public contracts and showcasing competitive online bidding systems in Cyprus, Italy and Ukraine that successfully created new business opportunities to local SMEs.
Moderator
Michel Nussbaumer
Director, Legal Transition, EBRD
Speakers
Marie-Anne Birken
General Counsel, EBRD
Rea Georgiou
Accountant General, Treasury
Philippos Katranis
Head of Public Procurement Directorate, Treasury
Ioannis Kokkoris
Professor, Queen Mary University London
Anna Carolin Müller
Legal Affais Officer, WTO Secretariat
Charlotte Ruhe
Head of SME F & D, ASB, EBRD
Oleksandr Starodubtsev
Director, Public Procurement Department, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
PHILIPPINES_Delivery of laboratory equipment purchased in the framework of GLOSOLAN procurement 2020
©️BSWM - LSD (the Philippines)
This panel explored policy issues around facilitating SMEs participation in public tenders and providing small business with growth opportunities arising from delivering contracts for municipalities and local government.
The event also launched a research report describing policy dilemmas regarding engaging local small businesses in bidding for public contracts and showcasing competitive online bidding systems in Cyprus, Italy and Ukraine that successfully created new business opportunities to local SMEs.
Moderator
Michel Nussbaumer
Director, Legal Transition, EBRD
Speakers
Marie-Anne Birken
General Counsel, EBRD
Rea Georgiou
Accountant General, Treasury
Philippos Katranis
Head of Public Procurement Directorate, Treasury
Ioannis Kokkoris
Professor, Queen Mary University London
Anna Carolin Müller
Legal Affais Officer, WTO Secretariat
Charlotte Ruhe
Head of SME F & D, ASB, EBRD
Oleksandr Starodubtsev
Director, Public Procurement Department, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
The launch of the Carbon Disclosure Project 2010 Public Procurement Programme Report for the UK Government and the Greater London Authority (GLA) Group.
The report, produced by AEA, identified that over £200m has been saved during the past three years by suppliers from carbon reduction activities.
Dominican Republic_Delivery of laboratory equipment purchased in the framework of GLOSOLAN procurement 2020 ©️LABOAGRO UASD (Dominican Republic)
The launch of the Carbon Disclosure Project 2010 Public Procurement Programme Report for the UK Government and the Greater London Authority (GLA) Group.
The report, produced by AEA, identified that over £200m has been saved during the past three years by suppliers from carbon reduction activities.
Dominican Republic_Delivery of laboratory equipment purchased in the framework of GLOSOLAN procurement 2020 ©️LABOAGRO UASD (Dominican Republic)
As is clearly evident, Freiza has captured at least two if not more of the dragon balls and has even procured a special sack with which to hold them.
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PHILIPPINES_Delivery of laboratory equipment purchased in the framework of GLOSOLAN procurement 2020
©️BSWM - LSD (the Philippines)
Dominican Republic_Delivery of laboratory equipment purchased in the framework of GLOSOLAN procurement 2020 ©️LABOAGRO UASD (Dominican Republic)
Dominican Republic_Delivery of laboratory equipment purchased in the framework of GLOSOLAN procurement 2020 ©️LABOAGRO UASD (Dominican Republic)
Dominican Republic_Delivery of laboratory equipment purchased in the framework of GLOSOLAN procurement 2020 ©️LABOAGRO UASD (Dominican Republic)
"Small business is smart business. That's not just a bumpersticker saying." Read more in the blog entry detailing his talk at the NDIA Small Business Conference on Nov. 17th.
Dominican Republic_Delivery of laboratory equipment purchased in the framework of GLOSOLAN procurement 2020 ©️LABOAGRO UASD (Dominican Republic)
Dominican Republic_Delivery of laboratory equipment purchased in the framework of GLOSOLAN procurement 2020 ©️LABOAGRO UASD (Dominican Republic)
The kit and its assembly:
Some time ago I got my hands on a “reasonably priced” Patlabor IP kit set from Good Smile Company/Moderoid. The company created molds/kits for a wide range of Labors that appear in the original TV series and the movies, thankfully in the old Bandai kits’ rather esoteric 1:60 scale. This range also included a lot of civil Labors, which were formerly only available as dubious vinyl kits. The kit set I got was the HL-98 “Hercules” and ASV 99 “Boxer” combo, two civil construction Labors that shortly appear in supporting roles in the early Nineties movies. I did not have concrete plans for the kits upon purchase, but one of them would certainly become/remain a commercial/civil vehicle – and that will be the Boxer, due to its glazed cockpit. The Hercules Labor looked rather aggressive (at least to me, a little like a small brother of the menacing Phantom robot), and I rather thought that it would be better suited as a police or even military vehicle.
I eventually went for the latter concept; my build/conversion would more or less fall into the timeframe of the rather realistic and politically-heavy Patlabor 2 movie, around 2002, when Labors had, after teething troubles, become a more common sight and fully integrated into public services. Therefore, the HL-98 would become a “classic” JGSDF vehicle, not an exotic prototype anymore, reflected in its equipment/mods and the livery.
A word about the kit…. After initial enthusiasm I was a bit disappointed by the HL-98 kit, though. While it looks flashy and crisp in the box, molded in a peach orange tone with some dark grey details on alternative sprues (that are shared with the Boxer, beware not to throw them away!), the kit revealed the designers’ niggardliness. First of all, the kit had been designed to be a rather simple snap-fit model. This is per se not a bad thing, many recent Bandai mecha kits are designed this way to appeal to newbie modelers who can put the model together, put stickers on it, and have a functional action figure within 15 minutes. However, Bandai’s designers still have the advanced modeler in mind and typically offer an alternative water slide decal sheet, and the kit is designed to be built in segments that can be built and painted separately, to be assembled in a final step, e. g. thanks to vinyl caps and clever detail solutions that might require one or two parts more, but that pays out elsewhere.
The Good Smile Company kit(s) lacks this thought altogether, and the number of parts has been reduced to a point that some parts, which would normally require 2 halves, have been molded and cast with “holes”. This might not be an issue, if this would remain invisible – but it isn’t and that’s really disappointing for such a “modern” kit! For instance, the undersides of the feet or of the hips are just “hollow”. Additionally, where a Bandai kit would offer a small, flexible vinyl cap in a joint, half of that joint is in the HL-98’s case completely molded in an ABS-esque material that is quite soft and poorly accepts any paint – the toy aspect seemed to have priority during the molds’ design process! Sure, you can work with this basis, but I feel painfully reminded of the early IP robot kits from the Eighties which did not offer any vinyl caps at all and a very cumbersome, not well thought-through matryoshka layout for arms, legs and torso, so that building separate modules and assembling them as a final step was impossible or required thorough mods.
Beyond these fundamental issues the kit went together quite well. The IP material is solid and thick, but many openings had to be painted before assembly to hide the material’s orange base color. Fit is also not too god, at least for such a modern mold – while the designers tried to hide part seams in natural panel lines, those seams that remain visible are very prominent and require PSR.
Most of my mods went onto the upper torso, including a sensor boom from a Patlabor Brocken on the left shoulder, the prominent LIDAR fairing (from a Bandai Patlabor Ingram Unit 3’s head) or the shoulder gun (from the scrap box, from a ruined 1:144 Run-Valam mecha, plus a drum magazine scratched from leftover Patlabor Brocken parts).
The “mitten”-style hands were also procured from a Bandai Brocken kit, replacing the HL-98’s original pincer-like three- and four-finger manipulators. To emphasize the military aspect, I added reactive armor tiles to the front and the shoulders, cut from 1mm styrene sheet. They beef up the look and add a military touch to the Labor/mecha.
Dominican Republic_Delivery of laboratory equipment purchased in the framework of GLOSOLAN procurement 2020 ©️LABOAGRO UASD (Dominican Republic)
Governor Moore speaking at Senior Procurement Advisory Group Meeting by Anthony DePanise at 100 Community Place, Crownsville, MD 21032
The launch of the Carbon Disclosure Project 2010 Public Procurement Programme Report for the UK Government and the Greater London Authority (GLA) Group.
The report, produced by AEA, identified that over £200m has been saved during the past three years by suppliers from carbon reduction activities.
Kate Adie '13 joined the HEC board in the spring semester as the Procurement Director. She'll make sure the food, beverages, and amenities are ordered and received in time for HEC weekend.
Governor Moore speaking at Senior Procurement Advisory Group Meeting by Anthony DePanise at 100 Community Place, Crownsville, MD 21032
This panel explored policy issues around facilitating SMEs participation in public tenders and providing small business with growth opportunities arising from delivering contracts for municipalities and local government.
The event also launched a research report describing policy dilemmas regarding engaging local small businesses in bidding for public contracts and showcasing competitive online bidding systems in Cyprus, Italy and Ukraine that successfully created new business opportunities to local SMEs.
Moderator
Michel Nussbaumer
Director, Legal Transition, EBRD
Speakers
Marie-Anne Birken
General Counsel, EBRD
Rea Georgiou
Accountant General, Treasury
Philippos Katranis
Head of Public Procurement Directorate, Treasury
Ioannis Kokkoris
Professor, Queen Mary University London
Anna Carolin Müller
Legal Affais Officer, WTO Secretariat
Charlotte Ruhe
Head of SME F & D, ASB, EBRD
Oleksandr Starodubtsev
Director, Public Procurement Department, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
The launch of the Carbon Disclosure Project 2010 Public Procurement Programme Report for the UK Government and the Greater London Authority (GLA) Group.
The report, produced by AEA, identified that over £200m has been saved during the past three years by suppliers from carbon reduction activities.
NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails delivers remarks during a NASA Office of Procurement Enterprise Reverse Industry Day event Thursday, April 24, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
January 2022 - Robins Nest - Lin Ma Hang Lead Mines
Shan Tsui Battery, Japanese Battery Hill
at an elevation of 40m, the first pillbox is encountered, a large concrete structure, half buried in the under growth but in good condition.
The shooting holes or ‘embrasures’ were directed to the northeast, over what was a fertile valley, but which is now studded with Mainland tower blocks. The box was constructed from good quality concrete, with a small alcove to the right as you enter, before reaching the main firing room.
Robin's Nest (Chinese: 紅花嶺; Jyutping: Hung Fa Leng (former name:麻雀嶺)) is a hill located in northeastern Hong Kong, south of the border between Hong Kong and Shenzhen in the New Territories. Robin's Nest is the 55th tallest hill in Hong Kong. The peak is 492 metres
The name Hung Fa Leng (紅花嶺) does not translate directly as 'Robin's Nest' but as 'Red Flower Ridge'.
As of June 2019, Robin’s Nest has been designated a country park, marking a huge victory for historic preservationist, environmentalist, and conservationist efforts. Standing at 492 metres above sea level, Robin’s Nest is the highest peak in northern New Territories and boasts a bird’s-eye view of Sha Tau Kok and farmlands on the Hong Kong side, and the Shenzhen metropolis on the other side.
Robin’s Nest Country Park hosts over 650 species of animals and plants, including the endangered Chinese grassbird—90 percent of its population living in the park. The ecological significance of Robin’s Nest makes this hike excellent for those who are scientifically or environmentally curious! Aside from biodiversity, the hills and valleys that make up the country park also host hidden pockets of World War II and mining relics, with abandoned war shelters and houses along the way for exploration.
Lin Ma Hang sits in the basin of Robin’s Nest. Up until 2016, the village was inaccessible to non-permit holders as it was a part of the Frontier Closed Area. Since then, the village itself has been excluded from the zoning, but the access road still falls within the closed area and requires permits for those who wish to access the village by road. Lin Ma Hang is also home to a feng shui pond, a Macintosh Fort, and the residence of Ip Ting-sz, a declared monument which was built in 1908 and modelled after Dr Sun Yat-sen’s residence in Zhongshan. It was here that Sun Yat-sen met his friends and collaborators for the revolution of China.
The lead mines of Lin Ma Hang started operating in 1915 in the hopes of procuring copper, lead, and silver. However, over the years, the production from the mines proved disappointing. It was rescinded in 1962 and abandoned that same year. It was blown up during the WWII by locals so it won’t be used by Japanese.
It was then declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in 1994 as it became one of the most important bat colonies in all of Hong Kong.
AFCD has since launched a protection ordinance for these bats, whereby anyone hunting or disturbing these bat colonies will face a hefty fine of $100,000 and a one-year imprisonment sentence.
Following that, in 2008, the Lin Ma Hang Stream was also declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest, as it was home to 50 percent of Hong Kong’s native freshwater fish!
NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails delivers remarks during a NASA Office of Procurement Enterprise Reverse Industry Day event Thursday, April 24, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Botswana_Delivery of laboratory equipment purchased in the framework of GLOSOLAN procurement 2020 ©️Lesego Mooketsi-Selepe/Soil and Plant Analytical laboratory (SPAL)_Botswana
The launch of the Carbon Disclosure Project 2010 Public Procurement Programme Report for the UK Government and the Greater London Authority (GLA) Group.
The report, produced by AEA, identified that over £200m has been saved during the past three years by suppliers from carbon reduction activities.
Procuré no espachurarlo demasiado para la foto, pero vaya picadura!!
No os perdáis la espectacular foto de Joaquim: