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The Development Fund (Utviklingsfondet) is a Norwegian non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in 1978 by Norwegian author, Erik Dammann.
Published in 1972, Dammann's book The Future in Our Hands raised social and environmental questions and put them in a much larger perspective than until then had been the norm. Inspired by the interest for this book, in 1974 he initiated The Future in Our Hands (Framtiden i våre hender), today a world wide organisation with thirty partner organisations over the globe. In 1978, that organization established The Development Fund (Utviklingsfondet).
Utviklingsfondet is an independent environment and development organization. The organization’s mission is “to contribute, with emphasis on long-term measures, to promoting a fairer distribution of the world’s resources, supporting sustainable development and local participation aimed at promoting democracy and human rights, reducing poverty and safeguarding the environment.” The Development Fund addresses in particular the challenges of small scale farmers in the South in advancing food security and make for sustainable agricultural practices when facing the effects of climate change. Through local partners in Asia (Sri Lanka, Nepal), Africa (Ethiopia, Malawi) and Latin America (Honduras, Nicaragua), The Development Fund works with different development and environment projects related to such as food security, pastoralists in dry-land areas, and agricultural biodiversity.
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The Regional Development Fund (Norwegian: Distriktenes utbyggingsfond, DU) was a government agency and bank (a regional development bank) in Norway tasked with promoting regional development by counselling, loans and subsidies. The fund was established in 1961 and existed until 1993, when it was merged with the Industry Bank and the Industry Fund to form the Norwegian Industrial and Regional Development Fund. In 2004, the Norwegian Industrial and Regional Development Fund was merged with other agencies to form Innovation Norway.
The Regional Development Fund was headquartered in Oslo.
Regional development is the provision of aid and other assistance to regions which are less economically developed. Regional development may be domestic or international in nature. The implications and scope of regional development may therefore vary in accordance with the definition of a region, and how the region and its boundaries are perceived internally and externally.
The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF)'s board of directors accepted the improved offer made by COSCO Group (Hong Kong) Limited in the context of the tender for the sale of the 67 percent of Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) shares. The fund's governing board had opened COSCO's initial offer on Jan. 12, but requested an improved bid.
Kenya stands to directly benefit from hosting the sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development,TICAD. Among the benefits include the signing of the investment treaty between Kenya and Japan and the beginning of negotiations of a tax treaty between the two countries which will see Japan’s investment in Kenya increase. While addressing the nation at Statehouse, president Uhuru Kenyatta and Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe said Kenya-Japan relations remain the main gateway for economic development in the African region.
This video describes the assessment criteria for Tourism Industry Regional Development Fund (TIRF) grants.
The News Today with Lucy Aharish - 12/06/2015 i24news is an international 24-hour news and current affairs television channel based in Jaffa Port. For more from our news teams http://www.i24news.tv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/i24newsEN Twitter: https://twitter.com/i24News_EN
An overview of projects funded from Somaliland Development Fund.
International conference on Asset allocation , Wealth and risk managmnet, Kish Island, Persian Gulf. (NIC 2013). Presentation By Dr. Mohammad Mazraati on NDFI activities and the way forward
*GPHA shuts down unauthorized port facilities *Implements of Illegal port facilities render unqualified apology to GPHA as the Port Authority summon all stakeholders related to the conduct *DG of GPHA terminates contract with Vikings offshore following his assessment of ongoing port expansion projects in Takoradi *GPHA to repair deplorable new Takoradi road *DG of GPHA, inaugurates port infrastructure development fund and a port community association *WestBlue Consulting deploys e-manifest at KIA for customs to access advance information on all imported cargo *GPHA acquires highest international standardization organization (ISO) certification (ISO 14001-2015) *GCNet holds bi-annual E-MDA focus group meeting
For several months, the Northern Territory Government has been investigating what opportunities might exist for the Territory under the Australian Government’s Asset Recycling Initiative. The initiative offers States and Territories a 15 per cent bonus to sell eligible assets and re-invest the proceeds in critical new economy-growing infrastructure. Visit: www.buildingourterritory.nt.gov.au
Cabinet approved a plan to set up a railways development fund to help in the funding of railways project in the country. Speaking during the opening of the Syokimau railway station Transport Minister Amos Kimunya said the fund will also help to offset debts owed by the Kenya railway corporation.
http://www.portsmouth-port.co.uk/news/2340 Two projects funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg IVA '2 Seas' programme - PATCH (Ports Adapting To Change) and C2C (Connect 2 Compete). The first project (PATCH) brought grants for the Port's Master Plan and sustainable heating and cooling in the new terminal. The second project (C2C) funded preparatory work for the Trafalgar Gate Link Road, bringing massive improvements in road access to Portsmouth International Port and its hinterland. All of the EU funded projects at Portsmouth International Port are directly linked to the free movement of people and goods, a founding principle of the European Community. Lessons learned from the schemes formed a key part of the workshop, which shared success stories with oth...
Director of Accent Wine Packaging Peter Hooper recently received $100,000 in grant funding to expand his business, thanks to the newly established $10 million Small Business Development Fund.
Proclaiming good news to the poor through reconciliation, relocation, and redistribution The Haiti Christian Development Fund (HCDF) has been actively working in Fond-des-Blancs, Haiti since 1982. HCDF is a U.S. incorporated, non-profit, tax-exempt organization founded in 1980 for the sole purpose of Christian community development in a rural Haitian community. Its basic premise is to proclaim good news to the poor in word and deed, through reconciliation, relocation and redistribution (read more about the "Three Rs"). Proclaim Good News to the Poor The Haiti Christian Development Fund is first and foremost an evangelical organization and as such its ultimate goal is to proclaim good news to the poor. As a result, evangelism and Church planting have always been at the center of its minist...
Deputy leader of the St. Lucia Labour Party, Mr. Phillip J Pierre has chastised the United Workers Party administration for putting, what he says are a number of burdening taxes on the St. Lucian people. Chief among them, he says, is the newly imposed Air Port Development tax. He made the disclosure on Thursday evening at an SLP political meeting.
Chinese shipping giant COSCO announced on Wednesday it had completed the acquisition of a majority stake in the Greek port of Piraeus. COSCO acquired 67 percent of the port for 368.5 million euros, or 409 million US dollars, under the deal with the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund of Greece. The sale gives COSCO rights to run Piraeus until 2052. COSCO has pledged to invest 294 million euros to expand cruise facilities, upgrade the dockyard, and create parking spaces as well. Subscribe to us on Youtube: https://goo.gl/lP12gA Download for IOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cctvnews-app/id922456579?l=zh&ls;=1&mt;=8 Download for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imib.cctv Follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cctvnewschina Twitter: https://twitt...
Ville de Marseille develops their safe city infrastructure with Oracle Big Data, as part of the "BigData de la Tranquillité Publique" project that was funded by EU with resources from the European Regional Development Fund.
*GPHA shuts down unauthorized port facilities *Implements of Illegal port facilities render unqualified apology to GPHA as the Port Authority summon all stakeholders related to the conduct *DG of GPHA terminates contract with Vikings offshore following his assessment of ongoing port expansion projects in Takoradi *GPHA to repair deplorable new Takoradi road *DG of GPHA, inaugurates port infrastructure development fund and a port community association *WestBlue Consulting deploys e-manifest at KIA for customs to access advance information on all imported cargo *GPHA acquires highest international standardization organization (ISO) certification (ISO 14001-2015) *GCNet holds bi-annual E-MDA focus group meeting
International conference on Asset allocation , Wealth and risk managmnet, Kish Island, Persian Gulf. (NIC 2013). Presentation By Dr. Mohammad Mazraati on NDFI activities and the way forward
The concept of cutting a canal through the Kra Peninsula in southern Thailand has been a conception in the minds of visionary thinkers for hundreds of years. In the early 1980s, it nearly came to fruition, as associates of Lyndon LaRouche, including especially Pakdee Tanapura of Thailand, mobilized leaders of the Thai government, American scientific institutions, Japan’s Mitsubishi Global Infrastructure Fund (GIF), and leaders from every major country in the region (except Singapore and China) to two conferences in Bangkok dedicated to implementing this great project to unite the Pacific and Indian Ocean Basins via a canal. But the British Empire has repeatedly, throughout history, acted to stop the building of the Kra Canal – both because they wanted to maintain the strategic ...
Join donor programs as they highlight projects supporting Somaliland entrepreneurs, the private sector and economic development in Somaliland. Facilitator: Abdikarim Gole, Country Director, Somaliland, Shuraako Panelists: Dr. Abdi Arman Haji, Market Development Coordinator, DAI/PIMS Alan Saffery, Deputy Chief of Party, Growth, Enterprise, Employment & Livelihoods Project (GEEL) David Phillips, Director, GBRW Ltd. George Waigi, Team Leader, BDO - SMEF Hirsi Farah, Deputy Team Leader, SBCF - DAI Judith Akoth Otieno, Gender Program Analyst, UNDP Lee Sorensen, Director, Shuraako Mirjam Horstmeier, Global Programme Manager, Oxfam Work in Progress! Alliance
Ένα ντοκιμαντέρ του Λευτέρη Χαραλαμπόπουλου. Μια παραγωγή του UNFOLLOW. Ένα ντοκιμαντέρ για το πώς από το ξεπούλημα του ΟΠΑΠ φτάσαμε σε ένα ιδιωτικό μονοπώλιο που μπορεί να εκβιάζει κυβερνήσεις, να διαλέγει αυτό ποιος θα στελεχώνει της Ανεξάρτητες Αρχές που υποτίθεται ότι το ελέγχουν, να μεθοδεύει τη δημιουργία μικρών καζίνο στις γειτονιές της Αθήνας. Ένα ντοκιμαντέρ που δεν θα δείτε ποτέ στην τηλεόραση, γιατί η ΟΠΑΠ ΑΕ έχει το μεγαλύτερο διαφημιστικό προϋπολογισμό από οποιαδήποτε άλλη ελληνική εταιρεία και τον χρησιμοποιεί για να αποσπά πολιτική επιρροή, διευκολύνσεις από όλες τις κυβερνήσεις και σιωπή από τα ΜΜΕ. Γι’ αυτό σχεδόν ποτέ δεν ακούτε για το σκάνδαλο της πώλησής του, τον τρόπο που λειτουργεί ως ιδιωτικό μονοπώλιο, τους κινδύνους από την ανεξέλεγκτη επέκταση των παγνιομηχανημά...
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- Transport infrastructure: sethu samudram vs. sethu bharatam yojana. - Bharatmala vs Sagarmala. Delhi mumbai industrial corridor. - how and why was railway budget merged with general budget? - Railway related provisions in Budget 2017 for passenger safety, passenger amnesties, ticket fares, cash account being too cruel accounting. The announcement for making new Metro rail policy and act - Unified Cadre system for railway personnel. - Observations from economic survey chapter 12: India on move and churning new evidences. - UDAN: Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik under national civil aviation policy 2016: Rs.2500 hourly cap on airfare, viability gap funding under airport authority of India (AAI) - Port infrastructure: major and minor ports in India. - Maritime agenda 2010-20 vs. Sagarmala national...
A documentary on eight of the most ambitious mega-projects currently under development around the world, featuring: Istanbul's building boom (Turkey); the Mission to put a human on Mars; the effort to develop Lagos (Nigeria); Africa's unprecedented clean energy opportunity; the project to probe the nearest Earth-like exoplanet; Atlanta's stadium of the future (Georgia, United States); India's effort to modernize its highways; and China's unprecedented One Belt One Road, "New Silk Road" initiative. Get your free audiobook: http://www.audibletrial.com/TheDailyConversation Subscribe to TDC: https://www.youtube.com/TheDailyConversation/ Video by Bryce Plank and Robin West Music: By Matt Stewart-Evans: https://soundcloud.com/mattstewartevans https://www.facebook.com/Matthew.Stewart.Ev...
Director:Cyril Tuschi 導演 : 施維杜致 日期 Date:28 / 10 / 2016 (Fri) Brief Description On 20th October, OUGE and Goethe-Institut are going to co-present the campus-screening of the renowned German film “Digital Dissidents ” by Cyril Tuschi. Hope that the screening followed with a talk by the director can really inspire our students and colleagues, to think more deeply on the issues of global justice and freedom. 簡介 大學通識教育部跟香港歌德學院合作,在中大校園放映德國導演施維杜致的作品《數碼叛徒》。在這一場校園放映會中,導演施維杜致將會現身中大,跟大家一起討論數碼時代種種有關全球公義與自由的問題。 The Film Whistleblowers: patriots or traitors? Do the secrets they reveal ultimately liberate or damage their nation and its citizens? “Digital Dissidents” delves deep into the heart of what it means to be a whistleblower and the nature of their quest to disclose radical truths hidden from s...
In this Episode, the SDF Diaries team continue with their interaction with Grantees, and highlight the impact on the work and operations of National Association of Garages
Highlights of the Opening Ceremony. A project funded by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) under the Basic Needs Trust Fund 6th cycle (BNTF 6) of the Saint Lucia Social Development Fund (SSDF)
Speakers: Dr. William Byrd - Senior Expert at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Mr. Craig Steffensen - Representative at the North American Representation Office of the Asian Development Bank Mr. Tobias Haque - Senior Economist for South Asia at the World Bank The panel will be moderated by Professor Kent Calder, Director of the Reischauer Center and Director of Asia Programs at Johns Hopkins SAIS, with the introductory remarks by Mr. Rohullah Osmani, Visiting Scholar at Johns Hopkins SAIS. Overview: For centuries Central Asia and Afghanistan were in the backwater of global political and economic attention, stories of Great Games and Silk Roads notwithstanding. Interest in Central Asia from outside the region has been on the rise in recent years and Central Asia’...
Agenda items: Council Plan 2017-27 and Budget 2017/18: Adoption Declaration of Rates and Charges 2017/18 Cultural Development Fund Grant Recommendations Integrated Transport Strategy: Paid Parking Policy Update 31 Queens Road, Melbourne Amendment C132 - 26 Stokes Street Heritage Overlay - Consideration of Panel Report and Adoption of Amendment Procurement Policy and Financial Delegations Update Annual Insurance Renewals 2017/18 Palais Theatre - Community Fund Committee and Community Advisory Committee - Terms of Reference Road Management Plan Review Asset Management Policy To see the video in chapters visit: http://webcast.portphillip.vic.gov.au/archive/video17-0621.php For reports, agenda and minutes visit: http://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/june-2017-meetingsagendas.htm
Produced for the "Special Service for the Sector of Culture" and the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports. The project "Actions of Information and publicity for cultural works" is co-financed by Greece and the European Union - European Regional Development Fund - O.P. "Technical Support for Implementation" - National Strategic Reference Framework 2007-2013. The following projects are presented: 1. Athenian Akropolis – R.O.P. of Attica 2. St. Dionysius Catholic Cathedral - R.O.P. of Attica 3. Acropol Hotel - R.O.P. of Attica 4. New Building of the National Museum of Modern Art (Former Fix Brewery) - R.O.P. of Attica 5. Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens - R.O.P. of Attica 6. Monastery of Daphni - R.O.P. of Attica 7. Byzantine Monuments in Kastoria – R.O.P. of Macedonia – Thrace 8. By...
Reply in LokSabha during discussion on consideration and passing of Central Road Fund (Amendment) Bill 2017. The amendment seeks to allocate 2.5% of the CRF generated to accelerate the development and maintenance of National Waterways.
The Hawaii County Windward Planning Commission discusses the Geothermal Asset fund and it's rules as related to funding a health study part 1 of 3 October 4, 2012 0:00 approve minutes of last meeting 0:50 Wallace Ishibashi excuses himself from the discussion 1:30 overview of the resource permit #2 which resulted in the formation of the geothermal asset fund 7:00 regarding letters from Councilman Yagong and Councilman Blas full agenda here http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/weblink/1/doc/62608/Page1.aspx facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/OccupyHilo Ustream link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/occupyhilo Livestream link: http://www.livestream.com/occupyhilo Twitter Account(s): @OccHiloMedia - please follow and mention us on Twitter! Email OccupyHiloMedia@yahoo.com tags added 10/4/12 O...
Durst Conference Columbia University June 17, 2016 In New York City, the mix of entrepreneurs and creative visionaries, newly arrived global residents and deeply embedded local communities has continuously spurred new ideas for shaping the built environment. As new social dynamics for work life and leisure emerge, new physical environments are required to support changing formats and needs. At the 2016 Durst Conference, panelists discuss and debate real estate development projects that are currently demonstrating promising and varied programmatic functions, design formats, and even processes by which they are delivered: - Office space shared by small-scale, entrepreneurial, and temporary tenants - Residential formats providing smaller units and common spaces for previously private activ...
The Establishment and Maintenance of a Viable and Successful Framework for Oil and Gas Development in Guyana. The Inaugural Public Lecture presented by Mr. Kevin Ramnarine, former Minister of Energy & Energy Affairs of Trinidad & Tobago.
A documentary on the ten most ambitious mega-projects currently under development around the world, featuring: Dubai World Central Airport (United Arab Emirates); Songdo International Business District (South Korea); Tokyo-Osaka Maglev Train (Japan); Masdar City (United Arab Emirates); The Grand Canal (Nicaragua); National Trunk Highway System (China); International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor [ITER] - Fusion (France); World's Tallest Building (Azerbaijan); Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (India); King Abdullah Economic City (Saudi Arabia). Subscribe to TDC: https://www.youtube.com/TheDailyConversation/ Like our page on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/thedailyconversation Join us on Google+ https://plus.google.com/100134925804523235350/posts Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitte...