Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
The Government of Canada is investing in the Howe Sound Pulp and Paper Limited Partnership to improve the company’s environmental performance and help to drive the evolution of Canada’s forest sector, the Honourable Stockwell Day, President of the Treasury Board of Canada and Minister for the Asia–Pacific Gateway, announced today. Located in Port Mellon, B.C.,
Sunday, September 5th, 2010
The development objective of the Backbone Transmission Investment Project is to increase the availability, reliability, and quality of grid based power supply to the northern regions of Tanzania. There are two components to the project. The first component of the project is the construction of one of three sections of a transmission line that will run
Sunday, September 5th, 2010
The Cadastre Modernization Project for Turkey is to contribute to government agenda to improve quality and effectiveness of public services through spreading and making effective e-government applications. The specific objective of the project is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the land registry and cadastre services. This objective will be achieved through: (i) renovating
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
In its July 2010 issue, The Scientist published results of its annual survey of the best places to work in academia. INRA Versailles-Grignon, the only French institution on the list, bagged seventh place, standing proudly alongside leading international institutions. More than 2300 scientists working in the life sciences answered an online survey conducted for the
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Heads of state, private sector leaders and agricultural experts are arriving in Ghana for the inaugural African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF). Meetings between more than 800 senior government and corporate leaders, members of the international donor community and farming groups will pave the way for new investment and policy initiatives. Kofi Annan, Chair of the AGRF will
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
A new RapidBus service connecting downtown Kelowna with the University of British Columbia-Okanagan (UBCO), and enhancing service to the Rutland area, was unveiled today. These new services will begin operations on Sunday, Sept. 5, helping to bring transit users, including students, to their destinations easier and faster than ever before, and helping to build a
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
The newly created Integrated Application Promotion (IAP) programme of the European Space Agency (ESA) is inviting public and commercial end-user organisations to propose ideas and suggestions for new services in the Baltic, focusing particularly on maritime issues. The aim is to generate ideas leading to new services that will improve business performance and operations, help enforce
Monday, August 30th, 2010
If everything begins with an idea and knowledge is the foundation of all progress, libraries will continue to play an important role in development, especially in the age of knowledge and knowledge-based societies. Dramatic changes in digital technologies, in fact, have had transformative implication for the libraries of the future and the way we manage
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Located in the circum-pacific seismic belt, the earthquakes occur very often in Taiwan and often cause great loss of life and property damage. For the reason that the earthquake cannot be predicted and always causes serious damage, the local governments devote to promoting and enhancing the urban disaster prevention capability through the establishment of urban
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
The UN-REDD Viet Nam Programme is inviting qualified companies or consortia to express their interest in the following assignment: * Establishment of historical forest status maps at district level. Full details can be found at http://www.vietnam-redd.org/Web/Default.aspx?tab=newsdetail&zoneid=107&itemid=124&lang=en-US. Deadline for submission: 17 September 2010.
