change U.S.-Australia Relations Amid Political Change is Topic of East-West Center Luncheon By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:38 +0000 U.S.-Australia Relations Amid Political Change is Topic of East-West Center Luncheon HONOLULU (Sept. 19) – Former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Kim Beazley will speak on “Political Change and Alliance Continuity in U.S.-Australia Relations” at an Australian American Leadership Dialogue luncheon address on Wed., Sept. 24., at the East-West Center’s Hawai‘i Imin International Conference Center (Jefferson Hall, 1777 East-West Road). Ten months ago, the Australian Labor Party under Kevin Rudd defeated the decade-long conservative coalition government of John Howard. This November, the U.S. election will bring in a new American president. These political transitions bring a new era to U.S.-Australian relations. Full Article
change NASA Awards East-West Center $826,000 To Assess Environmental Change In Se Asia By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:43 +0000 NASA Awards East-West Center $826,000 To Assess Environmental Change In Southeast Asia HONOLULU (June 16) – The East-West Center (EWC) was awarded a three-year contract from NASA for a projected total of $826,639 to determine the effects of the explosive expansion of rubber cultivation in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia (MMSEA) on regional water and carbon dynamics. "Hydrologic change within this region, which comprises approximately half of Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam and China’s Yunnan Province, could have serious consequences for the approximately 200 million inhabitants of mainland Southeast Asia’s lowlands and for the climate of monsoon Asia,” according to Jefferson Fox , East-West Center Senior Fellow, and member of the team heading up the project. Full Article
change Sri Lankan Social Change Leader Speaks At EWC Forum By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:56 +0000 Sri Lankan Social Change Leader Speaks At EWC Forum HONOLULU (Oct.30) – Global leader and founder of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka, Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne will speak about his work in grassroots community development and peace-building at an East-West Center evening forum on Tuesday, November 6. The program is from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., at the East-West Center’s Hawaii Imin International Conference Center (1777 East-West Road) on the Garden Level. The event is free and open to the public. Space is limited. Reserve a seat by calling 944-7111 or Email: ewcinfo@eastwestcenter.org . The forum is sponsored by the East-West Center, Pacific and Asian Affairs Council, Friends of the East-West Center, University of Hawai`i at Manoa — Dept. of Philosophy, and Milun (Association for the promotion of South Asian culture). Full Article
change News Advisory: Hawaii High School Students Speak On Changes In Cambodia By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:57 +0000 News Advisory: Hawaii High School Students Speak On Changes In Cambodia For more information, contact: Karen Knudsen, Director Office of External Affairs Phone: Office: (808) 944-7195 Email: KnudsenK@EastWestCenter.org October 19, 2007 WHO: Davin Aoyagi and Maria Walczuk, Hawaii High School Students who analyzed the Khmer Rouge War Crimes Tribunal on a recent EWC program in Cambodia DATE: Sunday, October 21, 2007 TIME: 2:00 - 4:00 PM Full Article
change EWC Awarded $300,000 Grant for U.S.- Indonesian Muslim Teacher Exchange Program By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:33:00 +0000 EWC Awarded $300,000 Grant for U.S.- Indonesian Muslim Teacher Exchange Program Full Article
change U.S. Embassy in Pakistan Awards East-West Center $1.09 Million for Journalist Exchange Programs By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:42:30 +0000 HONOLULU (Aug. 15, 2011) – The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, has awarded the East-West Center $1,087,762 over three years to continue and expand several training and exchange programs for journalists. The award will fund the continuation of the Center’s Pakistan-U.S. Journalists’ Exchange program, which was held for the first time in April this year, as well as funding participation by Pakistani journalists in the Center’s existing multinational Jefferson Fellowships and Senior Journalists Seminar programs. Under the overall theme of “Deepening Democracy through Media in Pakistan,” the objectives of the East-West Center project are to promote free, fair and responsible media in Pakistan to help the country cope with its political and developmental challenges and to bridge the gaps in understanding between the United States and Pakistan. Full Article
change Strategies Identified for Addressing Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in Hawai‘i By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:35:56 +0000 HONOLULU, HI (April 16, 2012) — As part of a partnership project with EWC's Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments program (Pacific RISA), the Center for Island Climate Adaptation and Policy (ICAP), at the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program, recently published Water Resources and Climate Change Adaptation in Hawai‘i: Adaptive Tools in the Current Law and Policy Framework. The white paper aims to enhance climate change adaptation for water resources throughout the state. Full Article
change New Report Chronicles Status of Climate Change Law and Policy in Hawai‘i By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:37:01 +0000 HONOLULU, HI (August 24, 2012) — As part of a collaborative project of the Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments Program coordinated by the East-West Center, the Center for Island Climate Adaptation and Policy (ICAP) at the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program recently published Climate Change Law and Policy in Hawai‘i, Briefing Sheet, 2012. The report chronicles Hawai'i state efforts to reduce human-caused greenhouse gas emissions and build resiliency to climate change impacts. “The briefing sheet outlines the great work that has been accomplished thus far; however, there is much more to be done to effectively mitigate and adapt to climate change,” says Malia Nobrega, ICAP Director of Strategic Partnerships. Full Article
change The Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment Releases Collaborative Report on Climate Change By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:30:45 +0000 HONOLULU (December 4, 2012)—The Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA) today released its first report, Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts (Island Press). The report highlights the findings of more than 100 scientists and other experts who assessed the state of knowledge about climate change and its impacts on the Hawaiian archipelago and the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands. The report also examines the adaptive capacity of island communities in the region. Full Article
change East-West Center to Host Inaugural Myanmar Futures Exchange in Yangon By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:10:58 +0000 Innovative thinkers from diverse sectors will gather in Yangon on April 26 and 27, 2013, to develop and share scenarios about Myanmar’s economic development to the year 2020 at the first Myanmar Futures Exchange (MFE). Hosted by the Hawaii-based East-West Center, the program will lead participants through a series of risk analyses and scenario-building activities to determine driving forces and game changes that will shape Myanmar’s economic trajectory. The MFE will also feature a panel discussion with local entrepreneurs and prominent speakers, including influential Buddhist teacher, author and charitable works organizer Venerable Sitagu Dr. Nyanissara. Full Article
change Jefferson Fellowships Journalists' Exchange Visiting Myanmar for the First Time By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:33:00 +0000 YANGON, MYANMAR (June 25, 2013) -- Sixteen distinguished journalists from 10 Asia Pacific nations, including the U.S., are currently visiting Myanmar on a study tour, as the East-West Center brings its internationally recognized Jefferson Fellowships journalists’ exchange program to the country for the first time in the program’s 46-year history. Full Article
change Youth Leadership Exchange Participants from Burma Awarded Funds for Mandalay Environment Project By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 02:19:20 +0000 HONOLULU (Dec. 3, 2013) -- Five high school students and one teacher from Burma who were recent participants in the Southeast Asia Youth Leadership Program at the East-West Center have won a grant of $7,000 in a project proposal competition sponsored by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, which funds the SEAYLP program. The EWC program alumni received their award for a proposal to educate the public in the city of Mandalay about environmental issues – with a special focus on outreach to adolescents – and to decrease the amount of litter in the community through clean-ups and placement of recycling bins. Full Article
change East-West Center Receives $750,000 NASA Grant to Study Changes in Mountain Forests of Nepal By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 23:27:31 +0000 HONOLULU (Jan. 15, 2015) -- The East-West Center has received a $750,000 grant from the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study changes in the mountain forests of Nepal over the past 25 years. Led by EWC Senior Fellow Jefferson Fox, the project will chart the previously unmapped mountain forests of Nepal’s Middle Hill region using data drawn from Landsat satellite imagery between 2000 and the present. Investigators seek to document a suspected “forest transition” in Nepal, a country whose mountain forests have sustained the lives of much of its population for centuries. The forest transition refers to the recovery of trees and other plant growth in a previously deforested area. Full Article
change East-West Center Awarded $267,000 Grant for U.S.-Japan Grassroots Exchange on Post-Disaster Community Building By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:35:31 +0000 Honolulu (Feb. 12, 2015) -- The East-West Center has been awarded a grant of $267,186 from the Japan Foundation’s Center for Global Partnership for a three-year dialogue and travel-exchange program focusing on community participation in long-term recovery after a major disaster. Participants from the cities of Kobe and Kesennuma in Japan, and New Orleans and Galveston in the United States, will share experiences, perspectives, and best practices for increasing citizen input on post-disaster policy and decision-making. Full Article
change East-West Center to Oversee $4 Million in NOAA Funding to Help Pacific Communities Cope with Climate Change By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2015 21:59:55 +0000 HONOLULU (May 5, 2015) -- The East-West Center has been awarded funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to continue to serve as the lead institution in the Pacific Regional Integrated Science and Assessment (RISA) program, which is designed to help island and coastal communities cope with the effects of climate change. This is the second full program award the Center has received from NOAA, and marks the program’s transition into a new phase. The $4,099,785 NOAA grant will be shared over a five-year period by a variety of partners in the Pacific RISA program (see list below). The program was established in 2003 and is one of 11 regional RISA programs supported by NOAA across the U.S. The region covered by the Pacific program includes Hawai‘i, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau and American Samoa. Full Article
change Doris Duke Foundations Award East-West Center $300,000 Grant to Support U.S.-Islamic Journalist Exchange By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Aug 2016 22:53:39 +0000 HONOLULU (Aug. 8, 2016) – The East-West Center has been awarded a three-year grant totaling $300,000 from the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation in support of the Center’s Senior Journalists Seminar media exchange program, which seeks to enhance media coverage and elevate the public debate regarding U.S. relations with Muslim majority regions. Full Article
change New Pacific RISA ‘Documoment’ Video Focuses on Climate Change Impacts ‘From Ridge to Reef’ on Maui By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 02:36:56 +0000 HONOLULU (July 14, 2017) – Researchers with the Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (Pacific RISA) program housed at the East-West Center have released the latest in a series of “Climate Matters” ‘documoment’ videos. The new seven-minute video, titled “Climate Matters for Ridge to Reef Ecosystems,” focuses on climate change impacts in West Maui forest watersheds and reef ecosystems. The video features interviews with two Pacific RISA stakeholders from the Maui Future Climate Scenarios project, each representing part of the ridge-to-reef climate and ecosystem connection. Full Article
change In Hawai‘i and the Pacific Islands, Climate Change Means Billions of Dollars of Coastal Damage, Widespread Coral Death and Human Health Risks, Official US Assessment Finds By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 20:49:16 +0000 HONOLULU (November 23, 2018) – Strained freshwater supplies, damaged and compromised coastal infrastructure, coral reef death, and greater stresses on native biodiversity and species are among the major concerns and challenges detailed in the Hawai‘i-Pacific Islands chapter of the fourth official US National Climate Assessment, released today. In economic terms, the impacts add up to billions of dollars. The chapter on Hawai‘i and the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands appears in Volume II of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, the most significant US report to assess the effects of climate change on the US economy and communities. The assessment finds that early action to address these impacts can lower economic, environmental, social, and cultural costs and could help to prevent conflict or displacement from lands and resources. Full Article
change HR e-briefing - 496 Changes to pay procedures By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2011-03-17 From 6 April 2011 significant changes will be made to the operation of PAYE on both payments made to employees following the termination of their employment and on the engagement of new employees who fail to provide a P45. From that date, employers ... Full Article
change HR e-briefing 536: New Regulations pave the way for Aprils employment tribunal changes By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2012-02-13 Last year the Government announced a number of measures aimed at resolving workplace disputes more quickly, reducing the pressure on the employment tribunal system and saving costs for employers and the taxpayer. In November, amid... Full Article
change Eversheds' developers and construction e-briefing: Special report on changes to construction contracts By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2011-07-04 Special report on changes to construction contracts to come into force on 1 October 2011 The statutory framework that governs all construction contracts is changing on 1 October 2011.Part II of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1... Full Article
change Changes to the rules for Energy Performance Certificates in April 2012 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2012-03-29 The rules as to when Energy Performance Certificates (“EPCs”) need to be obtained will change on 6 April 2012. In relation to both sales and lettings of property, whether commercial or residential, an EPC will need to be commissioned bef... Full Article
change Tackling the housing shortage - a change in emphasis? By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2016-10-06 At the Conservative party conference the Communities Secretary Sajid Javid, and the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, announced a fresh package of measures aimed at addressing the national shortage of new homes. The ambition is to deliver more than 25,000... Full Article
change Public procurement in Poland - what legal changes lie ahead? By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2017-02-16 The biggest overhaul in the history of Poland’s Public Procurement Law entered into force on 28 July 2016. Despite the passage of time, major issues connected with the practical application of the new regulations continue to arise. It can be ... Full Article
change IHC HR e-briefing 122 - Employment law changes from 1 October 2010 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2010-09-27 We have set out below a summary of the notable legislative changes from 1 October 2010. Equality Act 2010 Regulations have recently confirmed which parts of the Equality Act 2010 will take effect on 1 October this year and which parts are currentl... Full Article
change IHC HR e-briefing 142 - Changes to pay procedures By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2011-03-17 From 6 April 2011 significant changes will be made to the operation of PAYE on both payments made to employees following the termination of their employment and on the engagement of new employees who fail to provide a P45. From that date, employers ... Full Article
change What do pension schemes need to say about ESG, climate change and stewardship? By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-06-17 Trustees and providers of pension schemes face ever increasing and changing legal duties to have policies on and disclose how they deal with stewardship and environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. This article pulls the new rules together... Full Article
change FCA Feedback Statement FS19/6 Climate Change and Green Finance: summary of responses and next steps By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-12-19 On 16 October 2019, the FCA published their feedback statement FS19/6 on Climate Change and Green Finance[1]. This feedback statement summarises the responses from stakeholders to the Discussion Paper (DP18/8) on Climate Change and Green Finance[2] ... Full Article
change Land Registry change of practice in relation to discharge of mortgages By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-06-19 The Land Registry is changing its practice on the discharge of mortgages in cases where form DS1 is not available when the application is made to the Land Registry. On 3 August 2009, the Land Registry will implement an important change in practice ... Full Article
change The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) for commercial properties upcoming changes for landlords and tenants. By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-10-31 On the 15 October 2019 the government published its consultation on the future trajectory of the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard for commercial properties under the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 ... Full Article
change Summary of the key changes to UAE employment laws in 2019 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-01-30 ... Full Article
change Eversheds Sutherland announces new senior management changes in Germany By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-30 Eversheds Sutherland has announced two changes to its senior management team in Germany. The global law firm has appointed Dr. Alexander Niethammer as new Managing Partner of its German office, while Hamburg-based Partner, Dr. Carola Rathke, takes u... Full Article
change Jakarta's 'Great Garuda' Project: Profits for Re-emerging Elites in the Name of Climate Change By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 00:58:27 +0000 By Wilmar Salim, Keith Bettinger, and Micah Fisher HONOLULU (June 21, 2019)—With a population of more than 30 million, greater Jakarta is the largest metropolitan area in Southeast Asia and one of the most densely populated urban regions in the world. The city is a major economic engine for Indonesia, accounting for approximately 25 percent of the country’s gross domestic product. Yet urban poverty remains an intractable problem, and Jakarta’s infamous traffic congestion paralyzes commerce, leaches productivity, and contributes to air pollution and associated health hazards. This is a summary only. Click the title for the full article, or visit www.EastWestCenter.org/Research-Wire for more. Full Article
change Crypto Tax Update: HMRC publishes updated guidance on the taxation of cryptoassets for individuals situs of exchange tokens By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-01-23 What’s new? On 20 December 2019, HMRC published an updated version of its guidance on the taxation of cryptoassets for individuals. The guidance was updated to include a new section in respect of the location (situs) of exchange tokens ... Full Article
change Coronavirus Changes in the customs regulation and the EAEU Russia By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-05-01 Due to COVID-19 pandemic, Russia and the EAEU1 have adopted a number of customs regulation measures aimed at stimulating the importation of necessary goods to Russia and the EAEU, mainly through tariff regulation measures as well as restricting the ... Full Article
change HR e-briefing 397 - EU agrees major changes to European Works Councils By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2008-12-15 The European Parliament agreed to a new 'recast' version of the European Works Council (EWC) Directive on Monday 15 December and this was confirmed when MEPs voted in favour on Tuesday 16 December. The recast EWC Directive is now expected to be... Full Article
change Service provision change under TUPE By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-03-24 Since the 2007 decision of the Reading Employment Tribunal in the case of Hunt v (1) Storm Communications Ltd (2) Wild Card Public Relations Ltd and (3) Brown Brothers Wines (Europe) Limited it has been understood that the provision of professional ... Full Article
change Eversheds' HR e-briefing 508: Significant change for European Works Councils from 5 June 2011 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2011-06-03 There are over 900 European Works Councils (EWCs) providing for pan-European workplace consultation involving cross-border restructuring, mergers and transfers. While employers with EWCs have differing views on their success and relevance to date, l... Full Article
change Radical changes to the civil litigation costs regime? By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-07-14 Over the past decade various attempts have been made to ensure civil litigation and "access to justice" are affordable to all. Indeed when the Woolf reforms were introduced over ten years ago one fundamental tenet of these reforms was to make the co... Full Article
change Changes to the civil procedure rules affecting mortgage repossession claims By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-07-14 Currently CPR 55.10 provides that where a mortgagee seeks possession of land which consists of or includes residential property the claimant must send a notice to the property addressed to 'the occupiers' within 5 days of receiving notification of t... Full Article
change Wall Street Breakfast: No Change In Fed Policy Stance To Help Bridge Downturn By seekingalpha.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 06:56:59 -0400 Full Article SPY QQQ ACA AKAM AMC AMD BA BXMT BYD CERN CHRW CMCSA CYH DXCM F FB FEYE GOOG GSK HRZN IRBT JNJ JNPR LSCC MASI MDLZ OKE PFE RRD SBUX SNY UBER WW YUMC EADSF EADSY GOOGL Wall Street Breakfast
change LG Siltron Changes Its Name to SK Siltron By english.hankyung.com Published On :: 2017-08-18 08:50 LG Siltron, a wafer maker acquired early this year by SK Group, held an extraordinary shareholders meeting on August 17 and decided to change its name to SK Siltron. Back in January this year, SK Corp., SK Group's holding company, decided to purchased a 51-percent stake in LG Siltron at 620 billion won and has since completed merger tests with competition authorities in major countries including China. SK Siltron was ranked No. 4 in the world last year in the 300-mm wafer area. The semiconduc... Full Article
change Changes to the IPO process By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2018-07-03 Introduction New rules in the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Conduct of Business Sourcebook (COBS) took effect on 1 July 2018, which will result in changes to the timing and events in the UK equity IPO process. The new rules were publishe... Full Article
change Armenian Parliamentarians Exchange Blows After Coronavirus Aid Criticism By www.rferl.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:15:06 +0000 Armenian parliamentarians from opposing parties exchanged blows amid a disagreement over the government’s economic response to the coronavirus crisis. Full Article Armenia News Armenia Picks
change In the spotlight: How witness evidence may change in civil cases By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-01-14 Civil cases are usually built around two cornerstones: contemporaneous documents and witness statements. In 2019 the Business and Property Courts implemented a pilot with the aim of streamlining the process for the disclosure of contemporaneous docu... Full Article
change Coronavirus - The certainty of change: M&A in a pandemic - Global By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-28 Right now M&A activity has been significantly decreased, and the projected numbers for foreign direct investment and Gross Domestic Product in many countries are concerning. However, we must remember that we have been through many crises over th... Full Article
change Changes on the horizon in 2020: China and Hong Kongs proposed reforms to data protection, cyber security and Internet content regulation By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-01-24 2020 looks set to be a significant year for privacy, cyber security and Internet content reforms in China and Hong Kong. On 20 December 2019, the Cyberspace Administration of China released the “Regulation on Governance of Internet Information... Full Article
change Local Government Briefing Note 1 of 2013 - December 2012 UK Government Announces Future Changes to the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC Scheme) By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2013-01-14 Many in local government will already be familiar with the CRC Scheme. This is the UK’s mandatory emissions trading scheme aimed at improving energy efficiency and cutting carbon dioxide emissions in large public and privat... Full Article
change Local Government Briefing Note 8 of 2013 - Proposed changes to rules for solicitors employed by local authorities By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2013-02-13 ? The Solicitors Regulation Authority has undertaken consultation on proposed changes to the rules for solicitors employed by local authorities. The SRA is proposing to amend rule 4.15(e) of the Practice Framework Rules, to ... Full Article
change UK HR Local Government e-briefing - Today's employment law changes; and what else to expect this year By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2013-06-26 Today’s employment law changes; and what else to expect this year Various changes to employment legislation take effect today, including amendments to whistleblowing laws. Other changes will follow over coming months. In this briefing we... Full Article
