Podcasts about international office

Welcome back to the Fritanga Podcast by the Hispanic Heritage Foundation. In this week's episode, we explore the urgent need for immigration reform to address the ongoing migrant crisis at the border. Joining us is Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, President and CEO of Global Refuge.On the pod, we explore:- The humanitarian crisis resulting from a broken immigration system and the failure of elected officials to enact necessary reforms.- The global scale of displacement, with over 114 million people affected and the projections of increased migration due to climate change and political instability.- The importance of investing in stability in regions experiencing turmoil to reduce the need for migration.- The role of refugee resettlement and a robust asylum system in responding to global crises.- The power of advocacy, education, and personal connections in combatting fear-mongering and misinformation surrounding immigration.Krish also discusses the vital work of Global Refuge in providing support and advocacy for vulnerable children, families, and individuals. She emphasizes the importance of engaging in volunteer opportunities, supporting organizations dedicated to immigration advocacy, and fostering personal connections to humanize the immigrant experience.La lucha sigue. Tune into Fritanga today!RESOURCES: Learn more about Global Refuge and their essential work in cultivating a world of just and welcoming communities at https://www.globalrefuge.org/.

Danielle Yamamoto - International office, International students wellbeing and community involvement. Broadcast on OAR FM Dunedin oar.org.nz

Episode Description: In this insightful episode of The Criminologist Podcast, we sit down with Jochum Wildeman, the visionary Head of the International Office of Dutch Probation! With a career dedicated to redefining the landscape of probation through strategic leadership, innovation, and a deep commitment to collaborative practices, Jochum shares his profound insights into the evolution of probation services and his role in orchestrating the 6th World Congress on Probation and Parole.     Key Insights:  Visionary Leadership: Explore Jochum's journey as a leader who skillfully translates societal and political developments into actionable strategies for the future of probation. Innovative Approaches:    Delve into how Jochum's innovative mindset has led to the successful implementation of large-scale, internal community service projects, setting a new standard for operational goals within the Dutch Probation Department.  6th World Congress on Probation and Parole. Get an insider's look into the upcoming World Congress in The Hague this April, including its aim to foster global dialogue and innovation in probation and parole.  Join us in The Hague: Interested in being part of the conversation on the future of probation and parole? Check the website link below for registration details, and a list of speakers for the 6th World Congress on Probation and Parole! 6th World Congress on Probation and Parole info The Criminologist You Tube channel The Paragon Group    

Retired International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers National Political Director Brian Baker, joined America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss his time with the Union from Business Manager at IBEW Local 129 to the Policy Office at the International Office in Washington D.C. Chief Steward for Teamsters Local 120, Elaine Rishovd, joined America's Work Force Union Podcast to talk about the six-year contract negotiation with Sun Country Airlines. Rishovd discussed their timeline of events and what the contract that expired in 2018 has done to the workforce.

The Reverend Alicia Roxanne Forde serves with the Unitarian Universalist Association as the Director of the International Office. She is a graduate of The Iliff School of Theology and currently lives in Longmont, Colorado. Alicia was born and spent her formative years in Trinidad and Tobago. She identifies as an African descent queer, cis-gender female with deep roots in Tobago. She considers herself bi-cultural and is grateful that her formative years enabled her to cultivate a global perspective. Alicia is a certified Spiritual Director and has a strong interest in health and wellness. In this episode, Louie and Rev. Forde examine in the definition of words we use everyday - beauty, wonder, gratitude, awe - which may deepen our practice and help us to become more present and full of joy, peace and awareness.

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is EU regulation that aims to create a safer, fairer and more transparent online environment. Last month the European Commission unveiled its list of online services designated as “gatekeepers”, under the DMA. Gatekeepers will now have six months to adapt to strict antitrust practices or face up to 20% global annual turnover fines. Ronan Spoke to Jeanne Kelly a technology lawyer and one of the founding partners of the first international office of Browne Jacobson in Dublin about this. Jeanne talks about her background, the DMA, and gatekeepers More about the DMA and gatekeepers: European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, announced that the list of gatekeepers includes Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance (TikTok), Meta, and Microsoft. These companies must appoint a “DMA compliance officer, directly reporting to their board, and inform the Commission of any planned major acquisition”. The ‘Revolutionary' Digital Markets Act aims to allow more competition and let consumers delete preloaded phone apps. The “gatekeeper” designation concerns companies owning “core platform services” that control digital market access between corporate sellers and end-consumers in the digital space. The definition is wide and concerns search engines, social media, intermediation services or exploitation systems.

Arrival days are part of the welcome period at LiU, where the International Office has extended opening hours to welcome new students. This episode's guests Shivani and Jule will share their experience from arrival days. Johanna from the International office will give detailed information about the arrival period. We also unfold all the perks of arriving on arrival days. Check information-days for more details. Participants: Abhijeet Anand (Host), Sai Shivani Devata (Guest), Livia Juliane Genn (Guest) and Johanna Gistvik (Guest).

On Episode 78 of the GMI Rocket show, we're diving into a tech solution for Canadian university international centers with Ganesh Neelanjanmath, CTO and Founder of iCent App. Believe it or not, Ganesh actually started his tech career in India at INSZoom, which was founded by Umesh Vaidyamath (who was also a guest on this show!) and is still one of the leading immigration case management platforms today. After INSZoom, Ganesh held a few more tech jobs and eventually decided to go back to school - he enrolled in Sheridan College in Ontario, in a graduate project management program. Around this time, Ganesh also started a development company, which built a handful of products, including a legal tech product that he sold. But what he eventually landed on was building a platform for the International Office at Sheridan College… and that's how iCent was born. So, here's what Ganesh and I are going to be talking about: Ganesh's early life and studying computer science at university Ganesh's first job at INSZoom and exposure to immigration tech Ganesh's experience going to grad school in Canada, and building his own business How the idea for iCent was born and the first steps he took with it What iCent does today, and what Ganesh has in store for the future And more! So please join us, ask questions and leave comments! #immigration #globalmobility #immigrationlaw #relocation #mobility ---- Check out iCent here: https://www.icentapp.com/ Connect with Ganesh here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ganesh-neelanjanmath-icent/ Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​ Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/ Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn! https://www.linkedin.com/in/romanzelichenko-electronic-lca-posting-public-access-file/

US VC giant Andreessen Horowitz — which has about $35bn in assets under management — is to open its first (yes, the first) international office in London, led by one of the firm's general partners, Sriram Krishnan. 

In this episode of the Hope and Heresy podcast, Rev. Peggy and Rev. Sarah are joined by Rev. Mary Katherine Morn, President of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, and Rev. Alicia Forde, Director of the International Office at the Unitarian Universalist Association, to discuss the question at the heart this season of the podcast: What is the Central Task for Humanity at this Moment in History?Topics that come up in this week's discussion include: What it means, and why it is important, to make both local and global connections; the radical potential of moving money; the concept of a God that is in the constant process of becoming; and the power of a justice-focused love.About this week's guests: After 30 years in faith-based leadership, the Rev. Mary Katherine Morn joined UUSC as President and Lead Executive Officer in 2018. She has helped to grow a number of progressive congregations serving their members and the larger community.Mary Katherine contributed to efforts for economic, racial, and social justice in Macon, Georgia at the Economic Opportunity Council/Headstart with the NAACP. She also worked deeply in the reproductive justice movement. In Nashville, Tennessee, she collaborated with the Interfaith Alliance and Industrial Areas Foundation. In Fairfax, Virginia, she worked with interfaith ministries addressing hunger and homelessness, collaborated with LGBTQI+ advocacy organizations, and served on the county's homelessness task force.The Reverend Alicia Roxanne Forde serves with the Unitarian Universalist Association as the Director of the International Office. She is a graduate of The Iliff School of Theology and currently lives in Longmont, Colorado. Alicia was born and spent her formative years in Trinidad and Tobago. She identifies as an African descent queer, cis-gender female with deep roots in Tobago. She considers herself bi-cultural and is grateful that her formative years enabled her to cultivate a global perspective. Alicia is a certified Spiritual Director and has a strong interest in health and wellness. When she's not hiking, you can find her reading, working-out, or podcast-walking.For the video version of this episode, click here: https://youtu.be/c2hNUa2hu8A.The Hope and Heresy podcast is produced by the Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist.

Sarah moved to Sweden 8 years ago to start a Master's program at Linköping University. She ended up staying and doing a PhD at the Child Studies group and currently works at the International Office. She's here today to tell you all about her long journey from South Africa to where she is today.   Guest: Sarah Mitchell (International Office) Host: Rebecca Fonseca Pilzecker

Welche Eigenheiten weist die ukrainische Wirtschaft auf? Welche Perspektiven bieten sich für die Ukraine für die Zeit nach dem Krieg? Aber auch: Wo liegen derzeit die größten Herausforderungen bei der Europäischen Integration?Antworten auf solche weitreichenden Fragen gibt in dieser Episode von Hessen schafft Wissen Prof. Dr. Marina Grusevaja. Sie ist an der Wiesbaden Business School der Hochschule RheinMain Professorin für Volkswirtschaft und internationale Beziehungen, leitet dort das International Office und begleitet als internationaler Business Coach unternehmerische und persönliche Veränderungsprozesse.

This episode is all about understanding how much it costs to live in Sweden. From rent, to transportation, to groceries, to health expenses, to clothing, and to costs associated with children, Therese gave us a run-down of what to expect when moving to Sweden.   Host: Rebecca Fonseca Pilzecker Guest: Therese Lindkvist, International Office

Therese works at the International Office here at Linköping University and was born and raised in Sweden. She's here today to give you some insights regarding the Swedish Winter and what the locals like to do during this time of the year.   Guest: Therese Lindkvist, International Coordinator, LiU Host: Rebecca Fonseca Pilzecker

  A Dream of a Child's Toy and Feet Full of Maggots One Christmas morning Nicola had a dream that would change her and her family's life. It involved a Buzz Lightyear toy, a child in the African slums and feet infested with maggots.  In this podcast episode, Tania talks to Nicola Neal about her journey into ministry, beginning in a church in the town of Bath, UK and finishing in the slums of Africa. You'll hear the dramatic way God turned Nicola's life around through a vivid God conversation, how that same God-conversation was confirmed multiple times and how it led Nicola and her family to pack up their life in the UK and move to an unknown region of the world in just eight weeks. There Nicola began to understand the dream she had experienced so many years earlier. She and her family saw the supernatural work and grace of God in the face of extreme poverty, violence, sickness and death. You'll be inspired as Nicola shares God's heart for the poor and how the kingdom transforms at the deepest level. We also talk in the episode about everyday God-conversations and how each of our interactions with the Holy Spirit lead us step by step into God's plan. Nicola shares how we hear God's voice most of the time through the small, quiet and the everyday. A lot of time it feels like tuning into a whisper and sense on the inside that God is with us. As with any relationship, with time and intentionality, we gain clarity. About Nicola Neal Nicola and her husband Simon served as church leaders up until 2009 when they followed God's calling and moved with their two children to Uganda. There they got to see life as it really is for those living in the slums of Kampala and became passionate about bringing the God-given potential to light in people's lives. Not only through partnering with them to see change in their homes and families but by helping them encounter their heavenly Father. Since then, Every Life has grown into the team of over 50 dedicated men and women it is today. Simon and Nicola have now relocated back to the UK with their family, where they work with the International Office, guiding and overseeing Every Life's mission bases around the world. Nicola regularly speaks at churches and conferences around the country. Learn more at everylife.org.uk. Nicola's books Gold and Journey into Love are available at nicolaneal.uk  Subscribe to God Conversations with Tania Harris and never miss an episode!

What are the factors that helped Magdeburg to create an attractive startup ecosystem? In this episode, Thorsten Terweiden, Head of the International Office for Economic Development for the City of Magdeburg, joined us to explain their effort to create a Founder City. Listen to get more insights about the ecosystem. StartupBlink is the world's most comprehensive startup ecosystem map and research center, working with more than 50 municipalities and governments worldwide. Its global startup ecosystem map has tens of thousands of registered startups, coworking spaces, and accelerators, creating a robust sample of innovation globally. In order to help our partners further their brand recognition and generate leads in the tech industry of their choice, StartupBlink builds vertical maps. Helping them to position their company as a thought-leader at the forefront of their industry. Find out more here! Listen in Itunes Listen in Stitcher (Android)  Listen in Spotify

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We are joined by another international subject matter expert this week, in Laura van der Zwet!  Learn all about the great work being done by the Dutch Probation Service. Specifically, their International Office.   If you have ever watched an episode of Locked Up Abroad, and been curious as to that experience, you are going to love my chat with Laura!  Not only has Dutch Probation devised a model to address the issue of their citizen's being detained in prisons outside of the Netherlands, but that have learned how to leverage a network of international volunteers to support it.  Always a pleasure learning new cultures and systems...and Laura does not disappoint! The International Desk, Dutch Probation The Criminologist channel, You Tube The Paragon Group

As the academic semester is coming to an end it is time for many of us students to graduate from LiU. Indeed, a wonderful accomplishment and as much as we would love to keep you here in Sweden, one day there might be a time when you feel like spreading your wings and flying away. In this episode, we will walk you through the process of leaving Sweden and point out important bureaucratic steps to take. Grab a coffee and come along for an information-packed episode.  Host: Julia Berger  Guest: Therese Lindkvist, Senior Coordinator at The International Office  

The Deputy Governor issues a statement regarding an internal investigation into issues raised by the Office of the Auditor General regarding the set up of International Office and participation in the Dubai World Expo. The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms that the eight (8) migrants that departed Cayman Brac on Monday, arrived in East End at approximately 6:00 am this morning. The migrants have stated that they are out of fuel and can not continue their journey. The 20-year-old Bodden Town man arrested Friday night on West Bay Raod has now been formally charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. #RADIOCAYMAN #CAYMANNEWS #CAYMANISLANDS #RCNEWS --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rcnews/message

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Szabolcs Sóber, the Head of the International Office at Momentum Movement, the liberal party in Hungary. They talk about the upcoming Parliamentary elections, the primary process from the opposition coalition, the protection of the election, and what will came next after the results are known. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with Movimento Liberal Social and Fundacja Liberté!, with the financial support of the European Parliament. Neither the European Parliament nor the European Liberal Forum are responsible for the content or for any use that be made of it.

Heute in der Kaffeepause: In dieser Episode erzählt Sarah Keeler etwas über ihre Arbeit als Auslandsbeauftragte an der Hochschule Niederrhein. Sie berät und begleitet Studierende vor und auch während ihres Auslandssemesters. Diese sind in einer Vielzahl von Ländern, an vielen verschiedenen Partnerhochschulen und mit einer ganzen Anzahl an Finanzierungsmöglichkeiten möglich. Ein Auslandssemester ist ein Abenteuer, das viele Erfahrungswerte und eine starke persönliche Entwicklung mit sich bringt. Auf diesem Weg unterstützen Frau Keeler und das International Office die Studierenden.

The half hour episode explores how organisations in different countries from across the Clean Clothes Campaign network supported workers in the time of COVID. In this episode, we hear how: Community mobilisation defended a garment worker in Romania; Trade unions and worker organisations made gains in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka; The effects of the pandemic in Turkey has led to a re-think on future campaigns to support worker rights; Plus thoughts and reflections on the impact of COVID on worker organising.Please share your feedback, comments and questions, by emailing: podcast@cleanclothes.orgSpeakers:Laura Stefanut, campaigner and former investigative journalist, RomaniaAnton Marcus, Joint Secretary of FTZ&GSEU (Free Trade Zone and General Services Employees Union), Sri LankaKalpona Akter, Executive Director of BCWS (Bangladesh Center for Workers Solidarity)Bego Demir, Clean Clothes Campaign, TurkeyChristie Miedema, Clean Clothes Campaign International Office, NetherlandsMandy Felicia, EILER (Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research), PhilippinesHost: Febriana Firdaus (febrianafirdaus.com)Sound Engineering Support:  Steve Adam (www.spectrosonics.com.au)Producer: Matthew AbudClean Clothes Podcast Team: Anne Dekker, Johnson Ching-Yin Yeung, Liz Parker, Tanne de GoeiFull Transcript HOSTWelcome to the first episode of the first series of the Clean Clothes podcast. I'm Febriana Firdaus.  As this episode is being produced, we've all heard terrible news out of Myanmar, with the military overthrow of the elected parliament. From all of us on the podcast, and certainly everyone in Clean Clothes, we want to express our solidarity and support to everyone from our network in Myanmar.  And to all the people of that country who stand for democracy, and for human rights and the rights of workers.  We're also sending our solidarity to my co-host, Manny Maung – she's completely caught up now, in the response to the military coup.  We'll have more to say from Clean Clothes, at the end of the show. We know that under COVID, brands have cancelled orders and refused to pay for completed work.  Many suppliers have cut wages and fired workers, who have far too often also been excluded from social safety nets and other support. In Romania one worker, Angelica Manole, protested against her wage cut.  Laura Stefanut is a former investigative journalist there, who got involved in the campaign. She tells the story.  LAURAAngelica is a brave worker who spoke about the fact that she was only paid about one hundred and forty Euros for one month's work. Each day she worked at least eight hours a day and she was paid like about half the minimum legal wage in Romania. So she spoke about this on Facebook. I believe she was the first garment worker that was so outspoken and so open to speaking to journalists and to Facebook friends. That's how we found out.  The company Tanex where Angelica was working, they're among the biggest garment factories in Romania. Certainly they're a famous factory. They were actually in the past they were trying to attract workers by saying that they pay more than other factories because as you probably know, in Romania workers are only paid the minimum wage, they work extra hours many times unpaid, the living wage is way above the legal minimum wage here so we're talking about people who work but stay poor.  At the factory what they did when the inspection went there, they said that she didn't work actually. So basically they lied, they said that she didn't come to work. But then you know it was a public scandal, I mean I helped her write some complaints to the Ministry of Labour, to the worker inspection, I also myself wrote complaints. I also contacted the Labour Ministry in Romania directly by phone and I was promised that things would be resolved and somehow they were, I mean there was another inspection which found the first inspection was wrong, and actually the factory did not register any absence of the worker, she was obviously there. So they fined the factory. Angelica was fired by Tanex. So even having all the national media's attention on you, even having strong figures who are taking your side like the Minister itself, she was still fired by the factory. Why, the factory wrote that she was fired because she spoke to the media.  I decided to generate a fundraising for Angelica, so we can cover the costs for her during the trial which lasted at least six months and have her paid the minimum salary, what she had at the factory. And it was amazing, in less than two days all the money were raised and there was huge support for Angelica from the public, you know, they were like cheering her, and actually so much money was raised that we were able to help three persons who were laid off from the factory. I think that this was utterly important, because the factories try to show that if you don't do exactly what the factory wants you to do, then you are, it's game over for you. And it usually is you know, so it's so important to show that the community can support you in such cases. It's utterly important.  Then I proposed this Urgent Appeal to the Clean Clothes Campaign on Angelica's case because I thought it made all the sense. She was very involved, she was very active, we knew the brands, we had a lot of data on the factory. They contacted the brands that were headquartered in those specific countries. At first it didn't seem to go well because the brands were reluctant, they were saying we were not right, the factories were saying everything is ok, look. So the CCC actually provided proof of these fines, and proof that the factory was actually lying to the brands. And they finally you know, they were convinced.  All the workers were paid. This was indeed a victory, even those who were fired, they were finally given the money, all the money they were owed. But this was just a case where everybody got involved you know. There are over one hundred and twenty thousand workers in this industry, like legally registered. So in order to make things work like for a bigger length of time, you have to have the people inside who know their rights, who are organised in one way or another.  There was a trade union, Unicomf, which was pretty active meaning that they heard about the case, they went there, they tried to get inside the factory, they were not allowed. So then they pushed together with the help of the brands and they were allowed inside the factory, they could talk to workers. But after this point they couldn't form a trade union. So they said Ok, guys we did what we could, we went there, we presented the case. If the workers didn't get subscribed then we cannot waste much resources because we don't have so much resources. Which I can understand, but at the same time we know that community organising or forming a trade union somewhere, it takes a lot of time and patience and some resources. They were helpful, but unfortunately a trade union was not formed there.  Things would not have been solved for the workers there, they would not have received their salaries, if there was not an international involvement and push. If you are not bullet proof when you go to war then they destroy you because the way they're lying, it's so you know natural I was shocked. I was shocked to see it, yeah. It's good to have the proof there, and to have as many witnesses as you can and as many documents as you can so when you go you just punch them and it's knockout.  HOSTThat's Laura Stefanut from Romania.  Angelica Manole was offered her old job back before the court case – but refused it. She's since found another job in her community.  COVID has hit garment workers hard in factories across the world. But the impacts and the responses are far from uniform.  A critical factor is the political space that trade unions can claim, along with other worker support organisations.  Our producer Matthew Abud, takes a look at the experiences of two South Asia countries, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. REPORTERIn Sri Lanka, a sudden lockdown in March left tens of thousands of garment workers stranded in Free Trade Zones, far from home villages and community networks of support.  The Free Trade Zone and General Services Employees Union, organised food rations, and also petitioned the government to help workers get back home.  In April the lockdown eased. Anton Marcus, is the union's Joint Secretary.  ANTONAnd then the government gradually reopened the factories. At that time we proposed the government to set up a tripartite task force to deal with the labour matters, because we told the government this is the time we have to come together. Because even the employers, or the government, or the trade unions cannot face these challenges alone. REPORTER The government had to move on the Task Force for several reasons.  ANTONBecause it very seriously impact on the export sector, and so our union is the majority union who represents the export sector employees. The other was at that time the government was preparing an election, general election. So politically they were very nervous,  that if there is any campaign or any protest, it will impact on their election result. So that is why the government had to appoint this task force.  REPORTERSocial distancing requirements meant factories couldn't re-start with a full workforce.  ANTON Then the employers took up the position that they're not in the position to pay the wages for the workers who are not reporting for work. At the beginning they said there are about five hundred thousand employees in the apparel sector, they want to dismiss three hundred thousand. So we said no way, because workers has to manage with their own. After we got the assurance that no-one will be dismissed, and then we said ok, we are agreed to introduce rotational system.  REPORTERAs well as defending jobs, through the Tripartite Task Force, Anton Marcus's union also negotiated financial support.  The eventual agreement meant that workers would not receive less than seventy five percent of their previous wage, even if they were not working.  In Bangladesh meanwhile, a recent report says over three hundred and fifty thousand garment workers lost their jobs.[1] As in Sri Lanka and other countries, unions mobilised to get food to workers.  Kalpona Akter is Executive Director of the labour rights advocacy organisation, Bangladesh Center for Workers Solidarity.  She says order cancellations by brands, and factory closures, brought fear and repression.  KALPONABut you know the workers' situation was more dire when factory management is started hand-picking them and firing. Like, pregnant workers was targeted, like they were like hand-picking these leaders and firing them. Many cases, I mean most of cases they didn't get the severances even. And one case I should mention that, the retaliation went that end that the factory kidnapped one of the union office-bearers middle of the night, and we had to jump on and we had to start fighting and keep calling all the polices and every security agency we can, to make sure that the guy not take away and he's not shipping to anywhere. And you know, we had been succeeded because we respond very rapidly on that but the factory keep doing retaliation to these workers as well. And lately our federation also facing that. But you know in general, this is what kind of freedom of association violations that our workers was facing. They were going in both ways, some of them was really afraid, that they don't want to raise voice because they will be lose their jobs which they cannot afford. And some of them really really says no, we have to fight back.  REPORTERYet along with the hardship, unions in both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have been able to build on their many responses, to boost membership. For Anton's union, this started by making sure workers were aware of how their rights had been defended.  This defense included stopping employer efforts to cut overtime payments, and to reduce labour law protections.  ANTONBecause of our intervention in the Tripartite Task Force, we got these kind of protective measures. And then we published, because worker don't know, workers don't know about these things. And the employers also hiding. So we published in the newspaper the basic thing of the Task Force decisions, and then we distributed the leaflets to raise the awareness among the workers about their rights under the pandemic, and as a result of our intervention some of the factory workers contacted us and they organised unions now. We got more than two thousand new members. So we supported them, and as a result they become members of our union.    REPORTERKalpona says while union membership initially dropped, unrelenting effort turned that around in mid-2020.  This includes her own organisation, which as a grassroots operation, has tens of thousands of solidarity members.  KALPONALike last, first few weeks, few months, we have been seen that it is decreasing enormously because then were so much fear just, they were focusing just to save their jobs, so they have money and they can feed themselves, at least they can live, you know, alive. I think we have been done our organising good in June July, during those two three months. And then from end of August it has been turning around and workers started coming to our centre in person. And we had to open the centre for them as well. So we took our life risk because they're taking risk as well.  So it is been turn back and now I think that workers are more strong enough to do organising though they knows that there might be so many consequences. They knows that they need to fight..  REPORTERKalpona thinks the emphasis of some labour organising may need to shift.  KALPONAThe COVID is not going like overnight or over year, it's a long run thing that we have in our planet now. So you know, if it is goes long then it will be consequences with the business, and if it is consequences with business that will be directly affect to the workers. So that in one way we feel we have more responsibility to work with government, manufacturers and brands, to make sure that our workers has unemployment insurance, has social security. So those are the areas will be focusing or working on more these days.  REPORTERAnton also sees several future challenges.  ANTONEmployers are very much getting, come together with the government. And we know that gradually the Army presence is getting increase in Sri Lanka, all the things are now undertaken by Army. So we see that there is a challenge. And maybe there will be a kind of a repression on us, so we have to be ready to face these challenges.  This is the good opportunity for workers to understand how important is the global solidarity, because this is the global challenge. We cannot find solution nationally. So therefore, we use this opportunity to educate the workers how important the global solidarity. And we want to see that the global unions and the other campaign organisations who are supporting for the employees, has to come together.  HOSTAnton Marcus ending that report from Matthew Abud. In Turkey the challenges to organising and supporting workers impacted by COVID has a different context.  After the attempted coup d'etat in 2016, the government cracked down on civil society, arresting thousands and shutting down many non-government organisations.  The coup's impact on trade unions and other worker support organisations remains profound. Bego Demir is with Clean Clothes Campaign in Turkey.  BEGOThe formulation of union also is changed. Like some union is also very close to government, like they organise factories when you check their numbers it's rising, but the worker, the union who actually support the workers right, which is like they work independently when you check their number it's going down. Like, clearly you understand from that picture like there is pressure like and effort from the government behind it.  HOSTThe structure of Turkey's garment sector also has a big role.  BEGOThe supply chain is big and it's differently formulated than other countries. You can see a lot of Tier 3, Tier 4 factories with just a few workers. Those small factories are unregistered, the workers work are unregistered, so unregistered workers, they don't have any rights.  HOST Bego says this means that, during the short lockdown in March, workers relied on family and community networks to survive – unions only had a minor role.  Unlike elsewhere, brands didn't cancel orders, likely because Turkey is so close to European consumer markets.  Factory workers were also exempted from later lockdown.  But they travelled and worked in crowded conditions where social distancing was impossible.  That meant a change of campaign tactics was needed. BEGOAt the first when Clean Clothes Campaign start their campaign, Pay Up Campaign, pay your workers campaign, so we joined that campaign but we saw the campaign is not covering all textile needs. So we start a campaign here as COVID to be recognised an occupational disease. Because legally when a worker has an occupational disease, doesn't matter when it's registered or unregistered, government have to give their rights. Because like, one hundred twenty one countries accepted like recognised COVID like occupational disease for health sector. So we so not just for health sector, for all workers. We get support for the campaign from all doctors, from like health sector as well, so we hope they will accept it, but it is a big challenge because it will be new. Let's see the result.  HOSTWithout this measure, unregistered workers can't get official support if they become sick with COVID.  Unregistered workers also can't legally join unions.  Over the longer term, protecting any of their rights – including health, or wages, or freedom of association – means this has to change.  BEGOWe reorganised our future structure. We were mostly focused on the living wage, on the workers' rights, but one of our main campaigns in future will be a way to register workers. Now we also spoke with some other partner in Turkey, some other NGOs, and they all realised that's a big problem. So in the future, somehow we need to push the government to make it work. I think like the reason government is not very strong to make all worker being registered, they want to attract people, attract brand especially, so they want to be in a competition with China. We want to change that, we want to convince them that cannot be a benefit for country.  HOST That's Bego Demir, from Clean Clothes in Turkey.  We've looked at several different examples of building trade unions and worker organisations, and defending rights in the time of COVID.   We asked Christie Miedema CHRISTIEI'm Christie Miedema. I work at the International Office of the Clean Clothes Campaign HOSTAnd Mandy Felicia  MANDYI am Mandy Felicia from ILIR, Philippines  HOSTFor their thoughts on how worker COVID's impacted worker organising MANDYDuring this COVID what stands out is really the collective effort of all the workers to try to sustain workers' organisations. We only do organising in communities and boarding houses of the workers. But during the pandemic it also prevented us from doing that, no? So what stands out really is the creative form how the workers tried to get in touch with each other. Using the new technology, and also the old technology of passing letters, no, to each other to give news to eqach other and to keep the organisations alive, by maintaining contact.  CHRISTIEWhat stands out to me is that COVID 19 has really created a threat of rolling back gains that were made in the past, rolling back workers rights, rolling back also maybe in the field of practices of brands becoming a bit more aware of how their choices influence their supply chains. We see them turning their backs on their supply chains, despite all those years of convincing brands that they're responsible for the supply chain.  MANDYThe pandemic also exposes the rottenness of the system, the capitalist system, how profit is given more importance than the lives of the people. Sad to say the system also took advantage of the crisis to exploit more, and take away the gains of the movement. The pandemic has taught us to rely more on ourselves and pinpoint the real importance of organisation, and the need to belong to one. There has been a lot of consciousness not only on the level of solidarity among the workers but also of international solidarity. Workers now see and understand more the global supply chain. They now look at how pandemic affected the workflow, the orders, you know the movement of the products have become very very conscious of that.  CHRISTIEI think a lot of the challenges that we'll continue to see are the ones that we did already. It's the fact that wages are not being paid, that workers are being dismissed without receiving their full severance pay, and the continued rollback of rights.  MANDYWe don't only have a problem with the pandemic. But also government using pandemic as an excuse to further repress and stop the people from being organised to challenge government policies. Last year on December 10 many unionists were arrested simultaneously, and a lot of unionists and labour rights defenders are now being accused of being rebels and are being put into jail using trumped-up charges. So we view with concern what is happening in Myanmar because we might have the same situation here, you know.  CHRISTIEAnd I think also the good thing is we have already learned from this, it took us all by surprise in March, in April, but we have learned to stay together and to face these challenges. So I think while the challenges might be similar, or while there might be new things coming towards us, we are stronger now, we have made up our minds and we know that we can stand together.  MANDYThere is a need to continuously assess, no.  Not only our situation but also our methods of organising and education, which is of paramount importance. But probably form is only secondary to the need of always working and being with the workers in their communities and workplaces if possible. We hope to find ways to better, for better security and health measures because I think the pandemic should not stop us from going to the workers. And that is the only thing that is constant for us, the need to organise ourselves, to assert our rights and together shape a better normal post-pandemic.  HOSTThat's Mandy Felicia.  And that's the end of our show.  Please send your thoughts, feedback, and questions. Email us at this address: podcast@cleanclothes.org. You can also see the email address on the podcast webpage. Matthew Abud produced this episode, with Anne Dekker, and the Clean Clothes Podcast team – Liz Parker, Tanne de Goei, and Johnson Chin-Yin Yeung. I'm Febriana Firdaus. See you for the next episode.  Before we go, a message from Clean Clothes about the situation in Myanmar. MIMMYThis is Mimmy Kowel, Coordinator of Clean Clothes Campaign South East Asia Coalition. This is our message to the workers in Myanmar. We, the global Clean Clothes Campaign Network, stand in solidarity with you. We condemn the military coup in Myanmar, and strongly urge all political leaders and military officials, to respect the 2020 election results, and restore the democratic process. All detained political leaders and activists should be released and no further arrests made. We will continue to closely follow the situation in your country, and we are ready to support as much as we can.   [1] Live blog, Jan. 23: https://cleanclothes.org/news/2021/live-blog-on-how-the-coronavirus-influences-workers-in-supply-chains

How can we get fair pay in workers' pockets, and replace poverty wages with a real living wage? What new tools can our campaigns use?In this episode: Reflections on how low wages help trap workers as much as bonded labour (Tola Mouen, CENTRAL, Cambodia)  A research project starts gathering wage slip data across several countries, in a step to hold brands accountable for the pay their workers receive (Anne Bienias, CCCIO; Martua Raja Siregar, Garteks, Indonesia)  The EU Directive on Minimum Wages falls well short of what's needed, but still provides campaign and negotiation opportunities (Štefica, Garment Worker; Mario Iveković, Novi Sindikat; Nikola Ptić, Regional Industrial Trade Union, Croatia)  Activists in European production countries learn from the experience in Asia, as they define what a living wage should be across borders (Bojana Tamindzija, CCC Serbia, Artemisa Ljarja, CCC Germany)  Thoughts on how a living wage is essential to tackling globalisation (Ashim Roy, Mill Mazdoor Panchayat & AFWA, India) Please tell us what inspired you about this show, and share your feedback, comments and questions, by emailing: podcast@cleanclothes.org  If you want to know more about the Europe Floor Wage, including its methodology, you can find that here, and in even more detail here.Speakers: Anne Bienias, Clean Clothes Campaign International Office, Amsterdam Martua Raja Siregar, Garteks Trade Union, Indonesia Štefica, Garment Worker, Croatia  Mario Iveković, President, Novi Sindikat Trade Union, Croatia  Nikola Ptić, Regional Industrial Trade Union, Croatia Bojana Tamindzija, Clean Clothes Campaign, Serbia Artemisa Ljarlja, Clean Clothes Campaign, Urgent Appeals Coordinator, Germany Ashim Roy, Asia Floor Wage Alliance International Secretariat, India Host: Febriana Firdaus (febrianafirdaus.com)Field Reporters: Petra Ivsic and Aca VragolovicSound Engineering Support: Steve Adam (www.spectrosonics.com.au) Producer: Matthew Abud Clean Clothes Podcast Team: Anne Dekker, Johnson Ching-Yin Yeung, Liz Parker, Tanne de Goei Full Transcript TOLA:Even the law, even the convention of ILO, mention that people working 8 hours per day and they should, they should be entitled to the decent living standard with human dignity. We talk with the workers, no single worker work, in our experience work only 8 hour per day and then enjoy with the decent living standard. Visibly we see that they have to force themselves to work overtime. Even you are not well enough, you are sick. And then if you just complain, you just make the complaint, they may frame up you with any criminal cases in the courts. So this is happening. So wage for me, as I said, it's a key issue that put the people into the modern-day slavery. Forced labour. They don't lock you by the key but they lock you by the system.  HOST:That's Tola Moeun, founder of the worker rights NGO CENTRAL in Cambodia. Today we're talking about workers' pay.  How to use data to make the reality of poverty wages transparent.  And ways to campaign for a living wage. TOLA:The supplier always say we cannot pay higher living wage or minimum wage because the brand just pay them low price, but we don't know how much the brand paid to the supplier because the business agreement between the brand and the supplier is quite confidential, so it is not transparent enough and then the brand does not disclose, even some brand do not disclose their supply list so we don't know, and then the brand make an excuse saying ok they do not have much leverage to pressure their supplier because they have a small percentage of order either from the country or either from the individual factory.  The business agreement between the brand and the supplier, should be transparent. We know that some information they should hide, but I think the export country should also consider about the ethical information act, so the brand will not be free in terms of providing a fake information to the consumers or to its own government in terms of the situations of the workers where they're producing the clothes. I know that in Norway for example they had introduced already the ethical information act, which hold their business or private sector be accountable in providing the accurate or real information to consumers, transparency in terms of throughout the supply chains.  HOST:Welcome to the show. I'm Febriana Firdaus. Making supply chains more transparent, is a key campaign tool. The fashionchecker.org website, is a step towards this.  It matches brands with their supplier factories, so consumers and campaigners, can see where clothes are made.  But this does not show factory conditions, including how much suppliers pay their workers  To try and change this, a recent Fashion Checker project began collecting worker wage slips in several countries.  Anne Bienias is from the Clean Clothes Campaign's International Office. ANNE:We can't just go out and campaign and ask for brands to pay something because they will always say they're already doing that, or that it's not as bad as we're saying. So we need real data, we need real evidence to show that we are right and that workers have the right to earn more. So it might seem like just a small part, but it's very important for our credibility also as a Network that our campaigns are fact-based or data-based.  HOST:Martua Raja Siregar is from the Garteks trade union in Indonesia.  His union was part of the research.  He says getting wage slips from workers can be difficult.  RAJA:For in the field, it's some of the workers is afraid that their name will leak to the company, and some workers also afraid that the name of the company will be give to the brands and they scared that the brands say that this company is not good and then they stop the orders, it will be also impact to the workers. It's also difficult for us actually to expose the name of the workers and also expose the name of the company directly if we put it in public. ANNE:We told the workers we would not publish the name of the factory. But it's then impossible to make the connection to the brand, and that's ultimately what you want to do, because you want to hold the brand accountable for the poverty wage that they're paying. It might be that we do eventually publish the name of the factory if we know that that worker is no longer working in that factory for example, because it's usually workers that we know. But yes, it's very tricky and the last thing we want to do as a campaign is of course to put workers at risk.  HOST:The research gathered data in several countries.  ANNE:In some countries the wage slips were a little bit more reliable than in other countries. So you don't know if that was for a month, or for four weeks which is a little bit different, or for six weeks or whatever. But it was still good to collect the wage slips because it's just a piece of proof that you then have because often also what was stated on the wage slip was very low. So if you have that piece of evidence a brand can never claim that what they're paying is much more than that, because they're not.  HOST:The project has made a start.  It has also identified problems to solve. RAJA:So the problem is how to update the data and also to gather more payslip from the workers. And not only for Indonesia but for other country that also supply to the same brand, to compare the difference between the wages between in the suppliers of the same brand.  We are thinking about how to create a tool also that workers can directly contribute to the survey, to the data gathering, without the third persons like the surveyors. We are still looking at how it will be done, because like we said in the beginning the confidentiality of the information it's really need to be put in the first place.  ANNE:I think it's very important that workers feel some sort of ownership because it's their livelihoods and it's their data. So it should be easier for workers to for example to just take a photo of their payslip, upload that in a secure space, where we are then able to clean it as my colleague would say so that the worker can never be identified based on the phone that they took the photo with. And then I think there is no way but to have a middle person who would then need to analyse the data and do something with it. Because the risk is just that if we go too fast and don't have any check in between, that then eventually the data is not worth anything anymore because we can't compare it then. And what you want to do is then compare, being able to compare data across countries, preferably from the same brand even.  HOST:The main challenge is clear. For real transparency on wages, we need more data.  It's a big job, and needs lots of collaboration.  RAJA:This also one of the important points you see. Because it's not only work for one trade union, all the trade unions actually have the same objective and we have to collaborate each others. So it's will also need to open the mind, to open up the willingness of each organisation to also contribute on doing the data. And I hope that all the organisations that also involved in the Clean Clothes network will in the end will contribute to the data collections.  ANNE:So that's the kind of network engagement that I think we're looking for. And also for ways to make it easier for unions who might have wage data lying around in their offices, make it easier for them to also share it. So I think it's that, those kinds of things that we need to think about in the next couple of years. Because it's so it's so important to have this data and to be able to use it for campaigns, instead of for every campaign having to do a research before you can start campaigning. So I think if we just find a way to, or maybe different ways, maybe we don't need one way but multiple ways in which data can come into this data base then I think that would be awesome.  HOST:Data on wages is one important campaign tool. But better data capacity, can also help many different campaigns. ANNE:We are noticing in our office here in Amsterdam but I think in the whole network, that data is becoming more and more important and that over the years we have collected so many important data points that we are now trying to digitalise and combine them. Then at some point I think it is a really powerful thing to have at hand, because it will make also our work so much faster because now often we rely on information coming from the workers, but of course if there is a crisis at a factory, an urgent appeal going on, the union leader often is busy with something else than talking to us. But if we have historical data already somewhere where you just type in the name of the factory and a list of brands comes out, and if you just have all that information at hand I think that would be very relevant for us but I think now it's still something that we're developing.  HOST:That's Anne Bienias from the Clean Clothes Campaign's International Office. Across Asia, minimum wages are far below what workers need, for a dignified life.  But in producing countries in Europe, the difference is even bigger.  The average minimum wage, is only thirty per cent of a living wage.  The European Union has a draft Directive on minimum wages for the bloc. From Croatia, journalists Aca Vragolovic and Petra Ivsic have this report. ŠTEFICAMy name is Štefica and I work in the garment industry. I worked in two factories that went out of business. Now I'm working in the third and we'll see what will happen next...  REPORTERWe met Štefica at the canteen in her factory.  Her situation is typical here in Croatia – and in many producing countries in Europe.  Most workers earn a minimum wage that barely covers the cost of living.  ŠTEFICA:During last 30 years my salary has gone up very little, by almost nothing. At the moment it's the same as the Croatian minimum wage. It's really hard to cover expenses with that, you can pay for utilities and maybe some food, but you can't afford anything except more and more work. I work six days a week, including for no pay on Saturday. If I need a day off, I have to explain why I want a day off and where I am going, and so on... REPORTER:The European Union has targeted some level of wage protection, for all workers in the bloc. In October last year, it published its proposed Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages.  This would establish a legally-binding framework on minimum wage levels across the EU.  But it bases its calculations, on a combination of existing legal minimum wages, and median wage levels. That means it ignores what's needed, for a living wage.  Mario Iveković is president of the Trade Union Novi Sindikat.  MARIO:I'm not satisfied with criteria in this directive because I think that minimum wage has to be living wage… If there is no this connection, then we will say it is better something than nothing, but we will not be satisfied, because it's really not enough for workers in European Union. REPORTER:The EU Minimum could be so low, it wouldn't really help workers like Štefica.  The level in Croatia would be four hundred and fifty one Euros per month That's only forty-six Euros more, than the current minimum wage. The estimated living wage for the country is around three times that, at almost one thousand two hundred and fifty Euros.  The EU Directive clearly lets workers down. But Croatia's government lets them down even more. They are sceptical towards directive which actually sets minimum wage on very low level. However the proposed EU Directive might still provide tools to help change the situation.  It also includes measures on freedom of association, and collective agreements for workers.  It says at least seventy per cent of all workers, should be part of these agreements.  But the Croatian government insists workers should have the right to not join a trade union.  Unionists say changes to the labour law mean membership has dropped, from sixty-five per cent to forty-two per cent over twenty years.  Nikola Ptić is from the Regional Industrial Trade Union. NIKOLA:In Croatia, for the last thirty years the number of trade union members is in constant decline and the same case is in textile industry. Workers are unionized mainly in companies that are owned by domestic entrepreneurs. In textile, clothing, leather and footwear factories, which are owned by foreigners, union organizing is, with a few exceptions, almost impossible. Although they never say this publicly, employers find a way to let workers know that union organizing is not an option.REPORTER: Employers spread the word within their factories that those who join any union are not wanted. Štefica says workers get the message – especially if they're on short-term contracts ŠTEFICA:Nowadays in the garment industry very few people trust a union. I mean, it is not that they don't trust a union, but they don't believe it's powerful enough to stand up to employers and the government. The government doesn't allow us to fight for our rights, to stop being underpaid. REPORTER:Mario Iveković is not optimistic that the Directive's measure on collective bargaining, will lead to big changes. But even with the limitations, he thinks the Directive might provide some opportunities.  MARIO:The reason why we supported the establishing of minimum wage on European level is not this part which speaks about mandated collective bargaining and freedom of association, because we already have it in our laws and in international laws, but it's not respected and it will not be respected again. But, if we will establish minimum wage in each country then we will have higher start in negotiation for collective bargaining. Today, in all companies where we negotiate we start from really low level of salaries, then we have to fight for salaries and we don't have enough energy or strength to get other things which are also really important for workers. If we will have better level of minimum wage, then our strength in collective bargaining will be on higher level for sure, and it is a reason why we really think that we need minimum wage, because otherwise we will lose lot of energy on just minimum wages which are existing today.  REPORTER:Other campaigners say that if the EU sets a minimum wage, it can open the discussion about a real living wage. In other words, it can be a campaign tool in the longer term.  ŠTEFICA: If we had a collective agreement, then the situation would be completely different. The employer could be pressured into raising this lousy salary, at least slightly. We should organize and put an end to this situation. It's time for change! REPORTER:With Petra Ivsic, this is Aca Vragolovic  HOSTThe Asia Floor Wage has been a powerful tool in the campaign for decent wages. It uses a simple but powerful method, to define what a living wage should be, across national borders.  That covers the wage a family needs, to live a dignified life. Now Europe has its own Floor Wage, using the same methods. Matthew Abud has this report.  REPORTERThe Europe Production Focus Group first started looking at calculating a living wage for the region back in 2014. The group is an alliance of Clean Clothes Campaign and other organisations, focused on the garment-production countries in east, south-east, and central Europe. The reasons why a living wage is needed, are familiar.  REPORTERBojana Tamindzija is with the Clean Clothes Campaign in Serbia.  BOJANAThere is kind of competition between this countries who will attract more so-called foreign investment which is widely used by brands. And also it's common that our state is giving subsidies to brands to come and open the factories or sub-contract some factories here. For example it's ten thousand Euros for one working place which means, we calculated it, that brands have employers, workers completely free with the gross salary for almost three years. So that means like pure pure profits, that it's even cheaper than in Asia because it's for free.  REPORTERThe Asia Floor Wage Alliance was deeply engaged with all stages of developing the Europe Floor Wage.  They worked with the Europe Production Focus Group to apply the methods to calculate this.  But differences between the two regions are significant. Artemisa Ljarja is Clean Clothes Campaign Urgent Appeal Coordinator in Germany, and was heavily involved in the Europe Floor Wage work  ARTEMISAThe prices of goods, the prices of utilities, and the prices of houses are much higher in this region than in Asian production countries. And this comes because many of them are also members of the European Union, which means that they have to somehow standardise these prices. And in many cases standardisation of these prices led to an increase of the prices especially in the housing market and in the utilities.  REPORTERThe workforce often varies greatly between countries as well.  In Ukraine for example, workers are often older, while in other countries such as Albania, they are largely younger. But these differences didn't affect the relevance of the Asian Floor Wage methodology – its strengths were clear. This included using the cost of food as an indicator to calculate overall living costs.  As in Asia, this was set at three thousand calories per person per day.  Rather than rely on official statistics, field research confirmed what this would really cost workers. Other features of the Asia Floor Wage methodology were also key.  ARTEMISAIt's a highly-feminised industry and women are like sometimes in their household the only breadwinner. They also are in charge of the reproductive work, taking care of the elders, of a partner, of children. So we wanted to factor in also the reproductive work of women, and the Asian Floor Wage Alliance methodology, with this like family approach towards a living wage, allows for that.  REPORTERThis means the living wage is calculated for the needs of a family of two adults and two children.  Some costs varied by location.  In the end, the Europe Floor Wage has two slightly different levels, covering two different groups of countries in the region.  This is measured in purchasing power parity – meaning, how much goods cost in a given country, in their US dollar equivalent. It comes to 2,640 US dollars for one group, and 1,980 US dollars for another. You can find a link to more detail on this and other elements, on the episode website.  The Europe Floor Wage report was adopted in March 2020.  But defining how much is needed for a living wage, is only the start.  BOJANAFor most of the countries, actually the living wage as a concept is completely unknown. Now when we are introducing Europe Floor Wage, we are also introducing the concept of a living wage. That is the higher difficulty that we are facing now actually. You are presenting the concept of the living wage as such, and then you are also presenting the concrete numbers for the region and for specific countries.  REPORTERArtemisa says it's not just about explaining the Europe Floor Wage.  Some campaigners also struggle to accept it as feasible.  ARTEMISAThe main difficulty that we have so far, is that this huge gap between minimum wages and living wages, makes the Europe Floor Wage seen as something unattainable. A real utopic aim, according to many stakeholders. So our biggest challenge at the beginning is to conquer the narrative in order to gain legitimacy with this tool. By conquering the narrative I mean by reaching out to different stakeholders, first and foremost trade unions. They are the most sceptical. It's not that they are not sympathetic to the methodology and to the fact that they would have a figure, but they are not sure whether they would not look themselves ridiculous by placing this as a demand.  REPORTERThis work already started in Serbia late last year.  Here's Bojana once more. BOJANAWe organised two round tables for trade unions, CSO representatives and independent media representatives, and also we called from political parties and movements, progressively oriented. And we present them, and the reactions were very surprisingly positive.  REPORTERBojana says they began promoting the idea of a living wage even before the floor wage was finalised. BOJANASince 2017 actually we speak about that and we try to have like kind of low profile campaign mentioning the word living wage and our translation of it. And first reactions from trade unions was that is too high, and from workers also that is too high. But we now have progress, where in one factory producing for western brands there is demand to increase wage that workers are receiving to the level of the average wage in Serbia which is two times higher. And this is the most political and bravest demand ever. And they use our benchmark, they said ok living wage is like this, we need two thirds of it.  REPORTERMaking this change happen isn't only about promoting the idea of a living wage as a human right. And it's not only about defining what this wage should be.  There are other challenges too.  ARTEMISAIn the Eastern European and South-Eastern European production countries the idea of a collectivity has lost its notion. Because it was so used, worn out, during the Communist time, that once you mention this idea, yeah but together you can do something, like the collective is strong, they associate it with the way they were collectivised beforehand immediately. It's a bitter sensation. But also in the ground, many of the workforce now is in some countries is pretty young, so they have no information of what a trade union is, no concept, no notion about it. They don't even know the labour code, or what a payslip looks like. So there is I think a need to do double work in order to just inform the workforce.  BOJANAAnd our idea is to form a platform that will campaign, I'm speaking now about Serbia, for a living wage. It's just at the very beginning, the reactions are positive, we think that there is a lot of great experts actually that we can benefit from, that they are willing to help, and that we are also offering, as I said, as we said to all the trade unions we are offering you with this living wage we are offering you a tool. So you can do with this whatever you want, but you can first of all use it in negotiation for a minimum wage, or for collective bargaining or for whatever you want. So we think that it will be successful but we'll see. HOST:Bojana Tamindzija ending that report. What's the next step, in campaigns for a living wage?  Ashim Roy is from the Asia Floor Wage Alliance International Secretariat. ASHIM:The first step of universalising the idea of the living wage I think is already happening. Because we have moved from Asia to Europe. What is important is that as this idea gets to Africa, to Latin America, the idea of a living wage for a global economy, which is robust enough, comparable enough, useful enough as a concept in all countries, in all situations, has become a very important element.  The COVID crisis has shown that there's hardly any surplus of savings in the workers. Most of the time the workers are in debt. So from a social insurance or social security point of view if you keep the workers' wage at the level of poverty level constantly, for years and years, essentially you are creating a debt environment, and not an environment where workers have some savings through which they can adjust to hard times. And the moment there's a crisis like this, and this might happen again and again in the future, a large section of the working population will fall immediately below the poverty line. And that will bring serious consequences both for the family, and the society where such a drop takes place, and the state to respond to the health crisis and the social crisis and may lead to starvation if it gets acute and there's no government support.   I think the global alliance, CCC, Asia Floor Wage, many other groups, have all demanded that there should be some kind of wage assurance, some kind of contribution from the big brands towards mitigating this crisis that the workers are going through in this COVID phase.  One other thing I want to add here and this is very important from the sustainability and the larger ecological questions that the world is facing, there are very strong research papers which have shown that it is the cheapening of the costs, or the cheapening of the labour costs of the garments, that have increased an excess of cheap fast fashion. To the extent that almost thirty percent of that fast fashion are actually a waste. And so as you increase or make the global production chains of the garment industry adaptable to this living wage, you might reduce a bit of the total quantum of the garment use. That will actually mean a win-win situation, both for the workers, and for the industry, and for the environmentally sustainable world that we want to all live in.  Now we have to build up a fair amount of a narrative globally to be able to show that this is actually a concept that will hold good. And I think the garment industry being the most mobile of the industries in the sense that historically it has evolved the most, the one that has shifted from one country to another, if it comes and animates from the demands and the aspirations and the movement of the garment workers, I think that will be an historical contribution of the garment workers for the living wage debate. There is no way of addressing globalisation without coming to the idea that there is a legitimate, feasible, and universal idea of a living wage. HOST:That's Ashim Roy, ending our show.  This is the last show for a while. We'll be back in April with four more episodes.  We'll talk about China, digital campaigns, and home-based workers. But what else do you think we should talk about?  We really want to get your suggestions and ideas. And your feedback! So remember, please email us at podcast@cleanclothes.org.  That address is on the podcast webpage too. Matthew Abud produced this episode, with Anne Dekker, and the Clean Clothes Podcast team. Liz Parker, Tanne de Goei, and Johnson Chin-Yin Yeung. Sound engineering support is by Steve Adam  I'm Febriana Firdaus. See you next time.   

In der heutigen Episode sprechen wir mit Katharina Tsang vom International Office, um alle Informationen über ein Semester im Ausland zu bekommen. Ihr erfahrt was ihr alles braucht, planen müsst und wie die Hochschule euch dabei helfen kann, euren Traumaufenthalt zu bekommen.

The new semester is quickly approaching and this means another arrival period is in the making! Priya, who works at the International Office here at LiU, is here to give you a general idea of what to expect as well as some tips to survive this possibly scary yet exciting period. Book your flights and pack your bags for this very welcoming fika!

What is EUREAXESS and how can one benefit from it? Therese Lindkvist, from the International Office at LiU will tell you all about it in this episode! Host: Priya Eklund, International Coordinator, LiU Guest: Therese Lindkvist, International Coordinator LiU

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://afghannewswire.com/2021/10/29/%f0%9f%9a%a8national-resistance-front-to-open-its-first-international-office-in-washingtonusa%f0%9f%87%a6%f0%9f%87%ab/

In this episode of the International Educator podcast, we talk with David Di Maria, EdD, author of the recent NAFSA publication Achieving More With Less: Lean Management in the International Student Office.Di Maria discusses the eight most common types of waste found in most international offices; how to identify and eliminate waste; challenges to implementing new processes; how to know when the time is right to make changes; and how many concepts of wastefulness are consistent across cultures and industries.Learn more in  Achieving More With Less: Lean Management in the International Student Office, available in the NAFSA shop, and watch Di Maria's author talk about the book.

Für den Auftakt der zweiten Staffel, klopft Anne Lequy an die Studiotür, ihrerseits Rektorin der Hochschule, Tagebuchautorin und Beinahe-Musikerin. In einem fluffigen Gespräch, geht es um moderne Stereotypen, Matrix und Internationalisierung. Bonne Nuit. Unsere Shownotes für euch: Dr. Anne Lequy: Profilseite auf h2.de Buchhinweis: „Paris und die französische Wüste“; Jean-François Gravier; Erstveröffentlichung 1947; Abhandlung über geopolitische Strukturen Frankreichs. Wohnen in Paris: Mehr zum Thema findet sich z.B. auf ZDF.de im Beitrag „Paris – der ewige Kampf ums bezahlbare Wohnen“ (Text und Film) Anne Lequy spricht ihre Vorliebe für Jazz an; gibts auch in MD: u.a. Jazz am Turm; Magdeburger Jazznacht Verwaltungsstruktur der Hochschule Magdeburg: Kanzlerin Dr. Antje Hoffman und Team auf h2.de GJU – German Jordanian University: Deutsch-Jordanisches Hochschulprojekt, gegründet 2005; die h2 übernimmt die Projektleitung und nutzt dabei Fördermittel aus verschiedenen Töpfen, u.a. dem Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienst (DAAD); mehr auf der offiziellen Website der GJU Internationale Studiengänge: Water Engineering (Master; 3 Semester); Sustainable Resources, Engineering and Management (STREAM); Bachelor; 7 Semester). International Office der Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal: Beratung zu u.a. Fördermöglichkeiten; Anlaufpunkt für intern. Studierende. Buchhinweis: „Mutterschaft und Wissenschaft – Die (Un-)Vereinbarkeit von Mutterbild und wissenschaftlicher Tätigkeit“; div. Autorinnen, u.a. Anne Lequy; 2020. Elternzeit & Mutterschutz: Informationen, Begrifflichkeiten und Ansprüche auf der offiziellen Website der Bundesregierung. Unterschiede Ost- und Westdeutschland: Auf MDR.de findet sich dazu passend der einordnende Beitrag „Der Osten verändert den Westen“ (Text und Statistik). Nudging-Projekt der h2: Bewegungsprogramm, das vor allem niederschwellig zu kurzen Sportübungen animieren soll. Popkultur in der Episode: The Handmaid's Tale (Serie); Borgen (Serie); The Crown (Serie); Matrix (Film); Welt am Draht (Film)

Und wieder heißt es – THE WINNER IS!!! Denn die Gewinner des REACH Ideenwettbewerbs stehen fest. Sieben Projekte werden mit knapp 200.000,- € gefördert. Unter dem Motto „REACH for IDEAS – IDEAS@REACH“ wurden herausragende Ideen gesucht, die die Gründungskultur an der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität (WWU) maßgeblich pushen, für das Thema Gründen sensibilisieren und für Aufmerksamkeit und Relevanz sorgen. In dieser Folge präsentiert Maria Homeyer, Leiterin des Welcome Centers der WWU, eines der prämierten Projekte des REACH-Ideenwettbewerbs. Das Projekt wurde von Dr. Astrid Burgbacher am Welcome Center entwickelt und richtet sich an internationale Wissenschaftler:innen, die in Deutschland ein Unternehmen gründen möchten. Hier bestehen nämlich noch erhebliche Lücken in der Informationslandschaft: Hochqualifizierte Wissenschaftler:innen aus aller Welt mit spannenden Lebensläufen, die sich für das Thema Gründen in Deutschland interessieren, sollen gezielt gefördert und beraten werden. Von allgemeinen aufenthaltsrechtlichen bis hin zu spezifisch gründungsbezogenen Fallstricken des Ausländerrechts stellt sich eine Vielzahl an ganz spezifischen Problemen und Fragestellungen. Erfahrt im Podcast mit Dr. Anne Vortkamp und Stephanie Müller, wie das Welcome Center in Zukunft bei deren Lösung helfen möchte! www.reach-euregio.de 
 Kontakt REACH Team: info@reach-euregio.de Welcome Center: https://www.uni-muenster.de/forschung/wissenschaftler/index.html Kontakt: maria.homeyer@uni-muenster.de

This episode informs about the international activities of the University of Passau. Luise Haack and Stefanie Dallmeier are our specialists from the International Office and the International Support Services. Internationalization is also a matter of the heart for Prof. Dr. Suleika Bort. She accompanies the internationalization activities of the School of Business, Economics and Information Systems. All three invite you to study at the excellent University of Passau. You will also learn: Which degree programs are available? What does "double degree" mean? And what advantages does it offer? For more information, follow the links: https://www.uni-passau.de/en/istudi-coach/ and https://www.uni-passau.de/en/international/

If you are newly admitted to LiU, listen up! In this episode Therese from the International Office, and Rebecca on of our student ambassadors will guide you through what you need to do when you arrive at Linköping University. Everything from roll-call to buying a bike! Host: Priya Eklund, International Coordinator Guests: Therese Lindkvist, International Coordinator, Rebecca Fonseca Pilzecker Editing: Per Wistbo Nibell

Christine's story of unresolved grief started in her teen years, but she didn't start unpacking it until over 25 years later. Her story has come full circle, as she now helps women in transition tell their stories. She shares the power of knowing and telling her own story, and how stories help us connect with people. “I had really boxed it up and put it away and not looked at it for many, many, many years. Until I started to realize what an impact it had on me, and my ability to just be myself with people, and to talk to people and let them see me -- and allow me to see them.” We also talk about How stories make parenting easier - for us and our kids; The special need for story during times of transition - and why it's so much harder at that time; How to construct an effective story; and more. RESOURCES mentioned in the episode:  For help crafting YOUR story, check out Christine's Perfect Story Every Time Checklist. The Perfect Story Every Time Checklist will help people choose the story they want to tell for a specific moment. It's a great tool to sift through your life stories to pick the one that fits the occasion. Upcoming webinar Embrace Your Ignorance on June 23, 2021 with Sietar Nederland (Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research) on intercultural communication, diversity and inclusion   Healing Stories for challenging Behavior by Susan Perrow Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell and The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler Mosaics activity for processing life events and intentionally shaping our narratives expats.together. weekly live chat for a dive into interesting & relevant topics, and find connection + social support RATHER READ? I've got you covered with a transcript and blog post. ENJOYED THIS EPISODE? Take a screenshot and share it with your friends … tag @ResilientExpats. You may also like: Episode 21 - Creating Life Mosaics Episode 22 - Reclaim Agency through Storytelling, with Kate Jetmore ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST: Christine Taylor was born in California, grew up in Germany, South Dakota, Saudi Arabia, and Switzerland and has lived in the Netherlands since 2004. She's been a book lover and traveller all of her life, which hasn't always made packing easy, but has exposed her to endless worlds and ways of being in them. After working in a German bakery in North Carolina, then teaching intercultural awareness at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, and working in the International Office at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, she started her own business in 2017: StoryCraft. Focusing on story structure as the foundation for all storytelling skills, Christine helps people in transition learn to use stories to find their voice so they can communicate and connect with confidence. She helps clients find, craft, and tell their stories.  She's moving to Edmonton, Canada in 2021 and taking StoryCraft and a sizable home library with her. CONNECT WITH Christine Taylor: Email Website: www.storycraft.nl Perfect Story Every Time Checklist Twitter: @storycraftnl Instagram: @storycraftnl LinkedIn ABOUT YOUR HOST: Kim Adams is an American raising three daughters along with her math-teaching husband of 20 years. She loves photography, reading, thunderstorms, walking on the beach, camping where there are no bugs, and has a weakness for mint chocolate chip ice cream.  To inquire how Kim can support you, send an email or use the contact form. CONNECT WITH KIM:  Email Resilient Expats LLC website Facebook page Free Parents Community on Facebook Apply Now for 1:1 Support to smooth your transitions & maximize your expat experience

The CANIE Climate Dialogue Podcast returns after a short hiatus just in time for the mother of all conferences in international education: NAFSA and others coming up like Going Global and BCCIE's Summer Conference! CJ chats with returning CANIE Co-Host and virtual event master (and fan!) Evelien Renders about a recent article she co-published on what we've learned about virtual conferencing since our jump-into-the-deep-end first circuit as a result of the COVID19 pandemic. CJ and Evelien discuss the reduced carbon footprint of virtual conferences, the challenges and opportunities of virtual conferences, some tips for exhibitors, attendees, speakers, and planners, and wrap it up with their hope for the future of conferences in the sector! The presenting sponsor for the CANIE Climate Dialogues is the University of Auckland's International Office. Links mentioned: Evelien's article on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/steep-learning-curve-virtual-conferences-evelien-renders/?trackingId=1a4rHM%2BwSW%2BGmUyQFFwy9w%3D%3D Dutch University Report - Flying High but Flying Less: https://dejongeakademie.nl/shared/resources/documents/rapport-flying-high-but-flying-less-2020.pdf Virtual Networking Icebreakers Padlet: https://padlet.com/katharina_walch/virtual_icebreakers The Ministry of the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson - the book that CJ and Evelien mention at the end of the podcast

This morning, a capsized boat drowned at least five people off the coast of Libya just before dawn, including a woman and child.Migrants continue to risk their lives by embarking on perilous journeys by boat across the Mediterranean. What’s worse, many say they prefer death to being returned to the places they’re fleeing.On the morning of Sunday, May 2, a wooden boat carrying 97 migrants en route to Europe became stranded off the coast of Libya.Their engine had broken down just as a storm was coming. Migrants on the boat called the emergency hotline of Alarm Phone, an organization that helps migrants in distress on the Mediterreanean Sea."They were saying that they needed something to support them, even if it wasn’t to rescue them. But at least not to let them die."Deanna Dadusc, Alarm Phone volunteer“They were saying they were dying. They were saying that they needed something to support them, even if it wasn’t to rescue them. But at least not to let them die,” said Deanna Dadusc, an Alarm Phone volunteer and United Kingdom-based lecturer, who was on duty that day.“They were saying that the sea was really big, that the waves were high and that the boat was really small,” she continued.  Dadusc stayed on the phone with the migrants for hours as a storm approached. Alarm Phone later published a segment of the phone conversation online.The migrants told Dadusc that most of them were Egyptians. Some had lived in Italy, but had been deported. Now, they were trying to reach Europe again, through one of the most dangerous and difficult migrant routes in the world: the central Mediterranean.Throughout the hours-long saga, Alarm Phone contacted European and Libyan authorities — as is detailed in an account published on their website.Flight data shows a plane belonging to Frontex, the European border and coast guard agency, circled nearby. Two merchant vessels were also in the area.“Only in [the] moment when I found out that a merchant vessel was going there, I could reassure them and say rescue is coming,” said Dadusc. According to a statement from the Italian coast guard to Alarm Phone, Italian authorities coordinated with the Libyan coast guard to send the merchant vessels.“And then the merchant vessel didn’t rescue,” said Dadusc.Instead, the vessels waited nearby for the Libyan coast guard to arrive.Related: At least 3 killed, dozens hospitalized after boat capsizes off San DiegoThen, according to the United Nations refugee agency,  the migrants on the boat were to be returned to Libya, and placed in a detention center in Tripoli.Dadusc said this was a classic example of the “pushback” policies that are endangering migrants.“Both Italy and Malta say, ‘Oh they’re not in Europe so it’s not our responsibility. So if we’re pushing them back, well, it’s not really a pushback, it’s still Libyan responsibility.’ When in fact it’s international waters,” argued Dadusc.Related: 'People are being abandoned in the middle of the sea': Claims that Greece pushes back migrants to Turkey are risingAdditionally, international law requires people rescued at sea be returned to a safe port, and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has explicitly said that Libya is not a safe disembarkation point for migrants rescued at sea.The flip-flopping over responsibility has deadly ramifications. Migrants in unfit boats are left stranded in the open water, desperately awaiting rescue from overstretched nongovernmental organizations. This year, more than 620 people have died in the Mediterranean. “People crossing these waters need assistance, and need search and rescue capacity in order to reduce loss of life.”Safa Msehli,  spokeswoman with the International Office for Migration“People crossing these waters need assistance, and need search and rescue capacity in order to reduce loss of life,” said Safa Msehli, a spokeswoman with the International Office for Migration (IOM).Msehli argued that search and rescue capacity should be coordinated by governments.“People will continue to take these dangerous routes unless there [are] legal routes, pathways and protections for them from the impact of smugglers and the impacts of trafficking groups,” she said.Migrants who are rescued and returned to Libya, are often subject to the same smuggling and trafficking risks they thought they had left behind. “In Libya, they use discrimation against the Black people."Mohammed, Sudanese migrant in Libya“In Libya, they use discrimation against the Black people. There’s no government here. We are working without money, and they used to kill Africans,” Mohammed, a Sudanese migrant in Libya, told The World over the phone.He asked to remain anonymous for fear of being targeted by Libyan smugglers or authorities.Like many Sudanese migrants in Libya, Mohammed fled violence and poverty in Sudan’s Darfur region, and arrived in Libya in 2018.While Libya does have a new interim government — and is on the pathway to democratic elections in December — it continues to be unsafe for migrants.Related: Libyans mark 2011 uprising with eyes on interim governmentMohammed plans to make his second attempt to cross the Mediterranean as soon as he can, despite the risks.“I’m still working here to find enough money to cross the sea. But most of my friends who were with me at home, they drowned in the sea. [In] 2018, 2019. Even two weeks ago, my friends, 16 of them, they drowned in the sea.”In the April shipwreck he’s referring to, more than 130 migrants lost their lives at sea.On his first attempt to cross the Mediterrean a few years ago, Mohammed said his boat was intercepted by the Libyan coast guard."Most of us prefer to die in the sea in order to [not] come back to Libya."Mohammed, Sudanese migrant in Libya“All of us [tried] to jump into the sea. Most of us prefer to die in the sea in order to [not] come back to Libya. All of us were angry. We don’t know...we have no choice,” he said.After being returned to Libya, Mohammed said he spent a brief time in a detention center — which he said only served one meal a day, and was so crowded that some migrants had to sleep standing up.Related: Denmark revokes residency permits of some Syrian refugeesThe UN has been calling on Libya to close its migrant detention centers, which are managed by the Directorate for Combating Illegal Migration (DCIM), a body operating under Libya’s Ministry of Interior.Even children are being detained there, said Abdulkadir Musse, special representative for United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) office in Tripoli.Two weeks ago, 125 mostly unaccompanied children were intercepted en route to Europe, and returned to Libya.“More children are also being intercepted and returned to Libya since the beginning of 2021. And most of these children are brought to detention upon disembarkation in Libya,” he said.He worries the situation could worsen over the summer, when the tides will be low and more migrants are expected to try crossing the Meditereanean.

In this Episode of Learner Journeys, Bastian speaks with Christine Taylor Christine Taylor was born in California, grew up in Germany, South Dakota, Saudi Arabia, and Switzerland and has lived in the Netherlands since 2004. She's been a book lover and traveller all of her life, which hasn't always made packing easy, but has exposed her to endless worlds and ways of being in them. After working in a German bakery in North Carolina, then teaching intercultural awareness at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, and working in the International Office at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, she started her own business in 2017: StoryCraft. Focusing on story structure as the foundation for all storytelling skills, Christine helps people in transition learn to use stories to find their voice so they can communicate and connect with confidence. She helps clients find, craft, and tell their stories. She also stays involved with intercultural work, although these days it's more often in the form of diversity and inclusion projects. She's moving to Edmonton, Canada in 2021 and taking StoryCraft and a sizable home library with her. Christine's professional home online is here: https://www.storycraft.nl/ Her Instagram is full of inspiring content over @storycraftnl We mention bikablo, the Flipchart Drawing System: www.bikablo.com Credits: Learner Journeys is created and hosted by Bastian Küntzel Cover Illustration by Michal Wronski http://mimaj.pl Cover Design by Anna Pomichowska https://annapomichowska.com Music Credits: Epic Cinematic by Scott Holmes Chafftop by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue) Trois Gnossiennes by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue) The Crisper by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue) Dolly and Pad by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue) Lunette Interlude by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue) UpUpUp and Over by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)

This episode is all about research at the intersection of climate action and international education - is there any, will there be more, what is missing, what does it all mean, and what can it help us achieve? CJ is joined by CANIE co-founder Pii-Tuulia Nikula for her first trip in the CANIE co-host seat and they are joined by Robin Shields, professor of education at the University of Bristol in the UK to talk about his groundbreaking research and discuss its impact on the international education community. The presenting sponsor for the CANIE Climate Dialogues is the University of Auckland's International Office.

David M. first attended Sexaholics Anonymous on August 2, 1988 in Nashville, Tennessee USA. That remains his sobriety date, one day at a time. While his reason for attending was to avoid another divorce and loss of family, he stayed because of the freedom and serenity he finds in 12 Step recovery. He has been actively involved in service work at the local and international levels, including setting out our International Office in Tennessee and working extensively on our literature. He and his wife now live in Portland, Oregon USA.I sat down for a fireside chat with David M. and it was truly inspiring. We hope you enjoy the first episode of the SA Fireside Chat

If you like Sweden so much that you want to stay after you have finished your studies, why not look for a job here? We talk the Swedish job market, how to find a job in Sweden, LinkedIn and much more. If you want to know more about Career Support offered by LiU, please visit these pages: https://insidan.liu.se/HR-Personal/for_foreign_employees/career-support?l=en Host: Niraj Kumar Sontha Guests: Priya Eklund, International Office and Hilarian Demio Buck Silva Editing: Per Wistbo Nibell

In this episode we will introduce Russia to you through the experience of someone coming to Russia for the first time. We will hear an interview with your host, Ian, and with Vladislav, who runs the International Office at Belgorod State University. Finally, we will hear from Nguyet, a Vietnamese student who arrived recently through the auspices of the above-mentioned Office.

In this episode we will introduce Russia to you through the experience of someone coming to Russia for the first time. We will hear an interview with your host, Ian, and with Vladislav, who runs the International Office at Belgorod State University. Finally, we will hear from Nguyet, a Vietnamese student who arrived recently through the auspices of the above-mentioned Office.

In this episode we talk with Dr. Barbara Good, who is the head of the International Office at the University of Vienna. We will have a conversation about the impact of the pandemic on international mobility/international students (incoming and outgoing) and what UNIVIE is doing in this area. Link: https://international.univie.ac.at/

Big news in the move towards a more sustainable International Education Study Abroad sector and we're here to break it down! In this episode of the pod, CJ is joined once again by CANIE Co-Host Adrienne Fusek to talk about the new guidelines that aim to align the Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad with the UN SDGs. CJ and Adrienne are then joined by two members of the committee that developed the guidelines - Daniel Ponce-Taylor from IOI and Ravi Raj from Authentica - to dig into the framework, some applications, and how you, our listeners, can start using them today to work towards a more sustainable study abroad program. The presenting sponsor for the CANIE Climate Dialogues is the University of Auckland's International Office.

Welcome to episode 23 of Living Well While Living Online. Today, host Tami Reilly is joined by Mary Steele. From Cork, Ireland, Mary has worked in International Education since 1995. The minute she saw the job advertised in the International Office in UCC, she knew it was for her! This was what she had been preparing for all her life without knowing it. Assisting students is her passion. She plays a vital role in the Quinnipiac partnership with University College Cork as the on the on-ground Resident Director. Mary becomes their go-to confidant, their adopted Auntie who eases their worries with tea and scones at her kitchen table and helps them navigate life in another country. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, Mary has seen so many changes, some good and some not so good. She is happy to say that she has learned to enjoy life, to slow down, take life a bit easier and not put herself under pressure to do things all the time. You can find Mary on Facebook and maybe she will share her recipe for scones!

The 2020 pandemic has forced international education to change in many ways, including the overnight change from the much-beloved in-person conferences to virtual. In this episode, CJ is joined by CANIE Co-host Evelien Renders, Information Manager in internationalization at Radboud University, to talk to two associations: the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) and the Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (OIHE) about their organizations' views on climate justice and action, and the benefits and challenges of virtual, bi-annual, and annual conference models. We listen to Larissa Bezo, President and CEO of the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE), Melissa Payne, Director of Membership, Research and Learning (CBIE), and Luis Kauachi (IOHE) discuss the future of conferences and networking and finally - how practitioners can play active roles in shaping these changes. The presenting sponsor for the CANIE Climate Dialogues is the University of Auckland's International Office.

As the challenges facing the global community become more complex and interconnected, global partnerships between public and non-state actors have gained momentum as an essential element of governance across scales and levels. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development emphasizes the role of multi-stakeholder partnerships as a key means of implementation of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To explore this topic further we are joined by Dr. Meghna Ramaswamy Ph.D. Director of the International Office, University of Saskatchewan. Learn more about the International Office, University of Saskatchewan.

Catholic schools serve close to 62 million students globally at the preschool, primary, and secondary levels, with in addition more than 6 million students enrolled at the post-secondary level. By managing the largest non-governmental network of schools and universities in the world, the Catholic Church plays an important role in efforts to achieve SDG4, especially in low-income countries. In 2020, OIEC released the first Global Catholic Education Report. The second edition of the report for 2021 under the new collaborative Global Catholic Education project (www.GlobalCatholicEducation.org) focuses on learning poverty, education pluralism, and the implications of the COVID-19 Crisis. The report explores the impact of the crisis on educational attainment and learning across countries, as well as the issue of education pluralism, suggesting that education pluralism should be taken into account when considering state support for nonprofit faith-based schools and universities. The report also discusses regulatory framework for Catholic schools and universities, as well as interventions that could improve educational outcomes. Finally, the report includes an updated statistical annex on enrollment trends in Catholic schools and universities in more than 100 countries. After a presentation summarizing the main findings from the Global Catholic Education Report 2021, panelists will share their views on how Catholic schools and universities globally could improve the education they provide and confront some of the most pressing challenges they face.  This event is organized with the Catholic Research Economists Discussion Organization (CREDO), Global Catholic Education, Global Researchers Advancing Catholic Education (GRACE), the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU), the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA), and the International Office of Catholic Education (OIEC). This event is cosponsored by America Media, and the Roche Center for Catholic Education.

International employees often notice that some things are different at Swedish workplaces compared to what they are used to. What it might be? Johanna Gistvik from the International Office will tell you in this episode!Guest: Johanna Gistvik, International OfficeHost: Priya Eklund, International CoordinatorRecording and Editing: Per Wistbo Nibell

A presentation by Quentin Wodon (International Office of Catholic Education), followed by discussion with Annie Smith (Director of Research and Data, National Catholic Education Association), Andrew Miller (Boston College), and Timothy Uhl (Superintendent, Catholic Schools for Montana). Catholic schools and universities aim to educate the whole person. Beyond strong academics, they aim to educate towards fraternal humanism. Do we have any evidence that they succeed? Based on recent research for the United States conducted under the new collaborative Global Catholic Education project, including a set of papers prepared for a special issue of the Journal of Catholic Education, this webinar will explore this question. Topics to be considered include (1) whether parents sending children to Catholic schools have different priorities for what children should learn in school than other parents; (2) whether students in Catholic schools exhibit self-discipline; (3) whether different stakeholders have different worldviews for Catholic schools; (4) whether there is less violence in Catholic schools than in other schools; (5) whether going to Catholic schools is associated with particular patterns of family formation later in life; and (6) more generally, what is meant by a Catholic identity. While the discussion will focus in large part on schools, implications for Catholic universities will also be discussed. After a presentation summarizing findings from recent research, panelists will share their views on how Catholic schools and universities could rely on these and other research findings to improve the education they provide "beyond test scores".  This event is presented by the Lumen Christi Institute, the Catholic Research Economists Discussion Organization (CREDO), Global Catholic Education, Global Researchers Advancing Catholic Education (GRACE), the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU), the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA), and the International Office of Catholic Education (OIEC). This event is cosponsored by America Media, and the Roche Center for Catholic Education.

Die letzte Fahrt des Jahres hat es in sich und ist ein Muss für alle Austausch-Interessierten. Boris hat kein Bock mehr auf Europa, Schottland schon. Neu-Zugführerin Stella und Podcast-Portfolio-Manager Ben auch. Deshalb sitzt heute Sandra Hallscheidt, Leiterin des International Office, im weihnachtlich geschmückten Sonderzug und gibt euch eine Kostprobe ihrer Erasmus-Expertise. Egal ob ihr noch nie etwas davon gehört habt oder schon mittendrin seid in der Auslandssemester-Planung, hier ist für alle was dabei!

In this episode I meet Cheryl Peron at a park and we sit on a couple of blankets and record the pod. Cheryl works at IBEW's 1st District where she has been a very impactful person in a lot of young worker's lives. Before getting hired by the International Office, Cheryl worked for NAV Canada, the company that owns and operates Canada's civil air navigation service. Member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network 

A big issue you might come across when moving to Sweden is finding a place to live. Is it easy? How much does it cost? What are my options? Therese Lindkvist from the International Office will talk about this in this episode of Work at LiU.Guest: Therese Lindkvist International Staff Support, International OfficeHost: Priya Eklund, International CoordinatorRecording and editing: Per Wistbo Nibell

Our faith invites us into a “free and responsible search for truth and meaning.” In today’s world, this remains deeply important. As Unitarian Universalists, our faith calls us to be ceaseless in our quest for liberation and interrogating the foundations upon which our country was built. Featuring Rev. Alicia Forde, Director of the International Office of the Unitarian Universalist Association.Support the show (http://www.fusden.org/giving)

Producer/Host: Steve Wessler Key Discussion Points: a) Does the Immersion program provide a benefit to the people from the host country (such as El Salvador)? b) How does the Immersion program benefit the North Americans who travel to host countries? c) Why each of the guests have dedicated their work lives to human rights work? d) What is hard for the two guests about their work on human rights issues? Guests: Joe Cistone, Executive Director of IPM lives on Mount Desert Island. Adela Zayaz Hernandez, Regional Director for the Latin America and the Caribbean and Director of Programs and Partnerships. She lives and El Salvador. Joe Cistone and Adela Zayas Hernandez direct IPM’s Immersion program, along with other colleagues. The Immersion program brings North Americans to spend 7 to 10 days time with social justice and human rights programs in countries across the globe. 2500 people from North America have participated in this program. Joseph F. Cistone, Chief Executive Officer As Chief Executive Officer of IPM, Joe provides the strategic vision, leadership, and supervision of all activities, programs and staff of this interfaith, international, non-governmental organization with offices in El Salvador, India, Kenya, and the USA. Joe began his work with IPM in June of 2001 and IPM has quintupled in size during his tenure. Joe has worked, lived, and studied internationally for over 30 years, including extended time in El Salvador, India, Kenya, Nicaragua, and Italy—where Joe pursued a Ph.D. in the Social Sciences at the Gregorian University and worked with a variety of international organizations. Joe was a Research Assistant in the Department of Programmes at Caritas Internationalis (1990-1992); the Director of the Joined Hands Refugee Center (1991-1995), where he served as an IPM Project Coordinator; and, as Associate Director of the International Office for Justice, Peace, & Integrity of Creation of the Franciscan Friars Minor (1995-1997). Immediately prior to joining IPM, Joe served as the founding Vice President of Capital, Endowment, & Philanthropic Programs at the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland Foundation. Adela Zayas, Director of International Programs & Partnerships; and Programs & Regional Director for Latin America and The Caribbean Adela studied her Psychology Major at Universidad Centroamericana “José Simeón Cañas” (UCA). She was evolved in different social movements during her educational process, including projects related to environmental consciousness and conservation, community development, gender equality and women empowerment. She has post-graduate diplomas in Gender Equality and National Reality provided by the National University and the Lutheran University from El Salvador. She also helped creating a non-profit organization in El Salvador, “Fundación Artesanas”, which promotes healthy environments, using art, social entrepreneurship and psychology as the main tools to achieve women’s empowerment. It mainly seeks to offer solutions for the unequal opportunities, in terms of education, health, employment and political participation, that many women experience in the country. About the host: Steve Wessler will soon will be starting his 28th year of working on human right issues. He founded the Civil Rights Unit in the Maine Attorney’s Office in 1992 and led the Unit for 7 years. In 1999 he left the formal practice of law and founded the Center for the Prevention of Hate. The Center worked in Maine and across the USA. He and his colleagues worked to reduce bias and harassment in schools, in communities, in health care organization through workshops and conflict resolution. The Center closed in 2011 and Steve began a consulting on human rights issues. For the next 5 years much of his work was in Europe, developing and implementing training curricular for police, working in communities to reduce the risk of hate crimes, conflict resolution between police and youth. He has worked in over 20 countries. In late 2016 he began to work more in Maine, with a focus on reducing anti-immigrant bias. He continues to work in schools to reduce bias and harassment. Wessler teaches courses on human rights issues at the College of the Atlantic, the University of Maine at Augusta and at the School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University in northern Virginia.

I believe we are celebrating Africa Month – so I heard, when the International Office of the Durban University of Technology where I work, invited me to share a poem in my mothertongue, Afrikaans. I'm going to use a poem that I wrote first in English sixteen years ago – for my daughter – it is called Turning Six. This year I tried my hand at translating it into Afrikaans -- and I like the way it turned out. Before I do the poem, just a little bit about Afrikaans – It is one of South Africa's eleven official languages, and was shaped in a melting pot at the Southern-most tip of Africa -- it is considered a creole language. Its strongest roots are Dutch, but also from Western Europe, the likes of Portuguese, French and English. Arabic is one of its lesser-known influences. And of course, local Nguni languages, and the clicks of the Khoi-San also dance in the cadences of Afrikaans. Here is the poem – I will do it in English first so you can get the meaning, and thereafter in Afrikaans.

To move to another country can feel like a daunting task, but don´t worry! The International Office is here to help you. Hear more about the practical matters surrounding a move to Linköping and Sweden from Caroline Sturesson and Therese Lindkvist, international coordinators at the International Office.--Host: Caroline Sturesson and Therese Lindkvist, International CoordinatorRecording and editing: Per Wistbo Nibell--Podcasts from Linkoping University:https://liu.se/en/podcast

Download MP3 Merry Christmas! 今年もクリスマスにまつわるエピソードでお楽しみください。今回はドイツのクリスマスのお話が登場します。日本とドイツでは、クリスマスの過ごし方はどのように異なるのでしょうか。 　 *** It's a Good Expression *** （今回の重要表現） Boy うわあ put on a party パーティを催す find out 突き止める、知る label （動詞・発音注意）ラベルを貼る ingredients 材料、食材 What else am I supposed to do? 他にどうしろというんだ。 go out with ...と遊びに行く（=hang out） *** Script *** Christmas German Style Situation: Peter and Yuka talk at a Christmas party. M: Boy, this sure is a nice party! W: Yeah, the International Office sure knows how to put on a great party for us! They even have German Christmas cookies over there! M: Ho ho! Really? Do they taste as good as in Germany? I wanna find out! W: Is there really a difference? M: For a lot of food here in Japan, I’ve been a little disappointed because it’s labelled "German." But then it doesn’t taste the same to me. Probably other ingredients are used. W: I see. Situation: A couple of days later, outside of Peter’s apartment. W: Hey, Peter, do you have any plans for Christmas? M: No, not yet. Maybe I'm going to a bar with some friends. W: With friends to a bar? Why’s that? M: Well, what else am I supposed to do? If I was in Germany, I’d be with my family. W: So, you celebrate Christmas with your family in Germany? M: Yeah. W: Wow. M: Um… you look surprised. W: In Japan we young adults DON’T spend Christmas with our families. M: College students don’t spend Christmas with their families? Then, WHO do you go out with on Christmas? (Noisy male friends suddenly arrive.) M: Oh, look! My friends are here! Hi Gabriel! Hi Hans! Let’s watch the football game on TV! W: Ah! Men! Bye-bye, Peter! (Written by Gabriel Germann)

Download MP3 Merry Christmas! 今年もクリスマスにまつわるエピソードでお楽しみください。今回はドイツのクリスマスのお話が登場します。日本とドイツでは、クリスマスの過ごし方はどのように異なるのでしょうか。 　 *** It's a Good Expression *** （今回の重要表現） Boy うわあ put on a party パーティを催す find out 突き止める、知る label （動詞・発音注意）ラベルを貼る ingredients 材料、食材 What else am I supposed to do? 他にどうしろというんだ。 go out with ...と遊びに行く（=hang out） *** Script *** Christmas German Style Situation: Peter and Yuka talk at a Christmas party. M: Boy, this sure is a nice party! W: Yeah, the International Office sure knows how to put on a great party for us! They even have German Christmas cookies over there! M: Ho ho! Really? Do they taste as good as in Germany? I wanna find out! W: Is there really a difference? M: For a lot of food here in Japan, I’ve been a little disappointed because it’s labelled "German." But then it doesn’t taste the same to me. Probably other ingredients are used. W: I see. Situation: A couple of days later, outside of Peter’s apartment. W: Hey, Peter, do you have any plans for Christmas? M: No, not yet. Maybe I'm going to a bar with some friends. W: With friends to a bar? Why’s that? M: Well, what else am I supposed to do? If I was in Germany, I’d be with my family. W: So, you celebrate Christmas with your family in Germany? M: Yeah. W: Wow. M: Um… you look surprised. W: In Japan we young adults DON’T spend Christmas with our families. M: College students don’t spend Christmas with their families? Then, WHO do you go out with on Christmas? (Noisy male friends suddenly arrive.) M: Oh, look! My friends are here! Hi Gabriel! Hi Hans! Let’s watch the football game on TV! W: Ah! Men! Bye-bye, Peter! (Written by Gabriel Germann)

Vorig jaar waren meer dan 400 HvA’ers in het buitenland om te studeren of stage te lopen. Maar wat moet je daar allemaal voor regelen? Is er een beurs mogelijk? En wat maak je in die tijd allemaal mee? Daarover gaan we in gesprek met verschillende gasten. Jonli So studeerde een half jaar in Brisbane, en helpt nu internationale studenten die voor een paar maanden naar Amsterdam komen. Benita Panizo is medewerker van het International Office en beantwoordt prangende vragen van HvA’ers die een semester in het buitenland wel zien zitten. Verder vertelt Sanne de Ruiter via Skype over haar ervaringen met Brazilië, waar ze momenteel studeert. En bespreekt Michiel van de Stadt zijn tijd als student en tophockeyer in Barcelona, waar hij rondliep tussen wereldsterren.

In this episode we talk with our resident historian and archivist Jim Craig about the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada from the very early years all the way up to today. Specifically, we look through our 100 year history as it relates to church multiplication in our movement.

In this episode we talk about the heart behind church multiplication in the PAOC, why it's important to our fellowship and what the vision may look like beyond 2020.

In this episode we talk with the PAOC General Superintendent Dave Wells about the heart and vision behind our 2020 Initiative.

In this special episode all about studying abroad, we invited Rachel and Jack from the UEA Study Abroad office to answer those all important questions. Rosemary from Pharmacy is our monthly guest lecturer and we invited Brad from the International Office to help answer the question from our post bag. Email schools@uea.ac.uk if you would like your question to be featured next month.

In this episode Jonathan Schalk and Sara Rosenquist discuss exchange studies with Sara Hurtig and Bjorn Nyström from the International Office at Uppsala university. Why should you study abroad? Sara and Bjorn share both their personal experiences together with their professional view on exchange studies. Apart from getting more knowledge and new experiences, studying abroad … Continue reading Call for application!

In this episode Jonathan Schalk and Sara Rosenquist discuss exchange studies with Sara Hurtig and Bjorn Nyström from the International Office at Uppsala university. Why should you study abroad? Sara and Bjorn share both their personal experiences together with their professional view on exchange studies. Apart from getting more knowledge and new experiences, studying abroad … Continue reading Call for application!

“Migrants are the ultimate agent of development,” William Lacy Swing, head of the International Office for Migration, says in this episode of Global GoalsCast.  Indeed, 13 of the 17 Global Goals are linked to migration.  Decisions made now about migration – by countries and individuals – will likely determine whether the Goals are achieved by the deadline of 2030. Find out why by tuning in!

Brian has helped thousands of job seekers over the course of his career. With over 25 years of real world recruiting experience, he has received various accolades and international acclaim for his recruiting ability, and is a member of an international recruiting organization's Hall of Fame. Under Brian's leadership, The Howard Group has received the prestigious Best in Class Award for Overall Client Satisfaction and has been honored with the International Office of the Year Award. He has pulled together his years of recruiting and job search experience into the writings of The Motivated Series of job search books. These books include: The Motivated Job Search, The Motivated Job Search Workbook, The Motivated Networker, Over 50 and Motivated, and most recently, Motivated Resumes and LinkedIn Profiles. LEARN MORE: The Motivated Job Search and The Howard GroupResume Storyteller with Virginia Francohttps://businessinnovatorsradio.com/resume-storyteller-with-virginia-franco/

Case#01.5: Kate Warne-America's First Female Detective REVISITED Hi Steve Gomez here. A lot has happened behind the scenes at the Noir Factory during the last month or so. Our offices in the Sierra Foothills have moved lock, stock, and barrel up to the Pacific Northwest. Way up to the icy clutches of the Pacific Northwest. Past Seattle and into kissing cousin territory with Canada. That kind of Pacific Northwest. Now those were the offices we know and love. My home. Our everyday offices. Not to worry about the International Office in Prague. Those are still doing well. In fact, I’m told the less said about them, the better. I’m actually told not to say anything about them. It’s best for everyone if we never speak of them again. Please forget you ever heard about any office in Prague. There are no offices in Prague. So. In addition to the big move up north, there have been other big life changes. I’ve taken a new day job that is more podcast friendly and should help with the production of more Noir Factory episodes as well as Noir Factory items which will turn up over time. During all those changes our goal here was to keep our production schedule of two episodes a month up and uninterrupted. I fell short of that goal. Woefully short. I missed the entire month of February. I spent what few free hours I had that month doing research on a new case, but those hours were very few and very far between. So in order to catch up and still bring something worthwhile to the table, I wanted to present something new or at least something beneficial to this “thing of ours.” So this week, like any good detective, we are going back to our first case. Case #001- Kate Warne: America’s First Female Detective is our most popular episode. It is also the episode with the worst sound quality. I was a complete rookie when I recorded it, and it shows. And Kate Warne deserves better. So as a special offering this week, as well as closing the file on old business, we’re going to revisit and re-record our first episode and in that sense, we’re going to try and give fellow Detective Kate Warne her due. So be sure to grab your fedora and if you enjoy this episode, share it with a friend and stop by iTunes and give us a review, because a kind word can take you far. Not as far as a few kind words and a gun, but still…...

Wir sind zu Besuch bei Frau Dr. Marit Breede im International Office und fragen sie nach den Hintergründen dieser Internationalisierung insbesondere im Hinblick auf den Auslandsaufenthalt im IIM-Studium.

Kultur, Medizin und Wissenschaft- Einmal im Monat bringt das Team des International Office internationale Gäste und Studierende an der Med Uni an einen Tisch, um über die Erfahrungen in Graz zu sprechen und von den jeweiligen Herkunftsländern zu berichten. So entsteht ein interkultureller Erfahrungsaustausch rund um Medizin und Wissenschaft. http://www.freesound.org/people/BonnyOrbit/sounds/334135/

Einmal im Monat bringt das Team des International Office internationale Gäste und Studierende an der Med Uni an einen Tisch, um über die Erfahrungen in Graz zu sprechen und von den jeweiligen Herkunftsländern zu berichten. So entsteht ein interkultureller Erfahrungsaustausch rund um Medizin und Wissenschaft.

Angebote, Kontakte, Infos in der Poppelsdorfer Allee 53

Leichter zum Studieren ins Ausland - mit dem International Office.

If you want to apply to Oxford from abroad, there are a number of extra questions you may have: James Tibbert from Oxford’s International Office is on hand to give some advice. International students may question whether their English is good enough? How do their country’s school qualifications compare to English A-levels? Do they need a visa?