Podcasts about overseas territories

In this episode, MP Stephen Doughty, the United Kingdom's Minister of State for Europe, North America, and Overseas Territories, responsible for relations with the Polar regions, reflects on the UK's engagement in the Arctic amid rising global challenges.The discussion is followed by a Q&A with the audience, moderated by Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Chairman of Arctic Circle and former President of Iceland.This speech was originally delivered at the 2024 Arctic Circle Assembly.Arctic Circle is the largest network of international dialogue and cooperation on the future of the Arctic. It is an open democratic platform with participation from governments, organizations, corporations, universities, think tanks, environmental associations, Indigenous communities, concerned citizens, and others interested in the development of the Arctic and its consequences for the future of the globe. It is a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization. Learn more about Arctic Circle at www.ArcticCircle.org or contact us at secretariat@arcticcircle.orgTWITTER:@_Arctic_CircleFACEBOOK:The Arctic CircleINSTAGRAM:arctic_circle_org

In France's overseas departments, Creole language and culture are seen as a bulwark against racism and standardisation. The concept of "Créoleness" was developed in the late 1980s, in the wake of Aimé Césaire's writings on Négritude and Edouard Glissant's notion of "Antillanité", or a specifically Caribbean identity. Our reporters Florence Gaillard and Georges Yazbeck travelled to Martinique to hear from those who embody this complex identity.  Following the Christian calendar, the four days before Ash Wednesday are known as "les jours gras" in Martinique: a time of celebration and mischief. Everyone is invited to the carnival: rich, poor, white, black, locals and tourists.The festivities are populated by some emblematic local characters: King Vaval, the Red Devils and Marianne La Po Fig, a mysterious creature made of banana leaves. According to Marie-Lyne Psyché-Salpétrier, president of the Recherches et Traditions association, Marianne La Po Fig is part of Martinique's spiritual pantheon, handed down by the island's Yoruba ancestors and belonging to its African roots. Philosopher Edouard Glissant called Martinique "the melting pot of the world". Like all Creole societies, it is the product of three centuries of colonisation and a mixture of European, African and Asian populations. The indigenous Amerindians, known as Kalinagos or Caribs, have all but disappeared. This physical and cultural intermingling has led to the emergence of a popular language: Creole. Long associated with slavery, Creole was forbidden in the classroom and frowned upon in polite society. Yet the language continued to evolve – largely thanks to songs and stories – and today it's a poetic, multi-layered idiom. We meet Jocelyne Béroard, a singer with the group Kassav', who told us more about the inherent poetry of Créole and how she uses it on stage and in daily life. Meanwhile, the "Groupe d'Etudes et de Recherches en Espace Créole" has been working for almost 30 years to lay the written foundations of Creole, publishing dictionaries and novels in a Creole that borrows expressions from Martinique, French Guiana, Haiti and Reunion Island. More importantly, GEREC has fought to bring Creole to school textbooks and universities and thereby formalise its use beyond the oral sphere. In 1989, Raphaël Confiant, Jean Bernabé and Patrick Chamoiseau published "Eloge de la Créolité" or "In Praise of Creoleness". This manifesto celebrates Creole identity as the acceptance of all diversities and the endorsement of plural identities. For its co-author Confiant: "Creoleness is, in fact, the opposite of apartheid!"

This week, Kelly talks with former British Ambassador Leigh Turner about a wide range of topics, from crisis and safety issues facing embassies around the world to how technology is transforming the role of the diplomat, and how he sees European, Russian, and British foreign policy developing in the next few years. Leigh Turner is a writer based in London. He was the UK ambassador to Austria and UK permanent representative to the United Nations in Vienna from September 2016 to September 2021. Leigh's previous roles were as Her Majesty's consul general in Istanbul and director general for trade and investment for Turkey, Central Asia and the South Caucasus; Her Majesty's ambassador in Kyiv, Ukraine, and director of Overseas Territories in London, responsible for territories including St Helena, the Falklands and Bermuda.  https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Diplomacy-Politics-Power-Parties/dp/1447373928  https://rleighturner.com/  The opinions expressed in this conversation are strictly those of the participants and do not represent the views of Georgetown University or any government entity. Produced by Freddie Mallinson and Theo Malhotra. Recorded on December 9, 2024. Diplomatic Immunity, a podcast from the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University, brings you frank and candid conversations with experts on the issues facing diplomats and national security decision-makers around the world. Funding support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. For more, visit our website, and follow us on Linkedin, Twitter @GUDiplomacy, and Instagram @isd.georgetown

Tune in to the most recent episode of The Litigation Podcast, in which Ivan Hare KC presents recorded highlights from the 2024 Public Law Conference. The panel discussions address the latest developments in recent public law cases.Tom Leary explores interim remedies in Judicial Review.George Molyneaux examines the duty of candour, with particular focus on recent cases.Sir Jeffrey Jowell KC and Warren Fitt discuss the UK's relationship with the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.Stay tuned for the third and final instalment in this series, with Ivan Hare KC, StephaniePalmer & Isabel Buchanan! If you haven't already, listen to Part 1 with Tom Hickman KC, JamesSegan KC and Hanif Mussa KC.

In this enlightening episode, we are joined by Danielle Clear Seales, an inspiring marine conservationist who has dedicated her life to protecting our oceans. After completing a BSc in Ocean Science and Marine Conservation at the University of Plymouth, Danielle is now pursuing an MSc degree in Marine Environmental Management. Her journey into sea turtle conservation and research began with a pivotal internship at the Department of Environment, which ignited her passion for marine life. Danielle's commitment extends beyond the Cayman Islands, having represented her home at COP28. There, she highlighted the intricate connections between culture, heritage, and climate change, and advocated for vital climate finance in British Overseas Territories. Her main mission is to raise environmental awareness in the Cayman Islands, promote sustainable living, and foster collaboration among Caribbean islands for a more sustainable future. Join us as we delve into Danielle's experiences and insights. We discuss the climate realities of overseas territories, the harsh impacts of climate change in the Caribbean, and her valuable advice for Caribbean youth eager to take climate action. This episode is a must-listen for anyone passionate about marine conservation and climate resilience. Tune in and be inspired by Danielle's journey and vision for a brighter, more sustainable world. If you enjoyed this episode follow Dani on Instagram @dani.seales and EcoVybz on all platforms @ecovybz

New slow French chit-chat for B1 and B2 French learners! Today, we are going to talk about " Les territoires d'outre mer - Overseas territories ". We are going to discuss what French territories are overseas, so part of France but not attached to France. One of them is only 20 kilometres from Canada, while others have only birds and crabs! This slow French video is perfect for working on your French listening, vocabulary, and grammar while learning everything about a new subject! As usual, I speak French slowly and use simple vocabulary. The subtitles are available in French, English, Spanish and German. If you don't see the right subtitles, go to settings and change it there. You can also slow down the video even more or speed it up depending on your level. You can download the free PDF of the transcript on my website or subscribe to my Patreon for as little as $2 a month. You get a bundle of exercises with missing word text to practice your French listening, ten questions and answers to practice your French sentence structure, the text's vocabulary to study, and the audio to take with you everywhere! • Le cahier d'exercices sur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FrenchchitchatwithDylane • Le PDF : https://theperfectfrench.com/french-stories/les-territoires-francais-doutre-mer-b1-b2

Closing arguments begin in the Grand Court trial of the two men accused of trying to rob a cashless bank branch. A great report card for the Lighthouse School - it's third in a row. A UK MP raises concerns in the House of Commons about the impact caused by the closure of Girlguiding in Overseas Territories...like the Cayman Islands. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rcnews/message

Vijay Rangarajan, Director General at the FCDO, discusses his career, previous COPs and what to expect at COP28 with Nadine Atchison-Balmond, Defra. Vijay oversees Afghanistan, Pakistan, Overseas Territories, the Middle East, and North Africa. He leads FCDO's efforts in energy, climate, and the environment. He has formerly served as British Ambassador to Brazil and Europe Director, managing the UK EU referendum, negotiations, and broader EU policy. Vijay's academic background is scientific: a natural sciences degree, Masters in maths, and an astrophysics PhD. His interests are singing, cooking, cycling, flying kites, windsurfing and science fiction.

The Minimum Wage Advisory Committee (MWAC) is seeking the public's feedback on the country's next national minimum wage. Cabinet approves three coastal works projects during their June 13th meeting.   As storms begin to develop during the 2023 hurricane, United Kingdom officials are checking in with Overseas Territories to discuss assistance if and when it is needed. The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms today four migrants have been repatriated to the Republic of Cuba Police are investigating an aggravated burglary in West Bay --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rcnews/message

Please see below for the relevant talk timecode Welcome address and introduction of keynote speakers, Sonali Siriwardena, Partner and Global Head of ESG: 9 secondsKeynote address 1, Lord Zac Goldsmith - Minister for Overseas Territories, Commonwealth, Energy, Climate and Environment at the FCDO: 6 minutes 21Keynote address 2,  Peter Thomson - UN Special Envoy for the Ocean: 11 minutesPanel Session 1, "The Role of Ocean Conservation in Combatting the Climate, Biodiversity and Pollution Crises": 17 minutesKeynote address 3, Ralph Chami - Financial Economist: 1 hour 1 minute 35 Panel Session 2, "Opportunities for financing the Blue Economy": 1 hour 27 minutes 29Keynote address 4, Emily Cunningham, Marine and Coastal Biologist: 2 Hours 16 minutes 13Closing remark. Will Oulton, Non Exec Trustee Director and Board Champion for Ocean Recovery of the UK Marine Conservation Society (MCS): 2 hours 28 minutes 56

A united civil service tribute Tuesday as the Cayman Islands along with the UK and Overseas Territories continue in a period of national mourning leading up to the state funeral for Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Important changes take immediate effect in the legal and judicial community. The Ministry of Health & Wellness attempts to clarify rising questions in the community – concerning ambulances and how they are routed in emergency situations - after a fatal accident took place at Parker's Raceway in late August One of the headlines from the Caribbean Tourism Organization Destination Briefings in Cayman this week gives us more insight into how Cayman is preparing to enrich the tourism experience It's another big dip in local gas prices as global prices continue to trend downward Music at the Library is back this week --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rcnews/message

France's new minister for overseas territories is to meet with New Caledonia's collegial government for the first time next month in Noumea.

NB: This podcast was recorded and released on Wednesday 4th May 2022, before polls opened for local elections.Join Christopher Hope for this pre-local elections special of Chopper's Politics. Chris chews the fact with our Whitehall correspondent Tony Diver in the lobby room about how it might go for all the major parties, and whether more eyes should be on Stormont on polling day. Plus Chris talks to the residents of Wandsworth, a totemic Tory-held council that could turn Red for the first time in a generation.Also on the podcast, Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle introduces Chris to Speaker Charlena White, Speaker for Montserrat, about what the UK should do for its Overseas Territories, whether phones should be banned on the benches, and Sir Lindsay refuses to be drawn yet again about the full bottom wig...For 30 days' free access to The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/chopper |Sign up to the Chopper's Politics newsletter: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/newsletters |Listen to Ukraine: The Latest: playpodca.st/ukraine |Email: chopperspolitics@telegraph.co.uk |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When it comes to being an adventurer and navigating an array of terrains and working with what's around you, Bear Grylls is a man that you think of that you'd want to have on your team!Known for his National Geographics' Running Wild with Bear Grylls where he takes A-list celebs on his expeditions, he has spent his life perfecting his craft and sharing his knowledge with many of us! His survival school comes from years of work that included serving in the Territorial Army of the 21 SAS, he has been awarded the honorary of Lt Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve and was awarded Honorary Colonel in the Royal Marines Reserve. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire as well as the youngest ever Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories.We talk with him about how he became an adventurer, shared these skills with us through his TV shows and how he stays fit to continue to do what he loves on and off the camera.#TRIBEGOALS is Executive produced and hosted by Kimmie Smith, Celebrity Fashion Stylist and Co-Founder/Creative + Style Director of Athleisure Mag and is Executive Produced by Paul Farkas, Co-Founder/Publisher of Athleisure Mag. #TRIBEGOALS is produced and mixed by the team at @AthleisureStudio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The United Kingdom's Healthcare Ambassador to the Overseas Territories visits Cayman. Health and Wellness Minister Hon Sabrina Turner continues her push for parents to get their children vaccinated against covid 19. Sunrise Adult Training centre moves to a new location. #RCNEWS #RADIOCAYMAN #CAYMANISLANDS --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rcnews/message

In this episode, Jonathan Hall, EFN UK Overseas Territories Strategy Advisor, and Sufina Ahmad, Director of the John Ellerman Foundation, speaks to Dr Esther Bertram (CEO of Falklands Conservation), Annick Jackman (Executive Director of the National Trust for the Cayman Islands) and Hugh Raven (philanthropist) about the UK Overseas Territories.This fascinating conversation explores the remarkable terrestrial and marine environments of these 16 jurisdictions, the challenges and opportunities faced by local conservationists, and the critical role for philanthropy in achieving environmental impacts at a global scale.

France is a global power, with territories in Western Europe, North and South Americas, the Caribbean, and the Indian, Pacific, and Antarctic Oceans. The presence of territories in so many different regions is an essential geostrategic asset for France. For instance, it is what allows France to own the second... The post Forgotten Power: France's Overseas Territories appeared first on Wavell Room.

In this edition James, in conversation with Geoff Cook, former CEO of Jersey Finance, explores how the double-whammy of the pandemic and Brexit will affect the UK’s relationship with its overseas territories. Is it all doom and gloom, or is there a realistic opportunity of a ‘new dawn’?

On April 5-6, 2019 RiVAL was among the hosts of a two-day symposium at the University of Sussex on the topic of "Finance Capital and the Ghosts of Empire" which brought together artists, activists and academics. For more information, visit: http://rival.lakeheadu.ca/ghostsofempire/ In this recording you'll hear from the following: Nick Bernards (University of Warwick) “Colonial legacies and the limits of financialization in sub-Saharan Africa” Promoting access to financial services for the poor, or ‘financial inclusion’, has emerged as a major policy objective in international development in the past decade. Critics have often linked the agenda of financial inclusion to wider dynamics of ‘financialization’. Yet, little attention has thus far been paid to the fact that these initiatives have, by many measures, failed. Access to financial services remains highly uneven, and financial institutions across the global south continue to primarily serve urban, middle-class borrowers. This paper investigates the roots of these contemporary failures in the enduring legacies of colonial financial systems. In particular, I explore the limits to contemporary market-building interventions posed by the shortcomings of financial systems built up around the needs of colonial economies oriented towards primary export products, and shaped profoundly by racialized ideas about the capacities of colonial subjects to manage debt, money, and participation in ‘modern’ economies. The paper examines debates about agrarian credit in colonial Senegal in order to make this argument. Nick Bernards is Assistant Professor of Global Sustainable Development at the University of Warwick. He is author of The Global Governance of Precarity: Primitive Accumulation and the Politics of Irregular Work (Routledge, 2018). Rebecca Bramall (University of the Arts London) “The colonial meddling never stopped’: stories about Empire and responsibility in contemporary tax justice discourse” It is widely recognized that British colonialism played a critical role in the establishment of the UK’s Overseas Territories as tax havens, and that a second ‘financial Empire’ was resurrected ‘out of the ashes of the first’ (Palan, 2015). Stories about this foundational moment are not over and done, but are constantly reworked and remade, not least in the current political moment. This exploratory paper will map and discuss some of the ways in which the history of the UK’s Overseas Territories as British colonies has been mobilised and animated by different actors in the context of efforts by the tax transparency movement to expose the structures that permit tax avoidance. It will focus on the narratives that circulated in the reporting of the impact of Hurricane Irma in September 2017 on the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, and the Turks and Caicos Islands, and subsequently after the Mitchell-Hodge amendment to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill in May 2018, which required British Overseas Territories to create public registers of businesses registered there. I will explore how these events provided opportunities for diverse actors to assert narratives about the former colonial status of the Overseas Territories in order to describe, affirm and contest relations of power and responsibility. Rebecca Brammall is Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications at London College of Communication, UAL. Rebecca’s research explores the interpenetration of culture and economy, with a current focus on taxation imaginaries. Key publications include The Cultural Politics of Austerity: Past and Present in Austere Times (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) and a special issue of New Formations on Austerity (2016). Franziska Müller (University of Kassel, Germany) “Greening the anti-politics machine: De- and repoliticizing Africa’s renewable energy transition” Green finance has become a game changer. The Sustainable Development Goals have set an ambitious agenda, which cannot succeed without the generous support of private capital. To achieve the 7th SDG – stable and reliable access to clean energy – an estimated US$ 308-333 billion has to be channelled into power infrastructures. This requires establishing new green funds and promotion programs as much as implementing special derisking instruments for green investors. In this regard private actors increasingly seek to tap Africa's renewable energy potential. Yet, while countries as for instance Uganda or Zambia have abundant resources, their political and economic infrastructures do not match the standardized investment conditions expected by foreign investors.Recently, “derisking” has advanced as a new political technology that aims at creating attractive level playing fields for incoming FDI, with international banks offering special insurances and stepping in as lenders of the last resort. Derisking has become a powerful tool for rendering states and economies accessible to foreign investors and for creating green economies literally from scratch, yet it may interfere into sovereignty and create new economic and political dependencies. So far, derisking activities have seldom been subject to critical research, and especially the role of green funding structures promoted by inter- and transnational institutions and insurance companies, (e.g. African Trade Insurance, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, World Bank, Munich RE) has only scarcely been acknowledged. My paper discusses the (anti)political and possibly neocolonial qualities of ‘derisking’ instruments for renewable energy transitions in Subsahara-Africa, based on empirical research done in Uganda and Zambia. For doing so, I draw back on critical accounts of postcolonial finance (LHM Ling, Branwen Gruffydd Jones) and green governmentality (Robert Fletcher, Tanja Li, James Ferguson). Franziska Müller is a political scientist and leader of a research group on African energy transitions at the University of Kassel (http://bit.ly/africanenergytransition). Rooted in the fields of International Relations theory and Global Environmental Governance, her work focuses on the intersections of international relations and political ecology under circumstances of liberal governance and in postcolonial contexts. Her current research concentrates on energy transitions, global carbon governmentality and the anthropocene. She holds a Ph.D. in political science and a M.A. in political science and cultural anthropology. At the event itself, the following presentation was made, but has been excised from the audio recording at the request of the presenters. Sarah-Jane Phelan and Jenny Hewitt (University of Sussex) “Playing with Experiences of Displacement: Complexity,  Accountability, Global Reach Ambitions and the Toy Industry” Children shape and reshape subjectivities through play. The UN Refugee Agency estimates there to be over 11 million refugee children worldwide and ‘Play’ for these children has the potential to support the processing of experiences, as they grapple with understanding loss, new languages, isolation, racism, and potentially changes in family roles. Research has explored how refugee children use play to process, including using it as a way to perform resistance (Marshall: 2015). Recently, the Lego Foundation has pledged £100 million to support The Sesame Workshop’s work with refugee children to “provide critical new insights into effective models of learning through play for children affected by crisis” (Lego Foundation, 2019).  Mapping out the scope of this project’s philanthropic and research agenda, we will consider the potential impact of play and knowledge production when enacted in relation to toys and methods rooted in Euro-centric genealogies, and explore the issues inherent in holding such brands accountable. Jenny and Sarah-Jane are doctoral researchers at the University of Sussex with ESRC-funded projects exploring political identity formation and agency among young people in the UK and the everyday expertise of market vendors during a period of deteriorating security in Burkina Faso respectively. Supported by joint funding from the ESRC Business Boost Funding, this project brings together their interdisciplinary frame to children’s experiences of the emergent political economy shaping the products and programmes created for them.    

Dr. Johnny Briggs from the PEW Charitable Trust's Bertarelli Ocean Legacy Program to discuss his work on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and Other Effective Conservation Measures (OECMs) in the UK and the Overseas Territories. The UK committed to protecting 60% of its coastline using a combination of MPAs and OECMs. Take a listen to determine how PEW and their partners worked on achieving such an ambitious goal. Do you think they will reach their goal? Share your thoughts in the Facebook Group: http://www.speakupforblue.com/group. Want to get started on living for a better Ocean? Sign up for the Grove Collaborative and get a free gift: http://www.speakupforblue.com/goocean. Check out the new Speak Up For The Ocean Blue Podcast App: http://www.speakupforblue.com/app.  

In this month's Taxcast: We discuss why we can’t afford the rich and challenge ideas about wealth, entrepreneurialism and investment. Also: ten years ago the Tax Justice Network was told it’d never happen, but this month British MPs voted to stop secret ownership of companies in British Overseas Territories. The Crown Dependencies got away for now. But the pressure is on them as a UK Foreign Affairs Committee report says corrupt assets of Kremlin-connected individuals pouring in to London is a threat to the UK’s national security. And while some of the money hidden in the Overseas Territories may flow to the United States, the EU may actually add it to their blacklist of non-cooperative jurisdictions…

In the February 2015 Taxcast: Just what does a bank have to do to lose its licence?! We look at the fall out from HSBCLeaks and ask how can we genuinely tackle criminality in global finance? Also: the latest research on crimes and fines in banking; why a recent threat to have UK Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories blacklisted won't exactly have them shaking in their shoes; plus more scandal and unique analysis.

Joseph Stead, Christian Aid’s Senior Economic Justice Advisor, talks about Christian Aid’s new report, ‘Invested Interests: The UK’s Overseas Territories’ Hidden Role in Developing Countries’ and reveals that UK-linked tax havens are at the centre of a global financial system that encourages crime, corruption and aggressive tax avoidance in developing countries. Joseph explains both what the UK government can do and also how Christian Aid supporters can get involved through the Enough Food IF campaign. http://enoughfoodif.org The report is available on the Christian Aid website: www.christianaid.org.uk/Images/Invested-interests-tax-report-June-2013.pdf #tax; #havens; #campaign; #campaigning; #G8; #IF; #enoughfoodIF; #food; #hunger