Podcasts about regional initiatives

On this episode of the One Mic Stand, the Pittsburgh Technology Council/FortyX80's Marie Pelloni joins Jonathan Kersting as cohost to explore opportunities to get more women and girls into the tech industry. They start by detailing a unique partnership with NCWIT, the National Center for Women and Information Technology. Stephanie Weber, Director of K-12 and Regional Initiatives for NCWIT talks about the nonprofit community of over 1,500 universities, companies, nonprofits and even government organizations nationwide that work to increase the influential and meaningful participation of girls and women in computing and technology.  NCWIT offers the Aspirations in Computing (AiC) program to provide encouragement, enable persistence, open doors and change lives for women in technology from K-12 through career. High school awards opened Sept. 1. Learn more at: https://www.aspirations.org/award-programs/apply-for-the-award-for-aic We talk to AiC National Winner Paige Frank, a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh majoring in information science, about the award and how it is inspiring her passion to pursue a career in technology. Paige will also talk about her experience taking part in FortyX80's LAUNCH Program as a primer for AiC. Plus, get details on the upcoming Winning Talent Together: Innovation, Culture, and You event set for October 5, 2023. And, applications for the Fall LAUNCH Cohort close Sept. 8. More info here. Learn more about NCWIT at www.ncwit.org

Olha Burdeina is the winner of the €100,000 EU Eastern Partnership Scholarship to study International Baccalaureate at the Eastern Partnership European School Tbilisi “New School” in Georgia. Born in the marvelous city of Chernivtsi, Ukraine, Olha is an active member of 5 social organizations, a volunteer, a project manager, an IB student, an actress and a great thrill-seeker. As a great fan of theatre, Olha is an actress in the Chernivtsi Trama theatre named after Olha Kobylianska. As a real thrill-seeker, Olha is fond of cycling and last summer managed to cover 100km by bike. She also enjoys mountaineering and hiking and has conquered 5 Ukrainian peaks. As a social activist, volunteer, project manager and facilitator, Olha is The Head of The Youth Council’s Committee of Education, Deputy Head of the Regional Representative Office of the public organization «Let’s Do It, Ukraine», HR-manager of the social organization «Association of Chernivtsi Cyclists», and a Member of the social organization «Foundation of Regional Initiatives». She organized and coordinated up to 10 beneficial projects, among them the most successful were “English Club”, “Student Government in Action”, “Motivate Yourself”, and “Eco in TREND” And she participated in the international youth exchange with the focus on European values in Georgia “European Summer School Camp 2020”. Instagram: @nightstar.cv

Khrystyna Ivantsiv is an International Relations Student at the Institute of International Relations (IIR), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU). She is also a Young European Ambassador and a member of the NGO Foundation of Regional Initiatives. Her Instagram: @khristi_lifelover

What can civic and education leaders do to create an ecosystem that encourages employer and education partnerships that lead to upskilling programs? How do they ensure these programs develop a skilled workforce within a community that will serve existing employers and attract new ones?

What can civic and education leaders do to create an ecosystem that encourages employer and education partnerships that lead to upskilling programs? How do they ensure these programs develop a skilled workforce within a community that will serve existing employers and attract new ones? This clip features Daryl Graham (Senior Vice President of Philanthropy, Strada Education Network), Reg Javier (Deputy Executive Officer, San Bernardino County California), Amanda Winters (Program Director, Economic Opportunity, Center for Best Practices, National Governors Association), and Lauren Weber (The Wall Street Journal). The fifth anniversary of UpSkill America is here! At this special event, we look both back at what we have learned about upskilling the last five years and forward to what the upskilling movement needs to achieve in the years ahead. Since our founding, momentum for upskilling has continued to grow, with businesses large and small across the country creating new programs and developing innovative approaches to make it easier for employees to access training and education that can help advance their careers. These new strategies for upskilling represent a sea change in businesses' approach to education, as they see the value of advancing the skills of employees at all levels in supporting opportunity and helping their bottom lines. To celebrate this anniversary, we bring together leaders in business, researchers, policymakers, and upskilling program graduates to share what we've learned over the past five years, highlight innovative approaches to upskilling, discuss solutions to common challenges, and explore the future of the upskilling movement. We're thankful to Accenture, Lumina Foundation, Pearson, Strada Education Network, Study.com, and Walmart for their support of our work and this event. For others looking to support the work of UpSkill America, please contact Jaime Fall: jaime.fall@aspeninst.org.

J. Peter Pham, Vice President for Research and Regional Initiatives and Director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council, and Jennifer Cooke, Director of the Institute for African Studies at the George Washington University spar over the significance of First lady Melania Trump's trip to Africa and the latest peace deal in South Sudan with host Carol Castiel.

J. Peter Pham, Vice President for Research and Regional Initiatives and Director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council, and John Tomaszewski "JT", Regional Director for Africa at the International Republican Institute, discuss fallout from the Zimbabwe election and preview the runoff in Mali with host Carol Castiel. They also tell host Carol Castiel that President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo decided against seeking a third term, welcome news both inside and outside the DRC.

J. Peter Pham, Vice President for Research and Regional Initiatives and Director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council, and Joshua Meservey, Senior Policy Analyst at the Heritage Foundation discuss impediments to ending the deadly civil war in South Sudan and prospects for reviving the dormant peace deal between Ethiopia and Eritrea. PROGRAM NOTE: Program was recorded prior to grenade blast at Addis Ababa pro-peace rally 06-23-18

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was returning from a 5-nation tour of the African continent when President Donald Trump fired him via Twitter. J. Peter Pham, Vice President for Research and Regional Initiatives and Director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council, and Jennifer Cooke, Director of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, talk with host Carol Castiel about the state of US-Africa relations in the aftermath of Tillerson's trip and touch on political developments in Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Africa and Kenya.

J. Peter Pham, Vice President for Research and Regional Initiatives and Director of Africa Center at the Atlantic Council, and Monde Muyangwa, Director for the Africa Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, discuss with host Carol Castiel the state of play in South Sudan, the DRC, Kenya and South Africa.

J. Peter Pham, Vice President for Research and Regional Initiatives and Director of Africa Center at the Atlantic Council, and Joshua Meservey, Senior Policy Analyst for Africa and the Middle East at the Heritage Foundation discuss US counter-terrorism operations in Africa, especially in Niger and Somalia, as well as fallout from Kenya's do-over election with host Carol Castiel.

J. Peter Pham, Vice President for Research and Regional Initiatives and Director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council, and Michel Gabaudan, President of Refugees International, discuss with host Carol Castiel what is being dubbed the greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945, as conflict exacerbates famine in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Northern Nigeria.

Danny Anzueto was kind enough to join us to chat about the upcoming NASPA conference that starts this weekend and goes into next week (March 12th-16th).  Danny is the Assistant Director of Member Engagement and Regional Initiatives with NASPA. He is kicking off his fourth year with NASPA and heads up the NASPA Miami Beach office. Danny’s role focuses specifically on supporting NASPA’s seven regions in conference planning and committee management. He also works with the NASPA Annual Conference First-Time Attendee experience overseeing the FTA Committee and working with them to plan engagement initiatives for first-time attendees.  He checked in with us to give us a feel for what to expect next week at the conference.

After introducing the main features of the EU Infrastructure Package, Catharina Sikow-Magny (DG Energy) confirms to our microphone the dates of the first EU Forum on energy infrastructures. Listen to the podcast. http://fsr.eui.eu “Why is the infrastructure package so good?”, The role of ACER, and the Madrid, Florence and Copenhagen forums in perspective. Catharina Sikow-Magny is Head of Unit at Networks and Regional Initiatives, DG ENER, here she talks with Ilaria Conti, Research and Policy Coordinator at the Florence School of Regulation, about Energy Infrastructure. Recorded at “External Energy Security and Policy: Power and Gas Aspects” event organised by the Florence School of Regulation and E-Control in Vienna on the 5th October 2015. “The trans-European network regulation is actually I would say, four regulations in one, it is a very rich regulation, we still need to explore all the different articles, and are still sometimes discovering articles from the past” “There is a wide range of issues, where both sectors (Gas & Electricity) have similar questions that we can that we can then answer in a better way at the (Copenhagen) forum”

In this webinar, the speakers talk about the Micronesia Challenge and the Caribbean Challenge Initiative, regional models for leveraging large-scale public and private sector commitment towards common goals. Kostka and Batista highlight the enabling factors that support the regional trusts as financial vehicles to attract and provide long-term, sustainable funding for biodiversity conservation. They also detail how countries within their respective regions have capitalised on their natural resources to generate revenue for the trust funds.