PARTNERSHIPS UEES Forum and Program Launch
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s part of our threeyear “Environmental Entrepreneurism” project, College of the Rockies (COTR) and our partner University of Espiritu Santo (UEES) held a forum on Sustainable Economic Development on February 9, 2011 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. COTR President and CEO Dr. Nick Rubidge and COTR International Project Coordinator Jeff Cooper joined 135 other participants
including representatives of local governments, NGOs, community leaders, academics and students. The forum sought to create a space to share and learn from the experiences of different organizations, businesses and individuals in the coastal region of Ecuador while aligning efforts to improve coordination of activities and achieve greater impact in the region. A new training program in Sustainable Community Entrepreneurship, jointly developed by UEES and COTR and to be delivered by UEES in Ecuador, was also announced as part of the forum.
The Environmental Entrepreneurism partnership project is managed by the Association of Canadian Community Colleges and funded in part by the Canadian International Development Agency. As part of this project, COTR intern Anthony Persaud worked with an UEES communications student to design and launch an English language website for the community of Dos Mangas. Visit www.dosmangas.org
A diverse array of speakers delivered speeches and gave presentations at the Sustainable Economic Development Forum including staff from COTR and UEES, government and municipal representatives, Non-governmental organization representatives, and community leaders from coastal Ecuador. d) 100. On the 24th of February Mr Sarfraz Munir from Pakistan received his PhD Public Defence. He was the 100th PhD graduate of UNESCO-IHE since the first PhD degree was awarded in 1994.
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d) Plasmodium falciparum is the cause of fatal malaria, while Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium malariae cause more benign types of malaria, less likely to prove fatal.
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c) Taka (Euro is the currency for European Union, Yen is for Japan and Rupees is for India.)
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a) In the year 2010, 32 countries took part in the world cup in South Africa
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b) The only country in the world with 13 months is Ethiopia in east Africa. Every month has exactly 30 days there is no 28, 31 or 32 so the 13th month only contains six or seven days.
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TEST YOUR INTERNATIONAL KNOWLEDGE ANSWERS (Quiz on page 7) Spring 2011
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