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Socrates Almanac

2015

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Information is power and those who have access to it are powerful.

This ancient adage is extremely topical in modern times. Mankind has started a new phase of development referred to as the information society. Thanks to modern means of communication, borders between countries disappear and the best ideas, coming from the minds of creative people from different countries, cultures and continents, can become the property of all mankind.

Thanks to projects and programmes of international cooperation and the intellectual elite, businessmen and scientists can collectively accept the challenge of our times: the elimination of the consequences of technological catastrophes, overcoming the problems of hunger and poor quality of life in developing countries, fighting fatal diseases, improving equipment all contribute to the development of science and culture.

Nowadays, the collaboration of national elites and progressive thinking citizens is extremely important for peace initiatives, social progress and the wellbeing of every inhabitant on the planet.

The Editorial Board of the Socrates Almanac works with the Europe Business Assembly – an international organization working towards building the bridge between business and education worldwide.

EBA conferences include a multitude of wonderful people, who represent science, education, medicine and business as well as the creative circles of their countries. They happily share their ideas and best practice in their professional fields. These ideas are supported by investment funds, private investors and have the potential to become specific business projects.

The Editorial Board of the Socrates Almanac - the official publication of the EBA – have decided to create a platform, not only for its main audience – scientists and researchers – but also for authors of innovations, inventions and technologies; thus arose the project Almanac "Innovative jump into the future", which we present to our readers today.

EBA World: Projects and programmes of the Europe Business Assembly — New Opportunities for your Business

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John W.A. Netting Director General Europe Business Assembly

Dear colleagues, partners and friends!

Let me once again welcome you to the pages of the Socrates Almanac – the official fifth publication of the Europe Business Assembly.

I am happy to inform everybody that EBA continues to improve and develop. Thanks to close cooperation with the best thinkers from different countries and public associations, we have initiated new long-term projects; primarily the Oxford Academic Union and The Prime Business Destination.

At the same time our time tested ongoing programmes: the organization of international forums and conferences; publishing projects; international ratings and professional competitions; and honoring the leaders of Modern Age, are still going strong.

For the last six months many of you have been taking part in the representative summits of the Europe Business Assembly in Oxford, Vienna and London, as well as in many regional forums, business meetings and conferences, which are all held under the auspices of our organization.

In all our endeavors, we have always felt your support and, in turn, tried to do everything possible to improve the success of your business by bringing it to the attention of interesting investors and partners.

Together, we promote the efforts of scientists, doctors, industrialists and entrepreneur from around the world in order to solve global problems of humanity by participating in charitable and social programs.

Today I would like to invite you to the world of EBA 2015, the world of success, recognition and excellence.

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How do the projects and programs of the Europe Business Assembly

The Europe Business Assembly is an internationally recognized research and analytical center. PR-projects and programmes of international cooperation in various spheres of human activity are its main focus. The center was founded in 1999 in Oxford (UK). The Founders include university scientists and the heads of commercial structures and public organizations of Great Britain working in collaboration with colleagues from 37 countries.

Nowadays, EBA is an international corporation, which works closely with many other influential organizations such as the Luxembourg

Institute of European and International Studies, The Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce (United Kingdom), the Institute of Quality Standards (Switzerland), the European Medical Association (Belgium) and many more.

EBA’s mission is to build a world of successful people, and it means to create the most comfortable environment for international partnerships in order to solve global problems and responses to the challenges of time.

The effectiveness and potential of basic spheres of EBA activity are truly endless!

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Summit of Leaders is a permanent interactive platform for international cooperation The Oxford Summit of Leaders was formed by EBA in order to unite leaders of different countries and promote the mutual exchange of progressive ideas and programmes through the formation of a community of like-minded people.

The summits began in 2000. During this time they were attended by over 8500 delegates from 56 countries; presented here were hundreds of innovative projects, specialized workshops in innovation and research of rectors of higher education institutions.

Summits are traditionally supported by the Lord Mayor of Oxford (Brian Keane, Robert John Price, Jim Campbell, Alice Benjamin); MEPs (Derek Clark, Barbara Kudrycka, Catherine Berder) as well as the heads of diplomatic departments of multiple countries.

Despite the political cataclysms and economic problems that are shaking the world today, The Summits of Leaders will always be an annual event, gathering a large audience and featuring the most prominent social debate.

In December 2016, representatives of science, industry and business will gather in Oxford for the 32nd time. The Summit programme includes: · The Open Science Conference "Innovative aspects of the development of the University town": the discussion of academic, scientific and investment projects; · Open discussion on the issues of interaction between universities and their cities with many mayors of university cities in Europe; · Working Session of innovative companies with the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce; · Welcome of new members to the Academic Union (AU) and the Club of the Rectors of Europe (CRE); · Presentation of results and certificates to participants in professional contests: "Science and Education", "Stars of Medical Tourism" and “EBA Quality Standard”; · Presentation of the Socrates Almanac 2015; · Socrates ceremony and more.

Since November the summit has registered more than 100 participants, representing 41 countries.

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Since 2003, summits have also been held in the British Royal Institute of Directors. The Institute of Directors was founded in 1903 under the Royal Charter. The Institute of Directors was founded in 1903 under the Royal Charter. This is the largest organization in Europe and it unites more than 53 thousand members.

The Summits "Achievements of the Year" summarize the past year and outline prospective business ventures for the coming year.

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The focus is on the coverage of the most dynamically developing companies and their leaders. This assists in determining the most productive business management strategy and marketing campaign model.

The highlight of summit is the award ceremony which honours the leaders of science, industry and business.

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Over time, the global reach of summits has expanded.

Summits now annually include the 'Excellence in Quality' conference in Montreux (Switzerland).

This conference includes: dialogue, consultation, networking with Swiss companies interested in cooperation with Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa, discussion of product certification issues and the presentation of awards to participants.

The highlight of the summit is the presentation of certificates of leading companies from the Swiss Institute for Quality Standards (SIQS), the admission of new members to the International Club of Leaders (ICL) and the presentation of EBA’s prestigious awards.

In 2015 was the 6th summit which brought together representatives from more than 30 countries (the UK, Switzerland, Belgium, Hungary, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, India, South Africa, Canada and many others). Leaders of business, science and culture of their respective countries, discussed topical issues of economy, politics, socio-economic and human development, as well as presenting their companies throughout the event.

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The summit in Vienna is traditionally held on New Year ’s Eve. The participants of EBA projects and programmes gather in the Austrian capital to experience a traditional European Christmas and take part in a classic Viennese ball.

Locations of the summit includes the medieval palaces, Hofburg and Pallavicini; and the discussion of business issues changes in a friendly and warm holiday atmosphere.

John W. A. Netting President of the Europe Business Assembly — Through initiating the Viennese Christmas receptions, we have deliberately moved away from our traditional priorities - investment processes and business administration. The aim of our Christmas events is to unite and connect our winners, creating a community of like-minded people who support humanitarian and social projects in a festive atmosphere.

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Over the last decade, EBA’s investment summits have also been held in Valletta (Malta), Turin and Stresa (Italy), Barcelona (Spain) and Dublin (Ireland) with great success.

From 11th-13th October, 2015, an EBA summit was held in Cannes.

Included amongst the guests were mayors of successful cities and the leaders of prosperous companies – noted for winning various categories in the "Prime Business Destination Programme" – the leading expert consultants on business development, business representatives and the academic and cultural elite from 27 countries.

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Traditions of Christmas balls and business practices were supported and developed by EBA partner companies of their respective countries. Thus, the East-Ukrainian Business Academy (Kharkiv, Ukraine) is the main partner of EBA in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and together with the Ukrainian Center of Market Research (Kiev, Ukraine) they regularly gather representatives of national business elite. The meeting is held in one of the most beautiful buildings of ancient Kiev – Small Mariinsky Palace, also known as the State House – the House of receptions of the Administration of the President of Ukraine. The event takes place in a festive atmosphere, accompanied by the exemplary orchestra of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with the participation of the best creative groups and soloists.

Events are planned in accordance with national holidays including, Constitution Day, Independence Day and Victory Day.

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Near East University Another form of international cooperation is the hosting of regional scientific and practical conferences, seminars, business meetings.

The most exceptional event in 2015 was the open scientific conference on international cooperation in the field of science, higher education and distance learning in March. The conference was held on the basis of the Near East University of Northern Cyprus.

From the 25-27th March, the Academic Union, Oxford (AU) and the Europe Business Assembly (EBA) held a visiting session at Near East University. The event, held in the University’s Grand Library halls, was a conference on ‘University Cities and Heath Tourism’.

Over eighty participants attended the event and among them were representatives from local business, political offices, city managers and higher education institute representatives from many countries.

The conference was opened by an address from Near East University Founding Rector Dr Suat İ. Günsel, who welcomed the attendees to the magnificent facilities and grounds of the University. The Director General of the EBA Professor John Netting in turn thanked the University for their hospitality. Finally, His Excellency the President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Dr. Derviş Eroğlu addressed the conference.

The conference also hosted an array of highly talented and sought after speakers, including: Dr. Nathan Pike of the University of Oxford, Senior Consultant for ISIS Innovation; Associate Professor İrfan S. Günsel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Near East University; and Dr.Vincenzo Costigliola, President of the European Medical Association.

The speeches covered a range of topics including discussions on ‘Innovative models for Universities of the Future’ and ‘Aspects of Medical Tourism Development’.

Following the speeches, there were working sessions where the conference participants discussed issues related to medical tourism, investment opportunities in Northern Cyprus and ‘Universities of the Future’. The working sessions and discussions were moderated by: Professor Dr. Hikmet Solak, Near East University Head of Dental Surgery; Mr. Tamer Garip, Near East University Head of Communications and Director of innovation and Information Technologies Research Centre; Professor Dr. Nedime Serakıncı, Head of Near East University’s Centre of Excellence, Genetics and Cancer Diagnosis Research, Faculty of Medicine.

In the framework of the Open Science Conference the Oxford Academic Union, membership attributes were presented to 14 new members to consolidate their efforts in science and education development in the 21st century. Also the results of the International competition ‘Scientist of the Year’ were announced and the winners received their Diplomas.

Furthermore, Memorandums of Understanding were signed between Near East University and 10 educational, scientific and research institutions followed in the evening by the solemn reception of Dr. Suat İ. Günsel in honor of the conference guests.

The event was an overwhelming success with visits and excursions around the beautiful and extensive facilities of Near East University adding a zest to the free time of the conference.

At the conclusion of the meeting 16 contracts were signed for longterm cooperation between EBA and representatives from science, education and medicine in Eastern Europe and Central Asia with the university administration.

Dr. Suat Gunsel Founding Rector, Near East University, North Cyprus: — Near East University is my favorite child. My team and I are doing everything we can to ensure that it is ranked among the best universities in the world. Today at our disposal we have an excellent base material, a modern medical clinic, all the conditions for learning and all-round development of students who come to study to us from all over the world, both Muslim and European. But we refuse to rest on our laurels. The education system can be likened to communicating vessels - without the influx of new ideas, new technologies, new information promises we can not keep up with the times.

Conference gave us a breath of fresh air, a new step in the development of our university as an international educational and scientific center.

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Coming soon is a similar event in Rome (Italy) in February 2016.

The Conference will take place on the basis of UNINETTUNO (International Telematic University) - recognized throughout the world as a multidisciplinary center of distance higher education.

The meeting will be devoted to international cooperation in distance and continuing education, the development of cross-cultural communication, improvement and harmonization of international educational programmes.

Prof. Maria Amato Garito Rector of the University UNINETTUNO: — Those who are informed is forearmed. This applies both to those who are just beginning the journey of life, and those who have been long working, because nowadays a good specialist should study their whole life. The specialists of our university have a long experience in distance and continuous education, which we are ready to share with colleagues from around the world. This area of international cooperation is very important as the development of technology with the progress of distance is making education more accessible. We are open for cooperation. Welcome to Rome!

For the attention of heads of corporations and large companies, educational and medical centers: If you are interested in investment and innovation, we would like to invite you to brainstorm with our intellectuals and leading players in the global business arena in order to develop the programmes of the new generation of international co-operation of the new.

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This can be done through conferences, seminars, symposiums, business visits from expert consultants, and the organization of business meetings between potential investors and recipients of investment in our 'matchmaking programme'.

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Open Science Conference, February 2016, Rome of the Academic Union, Oxford will be hosted by International Telematic University, UNINETTUNO, in February 2016, focused on Distant Learning and its implementation into educational systems worldwide. www.oau.ebaoxford.co.uk www.uninettunouniversity.net

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EBA PROGRAM FOR YOUR BUSINESS

Prime Business Destination The programme ‘Prime Business Destination’ was approved by expert consultants working with EBA in 2014. The purpose of this programme is to support innovative attractive regions, cities and territories, as well as certain regional companies, and to share their latest news and developments amongst the EBA community.

So far the programme has awarded 15 cities throughout Europe, Asia and Africa.

The programme has successfully operated and developed ‘The Prime Business Destinations Programme’ marketing platform to promote the best products, technologies and services for the international market – The Prime City Market.

The Prime Business Destinations programme focuses the attention of potential investors and producers of goods and services who wish to expand the geography of business in their region, more specifically those who are interested in cooperation and are ready to offer projects for joint implementation, as well as defining the requirements for specific products and services.

The favorable business climate in these areas is confirmed by programme experts.

The experts then work directly with municipalities, free economic zones, relevant government agencies as well as business representatives.

In order to highlight a company’s merit and attracts investors and business partners to their products, the project participants are awarded with the quality mark ‘Prime City Market Quality’ and may use the license for commercial purposes.

Prime Business Destinations is:

· Support for business - initiatives by local and state government; · Permanent information and marketing support in growing areas; · The lobbying of company interests in investment-attractive territories as providers of quality and competitive products, technologies and services; · Presentation of the quality mark 'Prime Quality Standard' and the license to use the brand and symbols 'Prime Quality Standard' for the business; · Information about the licensed product, technology and work on the official website of the Europe Business Assembly and the programme website 'Prime Business Destination' during the period of the license validity; · Inclusion of the presentation of goods, technology, work or service(s) in the annual catalogue 'Best Product of the Year', which will feature top projects, products, technologies, services and activities in the field of urban planning and urban livelihoods; · Ability to present a city, company, products, services in the EBA activities.

We invite you to provide information on the products and services of your company in order to participate in the Prime Business Destinations Programme and obtain the 'Prime Quality Standard' mark and certificate.

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Summit of Leaders in Oxford EBA Program for your business

It is a forum for city managers, investors, scientists and university chancellors from over 30 countries across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. The primary aims of this event will be to discover what university cities can offer and to showcase dynamically developing educational establishments and innovative companies. This will take place through the presentation of their scientific achievements and innovative solutions in order to establish international cooperation and partnerships in the field of education, science and production.

Academic Lounge, Oxford The Europe Business Assembly would like to present to you a new bespoke service; our Oxford Business Lounge. As a member of our lounge a number of services will be available to you, these include full company secretarial service, concierge, hot desk and clublounge facilities, and many more. Our lounge is located outside of the Oxford Castle overlooking the twelfth century St George’s tower.

Academic Union Design Studio

MADE IN OXFORD

We offer a range of high quality, personal and tailored clothing and regalia that we conceptualise create and manage personally. Each item is bespoke, exclusive and has that classic look. Our latest clothing includes full academic regalia with gown, hood and chain, for honorary professors and doctors of the Union, EBA Sportswear for teams or individuals, and our latest line of ties and cufflinks.

Speakers’ Bureau Top calibre speakers, experts and highly respected educators and authorities participate in our debates, focus group discussions and provide the necessary exchange and dialogue to further advance and support a positive climate for economic, cultural and educational cooperation.

The Socrates Almanac The Socrates Almanac is an international multidisciplinary publication published in Oxford, featuring articles on business, education, culture and science, published twice per year. Registered in Great Britain (ISSN 20534736) and published by the Europe Business Assembly (EBA) – an innovative academic and business association promoting best practice and cooperation internationally. The 6th edition of The Socrates Almanac ‘Prime Business Destinations’ is dedicated to the development of cities and regions, in three key investment spheres: education, health care and urban planning. The Socrates Almanac 2015 “Prime Business Destinations” will be presented at the Investment Summit of Leaders: Socrates Gala Ceremony, 15 December 2015, Oxford, UK

International Competition ‘Science and Education’

The Academic Union (AU) represents an amazing opportunity to celebrate the excellence and outstanding achievements of higher education institutions in the international ‘Science and Education’ competition. We look forward to a wealth of strong contenders showing talent and creativity. If you believe that your institution, staff or management deserves recognition, get your entries in now and good luck!

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The Academic Union Training Centre, Oxford, UK A unique, brand new and state of the art lounge-studio which aims host seminars, training sessions, work-shops and debates. The Training Centre is located in the heart of Oxford, UK and is fitted out with a modern equipment for visual and sound information transmission. Enjoy the best of traditional and innovative education by applying to our seminar or webinar courses today!

The Academic Union Training Centre has a variety of services and benefits, to name a few:

• Access to an interactive educational platform with a program aimed specifically at global business thinking, managerial skills and professional development that will consist of 8 thematic modules; • A Speaker’s Bureau that is host to world renowned coaches and trainers as well as internationally acclaimed lecturers who speak and teach in leading universities internationally; • Not only will the Training Centre conduct courses in the Lounge, Oxford, UK, but will also run short distance courses through online webinars; • Involvement in the AU Training Centre will also enable you to organise visiting open lectures at your educational establishment through our Speakers Bureau; • Furthermore you will have access to a large international network; in 2015 the AU includes more than 30 partner-Universities from 24 countries covering the audience more than 3000 people.

Join our educational community today! Let’s get global! www.oau.ebaoxford.co.uk

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EBA Program for your business

Open International Competition of Scientific Achievements The completion was initiated in 2013, since this time 87 representatives of science, education, industry, medicine and culture from various countries, have been awarded. The Open International Competition of Scientific Achievements highlights those whose achievements have been recognized internationally.

The award is given on the basis of research materials and the results of online voting.

Vasil Angelov Full Professor, Doctor of Sciences, PhD Heard of Department of Mathematics, University of Mining and Geology “St.I.Rilski”, Sofia, Bulgaria: — The formula language doesn't need translation. That is why we, mathematicians of different countries, integrated in the professional community more than other sciences.

I took part in the competition, being sure that my mentioned ideas will be perceived by colleagues in different countries. The victory in the nomination "Scientist of the Year" was another step towards international recognition of not only my merit, but merit of our entire university.

Through participation in the competition your achievements will be recognized internationally. The contest and voting procedure is announced to a professional audience from 130 countries through mass media, social networks, partner sites, and participants of international scientific conferences, forums and industry exhibitions.

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Contestants can participate in the following categories ‘INNOVATIVE CITY OF THE FUTURE 2015’

‘STARS OF MEDICAL TOURISM 2015’

City of the year

Medical Tourism: Innovation of the year

University of the year

Academic Program of the year

Construction company of the year

Personality of the year: Medicine

Lecturer of the year

Distance Learning Program of the year

The Architect of the year

Medical management and infrastructure: The best quality of the year

Academic of the year

Preparation/ Postgraduate Courses of the year

Innovative Building Product of the year Construction Project of the year Design Project of the year

‘SCIENCE AND EDUCATION 2015’

Student of the year

The best place for recreation / best resort of the year

Innovative Project of the year

Best website of the year by medical/ travel/hotel business

Tutorial of the year

Best Website of the year in Medicine / Travel / Hospitality Best medical equipment and instruments of the year

University Library of the year Academic Web Site of the year Sponsor of a student's career Campus of the year

Leading products for the healthcare of the year

Digital Library of the year

Leading sponsor of health care of the year

Linguistic Centre of the year

Innovation in health / health care program of the year

Research Institute of the year

University Publishing Centre of the year University Hospital of the year University Sport Centre of the year University summer camp of the year Alumni Club of the year Research grants of year School of the year Children's Educational Center of the year Pre-school development program of the year

Best Insurance Product of the year

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EBA Program for your business

Publishing projects Throughout EBA’s existence there have hundreds of books, magazines, almanacs, catalogues published inside profile editions.

The most important issue is the publication that you hold in your hands – The International Socrates Almanac.

It is an exclusive encyclopedic edition, published in the United Kindom informing readers about original and perspective innovations in science, education, medicine, business, art, as well as leaders engaged in the positive transformation of the world.

“The Socrates Almanac” is registered in the global research database EBSCOhost and has its own DOI (identification number DOI 109.17739).

· We would also like to offer you the opportunity to prepare and release a special edition of the Socrates Almanac in Oxford dedicated to your professional activities and achievements, these can include: · Presentation magazine about personal achievements, as well as the achievements of your company, university, hospital or other institution. · Collection of scientific articles or monographs in all scientific fields and professions.

All special issues and monographs are given an English registration number. The author is given an EBA Certificate recognising academic and professional achievements.

The edition is published twice a year - in June and December, it is presented at EBA’s international conferences and archived in top university libraries - including Oxford - distributed amongst conference attendees as well as being sold on Amazon.

The electronic version of the Almanac can be found online here: http://almanac.ebaoxford.co.uk/ and http://summitofleaders.co.uk/.

Vincent Ado Tenebe Vice Chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria, nominee of the edition: — For me and my colleagues it is a great honor to work with the Editorial Board of the Socrates Almanac. Thanks to the publication in the edition we got an opportunity to position the dignity of our institution in the international arena. The research of our scientists and high level teachers were noticed and appreciated. As a result, our University nowadays widely involved in programmes of international scientific cooperation, our scientists are known in Africa and throughout the world.

Viktor Popov General Director of LLP "KaragandaGIIZ and Co", Doctor of Technical Sciences (Kazakhstan), the nominee of publication, the author of a special issue of the Socrates Almanac: — I am grateful to the editorial Board of the Socrates Almanac for the fruitful cooperation. I can appreciate the high level of all volumes of the Almanac, and also the personal edition devoted to my scientific activities. Participation in the Almanac helped the company, led by me, to find new customers and partners, not only in the native Kazakhstan, but also abroad.

Another priority of the EBA publishing activity is personal issues of the online magazine 'Leaders Times' in the nomination "Leader of the Week" and "Leader of the month."

Publications are posted on the official EBA website: http:// summitofleaders.co.uk/ The number of readers of the electronic version is not limited.

Circulation of address mailings on a subscription more than 50,000.

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OXFORD ACADEMIC UNION VISITING SESSION Nicosia, North Cyprus 25-27th March, 2015

From the 25-27th March the Oxford Academic Union (OAU) and the Europe Business Assembly (EBA) held a visiting session to Near East University. The Event, held in the University’s Grand Library hall, was a conference on ‘University Cities and Heath Tourism’. The event was attended by over eighty participants; among them were representatives of local business and political offices, city managers and institutions of higher education representing many countries.

The conference was opened by an address from Near East University founding Rector Dr Suat I Gunsel, who welcomed the attendees to the magnificent facilities and grounds of the University.

The director General of the EBA Professor John Netting thanked the University for their Hospitality and presented the EBA to the event participants.

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The conference also hosted an array of highly talented and sought after speakers, such as: · Dr. Nathan Pike of the University of Oxford, senior consultant for ISIS innovation; · Associate Professor Irfan Ginsel, Chairman of the Board of trustees for Near East University; · And Dr. Vincenzo Costigiola, President of the European Medical Association. · The speeches covered a range of topics including discussions on ‘Innovative models for Universities of the Future’ and ‘Aspects of Medical Tourism Development’.

Following the Speeches were working sessions where the conference participants discussed the issues related to the medical tourism, investment opportunities of Northern Cyprus and ‘Universities of the Future’. The working sessions and discussions were moderated by: Professor Dr. Hikmet Solac, Near East University Head of Dental Surgery; Mr. Tamer Garip, Near East University Head of communications’ and Director of innovation and Information Technologies Research Centre; Professor Dr. Nedime Serinci, Head of Near East University’s Centre of Excellence, Genetics and Cancer Diagnosis Research

The OAU also presented 14 new members; each signed the memorandum of the unions commit to the aim of promoting the values of Academic Excellence and Innovation in Education Worldwide and to consolidate the efforts of scientific and education development in the 21st century. The attendees also saw the results of the International EBA competition ‘Scientist of the Year’ and the winners were awarded their Diplomas.

The event was an overwhelming success with visits and excursion into the beautiful and extensive facilities of Near East University added a zest to the free time of the conference. Furthermore 10 educational, scientific and Research institutions pledged future cooperation in the exchange of students, research personal and academic staff.

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‘…In the midst of a wide sea, the water is as blue as the bluest cornflower and as clear as the clearest crystal; but it is so deep that the longest cable cannot reach to the bottom …’

I could not help starting my story of attending the ‘ESOF 2014’ in Copenhagen, Denmark, just as Hans Christian Andersen started his famous ‘Little Mermaid’.

Indeed, as if describing the venue, the city of Copenhagen, its beautiful sea line, historic architecture, and statue of the Little Mermaid at Langelinie quay, gives you an impression that you are indeed part of a fairytale.

Still the message of that fairytale was more of drama and romance, while my story has to be of my positive practical experience at The Euro Science conference, aimed at communicating the most up-to-date science and research ideas in various fields such as, medicine, psychology, neuroscience, ecology etc. So I should better get back to my story.

Surprisingly these two realities, one of a fairytale and another of modern science and technology didn’t contradict each other.

For 6 days the historic part of the city turned into a stage for the Science in the City Festival arranged by the ESOF team.

More than 38,000 visitors attended the concurrent science festival Science in the City where young and old alike were able to explore the future in the form of welfare robots, stem cells, drones, space rockets, models for democracy and genetically modified food.

The EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF2014) gathered thousands of researchers, politicians, entrepreneurs, business representatives and journalists for presentations and discussions of new science and research policy.

The Minister for Higher Education and Science, Sofie Carsten Nielsen, stated that it had been a giant celebration of science, with lots of knowledge and experience exchanged on many levels – from school children to scientists.

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impact future Danish research and innovation. This is something to be proud of and we should utilise it so that Danish research has an even further global reach. The Science in the City Festival has provided a festive and popular way of communicating research.

I hope that the festival leads to more people now understanding what science means for our daily lives and why it is so important that we give science a high priority, says Sofie Carsten Nielsen’.

The opening ceremony took place on Sunday 22 June with participation of H.M. Queen Margrethe II and the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso.

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There was a broad scientific programme at ESOF2014 with more than 130 sessions and an extensive exhibition.

On 26 June, the baton was passed to Manchester where ESOF2016 will take place. The University of Manchester will head the event with the theme”Science as Revolution – from Cottonpolis to Graphene”. You can follow the preparations at www.esof2016.org.

From a panel discussion on developments since the discovery of the Higgs particle in 2012, to high-profile talks by Nobel Laureates on the origins of the universe and the significance of chemical weapons, to discussions on future PhD programmes and open access, the conference saw a plethora of innovative ideas.

The conference activities were successfully run in various parts of Copenhagen and the renowned Carlsberg City district.

The main message from the conference was that the science world is becoming more and more open to society, business and to younger generations. Collaboration has been the most important factor in the development of scientific breakthroughs. Today, researchers work across borders, across disciplines and across traditional boundaries between business, public authorities and innovative research environments.

When the ESOF programme was over I found myself sitting again near the statue of the Little Mermaid. I still have a strong feeling of involvement with the science celebration in the city where ‘the water is as blue as the bluest cornflower and as clear as the clearest crystal; but it is so deep that the longest cable cannot reach to the bottom …’

The conference sent a strong signal that opens access to publications, greater use of open databases and cross-disciplinary knowledge-sharing has become the most crucial driver to research, education and innovation.

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With Copenhagen hosting the ESOF2014 conference, Denmark became a global science hotspot. New networks and partnerships were established, which will impact Danish research and innovation in the future.

Hans Christian Andersen ‘Little Mermaid’; Official ESOF- 2014 Media press release; Marina Turchanova, Socrates Almanac publication, editorial team

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The State of Green initiative was presented during the conference showing what steps have been taken by Denmark in becoming ‘Green’; therefore becoming healthier and happier nation.

Using wind power as the new source of energy has also proven the intention of the Danish government, business and science to look with confidence and independence to the future.

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London Summit of Leaders ‘Achievements Forum’

LONDON SUMMIT OF LEADERS ‘ACHIEVEMENTS FORUM’ 21st April 2015

On the 21st of April 2015 Summit of Leaders ‘Аchievements Forum’ took place in London. The purpose of the forum was to present companies rated by EBA as “Fast-growing international companies in effective management” and the personal achievement of leaders in science, industry and business.

Approximately 150 dignitaries and CEOs, working in construction and architecture, industry and finance, business management, medicine and health care service and higher and specialized secondary education, took part in summit.

Leading businessmen and politicians were moderators of the key sections of the Summit. Among them was Shem Krey, deputy manager of company “UrbaCon Trading & Contracting” (Qatar), Paul Britton, head of Investment department of Chamber of Commerce in the Thames Valley (Great Britain) and John Netting, president of Europe Business Assembly.

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For the first time in EBA history the event included the presentations of city development programmes. These cities were awarded ‘The Prime Business Destinations Flag’ for the recognition of their investment potential.

Among those who received this flag include mayors of Budapest (Hungary), Braga and Odivelas (Portugal), Plotsk, Rzeszow and Boleslavets (Poland), Timisoara and Arad (Romania), Ruse (Bulgaria), Smeredevo (Serbia), Solin (Croatia), Ukmerge (Lithuania).

The Socrates Award ceremony was the forum’s highlight. During this ceremony the best companies and their leaders were awarded prestigious European marks of distinction.

The Summit had a warm and friendly atmosphere; it gave new opportunities for building international cooperation in business, scientific and cultural spheres, as well as promising business-projects and significant social initiatives through investment oppotunities.

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EXCELLENCE IN QUALITY 1 July 2015, Montreux, Switzerland

This year's Excellence in Quality event, Montreux, Switzerland, 1st July 2015, was a great success. The event was held at the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace. The day opened with EBA Director General, Prof. John Netting welcoming attendees to the conference.

Next were talks from the lead expert of 'The Prime Business Destinations' programme, Heinz Wehrle, the managing partner of Horwath HTL and Dr. Vincenzo Costigliola, President of the European Medical Association and Oxford Academic Union.

The morning then moved on to presentations from cities participating in 'The Prime Business Destinations' programme awarding these cities with the international flag of investment attractiveness, level E - Emerging. Participating Mayors include; Erwin Arias Betankur, La Dorada-Caldas, Columbia, Slavko Vucurevic, Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina and many more. The morning session concluded with a presentation by Dr. Costigliola and the appointment and presentations from national experts.

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The afternoon session was moderated by Michael Derrer, Director General of Ascent Swiss Business Management and the Director of the Swiss Institute of Quality Standards. The session included presentations from Bhanujoy Dash, Senior Staff of Accounts, Sylhet City Corporation, Bangladesh; Prof. Daniel A. Nyarko, Takoradi Polytechnic, Ghana; and Dato' Henry Kho, Executive Director, Perdana Petroleum Berhad, Malaysia.

The evening began with evening cocktail for award winners and their guests before the 'Excellence in Quality' Award Ceremony began honouring regional leaders for the quality of their business.

This was then followed by the Gala dinner where guests were entertained by traditional Swiss music as they celebrated their achievement.

The following day guests were invited to a tour of Montreux.

See more at: http://www.summitofleaders.co.uk/en/summit/ montreux-2015-menu#sthash.Ta61wIx6.dpuf

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EUROPEAN AWARDS NIGHT 12 October 2015, Cannes, France

2015 marks the Europe Business Assembly’s first European Awards Night, Cannes, France. The event was held at the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel. The day opened with Heinz Wehrle; Lead Expert of the PBD programme and managing partner of HTL, Switzerland; and EBA Director General, Prof. John Netting welcoming attendees to the conference.

The morning then moved on to presentations from cities participating in 'The Prime Business Destinations' programme, moderated by Hienz Wehrle. Participating cities were awarded with the international flag of investment attractiveness, level E Emerging. Participating Mayors included; Shmuel Gants, General Manager of Haifa Municipality, Israel, Ilija Stojanovic, Head of Office

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for European Integration of Brcko District, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ludlow Mathison, Mayor of Morant Bay/St. Thomas Parish Council, Jamaica.

The session then moved on to presentations from representative from the Best Regional Companies. The session included presentations from Gabor Antal, Commerсial Manager of Rozsdas Ltd, Hungary, Rui Amorim, CEO of Ecopaint Angola, LDA, Angola, Ashok Kaul, CEO-Retail of Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Ltd, India, S. D. Siripala, Managing Director of Southern Agrocraft (pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka, Dr. John Munyu, CEO of Kenya Medical Supplies Authority, Kenya, Rohit Sharma,Manager-Investor Relations & PR of Uflex Limited, India, Almas Kenessary, Expert of Kenesary

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Company LLP, Republic of Kazakhstan, Hefjul Bari Mohammad Iqbal, Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Premier Bank Limited, Bangladesh, Moses Aduko Asaga, Chief Executive, National Petroleum Authority, Ghana, Vandana Gandhi, CEO of British Orchard Nursery, UAE. The Afternoon session was moderated by Dr. Vincenzo Costigliola, President of European Medical Association, Belgium and featured presentations from ‘Prime Health Cities’. ‘Prime Health Cities’ are territories with high investment potential in medical travel and the healthcare industries. Presentations included George Cheriyan, CEO of American Mission Hospital, Bahrain, Habib Faouzi, Director of Centre D’Oncologie Al Azhar, Morocco, Gazi Rahman, Chairman and Managing Director of Gazi Medical College & Hospital Ltd, Bangladesh, Dimitrije Panfilov, Director of Clinic Olymp, Serbia, Dr. Suad Lutfi, Owner of Dr. Suad Lutfi Dermatology & Laser Clinic, UAE, Romuald Cichon, President of Heart Center Medinet, Poland, Hiralal Gupta, Director of SANYA GIC IMAGING PVT.LTD, India, Evdokia Luchezarnova, Founder of Ozarign Ltd, Russia, Dr. Mariam Buti Al Mazrouei, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Ambulatory Healthcare Services, UAE and Nikolaos Metaxotos, Founder of Symmetria, Greece. Next, Dr. Costiglioloa gave a presentation concerning the creation of the joint partnership award between EBA and European Medical Association; Rose of Parecelsus.

This award will be given to doctors and medical centres for their outstanding achievement in medical practice.

The afternoon closed with welcoming new members of the Academic Union, Oxford.

The evening featured the European Awards Night. The night awards the best companies and personalities for their outstanding achievements in international relations, economy, politics, science and humanities. Regional leaders and prominent institutions were invited to the event. The Awards featured were, The European Quality Award, awarded to companies who have continually strived to achieve high quality in accordance to European Standard. These companies have shown high performance in production of goods, customer service and employee satisfaction, over a long period of time and continue to improve the standards of these services through the implementation of strong management plans and long term goals.

The Best Enterprise Award and the Manager of the Year Medal. This award is given to businesses who have achieved great success in the growth of their company alongside the implementation of best practice in the fields of environment, employment and management. Companies receiving the award have maintained high professional achievements and managerial standards in commercial activities for a prolonged period of time. The United Europe Award is given to companies who strive towards the continuous expansion and development of their company and partake in innovative practices internationally. And, finally, many companies were awarded for Best Clinic, Best hospital, and Best Medical Centre, for the continuous strive towards giving the best care in their sphere.

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International prizes and grants 2015

International prizes and grants 2015

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INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PRIZES

The Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in a number of categories by Swedish and Norwegian committees in recognition of academic, cultural and/or scientific advances. The will of the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel established the prizes in 1895.

The prizes in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine were first awarded in 1901. The related Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was established by Sweden's central bank in 1968. The Nobel Prize was made of the mixture of gold and silver with 24 carat or 4.8 g gold coating. Between 1901 and 2012, the Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences were awarded 555 times to 856 people and organizations. With some receiving the Nobel Prize more than once, this makes a total of 835 individuals (791 men and 44 women) and 21 organizations.

The prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, except for the peace prize which is awarded in Oslo, Norway. The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award available in the fields of literature, medicine, physics, chemistry, peace, and economics.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences; the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; the Swedish Academy grants the Nobel Prize in Literature; and the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded not by a Swedish organization but by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

The various prizes are awarded yearly. Each recipient, or laureate, receives a gold medal, a diploma and a sum of money, which is decided by the Nobel Foundation. As of 2012, each prize was worth 8 million SEK (c. US$1.2 million, €0.93 million, £0.6 million).

The prize is not awarded posthumously; however, if a person is awarded a prize and dies before receiving it, the prize may still be presented. Though the average number of laureates per prize increased substantially during the 20th century, a prize may not be shared among more than three people.

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International prizes and grants 2015

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015 was awarded jointly to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald "for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass".

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 was awarded jointly to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar "for mechanistic studies of DNA repair".

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 was divided, one half jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi ĹŒmura "for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites" and the other half to Youyou Tu "for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria".

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The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2015 The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2015 was awarded to Angus Deaton "for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare".

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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015

The Nobel Peace Prize 2015

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 was awarded to Svetlana Alexievich "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time".

The Nobel Peace Prize 2015 was awarded to National Dialogue Quartet "for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011".

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Primed and ready Europe Business Assembly project Prime Business Destinations (PBD) presents the investment-attractive territories. The project is in action since 2015 and successfully developing now. International Flag of investment attractiveness is presented to the leading territories at every EBA held international forum. Laureates of Prime Business Destinations include: Jordan Development Zone, Jordan Zagreb Free Zone, Croatia Haifa Municipality’s, Israel Budapest, Hungary Braga, Portugal Płock, Poland Bolesławiec, Poland Timisoara, Romania Arad, Romania Ruse, Bulgaria Smederevo, Serbia Solin, Croatia Odivelas, Portugal Rzeszow, Poland Ukmerge, Lithuania City of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzogovina Kyauk Phyu Special Economic Zone, Myanmar

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BUDAPEST

Hungary

Mayor – Istvan Tarlos Budapest is the capital and the largest city of Hungary, and one of the largest cities in Central Europe. It is the country’s principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, according to the census, Budapest had 1.74 million inhabitants. The Budapest Metropolitan Area is home to 3.3 million people. The city covers an area of 525 square kilometres (202.7 sq mi).

Legislative and socio-economical information

In addition to being an administrative centre, Budapest is traditionally the economic and intellectual centre of Hungary.

Budapest is the main driving force of the Hungary, along with the Transdanubian industrial regions.

The economic recession that started in 2008, has had a serious effect on Budapest as well. The overall economic performance of

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the city declined in most sectors, however to a lesser extent than the national level.

The city’s economic performance returned to the pre-decline levels in 2010, influenced by countercyclical factors. The same year, the number of registered economic organisations registered in Budapest increased by more than the national level. In 2013, the value of development expenditures exceeded the values of 2008 at current prices, with a large proportion of the developments concentrated in the capital.

More than one-third of the country’s GDP is generated in Budapest (37.6%). This figure significantly exceeds that of County Pest (10.6%), the next in weight and that of the third, Győr-Moson-Sopron (6%). The City excels in terms of the value of per capita GDP (HUF 6,037,000 in 2011), which exceeds the national average by about 116% (HUF

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2,797,000), and the EU-27 average by 42.6%, on purchasing power parity. The city’s economy focuses on services: 81.1% of the gross value added generated on the territory of the capital comes from services (commerce, hospitality, transport, telecommunications, financial and business services, etc.). Out of the top 20 companies in Hungary – considering net sales – 11 have their headquarters in Budapest with total sales of HUF 12,157,394 million.

Budapest plays an outstanding role in FDI as nearly 62.1% of all businesses with foreign capital in the country are located in the city, and 43.29% of equity capital bound for Hungary comes to Budapest. In 1998, at its highest peak, the volume of investments in the capital was almost 50% higher than in 1991. Up to the end of the 1990s such volume was largely in line with the nationwide trend, except for 1993 and 1994, when growth in the capital was faster than across the country.

Since 1999 the investment volume of Budapest had greatly fluctuated, taking a different path from national investment trends. Until 2006, the national data had shown an increase each year, except for 1999, 2001 and 2003. In 2012, Budapest based companies have spent HUF 1.382 billion on investments, 22% more in current prices than in the previous year. Investments in Budapest made up nearly 38% of the total investment expenditures of the country. In the capital, investment was HUF 795,000 per capita which is 2.2 times more than the national level.

A major part - 38 per cent - of the investment expenditures were spent on the development of logistics, 18% of the expenditures were spent on the development of industry, 9% on public administration and defense, 7.7% on the information and communication, and 7.2% were spent on the trade sector.

Budapest is one of the most attractive destinations in Hungary for tourists; more than 34.3% of all guest nights and 58% of all guest nights by foreigners are spent here. 30% of all hotel accommodation capacity of the country is in Budapest. The most typical feature of tourism in the capital is its specific seasonality.

While in most tourist regions occupancy rates are the highest in August, in Budapest pre- and post-season are the peak periods, owing to business and conference tourism.

All financial institutions in the country, except for savings cooperatives, some insurance companies and other minor instituions, have their headquarters in the capital. Some major banks also have an extensive branch network outside Budapest (e.g. OTP Bank, K&H).

Due to the globalization of the financial markets, foreign capital is present on an ever-growing scale. According to the 2008 figures, 254 foreign companies were performing financial services in Budapest, representing 81% of the total such companies in Hungary. Regarding the ownership structures, among the companies providing financial services in Budapest, 66% were solely in foreign hands, 23% in foreign majority and 11% were owned by locals.

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ODIVELAS

Portugal

Mayor – Mrs. Susana Amador Odivelas is one of the newest counties of Portugal, having been created on November 19, 1998. Is located in the district of Lisbon, Region of Extremadura.

As part of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, has borders with the municipalities of Loures, Amadora, Lisbon and Sintra. Since 2013, it is administratively divided into 4 parishes, Odivelas, Union of Parishes Pontinha and Famões, Union of Parishes of Póvoa de Santo Adrião and Olival Basto and the Union of Parishes of Ramada and Caneças, distributed in an area of 26.4 km2.

Geographically the Odivelas municipality takes the peripheral territorial status of the capital Lisbon, currently being a county with a recognized urban and social quality and outstanding at national level, with enhanced identity and being the holder of good references in structural areas such as education, action and social support, sport and culture.

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According to the last census movement, Odivelas municipality had, in 2011, an area of 26.4 km2, 144,549 inhabitants, a population density of 5,484 inhabitants/km2, being the third most densely populated county in the area of Greater Lisbon, with an aging index of 107.9, one longevity index of 40.6, a birth rate of 12.3%, a 7% mortality rate, registering 1.06 foreign residents per 100 inhabitants.

In 2011, 16.3% of the population of the municipality was elderly, having also recorded an increase in average life expectancy, and an increase of the economically active population of the municipality (75,838 inhabitants) and 52 activity fee, 47% higher than that recorded in the Greater Lisbon area (50.16%) and also at national level (47.56%).

The geographical proximity of Odivelas to the capital associated with the recent development of road infrastructure and new investments in accessibility and mobility allowed reposition the territory of Odivelas in economic, cultural, urban.

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Odivelas is a territory with a high potential to be promoted and value, because of that it has been done an investment in the consolidation and improvement of the local community conditions and increasing the attractiveness of the territory.

In order to promote a closer, more accessible and simplified procedures, Lisboa implemented, in conjunction with the Central Administration, a Citizens Service, which is the center of change and evolution of a new form of relationship between citizen and companies in the public sector and with some of the leading specialized services. This space was strategically located in major shopping center's own proactive county and recent example of the establishment of companies in the county and creating jobs.

Odivelas has stimulated local economic development and job creation, through the attraction and welcoming new businesses and companies, focused on innovation and development (I & D) and entrepreneurship, the establishment of companies and attracting investment, seeking an inclusive, balanced and sustainable economy. Odivelas has implemented several projects to centralize companies and producers in the county in a perspective of capital gains to its citizens and territory.

Promoting entrepreneurship, stimulating the local economy, is one of the key flags of the City Council. In this sense, created the Business Incubator called "Start in Odivelas", which will give priority to competitiveness, productivity and entrepreneurial creativity, and the elimination of costs and obstacles of small business installation in the county, contributing to the development and rejuvenation of the business fabric of the City of Odivelas.

Under the project "Start in Odivelas" was created the International Business Office, which aims to support companies in the construction of a pre-diagnosis of its potential for internationalization and identifying business opportunities in potential markets while will open, soon, a job center in Odivelas, in an employment protection logic.

The City Council will also promote interaction with the business community and educational institutions, research and development in order to take advantage of benefits, synergies and complementarity resulting therefrom as well as the promoters of entrepreneurship in order to ensure privileged access to partnerships, national and international, thus providing services and start-ups its implementation in a business context.

In promoting and boosting the local economy and the creation and protection of jobs, were also carried out numerous initiatives and implemented municipal programs, including the Anti-Austerity Program "ODIVELAS SUPPORTS MORE", which includes a wide range of measures to companies and persons, which are: the reduction of property taxes (IMI), the exemption from Pour for all companies that locate its head office in the County of Odivelas, and introduction of tax benefits for those who prove to have maintained or created new jobs, among others.

In 2011, Odivelas featured a business density of 544.3 companies / km2, occupying the 3rd position within the nine municipalities that constitute the Greater Lisbon, being the tertiary sector the predominant, like the existing reality in the Greater Lisbon. The activities with the highest number of companies are the construction, transport and storage, consultancy activities and the wholesale and retail and also the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.

Odivelas is a more sustainable municipality regarding the spatial planning taking care of neighborhoods, legalizing, receiving and regenerating. Achieving that by betting on the redevelopment of the historic centers and rejuvenation of the aging areas, catapulting the environment, energy and mobility. It’s being developed a plan as a strategic instrument in spatial planning that will allow investment and a new territorial reality and strategic direction that fits the current development paradigm.

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RZESZOW

Poland

Mayor – Stanislaw Sienko Rzeszów is the largest city in south-east Poland, the capital of Podkarpackie province and the centre of Rzeszów Metropolitan Area. It is the seat of self-government and province authorities, government and legal institutions. The city is an economic, scientific, cultural and leisure centre for south-east Poland. It is an important focal point for such industries as: aviation, IT, chemical, trade, construction and service. It is a dynamically developing city of young and enterprising people.

RZESZOW IN NUMBERS

Area: 116.32 square kilometers Population: 185 thousand Share of population in productive age: 67% Number of students: 60 thousand Percentage of technical students: 30% Unemployment rate: 7.7% The budget of Rzeszów in 2015: Revenue and income: 1,275 billion PLN Including expenditure on investment: 467 million PLN The share of investment expenditure in total expenditure: 37%

LOCATION

Rzeszów, situated in vicinity of Wisłok river, is a place where two geographical lands meet: flat, forrested Sandomierska Valley and beautifully shaped, hilly Carpathian Plateau. Several important tracks intersect here: the international A-4 motorway, ensuring a convenient link between the European road system and Ukraine, as part of the 3rd Pan European Corridor and an international E-40 Route from Dresden to Kiev. Domestic routes numbers 9 and 19 provide the shortest connection between Scandinavian and Baltic countries and MiddleEastern Europe. Also the main West-East rail route E-30, which is of international economic significance, runs through Rzeszów.

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Midlands, Frankfurt, London (Stansted and Luton), Manchester, Oslo, Paris, Rome and Warsaw operated by PLL LOT, Lufthansa, Ryanair and Euro-LOT. The airport also has a transit service “Cargo”, and it’s able to service the biggest planes in the world. In 2013 the city of Rzeszów has signed a cooperation agreement with Miami Airport, aimed at increasing trade exchange between Central Europe and North and Central America.

NOT JUST AVIATION

The city is home to more than 22,000 businesses, supported by more than 800 financial and business support institutions.

The leading Rzeszów company is WSK „PZL-Rzeszów” SA – manufacturer of aircraft engines. For several years the main shareholder of the company has been United Technologies Corporation, the world leader in the manufacture of products for aerospace, energy and construction industries and the supplier of engines for jet aircraft. Among the companies with foreign capital the most significant are: ALIMA-GERBER S.A. producing juices and supplements for children and infants, which is now part of the Nestle Group, and manufacturers of pharmaceuticals: ICNPOLFA Rzeszów S.A. – being part of the VALEANT and SANOFIAVENTIS corporations. Household goods produced by ZELMER as well as the largest producer of films MARMA POLISH PLASTIC enjoy a good reputation. BSH POLIMARKY company specializes in chemical processing and D.A. GLASS is a European leader of chemical glass processing. In addition to traditional industries, electronics and information technology industries are rapidly developing in Rzeszów. Asseco POLAND SA is currently one of the largest IT companies in Europe. City’s ecological dimension is presented by such companies as ON – specialising in hollistic energy management solutions and HYBRES offering innovative technologies for raw materials recycling.

In order to create favorable conditions for doing business in Rzeszów, SSE EURO-PARK MIELEC, „Rzeszów-Dworzysko” was created, located in the Rzeszów district of Przybyszówka. SSE „Rzeszów- Dworzysko” is to cover also areas in the municipalities

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of Świlcza and Głogów Małopolski. Ultimately, the zone will cover 450 hectares of land. The expressway S19 (intersecting here with the railway line E-30) and the A-4 highway cross their paths in this region. The International Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport is located in the vicinity. Due to a superb location, the Dutch logistics company Raben has already invested in the area.

Pratt&Whitney Aeropower Rzeszów (former Hamilton Sundstrand) an engineering research and development center was created on the grounds of WSK-Rzeszów, in the Special Economic Zone.

The factory manufactures aircraft engines and components for companies such as Airbus, Boeing and Embraer. The engineering and manufacturing complex Pratt&Whitney Aeropower Rzeszów also includes a repair center of products supplied to more than 200 airlines around the world. The PZL-WSK Rzeszów Board and the City Council of Rzeszów have decided that the area of the WSK Special Economic Zone will be broadened by next 50 hectares for the needs of American aviation company Pratt& Whitney.

In 2003, on the initiative of the Board of WSK „PZL-Rzeszów”, the Association of Group of Entrepreneurs of Aviation Industry „Aviation Valley” was formed. The Association includes 112 members (April 2014) - companies and research centers from south-eastern Poland. The main objectives of the Association are: to create favorable conditions for the development of aviation, the further development of the research and development in the aviation industry, attracting new investors, as well as the transformation of south-eastern Poland into one of Europe’s leading aviation areas.

Companies affiliated to the „Aviation Valley” Association provide 90% of Polish production in the aerospace industry.

In order to raise the competitiveness of Rzeszów and Podkarpackie economy and implement innovative technological solutions, the Podkarpackie Science and Technology Park AEROPOLIS (PPNT) was created. An example of interest in investing within the Park is MTU Aero Engines Poland, a leading manufacturer of aircraft engines and drive components for civil aviation, which opened a

production plant and a research and development center. Other investors are: Borg Warner Turbo Systems - a world leader in the production of turbochargers, Goodrich Aerospace Poland – manufacturer of aircraft components, offering its services to engine manufacturers, airlines and the army, the company VAC AERO Sp. z o.o.. - specializing in services in the field of aviation special processing services, OPTeam SA - an experienced software and IT systems developer, Heli-One - a company servicing helicopters and McBraida – producer of high precision components for aircraft engines and other components for the aerospace industry.

Within the framework of the PPNT the Technology Incubator was created, which task is to create places to do business for small and medium-sized businesses, with particular emphasis on high technology in aerospace, information technology, electromechanical, biotechnology and chemical industries.

An integral part of the PPNT is also the Academic Pre-Incubator created in order to improve the competitiveness of the economy, the implementation of modern technologies and management of stores of knowledge and capital. Rapidly developing organisation in the region include: The ”Podkarpackie Information Technology” Association associating IT companies, “Podkarpackie Cluster of Renewable Energy - preparing solution concepts for Intelligent Eco District 2020, the Cluster “Poligen” – affiliating institutions involved in plastic processing and Good Life Quality Cluster “Podkarpacie Country”.

Rzeszow is the only city in Poland that was invited to participate in the project Cluster COOP - supporting transnational cooperation between clusters in Central Europe. The reason for the selection of Rzeszów by the Ministry of National Economy of Hungary - the leading partner of the project - was the good economic situation of the city, its dynamic development and location of the seats of numerous clusters in our city. Within the framework of the project the unique National Cluster Contact Point was created, the aim of which is to provide direct assistance to clusters, cluster organizations and businesses in functioning internationally.

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SOLIN

Croatia

Mayor - Blazenko Boban Solin is a town in Dalmatia, Croatia. It is situated right northeast of Split, on the Adriatic Sea and the river Jadro.

Solin developed on the location of ancient city of Salona which was the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia and the birthplace of Emperor Diocletian. After the arrival of Avars and Slavs in the 7th-century the town was destroyed, and its refugees moved to settlement in and around Diocletian's palace, "Spalatum" (Split), turning it into a fortified town. In the Early Middle Ages Solin was part of the Croatian territory and played an important role in Medieval Croatian state, being one of capital cities.

In the 20th century intensive industrialisation process of the Split basin made Solin no more than a suburb of Split. Today, with its independent municipal status, Solin is part of the Split conurbation, well connected with other towns. Besides industry, a tourism is being developed lately based on numerous archaeological sites and Solin's distinctive image that comes from many urban parks along the Jadro.

Solin – historical town for the future The development strategy is parallel with the river basin and the urban part of the city, as well as public services, surround the archaeological site, which presents a huge development potential.

These three points coincide with the urban environment.

Old Town as the Heart of New Town It is easy to see how the ancient city of Salona, destroyed in the 7th century AD., as well as the remains of buildings and churches of early Christian history, gradually became the heart of the new town of Solin. The city expanded around the walls of the devastated city.

The people of Solin have always taken care of the extraordinary archaeological site, hoping it would become the backbone of future town development.

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We are aware of our great potentials, and with a ten-year development plan, we are anticipating the development direction.

Relying on natural and historical resources, we are also developing a modern city, respecting contemporary standards. But every accelerated development program requires flexibility and monitoring of potential investors.

In the future, we see Solin as a prestigious tourist destination, source of ancient and early Christian history, ancient stage of culture and science, green island of Croatia and a safe and pleasant town for living.

Tourist Infrastructure A few years ago the first 5* hotel, President, was opened. Another hotel is being built at the entrance of Salona.

In the mean time, the number of overnight stays is constantly increasing, which is a proof that our city has a good position on the map of tourist destinations in this area, and it received ITF Award in Lecce, Italy "for outstanding contribution to the development of cultural tourism in the Town of Solin".

Archaeological Park

Marina, Promenade and Beach at the Delta

Salona Cultural and Information Centre Project is worth HRK 18 million, and the complex is located in the area of approximately 10,000 m2.

We are planning to build a marina- sea port at the Jadro delta, in order to get an access to the sea. A popular Marble Beach will be restored, along with a promenade along the whole river Jadro.

It consists of reception, parking lot and five pavilions, each of which represents or stimulates a sense and a belvedere which offers you an unforgettable panorama.

This is an innovation in tourism, called T5O "tourism for five senses".

Numerous supporting facilities would be present here too - a crane, stretching area, specialized shops, restaurants etc.

The center will be accessible to people with reduced mobility and disabled people. The passages in the Center will have tactile sensory boards so they can find their way through the pavilions more easily.

The project includes maximum use of energy saving and energy efficiency systems.

A new hotel is being built very close to Salona.

Licensing, Legalization The documents regarding area planning are regularly modified according to laws, conditions and requirements on the field.

We are modifying the Zoning Plan and the General Urban Plan, in order to obtain the conditions for all the required documents, in accordance with the law.

Other plans of lower order are also being worked on.

The existing infrastructure is constantly being expanded and upgraded.

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UKMERGE

Lithuania

Mayor - lgirdas Kopustas

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Ukmergė is a city in Vilnius County, Lithuania, located 78 km (48 mi) northwest of Vilnius, with a population of about 22,000.

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION OF THE DISTRICT The town of Ukmergė is the administrative center of the district.

Local authorities, majority of services, industrial and business enterprises are concentrated in town. The area of Ukmergė covers 20.45 square kilometers. The town is divided to residential quarters of Senamiestis (Old town), Pašilė, Pivonija, Dukstyna and Pramonė (Industrial). There are 12 administrative units in Ukmergė district, i.e. the one of the town of Ukmergė, of Deltuva,

Vidiškiai, Siesikai, Pivonija, Taujėnai, Želva, Pabaiskas, Vepriai, Šešuoliai, Lyduokiai and Žemaitkiemis. Residents are provided with information and being consulted in the administrative units, documents and certificates are issued ENVIRONMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE Ukmergė has always been an important crossroad of the state as one of the largest highway of Lithuania A2 Vilnius – Panevėžys – Riga (international corridor E272 connecting Tallinn and Minsk) as well as the highway A6 Kaunas – Utena connecting Warsaw and St. Petersburg, cross here. Such a geographical position creates favorable conditions not only for concentration of industry and its expansion but also for development of new logistics, transport maintenance, leisure and tourism services. Infrastructure of economy and natural resources also allows business expansion.

JSC “Ukmergės vandenys“ supplies underground water from deep mining holes (40-180 meters of depth). Electric power is supplied by 3 lines joined in thimbles, and, in case of trouble, the lines are switched quickly. An arterial gas-pipe crosses the town and possibilities of joining the networks of natural gas are unlimited.

Ukmergė city is crossed by river Šventoji. It divides city into two parts. Also, there is a lot of lakes in Ukmergė district.

FREE ECONOMIC ZONES AND INVESTMENT PREFERENCES There is several economic zones for investments in Ukmergė.

First of all, we have 3.5 ha area near the city center to develop business. Municipality plans to develop that area with infrastructure and communications needed for business.

Surrounding areas of Ukmergė are also attractive for investments.

Near most of these areas it is possible to find most of communications such as water, electricity etc.

Ukmergė has few traditional business directions: furniture and wood production companies, steel industry, textile industry and construction. Because of a good geographical location it is also attractive for logistics companies and now the city municipality is seeking for high technology companies and industries. We are also available for all other ideas and businesses to develop.

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ARAD

Romania

Mayor - Gheorghe Falca Arad is the capital city of Arad County, historically situated in the regions of Crişana, and having recently extended on the left bank of the Mureș river, in Banat region of western Romania.

An important industrial center and transportation hub on the Mureș River. The city has a population of 159,704, making it the 12th largest city in Romania. Arad is the third largest city in the western part of the country, behind Timișoara and Oradea.

With a rich industrial and commercial tradition, Arad is one of the most prosperous towns in Romania. Thanks to numerous investments in industry and commerce, Arad has a booming economy.

The main industries are: freight and passenger railway cars, clothing and textiles, food processing, furniture and household accessories, equipment for the car industry, electric components, instrumentation and shoes.

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OFFER FOR INVESTORS Arad – economic milestones

The city of Arad has an old industrial tradition dating back in the manufacturing production of the 17th-18th centuries.

A growing development was noted in the first half of 19th century, starting with the development of the capitalist relations of production.

- Alcohol and Yeast Factory (1851) - first factory in the town - Steam Mill (1859) - Explosives Factory (1865) - Gas-making Plant (1896) - Furniture Manufacturing Plant (1890) - Cars and Railway Carriage Factory (1892) - Textile Factory (1909) - Knitting Factory (1918) - Cotton Factory - Sugar Factory (1926)

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After 1948, industrial development made great strides, modernising its technology and creating new industries: - Lathe Machines Factory - Garment Factory - Clocks Factory - Chemical Plant - Fittings Factory In the period 1950-1970, the industrial production of the town increased 8 times, at a high rate (by more than 11% per year), ensuring 1,9 % of Romania’s industrial production, in 1978.

Package of measures for developing the business environment in Arad For investments exceeding 5 mil. EUR the Municipality of Arad provides the following utilities (after receiving the Technical Design from the investors)

Natural Gas

For a station of 225 m3 = 22,000 EUR For a station of 10.000 m3 = 110,000 EUR 1 m of pipe ø 250 mm – buried in asphalt = 110 EUR 1 m pipe ø 250 mm - buried in soil = 67 EUR

Electricity

For a station of max 9 MW and a distance of 2,5 km to the substation = 20,000 EUR / substation For a consumption higher than 9 MW a new substation is needed = 80,000 EUR / substation

Water supply

1 m polyethylene pipe ø ND 250 – 400 mm = 60 – 88 EUR 1 m GRP-UP tube ø ND 500 - 600 mm pafsin = 250 - 270 EUR

Sewerage

1 m PVC pipe ø ND 250 – 600 mm = 150 – 250 EUR Pumping station (if needed, depending on the capacity) = 30,000 – 100,000 EUR / station

Type I: studio apartments = 23 sqm – rent 30 EUR / month Type II: single room apartments = 35 sqm – rent 40 EUR/ month

Investors are required to:

· donate the land for building the flats to the Municipality; · provide the Technical Design for the buildings and the TD for the utilities according to the requirements of the Municipality.

For investments exceeding 5 mil. EUR the Municipality of Arad offers the following property tax exemptions: Year 0 – Year 5 Year 6 – Year10 after Year 10

0.75 % 1% 1.5 %

Government Decision 807 / 17.09.2014

establishes a state aid scheme for stimulating investments that have a major impact on economy total budget - 600 mil. EUR annual budget - 100 mil. EUR Period: 2015 – 2023

For investments exceeding 5 mil. EUR the Municipality of Arad builds apartments for 20% - 50% of the employees.

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TIMISOARA

ROMANIA

Mayor - Nicolae Robu Timișoara is the capital city of Timiș County, in western Romania.

One of the largest Romanian cities. It is the main social, economic and cultural centre in the western part of Romania.

Development Priorities Timisoara is pursuing an innovative and sustainable economic development, in parallel with the development of the industrial sectors that use ICT. A major development priority is to ensure a stable and diversified economic growth through development of intelligent and creative services that use the highly qualified labor force existing in the area and the industries that use ICT.

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Another priority are programs aimed at creating business support infrastructures while improving local public administration performance through increased transparency, efficiency and customer service. Timişoara must also maintain and strengthen its position as a polarizing commercial center, due to its large outlet markets and high purchasing power of the population.

Investment Preferences In Timişoara there are attractive industrial sites, with good connections to infrastructure, with rent prices ranging between 30 and 150 Euro / sqm. Industrial sites in the west and southwest of the city, namely in Şagului and Torontalului areas, have developed mainly due to the location of major companies along the main arteries of access to the city. Prices on industrial and storage platforms are different, depending on distances to roads and existing infrastructure.

of great help. The realization of this concept implies the creation of support structures for business that are active in innovative fields.

These are considered important ‘engines’ for the development of Timişoara’s economy.

The project envisages the implementation of these structures from start-up to completion: 1. Incubation stage (3-5 years) The business incubator will support the entrepreneurs to accomplish their start-up projects. The objectives are: to ensure a share of a part of small and mediumsized companies, the consolidation of the entrepreneurs’ structure and increasing the number of local entrepreneurs, especially young ones.

2. Consolidation stage (3-10 years)

The city’s administration has set up industrial parks, which are particularly attractive because they have optimal access to the public infrastructure and can be leased under very favorable conditions.

The business centre provides the necessary space for the development and consolidation of the business. The main objective is to support entrepreneurs and expand the cooperation between local, regional and foreign entrepreneurs.

Timişoara – Technologic Pole (Technopol)

3. Maturation stage (25 years and more)

In collaboration with several universities from Timisoara, the local administration has created a detailed development concept for inventions and innovations. The concept encompasses the domains of ICT, automotive industry, bio technologies and renewable energy.

The know-how transfer and collaboration with universities and partners from Germany, Great Britain, Austria, Spain and Italy were

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BRAGA

PORTUGAL

Mayor - Ricardo Rio Braga, a city to Invest, to Visit and to Live

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Braga Municipality has a population of 181,954 inhabitants, which represents about 64,000 families.

Braga has 46% of young population (85.000 young people).

Braga is the youngest district capital in Portugal and one of the youngest in Europe.

Braga is a city with more than two millennia of history.

The Celtic Bracari occupied the territory since the Iron Age, building their characteristic fortified villages (or castrum).

The civitas of Bracara Augusta was founded in 20 BC. Bracara was re-dedicated to the Roman Emperor Augustus taking on the name Bracara Augusta.

Braga’s history is deeply connected with Roman Catholic Religion, being known as the Portuguese Rome or the City of Archbishops.

Braga has an excellent geographical location, being easily reached by car, subway/train, taxi or bus.

Braga is the capital of Minho region with more than 1 million inhabitants.

In the late 2000s a major international research centre was founded in the city – the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory.

Braga is a municipality of strong business dynamics, with a favorable rate of creation of companies. According to the district of Braga, in 2013 the rate of creation of companies increased 16% compared to 2012, while the number of insolvencies and company closures decreased.

The activities with greater contribution to the GVA (Gross Value Added) of the municipality, in order of importance, are the manufacturing industry, trade, construction, health services and social support and consulting services, technical and scientific.

Braga is a very versatile municipality with a wide range of economic activities, which guarantees employment to about 71,000 active workers, spread across different areas of economic activity.

Braga is the headquarters of about 19,000 companies.

Braga is a very versatile region with a wide range of economic activities, ensuring employment to about 71.000 active workers spread across different economic sectors.

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SMEDEREVO

SERBIA

Mayor - Jasna Avramovic

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Smederevo is a city in Serbia, on the right bank of the Danube, about 45 kilometres (28 miles) downstream of the capital Belgrade.

Industrial Zone Smederevo Iron Works is located 7 km southeast of the city and is also the most significant half of the city development, linked to the production of pig iron and steel, or ferrous metallurgy segment. It covers an area of about 300 ha, with high values of techno-economic and spatial characteristics in terms of water consumption (it has its own source of drinking water), the amount of wastewater (which is evacuated through the collector of the river Ralja), electricity consumption (developed network of transmission lines), large transport volume of input and output load (within the zone is the railway station), with a prominent position in the system of production links in the republic, and now increasingly in transspatial dimenziji.

The industrial zone west from the center – a traditional zone of the old ironworks area of 21 ha, is also a mono-character and high values of techno-economic characteristics. Industrial Zone in Godominska field northeast of the city, is divided into several sub-zones. It is actually about the economic zone which is sufficiently spacious rounded, nekomletnog content or large spatial-development opportunities.

New industrial zone and industrial park – The realization of the project of infrastructural equipping of the new industrial zone (84ha), adopted a plan of detailed regulation, resolution of property issues and design are underway with the support of the NIP. City of Smederevo is an environment with a positive business climate. Indicator development are numerous letters of intent firms that do business in the territory of the industrial park, industrial zone and the Free Zone.

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BOLESLAWIEC

POLAND

Mayor - Piotr Roman Bolesławiec is a town with the population of 40 thousand people, located in the south-west of Poland, in the western part of Dolnośląskie voivodeship, along the axis of the Bóbr river valley the left tributary of the Oder. It is a dynamically developing urban centre with a sub regional meaning, commonly referred to as the capital of Polish ceramics. The development of Bolesławiec is visible in numerous areas - increasingly better choice of residential offers (new housing estates, new areas for residential construction), dynamic economic development of the town (new industrial plants located in Bolesławiec), ever widening educational offers and a rich leisure offer (new cultural and recreational centres). Bolesławiec has been the winner of prestigious rankings and competitions concerning environment protection, obtaining European funds and town administration. The particular position of Bolesławiec and achievements of its residents were acknowledged by the Council of Europe which in 2012 honoured the town with the Council of Europe Plaque of Honour. Bolesławiec is becoming not only a place where more and more people would like to live, but also an attractive place on the Polish touristic and investment map.

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Investment offer

The Bolesławiec Zone of Economic Activity, which includes the Subzone Bolesławiec of the Special Economic Zone of Wałbrzych ‘INVEST-PARK’ (WSSE), covers almost 110 hectares of investment areas. There are over 50 ha of areas to be developed for investment.

In the local zoning plan, the entire investment area has industrial purpose. The offered investment real estate are fully connected with the network of national roads (A4 and A18 motorways) and voivodeship roads (roads no. 297, 363, 350), as well as internal roads with increased parameters which have been built recently with the use of European funds.

The Economic Activity Zone of Bolesławiec is fully developed with water, sewage, gas and power networks. Land development took place within the last three years and it has parameters which meet the expectations of even the most demanding customers. The offered real estates are ecologically clean and free from natural dangers (e.g. floods). Investors who decide to locate investment in Bolesławiec may be granted tax reliefs in income tax - connected with operations in a special economic zone, as well as reliefs in property tax. Entrepreneurs investing in Bolesławiec can count on assistance of the employees of the Municipal Office and the Special Economic Zone of Wałbrzych at each stage of investment realization.

For the needs of investors, a Spatial Information System was created. This system contains essential information about the area, i.e.: orthophotomap, height profiles, base of local plans, environmental conditions, data on development networks. The system allows wide use of the possessed information for broad location and cost calculation analyses. It is also important that the town is in 100% covered with binding local zoning plans, which considerably streamlines investment processes. Apart from industrial areas, the town Bolesławiec has in its offer a wide range of areas for residential and service construction.

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RUSE

BULGARIA

Mayor - Plamen Stoilov The city of Ruse is the largest river port in Bulgaria, which makes it an important transport centre. Here is situated the road link between Bulgaria and Romania – the Danube bridge, and located close to it is the biggest Duty-free zone in the country. Ruse is an emblematic municipality for Bulgaria and the Danube macro region, characterised with above-the-average for the country rates of economic and infrastructure development, which favours investments and employment in the fields of industry, transport, logistics, agriculture, tourism, culture, science and education, with the purpose of effectively capitalising the local resources towards achieving smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and high quality living standard. Ruse Free Zone was established in 1988, as a major import and export hub, providing customs and tax relieves for investors and traders operating on its territory.

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Ruse Free Zone is the largest and most developed industrial park in Bulgaria. It is also considered to be the most developed logistic and industrial centre in Ruse region.

The list of competitive advantages of Ruse Free Zone includes: · Excellent location, well developed infrastructure and modern equipment and facilities; · Concentration of production, warehouse and office facilities; · Customs point, servicing loads passing through the territory of Ruse Free Zone; · The Plant Protection Department of the Regional Directorate of Food Safety – Ruse provides the possibility of issuing certificates for exporting and reexporting agricultural goods on the spot; · Highly specialized professionals, assisting in the preparation of customs documents; · Opportunities for storing non-community goods for an unlimited period of time without insuring them and paying customs duties; · Competitive prices for storing community goods; · 24-hour security and video-surveillance.

Bulgarian investment legislation introduces the principle of equality between Bulgarian and foreign citizens and entities: investors are treated equally regardless of their nationality. Restrictions on business activity carried out by foreign persons could be imposed in very limited sectors (e.g. gambling, tobacco processing, medical research). Doing business in Bulgaria does not require mandatory registration for the purpose with the exception of certain sectors where licensing regime is introduced. At the same time, there is no limit as to foreign participation in registered in Bulgaria companies.

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PLOCK

POLAND

Mayor - Andrzej Nowakowski Płock is a city on the Vistula river in central Poland. Płock is now a capital of the powiat in the west of the Mazovian Voivodeship.

Płock is a multi-industry centre open to new investments. There are not many cities in the Region of Mazovia, that could match Płock’s potential and growth dynamics. The city with impressive economic strength and thriving businesses, the leaders of many industries, Płock is boldly building its future. Some of city’s big businesses include: the Central and Eastern Europe oil giant PKN Orlen S.A.; the clothing tycoon Levi Strauss Poland Sp. z o.o.; Poland’s largest farming machine producer CNH Polska Sp. z o.o.; a leading manufacturer of roofing products BUDMAT; and the leader of confectionery market Dr. Oetker Sp. z o.o. Płock attractive to investors Investors view Płock as a highly credible city. In 2014, Fitch Ratings agency awarded the city with an A+ rating and stable outlook.

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Also in 2012 Płock ranked 3rd among poviat cities for total amount of per capita subsidies granted to approved projects. The ‘Leaders in tapping EU funds – a ranking of local authorities in the Region of Masovia’ was prepared by the Mazovian Center for Implementation of EU Programmes.

In 2010, Płock ranked 3rd in the 5th ‘Business-Friendly Local Authorities’ contest in the ‘Municipality’ category. The competition is held under patronage of the Ministry of Infrastructure and is organized by Europa 2000 Consulting Sp. z o.o. and the Mazovia Association of Trade, Industry and Services.

In a survey of Polish regions’ investment attractiveness conducted by the Entrepreneurship Institute of the Warsaw School of Economics in 2013, Płock ranked 5th poviat with the highest degree of potential investment attractiveness.

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The city of Płock created local law with real estate tax exemptions for the entrepreneurs up to 15 years. Tax exemption depends on the size of the investment and number of workplaces created within the company: · Resolution regarding exemption from property tax within de minimis aid. · Resolution regarding exemption from property tax within the programme of regional assistance of the city of Płock for new investment support for innovative entrepreneurs or those who conduct a research and development activity in the area of the city of Płock. · Resolution regarding exemption from property tax within the programme of regional assistance for new investment support for entrepreneurs who run a business in the area of Płock Industrial and Technological Park.

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BRCKO DISTRICT OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Government of Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mayor - Anto Domic Address: Bulevar mira 1, Brcko, 76100 Brcko Phone: +387 49 490 013 Fax: +387 49 490 020 Email: gradonacelnik@bdcentral.net Website: www.bdcentral.net

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Brcko District is a unique space in the heart of the Balkans. It is located in the northeast of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the right bank of the Sava river. The Sava river is an internationally river with a port on the shore of Brčko which enriches the international communication in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As a part of the core SEETO Network, the Port of Brcko enables direct shipments of goods from the Sava river to Danube basin ports in Western and Eastern Europe as well as to ports on the North and Black Sea. Brcko District is situated at the border with the Republic of Croatia and very near to the Serbian border, at the center of triangle of three capital cities: Sarajevo, Belgrade and Zagreb. Since its foundation, this community bears the marks of multiethnic and multicultural values. The specific status and powers of Brcko District were determined by the ‘Final Award’ issued by the Arbitration Tribunal

in 1999. Brcko Distict has jurisdiction and autonomy in terms of legislative, executive and judicial power in many areas (economy, agriculture, energy, environment, transport ...). Due to its administrative autonomy within Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brcko District possesses important competitive advantages especially in terms of adaptability and flexibility of its legal system and administrative structure to specific needs of potential investors.

Thanks to its strategic geographical location and business tradition, Brcko District is characterized by a series of competitive advantages. These competitive advantages create fertile ground for the growth of business.

The commitment to a speedy economic development has made it a completely business oriented environment.

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HAIFA

Israel

Adv. Yona Yahav Date and Place of Birth:19/06/1944, Haifa Marital Status: Married to Rivka, 3 children (Oren, Ortal, Shiran) Military Service: Lieutenant Colonel in the military police

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Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel and the third largest city in the country, with a population of over 277,100 (2014). 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including Daliyat al-Karmel, the Krayot, Nesher, Tirat Carmel, and some Kibbuzim.

Together these areas form a contiguous urban area to nearly 600,000 residents which makes up the inner core of the Haifa metropolitan area. It is also home to the Bahá'í World Centre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and destination for Baha'i pilgrims.

Built on the slopes of Mount Carmel, the history of settlement at the site spans more than 3,000 years. The earliest known settlement in the vicinity was Tell Abu Hawam, a small port city established in the Late Bronze Age (14th century BCE). In the 3rd century CE, Haifa was known as a dye-making center. Over the centuries, the city has changed hands: It has been conquered and ruled by the Phoenicians, Persians, Hasmoneans, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Crusaders, Ottomans, British, and the Israelis. Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the city has been governed by the Haifa Municipality.

Today, the city is a major seaport located on Israel's Mediterranean coastline in the Bay of Haifa covering 63.7 square kilometers (24.6 sq mi). It is located about 90 kilometers (56 mi) north of Tel Aviv and is the major regional center of northern Israel. Two respected academic institutions, the University of Haifa and the Technion, are located in Haifa in addition to the largest k-12 school in Israel, The Hebrew Reali School. The city plays an important role in Israel's economy. It is home to Matam, one of the oldest and largest hightech parks in the country. Haifa Bay is a center of heavy industry, petroleum refining and chemical processing.

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Robni Terminali Zagreb

ROBNI TERMINALI ZAGREB

ZAGREB FREE ZONE

Head of branch Robni terminali Zagreb Krunoslav Gasparic Jankomir 25, 10090 Zagreb, Croatia Phone: +385 1 3871-118 Fax: +385 1 3496-452 E-mail: rtz@rtz.hr Website: www.rtz.hr

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More reasons to invest in Zagreb Free Zone

· unique strategic location to access regional and international markets · highly developed infrastructure and telekomunications links · strong support services (customs, security, parking, forwarders, restaurant, coffee shops · banking, shopping and hotel facilities) · excellent transport infrastructure connecting you to the rest of Europe (motorways, rail link, seaport, inland port, airport) · maximum security and constant supervision Zagreb Free Zone was established in 1998 as a business unit of Robni Terminali Zagreb. Since 2007 Robni Terminali Zagreb has become a branch of Zagreb City Holding Ltd and is owned by the City of Zagreb.

Zagreb Free Zone is profitable, fully serviced and has an excellent location at the western entrance to the City of Zagreb, 12 km away from the Slovenian border.

The product offered by the Free Zone is space for warehousing and production baked up by a wide range of services. Activities in the zone include: production, processing, finishing and manufacturing of goods, sorting, repackaging, as well as mediation in international trade.

Economic activities in the zone are subject to special conditions, such as tax benefits as well as a less complicated administrative operational procedure concerning customs inspection. Customs inspection is carried out by the customs office CU Zagreb I, situated at the free zone entrance.

Capacity

The Zone consists of 79.860 m² fenced site upon which there is a built area of 28.000 m² closed storage and production space which is fully operational and serving the purpose of activities performed by zone users.

All the facilities are provided with the necessary infrastructure. There have been built 6 halls in the zone area and for further development (building) within the zone area, there is 6.000 m² available. There are preliminary plans to demolish and redevelop a warehousing old hall of 5.000 m².

The branch Robni terminali Zagreb manages, rents and offers warehousing services. The activities are carried out in various types of the company’s own warehouses (closed and open — customs, non-tariff customs and free zone warehouses). It has more than 160.000 m² of production and warehousing space, as well as 40.000 m² of open warehousing space. It also has 30.000 m² of high quality office space for rent, with all the necessary infrastructure and machinery for handling goods.

The branch also performs forwarding services and offers parking services — operations of the freight terminal, and also has a concession for the performance of traffic terminal services. The customs office Zagreb are situated at the two different ocations of the branch, and they provide customs inspection and clearance in road and rail traffic.

With our high level of practice standards and sixty years of experience, it is our primary, essential and clear commitment to ensure the satisfaction of our partners in providing the services of warehousing, loading and reloading of goods and forwarding activities, as well as increasing environmental awareness.

We are ISO 9001:2008 certified for the reception and storage of goods in domestic and international trade, free trade zones and freight forwarding.

Zagreb Free Zone is a place where one certainly can find out various ways to be successful in business using advantages of capital investing, profit making and goods distribution in transit through zone.

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KYAUK PHYU SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE

Myanmar

Kyauk Phyu, in western Myanmar, is one of three Special Economic Zones (SEZs) earmarked for development by the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; the other two are Dawei in the south of the country and Thilawa (near Yangon).

For further details please open the official SEZ site: http://kpsez.org/ The Kyauk Phyu Special Economic Zone (KP SEZ) will see the development of a deep sea port that will unlock the potential of the hinterland and fulfil Myanmar’s potential as a trade corridor for Africa/ Middle East and China. It will provide employment opportunities through the creation of industrial and fishery parks as well as integrated residential areas. The development will be environmentally sustainable and bring significant socio-economic benefits to the Kyauk Phyu region and beyond.

About KP SEZ

Strategically located at the geographic centre of three economically vibrant and dynamic markets – China, India and ASEAN – Kyauk Phyu is uniquely positioned to serve as a trade corridor connecting these three economies.

Kyauk Phyu is well endowed with a natural deep sea harbour and abundant natural resources in oil and gas, marine resources as well as unique scenic landscapes. It also has sufficient land and ample labour for industrial development and the expansion of residential areas.

A Singapore-based consortium led by CPG Consultants has been assigned the development of the master plan for Kyauk Phyu Special Economic Zone (KP SEZ), in close cooperation with the Bid Evaluation and Awarding Committee of KP SEZ. The master plan forms the basis for a tender process of the Phase One development to take place in 2014.

CPG Consortium, comprising CPG Consultants Pte Ltd, DTZ Debenham Tie Leung (SEA) Pte Ltd (DTZ), Ernst & Young Solutions LLP (EY), Global Maritime and Port Services Pte Ltd (GMAPS), and PM Link Pte Ltd (PM Link), will oversee the master planning of the site. Their scope also includes providing consultancy for the market positioning of KP SEZ, 78

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marine and port studies, and financial planning. CPG Consortium will also be responsible for calling for a tender to seek the right investors to provide sustainable solutions for the economic zone until 2036.

The agreement was signed with the Kyauk Phyu Special Economic Zone Management Committee, and the consortium is working closely with the Bid Evaluation and Awarding Committee (BEAC), which represents the Myanmar government, on the tender and selection process, as well as the KP SEZ Working Committee, to drive the project. Local Rakhine and Kyauk Phyu communities will also be involved throughout the project.

Besides offering great proximity to these regional markets, the economic zone of Kyauk Phyu itself plays a vital role in creating access to Myanmar’s largely untapped hinterland with an overall population of more than 60 million inhabiting a land area twice the size of Vietnam. “We believe Kyauk Phyu has the necessary conditions for a thriving economy which will generate immense socio-economic benefits for Myanmar as a whole. We hope to attract a pool of international investors who will take a long-term view in its development potential,” said Mr Aung Kyaw Than, Joint Secretary, Bid Evaluation and Awarding Committee.

“The development will be environmentally sensitive, stimulating the economy while promoting job creation and income generation for the region of Kyauk Phyu and beyond. It will also boost the development of local industries with high growth potential, such as construction and fisheries,” said Mrs Nina Yang, Executive Director (Urban Planning) of CPG Consultants. She added: “With CPG’s expertise in urban planning and sustainability, and our role in laying the foundation for Singapore’s urban planning infrastructure, our master plan offers a similar Singapore development framework for KP SEZ to grow.” CPG Consortium Calls Phase One Tender for Kyauk Phyu Special Economic Zone CPG Consortium will invite interested firms to submit their Expressions of Interests in July 2014 for phase one of the economic zone which will include three key elements – development of a deep sea port, an industrial park, and an integrated residential area with

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to upgrade the existing road network in KP SEZ. A new power plant and power lines are also under construction. KP SEZ will also be environmentally sustainable. The master plan foresees Environmental Impact Assessments to reduce the environmental impact. When fully developed, the KP SEZ will see the introduction of other industrial clusters such as food processing, a supply base, and general manufacturing industries. There will also be port and landbased logistics. About CPG Consortium CPG Consortium is led by CPG Consultants, a subsidiary of home-grown development consultancy firm CPG Corporation (CPG Corp), which offers a comprehensive suite of services ranging from urban planning, architecture to engineering, project management, construction management, and facilities management, with a holistic, integrative, and collaborative approach. Its partners in the consortium are DTZ, EY, GMAPS and PM Link, the latter also a subsidiary of CPG Corp specialising in project management. education, healthcare, and recreational facilities. Open to investors and developers from all countries, successful parties will undertake the integrated responsibility of financing, providing infrastructure, marketing and leasing of the respective projects that they are awarded.

The tender process will be conducted in two stages. In the first stage, parties can express their interest. Shortlisted companies will then be invited to submit their proposals in the second stage. The development of phase one is expected to start in 2015. More information on the tender process can be found on www.kpsez.org. Key Aspects of the Development In addition to the development of a deep-sea port, an industrial park, and an integrated residential area, the Myanmar government is undertaking substantial infrastructure investments

CPG Consultants provide services in master planning, GMAPS is responsible for conducting marine and port studies, DTZ provides the market positioning for the residential area, and EY carries out the financial planning and tender process. PM Link will be in charge of the project management services of the consortium. *** For media enquiries, please contact: Hsu Lin Ninemer Public Relations P L hsulin@ninemer.com +65 6534 8020 | +65 9720 6119 Louann Wong Ninemer Public Relations P L louannwong@ninemer. com +65 6534 7992 | +65 9728 8771

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CITY OF TREBINJE

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Slavko Vucurevic - Mayor Vuka Karadzica 2, 89101, Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina Phone: +387 (0) 273 460 Website: www.trebinje.rs.ba Email: grad@trebinje.rs.ba

City of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Srpska Native language – Serbian. Located in the Southeast Europe, South of Bosnia and Herzegovina; population: ≈32.000; Status of the city was gained in 2012, before that Trebinje was a municipality. Local government: City of Trebinje; The city of Trebinje is located in an attractive geographical position – on the border of three countries: BiH,Croatia and Montenegro,or on a crossroad which is the shortest connection of the continental part to the seashore. On the city teritory, there are three border crossings:two with Montenegro (towards Niksic and Herceg Novi) and one with Croatia (towards Dubrovnik).

ECONOMY

Economy of the city of Trebinje by most part is relayed on electricity sector and with one part on manufacturing sector and according to the Strategy of development of city of Trebinje 2009-2017 – the advantages are given to intensive development of agricultural production and development of touristic offer and entrepreneurship in tourism,since these two branches have significant comparative advantages to other places and in adequately used potentials.

Also, one of the prospective sengmemnts of Trebinje's economy is certainly a growing wine industry, mainly through opening and running small home vinaries. Records of Herzegovinian wines are found in the Middle Ages, and the first shipment was exported via Trieste in Europe in 1883. Many medals that are awarded at the International Wine Exibitions prove the wine quality.The most famous Trebinje wines are: „žilavka, blatina i vranac“. As a new 80

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tourist itinerary, Herzegovnian Wine Road passes through Trebinje along which affiliated entities offer autoton wines, and spitits such as „rakija" from their own production, and other traditional specialities. In Trebinje, there is a tradition of domestic wine production, so this is the area of large numbers of small wineries, but also those that satisfy the requirements of international market.

INDUSTRY

Trebinje as a modern and urban city, with a very low number of rural inhabitants and limited potentials for agricultural development, can base its intensive development on re-industralization. In the last 50 years human resources and highly developed industrial crop have been a guarntee of modern industrial development: electrical, metal, food and textile.

The sector of processing industry represents the second sector by value of realized industrial production. In this sector operates 38 companies and it has 1.500 employees (APIF). Metal-processing and textile sector were the most important industrial branches and responsible for this area development. There are conditions for further investment in these sectors primarily because production processes have no harmful environmental impact and provide employment of large number of workforce. Products of these two branches are mainly intended for export.

The restructuring of “Swisslion Tool Industry Trebinje“ has started after the company privatization. One part of the facility was

renovated and it has started production of confectionery products as a new company under the name “Swisslion“ltd Trebinje. This branch of food processing industry is expanding and achieving good results.

“Novotex“ company operated in the textile sector, but it is now in bankruptcy proceeding due to numerous problems in business activity. A large number of trained workforce, especially women is available to future investors. Reasons to be invested in industry sector: · long industrial tradition especially in metal processing and textile field · quality and availability of highly trained workforce, with competitive labour price · favourable geographical position and low transport costs · significant number of companies operating in this sector in the Republic of Srpska, which can be quality partners in manufacturing value chain · the Republica of Srpska's largest exporters come from metal and electrical sector · government incentives to this sector (through subsidies for export and additional fiscal relief).

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JORDAN DEVELOPMENT ZONES COMPANY

Jordan

Jordan Development Zones Company (JDZ) was established in October 2010 to serve as the Master Developer for The Dead Sea Development Zone and the Jabal Ajloun Development Area Zone. The establishment of the JDZ is intended to set the stage for the engagement of private sector partners to participate in the development of both zones under special commercial terms and conditions. It is believed that establishment of the Area will significantly enhance the development prospects, tourism revenue and economic impacts to Jordan that may be generated by the absolutely unique status of the Dead Sea and Jebel Ajloun and the realization of their potential as a global tourism destinations.

Investor Incentives

Development Zones Investments Environment – Investment Incentives and Tax Exemptions

JDZ Main Contact: Eng. Arwa Alhyari

Director- Investments & Business Development Jordan Development Zones Co. ( JDZ) Tel:+962 65531110 Fax:+96265532121 Email: aalhyari@jdz.jo Website: www.jdz.jo Amman 11953 Jordan P.O.Box 1253

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5% Corporate Income Tax Rate Exemption from Sales Tax Exemption from Custom Duties Exemption from Social Services and Dividends Tax 100% Foreign Ownership Streamlined Registration and Licensing Procedures All Applicable Tax and Fee Related Incentives and Exemptions as Set Forth in the Free Zone Law or any other Law Applicable in Jordan.

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PRIME QUALITY STANDARD Quality mark and license ‘Prime Quality Standard’ (QS) confirms professional reputation of companies, establishments, scientific and educational centers; directs investors and business partners. QS is successfully used for your company’s business and promotional activities. QS can be acquired for 1 year/3 years/ 5 years with a possibility of further prolongation.

Prime Business Destinations recommends the best regional companies-suppliers of the high quality products, technologies and services as EBA network trusted partners.

• Consortium SuluNur (LLP Akka Teс), Kazakhstan • ‘Beauty Doctor’ Сlinic, Russian Federation • GLOBAL OIL57 GROUP, Canada • The Bombay Dyeing & Mfg. Co. Ltd., Mumbai, India • Resort Shifaly su-Izhminvody, Russian Federation • Sifter International, India • JSC “QIZILQUMSEMENT”, The Republic of Uzbekistan • Communal Enterprise ‘Kharkiv Metropoliten’, Ukraine – Director General Vyacheslav Stamatin • OPPS BUILD, Kyrgyz Republic - Director General Ruslanbek Khamdamov • Al Baraka Bank Egypt, Egypt – Vice Chairman & CEO Ashraf El Ghamrawy • ‘Membrane Technologies, С.А.’, Kazakhstan – Director, Doctor of chemical sciences Alexandr Tskhay • TELO’S BEAUTY, Russian Federation - General Manager Irina Shmal’ko • Erebouni Medical Center Closed Joint Stock Company, Armenia Director Narine Mamikonyan • ‘Distrilab’ TOO, Republic of Kazakhstan – General Director Arman Tuktin • Hydra Arc (Pty) Ltd, South Africa – CEO Jan Mhlaba Maswanganyi

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Prime Business Destination: City of the Future

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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Local government is a form of public administration which, in a majority of contexts, exists as the lowest tier of administration within a given state. The term is used to contrast with offices at state level, which are referred to as the central government, national government, or (where appropriate) federal government and also to supranational government which deals with governing institutions between states.

Local governments generally act within powers delegated to them by legislation or directives of the higher level of government. In federal states, local government generally comprises the third (or sometimes fourth) tier of government, whereas in unitary states, local government usually occupies the second or third tier of government, often with greater powers than higher-level administrative divisions.

The question of municipal autonomy is a key question of public administration and governance. The institutions of local government vary greatly between countries, and even where similar arrangements exist, the terminology often varies. Common names for local government entities include state, province, region, department, county, prefecture, district, city, township, town, borough, parish, municipality, shire, village, and local service district.

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DIGEST OF WORLD`S MODERN CITIES

Technology and culture now progress at such astonishing pace that what was once considered cutting edge 5 years ago is now deemed obsolete.

And so the same is true of cities, vast agglomerations of dynamic spaces, innovative businesses and imaginative, productive people that can transform their prospects in the space of a decade. Whereas Paris was the most modern city in the world during the glamorous fin-de-siecle era of the 1890s, it is now criticism for being not much more than a museum. Similarly, while Detroit was the king of the Motor Age, it is often characterised by many today as town in the aftermath of an economic apocalypse, ripped apart by twin forces of suburbanisation and the global economy. To keep you abreast of what’s hot and what’s not, here is a guide to the most modern cities in the world, showcasing the smart towns of tomorrow, culturally diverse conurbations, and those settlements known for relentless innovation.

www.eguidetravel.com/articles/worlds-top-10-most-modern-cities/

San Francisco Bay Area, USA Perhaps the most technologically advanced metropolis in the world, the greater San Francisco Bay Area is a hub for hi-tech, digital and online innovation. Companies such as Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter, Electronic Arts and dozens of other world-leading innovators are based in this vibrant, forward-looking conurbation. Whether you are engaged in pioneering scientific research at prestigious universities like Stanford, liaising with the Wikimedia Foundation, launching an online start-up in Silicon Valley, or mingling with the likes of Sergei Brin and Mark Zuckerburg in Palo Alto, San Francisco is the place to be if you want to see the future first hand.

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Helsinki, Finland Cool, calm and collected, the stylish and understated Scandinavian capitals all have solid claims for being amongst the most Modern cities in Europe. Yet it is Helsinki that comes out on top, with a free WiFi zone stretching across the entire city, mobile phone companies like Nokia basing their headquarters there, and design firms such as Marimekko conquering the world with avant-garde prints and textiles. Helsinki is also ahead of the curve culturally, recognising same-sex civil partnerships as early as 2002 and offering residents generous maternity and paternity leave to look after their newborns. A modern approach to life, indeed.

Abu Dhabi, UAE Though Dubai has grabbed the headlines in recent years for its overblown boom and bust development cycle, nearby Abu Dhabi has gone about things a little more quietly. Opting for smart, measured growth instead of the decadence and bombast of Dubai, the city has invested in green energy, technology, the arts and culture rather than trying to catch the fleeting tourist dollar. Along with plans for a zero-carbon settlement at Masdar City, Abu Dhabi will soon be able showcase sparkling cultural venues by architects like Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind, Sir Norman Foster, Jean Nouvel and Frank Gehry, making this one of the most cutting edge architecture and art venues on earth.

Brasilia, Brazil There is a long tradition of building new National capitals from scratch, with St Petersburg, Canberra and New Delhi amongst the most famous. Yet the finest example amongst the more recent purpose-built capital cities remains Brasilia, a modernist set-piece par excellence. With an innovative Piloti Plan designed by radical planner Lucio Costa, and ethereal government buildings by centenarian Oscar Niemeyer, Brasilia is like a shimmering modernist mirage surrounded by the tropical savanna of central Brazil.

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Tel Aviv, Israel One of the youngest major cities in the world, Tel Aviv was founded as recently as 1909 by Jewish migrants to Palestine, who fashioned a city rich with more than 5000 pieces of Bauhaus architecture, slick beach-front high-rises and an enviable outdoor, cafe culture. Tel Aviv is also one of the most eco-friendly metropolises in the world, with an airport built on top of a disused garbage dump, solar power firms taking root in the city giving much needed energy to this vibrant 24 hour town.

Toronto, Canada If the city of the future is going to be far more diverse and multi-cultural than the cities we know today, then maybe Toronto is a first glimpse at what is to come. A veritable melting pot of cultures, Toronto is one of the most diverse major cities on the planet, with almost 50% of the population born outside of Canada, and plenty of the natives with at least one foreign-born parent. Major immigrant and ethnic groups include the British, Irish, Italian and French, who have long settled on this side of Lake Ontario, while newer arrivals include the Chinese, Filipinos, West Africans, the Vietnamese, Koreans, Greeks and Brazilians. In fact, you can find representation from just about every corner of the globe in Toronto, with over 140 languages spoken within the confines of the city. And while some places go down the route of enclaves and ghettoes, in this bustling town people of different races and creeds intermingle with one another, creating dynamic new hybrid cultures, and showing the rest of the world how to get along.

Hong Kong Many of the big cities of South East Asia could stake a claim to being amongst the most modern in the world.

Singapore, self-fashioned out of a swamp to become one of the world’s leading financial and shipping centres, the hi-tech manufacturing claims of Seoul, or the incredible transformations of Shanghai are worthy contenders. Yet it is Hong Kong that really stands out. Dripping with ultra-modern technology, slick digital roadside displays, gravity defying skyscrapers and a savvy population seemingly glued to their mobile phones, Hong Kong is a successful fusion of Western entrepreneurship, a Chinese outlook on life and modern engineering prowess. Ascend to the 100th floor of the International Commerce Centre in Kowloon’s glitzy Union Square district to take in a bird’s eye view of modernity in built-form, and stick around until sunset to watch the nightly symphony of lights illuminate and dazzle buildings on both sides of Victoria Harbour.

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London, UK While London is lumbered with Victorian relics for its train stations and some of the oldest railway tunnels in the world, in other ways the British capital couldn’t be any more advanced. Pioneering transport innovations such as the Oyster Card, a cashless payment system, and a well-regarded Bicycle Hire scheme, mark this out as one of the world’s most forward-looking transport cities. Even dingy, old Heathrow seems to have transformed itself, boasting the sleek and spacious Terminal 5, linked to the rest of the airport by automated trains. What’s more, the terminal even hosts the world’s first public Urban Light Transit system, a network of individual futuristic pods taking passengers from the airport’s carpark to a number of flight-side destinations.

Bangalore, India It should come as no surprise that an Indian city makes this list, with a burgeoning I.T. sector evolving in this polyglot Asian country. Bolstered by a raft of outsourcing moves from more expensive Western nations, and an irrepressible spirit of technological innovation, Bangalore now accounts for more than 35% of India’s IT professionals and more than half of the nation’s cutting-edge biotech industry. At the heart of Bangalore’s modern economy is the Bagmane Tech Park, a futuristic complex of offices, factories and research institutes home to companies such as Dell, Volvo, Motorola and LinkedIn.

Yokohama, Japan Once a down at heel port town full of sailors, disreputable bars and ladies of the night, Yokohama has reinvented itself in recent years and is finally climbing out of the shadow of nearby Tokyo. At the centre of this modern renaissance has been the renovation of the old harbour district, Minato Mirai 21, full of glass and steel skyscrapers, including the 972 foot high Landmark Tower, Japan’s tallest building. Heavyweight conglomerations such as Nissan and JVC call this part of town home, while elsewhere in this cutting-edge city the Sony Research Center exists to relentlessly push the boundaries of experimental electronics.

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DIGEST OF WORLD’S GREEN CITIES

Among the very many city destinations around the world waiting to be explored and discovered, green cities stand out for their dedication to environmental sustainability, liveability and a healthy lifestyle. Here’s a list of 10 greenest cities around the world.

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Reykjavik, Iceland Reykjavik runs its city almost entirely on renewable energy. The island nation is plush with geothermal activity that is converted into clean energy and uses only 0.1% fossil fuels to power its electricity.

Likewise, according to How Stuff Works, the country of Iceland plans to unplug itself from all dependence on fossil fuels by 2050 to become a hydrogen economy. Already, Reykjavik (and all of Iceland) gets energy for heat, hot water and electricity entirely from hydro power and geothermal resources — both of which are renewable and free of greenhouse gas emissions. http://reykjavik.is/

Malmo, Sweden Sweden’s third-largest city is a model of urban sustainability, leading in renewable energy solutions and abundant green space.

The city is home to the third-largest wind energy park in the world and aims for all of its city operations to be climate-neutral by 2020.

Likewise, Western Harbour, a neighborhood within Malmö, runs on 100-percent renewable energy from sun, wind and hydro power, as well as biofuels generated from organic waste. Its buildings are constructed with sustainable materials and designed to be energyefficient, and its streets are pedestrian and cycle friendly — 40% of commuters and 30% of all travelers go by bike! http://malmo.se/

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Vancouver, Canada Vancouver is the greenest city in Canada and the second-greenest in North America after San Francisco. Vancouver aims to become the greenest city in the world by 2020. The city is a hub for cleantech innovation, such as the solar-powered trash compactors which have popped around the city, each the size equivalent to a normal trashcan but able to hold five times the waste (which puts fewer emissions-spewing garbage trucks on the roads), boasts low-carbon emissions and draws an impressive 90% of its power from renewable sources, mostly in the form of hydroelectric power.

Vancouver is also home to more than 200 parks. h t t p : / / v a n c o u ve r. c a /

Copenhagen, Denmark Nearly one-third of Copenhagen residents primarily rely on a bicycle for everyday commuting, and visitors to the city will find that bikes are a pervasive presence. Even with these high rates, the city is working to increase bicycle ridership by 50 percent by 2015.

The coast of Copenhagen is dotted with wind turbines and the city is known as a worldwide leader in its efforts to combat climate change. Copenhagen is also the European Green Capital 2014. http://www.kk.dk/

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Stockholm, Sweden Long listed among Europe’s most environmentally conscious cities, Stockholm won the 2010 European Green Capital for its commitment to sustainability. Forty percent of the city is composed of green spaces, and the city invests heavily in environmental protection. Efforts to clean the city’s abundant waterways began in the 1960s and today, salmon caught even in the urban areas of the river are edible. Stockholm’s carbon emissions are just 3.4 tons per capita, far below the European average of 10 tons. http://www.stockholm.se/

Hamburg, Germany Winner of the 2011 European Green Capital designation, Hamburg is redeveloping much of its urban core to align with sustainability principles. For example, its new HafenCity Hamburg is Europe’s largest city development project with 388 acres of rehabilitated former industrial land that is now full of housing, shops, parks, entertainment and other amenities. As one of Europe’s busiest industrial ports, Hamburg is making big plans to green its operations; the city plans to use ‘container taxis’ that will each displace 60 trucks to reduce pollution. http://www.hamburg.de/

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Curitiba, Brazil Curitiba is to many the undisputed green capital of Brazil and was ranked by Siemens as Latin America’s greenest metropolis. The city has 16 parks, 14 forests and more than 1,000 green public spaces, and its environmental legislation protects local vegetation that is threatened by urban development. Seventy percent of its waste is recycled and the city has planted 1.5 million trees along its highways and byways. A flock of sheep even roam the parks to keep the grass clipped. h t t p : / / w w w . c u r i t i b a . p r. g o v . b r /

Bogota, Colombia The capital city of Colombia has much improved its reputation in recent years, from one of organized crime and poverty to one of a promising green future. Rated by Siemens as one of Latin America’s greenest cities with above-average environmental stats, Bogotá has an efficient public transit system, hundreds of miles of bike trails and more than 1,200 urban green spaces. The city drastically improved its air quality, water supplies and urban trees and deceased its wildlife trafficking over a four-year period between 2008 and 2011. http://www.bogota.gov.co/

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Portland, Oregon, USA The first city in America to adopt a climate action plan, Portland has more LEED-certified residential towers than any other city in the nation, and its land use laws ensure that the city stays dense while suburban and rural land is preserved for agricultural purposes. A quarter of its workforce relies on public transportation, carpooling or bicycles to commute each day, and the city offers free plug-in parking spots for electric vehicles. http://www.portlandoregon.gov/

San Francisco, California Since starting their mandatory recycling program in October 2009, San Franciscans have kept 77% of discarded materials out of landfills — the highest such diversion rate in the United States. San Francisco came in the top three greenest cities of North America in five out of nine metrics ranked by the Economic Intelligence Unit in 2011 including energy, green buildings, transportation, water and air quality. In 2007, San Francisco became the first major U.S. city to ban plastic bags – saving about 100 million bags from ending up in landfills each year. http://sfgov.org/

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BATAM CITY

http://www. batamkota.go.id

MR. AHMAD DAHLAN – MAYOR JALAN ENGKU PUTRI NO. 1 BATAM CENTER, BATAM, KEPULAUAN RIAU, 29461, INDONESIA Phone: +62811770530 Fax: +62778464229 Email: adahlanbatam@gmail.com Website: www.batamkota.go.id

Batam, an Indonesian island in the east of Sumatra Island, on Malacca Strait, south east of Singapore had already been inhabited as early as 231 A.D. according to Chinese chronicles. Its coast settlers were called Sea Tribe and the land settlers Sakai and Jakun Tribes. A different source, a grave stone found in Batam mentions that before 1201 A.D. it has been settled.

Batam was only a quiet island of about six thousand inhabitants until the central government of Indonesia developed it as a gas and oil refinery in 1970s.

In 1974 Indonesian Central Government Institution, by the name of Batam Industrial Development Authority was given authority to develop Batam as an industrial city. To realize its vision, the institution started to equip Batam with infrastructures and facilities.

Since then, domestic and foreign investments flowed to Batam.

Batam grew to be industrial city. Many job seekers from all provinces of Indonesia came to Batam.

A local government was set up. In 1999, based on Law no. 53/1999, Batam became an autonomous city.

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In 2000, a scenario of Batam as a Free Trade Zone was started.

In Law no. 44/2007, Batam, and two other regions (Bintan and Karimun) in Riau Islands Province have been set as a Free Trade Zone.

Batam is now a developing city set to be a city of industry, trade, tourism and transshipment developed by the local government in cooperation with Batam Industrial Free Zone Authority.

The population of Batam consists of a heterogeneous society consisting of diverse ethnics and religions. The dominant ethnics besides Malays are Javanese, Batak, Minangkabau, Chinese, and others. They come from all provinces of Indonesia to look for better life in Batam. Until April 2012, the population reached 1.2 million and the growth rate was very high. In the period of 2001 to April 2012 the population growth rate ranged more than 8 percent per year. But in the last two years, there has been a decrease to 1, 030, 528 in 2014.

Islam is the major religion of the population whose adherents are as much as 76.69% of the entire population of the city, followed by Christians (17.02%), Buddhists (5.79%), and Hinduism (0.40%).

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Investment Projects include:

1. In Industrial sector, there are 26 industrial estates located in six industrial zones. The types of industries range from light industry (electronic and computer components, automotive parts, printed circuit board, etc.) to heavy industry (steel fabrication, oil exploration equipment, ship building, etc.) There are more than 100 companies operating in ship building and repairing as well as supporting companies for offshore drilling in Tanjung Gundap and Tanjung Sauh; 2. In tourism sector, Batam is the third busiest area for foreign tourism in Indonesia after Bali and Jakarta. There are 64 hotels and resorts, six international standard golf courses and two marinas. Rempang and Galang, two islands linked by bridges to Batam are suitable areas for tourism. They show beautiful scenery, good beaches, and fascinating coral reefs. In 2014, the number of foreign tourists coming to Batam was1, 454,110 and the number of local tourists was more than five millions.

3. As one of the MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Conference and Exhibition) cities in Indonesia, Batam is equipped with adequate facilities and infrastructure: international standard meeting/ conference venues, hotels and entertainment centers. The access to Batam is easy, with five international ferry terminals and an international airport.

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Municipality of Nevsehir Cami Cedit Mah. Belediye Cad. No : 73 Nevsehir, Merkez, 50000, Turkey Phone: +0090 384 213 10 30 Fax: +0090 384 213 19 91 Email: baskan@nevsehir.bel.tr Website: www.nevsehir.bel.tr

Cappadocia is a natural wonder formed by the lava and ashes of the Mount Erciyes, Hasan and Güllüdağ which were shaped by wind and rain over time. It is also called the Land of Beautiful Horses in Persian.

It’s a heaven on earth with its underground cities, mounds, rock-cut churches, mosques and caravanserais. The important civilizations that we encounter in Cappadocia from transition to settled life are Hittites, Phrygians, Meds, Persians, Romans, Byzantines, Seljuk’s, Ottomans and Turkish Republic.

The most important works shed light on the history of Christianity in Cappadocia are churches carved into rocks. There are more than 250 churches in the region and these churches and monasteries are seen in every valley of Cappadocia. There are also many important works remaining from the periods of Anatolian Seljuk and Beyliks in the area.

Mr. Hasan Unver

In the first ages, the name of Nevşehir was known as Nysa. Later on, with the domination of Seljuk’s, its name became Muşkara. The fate of Muşkara started to change with Damad İbrahim Pasha being Grand Vizier.

Turkey signed UNESCO World Heritage Convention in 1983 and Cappadocia was registered with the nature of “both cultural and natural heritage” on December 6, 1985.

Forthcoming plans of development 1. Vision for sustainable energy production;

· To increase alternative energy production by adding panels with an installed capacity of 175 kW Approximate cost: 550.000 TRY · To establish second solar power plant with an installed capacity of about 100 kW to meet the entire energy needs of the Solid Waste Landfill Plant - Approximate cost: 350.000 TRY · To create health facility areas in thermal hotel concept for health tourism and elderly citizens by using thermal water having 38 °C on surface and 5 liters flow rate per second with a well drilled in 252 m depth - Approximate investment cost: 20.000.000 TRY

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2. The Biggest Underground City in the World The largest underground city of the world which covers an area of 390.000 m² has been reached around Nevşehir Castle. There has been found a 10 km-long tunnel and 30 major water tunnels from Ottoman archives.

3. Construction of New Municipality Building: 31.786.459, 44 TRY 4. Religious Science and Practice Campus: To build a campus designed by the Municipality and includes a mosque for 5.000 people, religious sciences center, Provincial Mufti Offices, İmam Hatip schools (religious schools) and a dormitory.

5. Nevşehir (Kızılırmak River) Potable Water Distribution Pipeline and Treatment Plant: To meet the 50-60 years of water need of Nevşehir from Kızılırmak River basin.

6. Renewal of potable water, sewer and rainwater pipelines: To change main transmission lines with the bacterial pipes.

7. Central Urban Transformation: To create a more modern and liveable city center in the neighborhoods where the ruin and old structures are located predominantly at the center of our city.

8. Peace Mansion: To build a place for our elderly citizens which a part of it is boarding and also they can carry out their social activities in the other part of that place.

9. 2000 Housing Project: To build a life center with a capacity of 2000 people in order to raise living standards of our citizens.

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La Dorada Municipality 175031 La Dorada, Caldas, Colombia Phone: +576-8571885 Fax: +576-8572013 Email: alcaldia@ladorada-caldas.gov.co Website: www.ladorada-caldas.gov.co

Erwin Arias Betancur Mayor

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92 Years ago, by ordinance of 1923, Departmental Assembly of Caldas created the municipality of LA DORADA. The newly created small town was immersed in the heart of the macro-connectivity projects of the era: the construction of the first generation ferrous runners in the country and the increasing flow of freight passengers using the Magdalena´s Rio Grande highway. Growing at the rate of progress in connectivity (river, rail, and road), LA DORADA quickly became a city of passage receiving large waves of migrants, accelerating population growth. Today, a century after, with the river and the train engine, the growth and development of the city have evolved into the MULTIMODAL CAPITAL OF COLOMBIA. The greatest logistical transport platform in the Country. This, accompanied by the most ambitious construction of highways, has been very important for the development of tourism. The story of a City like LA DORADA, speaking metaphorically, is an album in which has been collected in just a few years.

All large developments are linked to fluvial infrastructure, rail and road,that interconnects the different regions from Colombia with the rest of the World. It is a young city with fast growing closely linked to the commercial development. Today the city has 100,000 people with expectations of growth and development which continue to be more and more structured. Tourist activities include, bird watching, extreme sports, artisanal fisheries and folklore, shown at its best in 2012 at the “the carnival of the sun and Rio”, a municipal event to show the world our culture, the diversity of its people and the love toward their land as a region in peace.

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KidzMondo No. 20 Boundary Road, East Legon, Accra, Ghana, ZIP Phone: +233 302 766 196 Email: info@npa.gov.gh Website: www.npa.gov.gh

KidzMondo is a global concept indoor theme park following the conceptual approach of edutainment or playful learning. It is an ideal forum where social rules and values are promoted and ingrained in children to prepare them to behave as good adult citizens would in real life.

KidzMondo is a scaled-down replica of a lifelike city and is made up of establishments, buildings, and other architectural components that make up a real city. Among the establishments are an airport, a bank, a hospital, a theater, shops, a fire station, a police department, and many other diverse establishments, all linked to triple-A well-known brands.

Led by a highly qualified team of educators, children learn the complexities of the adult world including its infrastructure, professions and the value of money through circulating the Kidlar, which is the official city currency.

Mr. Ali Kazma

· NO coin operated games

Chairman

· NO games that promote violence, aggression or profanity · NO socially isolating games · WE develop an environment that is safe, educational and simultaneously entertaining KidzMondo

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ARCHITECTURAL COMPANIES AND THEIR PROJECTS

China Life Tower (Shenzhen, CN) China Life Insurance Tower is located in Central business zone of Shenzhen at South Zone of Futian downtown with an over ground construction area of 60,000m2. The building height amounts to 150 meters. The area of the Central Business District is characterized by the orthogonal layout of the city blocks and buildings. There is a high density of buildings and a diverse fabric of green spaces, plazas, shops, cafes and restaurants.

The base shape of the tower is a rectilinear cube. In contrast to the conventional building envelopes of Shenzhen (strong, hard edges) the appearance of the tower is softer and more inviting. The curved edges of the tower smoothly dissolve into continuous surfaces and thus create an alive and impressing effect in the skyline of downtown Shenzhen. The goal was to create a strong link between the nature and the inner space of the building.

Sinfonia Varsovia (Warsaw, PL) Since its founding in Warsaw in 1984, the Polish symphony orchestra “Sinfonia Varsovia” has had to practice in rented rooms. It was only in 2009, the year of the orchestra’s 25th jubilee, that the musicians gained their own base in the old veterinary building of Warsaw University. An international design competition for the design of a new concert hall on this site was held in 2010.The design envisaged a large concert chamber seating 1,600 and a practice room with space for 400. Six concave-convex curved rows of seating are arranged like a vineyard principle around the stage to provide perfect acoustics and a good view of the players from every seat. The large, oval concert hall was designed from the inside out to be sure of creating a concert venue with world-class acoustic and aesthetic qualities. The building opens to the adjacent park with a perforated facade and a foyer, from which building users can enjoy a view into green space.

Henn Architekten (Deutschland) HENN is an international architectural consultancy with 65 years of expertise in the design and realisation of buildings, masterplans and interior spaces in the fields of culture, administration, teaching and research, development and production as well as urban design. The office is led by Gunter Henn and twelve partners with offices in Munich, Berlin, Beijing and Shanghai. 350 employees from 25 countries are able to draw upon a wealth of knowledge collected over three generations of building experience in addition to a worldwide network of partners and experts in a variety of disciplines. www.henn.com

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Allies and Morrison (UK) Allies and Morrison is an architecture and planning practice based in London. It operates from its own studios in Southwark Street, the RIBA London Building of the Year 2004.

Allies and Morrison has completed projects throughout the UK and is currently undertaking work in Germany, Holland, India, Qatar and the Lebanon.

The practice is formed of two parts, Allies and Morrison Architects and Allies and Morrison Urban Practitioners, the former focused on architecture and design, the latter on planning, masterplanning consultation, conservation and research. On large-scale projects, the two sides of the practice combine their respective expertise and experience and work together.

The practice has been shortlisted twice for the Stirling Prize, for the Royal Festival Hall in 2008 and New Court Rothschild Bank with OMA in 2012. www.alliesandmorrison.com

Royal Albert Memorial Museum

South Place Hotel

Exeter

City of London

The Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery is located within Exeter's historic city centre. The project for its expansion, enhancement and refurbishment allows the creation of a new entrance, shop and double-height reception within its garden setting, and provides new gallery space for temporary exhibitions.

South Place Hotel is a new City hotel located between Liverpool Street Station and Moorgate. It provides 80 generously-sized guest bedrooms and a range of public spaces including bars, a destination rooftop restaurant and terrace, dining and meeting rooms, a gym and a resident’s games room.

An existing courtyard is covered to form a new space at the heart of the building, and an existing linear route through the museum is roof-lit and extended by a new link bridge which makes new pedestrian connections with the adjacent visitor route along the Roman city wall.

The facade is made up of two interplaying layers of glass and anodised aluminium panels which fold inwards at the eaves level of the neighbouring buildings.

The scheme is designed to achieve a BREEAM rating of Excellent and provide CO2 savings of 40% below Part L 2006 requirements.

Signature interiors are designed by Conran and Partners, with whom we have liaised closely throughout.

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Architectural companies and their projects

Liverpool Waters (UK) The masterplanning of some 62ha of redundant docks, historically the lifeblood of the city which became in its prime the UK’s second city. Their challenge is to create a mixed-use development that will transform these docks into a new commercial core whilst respecting the heritage and uniqueness of the site. The docks must become a natural extension of the city centre whilst remaining an integral part of their immediate surroundings.

Baku Palace Hotel Azerbaijan The site of Azerbaijan’s principal hotel is immediately opposite the Parliament and facing the Remembrance Gardens. The 250 room tower is designed as a symbolic flame, which responds to the importance of oil to the nation, as well as exploiting the exceptional views from all the rooms to the Caspian Sea. The tower sits on a podium containing the public facilities of the hotel and a 30,000m² office building.

Glasgow Harbour, UK One of the UK’s largest and most prestigious regeneration projects, this £1.2 billion scheme will create a new city district, providing major benefits including access to the riverside for the first time in more than 100 years. The scheme will provide an outstanding waterside retail, leisure, commercial and residential destination.

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Chapman Taylor Chapman Taylor is an international practice of architects, masterplanners and interior designers operating from 17 regional offices and with experience of working in over 80 countries around the world.

The practice was established in the UK in 1959 and developed an early reputation as the designers of many prestigious office and residential developments in Central London, as well as working on the masterplanning of some of the major London estates.

During the 1970s and 1980s the practice was at the forefront of the dramatic expansion of the retail sector in the UK and designed the majority of the many successful shopping centres built at that time. In the early 1990s Chapman Taylor commenced its growth internationally, designing many projects outside the UK and opening its first offices on mainland Europe. w w w . c h a p m a n t a y l o r. c o m

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Henning Larsen Architects (Denmark) Henning Larsen Architects is an international architecture firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1959 by noted Danish architect and namesake Henning Larsen, it has around 200 employees. In 2011 the company worked on projects in more than 20 countries.

In 2008 Henning Larsen Architects opened an office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia named Henning Larsen Middle East and in 2011 an office in Munich,Germany were inaugurated. Most recently Henning Larsen Architects opened two offices. One in Oslo, Norway and one in Istanbul, Turkey. www.henninglarsen.com

HERLEV HOSPITAL

BATUMI AQUARIUM

The building complex as a whole will go from being a very ”large house” situated on a plot without outdoor spaces to becoming a ”built-up area” offering a variety of distinctive elements and eventful outdoor spaces. A hospital structure constitutes an organisation of a large number of small spaces which – in this project – are spatially contrasted by the near outdoor environment, inner gardens and courtyards.

The formation constitutes four self-supporting exhibition areas where each of the four stones represents a unique marine biotype – the Mediterranean, the Black Sea/Red Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Indian Ocean. The four dispersed aquarium exhibitions are connected by a central, multipurpose space including café, auditorium and retail functions with views of the black sea and Batumi beach as scenic backdrop. Visitors gather in the central space to convene, play, eat, shop and relax before continuing their adventures through the exhibitions.

A number of separate building volumes with contrasting geometries form an inspiring contrast to the existing structuralist building and contribute to considerately adapting the area as a whole to the scale of the surroundings.

MEDIACORP SINGAPORE The building is designed as a self-sufficient carbon neutral building.

With optimal daylight conditions and adding productivity gains, less sick days and better indoor climate for its people. Architecture can deliver functionality in an innovative way and become the working environment of choice.

The building is iconic in its character; it is designed as a strong gesture that embraces space and the future. This gesture is about openness.

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Batumi Aquarium will become a modern, cultural aquarium offering visitors an educational, entertaining and visually stimulating journey through the different seas. Unfolding around the aquarium, a landscape of different sea archipelagos provides attractive opportunities for innovative outdoor research and learning, public space and meeting places along the beach.

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Wilson Associates (USA) Internationally acclaimed design firm, Wilson Associates was founded in 1971 by Trisha Wilson, who built the brand around creating interiors for hotels, restaurants, clubs, casinos, and high-end residential properties.

The firm’s design philosophy is simple: design for the market. No specific “style” or “look” is attributed to the firm.

Instead, Wilson Associates creates custom interiors for each client, conducting extensive research to fulfill each owner and operator’s unique vision. Each project is brought to life through the incorporation of architectural details and décor positioned by local craftsmen to enhance geographical flavor and add value, while setting a global design standard. www.wilsonassociates.com

Armani Hotel Dubai A unique collaboration between Wilson Associates and Giorgio Armani, the Armani Dubai debuts in the Burj Khalifa tower as the first of Mr. Armani’s minimally opulent properties. Each space religiously adheres to the Armani aesthetic.

Conrad Bangkok Hotel At the Conrad Bangkok the design goal for Wilson Associates was to create a contemporary Asian hotel which would cater to the business traveler’s every need in terms of comfort, function and technology.

The luxury guestrooms and suites reveal the contemporary style of Thailand with the use of rich silks and natural wood.

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DP Architects (Singapore) DPA is a home-grown architectural practice evolving in tandem with the building of nationhood since the independence of Singapore. Founded in 1967 with a deep concern for the built environment and the need to create architecture of excellence, it aims to enrich the human experience and spirit through its planning and architectural works.

Growing from a single office of a dozen to 1,200 strong in twelve offices worldwide, they have generated many significant projects over more than 40 years of continued operation. Through a strong commitment to design excellence, they aspire to make our mark on the global stage by making significant contributions to the field of architecture and to the design environment. www.dpa.com.sg

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Marina Centre

The Singapore Flyer

Marina Centre is a development on the single largest site in downtown Singapore, a massive region of reclaimed land that links the city’s Central Business District with its eastern coastline, and an enormously important moment of transition and connectivity within the city. The project situates a collection of public spaces within a region previously inaccessible to pedestrians and generates a number of urban linkages which include two Mass Rapid Transit stations. All these factors make the site an inherent metropolitan focal point and urban centre of gravity. The commercial complex consists of three interwoven projects completed by DP Architects over a period spanning 1986-1997: Marina Square, Millenia Singapore, and Suntec City, the largest single privately-owned commercial project in Singapore.

The Singapore Flyer is designed as a means for Singapore to express itself as a magnet for tourism. A notable addition to the nation’s entertainment industry, the project is endorsed by the Singapore Tourism Board and supported by foreign investment.

It represents a major public destination at the heart of the business and commercial centre of Singapore, marking the southeastern corner of the city on a stretch of reclaimed land at the confluence of the Kallang and the Singapore Rivers. At 170m in height, the Singapore Flyer is the world’s tallest Ferris wheel.

Its design follows the structural logic of a bicycle wheel assembly, comprised by a trussed rim supported by tension cables affixed to the 150m-diameter hoop and central hub. The hub, in turn, is held by twin forks also stabilised by tension cables anchored to the ground. Each of 28 air-conditioned suspended glass capsules can accommodate 30 people, and the wheel makes one complete revolution every 37 minutes. Views from this man-made site offer an unprecedented perspective of downtown Singapore.

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Atkins (UK) WS Atkins plc (commonly known as Atkins) is a multinational engineering, design, planning, project management and consulting services company headquartered in Epsom, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1938 by Sir William Atkins.

As of 2012, Atkins is the largest engineering consultancy in the UK and the world’s fourteenth largest design firm by revenue. It employs approximately 18,000 staff based in 300 offices across 29 countries and has undertaken projects in over 150 countries. Its motto is “Plan, Design, Enable”.

Atkins is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. www.atkinsglobal.com

Bahrain World Trade Center

Lotus Hotel

Atkins provided multidisciplinary services for the twin 240m high office towers and shopping mall of the Bahrain World Trade Center.

Atkins provided architecture and landscape design for this low rise 355-room, five-star business and resort hotel located on an island in a perfectly circular lake in Lin Gang new town, Shanghai.

Atkins achieved a world first by aesthetically incorporating commercial wind turbines into the fabric of the building. The three 29m diameter wind turbines and the shape of the paired towers have a direct and tangible relationship via wind dynamics. The Carbon Critical Design of the Bahrain World Trade Center meant it was fully tenanted by major regional businesses from day one.

Atkins also received a number of accolades for the design including a Best Tall Building award from The Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, a Construction Week award and an Innovation award from The Building Exchange.

Our international competition winning project is the first completed building on a new island in an artificial lake and forms the centrepiece of the new port city. The three-dimensional design superimposes an ideal natural form of a five-leafed lotus flower on the irregularly shaped island. Each of the ‘leaves’ contains either wings of hotel rooms or guest facilities. These leaf forms challenge the typical hotel layout plan by introducing atrium gardens, bringing natural light into each area.

Meixi Lake Eco City Meixi Lake represents a sustainable city model, now in its implementation phase. Located to the west of Changsha City, Meixi Lake is positioned to be 'the future centre of Hexi City' with an expected population of 206,000 people.

Atkins’ masterplan embodies the spirit and objectives of an ecological city, maximising opportunities through transport infrastructure, promoting a development strategy of high density core areas (TOD – Transit Oriented Development), a new CBD, as well as seven character districts, all to be implemented over the evolutionary life of the development.

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B+H Architects (Canada) B+H Architects (formerly known as Bregman + Hamann Architects), founded in 1953, is an international architecture, interior design and urban planning firm working from offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Seattle, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Delhi, Doha, and Dubai. With over 450 architects, designers, planners, and practice support teams working in 12 offices around the world. B+H’s body of work spans all sectors including commercial, entertainment, healthcare, hospitality, industrial, institutional, residential, retail, sports, and transportation. www.bharchitects.com

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Ozdilek Centre

Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace

Istanbul, Turkey

Budapest, Hungary

The location for this project called for a contemporary mixed-use complex to transform the constricted urban site into multi-layered development. Site geometry and the significant difference in levels between its eastern and western edge suggested the concept which was also inspired by the mountain river cascading between two hills. Two public plazas at opposite ends of the site are anchored by a 38-storey hotel/office tower and 37-storey condominium tower. A glazed skylit pedestrian circulation element meanders and bends like a river between the plazas, cascading down to a shopping area and effectively accommodating the difference in levels between the plazas.

This hotel was designed by Patrick Fejér, founder and principal of Formanyelv, now a Principal at B+H. He oversaw the conversion of an Art Nouveau Palace into a luxury hotel, which was featured in Condé Nast Magazine and won Best New Hotel in Europe.

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The project involved reconstructing the old structure, a three-storey underground parking garage, and the addition of an upper guest room floor and rooftop spa. The diverse palette of new and original materials ranged from gold mosaic to bronze structural fittings.

Formanyelv was responsible interior design as well as architecture for the spa. Interior design for the rest of the project was provided

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RNL Architecture (USA) RNL Design is a Denver based multidisciplinary design firm offering services in architecture, interior design, planning and urban design, landscape architecture, lighting design and facilities master planning. Founded in 1956, a oneman operation in Denver known as John B. Rogers, Architect. Rogers, the “R” in RNL Design, studied architectural engineering at Kansas State University. Rogers came to Denver in 1947 to work for the architectural firm Smith, Hegner and Moore. After working in Denver, he attended the University of Texas, earning a bachelor of architecture degree in 1951, and an MBA from the University of Colorado in 1984.Rogers joined forces with Jerome Nagel in 1961 to form Rogers Nagel Architects. In 1966 Rogers Nagel Architects joined with Victor Langhart to form Rogers Nagel Langhart Architects and Engineers. www.rnldesign.com

Ocean Journey Aquarium

The Cable Center

Colorado’s Ocean Journey is an interactive aquarium, presenting the story of water and its journey from the mountains to the sea through various fragile ecosystems and climactic zones.

The facility, which holds roughly one million gallons of water, incorporates modern interactive exhibitry, hands-on displays, explanatory wayfinding and elements of sight, sound, temperature and humidity to create immersive experiences. Exhibits range from traditional jewel tanks to large acrylic-windowed ocean tanks that replicate mountain, aviary and marine mammal habitats. These presentations are represented as dynamic environments, with immense rock canyons and waterfalls, surprise flash floods and dense rain forests.

The Cable Center establishes a powerful architectural image for the cable television industry. The building consists of four quadrants with one “missing.” In its place is a monumental glazed atrium, the center’s lobby and principal space. This Great Hall is approached through an adjacent garden that holds an outdoor movie theater; inside, exhibit and other spaces are arranged in linear, multi-level blocks. The center’s central theme – the “Power of the Coaxial Cable” – is articulated by the Great Hall’s central feature: a multiscreened video wall connected to a world map on the floor. Glass exterior walls reflect the industry’s sophistication and high-tech nature; granite and limestone cladding mimics the texture of adjacent buildings.

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Geometrica Geometrica has designed, manufactured and installed domes and space frame structures since 1992. The company has developed unique technology to build stunning long-span structures for architectural and industrial buildings.

With facilities in Houston, Texas and Monterrey, Mexico, Geometrica supports its clients with a global network of representatives, and has delivered domes and space frames in over 25 countries. Our structures are used in sports venues, convention centers, houses of worship, offices, industrial plants and domes for environmental protection. The construction is based on an advanced structural system, either in steel or aluminum, and covered in materials such as glass, wood or metal.

Geometrica generates value on the following: · Customer first. Every Geometrica building is custom-engineered to meet our client’s requirements. Wiki workspaces enable agile project collaboration and timely completion. · Dependable organization. Its long history of successful deliveries make Geometrica the preferred and trusted solution. · Environmental awareness. Geometrica structures are milestones in their localities, enhance our customer’s image, and protect the environment. · Cost. Technology based products make Geometrica solutions competitive with conventional systems. · Certified Quality. BSI, the largest ISO 9001 registrar in the world, certifies that Geometrica’s Quality Management System complies with ISO 9001:2008 standard.

Considering its customers’ needs, Geometrica offers: · Architectural Solutions. · Industrial Buildings. · Bulk Material Storage. www.geometrica.com/en/about

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~ Puerto Rico’s Museo del Nino brings the outdoors in When you live on an island, blue skies and sunshine are a normal and natural part of your life. So when architect René Acosta Jr. was appointed to create the new Children’s Museum building in Carolina, Puerto Rico, he chose to make natural light and an ever-present view of the sky the signature for his breathtaking design.

Keeping Coal Clean This article details the background and construction of a coal storage circular dome for Indonesia’s largest fertilizer producer, PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur (Pupuk-Kaltim).

Omnimax Theater

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Digest of architectural projects

DIGEST OF ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS www.architecturaldigest.com/ architecture/2013-02/bestarchitectural-projects-slideshow

HARPA Concert Hall and Conference Center Reykjavik, Iceland Even before its official opening, this gemlike venue breathed new life into the Icelandic capital’s once-sleepy harbor, captivating locals and luring visitors with its kaleidoscopic façade of multicolor glass. The crystalline shell, conceived by artist Olafur Eliasson, wonderfully complements the structure’s aggregate of jagged, geometric volumes. At night, exterior LED strips activate, transforming the waterfront landmark into a shimmering beacon of beauty.

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Burj Khalifa Dubai, United Arab Emirates Rising a dizzying 2,717 feet above the desert, this spectacular supertower reigns as the tallest structure in the world. Its 162 floors contain offices, residences, restaurants, an Armani hotel, and an observation deck, 124 stories up. The strength of its design stems not only from its awe-inspiring verticality but also from its sleek silhouette. Wrapped in a glass curtain wall with steel mullions that catch the Arabian sun, the building tapers gradually from its Y-shaped base, with setbacks culminating in a 700-foot spire.

Gardens by the Bay Singapore Side-by-side parabolic conservatories of glass and steel anchor this cutting-edge botanical garden in Singapore’s booming Marina Bay district. Named the 2012 building of the year by the World Architecture Festival, the Wilkinson Eyre–designed structures replicate distinct climates — one dry, the other humid — allowing for diverse attractions like a flower meadow and a misty mountain forest.

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Linked Hybrid Beijing Composed of eight connected towers, this mixed-use complex represents a compelling vision for 21st-century urban development.

To combat the isolation often associated with luxury residential buildings and gated communities, the architects placed wide, open passages at ground level, ushering pedestrians into a series of public spaces that include gardens, shops, restaurants, and schools.

The Shard London Familiar to watchers of last summer’s Olympic Games, this 72-story skyscraper — the tallest in Western Europe — has transformed the British capital’s skyline, rising arrestingly on the southern banks of the Thames. Inspired by church steeples, the structure comprises eight angled glass façades that variously reflect the surrounding city and sky and offer crystal-clear glimpses inside. Intended by Piano to act as a vertical village, the multifunctional building includes offices, apartments, restaurants, and a hotel — all crowned by a recently opened observation platform, which affords stunning views up to 40 miles in every direction.

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Perot Museum of Nature and Science Dallas Architect Thom Mayne, the Pritzker Prize–winning founder of Morphosis, is famous for breaking the mold, and his latest building is no exception. Sheathed in panels of textured concrete, it consists of a five-story cube, fractured at one corner and set atop a sweeping plinth planted with Texas grasses. Slashed across the cube’s exterior is a dramatic glass-enclosed escalator, which whisks visitors to the top-floor entrance to the exhibits.

Parrish Art Museum Water Mill, New York Topped by a double-gable roof of white corrugated metal, the Parrish’s strikingly horizontal new home melds brilliantly with its setting, nodding in form to both the traditional barns and the cottagelike artist studios that have long been associated with Long Island’s East End.

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Guangzhou Opera House Both buildings are clad in great expanses of steel-framed glass and granite panels — the complexity of which led to challenges during construction and in ongoing maintenance. But the futuristic complex is an emphatic statement on the ambitions of 21st-century China.

Metropol Parasol Seville, Spain When excavation for a parking garage unearthed Roman artifacts in Seville’s Plaza de la Encarnación, city officials opted to commission this welcoming landmark instead.

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Absolute World Mississauga, Ontario These residential high-rises strike a voluptuous profile in Toronto’s largest suburb. With continuous balconies and elliptical floor plans, the 50- and 56-story skyscrapers appear to shimmy and twist, each around its own axis.

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PUBLIC TRANSPORT

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Public transport (North American English: public transportation or public transit) is a shared passenger transport service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from taxicabs, car pooling or hired buses which are not shared by individuals without prior arrangement.

Types of Public Transport include buses, trolleybuses, trams and trains, rapid transit(metro/subways/undergrounds etc) and ferries. Public transport between cities is largely dominated by airlines, coach and intercity rail services. High-speed rail networks are being developed in many parts of the world.

Most public transport runs to a scheduled timetable with the most frequent services running to major cities.

In many parts of the world Share taxis offers on-demand services and most services will wait until the vehicle is full before it starts.

Air transport is sometimes used in areas of low-demand and for people who need a door-to-door service.

There are distinct differences in how urban public transit services are administered between Asia, North America, and Europe. In Asia, mass transit operations are predominately run by profitdriven privately owned and publicly traded mass transit and real estate conglomerates. In North America, mass transit operations are predominately operated by municipal transit authorities.

In Europe, mass transit operations are predominately run by outsourced private transport operators.

Public transport services can maximize their revenues by charging by-the-distance higher ticket rates or can be supported by government subsidies in which lower flat rate fares are charged to each passenger. Services can increase their profits through increasing their passenger numbers and increasing ticket prices, or can be regulated and subsidized from local or national tax revenue.

Fully subsidized, zero-fare (free) services operate in some towns and cities.

For historical and economic reasons, there are differences internationally regarding use and extent of public transport systems.

While countries in the Old World tend to have extensive and frequent systems serving their old and compact cities, many cities of the New World have much larger geographical boundaries and a much less comprehensive public transport network.

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Ecological city transport Rapid transit (Metropolitan Railway electric locomotives) Rapid transit is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. Unlike buses and trams, rapid transit systems operate on an exclusive right-of-way which is usually run in tunnels or on elevated railways.

Modern services on rapid transit systems operate on designated lines between stations typically powered by electric contact points on the railway lines, although some systems use guided rubber tyres, magnetic levitation, or monorail. The stations typically have high platforms, without steps inside the trains, requiring custom-made trains designed to fit each network. They are typically integrated with the other public transport systems in the geographical area, and are often operated by the same public transport authorities, but in some instances fully independent light rail transit services do run alongside and compete with the other available services.

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In 1868, New York opened the elevated West Side and Yonkers Railway, initially a cable-hauled line using static steam engines.

The world's largest rapid transit system by both length of track (including non-revenue track) and number of stations is the New York City Subway.

Rapid transit is unchallenged in its ability to transport large amounts of people quickly over short distances. Variations of rapid transit include people movers, small-scale light metro, and the commuter rail hybrid S-Bahn.

By length of its passenger lines, the largest are the Seoul Metropolitan Subway, Beijing Subway, Shanghai Metro and London Underground.

The first rapid-transit system was the partially underground Metropolitan Railway which opened in 1863, and now forms part of the London Underground.

The busiest metro systems in the world by daily and annual passenger numbers are the Tokyo subway system, the Seoul Metropolitan Subway, and the Moscow Metro.

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Trams and trains A tram-train is a light-rail public transport system where trams run both on an urban tramway network and main-line railway lines which are shared with conventional trains. This combines the tram's flexibility and accessibility with a train's greater speed, and bridges the distance between the main railway stations and city centers.

the Rijn GouweLijn in the Netherlands, at Mulhouse in France and in Kassel and SaarbrĂźcken in Germany.

Some transport networks operate train-trams, which are trains modified to also run on tramlines.

The tram-train concept was pioneered with the Karlsruhe model in Germany, and has since been adopted on projects such as

Trolleybus A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tram or trolley) is an electric bus that draws its electricity from overhead wires (generally suspended from roadside posts) using spring-loaded trolley poles. Two wires and poles are required to complete the electrical circuit. This differs from a tram or streetcar, which normally uses the track as the return part of the electrical path and therefore needs only one wire and one pole (or pantograph). They also are distinct from other kinds of electric buses, which usually rely on batteries.

Currently, around 300 trolleybus systems are in operation, in cities and towns in 43 countries.

Historically trolleybus usage peaked at about 800 networks worldwide; this has now declined to around 400 networks worldwide.

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THE MOST UNUSUAL SCULPTURES FROM AROUND THE WORLD http://brightside.me/article/15-of-themost-unusual-sculptures-from-aroundthe-world-14055/#image154855

Among the many traditional monuments and statues you can find in almost any town or city in the world, there are those whose sculptors appear to have departed completely from convention.

We picked out a few of the most interesting, surprising and downright strange ones we could find.

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The Mustangs of Las Colinas Texas, USA This is one of the largest groups of sculptured horses in the world. These bronze statues are 1 and a half times bigger than real horses, although in photographs it often seems that they are smaller. They have special fountains built into their feet which shoot out water in such a way as to create the impression that they’re galloping through a river.

Monument to a woman’s handbag Italy This somewhat odd, but vaguely amusing sculpture was first presented in Italy at an exhibition titled ’Thoughts. Space. A dialogue between nature and imagination.’

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Memorial to a computer technician Krasnoyarsk, Russia A memorial to a computer technician in the form of a work station: a chair, table, computer, desk light and even a jacket have been sculpted to beautiful effect. Only the technician himself is missing!

Knotted gun sculpture New York, USA This sculpture was created by Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd at the end of 1980, in memory of John Lennon who was shot in the same year.

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The Travellers Marseilles, France This is a whole series of sculptures which have been not only placed around the streets of Marseilles but have also made appearances at numerous modern art exhibitions.

Monument to the Unknown Bureaucrat Reykjavik, Iceland The ’Unknown Bureaucrat’ was created in 1994 by Iceland artist and sculptor Magnus Tomasson. It’s probably the most noticeable, and certainly the most amusing and expressive sculpture in the city, which is notablef or the many little intriguing details that can be picked out.

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Headington Shark Oxford, Britain The significance behind this sculpture is much greater than may appear at first sight. It was erected on the 41st anniversary of the nuclear attack on Nagasaki at the end of World War II. The sculpture depicts a beautiful, if potentially deadly lethal weapon falling from the sky.

De Vaartkapoen Brussels, Belgium This statue was erected in 1985 in the Molenbeek area of Brussels.

The scene it depicts is reminiscent of a comedy sketch: a man unexpectedly emerges from a manhole and pulls the feet from underneath a policeman. It’s author is Belgian sculptor Tom Frantzen.

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Memorial to Nelson Mandela South Africa Nelson Mandela’s profile is formed from 50 steel columns, representing the 50 years since his arrest and political persecution.

His likeness can be seen only if you stand at a certain angle to the columns; otherwise, they seem to be just a clump of poles.

Force of Nature This is the title of a series of sculptures created by Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn, in which women are depicted holding the Earth in a length of cloth. The statues have been placed in many cities around the world, including in the UK, USA, Monaco and Singapore.

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The Wedding Rings Vancouver, Canada One of the most unusual attractions in Vancouver. The rings are made from steel, aluminium and glass. They stick out of the ground at an angle, as though they’re about to fall over. However, in reality they are both firmly stuck in the ground, a symbol of the strength of love.

People by the River Singapore Chong Fah Cheong, the creator of these statues, is well-known for making a large number of statues which depict people who live and work along the banks of the rivers in Singapore.

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Statue of Franz Kafka Prague, Czech Republic The idea behind Jaroslav Róna’s statue is far from clear. One theory holds that it is a reference to the Kafka’s ’Description Of A Struggle’, whose main character became envious of a fellow traveller and clambered up onto his shoulders in order to see the world through different eyes. Having stepped inside another’s skin, his envy towards the unknown person disappeared, as he found out that everyone has their own burdens.

Bureaucratic Themis Denmark This sculpture by Danish artist Jens Galschiot depicts the goddess of justice as an overweight woman, who sits on the shoulders of a thin, emaciated man. The two figures represent the industrial world and Africa, respectively.

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Monument to Sigmund Freud Prague, Czech Republic According to one popular theory, with this statue Czech sculptor David Černý wanted to show the distance of the intelligentsia from the ordinary people. This is such a wonderful sculpture that anyone going to Prague simply has to take the time to go and see it.

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Abdel Hadi A. Al-Qahtani & Sons Group of Companies 9th Bareedh Street – AlAdama, Damman, Saudi Arabia Phone: 00966318261477 Email: info@ahqsons.com Website: www.ahqsons.com

Originally founded by Sheikh Abdel Hadi Abdullah Al-Qahtani in the 1940’s as a wholesaler and supplier of food products and materials, the business has grown and diversified into supplying other industries including petrochemicals and the oil & gas industries. As the need grew for local manufacturing and local products, the Group diversified its activities in the 1950’s to include manufacturing, contracting and services.

Huge investment and facilities in pipe corrosion services, manufacturing of spiral weld steel pipes, water treatment chemicals, nails, galvanized wire manufacturing, industrial and medical gases, water bottling, engineering and construction and bulk food packaging now make up a large portion of the Group’s activities.

The Group’s new activity will be engaged in Aviation Services with number of flights in the name “ALQAHTANI AVIATION” in Gulf region throughout the end of this year.

Mr. Tariq Al-Qahtani Owner, Chairman

The Group is constructing largest new plant “Al-Qahtani Chemicals” for Chemical production in South region of Saudi Arabia and production will be started during next few months. Group Five Saudi Pipe and PCK Pipe Line are sister companies of this group, producing steel pipes and supplying to Aramco and other countries.

Not overlooking the services side of its activities, the Group has ventured into areas such as insurance, travel, tourism, transportation and custom clearance. In order to diversify its investment portfolio in the early 1970’s the Group established an office in Houston Texas to assist the Group in support and business development. Thereafter with the expansion in business activities, other offices were established in Europe and other major Middle East countries.

Pipe Inspection, Environmental Protection Services, exploration of mineral resources, vehicles and machinery and real estate Investment are other areas where the Group has expanded its services and investments. The Group owns vast areas of agricultural land used for farming and raising of various types of livestock and in particular, prized pure bred Arabian horses.

The Group represents major international manufacturers and suppliers and is involved in joint venture investment projects. A staff of highly qualified and dedicated professionals oversees this area of the business with customer service being a priority.

The Food Division is part of the company which started importing and distribution of food products in 1940 and engaged in retail and wholesale market in Kingdom-wide with strong network of offices in distribution of best quality products such as “Milk Evaporated, Canned Meat Tuna, “A” grade Basmati Rice, White Oats, Tea, Salt and other consumer products under agency agreements by different renowned companies around the world.

The Food Division has comprehensive strategy to cover the local market and in other neighbor countries in the field of food supplies and aimed to establish a food processing factory in Saudi Arabia near in the future.

We are focusing our activities to achieve sustainable improvements in the earning power and value of the Group.

With five decades of experience the Group has established itself as a reliable supplier of materials, equipment, engineering services and other products to the major players in the oil, gas, construction, petrochemical, water and power industries in Saudi Arabia and the other GCC member countries.

The skills and talents of our management and employees (over 9000) coupled with our strategy to develop new opportunities that is proud of its history for the Group.

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AL MASKAN Engineering Consultants Main office: Ras AL Khaimah

Branch 1: Abu Dhabi

Phone: +971 72289299 Fax: +971 2289399

Phone: +971 26772889 Fax: +971 22 6772899

Email: info@almaskanengineering.com Website: www.almaskanengineering.com AL MASKAN Engineering Consultants is an outstanding private sector organization in architectural, civil engineering consultancy and project management.

The organization was established on 27/11/2004 under License No. 22527 United Arab Emirates - Ras Al Khaimah Government - Department of Economic Development.

AL MASKAN’s main office is in Ras Al Khaimah with a branch in Abu Dhabi.

AL MASKIN provides consulting services at various stages of engineering work including the economic viability, the preparation of various designs and the supervision of the project implementation, the work extends beyond implementation in terms of providing managementadvice as well as operation and projects maintenance.

The organization has worked since its inception on several projects which differ in size and nature, such as:

Mr. Mousa Abdul Wahid Abdul Wahid Alshehhi

· Offices and commercial buildings

CEO of Al Maskan Engineering Consultants

· Schools

· Residential projects

· Mosques · Government buildings Al Maskin keeps the pace of engineering and technical development worldwide. It has adopted distinctive programs and tools in the design, drawing and supervision to give it the best results for owners and employers, as well as electronic services to achieve customer satisfaction by simplifying the process of communicating with institutions by communicating withtheir business anywhere in the world.

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Abdul Samad Al Qurashi, Perfume Manufacturing Al Awali Street, Makkah, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia Phone: +966 12 53 9 55 44 Fax: +966 12 53 2 6061 Email: ceo@abdulsamadalqurashi.com Website: www.asqgrp.com ASQ company has been bringing exceptional perfume to the international market for over 150 years. The brilliant success was started in 1852 and their methods have been passed down for generations.

In 1932, Sheikh Abdul Samad Al Qurashi opened his first shop in Mecca, in the direction of Safa in Al Haram alSharif specialising in unquie perfumes with the rarest of ingrediants.

Sheikh Abdul Samad Al Qurashi has traveled the world to pick the most beautiful and rarest flowers and herbs for his perfumes.

Mohammed Ben Abdul Samad Al Qurashi Doctor, CEO

The Quest has been passed down to his 4 sons.

The CEO Mohammed Abdul Samad Al Qurashi has presented ASQ in a way that attracts each new generation to keep the legacy. Now, ASQ has thousands of products with nearly 500 distribution points all over the world: in KSA, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, London - UK, Paris - France, Tunisia, Iraq, Yemen and Turkey.

ASQ has realized that the perfume is the key to happiness and beauty. The perfume’s essence reflects the outer beauty. Perfume often enhances moods and increases the energy in the body.

ASQ main target was to give life a special essence and to increase its beauty and vitality.

ASQ Company’s aim is to satisfy all customers and tend to their needs in order to broadcast the joy of thousands of exceptional perfumes around the world.

Professionalism is the way ASQ Company operates. ASQ encourages customers to provide feedback, helps workers increase their skills, and aims to maintain authenticity and traditions in all of its products.

ASQ family has successfully presented its vision and well delivered the magic of the perfumes word-wide.

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Aqaba Development Corporation AlShareef Hussien Bin Ali, Aqaba, 77110, Jordan Phone: +96232019933 Email: kyamani@adc.jo Website: www. adc.jo

ADC was launched in 2004 as the central development arm for the ASEZ. ADC is a private shareholding company owned by Government of Jordan and the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) and is mandated to develop ASEZ by building new infrastructure and required superstructure, expanding existing utilities, creating necessary business for ASEZ and managing/operating key facilities.

ADC, as the central investment arm for ASEZA, operates under ASEZA’s umbrella as ASEZA is the institution responsible for the development of the zone and the execution of its master plan. ADC recognizes its social responsibility towards the Aqaba community and has adopted a comprehensive corporate social responsibility program focusing on health, education and community empowerment that supports the empowerment of the community and the development of its human resources in partnership and coordination with Aqaba special Economic Zone Authority and in partnership with NGOs operating in Aqaba and its private sector.

Ghassan Ghanem H.E. Eng., CEO

VISION

“A world class business hub and leisure destination on the Red Sea, acts as a development driving force for Jordan that improves the quality of life and prosperity for the community through sustainable development”.

Mission:

“Accelerate the economic development in ASEZ by prudently leveraging public resources and aggressively mobilizing private sector participation”.

Core Values

· Efficiency and high professionalism within team work spirit. · Justice, equal opportunities, transparency, commitment, integrity and discipline. · Initiative, innovation, dissemination of knowledge and technology. · Social Responsibility.

ADC owns Aqaba ports assets, airport and strategic parcels of land, as well as the development/ management rights for these assets and for key infrastructure and utilities. ADC strives to develop these assets and optimize private sector participation in their development and management so as to stimulate ASEZ's economy and promote the overall economic growth and development of ASEZ and the Kingdom of Jordan.

ADC managed to maximize the attraction of private sector developers/operators through the establishment of public private partnerships (PPPs). ADC has also the responsibility to implement ASEZ Master Plan in a manner that ensures integrated development.

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Arab Bridge Maritime Company Al Sharief Hussein Bin Ali St., Aqaba, 77110, Jordan Phone: +96232092000 Email: info@ abmaritime.com.jo Website: www.abmaritime.com.jo

Arab Bridge Maritime is the outcome of the significant joint venture between the governments of Jordan, Egypt and Iraq. AB Maritime was founded in November 1985 with a paid-up capital of $6 million distributed equally between the three partner governments. The capital increased in profits several times and is now $100 million.

AB Maritime Started its operations with hired vessels, but now owns its own fleet of seven vessels with an estimated value of over $ 100 Million. It is also planning to increase its fleet force in the near future in order to serve the current expansion of its operations. AB Maritime is managed by elected executive team of professionals nominated by the Board of Directors and considered one of the leading Maritime companies in the region. This is due to the practical experience and professionalism of its management team that contributes to the achievement of high quality results.

Services

Mr. Hussein Souob

· Passengers’ transport in daily regular trips between Aqaba- Nuweibaa’;

Managing Director, Excellency

· Vehicle and goods shipping between Aqaba- Nuwaiba; · Transport Al Haj and Omra pilgrims from North Africa and Egypt to Saudi Arabia through AqabaNuweibaa’; · Tourists’ transport between Aqaba and Taba.

The Touristic line

AB Maritime introduced the services of high speed craft “Babel” with the aim of encouraging tourists to visit resorts in South Sina (Taba, Nuweibaa’, Dahab, and Sharm Al Sheikh) and also to explore the golden triangle in Jordan Aqaba, Rum and Petra. This step has had a major role in promoting tourism between Asia and Africa by providing excellent services for tourists in terms of completion of travel procedures on board, also fast travel from one country to another in less than an hour, along with distinguished service with unique, enjoyable and safe trips.

AB Maritime also owns:

· 50% shares from the Arab Ship Management Ltd. · 30% shares of the Jordanian Academy for Maritime Studies · Permanent offices in Aqaba, Amman, and Cairo · Desalination plant in Nuweibaa

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National Savings & Credit Bank (NATSAVE) Plot No.248B, Cairo Road, Lusaka, 10101, Zambia Phone: +260-211-227534 Email: chabuc@natsave.co.zm Website: www.natsave.co.zm

National Savings and Credit Bank (NATSAVE) was created on 1st April 1972 by an Act of Parliament, namely National Savings and Credit Act, Chapter 423 of the laws of Zambia.

Mr. Chephas Chimfwembe Chabu Chief Executive Officer/ Managing Director

The bank’s main mandate is to increase the level of financial inclusion, especially for the marginalized rural population. The Government of the Republic of Zambia under its National Financial inclusion strategy became signatory to the Maya declaration of 2011 in which it committed itself to increasing financial inclusion from 37.3% (2011) to 50% by 2016. Being a state owned bank, NATSAVE positioned itself to serve as government’s flagship in driving this financial inclusion agenda and the bank has since contributed to the growth of the banked adult population from 37.3% (2011) to 59.3% (2015). Small and Medium Enterprises are among Natsave’s most important clients. These businesses are being served and developed as they are the key to the economic development of the country. They are a major source of employment for a huge section of the population, and they highly contribute to the diversification of the economy, which has traditionally relied on copper exports for many decades. These initiatives have contributed to the bank being identified as the fourth most used bank by the adult population under the FinScope survey. The bank further received the outstanding Outreach Award – 2015 under the Central Bank Governor’s Award.

In its’ quest of strengthening its market position, the bank in the past years has embarked on a branch network expansion program with a well–spread out foot print of 35 branches with an additional three opening end of 2015. This network covers all the ten provinces of the Republic of Zambia. Presently, the banking sector in Zambia is generally characterized by high level concentration in urban areas. Natsave is addressing this imbalance through its opening of more rural branches. Financial inclusion in urban areas stands at 70.3% whereas in rural areas it stands at 50.1%.

The bank has further embarked on the re-engineering of most of its business processes by adding on other service delivery channels which include Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), Point of Sale Terminals (POS) and others.

The bank has further been developing customized credit and savings products appropriate for specific needs of various market segments. This offering is supported by an intensive financial literacy program.

These innovations are further being enhanced by the bank’s recent acquisition of a robust, top of the line, and modern IT system which will create a positive impact on product innovation and transform the bank into a financial institution that will not only meet the current needs of its customers but also their future needs. This has demonstrated Natsave’s growing business commitment to Zambia’s national economic development.

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Ecopaint-Angola Projecto Morar, casa 4, Viana II Luanda, Angola Phone: +244 928 113 351, +244 919 981 301 Email: geral@ecopaint-angola.com Website: www.ecopaint-angola.com

Rui Amorim Director

Ecopaint-Angola is a construction (maintenance of public buildings and private) with over 30 years of experience. Ecopaint has technicians and skilled labourers that are committed to service. The company is prepared to meet clients from both small and medium businesses, always offering a smart and economical solution for those who need to renovate or build.

With services conducted in accordance to the quality standards Ecopaint- Angola cherishes, the organization also provides includes a warranty on all services.

Ecopaint strives to establish a transparent relationship with clients, providing support through differentiated service with care during business hours, Monday through Friday, and emergency service on weekends and holidays.

As well as the provision of services, Ecopaint abide by their own HEALTH AND SAFETY at work regulations, as well as actions for improvement in terms of professional staff.

Ecopaint – Angola are available to answer any of your questions and look forward to speaking with you!

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Complex Farben – Josef Schellhorn GmbH Egerbach 50a, 6334, Schwoich, Austria Phone: +43 / 664 / 88 388 601 Email: office@complex-farben.at Website: www.complex-farben.at

Our wood care products are manufactured on the basis of vegetable oils, naturally drying vegetable fatty acids, natural waxes and ecological raw materials. The only solvents used are isoparaffins, so-called isopar fluids and natural terpenes.

ISOPAR FLUIDS are high-boiling, highly refined and extremely low-odorous solvents with a very high degree of purity; they are free from harmful substances and well tolerated by the skin.

These solvents were previously mainly used for the production of household detergents, household insecticides, and in the cosmetics industry for ointments etc.

We have deliberately refrained from using linseed-oil products for our vegetable oils (yellowish colour on light wood, fast yellowing and high risk of spontaneous ignition, bad odour).

Josef Schellhorn CEO

We therefore use oils and vegetable fatty acids on the basis of soybean, safflower, coconut and castor oils (see the attachment). These oils have a considerably higher resistance to yellowing; excellent drying properties and flow; adhesion; flexibility; and resistance to chemicals and water (no risk of spontaneous ignition).

The types of wax used, namely beeswax, carnauba wax, paraffin wax or liquid paraffin, corresponding to the Austrian or German Pharmacopoeia (ÖAB or DAB) (see the attached raw materials table). These waxes are also used in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and packaging industries (FDA-BGA-Federal Public Health Office registration).

A microfine titanium dioxide, which is also contained in high-quality sunscreen agents, is used as a natural UV absorber.

These high-quality raw materials are a guarantee for a high-quality final product.

This has been repeatedly confirmed by our experience of almost twenty years in the production of wood preservative waxes.

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History:

In 1969, the Huberproducts factory was built in Schwoich near Kufstein. For many years, the factory produced a number of key products, namely rustproofing paints.

In 1989, Huberproducts Complex was taken over again - this time by Josef Schellhorn, who had already spent over ten years working as plant manager for the company founder. The wood preservatives and wood finishing product range was then expanded further. The company also took steps to ensure that only natural raw materials which have less of an impact on the environment are used during production.

Since 1992, the only solvents to be used are aromatic-free and odourless special petroleum ethers (free from chlorinated hydrocarbons), natural terpenes and water. As a result, Huberproducts Complex became one of the first companies in Europe to begin manufacturing aromatic-free wood preservatives without sacrificing product quality.

In 2000, the company Josef Schellhorn GmbH Complex-Farben was established.

In 2002, the company's new premises were built on the Egerbach Schwoich industrial park. The new building was needed in order to cope with growing logistical and production-related demands. A training room for customers (specialist retailers, sales representatives etc.) was integrated into the newly-built plant.

In 2007, Expansion of its international business area by increasing the export markets.

From 2010, Numerous new certifications of our entire product range by various guidelines and regulations for organic, low-emission and ecological products (VOC, emissions, Kinderspiezlzeugnorm, saliva and perspiration fastness, light fastness, heat resistance, green guard environment, ...).

Close working relationships with the development laboratories of raw material suppliers and authorised testing institutions guarantee top-quality, state-of-the-art products. Exports to EU countries (Germany, Italy, France, the Czech Republic, Slovakia) and Switzerland are further proof of the high quality of Complex products.

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Golden City Facility Management Company (Kuyumcukent Isletme A.S., KIAS) Yenibosna Central District, Ladin Street, 4/1005, Bahçelievler, Istanbul, Turkey, 34197 Phone: +90 212 603 00 00 Fax: +90 212 603 00 15 Email: info@kuyumcukent.com.tr / info@kias.com.tr Website: www.kuyumcukent.com.tr Golden city, founded in 2006, is the center of the Turkish jewelry production and trade in Istanbul. It’s the world’s biggest gold, silver and jewelry industry and trade integrated facility. Golden City brings jewel manifacturing, marketing and sales to the modern facility which has many upper and lower stuctures. The facility is both a work and living center which contains more than 2500 business places, employes 12000 workers and guests 20000 people every day in 330.000 m² indoor area. Golden City was been built with 100 percent domestic capital.

It has placed its’s name in history as Turkey’s most important industry and retail investment. Golden City’s market value is above 1 billion dollars and it has 2550 partners.

Golden City’s yearly gold sales equates to 600 tons and it’s capital liability is 150 million TL with a 30 billion dollar business volume. The major part ( 90 %) of Turkey’s yearly gold, silver and jewel production, sales and export is processed in Golden City. Golden City’s Facility Management Company is responsible for the management and operation of Golden City.

Mr. Selami Tutuncuoglu General Manager & Vice Chairman of the Board Directors

As the Middle East’s biggest integrated gold, silver and jewel production and trade center, Golden City can only be administrated by a professional operation company. KİAŞ, which manages Golden City, was founded in conjunction with flat owners in July 2004. KİAŞ’s main activity is the facilities management. It is a joint-stock and commercial company whose funds are 7,5 billion TL, its monthly turnover is 3 billion TL and it has nearly 1900 partners with more than 200 workers.

Production/services description and competitive advantages:

· Delivery of policy & code of conduct for the facility;

· Managing all the social, health-sport facilities, production & trade centers, fun and food locations and renting processes; · Arranging healthy neighborhood conditions, environmentally friendly to members; · Public Relations; · Managing and operating Wedding World Shopping Center in facility; · Industrial Chemical Waste Water Treatment Service; · Security; · Care and Cleaning; · Technical care and restoration; · Landscape; · Arranging the advertisement of the activity of manufacturing, direct sale, retail sale and activities in domestic and abroad fairs and seminars; · Organizing education to overcome the sectors specialized workers problem and also collaborate with universities, supporting the sector on human resource. · Provide advisory support to gold and jewelry production and trade sectors with similar potential to Golden City all over the world.

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Etisal International Group PO Box 24011, Jeddah, 21446, Saudi Arabia Phone: +966 12 650 7777 Fax: +966 12 657 7733 Email: faisal.alsager@etisal.com.sa Website: www.etisal.com.sa

Etisal International Group is a leading business process outsourcing (BPO) provider in the Middle East. Established in 2003, Etisal provides COPC compliant operations in order to remain the foremost dynamic business partner committed to providing innovative BPO services to allow our partners’ focus on core business. The services Etisal provides include contact center services and solutions, sales force outsourcing, HR outsourcing, IT support and helpdesk outsourcing, e-archiving and digitization, and many more.

Etisal has 3 divisions. The Saudi Arabia division serves the whole Saudi Arabia market, and employs more than 1,500 employees. The Egypt division serves the Egyptian market and other Arab and Middle East countries, and employs more than 2,000 employees. The India division serves the Indian market and the global English speaking countries, and employs more than 500 employees.

Mohammed Al Sager Chairman

Mohamed Eissa CEO

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Hydra Arc (Pty) Ltd 124 Danie Theron Street, Secunda Mpumalanga, South Africa, 2302 Phone: +27 17 620 3403 Fax: +027 17 631 5542 Email: jan.maswanganyi@hydra-arc.com Website: www.hydra-arc.com

Hydra-Arc, initially established in 1987 to source and supply welding and maintenance skills for Sasol shutdowns, has now established Sky-Hill Heavy Engineering, a facility for the fabrication of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, piping spools, structural steel and mechanical installations.

SA fabrication specialist looks to the global market

Originally founded by Jose Maciel in 1987 to source and supply artisans to the petrochemical industry in the Secunda area to satisfy the project and shutdown needs of local plants, Hydra-Arc has its roots in identifying and training skilled people from all over the country. Hydra-Arc began by creating a database of locally skilled and qualified people for use during maintenance shutdowns. This work continues today via Jomele Labour Hire and Placements, which recruits artisans for placement within the Group and on client sites for the duration of project or maintenance contracts.

Jan Mhlaba Maswanganyi Chief Executive Officer

In 2002, realising the importance of skills for the future of the South African fabrication industry, Maciel established the Jose Maciel Welding Academy. This has evolved into the Mshiniwami Training Academy, with the capacity to train up to 1 000 artisans every year. This highly successful business, which feeds the needs of the Hydra-Arc Group as well as the country’s fabrication industry, is a vital component for economic growth.

Mshiniwami offers practical skills development in boiler making, pipefitting, welding and grinding, with the more competent trainees having the opportunity to complete their trade tests and to become fully fledged qualified artisans.

Maintenance and shutdown expertise

Today, Hydra-Arc is a group of companies that embrace its expanded suite of services. As well as Jomele and Mshiniwami on the personnel side, the Group began to use its skills and other assets to offer direct maintenance services in the early 2000s. These services, which include the MEIP (mechanical, piping, electrical & instrumentation-subcontracted) side of plant construction, are now offered under the HydraArc name and extend from overall plant maintenance shutdown management and turnaround services to the execution of specific vessel repair, piping replacement, mechanical overhauls, highpressure cleaning (subcontracted) and routine plant and equipment servicing and new fabrication of pressure equipment.

Regular maintenance and refurbishment expertise includes: maintenance of gassifiers – jacket replacements, pressure vessel repair and the replacement of raw gas outlet nozzles; day to day and maintenance shutdown work on the oxygen plant, which consist of aluminium welding and stainless steel heat exchangers, pressure vessels and cooling boxes; continuous boiler maintenance – structural, boiler tubing and burner repairs; structural and mechanical maintenance on the NATSIF processing plant; and service maintenance on the water purifying plant.

The Ashlock refurbishment facility dominating the front end of Bay 1 at Sky-Hill, has been refurbishing these for nearly six years. These conical vessels are subject to high temperature erosive wear and are continuously being removed from service and refurbished. Bay 1 of Hydra-Arc’s Sky-Hill facility has been fitted with purpose-designed systems to machine the internal surface back to sound metal and to re-clad the inner surface to its original thickness. The submerged-arc process is used with twin-wire Lincoln 1000 ac/dc power sources. The manipulators are most impressive, though, consisting of rotators with a capacity of 50 t, each with an internal boom system that is synchronised to deposit a spiral weld of equal thickness and heat input across the varying diameter of the conical vessel.

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Bay 1 of this the facility, with two 45 t and two 80t overhead cranes at an under hook height of 9.1 m, is 430 m long and has 12 600 m2 under roof. It is primarily used for maintenance and refurbishment projects of existing equipment including: pressure vessels; heat exchangers; piping; and storage tanks.

At the end of the bay are a 9×9×15 m heat treatment furnace and sand blasting and painting booth.

Bay 2 of Hydra-Arc’s Sky-Hill fabrication facility is also used for refurbishment/maintenance work, but it also accommodates new fabrication projects, mostly on a smaller scale or those that require more exotic materials. Also having a bay length is 430m, Bay 2 has three 20 t cranes under a hook height of 8.0 m. Current work in Bay 2 includes the ongoing construction of water tanks for provincial governments around South Africa. These are made in 3CR12 ferritic stainless steel and we have a developed modular construction that enables them to be easily transported to site, rapidly assembles and welded. We can also supply the tanks in four different volumes, 200 kl, 400 kl, 600 kl and 800 kl, simply by adding modular shells between the base and the cap,” he says, adding that, “with a design life of 100 years, these tanks will outlast all traditional water tanks including concrete tanks.

Sky-Hill Heavy Engineering

More than half of the Hydra-Arc Group’s Sky-Hill facility is dedicate to new fabrication work, which is at the heart of the company’s future strategy.

Most notable on the facilities’ manufacturing reference list are five propylene storage vessels called bullets that were manufactured in 2013. These vessels, with a mass of over 446 t each, are 59.09 m long with an internal diameter of 6.0 m and a wall thickness of between 45 and 50 mm – and after manufacture, they were heat treated as a single piece in a one-of-a-kind heat treatment furnace 66m long. This was the largest vessel fabrication project ever undertaken by a South African company.

Current work also includes the fabrication of modern plant modules for the petrochemical industries. In the workshop at the moment are the OBL (outside battery limits) modules for Sasol’s Coal Tar Filtration East (CTFE) project. This project involves a novel approach to plant design and construction. The whole plant is broken into interconnectable modules, which maximises the amount of factory-based fabrication and minimises onsite construction time. The idea is that each module is fabricated to include all of its equipment, vessels, piping, instrumentation and supporting structures. Then, once the site foundations have been prepared, the modules are simply delivered to site and coupled up to form a functional plant, but these are not skid-based systems. One of the soon to be completed CTFE modules has a mass of over 400 t and includes two pressure vessels and all of the interconnecting piping, flanges and support structures. And the current CTFE plant being built consists of 24 individual modules, which will all be fabricated in this facility. This is the first time a plant has ever been constructed in this way in South Africa.

The bullets and modules were built in Bay 3 of the Sky-Hill facility. With the same length and area as the adjacent bays, Bay 3 is exclusively reserved for new fabrication projects of small to very large scale components in any material type: pressure vessels (drums, columns, thin/heavy wall vessels); heat exchangers (fixed/floating tubesheets, U-tube HEX’s, channel/bonnet types); larger bore piping prefabrication; and supported flat-bottom-type storage tanks.

Maximum lifting capacity totalling 5 t under a 9.3 m hook height is provided for by three 160 t overhead cranes with 20 t auxiliaries – and the bay has an additional two 45 t cranes. Heavy submerged arc welding is enabled by five 1 000A submerged arc welding machines; six column and boom systems; along with five driven and 28 support rotators giving a capacity to rotate five 200t weldments.

The company’s massive 9×9×66 m heat treatment furnace sits at the end of Bay 3. Soon to be partitioned, this fully automated, gas-scrubber type furnace enables efficient onsite heat treatment of completed projects of almost any size.

With a view to further expansion and to capitalise on its successes in fabricating very large components, Bay 4 is currently under construction, with completion planned for before the end of 2015. “This Bay has been designed for mega-scale projects, such as heavy-walled, large diameter pressure vessels and the large modularised plant fabrications,” says Matyja.

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With a length: 550 m and a 25 m width, the hook height has been raised to 19 m and the total lifting capacity to 1 500 t. A fully equipped, state of the art, machine shop will also form part of the bay, along with an extended PWHT furnace (12×12×80 m).

In addition to the four bays at the facility, the facility has plasma and oxyfuel plate preparation shop and a dedicated pipe shop, which includes four semi-automatic pipe-welding machines.

The Sky-Hill site consists of, in total, 100 000 m2 of fabrication space, of which 75 000 m2 is under roof. Support utilities include: Drinking and pressure test water purified to below 50 ppm of particulate; a 1 000 kVA grid-connected electricity supply, supplemented by a total of 3 000 kVA via back-up and standby generators; and 30 t of LPG/butane bulk storage for the heat treatment furnaces. Bulk oxygen, argon and acetylene for welding and pre-heating are also available throughout the facility.

Welding and quality

Underpinning the group’s success is Hydra-Arc’s commitment to excellence with respect to quality, safety and business practices. “We are a Level 2 B-BBEE contributor with a NOSA 5-Star safety rating and ISO 9001, ISO 3834-2”.

On the international front, the company has also won several awards: The Arch of Europe Award – Frankfurt, ESQR Best Quality Leadership award – Brussels, International Quality Crown Award – London, ESQR Quality Leadership Award – Las Vegas, ESQR Quality achievement award – London, ISLQ Diamond Award – Paris Hydra Arc has ISO 3834 part 2 certified for the past six years and in our annual audit cycles, we have had no findings for the past three years. As a fabricator, welding processes are critical to the end quality of our products and ISO 3834 provides an ideal vehicle for building quality into a component from the first step to the last. This raises quality standards and gives clients’ confidence that all our work is in line with the highest international standards. It also enables us to compete globally on an equal footing, most of our work also has to comply with client specifications, such as Sasol, which insist on the most stringent quality requirements in the industry.

ISO 3834 offers business sustainability going forward, but Hydra Arc is currently busy applying for ASME Certifications Marks (ASME VIII Div 1 and Div 2) as well as the CE marking, which falls under the European PED H1 directive. Once we are certified as compliant with these, we can use the CE stamp or the U-stamp on any of our pressure equipment. These two global certifications will allow us to export into Europe and the US and for our equipment to be used on any European- or US-built plant anywhere in the world.

The Hydra-Arc Group is a proudly South African business that has proved that, by developing local skills and paying attention to quality and on-time delivery, it is possible to be successful and competitive in this challenging industry. By taking on the global market, we fully intend to lead South Africa into a better future, one with better job prospects for South Africans and a stronger local economy.

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National Petroleum Authority, Petroleum Downstream Industry No. 20 Boundary Road, East Legon, Accra, Ghana, ZIP Phone: +233 302 766 196 Email: info@npa.gov.gh Website: www.npa.gov.gh

The National Petroleum Authority was established by an Act of Parliament (NPA Act 2005, ACT 691) to regulate the petroleum downstream industry in Ghana. As a Regulator, the Authority ensures that the industry remains efficient, profitable, fair, and at the same time, ensuring that consumers receive value for money.

The petroleum downstream in Ghana encompasses all activities involved in the importation and refining of crude oil as well as the sale, marketing and distribution of refined petroleum products in the country.

The various commercial activities of the industry include: importation, exportation, re-exportation, shipment, transportation, processing, refining, storage, distribution, marketing and sale of petroleum products.

Moses Aduko Asaga Chief Executive

The industry is one of the key sub-sectors and a major contributor to Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It currently boasts of over 5,000 service providers and an annual sales value of about GHS12 billion (US$ 4.01billion) according to 2014 estimates, which is about 10% of the country’s GDP. The industry works closely with International suppliers like BP, Glencore, Vitol, Trafigura etc, to supply about 80% of petroleum products currently consumed in the country.

Wy Consultancy & Development Services Sdn Bhd Project Management Consultant 305A Lorong Perak, Melawati Square, Taman Melawati, 53100, Kuala Lumpur Phone: +603 4105 4863 Fax: +603 4161 7028 Email: smyeoh@gmail.com Website: www.williamconsulting.my WY Consultancy & Development Services Sdn Bhd (formerly known as William Consulting Sdn Bhd) (WY) was established to promote the application of effective project management knowledge, skills and techniques for the construction industry.

WY specializes in providing project management consultancy and project management training to construction companies. Its focus is on building and establishing effective and simple project management sub-systems and processes and applying its proven project management tools and techniques to critical construction areas in order to improve the project performance, providing assurance to the project owners that the planning, execution and control systems of the project will deliver the results expected. WY assists its clients to achieve sustained results through our unique approach that combines process management expertise, facilitation and knowledge transfer. WY’s goal is to help clients achieve measurable results through the use of established construction management methodologies and effective planning, tracking and monitoring processes.

Yeoh Seong Mok Dr, Chairman

WY is committed to providing its client with cost-effective and quality services to safeguard the Client’s interests. To facilitate this, WY maintains close and responsive bi-directional relationship with the Client and between all key stakeholders of the project to achieve project objectives.

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Matha Exports International B/1-B/1. 3rd Floor, Hari Nagar, Ashram, New Delhi, 110014, India Phone: +911126347100 Email: info@mathaexports.com Website: www. mathaexports.com MATHA EXPORTS INTERNATIONAL is a manufacturer and exporter of a wide variety of Henna products, hair dyes, cosmetics, herbal and natural products for women and men. These products have gained an overwhelming response from customers all over the world. The company has an efficient and enthusiastic business team ready to meet consumer requirements across the globe.

MATHA EXPORTS currently exports products to 42 countries around the world. 22 countries of these 42 nations are from Europe.

Your Satisfaction is our Strength

Bineesh Joseph President

At MATHA EXPORTS INTERNATIONAL, quality is the buzz word. The company has been keeping customers happy with a variety of natural products made from highly refined ingredients. These products are recognized for their highest quality and have increased sales revenues due to good demand. The Company’s management takes every effort to fulfill customer requirements to their complete satisfaction. As a customer-driven company, relationship management is a key area for Matha Exports. The products are manufactured under the supervision of experienced professionals and are thoroughly checked for quality before dispatch. The Company makes persistent efforts to create a sustainable environment that supports the attainment of excellence. The products that we manufacture are natural, pure, eco-friendly and based on wholesome, natural ingredients. Customers have experienced no side effects whatsoever and this has increased demand for products internationally. Matha Exports aims to enhance its business by building up long term mutually beneficial relationships with customers who experience the benefits of a healthier life using our naturally refined skin and hair products.

Mos Lanka Holdings No: 19, Deal Place, Colombo 03., 00300, Sri Lanka Phone: +94 11 2687481 / +94 11 5667979 Fax: +94 11 5742292 Email: samanw8@gmail.com Website: www.moslankaholdings.com

Mos-Lanka Holdings is made up of six Subsidiary Companies who are involved in many diverse feild such as Higher Education in Medicine in the Russian Federation for International Students, the export of brands such as Pure Ceylon Tea, Warehousing, Tourism, Leisure and the hospitality industry.

Mos-Lanka Holdings, as a Group, has developed its Products and Services to the highest quality required through the valuable analysis of international markets. Today, it is a highly competitive and respected business enterprise which has earned high levels of customer retention and loyalty.

Through embracing innovation, entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility (CSR), MosLanka Holdings as a Group, has added value in all its areas of businesses, locally as well as across international boundaries, particularly in the Russian Federation.

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Lower Pra Rural Bank Ltd P O BOX 18, SHAMA, WESTERN REGION, GHANA Phone: +233-244-792663 / +233-31-2092290 Email: ikeaffulk@yahoo.com / info@lowerpraruralbank.com Website: www.lowerpraruralbank.com

The Rural Assistance Limited, a trading commercial establishment, which provides all customers with a wide range of consumer/household goods, including, refrigerators, television sets, video decks, sewing machines, textiles, clothing, cookers, fans, asbestos sheets and many more. Customers of the bank can apply for such items and make payments by instalment.

The bank as partners with Freedom From Hunger (FFH). A non governmental Organisation established with the Women in Development Project in 1992. The project established a credit with education programme in the catchment area purposely designed to empower our rural women to tackle the problem of poverty, hunger and malnutrition.

Women interested in receiving credit come together to form credit with savings associations (CSA). The women invest in activities that they know already.

Mr. Isaac Kwamina Afful Chief Executive Officer

As at 31/05/2015, the bank has One Hundred and Ninety-Three [193] Credit with Savings Associations with an average of Twenty-Five (25) members in each association in Twenty-one Communities.

Total savings and loans disbursed as at 31/05/15 were US$74,883.16 and US$130,466.05 respectively.

A. Rural Bank of the year award - 1991

The bank received the best-operated Rural Bank Award in 1991, in recognition of its expanded and improved services to customers. This was awarded by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (Ghana).

B. National Good Corporate Citizen Award - 1996

This honour was given to the bank in recognition of the positive contribution to the Civic Community and Ghana in the area of finance. The certificate was received on the occasion of the 5th Ghana International Trade Fair from the President of the Republic of Ghana then Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings.

C. Ghana Club ‘100’

The bank had been selected for the Ghana Club 100 since its inception — 2002 to date.

D. Corporate Social Responsibility

The bank was ranked third in Ghana in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility by the Ghana Investment Promotion Council in 2005.

The bank has provided a community library for Shama and its environs to encourage learning among the youth. This has improved the standard of education in the bank’s catchment area.

The bank has filled the vacuum created by the traditional banks in its catchment area by mobilising all available funds and extend credit facilities to the rural dwellers to alleviate poverty.

The name Lower Pra Rural Bank Limited has therefore become a household name in its catchment area and in the country at large.

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Perdana Petroleum Berhad 6-8 Jalan Seri Utara 1, Seri Utara, Batu 7 Jalan Ipoh, 68100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Phone: +603 6257 1111 Fax: +603 6257 7708 Email: ppb.corporate@perdana.my Website: www.perdana.my

Perdana Petroleum Berhad’s (“PPB”) history began with the incorporation of Petra Resources Sdn Bhd (“PRSB”) in 1988. PRSB grew from being an agent representing international manufacturers of engineered equipment for the oil & gas industry in Malaysia to Malaysia’s first local integrated brown field services provider in 2000. With PRSB as its flagship wholly-owned subsidiary company, PPB was listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (formerly known as Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange) in 2000.

In 2004, PPB moved on to become an owner of offshore support vessels and a marine services operator with a focus on Anchor Handling Tug & Supply (“AHTS”) vessels, Accommodation Work Barges (“AWB”) and Work Boats (“WB”) when it acquired Intra Oil Services Berhad (“IOS”) and Perdana Marine Offshore Pte Ltd (“PMO”). IOS and PMO have more than 30 years of experience in delivering high value services in the offshore-marine sector.

Dato' Henry Kho Poh Eng Executive Director

Today (as at 09 June 2015), PPB Group owns and operates a total of 17 vessels with an average age of about 4.5 years. These vessels are designed and fitted with modern and reliable international standard equipment to meet the challenging standards required by the offshore oil & gas industry. PPB Group’s vessels are made up of 8 AHTS vessels, 7 AWB and 2 WB. The existing fleet will be expanded with the delivery of another 2 new 500-men AWB in early 2016.

PPB Group has supported, and continues to support, clients in Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia, Yemen and Mozambique, with a view to cover other markets within the region.

Capt Surya Hidayat Managing Director

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CAPT SURYA HIDAYAT Managing Director

Capt Surya Hidayat, a Malaysian, aged 63, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Perdana Petroleum Berhad (“PPB”) on 4 February 2010. He was then appointed to the Audit Committee but relinquished the positions of Chairman and member of the Audit Committee upon his appointment as Executive Director of PPB on 23 April 2010.

On 11 April 2013, he took on the position of Managing Director of PPB. He holds a Master Mariner Class 1 (Master Foreign Going) from the United Kingdom. During the period 1970-1980, he held various positions on board foreign going vessels under different flags. He was engaged by Kontena Nasional in 1980 and left to join Sarawak Shell Berhad ( “Shell”) in 1981, where he held various management positions in the marine, supply base operations, logistics and procurement divisions. He was assigned various postings overseas, including the United Kingdom, Nigeria, Oman and the Netherlands. He also held a number of senior management positions in Shell. His last posting prior to his retirement in February 2010 was that of Contracting & Procurement Country Manager for Shell Malaysia Exploration & Production. Capt Surya was also a member of the Board of Trustees for four of Shell’s pension funds for a period of nine years.

DATO' HENRY KHO POH ENG Executive Director

Dato’ Henry Kho Poh Eng, a Malaysian, aged 58, was appointed as an Executive Director of Perdana Petroleum Berhad (“PPB”) on 4 February 2010. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Dalhousie, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada. He is a member of the Remuneration Committee of PPB. Dato' Kho started his career with a private limited company involved in crude oil quality and quantity survey of petroleum products in 1981 and left in September 1983 to join F.E. Zuellig (M) Sdn Bhd as its Branch Manager responsible for business development in East Malaysia.

In 1988, he co-founded Petra Resources Sdn Bhd (“PRSB”) and grew PRSB from being an agent representing international manufacturers of engineered equipment for the oil & gas industry in Malaysia to become Malaysia’s first local integrated brown field services provider in 2000.

He joined PPB as Senior General Manager in 2000, and spearheaded the listing exercise of PPB on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (formerly known as Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange) (“Bursa Malaysia”), with PRSB as its flagship wholly-owned subsidiary company. He also led the exercise to transfer PPB’s listing from the Second Board to the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia in January 2003, and the listing of Petra Energy Berhad on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia in July 2007. As the Senior General Manager, he was also instrumental in the development and management of the PPB Group’s corporate and finance divisions. He has been key to various corporate exercises involving the PPB Group, such as acquisition of companies, vessels and integrated services for brown field projects.

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Rozsdas Commercial Ltd. 2 Baross Gabor Street , H-2740 Abony, Hungary Phone: +36 53 360362 Fax: +36 53 360392 Email: info@rozsdaskft.hu Website: www.rozsdaskft.hu

Our family-owned business has been dealing with the collection, treatment and management of different types of recyclable waste since 1988. During these 27 years, significant development has taken place since we have made a lot of investments. As an answer to the expectations of this industry, we have acquired modern equipment and vehicles both in the field of transport and treatment of waste, such as transport vehicles, waste balers, scrap metal shear for steel waste, as well as waste balers, cable granulators and cable stripping machines for processing non-ferrous metals. In 2001, we opened a new waste treatment facility in another city, where not only recyclable but also hazardous wastes are collected and treated using state-of-the-art machines. In 2014, we started to manufacture waste treatment equipment, and we introduced a new development in this industry: a technology for separating steel scrap from fibre and rubber materials in ground waste rubber tyres. In 2015, our company launched a new product: we manufacture public works of art from scrap iron, to be placed close to busy public roads. All these years have been very useful and effective for our company, and still there are plenty of products that we wish to realise.

Mr. Sandor Antal Managing Director

Did you know that in Hungary, the vast majority of waste is generated by the industry? This means nearly 6 million tons of waste each year. Currently, only 21% of Hungarian companies recycle their waste, and only 3% of them have a waste management system. Would you like to have a cleaner environment? Would you like if your waste had a higher value? Would you like to manage better the waste produced? We can lend you a helping hand!

Here, at Rozsdás Kft. we are working towards our vision: “Every single company should carry out its activities in an environmentally friendly manner”.

We consider the sustainable development of ourselves and our partners to be of key importance. This is why we continuously invest into and develop our undertaking. Between 2010 and 2013, our investments exceeded 1 million Euro. Our employees and leaders are constantly trained. Over the past 10 years, we have been present at 25 international exhibitions and fairs in order to always be up-to-date on current trends in waste management.

We believe that the “quality of the work done today determines our future” and therefore, in addition to ongoing daily and weekly planning, our performance is continuously measured through an up-to-theminute, complex ERP system. Results are evaluated on a weekly basis, and our services are improved based on such evaluations. Thus, our processes build a system, and our system creates a culture, which is also proven by our certified ISO 9001 and 14001 quality management and environmental management systems.

Today, waste generation represent and ever increasing problem. However, the industry is unimaginable without waste. The question is what your business does with your waste?

We are committed to creating comprehensive waste management systems.

1. First, we look at the possibilities of our partners to reduce or prevent the generation of waste.

2. Based on the results of our inspection, we try to find another ways to utilise the resulting waste (in other industries).

3. Then the remaining waste is recycled to the highest possible extent.

4. Finally, non-recyclable waste is disposed of or deposited in a landfill.

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During our activities, we collect, transport, treat and utilise nearly 700 types of waste, including the following: · Scrap metal and non-ferrous scrap metal; · Scrap high-speed steel (HSS), tool steel and superalloys; · Cable and electronic waste; · Hazardous waste; · Wood and paper waste; · Other non-hazardous waste.

In addition, we also disassemble industrial metal structures and machines, and support our partners by providing environmental and ADR consulting services.

In 2015, a new activity was included in our company's offering. We started to create various public sculptures and works of art from the scrap metal collected by us, which have been sold to order throughout the world. The 9 sculptures and works of art completed so far look amazing alongside roads, in roundabouts, parks and the entrances of company's premises. Utilisation of the waste generated is a growing and important challenge. Nothing reflects better the eco-friendly mindset of a business than the placement of a sculpture made of waste at their premises. If you have any inquiries regarding the ordering of statues or works of art, do not hesitate to contact us over the phone or by e-mail.

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Navana Real Estate Limited House # 3/A, Road # 91, Gulshan-02, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh Phone: +88-02-58815305 Fax: +88-02-58815195 Email: hr@navana-realestate.com Website: www.navana-realestate.com

Navana is a name synonymous with elegance, glorious and resolute in everything the group strives to do, is a force to reckon with in the generations to come. Navana Real Estate Ltd. (NREL) is one of the most dynamic wing of the group – with an aim to persistently pursue its goals to be Different, Definitive and Dependable.

Navana Real Estate, well known for developing a wide range of residential & commercial projects, has already revolutionized the industry in ways never imagined before and it is just a beginning. The company is well-equipped to deliver architecture way beyond imagination. The technologies used in building the structures of your homes and offices are exceptionally modern and state-of-the-art.

Under the vivacious leadership of Mr. Shafiul Islam and Mr. Sajedul Islam, Navana Real Estate is moving forward with its exclusive approaches. It has already been awarded as a "Super Brand" signifying the impeccable impact it has on the industry and country.

Mr. Sajedul Islam Shoubro Vice Chairman

Our pursuit for excellence continues to evolve to astonish you each step of the way and is designed to deliver fulfillment.

Annual Sales Total Employees Primary Line of Business

: $115 Million : 2,465 : Real Estate and Construction

Management Directory: Mr. Shafiul Islam Kamal Mr. Saiful Islam Shumon Mr. Sajedul Islam Mrs. Khaleda Islam

– Chairman – Senior Vice Chairman – Vice Chairman – Director

Scope of work

Navana Real Estate Limited fulfilled one of the basic need of human being e.g. “SHELTER”.

Navana Real Estate Limited provides Residential, Commercial and Condominium products.

Navana Real Estate Limited does all the advanced facilities for their valued clients.

VISION

Navana Real Estate Limited to become the leading and specialized Company in Bangladesh and the South Asia that increases the value of the property that it manages.

MISSION

We at Bangladesh's real estate authority give careful consideration to preserving the value of real estate that we Manage through the interest of the expectations of our valued customers and a strong focus on the smallest details of maintenance and investment returns for each property separately, and we are working to keep the credibility of the name "Navana Real Estate Limited" in conjunction with the high experience, quality, and efficiency in its fields.

GOALS

· Expansion of market focusing on significant district of Bangladesh in the field of property development and marketing of all types of real estate. · Develop the strong base of key customers to help building the capacity of the company. · Increasing of investments and company assets to support the development of services and performance. · Build credibility and reputation in the field of Real Estate Industry.

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Sifter International Industrial Area, Plot No. 83, Sector 6, Faridabad 121006 India Phone: +91 981 001 16 11, +91 129 406 00 39 Fax: +91 129 223 00 39 Email: info@sifterinternational.com, gmmarketing@sifterinternational.com Website: www.sifterinternational.com

We are one of the leading manufacturers and exporters of agro based food processing machinery which started in 1978 in India. With the experience of around 4 decades and a team of more than 300 people, Sifter international is a renowned name worldwide which has successfully exported machinery in more than 50 countries. We are certified with CE marking (No. BU0418/0190:0310) and also with ISO 9001:2008 (Quality Control) & ISO 22000:2005 FSMS (Food Safety Management System). We have state of the art manufacturing facilities like CNC Laser Cutting, CNC Punching, CNC Bending, CNC Lathe Machine, CNC Vertical Grinder, Dynamic Balancing Machine many more.

Our R&D unit is equipped with the state of art technology and professionals from the different field of engineering. We are continuously working on improvement and innovation of technologies. At this unit demonstration of various process and machinery has been carried out from time to time and we also organize various demonstrations on client's request.

Mr. Subhash Sharma Proprietor

OUR SERVICES: TURN-KEY PROJECTS AND CONSULTANCY

We do entire project consultancy related to designing, fabrication, erection and commissioning of machinery and plant for grain processing plant. We give complete guidance of project according to the technological project. We provide technical consultancy for various plants like: Roller Flour Mill Plant

Whole Wheat Atta Plant

Pulses / Cereals and Besan Plant

Maize Starch, Grit Plant

Corn Flacks Plant

Rice Milling Plant

Seed Cleaning & Grading Plant

Spice Processing Plant

Guar Gum Plant

Cattle Feed Plant

De-Hulling of Seeds

Solvent Extraction

Driers

Bagging & Packing

Electrical Control Panel

PLC System & Automation

Herbal Extraction

Milk Processing

Sifter International is located at Faridabad, India, 30km, far from Delhi, international Airport. You are also invited to see our facility and all plants, where we do manufacturing.

The Sifter International Advantage:

· Personalized solution and attention offered to each customer. · Research support and timely advice by our high-tech research wing. · A Perfect blend of latest technology and rich experience of over 36 years. · Honesty, transparency and fairness imbibed in all our dealings.

We will be grateful to know your further inquiry and requirements.

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House 12, Road 2A (Chairmanbari), Banani, Dhaka 1213, Bangladesh Phone: +88 02 9851853, 9852805, 9871927, 9871059, 9870915, 9870861 Fax: +88 02 9871436, eFax: +1 484 303 7583 E-mail: mshaq@srgb.org, srgbangladesh@gmail.com Website: http://www.srgb.org Founded in 1987, SRG Bangladesh Limited (SRGB) is the leading multi-sector and full service research and consulting firm of Bangladesh. SRGB offers professional services in management consulting, analysis and research (both quantitative and qualitative), mystery shopping, project designing & management, monitoring & evaluation studies, investment feasibility studies, communication and training, etc. SRGB successfully, delivered a large number of research and consulting projects and designed and delivered hundreds of capacity development programs in various countries and to various international organizations, including UN organizations (UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNEP, etc.), IFC/World Bank, ADB, national/international NGOs and multi-national & national business enterprises.

M. Saidul Haq President, CEO

SRGB is the leading social and development research firm of Bangladesh and has conducted a large number of country wide household and community baseline survey, impact evaluation studies and social research on the diverse sector. SRGB worked as the monitoring and evaluation specialist for many national and international organizations and designed and developed the Results and Resource Framework and the Logical Framework Analysis (LFA).

SRGB also is the Bangladesh market leader in research and business consulting into all aspects of market strategy, innovation and branding, from consumer and market research & analysis to idea generation, concept development and testing, brand equity, brand positioning, customer satisfaction, mystery shopping, etc.

SRGB is based in Dhaka of Bangladesh and provides services in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Myanmar, etc.

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ISD Portolan Ltd Frangepán utca 7 H-1139 Budapest, Hungary Phone: +3620 260 4277 Fax: +3614 65 61 99 Email: portolan@portolan.hu Website: http://www.portolan.hu

ISD PORTOLAN Ltd. (est. 1992) provides complex logistical services incl. forwarding by road, rail and river/sea and operates complete warehouse-to-warehouse logistical chains incl. port services, warehousing and IT services.

In addition to its primary task, providing services for its mother company, ISD Dunaferr plc, the biggest steel mill in Hungary (importing base materials such as iron ore, coal, alloying materials etc. and exporting finished products such as steel coils, plates, profiles etc.), the company has vast experience in performing special jobs (lifting and shipping oversize/overweight cargo, manipulation and transportation of bulk/piece cargo, e.g. steel scrap, grain, fertilizers/palletized cargo, big bags, containers) for third parties.

Thanks to its location (a bay type port on the Danube, one of the most important waterways in Europe), to its logistical facilities (six berths, an industrial siding directly linked to the national railway system etc.) and its modern equipment (seven portal cranes, electronic road weighbridge for trucks etc.), the river port belonging to ISD PORTOLAN Ltd. is an ideal hub of complex logistical solutions.

Mr. Capt Vaso Janicic Managing Director

ISD PORTOLAN Ltd. realizes a steady trade profit year by year and by today has grown into a major forwarding company in the region.

H.E. Mr. Vuthiarith Khut Director General of Siem Reap Water Supply Authority House No. 25, street 490, Sangkat Psa Doemtkov, Chamcarmorn District, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phone: +855 (0) 977 711 174 Email: khutsrwsa@gmail.com

Work Experience:

Educational Record:

2. September 1997 to April 2003 — Chief of Design office, Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority

· University: August 1986 to May 1993 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Master Certificate on Urban Water Supply and Sanitation

1. March 1994 to September 1997— Technical officer, Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority

· High School: September 1983 to Jun 1986 in Battambang High school, Cambodia

3. April 2003 to December 2011 — Director of Production and Distribution Department, Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority 4. December 2011 to January 2014 — Deputy Director General in charge of admin and human resource, Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority 5. May 2012-January 2014 — Member of Board of Directors as employees’ representative, Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority 6. January 2014 to present — Director General Siem Reap Water Supply Authority Socrates Almanac "Prime Business Destinations – 2015"

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THE UNIVERSITY OF THE 21ST CENTURY, BETWEEN TRADITION AND INNOVATION Prof. Maria Amata Garito Rector of the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO

1. The University of the 21st Century: between stasis and renaissance The university in the globalized and interconnected knowledge society reached an important turning point: we are at a crossroads between stasis and renovation, atrophy and renaissance. Traditional universities should be able to reinvent themselves and come out of atrophy. Their transformation is no longer an option, but it is more than ever an unavoidable imperative.

There is an ongoing massive generational clash within our universities; the criticisms at the university system emerged within the end of the ’80s and the ‘90s can be defined as the "waiting ideas'': waiting for the new Web implementation and a new generation of students, so called digital natives, able to effectively call into question the old system.

Mark Taylor, from Columbia University, raised an harsh academic debate, publishing on the 26th April 2009, on the New York Times, a challenging article entitled "End the University as We Know It".

“Graduate education – as his article started - is the Detroit of higher

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learning. Most graduate programs in American universities produce a product for which there is no market (candidates for teaching positions that do not exist) and develop skills for which there is diminishing demand (research in subfields within subfields and publication in journals read by no one other than a few like-minded colleagues), all at a rapidly rising cost (sometimes well over $100,000 in student loans)”.

There are countries in which access to tertiary education is almost impossible. Daphne Koller, teacher at the Stanford University, in a videoconference on TED in August 2012, entitled “What we are Learning from Online Education” stated: “In South Africa, the educational system was constructed in the days of apartheid for the white minority. And as a consequence, today there is just not enough spots for the many more people who want and deserve a high quality education. That scarcity led to a crisis in January of this year at the University of Johannesburg. There were a handful of positions left open from the standard admissions process, and the night before they were supposed to open that for registration, thousands of people lined up outside the gate in a line a mile long, hoping to be first in line to get one of those positions. When the gates opened, there was a stampede, and 20 people were injured and one woman died. She was a mother who gave her life trying to get her son a chance at a better life”.

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Furthermore in some countries, such as in the United States, even if higher education is more largely “accessible” it is not affordable for all. Recently, discussions raised up about the increase in costs of healthcare. At the same time, one must not forget that the cost of higher education has kept on increasing becoming inaccessible to the majority of younger population.

Not to mention that almost all over the world universities are often unable to meet the educational needs, developing skills that don’t match with the labour market requests. «A dismal 58 percent of entering freshmen in the United States actually graduate from the same college within six years. More and more students are questioning the “bang for the buck” as college tuition has risen in cost more than any other good or service since 1990, leaving students with $714 billion outstanding student loan debt in the United States alone. Students around the world are increasingly choosing alternative models of higher education» (Tapscott, Williams, 2010, p. 157) and even a growing number of students worldwide enroll for online programs or distance universities.

«In a world that is characterized by an unprecedented connectivity level, especially among nowadays young people, universities keep on working as islands, mostly autonomous, aimed at scholarship and learning, and, up to now, they did not succeeded in seizing the opportunity to take advantage of the Internet to destroy the walls separating institutions, lecturers and students» (ibidem, p. 164).

Furthermore: «The interaction among the new Web, new generation of students, needs of the knowledge global economy and impact of the economic crises is causing a “perfect storm” for universities and everywhere there are signs of imminent change». In 1997, Peter Drucker foresaw that in 30 years time the most important universities

would have been obsolete. Today, his predictions seem less striking and even foresighted. «As the model of pedagogy is challenged, inevitably, the revenue model of universities will be too. If all that large universities have to offer to students are lectures that students can get online for free, from professors, why should those students pay the tuition fees?» (ibidem, p. 171). If traditional universities intend to survive the use of the Internet in higher education they necessarily have to change their approach. Lectures delivered in presence by prestigious lecturers will no longer be the key element for decreeing the success of a university: lectures can be recorded and digitalized and students can access to them whenever and wherever they want.

From my perspective, the development of a new teaching model providing students with a collaborative learning environment, where they can play an active role, will allow traditional universities to be successful and innovative. Nowadays, the true value of traditional university lies in the adoption of an innovative way to communicate knowledge by using new technologies and through face-to-face interaction between the teacher and the student. Universities will have to use both virtual interaction environments and in presence cooperation, enriching the dialogue between youth and elderly with new meanings. Moreover, they will have to establish new channels for socialization and exchange of knowledge as well as to encourage students towards a constructive analysis and critical reflection. Teachers will have to acquire skills compliant with the model of interactivity as developed by Socrates, according to which the student becomes the protagonist of the learning process and human interaction becomes the foundation for a mindful growth of knowledge. Debates are currently growing worldwide about new models of higher education, new teaching and learning methodologies and new models for communication and exchange of knowledge based on the use of technologies.

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2. Reinventing the university in the 21st Century: the Internet and the “new buildings of the university” The Internet has by now evolved into an ever content-richer global platform actually becoming the prevailing infrastructure for exchanging of knowledge among people. The existence of an Internet network, made up of interconnected memories, deeply changed the production and transmission of knowledge, research and education processes and mechanisms; it strongly influenced the languages for the communication of knowledge. Television, multimediality and the Internet have democratised the access to knowledge, allowing all citizens to benefit from education even outside traditional educational and training institutions. Nowadays, every university should adapt itself to the changes brought about by the Web, as it happened for many institutions dealing with contents production, which are completely modifying their models of delivery of contents in compliance with the web requirements: books, newspapers, films, musical CDs, any sort of documentaries, video lectures of the most prestigious universities are available on the Web indeed. «Today the businesses of encyclopedias, newspapers and record labels are in various stages of collapse. They’ve lost their monopolies on the creation and delivery of content» (ibidem).

The so called “digital natives” do no longer think about buying a newspaper. Indeed, in the United States, news stands are disappearing. The Internet allows mass participation and democratisation of contents production as well as a new notion of intellectual property and of new business models. Worldwide this is having a strong impact on the role that universities are playing and will be playing in the global network. The global Web connection by means of computer-based networks will radically change the relationship that most universities have with the new information and communication technologies. The fast spreading of virtual

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campuses and video lessons on the Internet confirms that in the coming years university students, teachers and lecturers will be working increasingly within inter-university networks.

Nowadays, the transformation of the University is no longer an option, but an imperative, an essential need in this new scenario. New generations of students will no longer be able to develop knowledge and skills without using the Web. In an age of global change in the communication models there are still many universities that keep on providing face-to-face academic lectures which leave small space for interaction with the students.

Traditional universities that, ever since their foundation, have been centres of the production and delivery of knowledge, are forced to revise their organizational and educational model, the way they conduct research programs, the role and functions of teachers and students, their physical structures, their classrooms, their research laboratories, the spaces dedicated to social activities. As today, it would seem bizarre to see carriages and horses on the highways, likewise, universities should completely redesign themselves to preserve their role and their functions in this new context.

The creation of a global network for higher education in which teachers and students from different countries participate in the collaborative construction of knowledge is not an utopia; indeed, it can bring a new vitality to the universities by featuring them on the networked global economy.

The world of distance education is increasing at global level. Given this growing availability of new technologies on the Internet, traditional universities are developing new distance teaching and learning models. Up to date, especially in Europe, most of distance universities were separated structures parallel to the traditional ones. Now, in Europe, in the United States and in several countries, a new model of distance university is being developed, as part of the structure of traditional universities, as it happened in Italy in 1992, when Consorzio NETTUNO (Network per l’Università Ovunque) was established. Consorzio NETTUNO’s distance university model was included in the traditional universities and at present several

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universities worldwide are taking it as a model of inspiration.

Even the expression “video lessons” was used for the first time by Consorzio NETTUNO. Currently the spreading of video lessons on Internet, made available for free by prestigious American and European universities, are changing the model of distance university. Today online and traditional universities often co-exist. This allows the development of an “intra-muros” and “extra-muros” educational and training environment. Thanks to the Internet it is possible to access to knowledge everywhere by using the PC, the smart phones or the tablets without limits of space and time. This means that faceto-face students will rapidly become also distance students since they will try to gather information in places different from the universities in which they are formally enrolled. It is evident how the process towards a new real and virtual learning community is bound for overcoming traditional teaching and learning models.

For millennia, man used voice and memory as tools to spread knowledge. This is the reason why oral culture-based societies learnt how to spread knowledge by using rhythmical sequences and suitable wordings to transfer knowledge. When thinking of Greece and Homeric poems (Iliad and Odyssey), there was a pedagogical purpose on their poetry. According to the Greeks, the poet was an educator who performed a cultural control over society and his role changed with the spreading of writing: at that point the poet was no longer an educator, but he became an artist. The way knowledge was disseminated even at distance became a concrete fact and this change elicited an interesting diatribe among the scholars of that period.

It was Socrates himself, in Plato’s Phaedrus, who stated the superiority of orality compared to the written text aimed, according to the philosopher, at «creating false knowledge causing the loss of memory» (Plato, 1993). Instead, Socrates’ opponents stated that the emergence of writing enabled the development of science, philosophy, logics, ethics, in other words the tools for developing skills and knowledge were created, allowing the growing of mankind.

The invention of printing in 1454 by Johann Gutenberg determined one of the most radical changes in the communication of ideas and in the field of education; changes were later perceived in all spheres of human activity. Today, new technologies widen the access to knowledge for all citizens and bring about great innovations in the traditional teaching and learning process.

In a few years, we have moved from technologies in which information was communicated through limited ways or combinations (text, image, sound) to those that allowed to integrate different languages (written, iconic, spoken, symbolic and information). We have moved from multimediality to hypermediality, from a sum of different media to a single medium: the computer from having a fixed location to the telecommunication, from individual workstations to the use of interconnected computer networks.

Computer networks put an end to the one-way communication of knowledge by introducing a new communication paradigm and

allowing the student to access the content of a dynamic knowledge that he himself can enrich and make available for others.

Computer networks allowed to start distance communication and interaction between students and teachers. Despite the lack of the emotional component, deriving from interpersonal relationships, the interactivity introduces in distance education an aspect that was already essential in traditional teaching and learning relationship. Today the Internet allows the direct transmission from the university to the student of lectures, multimedia products, databases, self-assessment systems, tutor support, practice work and the organization of exams. The Internet has greatly enlarged the range of educational solutions, bringing up to the users not only information but even “learning” and “structural knowledge”, encouraging collaborative learning among students from different countries within dynamic virtual spaces.

The richness offered by these communication systems allows distance teaching to change the timing and spatial setting of the learning environment. Concerning the time variable, there can be two models: the synchronic and the diachronic one. The “synchronic” model completely changes the traditional idea of distance teaching, allowing students to follow live from home or from their workplace, the lessons that are daily delivered in the places devoted to education. The students can interact with the teacher and with the other students in real time.

As a consequence, the interactivity can be developed as it happens in an actual classroom for traditional teaching, where the teacher delivers his lesson, asks question to the students, while the students give answers, interact with their teachers and with their colleagues. Interaction allows the development of collaborative learning and the automatic connection of learning materials to the learning processes and promotes an interpersonal communication where students can express their feelings, stimulating the others and increasing social relationships.

The “diachronic” model is characterized by a particular flexibility: the users can find on their PCs, tablets and mobile phones the video lessons of the best lecturers in the world, they can download multimedia products, texts, exercises and use them in full autonomy and freedom, in customized way, deciding the time and rhythm of their learning progress.

With regards to the space variable, it is evident that school or university classrooms are not anymore the exclusive places where teaching is delivered, but anybody, anywhere, possessing the proper technological equipment and materials, can build a learning environment to create his/her own training pathway and selflearning process.

Physical distances are overcome. People and cultures really come together within a global system of communication that changes our way of living, of learning and of thinking and that allows to start a concrete trend of innovation and enhancement of the higher education system. Technological development makes it evident that today, thanks to the new organizational models, it is possible to build up a distance university in the same place where traditional universities are located.

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3. E-learning and distance university in the new context The problem in common to all universities worldwide, is no longer whether education reproduces social inequalities or not, but rather how to comply with this new model and create, in the framework of globalised economy, systems that could develop integrated teaching and learning processes by using different languages to communicate the knowledge, with open processes, overcoming space and time limits.

Distance university, in this new context, is not an alternative to traditional universities, but it represents, even for them, a new opportunity and a new way to perform their own role within teaching and researching activities. Today distance university can help traditional ones to develop innovative products, processes and systems. The growth of the educational systems, the openness to the international dimension, the development of the new technologies generate new impulses and relations with other universities as well as with different institutions for the design of new programs and the launch of new initiatives. Universities, intended as a place where processes of production and transfer of knowledge coexist, can play an essential and crucial role in producing the contents to be included into computer-based network. However, to do so, it is necessary to change their role and structure, creating new international alliances and new real and virtual spaces in order to build joint networks of knowledges among the various universities worldwide, supporting the convergence of these institutions. Shared knowledge spaces should not be homogeneous nor uniform. We should not come together to clone each other or to “mc-donaldise” educational and training systems, but rather to assure a new balance between unity

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and diversity: the unity of the values and of tradition that memory left to us and the diversity of cultures and languages. The new communication technologies allow universities to develop new virtual spaces for interaction and cooperation and to maintain physical places for meeting and communicating, in order to promote the dialogue between different generations.

In this framework, the creation of new international alliances aimed at creating a global network of public and private universities sharing their knowledge, their resources, equipment, curricula, laboratories, teachers and students’ internal mobility will become more important as well as preserving the uniqueness of the individual universities as a value and a richness for the network.

It is necessary to create on the Internet a network of universities made not only of technologies, but mainly of people, intelligences able to interconnect their own knowledge, while respecting cultural, political, religious and economic differences. A network of universities that, thanks to the Internet, extends and multiplies the possibilities of acquiring information and knowledge as well as establishing interactions and exchanges among people.

Each one of us can take part in the construction of this network of relations and contribute to the construction of a shared area of globalised and interconnected knowledge.

Being at the crossroad among research, education and innovation, in several respects, universities hold the keys of economy in the knowledge society. The university is a common good which is intimately connected to the objective every country has. The political and cultural meaning of this objective and its feasibility depend on the ability of the country to properly negotiate the inclusion of its universities into the cross-borders fields of the Web.

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4. Consortia between universities and industry: a new renaissance for the universities Consortia among different universities, cooperating in the joint production of contents in the Internet-based learning environment, in the co-creation of collaborative knowledge, based on a solid organisational and pedagogical model, will give life to new models of distance (online or virtual) universities as well as to a new model of university as such. This new university will be a real and virtual place in which, both on the distance and on face-to-face modality, the experience and competence of the teacher is transferred to the students according to continuous models of interaction. An interaction among youth and mature persons, between experts and non-experts, allowing the development of a critical understanding and as a consequence its transformation into knowledge.

The universities should establish consortia in order to create a global center of excellence. They should jointly design curricula of the various degree courses, hire the best teachers at global level and involve them in the production of video lessons to be posted online. The same discipline should include video lessons produced and delivered by different teachers from universities of the various countries, who should use their mother language and their own cultural, historical, political and religious background.

This is the value that a consortium among universities can bring, the value of diversity intended as a richness for all. The above-mentioned opportunity becomes a universal value and goes beyond the availability on the Web of video lessons, even if delivered by prestigious lecturers. The students could enroll in one of the universities member of the consortium and attend, at distance, video lessons that could be delivered by lecturers of other universities, even keeping on attending the university in which they are enrolled in order to have face-to-face interactions with their teachers as well as with the other students.

Consortia between universities and business may easily allow the development of a global network to provide knowledge and skills also to people who have already entered the labour market. For the current knowledge worker being competitive is essential if they want to start or develop their professional career in a modern, dynamic and technologybased environment. The new models of collaborative learning could contribute to make the efforts of students who work or who are older more creative and efficient and to update their own competences.

Creating an infrastructure for the university of the 21st Century means building up a technological infrastructure, beside the university physical campuses, allowing to easily develop the University 2.0. As a consequence, the creation of a new pedagogical model and a new model of production and delivery of knowledge become even more essential for the survival of the university itself.

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5. Conclusions In the present time more than ever, it is essential to enhance the cooperation in the fields of university and research. The dialogue between scholars and representatives of the academic world, the harmonization of higher education and research programs, the students and teachers’ mobility represent the unavoidable path to be followed to make intercultural dialogue becoming part of the everyday life for all of us. In these years, academic institutions were not supported nor encouraged to create curricula able to supply the tools that facilitate communication, understanding, dialogue and cooperation among different contexts.

The joint creation of Internet-based educational contents and models among different universities develop those knowledges that help all citizens to take into consideration cultural, religious and political differences as a richness for humankind and not tools for conflict and war. We cannot remain indifferent from the conflicts taking place in many countries since, given the globalisation, they will have a growing impact on our freedom.

If universities are set apart the results will consist in a deep separation from the needs of the society on one hand, and the answers that the academic world gives to these needs on the other hand.

If on one side there are educational institutions proposing localbased educational paths, on the other side there are people connected with every place in the world in real time, driven to communicate in social and professional terms with the Web global scenario. The Web interconnected world enables people to interact, even when interaction intervenes among those who do not possess cultural tools to communicate with persons coming from completely different worlds.

The construction of a global society is precisely based on a new way to consider the internationalisation of the educational systems.

An internationalisation that should rely on sharing curricula as well as on the establishment of consortia among traditional universities from countries having different political and cultural settings, but with the common objective of creating new Internet-based distance teaching and learning models.

Together, the interconnected intelligences of the teachers and the students of the northern and southern borders of the world, thanks to the new tools given by social networks and to the new virtual and tridimensional interaction models that the Web gives us, will be able to build new knowledge. Teachers and students together can develop a network of knowledge and skills not based on the imposition of one’s specific cultural models, but rather on the will to compare cultures and educational systems thus creating a true laboratory for intercultural and inter-linguistic cooperation.

A laboratory which allows to develop a new cultural and scientific area in which we create new contents as well as new technologybased teaching and learning models in order to make younger generations the protagonists of change.

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Democratising the access to knowledge helps feeding the minds, allowing everybody to start from the same point and eradicate the slavery of ignorance. This is the reason why all countries must support the innovative forces that can restore the trust in some countries, leading them towards a democratic path and an economic development, as well as guiding others towards the respect for ideological, cultural and religious differences.

Today – thanks to the new communication technologies – if we wish to build and transmit knowledge, borders are uncertain, frontiers are places of continuity and not of conflicts. All citizens worldwide, with no more limits of space and time, can follow courses to acquire literacy, to earn new competences as well to consolidate a system of shared values such as those – in theory accepted, but almost never respected – of justice and peace.

These remarks are not an utopia. I am really persuaded that today the university – as a playground where the minds of the youths of the entire world train themselves – can rely on the Internet to create an open system of teaching and learning capable of updating itself, integrating all knowledge available in the Web and put in practice the exchange of knowledge at global level. All this can happen thanks to a new model of distance university: “a distance university without distances”.

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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (United States)

Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University

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November 10, 1766

58,788

Public; Research University

President:

Robert L. Barchi

Academic staff: 2,937

New Brunswick,Piscataway CamdenNewark, New Jersey, USA

Website: rutgers.edu

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and the state’s preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to providing services, solutions, and clinical care that help individuals and the local, national, and global communities where they live.

Rutgers teaches across the full educational spectrum: preschool to precollege; undergraduate to graduate; postdoctoral fellowships to residencies; and continuing education for professional and personal advancement.

January 1, 1971 Public

Unknown, teaching existed since 1096; 917 years ago

Chancellor:

The Rt. Hon. Lord Patten of Barnes

Paris, France

Jean Chambaz

www.upmc.fr

Academic staff: 5000

Pierre and Marie Curie University, UPMC, is the largest University in France and represents 5000 permanent staff members and 20,000 students. Three UPMC laboratories, LOCEAN, LAtMOS and LOV are contributing to the new EU Arctic project of the 7th framework program, the so called ACCESS project (Arctic Climate Change, Economy and Society, 2011-2015) in response to the ocean of tomorrow joint call launched by the EU in 2009. UPMC was the coordinator of the major EU integrated project, DAMOCLES (Developing Arctic Modelling and Observing Capabilities for Long-term Environmental Studies 2005-2010, 6th fP) during the International Polar Year and UPMC is coordinating ACCESS contributing to a decade worth of Arctic research.

University of Oxford (United Kingdom) Established:

20,000

Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen (Germany)

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Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Website: ox.ac.uk

1734

Public Law foundation

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Prof. Dr. Ulrike Beisiegel

Admin. Staff:

25.377

Göttingen, Lower Saxony,Germany

Website:

www.uni-goettingen.de

11.876 Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and lays claim to nine centuries of continuous existence. As an internationally renowned centre for teaching and research, Oxford attracts students and scholars from across the globe, with almost a quarter of our students from overseas.

Gottingen and world leaders seem to go together. Otto von Bismarck studied law here and Napoleon declared: ‘Gottingen belongs to the whole of Europe.’ Founded by England’s King George II in his capacity as Elector of Hanover, it first accepted students in 1737. Since the Brothers Grimm taught here, 45 Nobel laureates have walked its grounds. Currently there are around 24,000 students at the university, which is informally known as ‘Georgia Augusta’.

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Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland) Established:

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Écublens (near Lausanne), Vaud, Switzerland

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Patrick Aebischer

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Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

President:

Prof. Dr. Andreas Fischer

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www.uzh.ch From its foundation in 1853 as part of the University of Lausanne, the ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE, EPFL, has evolved into a top-ranked research and teaching institution that attracts some of the best intellects in the world. Nearly 12,000 people – students, professors, scientists and administrative staff – share this campus in its idyllic spot overlooking Lake Geneva and the Alps, with excellent sport facilities.

University enjoys international renown as a place of education and research. Two thousand lecturers in 140 special institutes provide the broadest range of subjects and courses available from any Swiss seat of higher education. With 24,000 students and 1,900 graduates every year, Zurich is also Switzerland’s largest university.

Stanford University (United States)

University of Michigan (United States)

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Stanford, California, U.S. Stanford.edu

1817

Mary Sue Coleman 6,615

43,426

Ann Arbor, MI, US umich.edu

Academic staff: 1,995

Stanford University (Cardinal) is recognized as one of the world’s leading research and teaching institutions.

Leland and Jane Stanford founded the University to ‘promote the public welfare by exercising an influence on behalf of humanity and civilization.’ Stanford opened its doors in 1891, and more than a century later, it remains dedicated to finding solutions to the great challenges of the day and to preparing our students for leadership in today’s complex world.

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The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future. Students have the opportunity to work with world-renown faculty. There are literally hundreds of clubs, groups, and organizations covering a variety of social, cultural, and academic interests. The University abuts the city of Ann Arbor, which has its own thriving social and cultural identity.

There is literally something for everyone here.

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California Institute of Technology (United States)

Akademia GorniczoHutnicza

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1200 East California Boulevard Pasadena, California, U.S.

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Edward M. Stolper

Academic staff:

www.caltech.edu

294 professional faculties; 1207 other faculties

April 8, 1919

34 248

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Krakow, Poland

Prof. Tadeusz Słomka

http://www.agh.edu.pl

Academic staff: 1 953

The California Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Caltech) has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering. Its 124-acre (50 ha) primary campus is located approximately 11 mi (18 km) northeast of downtown Los Angeles.

It is worth emphasizing that the cooperation between staff and numerous companies, industrial plants and central government as well as municipal bodies enables students to follow the latest technical and scientific achievements. It also allows to play a part in the development of up-to-date technologies.

Autonomous University of Madrid

Ghent University

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José María Sanz Martínez

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Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

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Anne De Paepe

38,000

Ghent, Belgium http://www.ugent.be

www.uam.es

Home to 29,000 students, the university has two campuses: the main campus is on the outskirts of the city and includes the faculties of philosophy and arts, economics, psychology, law, science, computer and telecommunications engineering, and teacher-training and education. Its medical school is in the city of Madrid, next to the university hospital.

Latin was the language of instruction when Ghent was founded in 1817. That changed to French when Belgium won independence in 1830, and changed again to Dutch in 1930. It has 132 departments in 11 faculties and five doctoral schools scattered across the ancient Flemish city, with around 2,000 academic staff looking after 31,200 students.

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Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

University of Chicago (United States)

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Lyon, France

www.univ-lyon1.fr

1890

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President:

Robert J. Zimmer

12,297

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Chicago, Illinois

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uchicago.edu The university Claude Bernard Lyon 1 consists of faculties of sciences, medicine and pharmacy. Based on its budget and the number of its research laboratories, the university is seen as the principal higher education establishment of the region and figures in top five French universities.

One of the world’s premier academic and research institutions, the University of Chicago has driven new ways of thinking since our 1890 founding. Today, UChicago is an intellectual destination that draws inspired scholars to our Hyde Park and international campuses, keeping UChicago at the nexus of ideas that challenge and change the world.

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Pohang, North Gyeongsang, South Korea

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As one of Korea’s top universities dedicated to science and engineering, POSTECH offers four-year programs in 10 departments and POSTECH’s Graduate School offers programs in 11 departments. Students here are instructed by some of the finest professors and scholars in the world. POSTECH also provides some of the best research facilities and learning resources available on the beautifully laid out campus for its students and faculty to utilize during their tenure here.

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Public

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Sir Thomas Allen

16,355

Durham and Stockton-on-Tees, England, UK

Website:

www.dur.ac.uk

Durham University offers its students a challenging and rewarding education through its ethos of research-led teaching combined with opportunities for personal development. They are taught by around 670 academic staff in 25 departments and schools grouped together in three faculties: arts and humanities; science; and social science and health.

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University of British Columbia (Canada)

Autonomous University of Barcelona

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University Endowment Landsand Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

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Stephen Toope

Academic staff: 10,186

June 6, 1968

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Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia,Spain

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Ferran Sancho Pifarré

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ubc.ca

The University of British Columbia (UBC Thunderbirds), established in 1908, is one of Canada’s leading research universities and is consistently ranked among the top 40 in the world. The university attracts 54,000 students from across Canada and 140 countries around the world to two major campuses.

The people that founded it wished to establish the four main beliefs of autonomy: the freedom to be able to choose staff to teach, to make entry accessible to every student, the freedom to produce its own plans of study and the freedom to manage the University’s capital. The university is a growing university, but during its brief history it has progressed quickly.

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Catholic University of Leuven

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Viktor Sadovnichiy

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Moscow, Russia

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www.msu.ru

1425

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41,255

Leuven, Belgium

Website:

www.kuleuven.be

Academic staff:

Rik Torfs

The University is well-known for its strong natural sciences tradition: 11 (of Russian 18) Nobel Prize winners and 6 (of Russian 8) Fields medalists were alumni or academics at Lomonosov. The 39 faculties cover virtually all areas of research, except engineering.

The University has its two campuses in the center of Moscow where there are 4 museums, 15 research institutes, one of the two botanical gardens, Science Park and a number of service units. The library of the University holds over 9 million volumes. The University has 6 branches in Russia and five of the former USSR republics.

The KU Leuven is a strongly research-oriented university. Among its many accolades is to be reckoned among the top universities of Europe. In the 2012-2013 Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) university ranking, the KU Leuven was ranked 58th in the world and 13th in Europe, making it the highest ranked university from the low countries (The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) in either category.

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University of Warsaw

΄ Gdansk University of Technology

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November 19, 1816

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Warsaw, Poland

Rector:

Professor Marcin Pałys

October 6, 1945 Gdańsk, Poland

www.uw.edu.pl The Gdańsk University of Technology is a technical university in Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz, and one of the oldest universities in Poland. It has nine faculties and more than 24 thousand undergraduate, as well as about 400 doctoral students. In 2004 it employed 2500 people, including 1200 academics.

Vrije University Brussel

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1834

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University of Warsaw (UW), founded in 1816, is the best university and a leading research centre in Poland. The high level of scientific research, its connection with the education of students and the diversity and attractiveness of our teaching determines the position of the University in the country and worldwide.

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Warsaw University of Technology Established: 1826

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www.pw.edu.pl

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The Vrije University Brussel, a dynamic and modern university with two green campuses in the Brussels-Capital region, offers highquality education and research.

The Warsaw University of Technology is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland, and one of the largest in Central Europe.

It employs 2,453 teaching faculty, with 357 professors (including 145 titular professors). There are 19 faculties (divisions) covering almost all fields of science and technology.

Brussels, Belgium

Warsaw, Poland

Technical University of Denmark Established: 1829

Website: www.dtu.dk

Lodz University of Technology Established: 1945

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www.p.lodz.pl

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It was founded in 1829 at the initiative of Hans Christian Ørsted as Denmark’s first polytechnic, and is today ranked among Europe’s leading engineering institutions, and the best engineering university in the Nordic countries.

The Lodz University of Technology has developed into one of the biggest in Poland. Originally located in an old factory building, today covering nearly 200,000 sq. meters in over 70 separate buildings, the majority of them situated in the main University area. Approximately 21,000 students are currently studying at the University. Educational and scientific tasks of the University are run by about 3,000 staff members.

Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.

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Vienna University of Technology Established:

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www.tuwien.ac.at

Technical University of Berlin Established: 1879

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The Vienna University of Technology – TU Wien (TUW) – is located in the heart of Europe, in a cosmopolitan city of great cultural diversity.

For nearly 200 years, the TU Wien has been a place of research, teaching and learning in the service of progress. The TU Wien is among the most successful technical universities in Europe and is Austria’s largest scientific-technical research and educational institution.

The Technische Universität Berlin, known as TU Berlin is a research university and one of the largest and most prestigious research and education institutions in Germany. The university alumni and professor list include National Academies elections, two National Medal of Science laureates and ten Nobel Prize winners.

Austria,Vienna

Berlin, Germany

Institute of Science and Technology Established:

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2007

www.ist.ac.at

University of Leoben

Established: 1840

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www.unileoben.ac.at

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The draft concept was developed by the Austrian physicist Anton Zeilinger in 2002. Preparation work started in 2007. The concept includes a focus on science and technology an interdisciplinary approach an independent and long-term strategy the entitlement to award PhDs.

The University of Leoben is the country’s university for mining, metallurgy and materials.

Klosterneuburg, Austria

Austria, Leoben

Graz University of Technology Established: 1811

It was founded on 4 November 1840, as the SteiermärkischStändische Montanlehranstalt in Styria, Austria’s mining region. In 1848 Peter Tunner relocated the university to the nearby town of Leoben, where it is still located today. That year the university had a mere 48 students enrolled.

Website:

Dresden University of Technology

www.portal.tugraz.at

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Austria, Styria The Graz University of Technology is the second largest university in Styria, Austria. In world-wide competition with comparable institutions, Graz University of Technology pursues top teaching and research in the fields of the engineering sciences and the technicalnatural sciences. An integral part of putting together excellent education and training programs is knowing about the needs of society and the economy. Ultimately, the quality of the education and training at Graz University of Technology is carried by the strength of its knowledge-oriented and applied research. Numerous competence centers, the Christian-Doppler laboratories, special research fields, research focuses, and large EU projects are only a few examples of the University’s extremely active and successful research.

Established: 1828

Website:

www.tu-dresden.de

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Dresden, Germany The Technische Universität Dresden is the largest institute of higher education in the city of Dresden, the largest university in Saxony and one of the 10 largest universities in Germany with 36,066 students as of 2010. The university is one of the eleven German universities which succeeded in the Excellence Initiative in 2012, thus getting the title of a “University of Excellence”.

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Brno University of Technology Established:

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1899

www.vutbr.cz

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne Established:

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1853

www.epfl.ch

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Brno University of Technology is a university located in Brno, Czech Republic. Being founded in 1899 and initially offering a single course in civil engineering, it grew to become a major Czech university with over 24,000 students enrolled at 8 faculties and 2 university institutes.

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne is one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology and is located in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Brno, Czech Republic

Czech Technical University in Prague Established:

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1707

www.cvut.cz

Écublens (near Lausanne), Switzerland

The school was founded by the Swiss Federal Government with the stated mission to: · Educate engineers and scientists · Be a national center of excellence in science and technology · Provide a hub for interaction between the scientific community and industry

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Prague, Czech Republic Czech Technical University in Prague is one of the largest universities in the Czech Republic, and is one of the oldest institutes of technology in Central Europe. It provides high-quality university education through an extensive portfolio of primarily engineering branches of study, conducts basic and applied research and numerous scientific projects with great emphasis on industrial use and applications.

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich Established: 1855

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www.ethz.ch

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Zürich, Switzerland

University of Freiburg

Established: 1457

Website:

www.uni-freiburg.de

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich is an engineering, science, technology, mathematics and management university in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. It is considered the best university in continental Europe by the Shanghai Ranking ARWU, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings Ranking and the QS World University Ranking. It is currently ranked 8th best university in the world in engineering, science and technology.

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Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany The University of Freiburg consistently achieves top positions in all university rankings. The university’s research and instruction received the “Excellence” seal in 2007 and again in 2009. More than 160 fields of study and a wide array of possible degrees attract a total of around 21,000 students to Freiburg, including many international students and junior researchers.

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University of Cambridge

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1209

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Polytechnic University of Milan Established:

29 November 1863

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www.polimi.it

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The University of Cambridge is a collegiate research university in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in English-speaking areas, and the world’s third-oldest surviving university. Today, Cambridge is formed from a variety of institutions that include 31 constituent colleges and comprehensive academic departments which are organised into six Schools. It has nurtured many notable alumni, and 90 Nobel laureates have been affiliated with the University,which is the highest in the world.

Polytechnic University of Milan is the largest technical university in Italy, with about 38,700 students. It offers undergraduate, graduate and higher education courses in Engineering, Architecture and Design. It is the oldest university in Milan.

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Milan, Italy

University of Edinburgh

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1583

www.ed.ac.uk

Sapienza University of Rome Established: 1303

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www.en.uniroma1.it

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The University of Edinburgh is the sixth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland’s ancient universities. The University is ranked 17th in the world by the 2013 QS rankings. It is ranked 11th in the world in arts and humanities by the 2012–13 Times Higher Education Ranking.It is ranked the 15th most employable university in the world by the 2013 Global Employability University Ranking. It is a member of both the Russell Group, and the League of European Research Universities, a consortium of 21 research universities in Europe.

The Sapienza University of Rome is the largest European university by enrollments and the oldest of Rome’s four state-funded universities. In Italian, sapienza means “wisdom” or “knowledge”.

Sapienza is present in all major international university rankings. It is among the best Italian universities

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Rome, Italy

Imperial College London

Established: 8 July 1907

Website:

www.imperial.ac.uk

University of Florence

Established: 1321

Website: www.unifi.it

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Imperial College London is a public research, specialising in science, engineering, medicine and business. A former constituent college of the federal University of London, it became fully independent on 9 July 2007, as part of the celebrations of its centenary.

The University of Florence is one of the oldest and biggest universities. It is an Italian public research university .It comprises 12 schools and has about 60,000 students enrolled.

London, United Kingdom

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Budapest University of Technology and Economics Established:

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www.bme.hu

Norwegian University of Science and Technology Established: 1996

www.ntnu.no

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The Budapest University of Technology and Economics is the most significant University of Technology in Hungary and is also one of the oldest Institutes of Technology in the world. More than 110 departments and institutes operate within the structure of eight faculties. About 1100 lecturers, 400 researchers and other degree holders and numerous invited lecturers and practising expert specialists participate in education and research.

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology commonly known as NTNU, is the second largest of the eight universities in Norway, and, as its name suggests, has the main national responsibility for higher education in engineering and technology. In addition to engineering and the natural and physical sciences, the university offers advanced degrees in other academic disciplines ranging from the social sciences, the arts, medicine, architecture and fine art.

Budapest, Hungary

Trondheim, Norway

University Centre in Svalbard Established:

Website:

1993

www.unis.no

Corvinus University of Budapest Established: 1920

Website:

www.uni-corvinus.hu

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The University Centre in Svalbard is a Norwegian state-owned limited company that provides university-level education in arctic studies.

Corvinus University of Budapest is one of the most prestigious universities in Budapest, Hungary. The university offers degrees in multiple disciplines, but it is characterised by its programmes in economics, management and social sciences. Corvinus University is consistently listed in the top 50 in the Financial Times European Masters in Management rankings.

Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Budapest, Hungary

University of Strasbourg

Established: 1538

Website:

www.unistra.fr

University of Nantes

Established: 4 April 1460

Website:

www.univ-nantes.fr

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The University of Strasbourg is the second largest university in France, with about 43,000 students and over 4,000 researchers.

In the 1970s it was divided into three separate institutions: Louis Pasteur University, Marc Bloch University, and Robert Schuman University. On 1 January 2009, the fusion of these three universities recreated a united University of Strasbourg, which is now amongst Europe’s best in the League of European Research Universities.

Founded in the XVth century, then closed for nearly 200 years, Université de Nantes reopened in 1962 and went on to become one of the top French universities. With its history and its dynamism, the University is ready to face the challenge of international competition.

Today, University of Nantes is one of France’s top multidisciplinary universities. It is located in an attractive area boasting strong economic and demographic growth over the past two decades.

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Lappeenranta University of Technology Established:

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www.lut.fi

University of Coimbra

Established: 1290

Website: www.uc.pt

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Nowadays, LUT’s strategic focus areas are green energy and technology, the creation of sustainable competitiveness and operation as a hub of international Russian relations. Being located near the eastern boundary of Finland, the university also offers comprehensive know-how related to Russia. Its international community is comprised of approximately 6,500 students and experts engaged in scientific research and academic education.

The University of Coimbra is one of the oldest universities in continuous operation in the world, the oldest university of Portugal, and one of its largest higher education and research institutions.

It is a founding member of the Coimbra Group, a group of leading European research universities, whose inaugural meeting it hosted.

On June 22, 2013, UNESCO added the university to its World Heritage List.

Lappeenranta, Finland

Coimbra, Portugal

University of Porto

University of Oulu

Established: 1958

Website: www.oulu.fi

Established: 1911

Website: www.up.pt

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The University of Oulu is one of the largest universities in Finland, located in the city of Oulu. The university has around 16,000 students and 3,000 staff. It is ranked in the Academic Ranking of World Universities as the second best university in Finland and between 303 and 401 worldwide.

The University of Porto is the largest Portuguese university by number of enrolled students and has one of the most noted research outputs in Portugal. It is considered one of the 100 best Universities in Europe.

Oulu, Finland

Porto, Portugal

University of Helsinki

Established: 1640

Website:

www.helsinki.fi/university

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Helsinki, Finland It is the oldest and largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available. Around 36,500 students are currently enrolled in the degree programs of the university spread across 11 faculties and 11 research institutes. The University of Helsinki places heavy emphasis on high-quality teaching and research of a top international standard. It is a member of various prominent international university networks, such as Europaeum, UNICA, the Utrecht Network, and is a founding member of the League of European Research Universities.

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University of Tokyo

Established: 1877

Website:

www.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Tokyo Institute of Technology Established:

www.titech.ac.jp

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The University of Tokyo is the first of Japan’s National Seven Universities, and is considered the most prestigious university in Japan. It ranks as the highest in Asia and 21st in the world according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2013. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign.

Tokyo Institute of Technology is the largest institution for higher education in Japan dedicated to science and technology. Tokyo Tech enrolled 4,850 undergraduates and 5,006 graduate students for 2009–2010. It employs around 1,400 faculty members.

Tokyo, Japan

Meguro Yokohama Tamach, Tokyo, Japan

Kyoto University

Established: 1869

Website:

www.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Osaka University

Established: 1724

Website:

www.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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Kyoto University is a national university located in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second oldest Japanese university,one of the highest ranked universities in Asia and one of Japan’s National Seven Universities.

One of Asia’s leading research-oriented institutions, Kyoto University is famed for producing world-class researchers, including eight Nobel Prize laureates, two Fields medalists and one Gauss Prize. The university has been consistently ranked the second best institute in Japan since 2008 in various independent university ranking schemes.

Osaka University is the sixth oldest university in Japan and one of Japan’s National Seven Universities. Numerous prominent scientists have worked at Osaka University such as the Nobel Laureate in Physics Hideki Yukawa. It has 11 faculties for undergraduate programs, 16 graduate schools, 21 research institutes, 4 libraries, and 2 university hospitals.

Kyoto, Japan

Suita, Osaka, Japan

University of Dublin

Established: 1592

Website: www.tcd.ie

University of Limerick

Established: 1 January 1972

Website: www.ul.ie

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Trinity College builds on its four-hundred-year-old tradition of scholarship to confirm its position as one of the great universities of the world, providing a liberal environment where independence of thought is highly valued and where staff and students are nurtured as individuals and are encouraged to achieve their full potential. The University of Dublin is one of the seven ancient universities of Britain and Ireland. It is a member of the Irish Universities Association, Universities Ireland, and the Coimbra Group.

It was established in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick and became a university by statute in 1989 in accordance with the University of Limerick Act 1989.The university was the first university established since the foundation of the State in 1922. The university has currently in excess of 11,000 full-time undergraduate students and 1,500 part-time students.

There are also over 800 research postgraduates and 1,300 taught postgraduate students at the university.

Dublin, Ireland

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Lord Digby Jones

‘Knowledge is the third millennium currency’

The Smart Education Platform is presented by the Academic Union, Oxford teaching you the modern trends of alternative education provided by the best world renowned lecturers.

Join us today!

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Dear Sirs, Your educational establishment has a successful history of introducing the latest trends in technology to enhance the learning experience of your students. In recognition of this the AU would like you to join with us as a co-founder of an educational venture that will further enrich the experience of the students at your academic institution.

Educational establishments are constantly looking for opportunities to expand the academic experience of their students. Classic educational models can be restrictive due to class sizes and capped limitations on student attendance. To remain competitive and engaging educational establishments are required to modernise practices, the opportunity of a joint educational programme with the AU will support this aim.

Keep up with the times! Do not miss an opportunity to become a part of our project.

Look forward for fruitful cooperation.

Vincenzo Costigliola MD Honorary President The Academic Union, Oxford

A Global organisation for a global education!

The Academic Union, Oxford has been founded in 2014 on the basis of the Club of the Rectors of Europe (2000) on the initiative of the international scientific and business community. Memorandum to establish AU has been signed by Rectors Professors, scientists, inventors and business representatives from 30 countries. The primary aim of the Union is to consolidate the efforts of scientists, educators, industrialists, and manufacturers on science education and business integration and development in the XXIst century.

Leaders of higher education, institutions, colleges, researchers, scientists, teachers, and representatives of higher education and business structures can join the Academic Union, Oxford regardless of ethnic or religious backgrounds. In addition, educational organizations and institutions can join the Academic Union, Oxford as associate members.

The Academic Union, Oxford is regulated by the Academic Council and its work is carried out by its members voluntarily. The AU is a non-profit organisation and is not involved in commercial activities. The EBA Conferences Projects Department is responsible for the financial aspects of the Union.

The Academic Council chaired by the Honorary President, in coordination with the management department and the Council Secretariat is in charge of the organization’s work.

The scientific work of the Academic Union scientific functions on the basis of independent Academic Committees, headed by the Chairpersons.

The AU members are invited to attend the annual Union gathering - Summit of Leaders, Oxford, which is traditionally held in Oxford since 2000, as well as other activities of the Union’s partners to share experiences, discuss new research and gain support from each other. Academic Union, Oxford will promote and strengthen professional relationships of its members.

The Academic Union functions on the basis of independent Academic Committees in the following fields of expertise: 1) Management and Economics 2) Hospitality, Tourism, Leisure and Sport 3) Law and Jurisprudence 4) Politics, Sociology, Psychology 5) Science & Education 6) Technologies 7) Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences 8) Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy

9) Architecture, Building & Design 10) Art & Music 11) History, Philosophical and Religious Studies 12) Journalism, Media and Communications 13) Languages and Linguistics 14) Agricultural Science and Veterinary 15) IT (Information Technologies)

AU mission is integration and coordination of the educational institutions, scientific research institutes, and business structures to enhance and improve educational research, educational and cultural activities, and to provide scientific ideas and inventions implementation.

Join our educational community today!

Let’s get global!

A unique, brand new and state of the art lounge-studio which aims to host seminars, training sessions, work-shops and debates. The Training Centre is located in the heart of Oxford, UK and is fitted out with modern equipment for visual and sound information transmission; The Academic Union Training Centre has a variety of services and benefits, to name a few: • Access to an interactive educational platform with a program aimed specifically at global business thinking, managerial skills and professional development that will consist of 4 thematic courses; • A Speaker’s Bureau that is host to world renowned coaches and trainers as well as internationally acclaimed lecturers who speak and teach in leading universities internationally; • Not only will the Training Centre conduct courses in the Lounge, Oxford, UK, but will also run short distance courses through online webinars; • Involvement in the AU Training Centre will also enable you to organise visiting open lectures at your educational establishment through our Speakers Bureau; • Furthermore, you will have access to a large international network; in 2015 the AU includes more than 30 partner-Universities from 24 countries covering the audience more than 3000 people.

Our Smart Education Platform provides webinars to educate and inform viewers about developments in modern society. It unites more than 120 users from 64 countries. We will provide you with the best knowledge in Oxford and share its innovations throughout Europe and other continents.

A/U Training Centre Ukraine

A/U Training Centre Middle East

A/U Training Centre Central Europe

A/U Training Centre Russia

A/U Training Centre India

A/U Training Centre Africa

Become a Representative in your region

Global Business for Efficient Manager Author’s program of life-long education specially arranged and aims to global thinking development, acquiring new managerial skills and professional development.

The program consists of 4 courses: • • • •

Global Business; Effective business administration; The World of Brand; How to turn communication into money.

Each course is divided to 6 independent webinars on topical issues.

Global Business

The World of Brand

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Business Trends: globalization vs. localization;

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Local clusters: who will stay one jump ahead of the Asian tigers?

International marketing: how to avoid mistakes choosing the strategy?

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A strong brand: from the basement to the top;

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Logistics transformation: aviation in pursuit of the pipeline;

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Social networks: modern competitor of the calssic media

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Human Resourses issues: how to do a head hunting?

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Migration: whether labor migration will save the economics?

Effective content: how much does a news-maker cost?

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Global Leadership: how to compete on non-competitive markets;

How to turn communication into money

Effective Business Administration •

Project Management: how to earn money on a start-up?

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Internet and Social Networks: tame the World Wide Web;

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Strategic and risk management in global business;

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Communicative Center: how to win at a distance;

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Team building: does the company need state of the art office?

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How to improve the efficiency of MICE

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Business correspondence: the pros and cons of modern direct-mail;

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Outsourcing: inside out world;

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Internal management: how to program a team to succeed?

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Intercultural communication: the art of negotiations and country mentality;

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Time management: become super-efficient.

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Writing for the web: How do I get content.

This is an example of the programmes we intend to provide. We are aware in order to provide the most innovative research and knowledge hundreds of programmes similar to the above-mentioned are required.

Therefore, we invite our international colleagues to develop a Global Webinar Programme in order to continually improve and communicate information around the world.

5 reasons why you should subscribe to our programme of webinars:

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Partnership with the Academic Union, Oxford and your University in order to organise the work on the basis of the educational platform;

The most recent and innovative information is provided to viewers;

Possibility to add your educational programmes to schedule of Academic Union programmes;

Opportunity to present the theses of your post-graduate students through Professors of the Academic Union’s Departments;

Scientific articles publication in the Socrates Almanac.

(ISSN 2053-4736)

The Training Centre aims to provide knowledge and develop an institute of efficient managers.

Our audience will benefit from the following: • Best knowledge from our best speakers; • Certificate confirming the educational programme’s completion; • Membership of the Club of Efficient Managers: members will be promoted to be employed with the companies affiliated with the Europe Business Assembly; • Participation in fascinating interactive Events; • Active students will be provided with an opportunity to present career successes in the framework of prestigious international investment Summits, which take place in the United; • Kingdom, Switzerland, Italy and other European countries.

We change you, you change the world!

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CSR Al Ahli Holding Group, Corporate social responsibility PO Box 115648 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Phone: +971 56 259 8342 Fax: +971 4 367 90 09 Email: lina@alahligroup.com Website: www.csralahligroup.com The CSR is a division of Al Ahli Holding Group founded in 2008 aiming to develop Arab youth by building their skills and widening their horizons and exposure. Using the power of partnership and co-operation with different organizations, the CSR Division joins hands with other government and non-government organizations to create the business leaders of tomorrow. CSR is willing to become a leading example for how an active private sector and corporate social responsibility division can be developed for UAE and the Arab World. As part of its mission, the CSR division organizes programmes designed to support our youth development and inspire the future of 100 million Arab youths who need to be engaged, both within their communities and economies, in order to fully contribute to the peaceful and stable development of their countries.

Lina Hourani Director

Ms. Lina Hourani currently serves as the Director of Al Ahli Holding Group CSR Division. Since her appointment in 2008, she has managed to execute several youth development programmes and initiatives. Among those initiatives and forums was the Global Business Opportunities Programme (GBO). Through the GBO program, Ms. Hourani has successfully marked a major milestone in Al Ahli Group’s efforts to identify business opportunities, develop the entrepreneurial skills for youth, and build their ability to own a global business; hence, shifting them from being job seekers to job providers. She has received a number of awards on several occasions and often an expert speaker in regional and international CSR, Entrepreneurship and youth development seminars and programmes.

Ms. Hourani’s achievements encompassed translating Al Ahli Group’s vision into action by running youth development programs across 4 different continents benefiting youth from UAE, Jordan, Lebanon, South Africa, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Greece, and the UK. Such programmes include Global Business Opportunity (GBO), and the CSR in Action Program.

Prior to that, Ms. Hourani filled several positions focusing on youth development and training at some of the leading NGOs and institutes in Jordan. This included the Royal Health Awareness Society and several USAID youth development programs and organizations.

She has trained and inspired an army of students and private sector volunteers to happily work on the development of other students, and contribute to their society. She has also conducted trainings for more than 2000 senior professional and young leaders in UAE, Jordan, Egypt, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, UK and USA. Ms. Hourani holds a Masters degree in Public Relations and Communications from the University of Westminster in London, a BA in Political Science & French literature from the University of Jordan, and a Diploma in Neuro-linguistic programming from Canada. She has undergone extensive trainings including Leadership, TOT, mind mapping, creativity and is certified as an international trainer on the interpersonal skills segment.

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British Orchard Nursery, Early Years Nursery Education P.O Box 125045, Bur Dubai, UAE Phone: (+971) 4 3512131 Fax: (+971) 3983525 Email: marketing@britishorchardnursery.com Website: www.britishorchardnursery.com

British Orchard Nursery (BON) follows the British National Early Years Curriculum guidelines, focusing on developing early year’s education through an in-depth unique planning programme which offers personal assessment for every child and is measured termly ensuring that their needs are met. This process has been praised many times by various stakeholders both in business and education sectors.

Through these, BON has received numerous accolades with 7 international and 8 national awards including quality provisions in healthcare and safety.

British Orchard Nursery takes pride in its commitment to quality; being the largest ISO Quality, Health and Safety certified Nursery chain in the Middle East with 14 branches including UAE government contracts.

BON’s mission statement is “Sowing Seeds of Success” and the vision is “To be the leader in nursery education, providing high quality international early years provision through best practices”. The Nursery has four core values: “Respect & Integrity, Equality & Diversity, Rights & Responsibility and Improvement & Innovation”.

Ms. Vandana Kumar Gandhi

School Strengths

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ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2008 and OHSAS 18001 Quality Certified care and education Curriculum that is linked to assessment in the seven areas of child development Individual development plan for each student In-house gym with a gymnastics coach that links physical development to BON’s Curriculum Exceeding Ministry of Social Affairs (MOSA) standards with a 1 to 5 child ratio Exceeding training targets with over 30 hours training per employee British Gym Association Certified for each children through BON’s “GymJuniorz’ program Rigid risk and safety measures, procedures, and policies Nurse on site with strict health policies in place Healthy eating procedures and policies Child observations and term reports Open door policy for communicating along with additional channels of communication between school, teachers, and parents Over 40 additional events through the year to provide varied learning experiences Parental support through coffee morning Q&A forum and special topics with guest speakers Arabic and French instruction.

Music and Movement After school programs such as Soccer tots, football, Ballet, Music, Cricket, Yoga, Dance, etc.

Bus services Varied activity centers that include sensory, smart board, tablets, outdoor play, role play, construction, water play, and easel painting, etc.

Reports provided to the primary school where the child has been accepted Continual audits, assessments, benchmarking, and innovation that allows BON to lead the field in early childhood education and development.

Parents as Partners

As part of BON’s commitment to the Early Years Foundation Stage, it considers parents as partners

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in children’s learning. Parents are children's first educators. Thus, BON strives to ensure that parents receive a welcoming atmosphere with a good rapport that is vital for children’s development.

BON values the feedback taken from all stakeholders. It is an essential tool as baseline information in decisionmaking to understand the needs of stakeholders and determine the forthcoming challenges and opportunities.

SCHOOL RECOGNITIONS

BON’s conscientious and continuous quest for quality of excellence has yielded productivity in the field of business and education. Thus; BON has been awarded with various prestigious international and national accolades namely: 1. Mohammed Bin-Rashid Al Maktoum (MRM) Business Excellence Award in 2015 2. European Assembly Award 2015 3. Golden Peacock Innovation Management Award 2015 4. ISO 14001:2004 environment quality certificate awarded in 2015 5. OHSAS 18001 health & safety quality certificate awarded in 2015 6. Dubai Quality Appreciation Award in 2014 7. Dubai Human Development Appreciation Award in 2014 8. Most Women Friendly Employer Award at WIL Economic Forum in 2014 9. Arabia Corporate Social Responsibility Award in 2014 10. Feigenbaum Leadership and Quality Award in 2014 11. Emirates Business Woman Award in 2013 12. Showcased on the television by the Ministry as a leading Nursery on quality education 2012 13. ISO 9001:2008 quality certificate awarded in 2011 14. Awarded at the Indian Education Congress 2011 15. Awarded at the Franchise Expo 2011 16. Award for Special Needs Education by the Community development Authority 2009 17. Certificate awarded for nursery Pharmacy content 2008 18. Certificates of participation in various Ministry programmes 19. Invitation to meet the Queen of England during her visit to Dubai 20. DEWA award for conservation of energy and participation 21. Invitation and awarded by Ministry of Social Affairs for National day celebrations 22. Appraised and Awarded several times by MINISTRY of Social AFFAIRS for being one of the BEST in following quality health care practices, childcare services and parent partnerships.

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Anatoliy Getman The National University “Yaroslav the Wise Law Academy of Ukraine”, Vice-Rector for Research Work, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine.

Honoured Man of Science and Engineering of Ukraine 61024, Ukraine, Kharkiv, Pushkinskaya str., 77.

Email: apgetman@rambler.ru Website: www.jur-academy.kharkov.ua

Anatoliy Getman was born on July 18, 1958 in the village of Zidki, Zmiev district in the Kharkiv region. In 1979 he became a student of the Kharkiv Law Institute (now known as the NU “Yaroslav the Wise Law Academy of Ukraine”).

After graduation (1983), Anatoliy continued to work at the higher education institution near his home and was soon enrolled on the post-graduate course. In 1986 he defended his thesis on the topic “Legal regulation of the activities of administration bodies in the field of use and protection of the environment”. A Candidate of Legal Sciences, A.P. Getman was invited to join the Department of Environmental Law, where he was promoted from assistant to associate professor. In 1992 he entered the doctoral programme, graduating in 1995, and defending his doctoral thesis on “Environmental and procedural legal theory: emergence and development”. In 1997 he was awarded the title of professor.

In 1995 the talented lawyer was invited to work at the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine. In this institution he headed the Department of Planning and Coordination of Legal Studies and later served as Chief Scientific Secretary.

In 2001 Anatoliy Getman was appointed Vice-Rector for Academic Work, and in 2007 Vice-Rector for Research Work, of the main law university in Ukraine. Since 2011 he has headed the university Department of Environmental Law. Under the guidance of Professor Getman 13 Candidates and one Doctor of Sciences have prepared and defended their theses, he is the author of more than 200 scientific works, among them six monographs, textbooks and manuals, commentary and scientific articles.

Since 1998 he has been a Member, and from 2002 to 2007 the Chairman, of the Expert Council for Legal Sciences at the Higher Attestation Commission of Ukraine, and Chairman of the Specialised Scientific Council.

Anatoliy Getman is a member of the editorial boards of the publications: “The Problems of Legality”, “Bulletin of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine”, “Bulletin of the National Mediation and Conciliation Service”, “Environmental Bulletin of Ukraine”, Journal

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of the National University “Yaroslav the Wise Law Academy of Ukraine”. Series: Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Sociology, Political Science, Journal of the National University “Yaroslav the Wise Law Academy of Ukraine”. Series: Economic Theory and Law, “Medical Forensic Examination”, electronic collection of the National University “Yaroslav the Wise Law Academy of Ukraine” “The Theory and Practice of Jurisprudence”, scientific and practical journal “Lawyer of Ukraine”.

Together with the country’s leading experts A.P. Getman was involved in the drafting of the Land Code of Ukraine, the Laws of Ukraine: “On Fauna”, “On Nature Reserve Fund” and others. In 2012 he became a member of the Constitutional Assembly of Ukraine to prepare draft law on amendments to the Constitution.

The merits of Anatoliy Pavlovich are highly appreciated. He is an Honoured Man of Science and Engineering, has the Union of Lawyers of Ukraine award “Outstanding Lawyer of Ukraine” (2013) and the insignia of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine “For the promotion of the bodies of internal affairs of Ukraine” (2010). Twice (in 2003 and 2009), Anatoliy Getman has won the Yaroslav the Wise Prize. Among other awards given to the scientist are the honorary medal “10 years of Ministry of Internal Affaires of Ukraine” (2001), honorary insignia of Ukrainian section of the International Police Association “For courage and professionalism” (2011), an honorary insignia of the Supreme Court of Ukraine “For fidelity to the law” (2012) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine honorary insignia “Knight of the Law” (2012). He has the honorary Distinction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, III degree (2008), Medal of the International Academy of Rating Technologies and Sociology “Golden Fortune” “20 years of independence of Ukraine” (2011), the valuable gift of the Security Service of Ukraine (2011), as well as honorary diplomas of Kharkov Regional State Administration (2006, 2008), Diploma of Kharkov City Council (2008, 2013) and a Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2009).

In 2012 A.P. Getman was awarded the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Engineering.

In 2015 Anatoliy Getman was awarded the title of Honorary Professor of Zaporizhzhya National University.

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Suat I. Gunsel Founding Rector of Near East University Near East Boulevard, P.O. Box 922022, Nicosia, T.R.N.C., via Mersin 10 - Turkey Phone: +90 (392) 680 20 00 Fax: +90 (392) 223 64 61 Email: suat.gunsel@neu.edu.tr Website: www.neu.edu.tr

Dr. Suat İ. Günsel was born in 1952 in Beşiktepe, a captivating village in Cyprus. He graduated from the Department of Physics at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara and furthered his education by earning a PhD on Educational Psychology. It has been observed in his speeches on various occasions that he acts with the sense of a patriotic Turkish Cypriot who considers the education system as ‘a waving stream on which achievements of our next generations are shaped on the basis of our current social and national values’. Establishing his entire life philosophy and vision upon this idea, starting from the times he established a private school where students prepared for university entrance exams Dr. Günsel had been known as ‘Suat Hoca’ within the school and eventually, all around of North Cyprus. Today, his former students, who are now professors, directors, managers, ministers or members of national assemblies, state councils, state that they still identify him with this name. 1988 marked the establishment of the Near East University whereby Dr. Suat İ. Günsel became the Founding Rector of the university. Below are a few of Dr. Suat İ. Günsel’s achievements of the past few years:

· On 5th July 2011, Dr. Günsel was awarded with ‘Friendship Order’, the highest order of the state given to foreigners, by the President of Azerbaijan, His Excellency İlham Aliyev, for his outstanding contributions in order to develop the relations between the TRNC and the Republic of Azerbaijan, and for his contributions to Azerbaijan Diaspora.

· In August 2009, Dr. Günsel was awarded with the ‘Medal of Honour’ of Gagauzian Autonomous Republic at the II. World Gagauzians Conference by the President of Gagauzia, His Excellency Mihail Formuzal.

· On 2nd December 2014, Dr. Suat I. Günsel, was invited to the House of Lords (UK) as a special guest. He delivered a speech to members of House of Lords and a selected group of guests at Parliament. He talked about the achievements of NEU over the years as well as the importance and position of higher education in TRNC.

· In October 2010, Dr. Günsel was awarded for his contributions to Turkish culture and education system with ‘Türksoy Most Prestigious Golden Medal of Honour’ in accordance with the decision taken at the conference of Organization of Common Directorate of International Turkish Culture and Arts by the Permanent Council of Ministers of Culture of Member Countries of TÜRKSOY.

· On 27th May 2013, Dr. Günsel was awarded with Honorary Doctorate Diploma for his outstanding contributions in the field of ‘Innovation in Education and Health’ at the senate meeting of the Crimean State Engineering and Pedagogical University. · On 2nd July 2013, Dr. Günsel received the Socrates Award by Oxford Europe Business Assembly (EBA) at the award ceremony of Swiss Summit of Leaders held in Montreaux, Switzerland. · On 14th October 2014, the United Europe Award was presented to Dr. Suat İ. Günsel, by International Socrates Committee.

Dr. Suat I. Günsel, the Founding Rector of Near East University, is married and has three children.

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Rafael Huseynov

E-mail: rafaelhuseyn@yahoo.com Website: rafaelhuseynov.com

The prominent Azerbaijani orientalist, outstanding researcher on literature and art, Member of Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Member of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Director of National Literature Museum named after Nizami Ganjavi, Doctor of Philology, Professor, Active member of Academy of Science of Republic of Azerbaijan, The member of the Oxford Academic Union.

Huseynov Rafael Baba oghlu was born on 12 August 1954 in district of Kurdamir of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Rafael Huseynov graduated from the Department for Oriental Sciences of Baku State University in 1976. On 11 January 1980 he defended his dissertation entitled “Baba Taher and his poetical heritage” and became PhD on philology (specialization: literature of the peoples of Asia and Africa), in 1992 he finished his Doctorate research (“The creative biography of Mahsati Ganjavi” – specialization: world literature/Persian literature.

Azerbaijani literature) and was granted the high scholar rank.

He was nominated associate correspondent of Academy of Sciences of Republic of Azerbaijan in 2007 and elected to the position of Active member in 2014.

The scientific activities of academician Rafael Huseynov were always very effective and covered many branches of Philology.

Basic scientific achievements – to research some unknown and little-studied representatives of classical Azerbaijani literature of the VIII-XVIII centuries on the level of the modern requirements and enter them into the scientific convolution; to create own school based on the comparativistics connected with classical Azerbaijani

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study of literature; to create new museums representing our culture and history in Azerbaijan and abroad. Along with launching a new branch in the fields of research of classical Azerbaijani literature and History of Art, he became an author of nearly 500 research papers, books and articles. His works “About the quatrains by Baba Тaher”, “Higher than time” (about Huseyn Javid and Muslim Magomaev), “Rafibeylis”, “The grain of nation”, “Eternal Javid”, “The renewing, directing and structural-creative tasks of classical Azerbaijani literature in mugam”, “The soul in the name of motherland”, “All stars. Pages of Azerbaijani music history” , “The poetry in the notional shades of the word of Ibn al Аrabi and the investigations of philosophical content”, “The monument for the word”, “The Ascension of the word (essay about the classical authors of Azerbaijani literature)”, “Our signature. Thoughts on Art”, “The multivectorial movement of the scientific and cultural context on the lines of the Great Silk Way and the literary school of the Azerbaijani philosopher Nizami” and many others gained an excessive recognition among the scientific community.

Academician R. Huseynov has made a consistent research on the works of great Azerbaijani poet Muhammad Fizuli (1494-1556) “Essence from nothing”. Baku, 2014, (808 pages), “The mystery of the mouth. Baku, 2015 (800 pages). Academician Rafael Huseynov’s determination in research and worldwide publicity of 12th century exceptional Azerbaijani poet Mahsati Ganjevi is extremely valuable.

He is an author and publisher of nearly 30 books about Mahsati’s life and literary activities (“The sultan of the sultanate of rubai. The monograph about Mahsati: “Mahsati Ganjavi. Essay” (translated into

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21 languages: Russian, English, Turkish, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Tajik, Persian, Arabic, Korean, Japanese, Indonesian, Norwegian, Greek, Hindi, Poland, Czech, Hebrew, Urdu). He was the first to present to the attention of scientific community many works of 18th century poet Shakir Shirvani, translated and published from Arabic and Persian the works of Ismayil Ibn Yasar (8th century), Shihabeddin Yahya Suhreverdi (11th century), Baba Kuhi Bakuvi (11th century), Zulfigar Shirvani (13th century) and many other classics as well as Edward Fitsgeralds (19th century) “Kuzename” from English.

Academician Rafael Huseynov is a scholar with many interests. He is a dedicated researcher of Middle Age Azerbaijani and Middle East Art and Literature. Meanwhile he is a keen investigator of contemporary Azerbaijani literature and Perfomance. In his researches he examined the works of Art of Middle Age Azerbaijani scholars such as Gathran Tabrizi (11th century), Falaki Shirvani, Mujraddin Beylagani (12th century), Shams Tabrizi (13th century), Shah Ismayil Khatai (15th century) and others together with classics of Indian Turkish and Persian literature and art such as Omar Khayyam (12th century), Amir Khosrov Dehlevi (13th century), Jalaleddin Rumi (13th century), Muhammad Bayram Khan (16th century), Nurmuhammad Endelip, Mahtimgulu Faragi (17th century), Ovliya Chalabi (17th century).

Rafael Huseynov is not merely a scientific theorist in the field of Art and Literature, but also a creator of some very noticeable art examples. He wrote the librettos for drama “Fizuli”, for “Heydar

oratorium” and ballet “Mete Khagan”. One of the main directions of academician Rafael Huseynov’s research activities is an analysis of Art of Music of Azerbaijan.

He worked as a teacher of Persian literature at Baku State University (1987-1989). In 1990-1991 he taught "History of culture" in Azerbaijan State Conservatory. He taught Azerbaijan literature and culture at "Khazar" University (1995-1999), American University of Baku (1999-2001), at school No. 6 (2001-2002), the Professor of the Department "Ancient Literature and Folklore" at Azerbaijani State Pedagogical University (2008-2015). Since 1975 Rafael Huseynov has been producing the weekly program in Azerbaijani state radio called “Evening randevues”. That is probably a unique case in the history of broadcasting that a person single-handedly could produce a program for the 40 subsequent years and through this means he achieved accumulating the rarest examples of Azerbaijani Music and voices.

Rafael Huseynov was awarded a special prize by the Azerbaijani Writers’ Union, the National Academy of the Sciences of Azerbaijan, and the University of Azerbaijan for his book "The Javids" (1997); İnternational award "The Name in science".

His books have been published in 30 different languages in various parts of the world.

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Jackson Educational Complex 4, Jackson Street, Ayeduase, Kumasi, Ghana Phone: +233 3220 60924 / +233 208163911 Email: info@jackson.edu.gh Website: www.jackson.edu.gh

Jackson Educational Complex (JEC) is an educational institution with the Jackson College of Education as a department. The College was established in 2009 as the first Private College of Education to run a 3 year Diploma Programme in Basic Education through Distance Learning.

It is accredited by the National Accreditation Board (NAB) of Ghana and affiliated to the University of Winneba (UEW).

VISION

JEC aspires to be a leading private University College of Education in the provision of quality and affordable higher education through Distance Learning.

MISSION

To provide higher education opportunities to all regardless of where they live.

Ebenezer Asafua Jackson

LECTURES

Associate professor, director

STRATEGIC FOCUS

Students meet for face to face lectures every 2 weeks at weekends in learning centres.

Mainstreaming ICT into administration, teaching and learning · Establishing multidisciplinary collaboration with local and international institutions

ACHIEVEMENTS

1. The programme started with 284 students in 2009 in 3 learning centres. In 2015 we have 30 learning centres in all 10 regions of Ghana with 6759 students.

2. The number of pioneer Graduates was 178 in 2012.

In the second graduation, the number was 2388.

3. Training Teachers, at no expense to the Government, to teach in the Rural Areas where most trained teachers from the government institutions are not willing to go.

4. Some graduates are continuing their studies outside Ghana.

AWARDS

JEC has received both local and international awards.

1. In July 2014, MICJOY honoured JEC as Ghana’s Most Influential Training College.

2. In April 2015, Business Initiative Directions (BID), awarded JEC, International Arch Of Europe.

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Ebenezer Asafua Jackson

Ebenezer A. Jackson is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and the Co-Founder and Director of the Jackson Educational Complex in 2009. He received the B.Sc. (1967) and M.Sc. (1970) degrees in Electrical Engineering from KNUST, Kumasi and the PhD (1974) in Automatic Control from the University of Pennsylvania, USA. His teaching career started in 1967 as a Teaching Assistant at KNUST. He has since taught electrical engineering courses at KNUST, University of Lagos, National University of Rwanda, Christian Service University College and Kumasi Polytechnic. His research areas include Control Systems, Energy and Computers in Education, where he has over 55 publications in Journal and Conference Proceedings. He has supervised postgraduate and undergraduate students thesis and served as external examiner to the University of Ghana, Regional Maritime University, University of Mines and Technology and the Polytechnics. He has also served as a Consultant to the Ghana Standards Board, a number of Government Ministries and the African Development Foundation (ADF). He was the Head of Department of Electrical as well as Computer Engineering for a number of years. He retired as the Dean of the School of Engineering in 2004.

He is a Fellow of the Ghana Institution of Engineers and served as its Vice-President from 2005 to 2006.

He sings and has produced a recording of a Gospel album.

In the USA, he joined choirs which performed with the Philadelphia, Cleveland, New York Philharmonic Orchestras in Carnegie and Avery Fisher Halls in New York under renowned conductors like Eugene Ormandy and Lorin Maazel.

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Evdokiya I. Kholostova Dr. of History, Professor, Director of Institute of Professional Development of Social Sphere Employees of Moscow Department of Social Protection of Population 1st Basmanny Lane, 10, 105066, Moscow, the Russian Federation Phone: 7 495 607 06 46 Email: ipk@dszn.ru Website: www.soc-education.ru

Evdokiya Kholostova is a well-known researcher in Russia and abroad, who has made a significant contribution to the theory of social policy and social work. She is one of the founders of new scientific direction in the area of social theory, which has introduced practical outcomes such as the foundation of educational & practical centres based on educational and professional organisations. Prof. Kholostova elaborated and introduced the conception of practice-oriented training of specialists for social sphere in High Educational Institutes.

Prof. E. Kholostova is initiator and author of the first curricula of retraining and professional development of professionals in social work. She is a founder of concept of permanent education of social sphere personnel in High Educational School. Evdokiya Kholostova was a member of initiative group on foundation of Educational &Methodical Union of High Educational Institutes of Russia (EMU) in the area of “Social Work”. More than 10 years she was a member of EMU Assembly.

Evdokiya Kholostova was appointed as a Chair of the first Department “Theory and Practice of Social Work” in 1991 and became a Pro-Rector on Research of the Russian State Social Institute. Under her leadership, the first global research in social work theory has begun as well as publication of the first scientific monographs “Theory of Social Work”, “Social Work Technologies”, “Ethics of Social Work” took place.

She took active participation in elaboration of State Educational Standards for professional education and training in “Social Work” – the first and the second generations. She provided expertise in the area of scientific standards of the Russian Federation on social service for population and quality of social services.

In 1996 due to the initiative of Prof. Kholostova ‘The Socio-Technological Institute in Sphere of Life Services’ was established. Under her leadership the key areas of Russian social science has been developed: forming of social work research school, publishing of text books and training manuals: “Social Work Technologies”, “Social Work”, “Social Work in Schemes”, “Social Work Encyclopedia” etc.. Evdokiya Kholostova is an author of 300 research publications with total volume of 1000 printer’s sheets (1 printer’s sheet = 16 printed pages). Her citation impact of scientist is marked by the high level of h-index.

During her pedagogical activities Prof. E. Kholostova made significant contribution to the development of education and training of scientificpedagogical staff in Russia and CIS in the frame of direction “Social Work”, trained and certified 5000 highly qualified professionals.

She was a Head of Council on PhD Theses on specialization “Sociology and Social Management” and certified many research papers of practitioners in different regions of Russia.

Evdokiya Kholostova is the founder of scientific school “Sociology of Social Work”. Under her guidance 60 graduates and researchers have obtained their PhD and Doctor Degrees. Now she provides scientific guidance for 3 post graduate students and 3 researchers.

Her theoretical contribution to the development of domestic science is focused on elaboration of theoretical and methodological basis of social policy and social work in Russian transitional society. She is the distinguished theorist in this area of research.

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Evdokiya Ivanovna is actively involved in scientific and public work.

She is the founder of Academy of Social Work Problems, an acting member of Academy of Social Education, providing leadership of current acting Methodological Council on problems of conceptual and categorical scientific structure in social work. She is Chief Editor of scientific journal “Social Work”, member of Editing Board of the following journals: “Social Service” and “Social Work Library”, member of Expert Council of Foundation for Children in Risk, founded under the auspices of the President of the Russian Federation, member of Board of All-Russian Non-governmental Organization “Union of Social Pedagogues and Social Workers”.

She conducts 35 research projects financed by federal budget, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Civil Chamber of the Russian Federation, subjects of the Russian Federation.

There are the following projects: “Analysis of situation in child abuse & neglect in the Russian Federation”, “Monitoring of infrastructure of sanatorium resort therapy and rehabilitation in the Russian Federation”, “Research on psychological rehabilitation of people with disabilities occurred through military operations and military injuries , posttraumatic stress disorder”; “Concept of Development of Social Service for Population in the Russian Federation”, which was used as a the basis for the draft Bill “On Social Service for Population”.

The logical outcome of Prof. E. Kholostova’ activities in the area of social education in Russia were resulted in foundation and development of State Autonomous Organization of Moscow “Institute of Professional Development for Managers and Personnel of Moscow System of Social Protection of Population”.

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At present time around 50 thousand employees of social protection of Moscow have access to practically oriented professional development education based on modern informative and pedagogical technologies. The institute offers the following programmes: professional development curricula, reeducation, shortterm seminars and trainings. Orientation on modern educational technologies is implemented by introduction of active methods of education, such as business games, critical analysis, contentanalysis, creative workshops, Round tables, seminars etc. The discussion technics are actively used: group discussion, “intellectual warming-up”, immersion method, creative group activity, “brain storm”, training exercises, multimedia presentation.

Institute headed by Evdokiya Kholostova is the innovative scientificeducational cluster in social protection of population. Together with training of highly qualified professionals the Institute runs large scale sociological research. Comprehensive monitoring of old citizens annually covers 10000 thousand people. The Institute elaborates and implements innovative projects aimed to improve personnel potential of the system of social protection of population and raise the quality of social service for citizens. The Institute has several pilot settings in different establishments for approbation of innovative technologies.

In 2015 the Institute became a bona fide member of The Oxford Academic Union.

Prof. E. Kholostova is an acknowledge expert on social policy of State Duma of the Russian Federation, consultant of Analytic Centre of the Russian Government. She provides scientific guidance for governmental social programmes, developing social services for vulnerable groups in Moscow (“Route Map”) and modernization of Moscow sphere of social services.

Prof. E. Kholostova’ activities have been acknowledged by her contemporaries. This recognition has resulted is rewarding her with the following governmental awards: Medal “For Devoted Work. To 100th Anniversary of Vladimir Lenin” (1970); “Veteran of Labour” (1987); “To Memory of Moscow’ 850 Anniversary” (1997); “Distinguished Professional of Higher Education” (2000), “Distinguished Professional of Social&Labour Sphere” (2013); Diploma of the Winner of Moscow Competition “The Best Manager – 2010”, “Woman Director – 2012”.

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National Open University of Nigeria 14-16 Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos Website: www.nou.edu.ng

The Vice chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria, Prof. Vincent Ado Tenebe has demonstrated a global social network in achieving access and equity towards use of ODL in Nigeria and Africa.

The National Open University of Nigeria is the first African university with commitment to share its wealth of intellectual property with the world.

NOUN has fully OERize all its courses and MOOC’s.

The pictures attached are unique functions towards the democratization of access to higher education.

Prof. Vincent Ado Tenebe Vice Chancellor

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Victor Popov General Director of “KaragandaGIIZ and Co”, doctor of the technical sciences (Kazakhstan) Gogol Str, 29, Karaganda, Kazakhstan E-mail: giiz@mail.ru Website: www.giiz.kz

Victor Popov began work in the 1950's after graduating from the Semipalatinsk Topographic College. The first workplace for the young engineer was the Dzhezkazgangiprotsvetmet Instutute. Here he performed his first engineering surveys for mine construction, beneficiating plants, dwelling houses, and gained valuable practical experience.

Popov who elaborated flood defences for Astana, giving valuable recommendations for laying foundations and utilising piles in buildings constructed in the capital.

He then entered the armed forces of the USSR, served in the topographic detachment and was recorded in the Book of Honour of the military unit.

He has been the head of the workers' association of Karagandinskaya State Institute of Engineering for more than twenty years.

Later Victor Popov graduated from Moscow State University of Engineers where he studied geodesy, aerial mapping and cartography. He also completed his graduate studies at the same university and prepared and defended his Ph.D. thesis.

During these years he has taken the company to leading positions and made it highly remunerative and successful.

Henceforth, he proceeded with scientific researches in his selected area, the result of which became his doctoral thesis on “Geotechnical problems of foundation in enhancing of the natural and man-made processes and their solutions”. The work was defended in Geotechnical Institute of Eurasian National University named after L.N. Gumilev in Astana in 2005 and has been praised by scientific community.

The researcher has written more than a hundred scientific papers, published in reputable professional journals of Kazakhstan, Japan, Italy, the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan, and North Korea. His most significant work is a fundamental monograph dedicated to the analysis of land in the area of the new capital of Kazakhstan, Astana. The first Kazakhstan skyscraper “Transport Tower” was built with the participation of Victor Popov. Nowadays, there are more than 80 buildings in beautiful Astana that were built with the participation of Victor Nikitovicha, including the residence of the President "Acorda", Palace of Peace and Accord, made in the shape of a pyramid, an entertainment centre "Duman", a Eurasian University named after L. N. Gumilev and other architectural masterpieces. No less important is the fact that it was Victor

Victor Popov combines successful scientific research with practical activities.

Today, the limited liability company “Karaganda GIIS and Co” is the recognised leader in the field of high-tech engineering research in national and world markets. Evidence of this comes from the awards for quality of goods and services by which a highly professional and well-organised team from the company was marked in Geneva, Paris, London, New York and Moscow.

The professional achievements of top manager Victor Popov have also received due recognition from the government and international community. He is the holder of the Order "Badge of Honour" and "Golden Star of the Commonwealth", the winner of the medal ‘10 years of Astana’. He has been awarded the international image of the ‘Leaders of the XXI Century’: ‘Intelligence of the Nation’ and ‘Golden Mercury’, the highest award of the European Business Assembly (Oxford, UK) ‘International Socrates Prize’, ‘Queen Victoria Award’ and ‘United Europe’. The French Industry Association awarded him the ‘Medal of Napoleon’ and the leadership of the International University of Vienna gave him the ‘Honorary Professor’ in the field of economics and business.

In 2015 he became honorary professor of Oxford Academic Union (UK) for great achievements in technical sciences.

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The International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy (MIEP) MGIMO International Office, MGIMO University 76, Prospect Vernadskogo, Moscow, Russia, 119454 Phone: +7(495)434-92-27, +7(495)433-51-06, +7(495)433-83-77 E-mail: miep@mgimo.ru Web-site: http://www.miep.mgimo.ru/

MIEP MGIMO – School of Energy Policy and Diplomacy

This year, the International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy (MIEP) MGIMO celebrates its 15th anniversary. MIEP was created due to the active development of international energy cooperation, with Russia as a major energy power, and emerged acute needs of key government agencies and leading national energy companies in specialists in the field of energy policy and diplomacy, international law, international economics, management and public relations. The idea of creating MIEP was actively supported by the State Duma and the Federation Council, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Education and Science, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Russian Academy of Sciences and the International Energy Academy.

Professor Valery Salygin PhD,Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Important steps in the development of MIEP are connected with the conclusion and implementation of agreements on long-term strategic cooperation with Rosneft, the leading Russian state oil company, with Transneft, the largest company in the field of transport of oil and oil products, with Gazprom export, with Gazprombank company, with Rossetti, Lukoil, Zarubezhneft, Gazprom dobycha Urengoy, Gazprom dobycha Yamburg, Stroytransgaz, Tatnefteotdacha and other companies.

In accordance with the above agreements, large-scale educational and research programs and projects were carried out and continue to be implemented on the basis of MIEP. These projects are related to developing important spheres of national and regional Russian economies, to successful export strategies of oil and gas companies and to the strengthening of international energy cooperation. Thus, the areas of Bachelor’s programmes in MIEP MGIMO are the following: · “International Relations” (the “International Relations and Energy Diplomacy programme”); · “International law” (the “International Law and Legal Support for International Energy Cooperation” programme); · “Management” (the “International Business and International Energy Cooperation” programme); · “Economy” (the “The world Economy and International Energy Cooperation” programme); · “Advertising and Public Relations” (the “Public Relations and International Energy Co-operation” programme).

In 2002, MIEP launched the following master's programmes: in the field of Economics –“International Economics. Energy Diplomacy and Economy of the Energy Industries” programme; Russian-German joint master’s programme “International Energy Economics and Business Administration” and the Russian-

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Italian joint programme “Oil and Gas Economics and the Problems of Energy Policy” were opened together with leading European training centers — Leipzig University, and Luigi Bocconi University of Milan. There is also a Russian-Norwegian joint programme in management called “The International Oil and Gas Business and the Development of Arctic Resources”. A special place among MIEP’s educational projects is taken by practice-oriented Masters’ programmes implemented in cooperation with the major energy companies and a branch bank. Master's programme “Economic Strategy of International Oil and Gas Companies” was launched within the agreement on strategic partnership with OAO “NK” Rosneft, the largest oil and gas company. Later, in the framework of the cooperation agreement with Rossetti, the leading Grid Corporation a master’s training programme “International Economic Cooperation in the Electricity Sector” was implemented. Finally, in 2012 close cooperation between MIEP and Gazprombank resulted in the implementation of the “International Banking Business” Masters' programme. The MIEP’s “Legal Support of Energy Cooperation and Development of Oil and Gas Resources of the Arctic” programme focuses on training specialists for such companies as Gazprom, Rosneft, Transneft, Zarubezhneft and other large energy corporations. In 2012, in cooperation with the University of St. Andrews, which is among the best universities of the world, MIEP developed and implemented a joint Russian-British master's program “Sustainable Development and Strategic Management in the Energy Sector”. MIEP MGIMO also developed and successfully implemented two MBA programmes to train senior and middle level managers for Rosneft, Gazprom and Rossetti companies. This RussianNorwegian MBA programme “International Business in the Oil and Gas Industry” was successfully implemented in 2005 in cooperation with the School of Business of the University of Nordland. A number of top managers of Rosneft and Gazprom and their subsidiaries were trained under that MBA program. MIEP also runs MBA on programme called “Control and Regulation of Economic Activity in the International Power Industry”.

Overall, during the 15 years since the establishment of the International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy under MGIMO, more than 1.100 graduates of MIEP were awarded diplomas. Today, the Institute is training more than 900 students, undergraduate and postgraduate students from 40 regions of Russia and 20 foreign countries. It is necessary to highlight the highest level of the teaching staff of the International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy. Among the professors and teachers of MIEP departments there are two academicians and two corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Institute employs prominent experts and practitioners with academic degrees, including top managers of the leading oil and energy companies, banks, and outstanding diplomats. Professors of the MIEP Department authored unique books, in particular, Russia's only textbook on the basics of energy diplomacy and a textbook on international energy security.

In order to ensure the effective training of students, MIEP from the very beginning organized master classes on foreign energy policy and international energy cooperation, involving leading Russian and foreign experts. Famous scientists, politicians, heads of leading energy companies and international organizations speak to students within various master classes and presentations. Thus, students of MIEP had a chance to meet the General Secretary of OPEC and the General Secretary of Gas Exporting Countries Forum, IAEA Director General, the heads of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and the Ministries of Energy of different states, the heads of BP, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Annie, Transneft, Gazprom export and other companies. Since 2002, MIEP students can do practice and training in the leading national energy companies (Rosneft, Gazprom, Lukoil, Stroytransgaz, Statoil, etc.) as well as in major international organizations and leading foreign educational and scientific centers. MIEP plans to include a number of research projects that are connected with the further expansion of international cooperation and relations in such a key area of human life as international energy policy and diplomacy.

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Vasyl Y. Tatsiy Doctor of Law, Professor, Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, President of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Rector of Yaroslav the Wise National Law University, Honoured Man of Science and Engineering of Ukraine, Ukrainian State Prize-winner, Hero of Ukraine

Vasyl Tatsiy was born on January 13, 1940 in Poltava. After graduating from the Kharkiv Institute of Law (1963), he worked in the Poltava regional prosecutor's office. In 1966, he entered graduate school at his alma mater.

Since then, all stages of his career and academic growth have been inextricably linked to his native University. In 1970, Vasyl Tatsiy defended his PhD thesis, and in 1984 he defended his doctoral thesis. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor and in 1991 he headed the department of criminal law. In 1987, professor Tatsiy was unanimously elected as a rector in the first democratic elections of the University. Since 1993 he has been the president of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine; established on his initiative and with his active personal involvement. The mission of the academy is to consolidate the intellectual potential of legal scholars in Ukraine to organize and conduct basic and applied research in the field of state and law. In 1997, Vasyl Y. Tatsiy was elected as an incumbent member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

In November 2015 he was re-elected in the elections of the rector of the University for another term.

He has written more than 500 scientific papers, including nearly 50 monographs, manuals and textbooks. Research interests of academician Vasyl Y. Tatsiy are: problem of criminal and constitutional law, as well as the theory of state and law.

As a member of the Constitutional Commission, he participated in the drafting of the Constitution of Ukraine in 1996 and was a chairman of the working group of the Cabinet of Ministers on the development of the Criminal Code of Ukraine in 2001. He headed the government delegation of Ukraine at the Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries under the auspices of the UN to establish the International Criminal Court. Participated in the development of the draft Statute of the International Criminal Court and in the preparation of many other bills, etc.

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Nowadays, he is a member of the presidential and governmental commissions, civil society organizations, in particular the Committee of State Prizes of Ukraine in science and technology, Scientific and Methodological Council under the General Prosecutor of Ukraine, the Advisory Expert Council under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Scientific Expert Council of the SBU, the Presidium of the NAS of Ukraine, Interagency Council on the coordination of Basic Research, the Bureau of the Council of the North-East Science center under NAS and MES of Ukraine, the Council of the Union of Lawyers of Ukraine, the Coordinating Council of the International Union of Lawyers, the International Association of legislation, the International Association of legal methodology, the Board of Directors of the European public law organization, the International Association of Criminal Law, chairman of the NGO "All-Ukrainian Association of criminal Law", the vice-president of the Union of rectors of higher educational institutions of Ukraine and others.

Among the awards of Vasyl Y. Tatsiy take place the title of "Hero of Ukraine" (2004). He is a Chevalier of the order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise of V, IV, III and II degrees, awarded the Order of "For Merits" of II and I degree, "The Honor Order", two medals, Diplomas of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the winner of the title "Honored Worker of Science and technology of Ukraine", departmental, community and church awards, government awards of other states. Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in the field of architecture and the State Prize of Ukraine in the field of science and technology, Vernadsky Prizes, Yaroslav the Wise Prizes, the award "Femida – 99". Honorary Doctor of a number of Ukrainian universities, honorary academician of Ostrog academic fraternity, State Counselor of Justice of the first class. He is the honorary citizen of Poltava, Kharkiv and Kharkiv region.

On the eve of the 75th birthday of Vasyl Y. Tatsiy, he was awarded the highest award of Europe Business Assembly (Oxford, UK) in the field of scientific research - the Order "The Name in Science". The name of the Ukrainian lawyer was entered in the register of the best scientists in the world.

LIFESTYLES LONGEVITY The University of Brescia (UNIBS) is a public University which has chosen a common goal for all of its academic activities: the health and wellbeing of people and of the environment they live in. It is the first of its kind in Italy, and its “Health and Wealth” strategy is formally recognized by the Italian Ministry of Health.

Through its strategic project Health&Wealth, UNIBS aims at becoming a point of reference in terms of health and wellbeing for institutions, businesses, associations, the financial community and citizens.

For this purpose, collaborative research at UNIBS is largely focused on the four wide areas of: Longevity: The biology behind ageing, risk factors related to cardiovascular, oncological and neurodegenerative diseases, certain aspects of nutrition, physical activity, cultural and environmental backgrounds; Lifestyle: controlling the risk factors mentioned above and ensuring correct nutrition, physical activity, cultural activity and environmental wellbeing; Environment: industrial and urban sustainability, including efforts to protect the quality of human life and the availability of food, energy, and raw materials, as well as the landscape, cultural and historical heritage; Technologies dedicated to health and wellbeing: integrating medical devices, home automation, robotics, biomimetic materials, sensors, IT, nanoparticles, micro-manufacturing technologies, formulation chemistry, bioartificial integration.

Presently, more than 100 research projects are under way at UNIBS, funded by national and international bodies, and 117 collaboration agreements are in place with universities in other countries. UNIBS has an active role in projects SMART CITIES AND COMMUNITIES, SMART AGING, BRESCIA SMART LIVING and teaches four Master degree programs in English.

In close association, two Institutions are actively participating in the scientific growth and worldwide recognition of UniBS, namely the Brescia General Hospital “Spedali Civili” and the Technology Transfer Centre CSMT. The Hospital is one of the largest hospitals in Italy with more than 2500 beds

www.unibs.it and official site of medical residential courses. About two thirds of the UniBS Medical Faculty are associated with the Hospital in both clinical and research activity. The CSMT is the result of a joint collaboration between local financial, institutional and production bodies aimed at transforming UniBS-produced ideas and innovation into potential or final products. The partnership has been particularly successful in the field of bioengineering, medical devices and biomaterials.

UNIBS consists of 8 departments, namely: Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering and Mathematics; Clinical and Experimental Sciences; Economics and Management; Information Engineering; Law; Mechanical and Industrial Engineering; Molecular and Translational Medicine; and Surgery, Radiology, and Public Health. There are currently 15,000 students enrolled, of whom 1,027 are foreign students.

HEALTH AND WELLBEING TECHNOLOGIES ENVIRONMENT

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The main directions of the development of medical science and practical healthcare include: Implementation of information and computer-based technologies – usage of 3D-printers for creation of donor human organs with the help of living cells, and even parts of body, for printing artificial limbs, as well as for production of medical drugs.

Development of genetic technologies – genetic treatment of incurable diseases with the help of viruses, which are safe to people, as well as nanomedicine, in particular, usage of nanoparticles for delivery of drugs directly to injured organs, application of infrared laser in surgery, implementation of tissue engineering.

Usage of stem cells – the transplantation of hemopoietic stem cells is performed for recovery of blood-forming with the treatment of diseases concerning white cells and lymphomas.

Medical robotic engineering, which allows replacing surgeon’s labor with “smart machines” and provide little invasiveness of surgical interference.

Development of diagnostics as an element of preventive medicine – improvement of diagnostic medical equipment, search for new methods, which can expand diagnostic possibilities. Radiological methods of diagnostics are the most effective; they significantly changed daily practice in many clinical disciplines.

Development of pharmacology. Over the last 25 years more than 1500 new pharmaceutical drugs, including revolutionary ones, have been introduced to the general clinical practice. The discovery of successful vaccine against vernal fever can be referred to them.

Preventive care is the second priority guideline of medicine and healthcare.

The industry of healthy nutrition, BAA, sports goods is developing.

“Philosophy of health” becomes more and more spread around the world; it combines efforts on keeping fit and technologies of health self-control. In connection with this fact, more and more people in civilized countries seek help from folk medicine. Phytotherapy, reflexotherapy, breathing practices, massage techniques became more popular, than it was earlier, because people began to understand their own responsibility for health and longevity.

Incidentally, the development of spiritual constituent is expected, and efforts of traditional and non-traditional medicine will further merge for the good of the humanity.

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Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD, USA The Johns Hopkins Hospital is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, located in Baltimore, Maryland. The hospital was opened in 1889 by the will of Johns Hopkins, a Baltimore merchant and banker. In his will he asked to use the money he left for opening of two institutions that would bear his name: ‘Johns Hopkins University’ and ‘The Johns Hopkins Hospital’. At that time, Hopkins's gift was the largest philanthropic bequest in the history of the USA. The Johns Hopkins Hospital was the first hospital to perform the male-to-female sex reassignment surgery in the USA that took place in 1966 at the Hopkins Gender Identity Clinic. www.hopkinsmedicine.org/the_johns_hopkins_ hospital/index.html

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Mediclinic City Hospital Dubai, UAE Mediclinic City Hospital is part of Mediclinic Middle East and wholly owned by Mediclinic International, one of the 10 largest listed private hospital groups in the world. Upon opening in 2008, Mediclinic City Hospital was the first multi-disciplinary hospital in Dubai Healthcare City.

The hospital offers specialist-focused treatment in the areas of cardiology, radiology, gynaecology, trauma, nuclear medicine, endocrinology, obstetrics, neonatal care and many others. www.mediclinic.ae/cityhospital/PageContent. aspx?pageid=131&groupid=1

Gleneagles Hospital Singapore Gleneagles Hospital provides a wide range of medical and surgical services.

Founded in 1957as a 45-bed nursing home under the name ‘Gleneagles Nursing Home’ and was later incorporated as Gleneagles Hospital Limited (officially opened on 8th of June, 1959).

In 1987, Gleneagles Hospital was acquired by Parkway Holdings.

The hospital’s key specialties are Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Liver Transplant, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Oncology and Orthopaedics. www.gleneagles.com.sg/en/default.aspx

Great Ormond Street Hospital London, UK Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) is an international centre of excellence in child healthcare. The hospital was founded on 14 February 1852 by Dr. Charles West. Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) was opened with just 10 beds, and was the first hospital in the UK to offer dedicated inpatient care to children. On 1st of March, 2012 it became a foundation trust.

Diana, Princess of Wales, served as president of the Hospital from 1989 until her death. A plaque at the entrance of the hospital commemorates her services, as well as a bust in the lobby of the hospital chapel. www.gosh.nhs.uk

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Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm, Sweden Karolinska University Hospital (Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset) is one of Scandinavia’s premier health facilities. The hospital has a close collaboration with Karolinska Institute (Karolinska Institutet), one of the largest medical universities in Europe.

Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, has the only department specializing in allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) in the Nordic region. The hospital has provided services to both children and adults since 1975. Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, has the biggest thyroid surgery unit in Sweden. www.karolinska.se/en

Bumrungrad Hospital Bangkok, Thailand Bumrungrad International Hospital is a multiple-specialty medical centre located in Bangkok, Thailand. In Thai language its name, ‘Bumrungrad’ means ‘care for the people’.

Founded in 1980, today it is the largest private hospital in Southeast Asia, with 554 beds and over 30 specialty centres. Bumrungrad offers state-or-the-art diagnostic, therapeutic and intensive care facilities in a one-stop medical centre.

Bumrungrad International Hospital is regularly featured in the world press as a leading medical tourism destination. The hospital serves over a million patients annually. Over 400,000 are internationals. www.bumrungrad.com

Shouldice Hospital Thornhill, Canada Shouldice Hospital is known for its specialization in external abdominal hernia operations.

The hospital was established in 1945 by Dr. Edward Earle Shouldice, inventor of the Shouldice repair. With the support and guidance of the founder’s son and daughter and their respective families, Shouldice has developed into a modern, 89-bed facility, with five specialized operating suites, an expert team of hernia surgeons and nurses, and a dedicated staff of about 150 people, all working to meet the needs of patients with hernias. www.shouldice.com

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Asklepios Klinik Barmbek Hamburg, Germany The Asklepios Clinic Barmbek is the teaching hospital. The hospital offers a wide range of medical and therapeutic services.

The hospital utilizes the most modern and cutting-edge medical equipment, serving as a laboratory for innovative medical technology companies that make their products available to Asklepios before it is even released to the rest of the world.

The Barmbek clinic is part of a group of 22 Asklepios clinics across Germany providing services from psychiatry to rehab and general hospital treatments. www.asklepios.com/barmbek

Anadolu Medical Center Istambul, Turkey Anadolu Medical Center is a general acute care hospital with center of excellence programs in: oncology, general surgery, cardiac care, neurosciences, women's health, IVF and orthopedics.

The hospital was opened on 12th of February, 2005. Anadolu Medical Center is sheltered by Anadolu Foundation. The specialist physicians have continuous access to second opinion from Johns Hopkins Medicine. www.anadolusaglik.org/en

Fortis Healthcare Limited Delhi, India Fortis Healthcare Limited is a leading, pan Asia-Pacific, integrated healthcare delivery provider with headquarter in Delhi, India. The first hospital was established at Mohali, Punjab in 2001.

Currently, the company operates its healthcare delivery services in India, Singapore, Dubai, Mauritius and Sri Lanka with 65 healthcare facilities (including projects under development), over 10,000 potential beds, over 240 diagnostic centres and a team strength of more than 17,000 people.

In 2012 launched the first Colorectal hospital in Singapore, becoming the first Indian hospital chain with a greenfield hospital abroad. www.fortishealthcare.com

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DIGEST OF SKI RESORTS

Val Thorens, France Val Thorens is the highest resort in Europe (at an altitude of 2,300 metres) and the highest point of the largest ski area in the world, the 3 Vallées (600 kilometres of interconnected runs). It’s a New World resort that combines the best of skiing with the best of atmospheres so that each holidaymaker feels unique.

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Baqueira Beret, Spain Baqueira-Beret is a ski resort located in the heart of the Pyrenees, in the Aran Valley and Àneu Valley Lleida, Spain. The ski area extends from 1,500 to the 2,510 meters. It is the largest Winter resort in Spain, with 120km of marked pistes, 11km of marked off piste, and 7km of cross-country ski and 1.922 hectares of ski area. It is divided into three different zones, Baqueira, Beret and Bonaigua. Due to its westerly aspect, the resort of Baqueira-Beret has a good snow record throughout the winter. In addition, there is more than 1,000 meters of vertical drop and an extensive skiable zone.

Naeba Ski Resort, Yuzawa, Niigata, Japan Naeba is one of the most popular ski resorts in Japan due to its accessible location from Tokyo and relatively long snow season with snow making machines. On the bottom, Naeba Prince Hotel, which has 1,299 rooms, 20 restaurants, convenience stores, and other facilities, serves skiers. On top of the hotel, skiers can choose their accommodations from various types of hotels and ryokans, some of which has hot spring baths, in nearby Asagai town.

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Are, Sweden It is a Northern Europe´s largest and most advanced and diverse alpine sport resort, with skiing and a wide variety of other sports and activities to suit every possible preference and level of skill. The growth in tourism has resulted in the development of hotels, recreational and shopping opportunities in the area.

Saalbach, Austria The attractive villages of Saalbach and Hinterglemm situated 4km apart form a vast ski circus in the picturesque Glemm valley. With 200km of pistes and 55 lifts this valley is an intermediates’ dream.

Saalbach is the larger resort of the two with a charming centre with stylish shops and cafés.

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Mzaar Kfardebian, Lebanon Located at only 1 hour from Beirut, Mzaar Kfardebian ski area is widely regarded as one of the most scenic and entertaining mountain resorts in Lebanon. Not only are you immersed in natural beauty with the mountains surrounding you, immersed in the picturesque Mount Lebanon scenery, but the skiing at Mzaar is absolutely fantastic. The resort has runs that will correspond to everyone’s desired level of difficulty, from first-timers up to challenging slopes. Blessed with its high elevation of up to 2465m, Mzaar usually has incredible natural snow blanketing its 80 kms of groomed runs.

Ski Dubai, Dubai, UAE Ski Dubai is an indoor ski resort with 22,500 square meters of indoor ski area. It is a part of the Mall of the Emirates, one of the largest shopping malls in the world, located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was developed by Majid Al Futtaim Properties, which also operates the Mall of the Emirates. Opened in November 2005, the indoor resort features an 85-meter-high indoor mountain with 5 slopes of varying steepness and difficulty, including a 400-metre-long run, the world’s first indoor black run, and various features (boxes, rails, kickers) that are changed on a regular basis. A quad lift and a tow lift carry skiers and snowboarders up the mountain. Adjoining the slopes is a 3,000-square-metre Snow Park play area comprising sled and toboggan runs, an icy body slide, climbing towers, giant snowballs and an ice cave. In 2007 Ski Dubai was awarded the Thea Outstanding Achievement Award by the Themed Entertainment Association.

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Nanshan Ski Resort, China Just over 80km from downtown Beijing, in Miyun County, this is a great destination for snowboarders and skiers to get to on weekends. With the highest run reaching 1,800 meters above sea-level, has the best selection for those in need of renting gear.

The resort also has a host of instructors on board. There are eight trails from beginner to advanced and a half-pipe built according to international standards. Look out for Nanshan Skiing Club that features a separate house for lodging.

Palandoken Ski Resort, Erzurum, Turkey Palandöken ski resort, 7 km south of the center of Erzurum in eastern Turkey, is among Turkey’s most dramatic and challenging ski areas.

The ski trail is the longest in Turkey. Because of the quality of the snow (a fine-grained light powder), steepness of the slopes and the length of the trail, Palandoken is known as the best mountain in Turkey for skilled skiers. The toughest run is on the backside of the mountain, known as the Ejder (Turkish for “Dragon”) trail. Due to fog and risk of avalanche, the Ejder lifts and trails are sometimes closed. The skiing season may begin in November and last as long as until June.

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Auli, Uttarakhand, India Auli is an important ski destination in the Himalayan mountains of Uttarakhand, India. Auli is a favorite skiing destination for many not just because of its beautiful glittering slopes but as well as for the nice clean environment. Located some 250 kms away from Rishikesh, the place is almost like heaven on earth, and most visitors to the place would agree with this fact. Situated high up on the Garhwal Hills, Auli is a must visit destination if skiing is your passion. The slopes are located at an altitude of almost 2500 to 3000 m. thus being a nice way to start on your skiing expeditions.

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Beaches can be popular on warm sunny days.

In the Victorian era, many popular beach resorts were equipped with bathing machines because even the all-covering beachwear of the period was considered immodest. This social standard still prevails in many Muslim countries.

At the other end of the spectrum are topfree beaches and nude beaches where clothing is optional or not allowed. In most countries social norms are significantly different on a beach in hot weather, compared to adjacent areas where similar behaviour might not be tolerated and might even be prosecuted.

In more than thirty countries in Europe, South Africa, New Zealand, Canada, Costa Rica, South America and the Caribbean, the best recreational beaches are awarded Blue Flag status, based on such criteria as water quality and safety provision. Subsequent loss of this status can have a severe effect on tourism revenues.

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Rabbit Beach

Grace Bay

Lampedusa, Islands of Sicily

Providenciales, Turks and Caicos

Lampedusa is the largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The Isola dei Conigli (literally ‘Rabbit Island"), close to the south coast of Lampedusa.

The resorts on Providenciales are primarily centered on 8 km long Grace Bay. Grace Bay has grown to be a major tourist destination with many hotels and condominiums built on the beach front.

Playa Paraiso Beach

Horseshoe Bay Beach

Cayo Largo, Cuba

Southampton Parish, Bermuda

Cayo Largo del Sur, also known simply as Cayo Largo (cayo largo means long island), is a small resort island belonging to Cuba, in the Caribbean Sea. One of the major tourist attractions is the beach Playo Paraiso.

Horseshoe Bay is perhaps the most famous beach in Bermuda. A very popular tourist spot, it lies on the main island's south (Atlantic Ocean) coast, in the parish of Southampton.

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Baia do Sancho

Airlie Beach, Australia

Fernando de Noronha, Brazil

Whitehaven Beach is a 7 km stretch along Whitsunday Island. The island is accessible by boat from the mainland tourist ports of Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour, as well as Hamilton Island.

BaĂ­a do Sancho is the beach located west of Hill Brothers and east of Dolphin Bay, in the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, State of Pernambuco. Beach offers crystal clear blue water with areas for swimming and snorkeling.

Woolacombe Beach

Rhossili Bay

Woolacombe, United Kingdom

Swansea, United Kingdom

Woolacombe is a seaside resort on the coast of North Devon, which lies at the mouth of a valley (or 'combe') in the parish of Mortehoe.

It is a popular destination for surfing and family holidays and is part of the North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Rhossili is a small village and community on the southwestern tip of the Gower Peninsula in Swansea. Rhossili Bay curves along an arc running northwards from the village. The sandy beach is 5 km long and is backed with sand dunes.

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Playa de las Catedrales

Eagle Beach

Ribadeo, Spain

Oranjestad, Aruba

The Spanish beach is located in the Ribadeo municipality, in the province of Lugo (Galicia), on the Cantabric coast, and it lies about 10 km to the west from the town of Ribadeo. Its name is derived from the formations of its cliffs.

Eagle Beach is a beach and neighborhood of Oranjestad, Aruba. The neighborhood is famous for its many low-rise resorts and wide public beach. It is one of two beaches in Aruba that allow nudity, the other being Baby Beach.

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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLANDS OF THE WORLD

No doubt, islands are the most popular places for rest on the planet.

They are compact worlds with beautiful beaches, exotic and natural vegetation and fauna. Where can a man have a better holiday from daily fuss? So, let us see the most beautiful islands of the world.

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Maldives The Maldives remained largely unknown to tourists until the early 1970s. Only 185 islands are home to its 300,000 inhabitants. The other islands are used entirely for economic purposes, of which tourism and agriculture are the most dominant. Tourism accounts for 28% of the GDP and more than 60% of the Maldives' foreign exchange receipts. Over 90% of government tax revenue comes from import duties and tourism-related taxes. The development of tourism fostered the overall growth of the country's economy. It created direct and indirect employment and income generation opportunities in other related industries. The first tourist resorts were opened in 1972 with Bandos island resort and Kurumba Village (the current name is Kurumba Maldives), which transformed the Maldives economy.

Bora-Bora Bora Bora is an island in the Leeward group of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the Pacific Ocean. The island, located about 230 kilometres (143 miles) northwest of Papeete, is surrounded by a lagoon and a barrier reef. In the centre of the island are the remnants of an extinct volcano rising to two peaks, Mount Pahia and Mount Otemanu, the highest point at 727 metres (2,385 feet).

Today the island's economy is driven almost solely by tourism. Over the last few years several resorts have been built on motu (small islands, from Tahitian) surrounding the lagoon. Hotel Bora Bora opened in 1961, and nine years later built the first over-the-water bungalows on stilts over the lagoon. Today, over-water bungalows are a standard feature of most Bora Bora resorts. The quality of those bungalows ranges from comparably cheap, basic accommodations to very luxurious and expensive places to stay.

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Seychelles In 1971, with the opening of Seychelles International Airport, tourism became a significant industry, essentially dividing the economy into plantations and tourism. The tourism sector paid better, and the plantation economy could only expand so far. The plantation sector of the economy declined in prominence, and tourism became the primary industry of Seychelles.

In recent years the government has encouraged foreign investment to upgrade hotels and other services. These incentives have given rise to an enormous amount of investment in real estate projects and new resort properties, such as project TIME, distributed by the World Bank, along with its predecessor project MAGIC. Despite its growth, the vulnerability of the tourist sector was illustrated by the sharp drop in 1991–1992 due largely to the Gulf War. Since then the government has moved to reduce the dependence on tourism by promoting the development of farming, fishing, small-scale manufacturing and most recently the offshore financial sector, through the establishment of the Financial Services Authority and the enactment of several pieces of legislation (such as the International Corporate Service Providers Act, the International Business Companies Act, the Securities Act, the Mutual Funds and Hedge Fund Act, amongst others).

During March 2015, Seychelles allocated Assumption island to be developed by India.

Bali Bali is an island and province of Indonesia. The province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nusa Ceningan. It is located at the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, between Java to the west and Lombok to the east. Its capital of Denpasar is located at the southern part of the island.

The tourism industry is primarily focused in the south, while significant in the other parts of the island as well. The main tourist locations are the town of Kuta (with its beach), and its outer suburbs of Legian and Seminyak (which were once independent townships), the east coast town of Sanur (once the only tourist hub), in the center of the island Ubud, to the south of the Ngurah Rai International Airport, Jimbaran, and the newer development of Nusa Dua and Pecatu.

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Tahiti Tahiti. The word evokes visions of an island paradise. With 118 islands boasting high, rugged mountain peaks, coral reefs, turquoise-blue lagoons, white sand, palm-fringed beaches, and luxuriously intimate resorts, each island paradise has something for everyone. Bora Bora, Moorea, Huahine, Taha'a, Raiatea, Manihi, Tikehau, Rangiroa, Fakarava, The Marquesas and the other exquisite Islands of Tahiti cover more than two million square miles of the South Pacific Ocean and are comprised of 118 islands and atolls spread over five great archipelagos.

Many islands are crowned with jagged peaks while others appear to barely float above the breaking waves. Spanning an area in the South Pacific as large as Western Europe, the total land mass of all the islands adds up to an area only slightly larger than the tiny state of Rhode Island.

Easier to travel to than you might imagine, Tahiti's Faa'a International Airport is under 8 hours by air from Los Angeles (LAX) airport, with daily nonstop flights. As far south of the equator as Hawaii is north, Tahiti is halfway between California and Australia, on the same side of the International Date Line as North America, and in the same time zone as Hawaii (only three hours behind California from March to October and two hours behind California from November to March).

Ko Lipe, Thailand Ko Lipe is a small island in the Adang-Rawi Archipelago of the Andaman Sea, in Satun Province of southwest Thailand, close to the Malaysian border. The Thai name is transliterated in many different ways into English. The most common names are "Koh Lipe", "Koh Lipeh", "Ko Lipey", and "Ko Lipe". Ko Lipe is on the border of the Tarutao National Marine Park and is directly south of the larger islands Ko Adang and Ko Rawi, and about 50 km from the island of Ko Tarutao. It was originally settled by a group of sea gypsies (chao leh in Thai), originally from Malaysia, known as the Urak Lawoi’ people.

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Cebu Cebu is an island province in the Philippines, consisting of the main island itself and 167 surrounding islands and islets. Its capital is Cebu City, the oldest city in the Philippines, which forms part of the Cebu Metropolitan Area together with four neighboring cities (which comprise Danao City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City and Talisay City) and eight other local government units. Mactan-Cebu International Airport, located in Mactan Island, is the second busiest airport in the Philippines.

Cebu is one of the most developed provinces in the Philippines, with Cebu City as the main center of commerce, trade, education and industry in the Visayas. Condé Nast Traveler Magazine named Cebu the 7th best island destination in the Indian Ocean-Asia region in 2007, 8th best AsianPacific island destination in 2005, 7th in 2004 and in 2009, with popular tourist destinations such as Mactan Island and Moalboal. In a decade it has transformed into a global hub for furniture making, tourism, business processing services, and heavy industry.

Italy, Sicily Sicily's sunny, dry climate, scenery, cuisine, history and architecture attract many tourists from mainland Italy and abroad. The tourist season peaks in the summer months, although people visit the island all year round. Mount Etna, the beaches, the archeological sites, and major cities such as Palermo, Catania, Syracuse and Ragusa are the favourite tourist destinations, but the old town of Taormina and the neighbouring seaside resort of Giardini Naxos draw visitors from all over the world, as do the Aeolian Islands, Erice, Cefalù, Agrigento, the Pelagie Islands and Capo d'Orlando. The last features some of the best-preserved temples of the ancient Greek period. Many Mediterranean cruise ships stop in Sicily, and many wine tourists also visit the island.

Some scenes of famous Hollywood and Cinecittà films were shot in Sicily. This increased the attraction of Sicily as a tourist destination.

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Santorini In 1956 a major earthquake near Amorgos island resulted in the demolishing of many buildings in the north of Santorini, leading to the desertion of many of its villages. The expansion of tourism has resulted in the growth of the economy and population. The major settlements include Fira (Phira), Oia, Emporio, Kamari, Perissa, Imerovigli, Pyrgos, and Therasia. Akrotiri is a major archaeological site, with ruins from the Minoan era. Santorini's primary industry is tourism, particularly in the summer months. In 2007, the cruise ship MS Sea Diamond ran aground and sank inside the caldera.

The island's pumice quarries have been closed since 1986, in order to preserve the caldera. Santorini was ranked the world's top island for many other magazines and travel sites, including the Travel+Leisure Magazine, the BBC, as well as the US News.

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OJSC sanatorium «Altai-West» Altai Region, Belokurikha, Slavskogost. 39, 659900, Russia Phone /Fax: (385-77) 31-0-90, fax: (385-77) 38-0-48 Phone: 8-800-250-67-67 Email: info@altai-west.ru Website: www:altai-west.ru

‘Altai-West’ is known for its unique therapeutic department, allowing a wide range of diseases to be cured. Experienced doctors and attentive, discreet medical staff will serve you, creating psychological comfort.

Indications for treating:

· Cardiovascular diseases

· Locomotor system disorders · Gynecological diseases · Nervous system diseases · Skin diseases

Sergey Vedeneev

· Endocrine system diseases

Chief Executive Officer

· Gastrointestinal tract diseases · Diseases of the respiratory organs · Urological diseases The three comfortable sleeping buildings can accommodate up to 600 guests. In addition to the cafeteria and medical corpus, the health centre has well developed infrastructure, including a digital cinema for 500 viewers, a business centre, a karaoke club, a billiards club and a sport and household equipment rental point. In addition to this, our guests will discover a health complex complete with three types of saunas, an indoor swimming pool, a Jacuzzi, a gym, an outdoor swimming pool and a solarium.

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Alanda Clinic 243, Pichugina Str, Karagandy 100000, Republic of Kazakhstan Phone: +7 721 247 98 88, +7 721 247 98 89 Email: 1-oasis@mail.ru Website: alandaclinic.kz

Diversified medical consolidation including:

Outpatient-polyclinic department: Therapeutics / cardiology /neuropathology / endocrinology / gastroenterology / allergology / dermatovenerology / gynecology / mammology / urology / otolaryngology / ophthalmology / dentistry / pediatrics / psychotherapy / day hospital Clinical department: General surgery / gynecology / urology / traumatology / pediatric surgery / proctology / neurosurgery / plastic surgery / maternity department / therapeutics departments / assistance at home.

Outpatient department: Surgical and therapeutic profile for 60 beds / 6 operating blocks / resuscitation department for 6 beds / endoscopic operations in surgery and gynecology / contact lithotripsy department

Mr. Valeriy Galiullin Director

Diagnostic service: Clinical-diagnostic laboratory / ultrasonic diagnostics department / functional diagnostics / endoscopic department / radiologic researches Reconstructive medicine department: Ozone therapy / hydrocolonotherapy / physiotherapy

Centre D’oncologie Al Azhar 14, Rue IDRISSI AL AZHAR 1 rue OUAZZANE – HASSAN – Rabat –MAROC .CP : 10010 Phone: 00212537201100 / 00212661133277 Fax: 00212537201080 Email: faouzihabib@yahoo.fr Website: http://alazharoncologie.com

Cancer Center ALAZHAR is a unique institution, created over 20 years ago in a third world country where oncology was a rare medical division.

The Centre offers modern effective medical care through high staff qualification and advanced healthcare technologies (diagnosis, surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and medical observation) which meet international standards.

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Alexander Dudnik Head Doctor of “Beauty Doctor”, MD, PhD, maxillofacial and plastic surgeon 56 Nakhimovsky prospect, Moscow, Russia Phone: +7(916)145-53-16 Email: dudnikap@yandex.ru Website: ww

WORK EXPERIENCE:

2011- present – plastic and maxillofacial surgeon, Head Doctor of “Beauty Doctor” plastic surgery clinic, Moscow, Russia.

2001 – 2011 - plastic and maxillofacial surgeon, Head of surgery unit, Head Doctor in private plastic surgery clinics, Moscow, Russia.

EDUCATION:

1999-2002 - Postgraduate Course in the Central Research Institute of Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Maxillofacial and Microsurgery, Moscow, Russia.

1997-1999 – Residency at Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Study, Department of Reconstructive Surgery, Moscow, Russia.

1991 – 1997 - Tver Medical Academy, Russia.

ACADEMIC DEGREE

2004 - PhD, thesis on microsurgery of nervus trigeminus

RECOGNITIONS:

2014 - Dr. Koch award in Medicine by European Scientific Society, Hannover (Der R. Koch Europas Preis fur Medizin, Europaische Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft)

THEMATIC PUBLICATIONS:

22 publications on the microsurgery of nervus trigeminus in Russian medical journals

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Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery Clinic “Beauty Doctor” Winner of “Top 25 Diamond Companies & Persons” Award as “The Best Plastic Surgery Clinic” (2015, Saint-Petersburg, Russia).

Surgeons at the “Beauty Doctor” clinic use minimally-invasive endoscopic and laser technologies in aesthetic and reconstructive surgery to minimize scarring, limit pain and swelling, and reduce downtime.

Some of the most common aesthetic surgical procedures performed at the “Beauty Doctor” clinic include the following: · · · · · · ·

Abdominoplasty Blepharoplasty Breast Augmentation Face Lift Forehead and Brow Lift Laser Liposuction Rhinoplasty

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Alytus polyclinic Naujoji g. 48, 62381, Alytus, Lithuania Phone: (8 315) 39740 Fax: (8 315) 39902 Email: alytus@apoliklinika.lt Website: www.apoliklinika.lt

Alytus policlinic (hereinafter - institution) is a public Lithuanian not-for-profit health-care institution that provides primary and secondar, ambulatory health care services to residents and various contract operators.

The institution founders are Alytus City Council and owner is Alytus City Municipality. The main objectives of the institution’s activities are to restore the health of the population and make health-care services available to the appropriate customers.

The main tasks of the institution's activities: 1. To organize and provide general and specialized ambulatory qualified health care services to residents at clinic and residents at home; 2. To provide the treatment and preventive medical care, medical rehabilitation and health promotion services;

Vitalijus Kovaliovas Director

3. To carry out a medical examination of patients' ability to work; 4. To accept all patient to diagnose and treat; 5. To provide nursing and social services, establish social service needs and make decisions on the allocation of social services; 6. To send patients for treatment and consultation with other appropriate physicians by filling in the form approved postings; 7. To establish a diagnosis and perform specialized and qualified surgeries for patients investigation; 8. To provide first aid; 9. To provide social assistance in conjunction with social welfare organizations; 10. To provide psychological support to people with mental disorders (and to families); 11. To organize and provide emergency medical services; 12. To organize a permanently operating a nursing home service; 13. To organize and provide ambulatory services in mental illness; 14. To provide dental assistance; 15. To organize and perform community health education and disease prevention; 16. To analyze and provide information to the founder (Alytus City Municipality); 17. To organize the mobilization of local community resources for social services.

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Ambulatory Healthcare Services Al Salam Street, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Phone: +971-2-8113333 Fax: +971-2-8113102 Email: mbalmazrouei@ahs.ae Website: www.ahs.ae

Ambulatory Healthcare Services (AHS) is the largest network of Premium outpatient based Healthcare facilities based throughout Abu Dhabi and is one of the business entities that is owned and operated by Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) – an independent public joint stock company founded to manage the curative activities of the public hospitals and clinics of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Founded in 2008 to operate primary healthcare centers, over the years AHS has quickly evolved into the largest network of outpatient based healthcare facilities in Abu Dhabi, providing a unique combination of screening, diagnostic and management services in the Community.

With more than 2500 qualified and experienced medical professionals working in 52 facilities throughout Urban and Rural areas, AHS is reputed for providing easy access and comprehensive medical and dental care in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Dr. Mariam Buti Al Mazrouei Acting Chief Executive Officer

AHS’ core business activities are provided in four main areas:

1. Healthcare Centers (HCC): HCC provide a wide range of services such as General and family medicine, adult and pediatric dental services, specialty clinics such as Internal medicine, Pediatrics, OBGYN, ENT, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Dietitian services; Pharmacy services; and other diagnostic services such as Radiology and laboratory services.

2. Disease Prevention & Screening Centers (DPSC): DPSC Provide visa screening services to residents and visitors of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The services include screening for infectious and communicable diseases, and provision of vaccinations and medications if needed.

3. School Health Services (SHS): SHS provide comprehensive Nursing services to all students enrolled in Public Schools and vaccination service to all students enrolled in Private schools across the Emirates of Abu Dhabi, UAE. 4. Mobile Clinic Solutions (MCS): MCS offer state of the art mobile medical services during Community outreach programs and campaigns. MCS also provide screening and diagnostic services in rural areas.

Since its establishment, AHS expanded its services and added new facilities to accommodate the Community needs and expectations. As of August 2015, AHS operates 38 healthcare centers, 11 Disease Prevention and Screening Centers, 3 Mobile Clinic Solutions, and provides services in more than 265 Schools across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

In its strive to transform the delivery of comprehensive primary care to children, adolescents, and adults, in 2014, AHS adopted the Patient Centered medical home (PCMH) model of care across its healthcare centers.

The model improves the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of the care by responding to each patient’s unique needs and preferences as patients have an access to a personal physician who leads a care team providing comprehensive care, including acute and chronic care and preventive services, and coordinates his care with other facilities or disciplines if needed.

AHS is driven by a passion for Excellence. AHS culture is characterized by a focus on Quality care, operational and financial efficiency, retaining qualified staff, and fostering medical education and research.

The organization’s mission, vision, and values are aligned to this focus and serve as the framework for its strategic planning and management of operations.

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AHS’ vision statement “Caring with Passion…Serving with Pride” reflects its goal to pursue its mission of becoming a leader of unique and dynamic services that applies innovative strategies in providing the best care for the community of Abu Dhabi.

The framework to execute the actions and reach the attainment of performance excellence is underpinned by the five Values of AHS: · Professionalism · Respect · Innovation · Dedication · Excellence AHS has continuously proven to provide high quality and safe services evidenced by its accreditation & Re-accreditation by Joint Commission International. Moreover, AHS was recognized as the first organization in the world to achieve “Network Accreditation” by the Joint Commission International. AHS is also the recipient of many awards. AHS was the Gold Winner of the Prestigious Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award in 2013- which recognizes Organizations that excel in their services and their focus on people and customers.

Clinical, Operational, and Financial KPIs:

One of AHS’ strengths is its ability to create a competitive advantage by putting strategic intent into value added action. Through a defined strategic planning process conducted annually, AHS actively involves multiple stakeholders to develop long term and short term objectives to meet or exceed evolving expectations of key stakeholders. This is made possible by gathering and evaluating inputs and suggestions from the staff, middle management and senior management and integrating them into the planning processes.

Performance results are tracked, analyzed and reviewed regularly throughout the year for each strategic objective and responsible leaders take appropriate actions to ensure successful execution.

For the Key Operational, Financial, and clinical performance indicators, corresponding targets for further improvement are determined in collaboration with SEHA. AHS’ goal is to provide integrated, patient centered healthcare services to the community in accordance with International Best practices and in alignment with Abu Dhabi’s vision for 2030, set by the Abu Dhabi Executive Council of United Arab Emirates.

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The following factors are weighed in when setting the targets:

· International clinical guidelines for the clinical KPIs such as the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). · Previous trends and baseline results · Data from other local and international Healthcare organizations · The General Secretariat of the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi strategy · SEHA’s 5 year strategic plan

Over the past few years, AHS has been able to make steady progress in its KPIs. Three years data show significant improvements in clinical and operational KPIs. AHS was also able to maintain its revenues steadily from the time of its establishment. In terms of denial rates, AHS has the lowest denial rates compared to other business entities in SEHA’s network. To ensure decisions are made on reliable data, AHS adapted standardized Electronic Systems such as: Electronic Medical Records (Cerner), Oracle, Anthem, and Kronos. These systems provide the decision makers with Financial and non-financial data that is validated and accurate, and enables them to make decisions accordingly and monitor performance.

Summary

As AHS is in the seventh year of providing Healthcare services to the diverse community of Abu Dhabi, Ambulatory Healthcare Services was able to transform into a world class network of healthcare facilities that provide accessible and reliable care without compromising the quality of healthcare delivery. The management focus on providing Customer centered care, attaining operational and financial stability, attracting & retaining qualified staff, and providing high quality education and research enabled AHS to improve, grow and be recognized internationally.

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American Mission Hopsital PO Box 1, Manama, Bahrain, 31 Phone: +973 17177711, EXT 2203 Fax: +973 17234194 Email: George.cheriyam@amh.org.bh Website: www.amh.org.bh

American Mission Hospital (AMH) is the oldest hospital in the GCC and in Bahrain and has provided healthcare for 115 years. Established as a charitable, mission hospital by missionaries from the Reformed Church in America in 1902, it continues to serve in this capacity as the only not for profit private healthcare provider in Bahrain.

AMH has witnessed the transformation of the region through the hydro-carbon industry and has trained the first Bahraini doctors, nurses and technicians. AMH continues to be a leader in setting the standards for healthcare in the country and works closely with the ministries in meeting today’s healthcare challenges. It provides state of the art care with quality and patient safety as its highest priority at an affordable price to all sections of the community.

Dr. George Cheriyan

AMH has one main hospital that provides comprehensive specialty/sub-specialty care, and two ambulatory care facilities. AMH was the first hospital in Bahrain to receive international accreditation and is both ISO/OSHAS and ACHSI (Australian) accredited. Further expansion is planned with developing ambulatory care centers with ‘wellness’ as a concept in the community to facilitate the ease of access.

MD, FRCPI, FRCPCH(UK), DCH (LON),CEO

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Asia Cosmetic Hospital Co.,Ltd. 5, Rattanatibeth 30, Nonthaburi, Thailand, 11000 Phone: +6680 909 6801 Fax: +662969 9693 Email: yoplastic25@gmail.com Website: www.asiacosmeticthailand.com

The Best Cosmetic Surgery – Plastic Surgery in Thailand

Asia Cosmetic Hospital Thailand is one of the best cosmetic surgery/plastic surgery facility in Thailand.

Most famous Plastic Surgery in Thailand.

Asia Cosmetic Surgery Hospital is a world-class Best Plastic Surgery hospital in Thailand, located at soi 30 Rattanatibeth Road Bangkasor, Muang Nonthaburi, Thailand 11000.

Asia Cosmetic Hospital is totally committed to give local and international patients quality cosmetic surgical procedures. The principal surgeon, Dr. Tanongsak Panyawirunroj, is a well-rounded cosmetic surgeon that will provide each patient with a unique specialized care and in collaboration with his professional staff who are always available to render quality service to all the patients.

Most Famous Plastic Surgery

Tanongsak Panyawirunroj

We guarantee to each patient that we will provide our services in the best possible way. The Asia Clinic medical staff in cooperation with the patients themselves will harmoniously work together to achieve the successful surgical results.

President, Surgeon

Asia Cosmetic Hospital

Asia Cosmetic Hospital offers an incomparable level of care throughout your plastic surgery journey. We render a friendly and relaxing environment to discuss your plastic surgery needs to achieve the looks you have always wanted.

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Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital 19 Middle Road, Box 273, Grand Cayman KY1-1104 Phone: +345-949-6066,EXT 200 Fax: +0345-946-0070 Email: ctmh@candw.ky Website: www.chrissietomlinson.com

The Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital is the realization of the long held dream and brain-child of Dr. Stephenson A. Tomlinson.

The Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital Mission Statement

With wisdom, knowledge and commitment to our Christian heritage, our mission is to promote the health and well-being of all whom we serve through a comprehensive continuum of services provided in collaboration with all who share the same vision and values.

We are committed to providing highly specialized, affordable medical care to all patients in a compassionate nurturing environment dedicated to continuing and promulgating the ever expanding field of medical knowledge.

Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital Vision At Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital we:

Stephenson A. Tomlinson

· Set new standards for healthcare in the Cayman Islands and the countries/territories of the Caribbean;

CEO, Doctor, MB, BS, FRCS, LRCP

· Are a centre of excellence;

· Adapt and comply with internationally recognized hospital standards; · Provide patient-centred primary and specialty care, emphasizing disease management and evaluating patient outcomes; · Employ state of the art technology, equipment, personnel and processes to achieve its goals; · Meet the needs of our patient community within our spectrum of care; · Operate on a sound financial basis; · Treat each patient with respect, dignity and confidentiality.

Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital Corporate Goals

· Expand CTMH to an urgent, primary and specialty care referral centre in the Cayman Islands; · Monitor and continually improve patient care and safety; · Develop and integrate information technology to improve management and clinical communication, business processes and patient documentation; · Satisfy patients and families with CTMH treatments, facilities and services; · Recruit, develop, train, motivate and retain an excellent workforce; · Operate CTMH on sound, profitable business principles.

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CTMH Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

· Organization wide understanding of the QI and Safety principles, application of the appropriate methods for Key Performance Indicators for principle processes · Benchmarking of the CTMH QI and Safety results against centres of excellence, ie. CDC, NIHI, NAWQ · High levels of patient satisfaction with services and facilities · Incorporation of information technology solutions to automate and standardize data collection and reporting processes · Ease of entry, access to care and accurate identification for all · Patient and family education · Early discharge planning and follow-up care.

Patients’ Rights at CTMH

As a patient at the Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital you have the right to… · Respect, dignity and privacy · Confidentiality of your medical record · Pain assessment and control · A uniform (consistent) level of care · A clear and understandable explanation of the benefits and risks of treatment · Know the name and professional status of caregivers · Have an interpreter if one does not understand explanations · Refuse treatment and medications and to discharge yourself from the hospital · Receive or restrict visitors and telephone calls · A safe, clean environment.

As a patient, you have the responsibility to… · Provide complete information about your past medical history · Alert us to issues that may affect your care · Make sure you understand the treatment you are receiving, know what is expected of you and follow

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the instructions · Conduct yourself in a polite and courteous manner · Respect hospital safety · Keep your medical appointments · Report any complaints or concerns

Patient Safety Goals

· Improve patient identification · Verbal and telephone orders and critical care processing results follow precise policy and procedures · The use of approved abbreviations is clear and understood · Medications are safely and properly stored throughout the organization · Implement universal protocols for prevention of wrong patient, wrong side, and wrong site procedures · Improve the effectiveness of clinical alarm systems · Reduce the risk of health care-associated infections · Reduce the risk of patient harm resulting from falls · Reduce the risk of surgical fires · Accurately and completely reconcile medications across the continuum of care · Reduce the risk of influenza and pneumococcal disease in older adults · Prevent health care associated pressure sores · Implement applicable CTMH patient safety goals and associated preventions across CTMH sites.

Our Commitment

Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital provides exceptional health care in a safe patient centred environment raising the standard of health services in the Caribbean.

We apply the current evidence-based medical practices supported by advanced technology and highly skilled professionals.

We respect Christian beliefs and principles and those of all other religious denominations.

We offer patients and families outstanding value based care.

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Clinic Olymp, Clinic for Plastic Surgery 18/8, A. Cesarca, Novi Sad, Vojvodina, 21000, Serbia Phone: +381 21 4727000 Fax: +381 21 4727000 Email: panfilov@gmail.com Website: clinicolymp.com

Clinic Olymp is a new clinic for aesthetic plastic surgery in Novi Sad. The Gods from the Olymp were vain about their appearance. For body harmony and beauty there was not one but several Gods.

We guarantee that we will meet your high requirements as our top surgeons, Zlata Janjić, MD, University Professor of the Medical School and Surgeon in chief of the Clinic for Plastic Surgery in Novi Sad, and Dimitrije Panfilov, MD, our Surgeon in chief, strive to exceed the highest industry standards.

Our Chief Surgeon has a license to practice medicine and specialized Surgery and Plastic Surgery in Germany, where he worked for 24 years, the surgeon in chief also has his own private clinic in Bonn, Germany. He is an internationally recognized figure and from 2005 has was named President of the International Academy for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery gaining visiting professor status in 2006 (www.iaaps. com). He is the founder of the Global Expert Service - Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (since 2002: www.gesaps. com), and has been the Editor in Chief of the magazine "Aesthetic News" from 2003.

Dimitrije Panfilov Academician, doctor, prof.

Dr. Panfilov conducts presentations internationally and has demonstrated operative techniques at workshops. He has organized 8 international symposiums and took part and/or led conferences and round-tables. He has written five books (in German, English, Russian and Serbian languages) and made six video-films on aesthetic surgery. His book "Cosmetic Surgery Today" is written for laymen interested in this topic and can be bought in bookstores.

The queen of all aesthetic surgeries is face lifting. Springer Publisher, one of the five greatest publishers in medicine, authorized Dr. Panfilov to write a textbook on facelifts in English. The book will be 900 pages with 1500 illustrations and was published in 2007.

Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery

In our “Temple of Beauty for Goddesses and Gods” Your Dream of Beauty Becomes Reality The highest quality service is guaranteed bystate concession and operative High-Tech equipment: endoscopy, radio-surgery, laser, micro-motor-system, microsurgical technique with optical magnification, air conditioning etc.

We perform all corrections of face and body such as: Facelift (in different variations), Face-Styling with body own fat tissue, corrections of Nose, Eyelids, Lips, Ears, Hand-Lifting, Sculpturing Body Harmonizing

by Liposuction, Breast surgery (Augmentation,Reduction, Lifting, Symmetrizing), Tummy reducing (Abdominoplasty), Harmonizing of upper arms and upper legs (brachio- and femoroplasty), Harmonizing of buttocks and many others. All innovative methods will be critically applied.

Patient as partner: we work with you because you are our partner. We share your happiness because of your successful surgery. Our human warmth adds to our high level of professionalism.

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College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan 7th Central Street, Defence Housing Authority, Phase II Karachi, 75500, Pakistan Phone: +92 21 358 87111 Email: administration@cpsp.edu.pk Website: www.cpsp.edu.pk

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan (CPSP), the leading Postgraduate Medical Institute of Pakistan, was established in 1962 by an ordinance.

The objectives of this institute are:

· To promote specialist practice of Medicine, Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics and such other specialties by securing improvement of teaching and training in hospitals and hospital methods; · to arrange postgraduate medical, surgical and other specialists training · to hold and conduct examinations for the grant of diplomas and admission to the Fellowship of the College · to provide for research · to bring together the physicians, surgeons and other specialists of Pakistan periodically for scientific discussions and · to do all acts and things as it may consider necessary to carry out the purposes of this Ordinance.

Prof. Zafar Ullah Chaudhry President

College, in accordance with the ordinance, developed a democratic mode of Governance; to elect a COUNCIL of 20 Fellows amongst themselves every FOUR years which collectively manages College and yearly electing President, Vice Presidents and Treasurer from amongst the Council. In 1996 the Supreme Court of Pakistan decided to give proportionate representation in accordance with the strength of FELLOWS from each province. Ever since, Punjab elects eleven (11) members of the Council while Sindh elects six (6), KP two (2) and Baluchistan one (1) to make a total of 20 members Council. College Fellows thus evolved a highly democratic method of self management of their own institution with their own finances. The College not only proved self sufficient but excelled in achieving its Objectives.

As College gained its reputation within the Country, it attracted large number of aspirants of medical specialization and post graduation. A large number of candidates came from other parts of Pakistan. It was a hassle for the candidates to come to Karachi, enroll him/her and take MCPS/FCPS examinations.

College decided to reach the candidates instead of asking them to reach the College. Lahore was the First to get a Regional Centre followed by THIRTEEN (13) other Regional Centers in Pakistan which include centers at Abbotbad, Rahimyar Khan and even Azad Kashmir. College is the FIRST Pakistani educational institution which has OVERSEAS Regional Centers at Kathmandu (Nepal) and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). These Regional Centers not only facilitate but even hold examinations of the College too.

College began by offering specialization in Six (6) disciplines of Medical Sciences in 1964/65, and now it offers 73 disciplines for training in FCPS and 22 for MCPS. College invited as examiners from Royal Colleges of UK, Australasia, Canada, Ireland, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Oman and others. This effort paid with recognition of College degrees and Diplomas not only at par with the British Specialists qualifications but now Saudi Arabia prefers our certifications over other similar certifications from West. College also got appropriate feedback from such examiners which helped us to evolve better methodologies of evaluation, improve curricula and training, develop Department of Medical Education and keep up with similar institutions of west College has attained prestige as an institution of international caliber.

College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) enjoys an extremely high reputation across the globe in the field of Post-graduate Medical Education and has been fulfilling need of the Post-graduate Medical Specialists in the country for the last 52 years. It is a unique institution and one of the five in the world and whole of Asia. This Institution is now providing 90% plus specialist’s manpower in the country, 100% specialists in Armed Forces and 95% Dental Specialists in Pakistan.

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Dan Mircea Enescu Plastic Surgeon, Professor of Plastic Surgery, Manager of the ‘Grigore Alexandrescu’ Children’s Hospital Bd. Iancu de Hunedoara, Nr. 30-32, Sector 1, Bucharest, Romania Phone: +40 21 316 93 72 Email: alexandrescugrigore@yahoo.com, enescudanmircea@gmail.com Website: http://www.spitaluldecopii.ro

Born in Bucharest, Romania on August 20, 1952, Professor Dr. Dan Mircea Enescu is a distinguished personality in Romanian surgical circles as a result of his work in Pediatric Burn Care and Plastic Surgery. He is a specialist in hand surgery, pediatric plastic surgery and aesthetic surgery. Having graduated from the University of Medicine in Bucharest, he was a Plastic Surgery Resident from 1982 to 1985. Since completing his residency, he has been a Plastic Surgeon in Bucharest: he received additional training through fellowships in San Diego, Parkland, Norfolk and Dallas (United States). In 1989 he became Chief of the Plastic Surgery Clinic of the Emergency Children’s Hospital “Grigore Alexandrescu”, located in Bucharest. He is also a Chief of the Center of Excellence for Scientific and Technological Research in the Domain of Tissue Transplant and Skin Grafts, furthermore since 2003 he has served as Plastic Surgery Professor at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Carol Davila’ in Bucharest.

His activities in Pediatric Burn Care have been delineated in several books such as Child’s Burns. Medic Art, 2003; Plastic Surgery Manual, Ovidius University Press, 2001; Plastic Surgery Principles, Editura National, 2005, as well as in various specialty articles (Pediatric burns in Bucharest, Romania - 4327 cases over a 5 years period. Burns, vol. 20, nr. 2, April 1994, 154-157).

Over the years, Prof. Dr. Dan Mircea Enescu has improved the medical and surgical treatment of burns in children by improving the survival rate; he is also maintaining a permanent campaign through media for the prevention of child abuse and burns in children. His work in the field of pediatric plastic surgery is focused on post-burn reconstruction and congenital conditions (CLP, hemangiomas, facial and extremities malformations). Moreover, he has also initiated the building of a new center for burns and plastic surgery for children. An important mention would be the treatment of 5 severely burned premature neonates after a collective accident in a maternity in August 2010, all 5 children surviving.

His achievements have been recognized in both Romanian and international forums: · President of the Romanian Burns Society · Member of the Romanian Medical Sciences Academy · Member of the International Society of Burn Injuries and national representative · Member of the Executive Committee of the European Burns Association

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· Representative of Romania in the Accreditation Commission of EBOPRAS (European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery) · Member of the National Agency for Transplant · Member of the Board of Plastic Surgery of the Ministry of Health and Family · Vice-president and founding member of The Romanian Association of Plastic Surgeons (ROAPS) · Founding member of the Romanian Society for Pediatric Burns (since 1997) · Member of the Scientific Committee and Associate Editor of the ‘Annals of Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Microsurgery’ (journal of The Romanian Association of Plastic Surgeons) · Member of the Romanian College of Physicians · President of the Commission of Plastic Surgery - Reconstructive Microsurgery, · European Club for Paediatric Burns (ECPB) - (since 1996), · New York Academy of Sciences - an active member since 1995 · American Association for Advanced Sciences (2003) · IPRAS (International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery), ISBI (The International Society for Burn Injuries) – national representative, · Member of the Editorial Board of the Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters, Journal of the Euro-Mediterranean Council for Burns and Fire Disasters (MBC), · Member of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) and national representative · Romanian Academic Society of Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Microsurgery (founding member and secretary) · National Foundation for Reconstructive Microsurgery (founding member).

Moreover, he was mentioned in Marquis Who’s Who in the World in 1999, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering in 2000, and Who’s Who in Health, Great Minds of the 21st Century in 2011, The Bibliotheque: World Wide Society Fellow, Top 100 Professionals (International Bibliographical Center) in 2012. His activities have been recognized by the New York Academy of Sciences, The American Association for the Advancement of Science, Operation Smile, Smile Train and the National Society of Plastic Surgery. To date, his accomplishments include the establishment of the first skin bank in Romania, and a computerized assistance program for burn patients.

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Prof. Dr. Dan Mircea Enescu is married to Dr. Mihaela Enescu since 1989. His wife has been a constant support in his work as well as in his private life. They have a daughter, Alexandra. Professor Dr. Dan Mircea Enescu describes his personal mission statement to be: “No child left behind”. He considers that work, dedication, and love for what you do and for children are keystones for success and if you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

COMPLETED RESEARCH PROGRAMS

· Viasan 2002 skin bank – methods for criopreservation and improving plastic and bacteriological properties after criopreservation · Biotech 485/2004 biotechnological methods for obtaining temporary dressings used in extensive burns covering (xenografts) · Asistars program · Viasan 211/2003 biological dressings containing macromolecular complex structures with graded release of bioactive substances used for burns and posttraumatic lesions · Viasan 182/2002 the center of excellence for scientific research in the domain of tissue transplant and skin grafts · Viasan 452/2005 studies regarding producing and using a composite dermal matrix for covering extensive burns in children (mat), 2004 – 2006 · Viasan 483/2004 heterografts for improving or saving life (heterogrefa), 2004 – 2006 · Ceex 59/2005 obtaining artificial epiderm through cultivating keratinocites from patients in laboratory for efficient treatment of certain skin diseases, burns and politraumas (epidar), 2005 – 2008 · Manatech 1940/2006 innovative approach of using matrix networks micro and nano structured for modulating tissue processes with relevance in covering tegument defects (nanotiss), 2006 – 2008 · Ceex 105/2006 the modern approach of hand and forearm trauma – unitary concept of surgical treatment, functional recovery and socio-professional reintegration (manatrauma), 2006 – 2008 · Pn ii 6/2007 studies concerning the clinical value of operative monitoring of total aminoacids level in severe skin burns children

INNOVATIONS:

· Skin Bank (cryopreservation of human skin system); (first inventor) - OSIM registered on 04.05.1999, authorized for operation by the Ministry of Health nr.3798 / 1999, Patent 1026766 / 18.09.2001, Decision nr.IV / 281 of 20.07.2001. · Bank of pancreas - (coauthor) - recorded at OSIM on 06/01/2000 with no: A2000 0019. · Equipment and method for preserving human cornea for transplantation - OSIM registered 11.06.2002 · Antimicrobial topical products for burns treatment, February 2008

HONORS AND AWARDS

· Thermoplastic elastomer-based biomaterials and collagen, patent no. C1510 /1998 (Enescu Dan-co) – Silver Medal at the International Exhibition of Inventions, Research and Industrial Innovation, Brussels, 1999. · “Made in Romania” exhibition - CONRO, 2002 - Excellence Award of the Academy of Medical Sciences and Ministry of Education and Research, Third Prize in 2003, Diploma of Excellence in 2004 · Medical Journalists Association - Excellence Award for Best Specialist - December 2002. · Award of Excellence for plastic surgery - reconstructive microsurgery - Medic.ro - December 2005, awarded by the Ministry of Health and the College of Physicians in Romania · Outstanding Professional Award For Dedicated Achievements in The Field of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, ABI – USA, 2001 · “Man of the year” Cotidianul.ro Award - 2010 · Prize 10 for Romania – December 2010 · Awarded National ‘Sanitary Service’ in rank of Knight – April 2010 · Awarded Faithful Service National Order in rank of Knight – December 2010 · Excellence Award for contribution to the positive image of the physician in society – awarded by Medica Academica Board · Royal Decoration “Nihil Sine Deo” –2014 · Diploma for Rotarian Service –2015 · Innovation in Health AWARDS CEREMONY– Prize for excellence – Innovation in Health & IT & Software –2015 · Member of EMA (European Medical Association), · Romania's representative at EMA (European Medical Association) · Member in the Scientific Committee of EMA (European Medical Association).

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Dr. Suad Lutfi Dermatology & Lazer Clinic 202, Block A, Ibn Sina Bldg 27, DHCC, Dubai, 49696, UAE Phone: +97 144298488 Email: info@drsuadlutfi.com Website: www.drsuadlutfi.com

Dr. Suad Lutfi Dermatology & Laser Clinic was founded by Dr. Suad Lutfi, MD, in 2000 and is a leader in the aesthetic industry focusing on the latest procedures and technology. The company has a series of 8 clinics and branches today in UAE deferent cities and in Qatar, and 6 new clinics will be opening soon in the GCC region.

Our providers are comprised of Board-certified physicians, PA's, NP's & beauty therapists who specialize in many areas of aesthetic and cosmetic procedures. Our clinics have highly skilled medical and administrative staff (90 employees), who are trained and motivated to perform clinical research and provide the highest level of service.

Working with Dr.Suad Lutfi clinic’s you will have access to a system that treats approximately 5,000 patients per month. We have more than 150.000 patients in our database, 50.000 are active patients.

Dr. Suad Lutfi CEO/Owner

Our goal is to achieve rapid enrollment, meet or exceed enrollment quota and to provide quality results, while maintaining the health, safety, well-being and confidentiality of our patients.

Vision

We aspire to become the largest chain providing medical & Aesthetic services in the Middle East by the end of 2020.

Mission

To provide and promote scientific and evidence based medical & skin care services that ensures the best results.

Services provided currently:

1. Dermatology Consultation and Treatment.

2. Aesthetics &Cosmetology: Fillers/ Botox/ Hair removal/Skin rejuvenation/ Skin tightening & lifting/ Antiaging treatments 3. Slimming, body contouring & reshaping.

4. Pharmaceutical medicine & cosmetic products related to skin diseases & treatments.

5. Plastic surgery consultation & treatment.

6. Obstetrics & Gynecology consultation & treatment.

7. Nutritional advices & programs.

Services to be added:

1. Full Pharmaceutical services 2. Dentistry consultation & treatment.

3. One day surgery centers.

4. Developing clinics into polyclinics.

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ENT-Center of the professor Ulyanov 22-A, Rascovoy Street, Moskow, 125040, Russia Phone: +7 495 614 0253 Email: airsilver@yandex.ru Website: www.airsilver.net

Yuriy Ulyanov is the Expert in otorhinolaryngology, Prof. Doctor of medical sciences, MD, Ph.D. Head of the ENT-Department of the Medical Centre "The 1-st Doctor" - a Multidisciplinary private clinic in Moscow. Undertaking operation and consultation in the ENT-Department of the Medical Centre, "The Best Clinics" is a Multidisciplinary private clinic in Moscow.

Author of three textbooks on the professional development of ENT-specialists from postgraduate to professional otorhinolaryngology of the First Moscow State Medical University of I.M. Sechenov. More than 200 printing works have been published and 43 Russian patents have been registered.

Yuri P. Uliyanov is registered in the Elite Encyclopedia of important citizens of Russia.

Yuriy Ulyanov Director

Member of the American Academy of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and member of the Association for Research in Otorhinolaryngology (ARO).

Prize-winner of the Gold and three Silver medals of VDNKh USSR, Russia.

Kenesary Company LLP 163 B, Ondasynova Str., Almaty 050020, Republic of Kazakhstan Phone: +7 727 338 70 93 Email: kenesary@inbox.ru Website: kenesary.com.kz

Prof. Ussen Kenessariyev

Kenesary Company LLP has a medico-ecological specialization profile with international orientation.

The Company has many years of experience in providing independent research and advisory services to customers of the private and public sectors on a contractual basis. The Company has extensive experience in assessing the quality of the environment (air, water, soil, plants, food, etc.), assessment and management of risks to human health from chemical factors in the environment, epidemiological studies of health status (morbidity, fertility, mortality, growth and migration, cause of disability), in-depth medical examinations of the population, etc. “Kenesary Company”, LLP provides the following services for the customers from the private and public sectors: hygienic assessment of environmental objects (air, water, soil, plants, and agricultural products); the development of hygienic regulations (standards) of hazardous substances content in environmental objects: the maximum permissible concentration (MPC), the occupational exposure limits (OEL), etc.; identification and correction of sanitary protection zones of industrial enterprises; independent sanitary-hygienic examination of project documentation; independent sanitary and hygienic assessment of new technological processes at industrial enterprises; sanitarytoxicological assessment of new chemicals used in the production.

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Erebouni Medical Center 14, Titogradyan Str, Yerevan, 0087, Republic of Armenia Phone: +37491170355; +37494500500 Email: azarayelyan@gmail.com Website: www.erebouni.am

Erebouni Medical Center was founded in 1991 on the basis of the clinical hospital ‘Erebouni’. The center since its establishment has continued to develop and recently it became the biggest medical center in Armenia, which utilizes world standard clinical, research and education activities. Today the Center has gained international recognition.

Erebouni Medical Center has 8 basic clinics: Diagnostics, Surgery, Therapy, Intensive Therapy and Emergency Medicine with Ambulance Service, Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery, Neurology & Neurosurgery, and also Maternity Home and Outpatient clinic. There are more than 45 specialized departments which accept more than 650 patients per day.

The medical center is equipped with modern diagnostic, medical and surgical equipment, as well an extended instrumental base, which allows a wide range of diagnostic, laboratory examinations and the implementation of a highly complex and high-precision surgery and invasive interventions.

Dr. Harutyun Kushkyan Prof., Dr. med. sc, General Director

Training, specialization and the continuous education of the Center's specialists at the leading clinics of the world through their participation at international scientific meetings allow the newest achievements in medicine to be implemented.

Erebouni MC is one of the main clinical bases of Yerevan State Medical University after M. Heratsi and Armenian Medical University, where students can gain a Bachelor’s degree and Master's degree in clinical residency. The Center is also the clinical basis for post-graduate and Continuous Medical Education. There are great opportunities for research in the Center including doctoral and postdoctoral research study.

Erebouni Medical Center has been repeatedly nominated at the competition ‘National Trust’ and was awarded with the title ‘The Best Medical Organization’ and ‘The Best Provider of Medical Services’.

The Center has also been nominated for ‘Best Trade Customer’ at the Innovation Trade awards. MC Erebouni has also been nominated for ‘Journey to Nursing Excellence Award’ by American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC). The Center has been certified as the ‘Most searching medical institution’ of Armenia.

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Gazi Medical College A 19-21, Mazid Sarani, Sonadanga, Khulna-9100, Bangladesh Phone: +88041812608 Fax: +88041724450 Email: gmc11@rocketmail.com Website: gmc.edu.bd

Gazi Medical College and Hospital is a well-reputed education and health service provider in Khulna city in Bangladesh. This hospital started its journey in January 1988 under the name “Khulna Surgical & Medical Hospital” with capacity of 50 beds. In 2000 the hospital been registered under Company Act 1994 Joint Stock Company of Bangladesh and in 2011 it was converted to Gazi Medical College & Hospital Ltd. (GMCH) increasing beds up to 250. In 2014 number of beds increased to 500 with 20% free bed for poor patients. Now this hospital is working as primary to tertiary care centre recognized as referral hospital Government of Bangladesh. In 2011 GMCH established Gazi Medical College approved by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh and affiliated to University of Rajshahi. GMC conducts undergraduate medical education (MBBS course) with intake of 90 students per year where student of different countries are getting education. GMR Nursing Institute is a sister concern of GMCH conducting 3 years Diploma course in nursing science. This teaching hospital is well-equipped delivers advanced medical services to the people.

Dr. Gazi Mizanur Rahman Chief, Chairman

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Mary Troychak

Марія Тройчак

Phytotherapeutist doctor, member of Ukrainian Association of Folk Medicine of Ukraine, director of "Barvinok" medical centre, honorary Professor of Vienna International University

Лікар-фітотерапевт, член Української асоціації народної медицини України, директор медичного центру «Барвінок», почесний професор Міжнародного університету Відня

In August 2015 the final of the XVI all-Ukrainian contest "Ukrainian language as a language of unity" was held. The best linguists and filmmakers of the country, as well as residents and international attendees who have a spiritual connection with the homeland, were awarded first-degree diploma in "Bloom, our native language" for the film "Happiness to live in the native land". The contest was won by historian and educator Mary Troychak.

This is the third victory for M. I. Troychak in this competition. An international professional jury highly ranked her film and claimed that it portrayed “the pain and memory through the years" as it was dedicated to tragic pages of history, the unique culture of the native land and children's collection of spiritual poetry.

By September 2015 she had already presented her creation at the IV international Art festival of Amateur documentary films in Poland; and again received well-deserved recognition. The film was met very warmly and was ranked in the top ten of the presented works.

Mary attributes the following for her success; - ‘In my heart I always carry God, all my work is an attempt to express my love to him and to the people to make my contribution to the prosperity of our country. This applies to the case of my life - herbal medicine, and all my hobbies - poetry, native history, spiritual self-improvement.’

Thanks to the high purpose and passionate desire to be selfless, Mary Troychak has managed to become one of the most successful Phytotherapists in Ukraine.

Mary Troychak has been working since the early 90s and in 1994 she founded in her native Ternopil the Medical Center "Barvinok"Ukraine’s first Phytocenter. Her specialists give patients, not only quality medical care, but also spiritual support. On the eve of the opening the Centre, Mary entered the Kiev Institute of Ukrainian Association of folk medicine, where she completed the programme "Phytotherapy and Herbal Medicine" (1995).

Over the years, the popularity of the center, among residents and visitors, has been growing steadily. The vast majority of patients felt significant improvement of their health through the use of herbal remedies.

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У серпні 2015 року в гостинній Одесі відбувся фінал ХVI Загальноукраїнського конкурсу «Українська мова – мова єднання». Кращі мовознавці і кінематографісти країни, а також мешканці ближнього та далекого зарубіжжя, які зберегли свій духовний зв’язок з батьківщиною, отримали дипломи переможців конкурсу. Диплом першого ступеня в номінації «Квітни, мова наша рідна» за фільм «Щастя жити в ріднім краї» здобула народний цілитель, краєзнавець та просвітник з Тернополя Марія Тройчак. Це вже третя перемога М.І. Тройчак в даному конкурсі. Раніше міжнародне професійне журі високо оцінило її фільм «І біль, і пам’ять крізь роки», присвячений трагічним сторінкам історії й унікальної культури рідного краю, а також яскраво оформлену збірку душевної дитячої поезії. А у вересні 2015-го тернопільчанка вже презентувала своє творіння на IV Містецькому міжнародному фестивалі аматорських документальних фільмів у Польщі. І знов – заслужене визнання. Фільм публіка зустріла дуже тепло, він увійшов до десятки кращих з представлених робіт. Рецепт успіху своєї творчості пані Марія формулює так: - В своєму серці я завжди ношу Бога, вся моя діяльність – це спроба виразити свою любов до нього та до людей, зробити свій внесок у справу процвітання рідної країни. Це стосується і справи всього мого життя - траволікування, і всіх моїх захоплень – поезії, краєзнавства, рідної історії, духовного самовдосконалення. В тому числі завдяки високим цілям і страсному бажанню бути корисною для людей Марії Тройчак вдалося стати однім з найбільш успішних фітотерапевтів сучасної України. У цій ролі професійний фармацевт М.І. Тройчак працює з початку 90-х. В 1994-му вона заснувала в рідному Тернополі медичний центр «Барвінок» – один з перших в Україні оздоровчих фітоцентрів, фахівці якого надають пацієнтам не лише кваліфіковану медичну допомогу, але й духовну підтримку. Напередодні відкриття Центру Марія вступила до Київського інституту Української асоціації народної медицини де пройшла повний курс за програмою «Фітотерапія і траволікування» (1995).

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As a result of fruitful work of the center, in 2007, at the international business forum in Malta, "Barvinok" was awarded the "Gold Medal Quality" by the desire to achieve world standards of quality and service.

Mary Troychak is a member of the European Association of Catholic doctors. As an active leader of the organization, by the invitation of her colleagues, she is often abroad. Traveling to different countries she is primarily interested in the condition of medicine in traditional and folk methods. Mary Troychak takes into account the experience of foreign healers and is interested in their developments and discoveries, and introduces it to her healing practice.

Another priority of her life is charitable and educational activity. She takes part in the revival and construction of the church, organizing the graves of compatriots in Poland and even created a small private museum of icons and religious literature. Mary devotes everything she does to her homeland and her bright future which, she believes, depends on every Ukrainian.

The work of Mary Troychak is highly appreciated. She is the winner of international awards for her contribution to the development of culture and education "Saint Sophia", a member of the International Club of leaders (UK) and an honorary Professor of Vienna International University (Austria).

At the end of 2014 Mary Troychak was awarded the highest award of the Europe Business Assembly (Oxford, UK) for her personal contribution to the development of modern science and education “The Name in Science”. The name of this outstanding Ukrainian woman was added to the register of the best scientists of our time.

За минулі роки популярність центру серед мешканців та гостей міста постійно зростає, а кількість його відвідувачів збільшується. Абсолютна більшість пацієнтів відчули істотне поліпшення стану свого здоров’я завдяки застосуванню фітопрепаратів. Як наслідок плідної діяльності центру, у 2007 році на міжнародному бізнес-форумі на Мальті «Барвінок» був нагороджений «Золотою медаллю якості» за прагнення досягти світових стандартів якості товарів та послуг. Марія Тройчак – член Європейської асоціації лікарів-католиків. Як активний діяч цієї організації, за запрошенням своїх колег вона часто буває за кордоном. Подорожуючи різними країнами, вона, насамперед, цікавиться станом медицини, як традиційної, так і народної. Марія Іванівна бере до уваги досвід закордонних цілителів, цікавиться їхніми розробками й відкриттями і впроваджує його в свою цілительську практику. Ще один пріоритет життя Марії Тройчак – благодійна та просвітницька діяльність. Вона приймає участь у відродженні й будуванні храмів, впорядкуванні могил своїх співвітчизників на території Польщі, і навіть створила невеликий приватний музей ікон й духовної літератури. Все, що вона робить, пані Марія присвячує своїй батьківщині, її світлому майбутньому яке, як вона впевнена, залежить сьогодні від кожного українця. Праця Марії Тройчак високо поцінована. Вона – лауреат міжнародної нагороди за особистий внесок у розвиток культури і освіти «Свята Софія», член Міжнародного клубу лідерів (Велика Британія), почесний професор Міжнародного університету Відня (Австрія). Наприкінці 2014-го Марія Тройчак була відзначена найвищою нагородою Європейської Бізнес Асамблеї (Оксфорд, Велика Британія) за особистий внесок у розвиток сучасної науки та освіти “The Name in Science”. Ім’я видатної українки було внесено до реєстру кращих вчених сьогодення.

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Mykola Nasikovskyy The President of Ukrainian Association of Manual Therapy Kyiv, 18a Blv.Verkvovnoi Rady, apt.62 Phone: (067) 712-93-17, (095) 864-21-47, (093) 699-03-34 Email: nasns45@gmail.com Email: nasns@rambler.ru Website: http://www.narod-manual.org.ua

Mykola Nasikovskyy is a famous Ukrainian folk healer and bright diagnostician. He is the Academician of Russian Academy of Manual Therapy, the Board Member of Russian Association of Visceral Therapists, the Council Member of Ukrainian Healing Academy, the Master of Folk Medicine, the member of the Oxford Academic Union, the winner of the International Contest ‘Stars of Health, Wellness and Tourism’.

The Association has already hold seven international conferences, which gave a strong jolt for the development of traditional medicine in Ukraine. The organization conducts workshops at which more than 1500 people became skilled at Old Slavonic massage.

The old Slavonic massage is one of the most ancient alternative methods of treatment. It has no analogues in the world practice.

The essence of this method is to press down viscera by hands through the front abdomen wall to remove the stagnant processes.

With a proper and competent performance this simple action will help to achieve great results: to eliminate venous and lymphatic congestion, to relieve spasms of viscera, to restore the position of viscera.

In the last few years Health and Wellness Tourism has become an extremely fast-growing area. The development of new medical equipment and technologies in the fields of wellness are well enough. However, a wonderful option for Health and Wellness Tourism is the usage of the visceral therapy, based on the principles of the Old Slavonic massage. It remains extremely efficient and affordable way of restoring the body without the usage of drugs.

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The mechanism of this method is rather simple. While pressing down the weakened muscles in the body, we work not only on a viscus itself, but on surrounding tissues as well. Thereby, it improves a blood circulation, it increases a metabolism. As a result, the tissues are compressed and then they are extended again. The pulsation starts in body cells and congestion eliminates effectively.

It is a well-known fact that most diseases are caused by stagnation in the digestive apparatus. The functionally weakened body usually has symptoms of a paresis (abatement of movements) of a nerve fiber and a vasospasm. The growth of pathogenic cells begins due to the insufficient supply of nutrients and oxygen and weak outflow of metabolic products. In addition, venous and lymphatic congestion, disruption of capillaries lead to many other health problems. By eliminating the venous and lymphatic congestion in viscera with a help of Old Slavonic massage you can normalize the functioning of viscera and make a full recovery.

The main advantage of usage of Old Slavonic massage method at resorts is that any disfunction of a tourist can be removed.

This method helps to relieve any pain in a short period of time (an average, in half an hour). The Old Slavonic massage at the resorts can be used either in the form of pain control, or as a comprehensive program in order to restore and improve the health of tourists.

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National Health Laboratory Service 1 Modderfontein Road, Sandringham, 2031, South Africa Phone : +27 (0)11 386 6072 Fax: +27 (0)11 386 6586 Email: joyce.mogale@nhls.ac.za Website: www.nhls.ac.za

The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) is the largest diagnostic pathology laboratory service in South Africa, which employs approximately 6700 staff and has a national footprint of 349 laboratories across nine provinces and serves around 80% of the South African Population. The NHLS is an organisation built on ensuring the quality delivery of diagnostic laboratory services to the health sector and is an enabler of sound public health for all South Africans. The NHLS supports the national and provincial health departments by providing niche training and revolutionary research.

NHLS provides

· an effective diagnostic service in the seven pathology disciplines through a vast network of laboratories; · an academic division that trains all pathologist in the country; · extensive infectious disease surveillance and intelligence;

Ms. Joyce Mogale CEO

· a specialist occupational health reference laboratory; and the only manufacturer of antivenom for sub Saharan Africa.

Apart from the service mandate, the NHLS trains pathologists, scientists, medical technologists and technicians in conjunction with the university medical schools and universities of technology. The NHLS is highly acclaimed as a result of its superior academic team who conduct research specific to South African health issues, such as tuberculosis, meningitis, malaria, pneumonia, HIV/AIDS and cancer. These researchers make major contributions to national and international medical literature.

While a substantial part of the research programme is financed by the NHLS, which is derived from the earnings of its laboratory services, the NHLS is grateful for the research grants received by the SA Medical Research Council, the Cancer Association of South Africa, Poliomyelitis Research Foundation, the National Research Foundation, pharmaceutical companies, private donors and a number of international institutions.

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National Scientific Medical Research Center JSC 42, Abylaikhan Ave, Astana, 010009, Republic of Kazakhstan Phone: +7 717 2577 411 Fax: +7 717 223 27 29 Email: national_clinic@mail.ru Website: http://nnmc.kz/

National Scientific Medical Research Center JSC is one of the leading research clinics in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Our clinic for 13 years is a leading medical institution providing high-quality medical care to the population, combined with the research process and new methods introduction of diagnostics and treatment.

Management system of NSMRC is certified according to the level of EFQM Models “Recognized for Excellence 5 *”.

The center's staff is the team of researchers, doctors, nurses and supportive staff which aimed to achieve three main goals: to provide patient care, development of medicine as a science and practical training of medical personnel.

NSMRC actively implements transfer of innovative technologies in the Republic of Kazakhstan in cardiac surgery for the treatment of complex forms of heart rhythm disorders, organs and tissues transplantation.

Prof. Abay Baigenzhin Chairman of the Board

NSMRC is the coordinator of the international multi-center clinical trials, for example clinical trials using stem cells in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction, diabetes, liver disease (results presented in SWISS Medica (FDA), FDA (USA). Clinical trials are conducted in accordance with the requirements of GCP.

Private clinic «SHAPAGAT» 22, Shintasova Str., Kandyagash, Aktobe Region, 030700, Republic of Kazakhstan Phone/Fax: +7 713 333 60 22 + 7 713 333 65 98 Email: shapagatkand@rambler.ru

Private health «SHAPAGAT» was reorganized in 1997 into a private hospital in accordance with the legal normative act. It has both healthcare license and certificate of accreditation. It provides inpatient, primary health care and specialized outpatient care services to the population under the state order.

«SHAPAGAT» has been a member of the international conference of WHO (World Health Organization) Health Promoting Hospitals HPH since 2003.

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Public Hospital Authority Princess Margaret Hospital Health Services SHIRLEY STREET, P.O BOX N 3730, NASSAU, BAHAMAS Phone: +1242 3222861 Email: pmhcommunications@pmh.phabahamas.org Website: pmh.phabahamas.org The Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) is a non profit publicly funded facility built in 1952. It was previously named the Bahamas General Hospital, and was renamed in 1956 in honor of the visit of the Queen of England’s sister, Princess Margaret, to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

The Princess Margaret Hospital is a comprehensive Healthcare System, providing primary, secondary and tertiary health services. It is the premier healthcare institution and referral centre in the country, acclaimed for its Neonatal Intensive Care capacity, and with a level one Trauma Centre. The institution is also continuing to develop its history as an Academic / Teaching hospital.

This acute care facility specializes in inpatient services with a complement of 420 beds and a newly expanded Critical Care Wing. Our services, which are supported by a staff of approximately 1840, provide primary, secondary and tertiary level care, including, Accident & Emergency services and a full span of diagnostic and therapeutic services.

Ms. Mary E. Lightbourne Walker Hospital Administrator, Bpa. Mba. Rn. Ccrn.

The Princess Margaret Hospital offers specialist consultancy services to Rand Memorial Hospital and Community Clinics in New Providence, Grand Bahama, the Family Islands, and the Turks & Caicos.

The Hospital is accredited by The University of the West Indies Medical Internship Programmes, and maintains reciprocity with other international institutions. The Hospital Research and Teaching Center provides clinical educational programmes for third year medical students, internship programmes for Medical, Nursing and Allied Health students; and Continuing Education programme for all categories of staff.

Strategic planning, management and coordination of Hospital services are directed by the Hospital Executive Management Committee consisting of the Hospital Administrator, Medical Chief of Staff, Principal Nursing Officer, and Financial Controller. They are supported by a team of Administrative Officers who are responsible for the general administration of the services, namely; Allied Health, Inpatient Services, Outpatient Services, Support Services and Domestic Services. Administrative responsibilities are executed in collaboration with the Senior Medical and Nursing Representatives.

Our mission and vision, the essence of our institution, provide us with a purpose for the service we administer. Visionary leadership commits our team to providing quality health care service for all Bahamians and visitors to our shores. We aim to develop a new culture characterized by enhanced services as well as personal and professional growth of our diverse staff.

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Pacific Hospital 06, Phan Dinh Phung Street, Hoi An city, Vietnam, 560000 Phone: +84 903597997 Fax: +845103921657 Email: pmc@pacifichospital.com Website: www.pacifichospital.com

INTRODUCTION

Pacific Medical Care System includes 2 hospitals: PACIFIC HOSPITAL — Hoi An and PACIFIC HOSPITAL M — Tam Ky Pacific Hospital — Hoi An is in the city center of Hoi An and is a general hospital including 120 standard beds covering the following facilities: First Aid, Resuscitation, Cardiology, Pediatrics, Otorhinolaryngology (Ear-Nose-Throat), Odonto-Stomatology (Teeth-Jaw-Face), Ophthalmology, Dermatology, etc.

Viet Nguyen Van Doctor, Director

In order to ensure a high standard of examination and treatment for residents and tourists the hospital has the most modern equipment and infrastructures. Trained physician teams often extend their training though regular exchanges and cooperation with other experts.

Pacific Hospital-Tam Ky is located in Lot A50, Truong Chi Cuong St, Thuan Hoa Ward, Tam Ky city, Quang Nam province (nearby Quang Nam Television).

The hospital has 100 standard beds, spacious infrastructures and modern equipment to meet the health care needs of residents in Quang Nam Province and others. The hospital has been evaluated and operational since 24/07/2013.

The hospital owns modern equipment imported from reputable manufacturers such as Beckman Coulter (USA), Steris (USA), GE (US), Siemens Healthcare (Germany), Drager (Germany), Olympus (Japan), Hitachi (Japan), Kart-Stortz (Germany), Kontron (France), Philips (Netherlands) in order to be effective , time-saving, friendly to environment.

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Hip and knee replacement surgery; Ureter llithotrity by laser; Treatment of uterine fibroids, liver tumors, liver cancer by TOCE method; Laparoscopic surgeries on thoraxes, abdomen, nose and throat, joints, etc

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Internal Department:

· Cardiovascular diseases: hypertension, ischemic heart disease, heart failure, arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, cardiomyopathy, etc. · Respiratory diseases: COPD, asthma, pleural effusion, pneumonia, etc. · Gastrointestinal diseases: gastric ulcer, duodenal, colitis, pancreatitis, etc. · Liver diseases: hepatitis, cirrhosis, etc. · Kidney - Urinary diseases: renal failure, glomerulonephritis, etc. · Musculoskeletal diseases: rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, gout, etc. · Hematology diseases: Anemia. · Endocrine diseases: diabetes, thyroid syndrome, hypothyroidism, etc. · Infectious diseases, parasites and tropical diseases. · Treatment for patients suffering from cancers.

International Cooperation

The hospital is a place of examinations and treatments for residents and tourists in Quang Nam Province and others.

In addition, it specializes in seminars and charitable surgery programmes in coordination with doctors from the United States, Canada and Australia organized by the hospital which has contributed to hospital specialization.

Many foreign students regularly practice and work at the hospital.

Infrastructure

The hospital has 120 standard beds, modern machines and equipment imported from reputable manufacturers around the world and also has a spacious quiet campus and gardens. In addition, the hospital not only aims to have professional examinations and treatments for patients, but it is also the place of treatment and rest for patients.

Award:

Certificate of Recognition: ASEAN Quality Products and Services GVA accredited. (Global Voyager Assistance)

Health Insurance

International Insurance and Vietnam Insurances are accepted.

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Resort Shifalysu - Izhminvody Izhevka, Mendeleevsky district, Tatarstan Republic, Russia, 423647 Phone/fax: +7(85549) 3-67-41, 3-69-16 Email: igmin2000@mail.ru, aydar-sadykov@yandex.ru Website: www.ижмин.рф

Today, sanatorium "Shifalysu-Izhminvody" is a modern town which has everything for an active and healthy life.

The high level of comfort and equipment demonstrates the well-developed infrastructure and the eight-story hotel housing.

The territory, in addition to the residential area and medical buildings, includes walk paths, sports facilities, an assembly hall and a library.

Sanatorium "Shifalysu - Izhminvody" was founded in 1924, is located in an ecologically clean natural area.

Today it is a recognized balneoclimatic sanatorium complex, where every year more than 10 thousand people improve their health.

Aydar Sadykov

Natural healing factors of the resort include mineral drinking water "Shifaly-su" and concentrated iodinebromine mineral water, mineral springs, healthy air, the endless expanses of the Kama River, a magnificent view of pine forests, the modern medical base and a wide range of medical and health services.

Director

Symmetria Ethnikis Antistaseos 66, Halandri, Athens, Greece Phone: +30 210 6745555 Email: info@symmetria.gr Website: www.symmetria.com Symmetria is a world-class anti-aging institute meticulously designed with patient care and comfort in mind. The comprehensive range of services offered, the well-trained staff, the prestigious credentials of the physicians on board meet the needs of the clinic’s most demanding clients. It is no wonder that international press has branded Symmetria as one of the top cosmetic clinics around the world.

Established in 2005 by plastic surgeon Dr. Nikolaos Metaxotos, MD, PhD, a surgeon with global distinctions, Symmetria became a state-of-the-art medical and beauty clinic well-known around the world. Dr. Metaxotos vision of creating an environment whereby individuals can come and receive elite services to improve their appearance soon became a very pragmatic reality not only for local but also for international visitors, who choose Symmetria for its high aesthetic standards, excellent reputation and advanced techniques in facial rejuvenation, non-invasive anti-aging techniques and body reshaping.

The ultimate expression of Dr. Metaxotos’ vision and experience with beauty is Symmetria’s innovative luxury skin care collection that meets the needs of the most demanding clients.

Nikolaos Metaxotos CEO, MD, PhD

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Symmetria merges the multifaceted macrocosm of beauty with the latest in technology. It has focused on spreading all knowledge around beauty and wellness through the digital and interactive iPad application “The Circle of Beauty” and Dr. Metaxotos, as publishing consultant through the digital magazine “WOW NOW”.

All the aforementioned points reflect the endeavors of Symmetria Medical Center to provide a healthier, holistic approach to leading a better and more fulfilling lifestyle.

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Sanya Gic Imaging Pvt. Ltd. Private Limited Company D-13, Defence Colony, New Delhi, 110024, India Phone: +91 9811054134 Email: r.chandurkar@sanyadiagnostic.com; rajeshge8@gmail.com; hl.gupta@sanyadiagnostic.com Website: www.sanyadiagnostics.com

It gives us immense pleasure, to introduce ourselves as Sanya Diagnostics – A unit of Sanya GIC Imaging Pvt. Ltd. - A leading chain of Diagnostic centre’s operating across the country.

Sanya Diagnostics was founded with the objective of providing quality and reliable diagnostic service at an affordable cost. We firmly believe that creating exceptional value additions in healthcare is the best way of offering significant benefits to the patients.

Established as a Centre of Excellence in radiology, Sanya Diagnostics is equipped with leading edge technology and has been offering a wide range of radiological services since 1998. Our considerable experience and expertise of more than 15 years in the field of Diagnostics Services has helped to address the growing health ailments by providing accurate & timely diagnosis with the help of specialized technologies and innovative services.

Mr. H.L.Gupta CEO, Promoter Director

SANYA group now has 25 operational diagnostic centers across the western & northern parts of India. Some of these centers are operational on PPP (Public Private Partnership) basis with various state government hospitals & teaching institutes, (Govt. of Gujarat & Govt. of Madhya Pradesh.), Large Corporate hospitals and Trust Hospitals. The company is one of the few diagnostic centre’s which have on its panel a large team of fully qualified full time Radiologists, Technologists and support staff who ensure quick turnaround time. The centers have well trained CRM teams who make it their mission to lay ample stress on empathy and hand holding, making patients feel comfortable and at ease right at the reception desk.

The group envisages setting up world class diagnostic centers across India, Gulf & South East Asian countries, providing comprehensive solutions under one roof.

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SSME Antituberculosis dispensary of Astana city (TB Dispensary) 14, Manas Str. Astana 010000, Republic of Kazakhstan Phone: +7 701 241 89 70 Fax: +7 717 254 92 80 Email: tubdis_astana@mail.ru Website: http://www.tubdis.kz TB Dispensary is a specialized agency of Health, organized and implemented TB care of citizens of Astana. TB dispensary is the main focal point, which provides organizational-methodical, preventive and curative-advisory work.

Since 26 October 2011 the chief doctor — Buldubayev Beibyt Tussupovich.

Main goals and objectives:

· provide the quality specialized medical care by using modern methods of diagnostics and treatments; · timely early diagnostics; · effective treatment of TB patients;

Mr. Beibyt Buldubayev

· preventive and antiepidemic measures – conduct health education for the prevention of tuberculosis;

Chief Medical Officer

· training of young specialties.

· providing organizational and methodical management of all TB activities;

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Ward is designed for 6 beds. The department turns out to quality and timely implementation of a set of therapeutic measures aimed at restoring the vital functions of the body. The department is equipped with modern equipment, bedside monitors and functional beds.

SURGICAL DEPARTMENT

The department applies reconstructive surgery in tuberculosis of the spine and large joints by new hightech methods.

Children's Department

Children's Department provides specialized hospital care for children and adolescents with active forms of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Ward is designed for 50 beds.

DISPENSARY DEPARTMENT

In the dispensary department employs 48 health workers: Head dispensary department, district doctors and narrow specialists — dentists, gynecologists, psychologists and others.

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Osvah Pharmaceuticals Co., Manufacturer of Finished Dosage 17TH Shahrivar Str. - Shadadbad Ave. - Tehran - Iran Phone: +98-21-66801062 & 63 Fax: +98-21-66801064 Email: Adbehzadeh@osvahpharma.com Website: osvahpharma.com We respectfully introduce Osvah Pharmaceutical Company as the pioneer manufacturer of human finished dosages such as anticancer, antidiabetic, anticoagulant… in Iran.

Also, the company is known as the first and the largest in dietary supplements, providing the widest variety.

View:

We will make Osvah Pioneer in Quality, Production of new drugs, Efficiency and Sale

Values:

· Commitments to professional morals and observance of stakeholders’ rights · Creativity and innovation in products and process

Mohammad Abdeh Zadeh

· Commitment to quality

Managing Director and Member of Board

· Truth in speech and act

· Collaboration and observance of colleagues’ human dignity

Mission:

Production of high quality and innovative drugs parallel to benefits and requirements of stakeholders in order to promote the level of health of society and make an effective treatment

Strategies of organization

· Investment in order to produce products and raw material · Based on Biotechnology · Innovation and production of new drugs Having marketing plant for strategic products of company on the basis of analysis of market Promotion of level of GMP in order to receipt of marketing authorization for new drugs increase of export possibility and use of excess capacity in order to contract manufacturing.

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Artificial blood Boris Bleskin

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Chief researcher of the Federal state budget institution "Russian Scientific and Research for Medical Engineering" of Federal service on surveillance in the Healthcare Borisovskie prudi str., 22-1-120, Moscow, Russia Tel. +7(495) 3418079, +7(916)3272040 Email: BleskinB.I@gmail.com Web-site: http://bleskin.meximas.com/

Lack of known means for treatment of blood loss is that they are limited only to function of maintenance of a blood-groove.

At big blood losses transfuse blood, erythrocytes and plasma that constitutes danger of infection, including HIV, hepatitis, incompatibility reaction.

· adjustment of a carbohydrate, proteinaceous, mineral lipidic exchange, · improvement of a rheology of blood and blood circulation, · improvement of coronary and brain blood circulation,

At the base of an etiopathogenesis of blood loss the following complex of factors combined among themselves takes place:

· improvement of function of a brain and of a heart,

· weakening of gas transmission function of blood, namely oxygen transport from erythrocytes in fabrics and removal of CO2 (hypoxia),

· elimination of a pain syndrome,

· weakening of a conclusion of erythrocytes from depot to the course of blood, a hematopoiesis, differentiation of stem cells in cellular elements of blood,

Means for treatment of blood loss (blood substitute) is characterized qualitatively and quantitatively complex combined structure and doses allowing to carry out the set medical task in the express mode.

Complex structure of means:

· easing of insulin supply,

· elimination of acidosis, · elimination of a stress.

· immunity easing,

· Insulin of 14 pieces.

· violation of a rheology of blood and blood circulation,

· Solution of glucose of 10% - 400 ml

· violation of a carbohydrate, proteinaceous, lipidic, mineral exchange,

· Solution of sodium of an adenozintrifosfat of 1%-1.0 ml

· thermal control violation,

· Solution of panangin of 10 ml

· violation of a blood-groove in arteries of a brain and heart,

· Solution of a strofantin of acetate of 0,05% - 0,25 ml

· dysfunction of a brain and heart,

· Solution of ascorbic acid of 10% - 2.0 ml

· acidosis,

· Solution of inosine of 10 ml

· pain syndrome,

· Solution of analginum of 25% - 1.0 ml

· stress.

· Solution of a poliglyukin of 6% - 400 ml

For treatment of blood loss the means for treatment of the blood loss ("Spaskrov") (the patent Russian Federation No. 2416413) possessing new unknown earlier medical quality capable in the express mode at a time is offered to carry out rehabilitation impact on all factors of an etiopathogenesis of blood loss:

In means the compatible connections allowed farmkomitety in the resolved doses are used.

· restoration and optimization of insulin security, · activization of gas transmission function of blood - transfer of oxygen from erythrocytes in fabrics and a conclusion of CO2, · mobilization of erythrocytes from depot to the course of blood, activization of a hematopoiesis, differentiation of stem cells in 268

cellular elements of blood, immunity strengthening,

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Means is sterile, is entered intravenously. The volume and speed of introduction are determined by the general condition of the patient, level of arterial pressure, indicators of a hematocrit.

The offered means for blood loss treatment - blood substitute doesn't demand freezing, it is convenient for use in emergency situations and field conditions.

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The device for use of energy of a lightning Now increase of power hunger on Earth takes place. By 2050 the need for the electric power will double. The used sources of the electric power render huge destructive load of Earth ecology.

For providing mankind in various territories of the globe the new device unknown earlier using atmospheric electricity including energy of a lightning is offered.

On the globe at the same time there are 1800 thunder-storms. On one thunder-storm about 500 lightnings are formed. Pulse power of a lightning is equal to 1 TW – 1/10 energy consumed by world economy.

The device for use of atmospheric electricity, turns on the reception block with the antenna element connected by the current distributor to a digit element, the reception block contains the system of vertically focused tribo-element executed below an antenna element, the camera case on a configuration is executed in the form of a rotation body, differing in that the lower tribo-element has a spherical form and from it the needle covered with dielectric, connected to the top disk of the condenser chambered from dielectric and having a spark rated sportsman, from the basis of the camera goes grounded a needle covered with dielectric at which top is consolidated the lower disk of the condenser, to needles is attached a network having on the top branch a spark rated sportsman, which second electrode is connected to the coil of inductance which is connected with lower grounded by a needle, the second coil of a self-induction is connected to the rectifier which is connected to the condenser connected to the accumulator falls.

The device works as follows.

volume the maximum surface for implementation of a triboelektrization various atmospheric factors. The difference of the potentials between plates of the condenser which are on the top and lower needles results.

Besides thunder-storms in the period of blizzards, a rain, storms, this process amplifies. Increase of tension also depends on height of raising of the top electrode with the antenna and dome-shaped tribo-element as Ez - the vertical component of electric field of the earth, makes to 200 V/m from a surface, increasing during indignations.

Growth of tension on the condenser under the influence of atmospheric electricity there is an alternating current in the coil of the self-induction connected with current in the coil, the electricity comes via the rectifier to the high-capacity condenser, and from it to the accumulator of big power.

This technical solution patented by us at massive application in various territories is capable to transform considerably planet life Earth, mankind life.

Real opportunity is represented:

1. To eliminate negative consequences from use of traditional sources of the electric power; 2. To provide in full energy consumption of people and industrial facilities, animal husbandry and plant growing regardless of their remoteness; 3. To restore Earth ecology especially objects of water resources.

The dome-shaped tribo-element located vertically and connected from an antenna crosswise form allow to create at the minimum

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Zero and Infinity in Modern Mathematical System In modern mathematical system of the formalized reflection of objective processes in life of a world order the following catalog of figures is used: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and ∞. By means of these digital signs various processes and the phenomena of life of our world order are analyzed, described and predicted.

Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 make utilitarian rather clear sense and a logical explanation in realization of mathematical manipulations with figure 1, as with an elementary mathematical particle.

These figures make rational sense. Numbers as derivatives of manipulations (actions) with figures, facilitate process of mathematical operations. By means of figures and numbers carry out such actions as, for example, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, extraction from a root.

But figure 0 and ∞ remain not explained in necessary degree – drop out of the strict reasoned logical laconicism characteristic and inherent in mathematics in the formalized display of objectively existing world order. It isn't explained – what information function they bear among the mathematical catalog.

Representation about 0 as "anything" and "emptiness" doesn't correspond to the strict laconic logicality accepted in mathematics.

Representation about ∞ (infinity), existing at a time with other figures, didn't get rather real explanation of function inherent in it so far. It remains so far as if mysterious and causes active search of her explanation. The standard philosophical explanation of infinity as the factor characterizing a matter in general, possessing a inexhaustibility, infinite variety of properties and communications inseparably linked with final conflicts inherent in mathematics in strict laconic logic – is precisely formalized to reflect world order life. The philosophical explanation ∞ doesn't correspond to the qualities necessary for an explanation of its essence for mathematics. The philosophical explanation ∞ conflicts to qualities inherent in a world order, such as: rotation, unity and conflict of opposites, change of qualities "+" on "-" and vice versa. And the main thing ∞ if to consider it whole all world order, doesn't possess the main quality, inherent in the whole – borders. Whole without existence of its borders can't be that – whole.

Most objectively 0 to consider as figure which has rational value designating whole, limiting the essence from another. Figure 1 and other numbers manipulating with it reflect the processes happening in general (0), influencing a state its (whole), its development or degradation, interaction with other whole.

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∞ is a figure of the catalog of figures which essence is strictly rational and in this regard it is explainable. It displays process of the vital movement, namely, contact of contrasts – a single whole (0) with another whole (0), having opposite entropy function, generating new whole (0). Through this figure the world order duality, the movement of his life, conflict of opposites and the birth of the new is displayed …

0, used in mathematical manipulations (actions), bears in itself still additional other support function – function of an auxiliary sign as well as figures 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. In this regard figure 0 has two different qualities answering to inquiries of mathematics as sciences, for the formalized display of the objective world and processes to it inherent. Because figure 0 has two different functional qualities is complicates judgment of its real mission.

These interpretations of zero and infinity correlate with new achievements in the field of gravitation, cosmology, the general theory of relativity. So in work [1] on the basis of the exact solution of the equations of Einstein in OTO (allgemeine Relativitätstheorie) it is shown that the inner world of elementary particles (an electron, a proton) represents the Universe squeezed by own gravitational field to very small sizes from the point of view of the external observer. That is in small part (electron) contains whole (Universe).

On the basis of it mathematically exact result the conclusion about inclusion by part (0) whole is drawn (∞) and the general statement is formulated: part = whole, i.e. 0 = ∞.

Conclusion

The catalog of figures 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and ∞ far back in the past was created by ancient mathematics not only with the utilitarian household purpose, but also with more significant purpose – the formalized knowledge and an explanation of life of objectively existing world order.

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The aero device for use of atmospheric electricity Annotation: New unknown earlier technical solution - the aero device for accumulation of atmospheric electricity from air space (atmosphere) without contact with Earth (or the sea) with use of the plane is proposed.

Keywords: alternative source, atmospheric electricity, plane, electric motor, energy.

Devices, for use of atmospheric electricity are known: invention N 2332816, 2000128, 2369991, 2482640, 2030132.

These technical solutions are calculated on accumulation of atmospheric electricity in the conditions of Earth (and the seas).

Lack of these devices is lack of opportunity to accumulate atmospheric electricity from air space out of contact with Earth (sea).

New unknown earlier technical solution - the aero device for accumulation of atmospheric electricity from air space (atmosphere) without contact with Earth (or the sea) with use of the plane is proposed.

The device offered by us (see Figure 1) consists from it is acceptable the block executed in the form of the located vertically spherical triboelement 3 from it the needle 10 covered with dielectric which end is connected to the top disk of the condenser which is chambered from dielectric 17 from the basis 8 falls there is a needle 9 covered with dielectric at which top the lower disk of the condenser is fixed.

The Triboelement is made of metal. The air network on the top branch by which the spark rated sportsman is placed is attached to the top needle which 11, second electrode is connected to the coil of inductance 12 which is connected to the lower needle the 9, second coil of self-inductance 15 is connected to the rectifier 16 connected to the high-capacity condenser 13 connected by the accumulator 14.

The condenser is chambered from dielectric and has a spark rated sportsman 18. For protection of the accumulator against an excess recharge on the top and lower needle the double switch 5 is entered, the indicator of a zaryazhennost of the accumulator 4 is connected to it (accumulator). For remote control of the device the block of remote control 1 connected to the double switch and the indicator of a zaryazhennost of the accumulator, for example, the voltmeter is entered. Protection of the device against external influences, safety of operation are carried out by the metal casing covered with dielectric 6 differs in that the device settles down in the plane thus the reception block 3 is located on the top surface 2, and the lower needle passes through the lower surface of the 7th fuselage to atmosphere.

The device works as follows: at you weed the plane the internal space closed by a fuselage moves apart atmospheric space, creating a difference of potentials between the top and lower surface of the plane, the spherical triboelement placed on the top surface of a fuselage in the conditions of a high speed of flight of the plane at the expense of a triboelektrilization creates an ukkumulirovaniye of atmospheric electricity. These processes are resulted by a difference of the potentials between disks of the condenser which are on the top and lower needles. At a probitiya of a spark interval of tension caused by growth on the condenser under the influence of atmospheric electricity there is an alternating current in the self-induction coil, is connected with current in the inductance coil the electricity comes via the rectifier to the high-capacity condenser, and from it to the accumulator.

The proposed technical solution - the aero device for use of atmospheric electricity, is a basis of creation of the new unknown before type of the planes having the additional electric motor.

The invention is patented.

Figure 1

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Independent Quality Assessment of the Activities of the Social Service Institutions: The Evolution of Legislation Ilya Romanychev

PhD of Sociology, Associate Professor of the Department of the Theory and Technologies of Social Work, Institute of Professional Development of Social Sphere Employees of Moscow Department of Social Protection of Population 1st Basmanniy lane,10, 105066, Moscow,the Russian Federation Phone: 7 495 607 05 86 Email: romanychevilya@mail.ru Website: www.soc-education.ru The system of independent quality assessment activities of a social service organization – this is the latest phase of a long-term work to bring all approaches and methods of assessing the quality of social services to a common denominator. Today we come to the period when out on the basis of indicators that comprehensively characterize the activity of all institutions, despite the fact that the subject of the evaluation must be independent organizations and experts. This trend has found its expression in the Russian Federation Government Decree No. 286 of 30 March 2013 "On the Formation of an Independent System of Quality Assessment of the Work of Organizations Providing Social Services", the order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation of 30 August 2013 "On Methodological Recommendations for Conducting an Independent Evaluation of the Quality of Organizations Providing Social Services in the Sphere of Social Services". The last act for the regulation of the independent evaluation of the quality of activities of a social service organization, has become the Order of the Ministry of Labour of Russia No. 995 of 8 December 2014 "On Approving the Indicators of the General Criteria for Assessing the Quality of Services Rendered by Social Service Organizations".

According to the Government Decree No. 286, to conduct an independent evaluation using five quality criteria, each of which are clarified in several indicators:

Order of the Ministry of Labour of Russia No. 995 of 8 December 2014 "On approving the indicators of the General criteria for assessing the quality of services rendered by the social service organization expands the list of indicators of quality and, importantly, elaborates on the research methodology. He leaves the same five quality criteria, however, for all methodological completeness 286-th Orders, this Order makes a lot as the structure of the indicators and the method of counting. Overall, the novelty is the following: 1) the total number of indicators according to five criteria increases with (from) 18 to 45;

1) openness and accessibility of information about the organization;

2) introduces a two-tier system of performance – enhanced performance and actual performance, in some cases, the extended indicator is the only indicator in this area and it does not affect its specific weight in the calculation method;

2) comfort and accessibility receive social services, including for people with disabilities;

3) the indicators presented in the Government Decree No. 286, significantly clarifies, and sometimes split into two or three indicators;

3) the waiting time in the queue when receiving social services;

4) the numerical method of calculation remains, however, the specified transfer method percentages point and clarifies translated into scores of indicators that are valued by a Yes/No;

4) kindness, courtesy and competence of the employees of the organization; 5) satisfaction with quality of service in the organization.

The entire set of 18 indicators of quality of activity of social service organizations, of which 11 are survey indicators, taking into account the opinion of the recipients of services.

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In General, the Russian Government Decree No. 286 defines almost all methodological components of the quality assessment system.

In addition to criteria and indicators, there are information sources for each indicator and research methods (analysis of statistical data, survey, observation, etc.); quantitative expression of the indicator (interest, points, etc.), as well as methods of information of all indicators to a common unit count; determines the significance of an indicator, expressed as the maximum number of points assigned to a specific indicator.

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5) clarifies the need for the use of those indicators according to the forms of service – stationary, semi-mobile, at home; 6) 23 index of 45, that is, almost half, are survey and is aimed at the analysis of the views of recipients of services.

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Among the indicators of quality of activity of a social service organization are fixed such as: openness and transparency of state and municipal institutions - the value of ranking on the official website for posting information about state and municipal institutions (www.bus.gov.ru) in a network "the Internet"; the existence of alternative versions of the official website of social service organizations in the network "Internet" for the visually impaired; the availability of remote interactions of the organization and the recipients of social services (information, appointments, etc.); performance of calls for remote interaction with the recipients of social services to obtain the necessary information; the proportion of recipients of social services are satisfied with the quality, completeness and accessibility of information on the work of social service organizations, including the list and the procedure of provision of social services, from total number of respondents; the equipment of the territory adjacent to social service organizations, subject to the requirements of accessibility for disabled beneficiaries; the proportion of recipients of services (including people with disabilities and other limited groups of beneficiaries, considering the conditions of rendering of services available, from total number of respondents; staffing organizations social service professionals engaged in the provision of social services; the share of recipients of social services, who expected a providing services in the delivery of social services more than the period specified in the appointment of this service, from total number of respondents; percentage of recipients of social services (or their relatives), who appreciate the kindness, courtesy and attentiveness of the employees social service, of the total number of respondents; percentage of employees (excluding administrative staff), received additional training/retraining courses in the profile of social work or other carried out in the organization of social service activities

for the last three years, the total number of workers; the share of recipients of social services, which positively assess the changes in quality of life as a result of receiving social services, social service organizations, the number of respondents; number registered in the organization of social services complaints the recipients of social services on the quality of services provided by the organization during the reporting period 100 recipients of social services (during the year); share of recipients of social services, who are willing to recommend the organization of social services family and others in need of social services, from total number of respondents.

Noteworthy is the presence of a number of indicators, reflecting not so much the quality of service delivery, and organizational development of the institution. This primarily refers to the indicators characterizing the staff development, the informational component of the institution, staffing of the state. In principle, any indicator of quality is a kind of signal for the management of the institution, indicating in which direction to develop the institution. We should not forget that it is not less effective in this case there is an internal control system and quality assessment, because it is the first line of the analysis of current weaknesses, which can later lead to the decline of the independent evaluation.

A new set of indicators more accurately reflects the quality of work on the provision of services takes into account the specifics of the forms of service that allows you to look to the relationship between a client and social services. In general it can be stated that the work on the establishment of independent assessment of the quality of activities of a social service organization is close to completion, especially in the direction that relates to the methodology and methods of research activities.

International Social Work Elena Pristupa

Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Head of Department of Psychology and Pedagogics, Institute of Professional Development of Social Sphere Employees of Moscow Department of Social Protection of Population 1st Basmanniy lane,10, 105066, Moscow,the Russian Federation Phone: +7-916-441-06-48 Email: pristupa-leto@yandex.ru Website: www.soc-education.ru The term "International Social Work" is used in theory and practical experience in the UK, and other European countries are also active in the scientific methodology of domestic social work. Through the work of American researchers J. Midgley, S. K. Khinduka, M. S. Hokenstad it is noted that the term "international social work" was used in the early forties. Lynne M. Healy (Lynne M. Healy, Centre for social studies of International work, University of Connecticut School of social work, USA) gives the following definition: "International Social Work is a set of international professional activities in four areas: internal practice consistent with international standards; professional exchange, practice at the international level, as well as international policies on

social development and the protection of the consumer".

Thus, international social work began to develop actively in all countries with the practice of social assistance to the most vulnerable sectors of the population.

Summarizing the above studies, we propose the following ten key issues for scientific consideration of the phenomenon of social work at the transnational level.

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the population (taking into account the ratified documents).

2. International practice for the protection of children (adoption by foreign citizens, educational inclusion of children with disabilities, social protection of children from socially dangerous diseases, social rehabilitation of children with mental diseases etc.).

3. International experience working with migrants and unemployed citizens with regard to international and Federal legislation.

4. The creation of a barrier-free environment for the elderly and persons with disabilities, disability.

International practice for the protection of children. A historic landmark that has had a great influence on the development of children's rights, became the Geneva Declaration of the rights of the child, adopted by the General Assembly of the League of Nations on 24 September 1924, clearly defined strategic direction - "mankind must give the child the best that he has."

The document proclaimed the seven main principles: - the child is entitled to protection regardless of race, nationality and faith; - the child needs to assist, respecting the integrity of the family;

5. Social assistance in enhancing positive social mobility of citizens in a difficult situation.

6. Minimizing all forms of social exclusion of all groups of the population (marginal layers, persons with deviant behavior, persons released from places of deprivation of liberty, citizens from economically disadvantaged regions, etc.).

- a hungry child should be fed; the sick child - to treat; a "difficult" child; the orphan and abandoned children's shelter;

7. Setting international professional standards in the system of social work.

- the child must be guaranteed by all of the measures of social security and insurance; the child should have the opportunity upon reaching the appropriate age to earn a living, and the law must protect it from of exploitation;

8. The development of academic mobility of teachers, students (bachelors, masters) of the faculties of social work to maximize the development of common cultural and professional competences of specialists to exchange experience.

9. Reduction to a common denominator terminology in social work (for example, the transliteration of the term or clear translation).

10. The international research of social problems in the theory of social work practice in different countries.

Social work is: 1. a special kind of activity aimed at addressing socio guaranteed and personal interests and needs of different groups of the population, creation of conditions conducive to the restoration or improvement of people's abilities to social functioning; 2. an activity of helping individuals, families, groups in the implementation of social rights and compensation for physical, mental, intellectual, and social disadvantages that prevent full social functioning; 3. purposeful activity in society to assist and support the various categories of the population who are in a difficult life situation; 4. the management of human resources (family, of community), in difficult life situations; 5. professional activity with the aim of promoting people, social groups in overcoming personal and social difficulties by providing support, protection, assistance, support and maintenance.

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- the child must be guaranteed normal physical, moral and mental evolution;

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- the child should be taught the knowledge that his best quality has to be at a premium in the service of his fellow men.

The idea of international cooperation in the field of protection of children's rights and the assumption by States of responsibilities to support manifested itself in the creation of new international legal acts. Thus, special measures of protection and assistance for all children and under-shoots, without any discrimination for reasons of parentage or other conditions, and protecting them from economic and social exploitation are enshrined in the first binding international legal instrument in the field of four-rights - International Covenant on economic, social and cultural rights, adopted-volume 16 December 1966 by the General Assembly of the United Nations.

According to the document, the use of child labour in the area, harmful to their morals or health or dangerous to life or likely to hamper their normal development should be punishable by law.

In addition, States should set age limits below which the paid employment of child labour should be prohibited and punishable by law. The care and education of dependent children, is emphasized in the Covenant belongs to the family, which is regarded as the natural and fundamental unit of society. The family should before be submitted as broad protection and assistance, especially at the stage of its formation and as long as its responsibility the care of dependent children and their upbringing.

International social work is an international professional activity in four areas: internal practice consistent with international standards; professional exchange, practice at the international level, as well as international policies on social development and the protection of the client.

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Monuments of Panjakent: Archaeological School for European Professionals.

Muazzam Ansorov

Rector of Tajik Pedagogic Institute in the city of Penjikent, Republic of Tajikistan

the exchange of experience between European and Tajik specialists in ancient history of Central Asia.

The castle on Mount Mug

The castle on Mount Mug (Kal'ai Moog or Moog Kal'ai Kuhi) is located on the famous spot, which among local people is called Kuhi Moog (Moog Mountain). It is on the left bank of the Zarafshan River, a distance of about 2 km from the village Hayrabad (Hayrobod), 15 km from the center of the current Ayni district, Sughd province of Tajikistan and 80 km east of Panjakent, up the river, opposite the famous source of "Obi Togmat" (Obi Toгmat) located on the right bank of the river. The position of Mount Mug, according to Google is 39 ° 27'14.90 "N, 68 ° 24'44.17" east longitude at an altitude of 1411 m. above sea level.

Sarazm

Located 15 km west of the modern city of Panjakent, on the left bank of the river Zeravshan, there is an early farming settlement. It is named Sarazm, Tajik for "where the land begins"). This site shows the development of agriculture, crafts, and urban development in Central Asia, from 4000 to 3000 BCE. Sarazm was declared a protected historical and archaeological site in 2000 by decree of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan. In 2010 the monument became the first Tajik object to be included in the World Heritage List.

Some open excavations of fragments of ancient buildings are preserved on site (in situ); they are covered with protective canopies and are available for visitors to see.

The formation of the Historical and Archaeological Museum at Sarazm and its inclusion in the World Heritage List of UNESCO (July 31, 2010, in the capital of Brazil) is an important step in the way of conservation of archaeological sites in the region.

From 1984 to 1997 a group from the department of Archaeology, in the Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography in the name of A. Donish in Academy of Sciences in the Republic of Tajikistan conducted research in Sarazm. The National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in France under the direction of N. Frakfora and Roland Bezenvalya from France also participated in the research.

From the standpoint of science, Sarazm is an important place for

History of discovery. In the spring of 1932, on Mount Mug, a local shepherd — a resident of the village Hayrabad, accidentally found a wicker basket with a document written on paper silky incomprehensible letters. For several months, the document passed from hand to hand in the villages of the Upper Zarafshan, and none of the local experts in ancient writing were able to read this document. The document was delivered to the capital of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, Stalinabad (now Dushanbe) only through the efforts of the then (1932) Secretary of the District Party Committee Zahmatabadskogo Abdulhamid Pulotov. In the capital, it was established that the document was written in the Sogdian script and a photograph of the document forwarded to Leningrad known orientalist, Professor A.A. Freiman.

In 1933, at the direction of the governing bodies of the Tajik Academy of Sciences of the USSR base, Freiman, the expedition leader, organized a special archeological expedition to the upper reaches of the Zeravshan, alongside AI Vasiliev and V. Vorobiev.

The purpose for the expedition was to undertake an archaeological study of the castle on Mount Mug. The expedition found about 400 artifacts, most notably the first sample of Sogdian painting — a shield with the image of a warrior, and more than 75 hand-written documents, which brought worldwide renown to this monument. The results of archaeological excavations on Mount Mug were published in several scientific articles and reports, including in "Sughd Collection". Also in 1946, members of the Sogd-Tajik archaeological expedition (STAE), the monument was cleaned again and re-measured by the architect V.L. Voronina.

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Significance of the monument. The monument is significant because it was the beginning of subsequent archaeological discoveries, mostly early medieval monuments in the Zeravshan Valley. The castle on Mount Mug shows the historical events that occurred during the conquest of Arabs in the region – in the Sughd area at the end of the seventh and the beginning of the eighth centuries. It is from this monument, from which the whole story of the medieval Sughd begins.

The archaeological materials found in the castle have been widely used to address the main problems of Central Asian history, allowing a completely different way to present the historical process in Central Asia in the early Middle Ages and during the Arab conquest in the mountainous part of Sogd. The vague contours of Sogdian civilization have became much clearer, and thanks to the historical Mug documents the toponymy of the cities of Central Asia, especially in the mountainous part of the Sogdian period of the conquest of the Arabs has been better defined. Sogdian manuscripts demonstrate the existence of an early medieval settlement — ancient Panjakent. "We first met the title Pyadzhikent in Sogdian documents from Mount Mug, in the first quarter of the eigth century," writes the Soviet Orientalist, O.I. Smirnova. These documents clarified the economic and political life of the mountainous part of Sogd in the seventh and eighth centuries. Many of these documents are diplomatic correspondence.

It should be noted that these materials have played an important role in the study and interpretation of the history of medieval Sogd.

European scientists, in particular Sims Williams, played an important role in the interpretation of Sogdian texts.

Sandzharshah

The Sandzharshah Mound is located 12 kilometers east of the city of Panjakent (Tajikistan, Sogd region), on the second terrace of the Zarafshan Valley, at an altitude of 1069 m above sea level, on the right bank of the Magian Darya River, where it flows into the Zeravshan.

In 1947 O.I. Smirnova investigated the first settlement. She performed the visual topographic survey of the monument, based on the description and material dated from the fifth to eighth centuries. In 1975, Yuri Yakubov led an archaeological exploration in the territory of the settlement. He noted that the settlement was severely damaged, but that there was a strong potential for archaeological work there.

History of the study. In 2003, the East Sughd group performed the first archaeological excavations on the site, led by S. Kurbanov and G. Groppa, a German Orientalist, archeologist, and specialist in the Avestan texts.

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From 2008 to 2010 the East Sughd group, led by Tajik archaeologist Kurbanov, was the first to study the citadel in the Northwestern part of the settlement. The expedition excavated the dungeon consisting of two parts.

Excavations were begun on a separate hill in the Northwestern part of the settlement. Under a layer of loess sediments the expedition found a fortified residential tower-like structure on a mud platform.

The tower was circular in plan, with a height of about 6.60 m, located at some distance from Shahristan.

Ancient Panjakent

The site of ancient Panjakent is located near the modern city of Panjakent (Sughd region of Tajikistan) on the second terrace above the floodplain of the river Zarafshan. It is located in an oasis bordered by two mountain ridges, in the North by the Turkestan Mountains and in the South by the Zeravshan Mountains.

Zarafshan Valley was in the past the main part of the country Sughd (Sogdiana). By the banks of the mountain rivers and streams flowing into the Zarafshan, many remains of settlements and monuments left by the Sogdians were found.

Ancient Panjakent is the most important monument of fifth through eighth century Sughd today. This dead, scattered city lies about 60 km from Samarqand — the former capital of Sughd.

Ancient Panjakent as a city appeared in the fifth century, apparently, on the site of several pre-existing settlements. From the beginning, the town consisted of a citadel and shakhristan (residential part of the medieval city) with an area of about 8 hectares.

The systematic scientific study of the antiquities of Tajikistan (and, first of all, Panjakent settlement) began in 1946. After all these years, the Panjakent settlement of the fifth through eighth centuries was and still is “the capital" of the archeology of Tajikistan. The masterpieces of Sogdian art discovered here have become world famous. At the same time, Panjakent archaeological expedition is a kind of Archaeological School for many Russian, Tajik and European archaeologists.

In addition, we can say that there is continuing close cooperation between archaeologists in Tajikistan and scientists in Moscow and Leningrad, at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Leningrad branch of the USSR Academy Institute Archeology, the State Hermitage Museum.

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Multiculturalism Building the Bridge between World Cultures in Twenty-first Century Dr. Kishor Kumar Tripathy

Abstract

Multiculturalism is the set of values, structures, and practices held in common by a group of people, it is also often used to mean an environment which differences among communities and groups are recognized, respected and valued. Multiculturalism goes beyond being aware of differences in culture and being sensitive to them, respects and value diversity. It creates the environment demonstratine the capacity, knowledge, understanding and skills to communicate effectively with culturally diverse people“Understandably, multiculturalism as a search for democratic public policy responses to cultural and ethnic diversity in certain countries is of prime interest to UNESCO, in so far as it embodies the ideal of reconciling respect for diversity with concerns for societal cohesion and the promotion of universally shared values and norms.” (Christine Inglis-‘Multiculturalism: New Policy Responses to Diversity’). Multiculturalism is a policy which is response for copying with cultural and social diversity in society. Multiculturalism is the systematic and comprehensive response to cultural and ethnic diversity which also covers educational, linguistic, economic and social components. It helps to communicate and interact effectively and positively with diverse individuals, cultural practice and beliefs in a diverse society. The feature of multiculturalism is to address issues of diversity and it flourishes democracy, tolerance, social justice, Peace and mutual respect between peoples and cultures. The moral teachings, beliefs, practices, manners and moreover the humanistic approach of culture contained in the teachings of diverse cultural practices are the essential factors for the establishment of universal peace and harmony. Multiculturalism in the twenty-first century is a positive approach which aims to create a better world based on unity in diversity, peace, harmony and co-operation. It has a definite role to build a bridge between the world cultures in twenty-first centruy.

Keywords: Multiculturalism, Cultural Diversity, World Culture, Peace, Harmony

Multiculturalism and Its Characteristics:

In a multicultural society, special emphasis is given on tolerance, compassion and integration where all the members celebrate one another’s culturally distinctive and expressions of cultural identity.

Multiculturalism recognizes the importance of cultural integration among people from varied cultural backgrounds as the pursuit of new relations of democratic citizenship inspired by human rights and ideals.1 Multiculturalism as a policy recognized the

contribution to the nation of the many ethno-cultural groups, and it encourages values of equality and mutual respect with regard to race, national or ethnic origin, color and religion. The objectives of multiculturalism are to acknowledge the freedom of all the members of society to preserve, enhance and share their cultural heritage.- “As an alternative to assimilationism and differentialism, multiculturalism emphasizes that acknowledging the existence of ethnic diversity and ensuring the rights of individuals to retain their culture should go hand in hand with enjoying full access to, participation in, and adhesion to, constitutional principles and commonly shared values prevailing in the society. By acknowledging the rights of individuals and groups and ensuring their equitable access to society, advocates of multiculturalism also maintain that such a policy benefits both individuals and the larger society by reducing pressures for social conflicts based on disadvantage and inequality. They also argue that multiculturalism is enrichment for the society as a whole.”2 Multiculturalism denotes a particular kind of policy approach that is chiefly used for the proper management of culturally diverse society. Multiculturalism creates the community where we live alongside one another.

The term ‘Multiculturalism’ may be explained as “the policy of accommodating any number of distinct cultures within the one society without prejudice or discriminations.” In a multicultural community special attention is given that everyone has culture and it develops acceptance and respect for differences among individuals and different cultural groups.3 Multiculturalism, as a policy response to different cultural practices and also a systematic and comprehensive response to cultural and ethnic diversity, is useful for creating peace and harmony in the modern world.

Multiculturalism and Cultural Diversity:

Cultural diversity refers a range of different societies or peoples having different origins, religions, traditions and lives in a society and interacting together.4 Cultural diversity is a defining characteristic of humanity which provides a common heritage for interaction between different cultural groups. “Cultural Diversity is ubiquitous in our lives.

The world is more accessible and every day of our lives, we connect with people vastly different than ourselves. We need to understand and appreciate these differences to function effectively in our complex world. There is no doubt that we all learn from each other and grow each other. We need to remove preconceived biases and learn to appreciate each other for the richness we as human beings to relationships, both personal and professional.”5 Cultural Diversity also makes the nation stronger and better able to compete in the Socrates Almanac "Prime Business Destinations – 2015"

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age of globalization, where people from diverse cultural traditions bring new ways of thinking, negotiation skills, creative solutions to different problems and it also creates a much more interesting place in which to live for all of its habitants. It is based on the principles that cultural identities should not be discarded or ignored, but rather maintained and preserved for the sustenance of human civilization.

Multiculturalism, as a policy response to Diversity has its importance in dealing with diversity.6 It is the set of values, structures, and practices held in common by a group of people and often used to mean an environment which differences among communities and groups are recognized, respected and valued. Multiculturalism goes beyond being aware of differences in culture and being sensitive to them, respects and value diversity- “The issue of multiculturalism has been broadly discussed on both scientific and public level. During some past decades a multiculturalists perspective has been adopted by public policy framework in order to deal with cultural diversity.7 In a Multicultural society, different ethnic and cultural groups contribute for the social, economic, and cultural values, and synthesize the principles and characteristics for adapting to life situations in different parts of the world.

Multiculturalism and World Culture:

The world culture presents different geographical features, cultural traditions, manners and customs, which have produced some of the most ancient civilizations of the world.8 The survival and sustenance of human race on the earth depends on cultural values, which thrive on peace, cooperation, good will, love, loyalty and friendship have to be given more importance than anything else and have to be maintained at any cost. The approaches related to cultural identity and regard for humanity depends on the development of goodwill for others. The purpose is to encourage cultural identity and cultural integration which can be a cause of a definite asset to the cause of humanity. The idea of shared ideal of humanity and the oneness of all the creatures strives to spread peace, unity and compassion on the world stage and can be utilized as solutions to global issues related to the survival of cultural identity and human values. The objective of Cultural identity is to promote cultural expressions and multiculturalism can play an important role in this regard. It emphasizes that cultural practice is an ethical approach based on the principles of Integral Unity of all human beings. It emphasizes that culture is the philosophy of humanism and should be applied for global peace and harmony.

Unity in Diversity' has been the distinctive feature of a multicultural society. To live peacefully has been the motto and this motto has helped us to create a healthy and pluralistic human civilization based on unity, peace and harmony. Unity in diversity, universal friendship and harmony is the supreme doctrine of a multicultural society, which inspires for the future of human unity, peace, and prosperity. The manners, way of communicating with one another, tolerance, secular ideas, spirit of unity, international cooperation, peace, inter-religious harmony etc. are the important components of multiculturalism.9 The distinguishing quality of humanity, its most precious possession, is the human unity, which was instructed by the ancient social thinkers or the survival of humanity.

The important factor regarding multiculturalism is that it is not a desirable concept; it is a practical approach, which should be maintained for the sustenance of human civilization.

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Cultural Dialogue & Development- Multicultural Perspectives:

Multiculturalism creates a platform for interaction between world cultures. In a broad perspective, multiculturalism accepts various ethnic cultures and treating impartially and fairly each ethnic group without promoting the values of a particular culture. Bridging the gap between cultures is urgent and necessary for peace, stability and development and multiculturalism is a driving force for integral development.10 Followings are some of the objectives regarding cultural interaction in a multicultural society· To promote cultural cooperation and to strengthen friendly relations between traditions, groups and communities. · Mutual consultations considering the characteristics of a concrete and cross-cultural relations · Cooperation in the field of exploration and collaboration with a view to investigating cultural relations · To establish and develop closer cultural relations and desire of promoting and developing in every possible way and on a sound basis such relations · To promote mutual consultations considering the characteristics of concrete and cross-cultural relationship · Presents the characteristic of unity in diversity and should be continued for the benefit of all. · Creates a rich and prosperous approach for development of communities, people’s nations, and emphasizes cultural cooperation, tolerance, social unity and mutual respect between peoples and cultures.

Multiculturalism proclaims that everyone has culture and it develops acceptance and respect for differences among individuals and different cultural groups. Multiculturalism emphasizes that cultural relation as a strategic element for development of world culture. It also recognizes the importance of value systems, major traditions, diverse system of cultural unity and contribution for cultural co-operation.

Action Plan Development for Implementation of Multicultural principles and Multicultural Leadership Management:

Multiculturalism as a policy response to Diversity, has a definitely role to play in the areas of valuing diversity, fair access, participation encouragement and mutual respect, where different cultural traditions can interact and leave in a peaceful manner.

Therefore, in the age of globalization, multicultural leadership management and action plan development for implementation of multicultural principles is an essential factor. Followings are some of the areas· Active consultative mechanisms to involve people from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds;

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· Development and Implementation of policies with special emphasis on inclusive policies, programs and services which are responsive to cultural and linguistic differences; · Maintaining network relationships with ethnic community groups and individuals promoting Multicultural representations; · Recognition of understanding that multiculturalism reflects the cultural and racial diversity of diverse societies and acknowledges the freedom of all members to preserve, enhance and share their cultural heritage; · Community engagement focuses to the connection between government, community and citizens in the development of policies, programs and services and projects. · Identification and consultation with multicultural community agencies and networks to implement policies in the objective to face current issues related to multiculturalism. · Promotion of strategies that multiculturalism is a fundamental characteristic of the heritage and identity and it provides an invaluable resource in the shaping of the future of the world;

Multiculturalism, Global Peace and Harmony:

Global peace and harmony in the twenty-first century is a positive approach which aims to create a better world based on unity in diversity, peace and co-operation- “This secular dream of a future golden or half-golden age of a more perfected, rational and peacefully cooperative society has taken recently a singular step forward in the effectuating imagination of mankind and even got as far as some attempt at a first step towards actual effectuation.

In ideal and imagination it has assumed the form of a political and economic society of the nations which will get rid of the cruel and devastating device of war, establish a reign of international law and order and solve without clash, strife or collision, by reason, by cooperation, by arbitration, by mutual accommodation all the more dangerous problems which still disturb or imperil the comfortable peace, amity and organized productiveness which should be the reasonable state of mankind. International peace, an ordered legality and arrangement of the world’s affairs, a guaranteed liberty, —or for the unfit a preparation and schooling for liberty,— an organized unity of the life of the race, this is the figure of the golden age which we are now promised.”11 Multiculturalism helps to communicate and interact effectively and positively with diverse individuals, cultural practice and beliefs in a diverse society, which will definitely create a peacefully cooperative society. The distinguishing quality of humanity, its most precious possession, is the human value, which was instructed by the ancient social thinkers or the survival of humanity. Human being is the most educable creature in the world. As far as the spirit of human civilization is concerned, human values are established in a society in view of the varied aspects of human life. The values can be examined in the context of social development, religious advancement and continuity of cultural traditions. The history of human evolution demonstrates that socio-technological evolution of man changed his social ethics, moral beliefs and social values.

The basic objective of the development of spirituality and science

is the overall development of the human civilization. Contemporary world developed with scientific advancement and technological challenges, where materialism has challenged the spirit of human culture and there is a great question for the survival of the human civilization. Selfishness, hatred and global competition have created the social life of humanity more competitive and painful. There are global challenges in front of the human civilization, and it is very difficult for the survival of human values. There is a great threatening for the survival of human civilization and the whole world is facing mega problems, like global warming, excessive growth of population, war, growth of nuclear powers, destruction of forest, religious conflicts, racial and ethnic exploitation, poverty, proper sanitation facility etc. everywhere.12 Although science and technology has given tremendous contribution to solve some of the major problems of the world, it is essentially important to speak in this context that science cannot meet all the demands of the twenty-first century without harnessing science and technology with the holistic and moral teachings of diverse cultural traditions.

The present world can benefit from the strengths of both scientific discoveries and multicultural ideology. Multiculturalism evolve theory and practice of diverse tradition based on an understanding of man, nature and the universe, in experience and practice, by which global peace and harmony can be created in the modern world. It is essential for the modern world to look back the sublime doctrines of multiculturalism and the concept need to be researched, experienced, and practiced for the achievement of global peace and harmony. Multiculturalism emphasizes that global peace is an ethical approach based on the principles of Integral Unity of all human beings. The basis of multiculturalism is the comparative instinct value system based on ideas and ideals, philosophy and spirituality, ethics and morality, which can be considered as the basis of global peace and harmony.13 The perspectives of the teachings and practices of multiculturalism are worth applicable for the realization of human values and to interact with cultural traditions, which will not only build the bridge between world cultures in twentyfirst century; but also will bring global peace and harmony for the peaceful coexistence of the human civilization.

Conclusion:

Multiculturalism, a policy response to different cultural practices and also a systematic and comprehensive response to cultural and ethnic diversity has given an extensive effort to cope democratically with diversity, developed in the very short timespan time. Multiculturalism is a unique concept for building a culture of inclusion and a systematic and comprehensive response to cultural and ethnic diversity which also covers educational, linguistic, economic and social components. Multiculturalism helps to communicate and interact effectively and positively with diverse individuals, cultural practice and beliefs in a diverse society.

Multiculturalism has a bright future and it is a broad political ideology based on a set of specific public policies, focusing on the cultural identity of diverse communities. The manners, way of communicating with one another, tolerance, secular ideas, spirit of unity, international cooperation, peace, inter-religious harmony etc. are the important components of multiculturalism, which will definitely create a bridge between the world cultures.

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platform for interaction which further promotes co-operation and friendly relation between traditions, groups and communities.

Multiculturalism emphasizes that cultural relation as a strategic element for development of world culture in the age of globalization and it promotes linkage between cultural interaction and development and recognition of the distinctive nature of cultural activities for a developed cultural relationship. Active consultative mechanisms, developing and implementing policies, maintaining network relationships with ethnic community groups, community engagement and development of multicultural strategies etc. are some of the possible areas for development of multicultural leadership in twenty-first century.

Notes & References:

1. Reitz, Jeffrey G. & et. al (2009) Multiculturalism and Social Cohesion: Potentials and Challenges of Diversity, Springer Science Business Media, BV., p. 1 2. Multiculturalism: A Policy Response to Diversity, Paper prepared on the occasion of the "1995 Global Cultural Diversity Conference", 26-28 April 1995, and the "MOST Pacific SubRegional Consultation", 28-29 April 1995, both in Sydney, Australia, Management of Social Transformations, © UNESCO 1995.

3. Kymlicka, Will (2012), Multiculturalism: Success, Failure, and the Future, Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute, “In most of the post-multiculturalists literature, multiculturalism is characterized as a feel-good celebration of ethno cultural diversity, encouraging citizens to acknowledge and embrace the panoply of customs, traditions, music and cuisine that exist in multiethnic society.” p.4 4. Convention on the Protection and Promotion of Diversity of Cultural Expressions, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2005. “Cultural diversity” refers to the manifold ways in which the cultures of groups and societies find expressions. These expressions are passed on within and among groups and societies. Cultural diversity is made manifest no only through the varies ways in which the cultural heritage of humanity is expressed, augmented and transmitted through the variety of cultural expressions, but also through diverse modes of artistic creation, production, dissemination, distribution and enjoyment, whatever the means and technologies used. p.4 5. Parvis, Leo (2013), Understanding Cultural Diversity in Today's Complex World, Preface, Embrace Publication and Consulting, LLC. 6. Launikari, Mika & Puukari, Sauli (2005) Multicultural Guidance and Councelling: theoretical Foundations and Best Practices in Europe, Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyvaskyla.

7. Neumannova, Radka (2007) Multiculturalism and cultural diversity in modern nation state, Conference Turin 2007, University of Economics, Prague Czech Republic, “The issue of multiculturalism has been broadly discussed on both scientific and public level. During some past decades a multiculturalists perspective has been adopted by public policy framework in order to deal with cultural diversity. The idea of multicultural society 280

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has its roots in nation-states, throughout their histories, when confronted with international migration such as, i.e., Canada, The United States and Australia. These states are conventionally referred to as examples of various forms of multicultural society, accommodated through nation states public policies.”

8. Kraemer, Hendrik (1960), World Cultures and World Religions: The coming Dialogue based on the Stone Lectures delivered at Princeton Theological Seminary, London: Lutterworth Press 9. Reitz, Jeffrey G. & et. al (2009) Multiculturalism and Social Cohesion: Potentials and Challenges of Diversity, Springer Science Business Media, BV. 10. Modood, Tariq (2013) Multiculturalism: A Civic Idea, UK, Polity Press 11. Sri Aurobindo (1997) The Human Cycle, The Ideal of Human Unity, War and Self-Determination, Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo, Pondichery: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, pp. 636 12. Hensel, Sai Felicia Krishna, (2006), Global Co-operation: Challenges and Opportunities in the Twenty-first Century, Hampshire, Ashgate Publishing Limited, p. xi 13. Phillips, Anne (2001) Multiculturalism, Universalism and the claims of Democracy, Democracy, Governance and Human Rights Programme Paper Number 7, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, pp. 9-11

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Evolution of Culture in Urban Regeneration: Sustainable urban development strategies and safeguarding of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage Dr. Kishor Kumar Tripathy

Editor, Cultural Informatics, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, New Delhi-110001.

Mrs. Charu Tripathy

Former Tagore Research Scholar, Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India.

Abstract

This paper reviews evolution of culture in urban regeneration.

Following a brief assessment of strategies the paper studies safeguarding and conservation policies of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage which may be used as a powerful tool for urban development. The paper examines UNESCO recommendation on sustainable urban development and conservation, Safeguarding of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage and focuses on Historic, Community, Culture and Design in Urban Development. The paper ends with a reflection on the impact of Culture on Economic Development of urban cities and offers recommendations for dialogue, social inclusion and Culture of Peace in urban space.

Key words: Culture, Urban Space, Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage, Safeguading, Conservation, Community Heritage, Design, Economy, Culture of Peace and Sustainable Development

Evolution of Culture in Urban Space

Every city has a distinctive feeling of its own and culture has its significance in urban space. When we study the evolution of culture in urban cities, we find that urban culture fosters democracy and represents interaction between communities focusing on history and peoples that occur in urban space. Culture is experienced, accumulated and rooted in the community and the activities, traditions of public life through the ages. Urban culture1 is a process that takes place in daily life. Urban culture is basically built upon heritage and diversity of cultural expressions between different groups. In this regard diversity of neighborhoods and people can help to create a unique urban identity. Urban culture represents built environment, visual icons such as museums, temples, palaces, opera houses or simply streets and neighborhoods, which may be identified as symbol of identity of the existence of culture in urban space.

Therefore culture has become an important field of investigation in relation to the development process of urban cities and regions in the post-industrial society. In order to create a unique and vibrant urban environment, heritage and culture can truly be a powerful asset.

Culture is the strong representation of the past and keeps it alive in the present. The evolution of culture in the urban space endows cultural identity and expresses diversity of cultures, peoples and beliefs that coexisted that coexisted in urban setting. The evolution of culture in urban space also provides a clear picture about investment of cities in cultural facilities and preservation of their historical heritage for urban development.2 Therefore, evolution of culture in urban space can be considered as a driving power for dialogue, social cohesion and ultimate peace.

Sustainable Urban Development and Safeguarding Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage

The particular physical aspect of a city, as well as specific traditions present in urban settings and constitute intangible and tangible culture and cultural heritage. When we talk about sustainable development, we find the important role of tangible and intangible cultural heritage for urban regeneration as well as development.

The urban heritage, including tangible and intangible components, constitutes a prominent role in enhancing urban development. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has given special emphasis on culture and urban development. Some of the findings may be seen through the approaches, i.e. ‘A New International Instrument: the proposed UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) Comments by ICOMOS (2010)’; ‘Global Report on Culture and Sustainable Urban Development’; ‘Shanghai Declaration on Urban Futures and Human and Ecosystem Wellbeing’; ‘Culture: a driver and an enabler of sustainable development Thematic Think Piece UNESCO’; ‘UNESCO Statement - ECOSOC Integration Segment on Sustainable Urbanization Building on an integrated approach for smart, creative sustainable cities’; and ‘Partnerships for World Heritage Cities Culture as a Vector for Sustainable Urban Development’ (2002); etc. According to the “Global Report on Culture and Sustainable Urban Development” of UNESCO “The starting point for the development of sustainable urban development strategies is the conservation and safeguarding of tangible and intangible heritage. Without an effective safeguarding action, the legacy of the past can rapidly be lost, as it is happening in many urban contexts characterized by intensive and rapid development processes, with the loss of connection between communities and the built environment in which they live. Promoting the regeneration of downtowns and the conservation and adaptive reuse of their cultural heritage assets can improve the liveability and living conditions for poor communities.

Culture-led redevelopment of urban areas and public spaces helps to preserve the social fabric, improve economic returns and increase competitiveness, giving impetus to a diversity of intangible cultural heritage practices as well as other creative expressions, thereby creating sustainable urban spaces. In addition, a vibrant urban life can differentiate a city from competing locations, branding it nationally and internationally, thus helping it attract investments.

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and social inclusion, helping to reduce violence and foster cohesion and promote a culture of peace as well as economic development for cities. Finally, the proper understanding of traditional cultural practices can be a powerful tool to enhance resilience of cities facing threats linked to natural phenomena and climate change.”3 UNESCO’s recommendation on conservation and safeguarding of tangible and intangible heritage is based on the study of intensive and rapid development processes of urban space, connection between communities and the built environment, heritage-based urban revitalization, sustainable tourism, economic growth and culture of peace.

Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Urban Development Strategies:

· Loss of historic and artistically significant buildings to deterioration and the ravages of real estate development · Unsustainable Human settlements and challenges to urban environment. · Lack of market demand for preserved buildings · Unplanned infrastructure, uncontrolled tourism urban densification which impact the physical integrity of monuments, archaeological sites and urban layout.

All civilizations, some of them are prestigious, that existed throughout the continent have left many legacies and immortal gift to the modern world.

· Urban cultural practices, globalization and identity crisis of tangible and intangible cultural heritage.

Collectively the rich diversity of the cultural heritage contributes a unique wealth to world heritage.

· Discontinuity between tangible and intangible cultural heritage and cultural expressions

Study of this heritage makes it possible to better understand the past on which a vibrant and peaceful society can be formed. Heritage is divided into two categories, i.e. Tangible and Intangible.4

These are some of the critical threats and challenges to preservation and safeguarding of the urban heritage.

Tangible heritage represents itself in a material form, like archaeology, art objects, monuments, landscapes, historical sites and heritage compounds. Intangible heritage represents the cultural wealth of a given society, such as knowledge system, symbolic representation of historical facts, values and beliefs. One of the important components of Intangible Cultural Heritage made up all immaterial manifestations of culture and represents the living heritage of humanity as well as diversity of cultural expressions.

Intangible cultural heritage is a living heritage. Intangible and Tangible cultural heritage is closely associated and the integral unification of these two aspects can present the greatness of any culture in its unique form.

Tangible and Intangible cultural heritage plays an important role for urban cultural practices both traditional and contemporary. It has also contributed for globalization process, economic growth and promotion of sustainable tourism.

Challenges to Preservation and Safeguarding the Urban Heritage: An AssessmentConservation and safeguarding of the tangible and intangible cultural heritage in the urban space is more effective when linked to cultural heritage tourism and innovative economic production.5 But Preservation and safeguarding of the urban heritage has also several challenges. Following are some of the issues-

· Urbanization and rapid growth of cities creates threat to the existence of the heritage, identity of communities and the integrity of urban fabric. · Urban ethnic spaces and distinctive communities have become the points of friction where modern ethnic conflicts and violence have materialized.

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· Implementation of global economic process, innovations, information technology and sustainable planning, design and building practices badly leads to unsustainable cities.

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Action Plan Development for Safeguarding the Tangible and Intangible cultural heritage and urban development:

As per discussions, both the aspects of culture; i.e. Tangible and Intangible play an important role for urban development. Therefore, this heritage should be preserved for better understanding of lifestyle as well as city development.6 Following are some of the action plans which may be considered in this regard· Safeguarding of public-good component of urban heritage, i.e. socio-cultural values, historic, artistic, educational and sustainable preservation process · Urban historic settlements and important economic initiatives, which can contribute to conservation of the cultural heritage and community development · Historic preservation of urban heritage, larger rehabilitation process, effective conservation strategy and urban development. · Implementation of innovative information technology and sustainable planning, design and building practices. · Preservation and safeguarding the urban heritage through collaborative efforts of federal government and the citizens, which will make the heritage coherent and relevant · Urban heritage conservation strategies, sustainable development and action oriented quality of human environment. · Community engagement, capacity building, research, information, communication and international collaboration with a goal of historical and cultural continuity for creative evolution of culture in urban development.

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Impact of Culture on the Economic Development of Cities and the role of Cultural Industries and Sustainable Tourism:

Culture plays an important role for economic growth of urban areas and cultural industries and sustainable tourism are considered as key ingredient of post-industrial, information-intensive economic activity. The culture oriented economic development of urban cities includes symbolic and creative elements into any aspect of the urban economy focusing on globalizing markets.7 In the present scenario, we find that cities spend more and more in cultural programs and infrastructure projects, which are supposed to be the drivers of sustainable urban development. We can see that in today’s knowledge economy, market and culture are linked and the economic benefits of tangible and intangible heritage may be seen through cultural industries. In a creative city, we find encouragement of urban environment to conceive new cultural products and processes through Architecture; Art and antiques; Crafts; Design; Designer fashion; Film and music; Performing arts; Publishing and visual arts, etc. A cultural and creative industry focuses on creation, production, distribution and consumption of goods, services and activities that have cultural content and artistic importance. Sustainable tourism8 is also considered a key ingredient for economy development of urban space. Sustainable tourism has a significant impact on a city’s infrastructure, natural resources, social and cultural environment.

Sustainable tourism enhances effective sustainability planning, maximum economic benefit to community; respect socio-cultural heritage and conserve tangible and intangible cultural heritage and traditional values, which is also means to urban development.

Culture and Sustainable Urban Development

Tangible and Intangible Culture is a key element for sustainable urban development, which includes cultural identity, creativity, heritage, and diversity of cultural expressions. When we talk about sustainable development of urban cities, we find that culture can build the bridge between urban regeneration and development. According to the “Global Report on Culture and Sustainable Urban Development” published by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - “In the recent decades, cities have become prominent actors in the promotion of sustainable development policies. Today, more than half of the world’s population lives in an urban environment and it is expected that the exponential population growth and urbanization of the world will mean that 70% of humanity will live in cities in 30 years. Cities already play a major role within the broader international development framework: this will increase in the future as a large number of metropolises and of intermediate cities are developing at an unprecedented rate. Xxxxxxx. Culture is a key tool for promoting sustainable urban development, by preserving urban, environmental and cultural identity, attracting activities and visitors, fostering the development of the creative economy and of the quality of life.” Urban culture represents multiplicity of dialogues, which is also the outcome that emerges from the process of dialogue and exchange between communities. Effective institutional coordination mechanism, development of comprehensive statistical frameworks, implementation of evidence based analysis and capacity building are some of the important areas to study the instrumental and constructive role of culture in sustainable development of urban cities.

Notes and References

1. “Today, we need a more sophisticated understanding of the democratic process in order to identify, and provide for, the needs and desires of all in the diverse mosaic of our urban cultures.” See for details, Thompson, Catherine Ward (2002) Urban Open Space in the 21st century, Landscape and Urban Planning 60, Elsevier.

2. “The network focused thus on the relationship between culture and urban regeneration, through the analysis of culture and its impact on social cohesion, economic development and physical regeneration, and by exploring an integrated approach that combined all three.” For details, see, Culture and Urban Regeneration: The Role of Cultural activities & Creative Industries in the Regeneration of European Cities, URBACT Cultural Network, 2006, p.7 3. Global Report on Culture and Sustainable Urban Development, published by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 4. “Heritage can be divided into two main categories. On the one hand, there is a heritage that presents itself in a material, tangible form : archaeology, art, movable objects, architecture and landscape. On the other hand, another form of heritage exists, which arouses the interest of the international community xxxxxxxx : it is referred to as “Intangible Cultural heritage”. Barillet, Christian & et al., Cultural Heritage and Local Development, published by CRATERRE-ENSAG/ Convention France-UNESCO. 5. “Conservation efforts are being increasingly employed in developing countries, as they are home to about one-half of the world’s designated natural and cultural heritage sites.” Monory, Jose & Jianzhong, Fostering Culturally Rich Communities, Shanghai Manual- A Guide for Sustainable Urban Development in the 21st Century.

6. Guzman, P.C., Pereira Roders, A.R., Colenbrander, B.J.F. (2014) Bridging the gap between urban development and cultural heritage protection. IAIA14 Conference Proceedings: Impact Assessment for Social and Economic Development.

7. “The importance of culture as an engine of urban development can be fully gauged by considering its role in regenerating cities. In the last few years, interest in the cultural industries as an economic force of its own has grown. Borg, Jan van der & Russo, Antonio Paolo (2005) The Impacts of Culture on the Economic Development of Cities. European Institute for Comparative Urban Research, p. 19 8. Gospodini, Aspa (2001) Urban Design, Urban Space Morphology, Urban Tourism: An Emerging New Paradigm Concerning Their Relationship, European Planning Studies, Vol.9, No.7, pp. 925-934.

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People with Disabilities in the Russian Federation: A Century on the Way to Equal Opportunities Irina Mkrtumova

Doctor of Sociology, Professor, Deputy Director of Scientific-Analytic Activities, Institute of Professional Development of Social Sphere Employees of Moscow Department of Social Protection of Population 1st Basmanniy lane,10, 105066, Moscow, the Russian Federation Phone: 7 495 607 27 53 Email: ipk@mos.ru Website: www.soc-education.ru In modern Russian society, social policy toward people with disabilities unites the efforts of state and culture. But it was not always this way. Historically in Russia the attention given to disabled people was on the basis of the formation of the social protection of population system, strengthening the social work role towards people with disabilities occurred during the last twenty years. On 1st of January 2014 there are 12,7 million people with disabilities in the Russian Federation. The number of disabled people is growing due to many different factors including the process of the ageing of population in Russia.

People with disabilities as well as the other citizens of Soviet Union from 1917 have been enjoying the rights of free services provided by public consumption funds including: health care, sanatorium resort therapy and rehabilitation, education and accommodation.

At present mostly all of above privileges for disabled people are preserved.

The formation of the state policy of the Russian Federation as social state toward people with disabilities could be divided into following main periods: 1917-1935: Formation of the social welfare system for people with disabilities. The process was pushed forward on 1st of November 1917 by Government announcement, the introduction of social insurance and increase in disability allowances 100% from state budget. At the beginning state financing was organized through the social insurance system, and from 1918 – through the social security system. The medical assessment of work ability was established. The basis for health care insurance was formed by the Decree of Council of People’s Commissars on 16th of November 1917 which transferred medical establishments, factories, and industrial enterprises to contribute to sickness funds. The system of the work ability assessment was also integrated into social insurance system. Health Control Commissions were set up inside the structure of contributory sickness funds. Disability assessment guaranteed the right on disability living allowance.

Pension provision of military staff of Red Army and members of their families was regulated by the Decree of Council of People’s Commissars of 7th of August of 1918. In this year, functions of financing state policy toward disabled people were transferred to the social security system. The Decree of Council of People’s Commissars of 8th of December 1921 introduced so-called “rational” six-level disability classification, which was replaced by

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three-level disability classification in 1923, which generally exists nowadays.

The beginning of formation of special and vocational education system was started during this period of time. In 1918 the first courses for teachers working with children with abnormal development were set up in Petrograd and Moscow. In 1918-1920 faculties of defectology were established in higher educational institutes of Moscow and Petrograd and Institute of Special Pedagogy, established in 1929, conducted systematic activity on education of disabled people. In 1934 the structure for the teaching of death people was set up in Moscow Higher Technical College named after Bauman.

1941-1956: Increase in number of people with disabilities. After the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) a new wide contingent of disabled people appeared – discharged soldiers, mainly young or middle aged people with injuries of the musculoskeletal device. The share of injuries increased from 8% to 42%. Many of war veterans, severely injured in military battles, came back to their career without noticeable decrease in their professional abilities. In 1956 new Guidance on work ability assessment was introduced.

1960-1990: System of employment for people with disabilities.

At the beginning of 60th of 20th century several documents were approved to influence positively on pension provision of disabled people. The state system of the employment of disabled people was formed, allowing them working conditions which fit to their health state. Nevertheless there not so many disabled people in the streets and public places. Barriers of inaccessible environment and barriers of society relationship put the obstacles on the inclusion of disabled people.

A system of special boarding schools provided access for all disabled people to education. Generally all disabled people were involved in secondary education. Boarding schools were adapted for people with certain type of disability and equipped with special teaching technologies, text books and education materials. Highly qualified teachers familiar with peculiarities of illness as well as special trained staff also worked in the boarding schools.

1990-2006. Legislative provision of principle of equality rights for disabled people. In 1990 Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union approved Convention on State policy toward disabled people and

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the Bill “On Basic Principles of Social Protection of the Disabled in USSR”. Decrees of the Russian President “On Measures on Formation Accessible Environment for People with Disabilities” (1992), “On Measures of Professional Rehabilitation and Employment of the Disabled” (1993, No. 394) pushed forward the reconstruction of environment according to disabled people needs. The standards rules take into consideration disability needs in engineering and construction, social infrastructure design.

These documents for the first time put focus on importance of rehabilitation and integration of the disabled in society. Absence of mechanism obliged to take adequate measures put the obstacles in the way of law implementation.

There were many discussions concerning the educational services for children with disabilities based on special education institutions or mainstream schools and classes, where children with special needs learn together with their regular peers. In 2015 the mixed approach is applicable allowing parents to choose the educational scenario.

1995 was the rotary year in defining the status of disabled people in society; the Russia Federal Bill “On Social Protection of The Disabled in the Russian Federation” was adopted. For the first time the goal of state policy means not direct support to disabled person, but “provision of equal rights and facilities for the disabled in realization of civil, economic, political and other rights and freedoms guaranteed by Constitution of the Russian Federation”, formulates new definition of disability and disability rehabilitation.

Effective mechanism of the Convention implementation is a governmental program of the Russian Federation, “Accessible Environment” 2011-2015 (further –Program), with total budget amount of 183,6 billion rubles. The Program pushed forward the real practical work on the creation of accessible environment in Russia. The goal of the Program is to create possibilities aimed to provide access for disabled people to priority objects and services and improve the mechanism of service provision in rehabilitation and to promote social inclusion.

Historical transformation of the Russian state order of the end of 20th century and the deep economic crisis significantly affected people with disabilities; the system of social protection of population literally provided the survival of vulnerable groups of population. Nevertheless state activity of legislative provision of equal rights for the disabled continued.

In education sphere during “perestroika”, parents of children with disabilities enjoyed the right to choose boarding-schools according to their requirement. But lack of these educational institutions and their targeted specialization narrowed the possibility to choose educational trajectory for a child.

2006 – 2012. In 2006 Russia signed The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (further – Convention) and ratified it in 2012. At this period Russia officially recognized a policy toward people with disabilities. The following measures took place to raise the quality of life for the disabled: formation of system of disability benefits and allowances; development of juridical and administrative mechanism of disability rights implementation; progressive disability discrimination legislation; establishment of the institutes of national coordinating policy. The network of NGO’s of people with disabilities was created. The process of maintaining access for disabled people to endow civil and political rights, including rights on employment, education, family life, confidence and private property was started. Society became more tolerant toward disabled persons.

At the beginning, inclusive education was developed as experimental model, but since 2011 has being implemented on regular basis. Children with special educational needs have an access to mainstream schools, obliged to provide conditions based on child focused pedagogical principles in order to respond to certain needs. The number of inclusive schools will grow to 10 thousand by 2016.

2011-2015: In December 2014 a Federal Bill was adopted to implement UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the frame of legislation of the Russian Federation. The Bill made amendments to 25 pieces of legislation, regulated legal relationship in main social, juridical and economic spheres.

This period of time was marked by a significant scale of work around the country to create accessible physical environments, these include: adapted public transport and social important buildings, schools, accommodation for disabled and low mobile groups of population, as well as development of technical rehabilitation means. The effective measures were taken to maintain equal access for the disabled to employment, participation in political, sportive, cultural life of the society. Inclusion education has also been developed and 10 thousand inclusive schools were established. The information network became more accessible, particularly state on-line services; sign language translation was introduced in mass media. The most important component of this policy is social advertisement which influences the formation of positive images of disabled people and their families in the society, as well as popularization of Paralympic achievements etc.

One of the Program priorities is the professional development of specialists working with disabled people. The Institute of Professional Development of Social Sphere Employees took part in the program implementation and hold information seminars on accessible environment in all subjects of the Russian Federation.

Implementation of Rights-Based Disability policy and Social Inclusion is the goal of social policy development in the Russian Federation. In order to fulfill this task Governmental Program “Accessible Environment” has been prolonged till 2020.

References

1. The first draft Report of the Russian Federation On Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities “On Measures Taken to Implement Obligations on Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Progress Achieved in Disability Rights Provision During Two Years After It’s Ratification in the Russian Federation”, Moscow, Ministry of Labour of the RF, 2014; Socrates Almanac "Prime Business Destinations – 2015"

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1. Mkrtumova I.V. Social Transformation of Perception Disability Image: Disability Display// Individual and Labour. – Moscow, 2012, No. 6; 2. Mkrtumova I. V. The Education of Disabled People as the Scenario of Changing of Social Role: in Example of Researches of Social Construction of Positive Deviation // Sociology at the crossroads 39th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology. Erevan, 2009.

3. Mkrtumova I.V. The World but Perhaps also the Emergence of New Structures and Spaces of...... International Independent University // The 40th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology (IIS) Delhi, 2012; 4. The Governmental Program “Accessible Environment” information website: http://zhit-vmeste.ru/

Performance Changes Influencing in Passenger Traffic of Urban Transport.

Ann Zhabina

Post-graduate student Department of Urban Construction, O. M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, Revolyutsii str., 12, Kharkov 61002 Phone: +380996655694.

E-mail: nyuta_buryak @mail.ru

Indicators of transport work determine preferences and characteristics of various modes of transport. Some activities characterize transport possibilities, others allow consumers to evaluate and select the most appropriate alternative transport service.

The indicators allow to evaluate: · the amount of the work, such as volume and range of transportation, passenger traffic, transport network density, transport mobility of the population, labor productivity, labor input; · technical and operational characteristics such as carrying and traffic capacity, time and speed of delivery, flow rate of vehicles, quality keeping level; · economic (cost) data and results, for example, tariffs and prices for transport services, cost of fixed assets, specific capital investments, traffic prime cost, profitability, cost of freight in transit, mass profit.

The primary task of the science of the city's transport system is to develop a standard methodology for predicting mobility to estimation terms. There are two possible approaches.

For long-term prognostication (urban development, master plan) should be based on socio-economic objectives of the city development - in this case, a "social norm" can be used which reflect the demands of the city residents , i.e. the taxpayer. Then, there is the starting point, namely, the mobility of the initial year, determined as the result surveys, and the final point, the given "normative" point, i.e. the mobility of the estimated period. These two points determine the overall development strategy of the city transport system. The ways to achieve the final ("normative") values of mobility, and, what is the most important, the pace of progress towards this value (versions development) and, consequently, the degree 286

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of satisfaction of the taxpayers’ claims predetermined by the magnitude and dynamics of investments in the transport system, depending on the state of the city economy and behavioral patterns of the population.

Transport mobility of the population within the boundaries of the village leads to formation of passenger flows having different directions and power.

Passenger traffic is a movement of passengers in a certain part of the transport network.

A successful solution of issues of rational organization of passenger transport and an efficient use of the rolling stock is not possible without a systematic study of the nature of changes in the passenger transport network. The study of passenger traffic reveals their timing, route length and direction.

Only possessing the data on the size and direction of the passenger flows one can select the track routes, to choose the mode of transport and the type of rolling stock as well as to determine the required amount of vehicles.

Passenger traffic is characterized by: · power, i.e., the number of passengers passing at certain times through a specific section of the route or the entire transport network of the village in the same direction; · the voltage at separate sections of the route or at the whole length, and the number of passengers for each route segment at a time units, in the forward and reverse movement of buses; · volume of traffic, the number of passengers on the whole route or route network per time unit in the forward and reverse directions.

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Indicators of traffic flow changes are:

Qср.min – minimum average passenger traffic in the reverse direction, in passengers.

· irregularity coefficient in passenger traffic in time: Кн = 1,3 ÷ 1,6. Кв = Qmах.ч : Qср.ч where Qmах.ч – maximum hour passenger traffic (total in the directions), in passengers; Qср.ч – average hour passenger traffic (total in the directions), in passengers.

For medium-sized cities Кв = 1,5 ÷ 2,0. · irregularity coefficient of passenger traffic through the route: Куч = Qmах : Qср where Qmах – maximum average passenger traffic per hour in the busiest direction of the route, in passengers; Qср - average intensity of passenger traffic in the reverse direction. · irregularity coefficient of passenger traffic in directions:

Passenger traffic survey allows to get information about the route passengers correspondences, the volume and direction of passenger traffic on the routes of public transport, interchange of passengers at stopping points and filling of the rolling stock.

Summing up it should be noted that passenger traffic prognostication is based on the regularities derived from field surveys of population movement as well as on theoretical models.

The latter are very promising. They take into account the factors that contribute to the growth of passenger traffic (population size, density, degree of motorization, social structure, the level of well-being) or restrain it (the amount of time, range, cost of travel, etc.). Established correlations between the characteristics of the settlement and its inhabitants behavior when choosing the mode of transport and the solution of other transport issues. This takes into account the actual traffic situation i.e. the density of the transport network, provision by vehicles, traffic intensity and others. Taking into consideration the difficulty of these parameters predicting at the stage of transport calculations a heuristic design is used.

Кн= Qср.max : Qср.min where Qср.max – maximum average passenger traffic per hour in the busiest direction, in passengers;

Psychology of Adult Education: The Relevance of Additional Professional Education Natalya Lebedeva

Candidate of Psychological Sciences, The Head of Department of the Post-graduate Education, Institute of Professional Development of Social Sphere Employees of Moscow Department of Social Protection of Population 1st Basmanniy lane,10, 105066, Moscow, the Russian Federation Phone: +7-916-583-55-74 Email: lebedeva1512@yandex.ru Website: www.soc-education.ru The development of information in society is based upon current The system of additional education, including retraining and knowledge, through this continuing education becomes one of the professional development and industry education is gaining key factors of development, both for the individual, and for society momentum. In connection, the question of adult education takes on a as a whole. Adopted by advanced countries, the concept of lifelong special urgency and relevance. There is a need to study the personality education makes teaching adults a priority position in the focus of of an adult, his psychological characteristics, motivational sphere with socio-economic development of the modern world, including Russia. the need for learning, and the development of modern educational Today, special importance is attached to the training of highly qualified technologies for adults. To solve the above problems comes to the aid personnel. They must, not only competent, and able to effectively work of the psychology of adult learning, the purpose of which is to study in the fast-changing and ever-increasing demands of today's reality, specific features of educational activity of this age group. ready to continue professional development and social mobility.

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Central to the psychology of adult learning can a grown man be a subject of education?

4. Consistency of training. Here provides for the implementation of the objectives, content, forms, methods, tools, learning and evaluation the teaching-learning process.

The question arises: can an adult learn?

After a theoretical analysis of studies on the psychology of adult learning, it is possible to formulate a general and important conclusion that an adult is able to think, create and learn [Lebedeva N., 2013].

The experience of the organization of the educational process at the Institute of additional professional education of social workers, reveals a number of features of psychology of adult professional education including: a conscious attitude to their own learning, the pursuit of the application of acquired knowledge, abilities and skills in practical activities, the availability of professional and life experience, especially learning motivation (getting specific knowledge and the scope of their application, the economic component with a desire for career growth, higher qualifying category, etc.).

Adults understand the need for training, especially in the current conditions of rapid growth of innovation, and see the opportunities to apply the results in practice. Therefore, the basic approach in the organization of educational process for adults is practice-oriented.

Psychology of adult additional professional education focuses on professional and personal development of students. The process of professional and personal development is unique in its integrated structure through formed psychological components of professional self-identity.

It is also necessary to take into account principles of training - the most general rules of the organization of the learning process of adults with proven effectiveness in organization and realization of educational process: 1. The principle of activity. It implies a general activity with the cooperation of the student and the teacher.

2. The principle of reliance on the experience of the listener. Social and professional experience of the listener are used as the source of learning and the listener, and his colleagues in the study group.

3. The principle of individualization. Each student together with the teacher, and sometimes with other students, creates an individual training program which addresses the specific educational needs, learning objectives, which take into account the existing experience, level of training, psychophysiological, cognitive features of the listener.

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5. Context learning. It is implied that one side of the training has the specific objectives, aimed at the fulfilment of social roles or personal progress, while on the other hand, is built on the basis of professional and social activities of the student and its spatial, temporal, professional, social factors (conditions).

6. The principle of the actualization of learning outcomes, which involves the operative use in the practice acquired by the listener's knowledge, abilities and skills.

7. The principle of electively learning. This is providing the listener a certain freedom of choice of objectives, content, forms, methods, means, timing, location and time of learning, assessment of learning outcomes.

8. The principle of development education needs. This principle implies the assessment of learning outcomes by identifying the actual degree of development of training material and identify those materials, without the development of which is difficult to achieve the learning goals; the educational process is built in order to develop students new educational needs, the specification of which occurs after reaching a certain degree of training.

9. The principle of mindfulness training. This awareness, understanding listener and teacher of all the parameters of educational process.

An important basis of the professional journey of any person is his idea of his personality, or so-called professional "self-concept".

Professional preferences are an attempt to answer the question: "Who am I?". Often people implementing their career orientations unconscious.

Issues of acmeological character is also relevant in the teachinglearning process of adults. Necessary acmeological terms of additional professional education is compliant with the goals of education in the personalities of the students. It is necessary to define the objectives, content, forms and methods of training to the real educational needs of students.

In summary, it should be noted that the question of the psychology of adult additional professional education remains relevant today. The features of a modern adult human, the development of his mental functions, learning and cognitive motivations underpin adult learning.

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Russian cosmism ideas further work Evdokiya Luchezarnova

Head office of NNOY ‘Irlem’, Founder of the knowledge about Rhythmotime 125040, 5th Street of Yamskoe pole, 9, Moscow, Russia Phone: 495 87 99, 812 309 05 58, 812 309 34 79 (twenty four hour) Email: office@irlem.ru Website: www.irlem.ru

About the boundless Universe

When a person loses the connection with the Sun and the Moon, he loses both his/her spiritual and soul beginning and, even worse, he/ she loses space and cosmological beginning.

There is the well-known free will rule which says that until nothing threatens the Geno species and genotype as a whole with destruction – Space would not interfere.

The first rule of the Universe is “help everyone you can help, unless it forces you down from your own way”. It is very important to maintain the balance and have a sense of proportion: when you give out everything that belongs to you and leave nothing for yourself, nobody needs you.

When people get in trouble in their personal life they tend to address the stars.

The human reason directly depends on stars and as soon as a human being starts thinking of eternity, stars move towards him.

Before you learn about eternity you need to realize what “eternity” looks like: it is like something that does not have any end or beginning.

While keeping the existing fibrous casing the inner characteristics of a person are being gradually changed.

A person is paying more and more attention to the energy and information spheres and finally starts orienting himself to the Milky Way road.

Nowadays, the vast majority of the evolving consciousness is directed to the Space beginning and consciousness – this is true for the simplest cells of a body, as well as for the plant leaves and microcells.

It is getting more and more obvious that a human being cycle depends on the cycles of the planets, the Sun and the stars.

It is true to say that any human being consists of stars and vice versa a star consists of human beings. It is also true that the Earth consists of human beings and human beings consist of the Earth.

The world, developed by the principle reason exists in its originality and when we come to it, very often we would love to change it.

In reality we can change only our attitude to it or we can change ourselves or we can change the same as us human beings.

At present, a great process of era and race change is taking place.

According to the race plan, the present mankind is apparently changing and being gradually replaced.

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Sanatorium rehabilitation of patients with arthropathies Agasiyev, Abil Rzakulu ogly Doctor of Philosophy in Medicine

Joint-stock company “Kurort” of the Azerbaijan Republican, Confederation of Trade Unions, President of JSC “Kurort” AZ-1012, Baku, Tbilisskiy prosp., ap. 3165 Phone: +994504347271 Email: agayevakamala@mail.ru

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presented was determined, and comparison with such according to the standard of sanatorium-and-spa care for patients with arthropathies was performed.

The paper presents effectiveness of sanatorium-and-spa care for patients with arthropathies to the extent of its standard with addition of naftalan application and darsonvalization under conditions of the specialized sanatorium institution. The role and the place of the standard of sanatorium-and-spa care for patients with arthropathies are shown. Significant difference in frequency of use of some methods of intervention (radon baths, sinusoidal modulated current, ultrasound, low-frequency laser radiation, naftalan application, etc.) is revealed in groups of patients with positive and negative treatment outcomes.

Effectiveness of treatment was evaluated by medical commission in the form of two options: improvement; no change and deterioration.

Among patients with positive (improvement) and negative (deterioration and no changes) treatment outcome, subjects with the same age and gender, diagnosis and the same duration of pathology severity were selected by “case-control” method, and a fourfold table was compiled according to the following scheme [9;10]:

Sanatorium rehabilitation of patients with arthropathies

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue are common causes of long-term disablement and loss of ability to work. It is deemed that the most effective methods of secondary prevention of exacerbations and complications of chronic arthroses and arthropathy is rehabilitation treatment carried out both in outpatient and hospital settings [4-7,11,12]. More comprehensive options for treatment of patients with these pathologies are present in sanatorium-and-spa institutions. In Azerbaijan, there are specialized institutions (sanatoriums “Shikh” and “Naftalan”) for sanatorium-and-spa care for patients with arthropathies. During treatment of patients in these sanatoriums, a full set of methods of intervention specified in the standard of the Azerbaijan Republic [1-3] and the Russian Federation [8] is used. In addition, naftalan therapy and other local resources are widely used for treatment of patients. Effectiveness of use of the standard of sanatorium-andspa care for patients with arthropathies and its predictors are hardly covered in literature. This paper summarizes experience of standard implementation in the setting of use of other methods of intervention through the example of the specialized sanatorium “Shikh”.

Study materials and methods. The unit of observation was a patient of the sanatorium “Shikh”. The volume of total population amounted to 1,007 patients with arthropathies that received treatment in 2012. Observation was performed through complete coverage, which excludes the possibility of systematic error. The sample size is sufficient to prove validity of the null hypothesis with probability greater than 95% with the highest possible marginal error. The maximum marginal error (р=50; q=50; n=1007; m=1.58; t=1.96; tm=3.09) is determined with the probability of alpha error of less than 0.03 [9;10]. The frequency of therapeutic intervention methods

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Treatment outcome positive Method of therapeutic intervention

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Using these materials the following was determined: · Significance of probability differences of treatment method use in groups with positive and negative treatment outcome (using the chi-square); · Sensitivity (Se) – use of the method of therapeutic intervention [а : (а+с)]; · Specificity (Sp) – non-use of the method of therapeutic intervention [d : (b+d)]; · Prognostic value (PV+) of use of the method of therapeutic intervention [а : (а+b)]; · Prognostic value (PV-) of non-use of the method of therapeutic intervention [d : (с+d)]; · Likelyhood ratio [Se : (1-Sp)].

Results obtained and their discussion.

The frequencies of use of certain methods differ from each other. The most frequently used methods of therapeutic intervention, except

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for therapeutic exercise (100%) and diet therapy (100%), included massage (88.5±1.0%), naftalan application (54.3±1.6%), terrainkur (50.8±1.6%), darsonvalization (48.0±1.6%), radon baths (31.0±1.5%) and ultrasound (31.2±1.5%). Relatively less frequently gas (5.6±0.7%), aromatic (5.1±0.7%), contrast (3.2±0.6%) and local baths (5.2± 0.7%), as well as mechanotherapy (1.5±0.4%), reflexotherapy (6.1±0.8%), and manual therapy (1.8±0.4%) are prescribed, which corresponds to standard conditions. However, full compliance with standards is not ensured in a number of cases. Firstly, the standard does not specify naftalan application and darsonvalization, and in the sanatorium “Shikh” the majority of patients are provided with these methods of therapeutic intervention. Secondly, in terms of administration of mineral water (0.21 and 0.30), use of contrast baths (0.03 and 0.02), reflexotherapy (0.06 and 0.05), and manual therapy (0.02 and 0.01) actual prescriptions differ from the standard. Full compliance with the standard cannot be ensured, since the standard does not contain a clear specification of indications for selection of the particular method of intervention. Simple listing of the set of methods is a defect of the existing standard.

In general, during the period of treatment in the sanatorium one patient receives 7.8 methods of therapeutic intervention, among which 6.8 are included in the standard set of treatment methods.

According to the results of the treatment, in 80±1.3% of cases doctors have noted improvement of basic parameters, which included both subjective and objective indicators.

Groups of patients with positive and negative treatment outcome had no statistically significant (χ2<3.8; υ=1.0; Р>0.05) difference from each other in terms of frequency of most methods of therapeutic intervention.

Probability of use of therapeutic intervention methods in the group of patients with positive treatment outcome (sensitivity) varied between 2 and 100%, its high value is characteristic of therapeutic exercise (100%), terrainkur (66%), massage (98%), and naftalan application (60%). Very low probability of use is characteristic of manual therapy, reflexotherapy, mechanotherapy (<3%), of gas, contrast and aromatic baths (<6%). The mean level of probability of use is typical for darsonvalization (40%), mud and radon baths (30 and 40%), intervention with sinusoidal modulated currents (38%), ultrasound (36%) and low-frequency laser radiation (30%).

Probability of non-use of therapeutic interventions in the group with negative treatment outcome (specificity) varied between 0 and 100% depending on the method of intervention. Maximum levels of specificity were characteristic of contrast baths (98%), manual (98%) and mechanotherapy (96%), gas (94%) and aromatic baths (94%).

Prognostic value of prescription of individual methods of intervention ranged from 25 to 75%. Higher prognostic value was noted for prescription of radon and contrast baths, interference and sinusoidal modulated current, ultrasound, and low-frequency laser radiation (PV+>67%). Prognostic value of non-use of different methods mostly ranged from 44.4 to 61.0%, only non-prescription of massage has high prognostic value (91.7%).

Conclusions

1. The standard of sanatorium-and-spa care for patients with arthropathies, outlining a set of recommended methods of therapeutic intervention as a probabilistic indicator calculated per a statistically average patient, has significant importance for planning resources of the sanatorium.

2. Patients with arthropathies with different treatment outcomes under sanatorium conditions (improvement or no change) differ from each other in frequency of use of radon baths, sinusoidal modulated current, ultrasound, low-frequency laser radiation, massage, terrainkur and naftalan therapy.

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Social Services: Essential Approach Ivan Malofeev

Doctor of Sociology, Associate Professor, Institute of Professional Development of Social Sphere Employees of Moscow Department of Social Protection of Population, Director of Territorial Social Service Centre "Novogireevo”, Eastern Administrative District of Moscow 1st Basmanniy lane,10, 105066, Moscow, the Russian Federation Phone: 7 985 773 08 74 Email: ivan-malofeev@inbox.ru Website: www.soc-education.ru The system of social services is a social institution aimed to respond to the major requirements of social development.

Definition of its essence, contents and structure is the subject of research for professionals in different areas of science: political science, philosophy, sociology, economy, physicians etc.

therefore it is considered by this scientist as category of the power creating favorable opportunity for efficiency of collective activity.

The service, as a result of economic process, “utilized in a political context”, according to T. Parsons, it is necessary to distinguish from “work” as production factor in a traditional sense [1, p.164-165].

The leading role in the elaboration of the theoretical basis of social services belongs to the founders of sociology.

Social services sphere in the context of theory of action of T. Parsons represents part of system of actions within the social service of people. The social services sphere fulfils functions of social adaptation, goal orientation (extremely important goal - improving quality of life of people), integration, socialization, solidarity. And, as a final result – promotes society development in general. In order to achieve this goal the above system should be supported by the other systems of society – economic, political, and cultural. Beside that, social service should be considered in the context of macroprocesses and structural properties of the system of social protection of population, social sphere and society in general.

In the first group of research it is possible to include the concepts, considering the central problem of institutionalization formation of the external shape of social institutions, which exists in society as set of certain ways of independent action. In this group, the importance is placed on the structural-functional approach (H. Spencer, E. Durkheim, R. Merton, N. Smelser, J. Szczepanski and the other foreign sociologists).

To the second group of sociology concepts of institutionalization belong subjective orientation theories, which consider institutions as characteristics of internal society organization, predetermining regularities of the development of society and providing its integrity; theories, taking into focus problems of institutionalization of social action of an individual and it’s social identification, subjective sense, which people put in social activity ( M.Weber, G.H.Mead, H.Blumer, P.Berger, E.Goffman, Т. Luckmann, A. Schutz. etc.).

Analyzing conceptual M.Weber’ approaches to sociology as a science of a social activity, it is necessary to mention, that he puts special focus on objective essence, which some authors give to the actions in their mutual orientations in the frames of concrete sociohistorical contexts. Understanding the sense and meaning of human actions is an initial prerequisite of sociological research. M. Weber pointed out four main types of sociological actions [6, p.31] which characterize social services sphere. Its formation is conducted from the point of view of rationality, depending on requirements of the population, possibilities of social service system, professional level of personnel.

Definition “social services system” in modern domestic sociological literature methodologically is defined by the theory of action of T. Parsons. The services according to T. Parsons are “obligations of performers of roles to “the employer” or the counter drawingup agent including the employing organization”. T. Parsons untraditionally interprets a service in economic sense [8, p.304];

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The attempts to construct theory of society in the frame of structural-functional explanatory idea have been taken by Robert Merton, Jurgen Habermas, Niklas Luhmann.

Noticeable influence on development of social services theory was made by alternative paradigm of structural functionalism elaborated

by R.Merton, allowing analyzing limited and concrete circle of social phenomena, including empirical data.

According to R. Merton’s theory system of social services is subject to functional consequences. In the author’s opinion it is not universal and represents “mirror” of social processes in society.

R.Merton criticized the statement on existence of necessary "universaliya", which allegedly attributive in relation to society.

In principle he agreed with Parsons that any system at the heart of the existence has to have opportunity to satisfy necessary (obligatory) functions. At the same time, he categorically denies existence of structures — attributes which would be indispensable for all human societies. R.Merton offers the concept of functional equivalents and functional alternatives which, as the author considers, have a direct bearing on system of social services.

Thus, M. Weber developed the theory of action, T. Parsons developed it further, and R. Merton outputs the concept of functional equivalents [3].

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Unlike traditional concepts of system of classical sociology, N. Luhmann puts not a problem of the relation of part and whole, but the relation between system and environment. His work “Forms of the Help in Process of Change of Public Conditions" N. Luhmann [2, p.16-35] is devoted to process of transformation of interpersonal mutual aid into the professional depersonalized service with the guaranteed quality of granting. From N. Luhmann's position, an institutionalization of service professionalizing of many kinds of activity and equalizing of needs of individuals in time is the cornerstone. It belongs as well as to the modern system of social services. Highly appreciating efficiency of organized forms of support in comparison with unformalized mercy and mutual aid, N. Luhmann at the same time, realizes immanent discrepancy of realization of a current state of this institute [2, p.16-35].

Y. Habermas considers society as the product of human interaction structured by norms and values which allow understanding the happening changes in social system [5, p.17-18]. The system of social services is also a product of interaction of people.

Investigating specifics of social institutes of late capitalist society, a place of services in modern social activity, Y. Habermas considered that the power in the bourgeois state has to formulate social programs which implementation is a subject to control: "The developed system of social protection becomes the content of mass democracy" [7, p.510]. In activity the state social policy is brought to the forefront.

Towards the middle of the twentieth century, sociologists believed there was a need to create a social theory which could overcome the polarization of objective and subjective, structure and an individual. In 1986 Anthony Giddens made the report “Nine Theses on the Future of Sociology".

To A. Giddens the social reality was considered as integrity, and as the main criterion of its development the facts of institutional changes and transformation of structures in structures were applied. In fact A. Giddens opposed the evolutionary theory of postindustrial society and offered "faltering" interpretation of modern social development where modern social institutes are unique.

At the same time A. Giddens considered that the present has not reached a postmodern condition yet defines its present state as a radical modernist style.

Thus, from the point of view of theorists of classical sociology, the structurally functional analysis is the principle of system research of the social phenomena and processes as the structural dismembered integrity in which each element of structure has functional value.

and cultural institutions, etc. The concept of function has thus two values: an office role of one of elements of social system in relation to another or to system in general (for example, functions of the state, the rights, education, etc.); dependence within this system at which changes in one part become function coming from changes in the other part.

As a result of the structurally functional analysis has to be: 1) received the branched and complex typology of communications of parts and elements between each other and with the whole, 2) registered possible and admissible (that is stability preservations) conditions of social system (system of systems) in general, 3) defined sets of the functions (which are subject to realization through systems of actions), 4) carried out the conclusion of the received results to the level of research of variables in concrete researches. At the methodological level the main perspective of the structurally functional analysis was realized as studying of the relations between a class of structures and a class of functions.

It was concretized, in turn, in problems of functional need and functional alternatives of action [4, p.997].

Thus, investigating paradigmanly approaches to development of social services of classics of sociology, it is possible to note that they developed the base of conceptual approaches to this problem, defined its intrinsic contents.

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2. Luman N. Forms of the Help in Process of Change of Public Conditions//Sociological Magazine. -2000. - No. 1-2. – p. 16-35 3. R.Merton. Social Theory and Social Structure. – M., 2006.

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7. Op. cit. - S. 510;

The socioeconomic structure acts as structural formations of society: material and spiritual production; basis and superstructure; economic, social, political relations; social and economic, political

8. Parsons T. On the Concept of Political Power T. Parsons.

Sociological Theory and Modern Society. N.Y., L., 1967, p. 304.

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Social Work in Modern Russian Society Evdokiya Kholostova

Dr. of History, Professor, Director of Institute of Professional Development of Social Sphere Employees of Moscow Department of Social Protection of Population 1st Basmanniy lane,10, 105066, Moscow, the Russian Federation Phone: 7 495 607 50 65 Email: ipk@mos.ru Website: www.soc-education.ru

Social Work in Russian Society is going through a complicated yet interesting period. Firstly, the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of official introduction of social work profession. Secondly, from retrospective point of view, we recognize different forms of state, community and individual social support which can be traced during last millennium. Thirdly, social work passes the largescale comprehensive transformation, aimed to change the social service system in general, as well as the social service practice and contribution of each social worker.

What is the reason for the changes? 25 years ago the introduction of professional social work in Russia was the necessary and emergent decision. At that time the citizens of the Russian Federation experienced, not only deepest social-economic crisis, but significant psychological shock, civilization shock, initiated by the demolition of a former formation and beginning of a new one. The creation of social work system definitely saved the lives of hundred thousand people who had lost the previous forms of institutional and psychological support. This system was generally based on paternalistic foundation, fulfilling its emergent mission.

In the past the structures of the new socio-economic order were formed in general. The extreme poverty level decreased and the quality of life of population improved. The needs of people in context of social work have changed. The first row of priorities was occupied by other social work tasks and these reasons pushed forward radical change.

Social services production is integrated into the system of economic relations typical for a market society. It gives promise that the quantity of rendered services, variability and quality will constantly rise. Non-government and private social services are in the process of development, contributing to the formation of the social service market. It means that the population enjoys the opportunity to choose social service providers. Social service production is integrated in the system of economic relations aimed to form a self-support model, to mobilize internal resources to cope with problems, to avoid paternalism and dependence.

Within the process of initialization the expansion of the practice system and theoretical conceptions on the core of assistance and support for vulnerable groups has taken place. In modern society social work is recognized as a scientific discipline, as a process

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of practice and as professional education sphere. It is the basis for state social policy, and its main goal is to provide comfortable conditions for people living, social cohesion and solidarity in society.

The developing Russian Social Work model is perfectly integrated in an International model, addressing to social development, human rights and social justice.

The Modern World is not homogeneous. Its diversity is caused by different levels of socio-economic development existing between countries as well as cultural diversity. At the same time, we understand that powerful integrative processes uniting the nations of mother Earth act in the World. The World becomes global; and social work is implemented in the frame of globalization.

Within the theoretical issues the special place is occupied by the problems of society demographic problems, poverty, ageing of population, socio-cultural environment and cultural diversity protection, formation of tolerance and development of spiritual and moral values.

Russian scientists have published hundreds of scientific monographs, encyclopedias, manuals, scientific textbooks on issues of social work development in society. The continued considering of social processes encourages modernization of social institutions and structures. Talking about practical activities, it is necessary to point out that rather branched social service network rendering social services to different categories of population was established in the Russian Federation. Nowadays this network is under modernization, the development of innovative social work technologies is increased. For example, community based technologies, self-help in mutual aid, home based care, social contract etc.

Moscow is the biggest megalopolis in Russia and Europe, it has a population above 12 million. Currently every fourth Moscow citizen is older the employment age. Around 13% of Moscow population are children. The number of poor families with children has considerably decreased; but the tasks on social support of families and children are still acute. One in ten Moscow citizens has special needs. Around one million people are retired and there are 30 thousand children with disabilities in Moscow. For all the above categories of citizens and others who need social services, 200 state social service establishments are now functioning.

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Around 135 thousand elderly and disabled people receive home based care – home delivery of food baskets, drugs and newspapers, cooking services. More than 60 thousand elderly and disabled people who are able to move independently attend centers of social services and participate in different events. These “Universities of Third Age” deliver training on computer skills, healthy life style courses, social clubs etc. Above 14 thousand elderly and disabled people who are not able to live independently, stay in residential care establishments for veterans of labour and psycho-neurological institutions, where they receive comprehensive care and medical treatment.

In the sphere of social support to the elderly new social technologies aimed to compensate limited number of places in residential care are applied to practice. Practice of purchasing residential care services from nongovernmental social organizations are introduced in Moscow. The other perspective direction is rendering complex home based care to dependent elderly people.

to provide comprehensive care for disabled people, particularly, families with children with disabilities.

Inclusive care and education practice for children with disabilities is expanded. Professionals of social protection are involved in provision of professional education and creation of occupational places for people with disabilities.

Social work transforms into profession with clear requirements to professional education and set of obligatory functions and skills.

Introduction of professional standards and standards of social services regulates the background of social worker’s activities. The great efforts in the area of raising the social work image are aimed at a complete transformation of these activities from informal charity based help to the structural professional activity, which is implemented by specially educated staff.

Patronage of elderly citizens with mental retardation is introduced in every day practice. Teams of professionals from psychoneurological institutions visit them regularly at home and provide rehabilitative sessions.

In order to achieve this goal the Institute of Professional Development of Social Sphere Employees of Moscow was established. It is the first organization in Russia which implements the modern approach to social work: life-long education. Our task is to provide contemporary level of knowledge, skills and professional qualification of 50 thousand Moscow social workers.

We train professionals from more than 26 subjects of the Russian Federation. Our trainees go for study tours in 15 countries of the World. In cooperation with Global Institute of Social Work last year International School of Social Work was established on the basis of the Institute. Now Russian social workers have an opportunity to listen to professional lectures given by professors of social work departments from different universities round the World.

Ratification of UN Convection on the Rights of Disabled People

by Russia has pushed forward the great changes in legislation and social work practice. New professional specialization such as personal assistant and integrative consultant is introduced

Social work in Russia is rather young. It made significant steps towards social prosperity in Russia. New realities of social development in Russia put challenge to highly qualified professionals.

For disabled veterans of the Second World War, sanatorium at home is available delivering services free of charge. The unique practice is now being approbated – foster care for the elderly persons. Citizens who desire to adopt lonely elderly persons, take them in their families, providing care and support and treat them like biological relatives.

Tajikistan’s regional trade expansion: potential and possibility Soliev Ashurboy

Candidate of economic science (PhD), Finance and Economics Institute of Tajikistan, Rector Email: ashurboy@mail.ru

Over the entire period of market reforms commodity structure of foreign trade and domestic production structure of Tajikistan has not changed since independence, reflecting the slow progress of structural and economic reforms initiatives. Exports of cotton and aluminum continue to generate about half of GDP and two-thirds of the annual foreign exchange earnings and a quarter of tax revenues. The asymmetry between the country import and export

trends experienced in Tajikistan in recent years, tends to increase.

Geographical location of Tajikistan and the underdeveloped transport links, coupled with weak regional trade ties strongly influence on the structure of foreign trade.

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in the country at a rate of 12% of GDP. IMF assessments suggest that higher prices for aluminum and cotton for Tajikistan, 1% could improve the country's trade balance by 0.2% and 0.12% respectively.

Thus, if the annual prices for aluminum and cotton remained at an average of 1994 and 2001, the deterioration in the trade balance of Tajikistan during the global crisis would have been less dramatic.

However, the increase in world prices for aluminum and servants in 2010-2011, had not much improved the country's trade balance (compared with 2009 in 2010 improved by 6.2%, although the price, for example, cotton fiber, increased by 162% and 142% aluminum).

Analysis of the global economic trends witnesses that 85% of world cotton production and sales and 90% of world aluminum markets concentrated in the hands of several multinational corporations.

Tajikistan’s production is a small fraction of these markets, given that world production of cotton is about 17 million tons, while total supply on the world aluminum market, is more than 11 million metric tons (in the form of primary ingots of more than 4 million).

Even if the production of cotton and aluminum will increase and reach long-term development strategy targets (raw cotton - 800 thousand tons and primary aluminum - 630 thousand tons), the share of companies of the republic in these markets would still be less than 4% (cotton) and 5% (aluminum).

This situation demonstrates the need for urgent action in the area of the country's foreign economic strategy aimed at boosting regional trade within CAREC, EurAsEC, and ECO in order to equalize the balance of trade, and the simultaneous introduction of institutional reforms to create a favorable investment climate for FDI in order to align balance of payments. The balance of foreign trade turnover of Tajikistan with all CIS countries (with share in total imports of the Republic more than 58.8% in 2010) was negative, and real adverse terms of trade (with the exception of Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan in recent years, the proportion which the foreign trade turnover is insignificant). This suggests that under the circumstances, the excess of imports over exports of goods and unfavorable ratio of export and import prices, the forward and backward linkages between macroeconomic positive external (focused in this particular case on CIS countries) and domestic sectors of the economy does not actually exist.

cross-border trade (0.6% of share of export of primary aluminum and 32.1% cotton fiber of the Republic of Tajikistan is due to CIS countries, the rest is due to the EU, China and Turkey). Overall, the main export partners of Tajikistan in 2010 were China (37.4%), Turkey (31.5%), Russia (8.5%), Afghanistan (4.4%), Latvia (1.7%), Kazakhstan (1.7%) and Italy (1.4%).

Note that electricity exports in total exports share has declined dramatically in 2009-2010 (from 6.3 per cent to 0.3 per cent) as Uzbekistan stopped imports of electricity to Tajikistan. In regard to the products which are forming border trade (final products), their share in exports was insignificant. However, lately intensification of regional (within the countries of CA, Afghanistan, EurAsEC) trade is observed. We will consider the topic later.

However, this diversified structure of imports of the Republic of Tajikistan must be ensured by exports. The rate of coverage of imports by exports in the country in 2010 was 44.9%. 58.8 per cent of imports of the country accounted to the CIS countries, of which 48.2 per cent to the countries of the Eurasian Economic Community (Russia – 32.2%, Kazakhstan – 11.0%). Imports from Uzbekistan in 2006-2010 decreased in volume almost 4 times from 10.2% to 2.7% because of reduction imports of electricity and gas. The main import partners among foreign countries in 2010 were China (9.0%), Iran (5.3%), United States (3.5%), UAE (2.3%), Turkey (2.3%) and Afghanistan (1.5%). It is noteworthy that in recent years the proportion of Afghanistan's share of exports and imports with the Republic of Tajikistan has a tendency to increase due to the expansion of border trade between the two countries and an increase in the re-export trade of the Republic of Tajikistan with this country.

Figure 1 shows the intensity of trade of the Republic of Tajikistan with some countries that were or are significant for the country’s exports. To calculate the index of the intensity of trade based on the export data of the Republic of Tajikistan the countries have been selected which occupied or occupy the highest proportion of exports of goods from the Republic of Tajikistan.

With the globalization of economic relations, taking into account the geographical location of countries in our view, reference should be sent to the country's integration group, to which the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as the formation of retail space around the country. Given this priority supports markets in Central Asia and Afghanistan, as well as the area of the EurAsEC Customs Union.

In order to further improve the analysis of revealed comparative advantages of the Republic of Tajikistan, in our opinion, it is necessary to analyze the current state of implementation of the benefits of trade of the Republic of Tajikistan.

It is evident that so far two products dominate in the exports of the Republic of Tajikistan. That, from the point of view of ensuring economic security, is a threat. Especially when the buyers of these products are foreign countries and these goods do not constitute formative products for the intensification of regional and 296

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Figure 1.Intensivity of Export of Tajikistan, selected countries С о m p i l e d o n : I M F. I n t e r n a t i o n a l F i n a n c i a l S t a t i s t i c s , 2010; Foreign-economic activity of the Republic of Tajikistan.Statistical compendium. – Dushanbe. 2011.

As can be seen from the figure 1, the intensity of trade of the

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Republic of Tajikistan increases with countries such as Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey. The intensity of trade with the Russian Federation is relatively stable and this justifies the need to increase mutual trade between these countries. However, intensification of trade decreases with Uzbekistan, the Netherlands, Switzerland.China has become the lead trade partner for Tajikistan only in recent years, thus mutual trade of the latter does not allow to calculate intensity of trade for the given years.

Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan may renew old trade relations only on the basis of the introduction of the principle of most-favored-nation in mutual trade and the removal of unnecessary transit barriers that can enhance the export opportunities of Tajikistan and, accordingly, mutual trade between the two countries.

The index value of the intensity of trade concludes the need to diversify the geographic structure of exports of the Republic of Tajikistan, expand the variety of export products, taking into account the capacity of the national economy and the further intensification of regional (including cross-border) trade.

Analysis of the commodity composition of exports of the Republic of Tajikistan to neighboring countries shows that some goods were main products of the regional and cross-border trade.

As seen at official statistics exports of domestic commodities are mainly traditional raw materials and agricultural products.

Although the list of exported agricultural products of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Russian Federation is very large, the table has only those goods for which demand has emerged at the regional level (basically two or more countries).

With regard to foreign products, the list tends to increase. The following table shows the export commodities of regional trade of the Republic of Tajikistan. However, methodologically we may not be limited to this list, because the re-export of goods may contribute to the expansion of the transit of goods through the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan. For an instance, it is possible to identify a number of goods re-exported to neighboring countries and that may be in future structure-regional trade (Table 2).

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1,1

0,06

1,4 0,4 1,6

Fuel and lubricant products

0

Electric apparatus Mining equipment and bulldozers Telephone sets

Uzbekistan

Cars and trucks

Kyrgyzstan

Turkmenistan

Product name

Kazakhstan

Table 2.List of re-export goods of Tajikistan with regional trade partners in 2010 (% of total export volume to corresponding country)

0

0,2

Cement

0,1

Banana

0,01

Medicines

0,4

Car spare parts

0,01 0,03

Helicopters and airplanes

20,3

Others

1,8

0,8

2,1

2,0

5,0

Total

5,3 0,4 65,9 5,51 3,74 76,06

Calculated on the basis of Foreign-economic activity of the Republic of Tajikistan. Statistical Bulletin. – Dushanbe. 2011

The highest figure of goods re-exported is to Afghanistan, and this list has a tendency to increase. As can be seen from the table more than 76% of exports of the Republic of Tajikistan to Afghanistan, are goods that are not produced in the country, and these goods are imported into the country from China, Russia, Kazakhstan and other countries. Turkmenistan follows Afghanistan as the second destination of this indicator scoring approximately 66% of exports from the Republic of Tajikistan. It is worth to note that goods to Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, have a homogeneous structure, whereas re-export to the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Afghanistan is more diversified, given that re-exported goods to these markets are in strong demand.

Expansion of re-exports of goods from the Republic of Tajikistan, undoubtedly caused by creation of appropriate infrastructure, especially road communication. Since trade is the main business activity of the country, respectively, the opening of the road route to China via Kulma Pass (Kalasu on the Chinese side) and continuous rehabilitation of Kyrgyz-Tajik road network at Karamik BCP contributed to a sharp increase of imports from China via road shipment. The narrowness of the domestic market in Tajikistan is pushing the country's retail business to market at neighboring countries. Expansion of re-exports business is primarily due to the implementation of publicly funded road reconstruction projects connecting the country with neighboring countries. In the future, implementation of these projects and new railways in Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan could lead to a sharp increase in export and turning the country into a transit country Rehabilitation and construction of roads in Tajikistan aimed at implementing the concept of exit strategy from transport dead lock conditions and solving a problem of difficult accessing between the regions of the country in the winter period. In addition, the solution out of the exit strategy allows acceleration of the process of transforming the country into a transit country. However, the solution of problems depends not only on the rehabilitation and reconstruction of international highways, but also the creation of appropriate infrastructure around these highways for the normal movement of goods and movement of automobiles. Such infrastructures include: · A network of catering;

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· Repair of automobiles and maintenance of their parts; · hotel and guest housings along the corridor routes; · Parking of international standards; · Entertainment centers and rest areas; · Insurance services; · financial services; · Storage and warehouses (free storage); · Car rental and more.

On-going rehabilitation and construction projects and liberalization of the delivery of transport services greatly influenced by the increase in freight traffic. Significantly increased the tonnage of freight roads of the country by private entrepreneurs for years 1998-2010. (Almost 10-fold), and since 2002 in the statistics of the country has a new article: international freight transport, which is solidly growing in numbers in recent years (for 2002-2010. Almost 9 times).

Analysis clearly shows increased focus of international freight forwarding companies to Tajikistan as a transit country. However, state statistics does not show the number of employed in the transportation services that operate on the basis of an individual licenses. The bulk of employment in this sector work as hired (rented cars), or by obtaining patents for the individual conduct of businesses. Also, statistics does not to assess other influential factors impacting various dimensions of the economy, including land development and property values. Such data could be

greatly used while conducting feasibility studies for completely new road and railway network land spots. This form of analysis is useful because it demonstrates the localized nature of some transportation impacts, and serves to confirm the value public transportation provides in the market.

In general, the creation of transport hubs linking the Central Asian countries contributes to the development of trade relations of these countries, as well as the deepening of integration processes. Diversification and increase in export volumes are an integral part of future economic growth and development of the region. Diversified output and exports puts companies in terms of competition domestically and internationally, leading to increased productivity. The formation of appropriate infrastructure to improve the transit of goods by road in Tajikistan requires huge investment in this area. The basis of such investments in the first place is a public-private partnership. The development of networks of power and the rest for transport around transport nodes and along roads requires private investments, which require government incentives (tax, etc.). Public facilities (parking, consistent with international standards, public toilets, open and closed warehouses and others) to create through the State program of public investment, grants and technical assistance.

Sources:

1. Tajikistan Official Statistics, “Foreign-economic activity of the Republic of Tajikistan. Statistical compendium”. – Dushanbe, 2011.

2. IMF. International Financial Statistics, 2010.

3. Socio-economic condition of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 2012, page 223.

The Ancient and Eternal World of Azerbaijani Folk Games and National Square Theatre Rafael B. Huseynov

Doctor of Philology, Professor, Active Member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Member of Oxford Academy Union Email: rafaelhuseyn@yahoo.com Website: www.rafaelhuseynov.com

Plutarch’s “Selective Lives” informs us on the play and theatre culture of our grand-parents 2300 years ago.

It was not a coincidence that great Azerbaijani philosopher and poet Nizami Ganjavi had chosen the Greek character – Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) as a leading role in one of his prominent works. Though he lived 33 years, it is impossible not to admire Alexander the Great’s 298

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life-story, steps and while reviewing the history Alexander is shining in its pages as a phenomenon. Alexander the Great ordered to burn “Avesta” not because he was a barbarian, but because he knew the real strength and power of the book.

The most expensive trophy that he got from the Iranian king Dara was a case. He takes this case to himself and asks his surroundings what

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to keep in it. There were a lot of advices but he decides himself and puts “The Illiad” into it (13,387).

In the Ekbatan, capital of Ancient Medes, Azerbaijani turks were living and this place is in the territory of the present Iran, and still inhabited with Turkic people.

Plutarch writes: “When Alexander the Great had a march to the East, he took a lot of dancers, musicians, acrobats and jokers within his army. … When he finished his works in Medesian Ekbatan, he started to attend theaters and festivals as before. He brought 3000 actors from Greece” (13,431).

From the writings of Plutarch it is evident that the theaters were organized every day. One day when Alexander goes to the theater in Ekbatan, his “beloved friend” Hephaestion gets ill, uses his chance – his doctor also goes to the theatre and he breaks his diet. At the result he dies. Impressed deeply from this death Alexander declares 3 days of mourning and during these days there were not any plays (13, 431).

So, there was not a day when plays and festivals were not organized but only on emergency cases.

Taking the fact that when Alexander had a march to the East, there, also in Azerbaijan there were not any theater, actor, play tradition and after the visit of so many actors, acrobats, dancers, jokers, naturally, such tradition began to grow. Alexander, not depending on his will, was the originator if one tradition – for such amount of actors, new theaters and places were needed, and he was both changing the temples into theaters, also ordering to build new ones.

But the investigators of the History of the Eastern Culture proof the existence of the theaters in the Near and Middle East, as well in Ekbatan.

As the Zoroastrian was an essential religion in the region and it had a lot of events. These events were rich with theatric moments. That is why it is not just a theory that theatre and actor traditions already existed in this region.

In Nizami Ganjavi’s “Khamsa” there are a lot of information about the existence and development of the musical performance, composing, drawing, sculpture, and dancing and actor profession in this geographic region.

VII century’s writer Moses Kalankatukski speaks about the openair plays accompanied with dances in the VI century in his book “Albanian History” (7,153).

The description of these massive – plays by Moses Kalankatukski’s and the elegy in the “For Javanshir’s Death” are real and rich source for us (7, 151-160).

It is interesting that the Armenian Church hated the play culture and theaters that spread widely among the Albanians. Armenian Chatolicos Iovanna Mandakuni’s words to the people loving theatre

are very popular: “Those who are fond of jokers and are spending time in the atheist theatres will suffer. Those who laugh will cry forever because he is the one to suffer” (9, 76).

On one of the written monuments of the ancient Turkish language – Gultekin monument there is a sentence about these events: “Yughchu, sighitchi… kelipen sightamish, yughlamis” (18, 72) (“Grand Gultekin” monument, 4th writing) (“A person came and cried his eyes out” – in different publications this sentence was not adapted exactly into the Azerbaijani Language (18, 64; 27 78)).

Then this event was called “Aghlashma” (Mutual weeping) and a literary genre “Aghy” (Elegy) originated from this.

Moses Kalankatukski describes this event as: “They sacrificed horses to their giant and ugly gods called Aspandiat by the Persians. They gained different sins without thinking properly. They were playing musical instrument on the corps of the dead people and injured their cheeks, hands and feet and made them blood. Sometimes the naked men were fighting with each other in the squares near the cemeteries. Big stacks were competing, wrestling, doing immoral acts or riding horses. Some were crying, while others were acting like a devil. They were busy with doing immoral things like dancing, conducting mentally unhealthy actions. They were sacrificing to fire and water, worshipping to moon and all things looking extra-ordinary to them” (7, 166).

The information provided by the Albanian historian is very important as it differentiates the actor playing the crying people and the people playing the roles. Albanian historian has nothing to say to person who is crying because of his own grief, and he curses the ones who act like crying – actors who were damned by the church as well and call them “satan”.

Famous Azerbaijani writer Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev described this event as: “It was a tradition to cry out the big heroes in the Ancient Azerbaijan. When a hero died, people were collected in one place. This collection was called “yugh” (from the word “to cry”). These people were provided with food and the special people who were for “crying” had their instruments for singing and dancing. The “cryer” first praised the hero due to his achievements. Then converted his speech into the sad emotions and began to cry. And the people around were crying as well. This process is connected with traditions of singing, dancing and crying on the graves of the Huns in the North of Azerbaijan. They had faints in these events” (2, 76).

In the description of the classic this event had two prominent moments: dances and faints.

Actually, it was not the dance performed in the weddings or festivals but the ritual and the faints were not because of the power of grief or mourn but because of the ecstasy at the end of the ritual. The point resembled “yugh” ceremony to the real play was that the players were living their real own life. But the players of “yugh” ceremony were also actors as their appointment was not to live their grief only, but to reflect mourning of the surroundings. Their duty was to impress the people around with their performance, singing and dancing in this sad ceremony.

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It is obvious that special skills were required from the player in the “yugh” ceremony and they were the fist tragic actors in our literature.

Up to present there are some people attended the mourning ceremonies to make the people cry in the different regions of Azerbaijan. At the beginning of XX century one of such people – “Crying Rubaba” was very famous in the mourning ceremonies around Baku city (5, 44).

The methods of performances, dances that originated from the “yugh” ceremonies have already became a history. But in the beginning of the XIX century these mourning dances had simple methods.

In 1812-1813 years in Iran, South Azerbaijan the French traveler – Caspar Druvil admired extra-ordinary dances at the graves and soon understood its philosophy – they were not the reflection of joy, but the way of mourning. “To see 500-600 women crying and putting flowers on the grave impressed Europeans very deeply” (2, 98).

The examples of “yugh” ceremony is alse described in “Kitab-i Dede Gorgud”(8).

Because of the origins formed on the “yugh” ceremonies, the tradition of present “crying” peoples, elegies, mourning were founded not in the Islamic center – Arabian countries, but in Azerbaijan and Iran.

Mirza Fatali Akhundov also notes that this tradition was first appeared

by Deylami kings, then in Safavis reign (2, 92).

Famous Orientalist Y.Bertels in his “Iranian Theatre” investigation states that the elegy tradition was one of the building points of the Safavis reign in the XVI century (4, 474).

“Elegy” is the upper level of the tragedy and differs from the open-air theatres resembling more to the European theatre. It has its own plot, characters, director, etc. though it is very simple. But the “Yugh” based on improvised actions, mostly their text themes. At the ancient times the “crying” people were very skilled in the actions as well as in the composing poems and observation of the surroundings. They would get acquainted with the real life of the dead person, study his character, get more information about him and reflect all of the learned features during the “yugh” ceremony. It is also evident that the elegies were not for making people suffer deeply and cry, but to clear their souls with the tears that were rolling on their cheeks.

While watching the women crying in the mourn ceremonies one can easily notice their habits of “crying with poems” like in the ancient times during the rituals and “yugh” dances.

The “yugh” style being one of the methods of the Azerbaijani open-air theatre was re-formed by very talented director Vagif Ibrahimoghlu (Hasanov). He created the “Yugh” theatre which has got the status of “state theatre” and joined the historical traditions with the modern times.

During the Soviet Union period – 70 years “crying” ceremonies were forbidden as the part of the Religion. But the people stayed very loyal to these ceremonies as each one was crying his own grief, sufferings.

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but the other people’s and these people had a reason to cry out their own suffering with stranger’s purpose. Their Religion once a year had a mourn period in which the ordinary people were changing the reason of this period with their own – they placed their own losts with Huseyn, Hasan, Hazrat Abbas, Fatima, etc. The changes were only made for the figures. The theme was the same. Why we sadden from Euripides’, Aeschylus’, Sophocles’ works at present from the literary point of view, but connect the Karbala to the religion. This also has a plot; there was need only for the people delivering this plot to the people.

It is also possible that the real historical events were dramatized, enriched with the real tragedies, poems, lyrics by the Persian, Arabian, Turkish writers and music was composed to them.

Muhammad Fuzuli’s “Hadigat us-suada” (Garden of Martyrs) was also inspired by such tragedy. In its introduction it is said that not only Arabians and Persian people, but also Azerbaijani Turkic people were listening to Karbala elegies. Regarding the fact that in Arabic and Persian there are a lot of books and nothing in Azerbaijani Turkish language, Fuzuli wrote this book for the Azerbaijani people to admire.

This theme was then repeatedly worked in the works of Valeh Gulabli (1776-1834), Dilsuz Mammadamin (death year 1834), Abbasgulu agha Bakikhanov (1794-1847), Shahnigar khanim Ranjur (18501890), Mammadbaghir Khalkhali (1830-1892), Molla agha Bihud Shirvani (1832-1892), Hajimehdi Shukuhi (1829-1896), Mirza Jabrail Sipehri (death year 1902), Ismayilbay Nakam (1839-1906), Mirza Alikhan Lali (1845-1907), Mirza Hasib Gudsi (death year 1908), Mirza Alasgar Novras (1846-1918) and many others.

Gumri (Mirza Mahammadtaghi Ibrahim oghlu, 1819-1891) described Karbala story in his “Kenz ul-mesaib” (Calamity Treasure) with the motives of the last two centuries. One should be a stone in order not to get impressed by the lyrics in this work. These poems were also dramatized with the crying of the people listening to them.

Raji (1831-1876) was one of those poets whose poems were full of emotional feelings including grief. His elegy dedicated to the death of Yahud Ali-Aba is one of the examples of such greatness. Raji who was very famous with his elegies in Iran and Azerbaijan died in the storm in the Red Sea while returning from Makka visit. His poem describing Saint Huseyn’s person is very rich with emotional descriptions and can touch the soul of every on (11, 42-43; 54-55).

Due to the different and rich theme elegy was one of the most spread poem type with its own plot which lead it to the theatre on mourn days. Though elegies were investigated very detailed in Azerbaijan, there are a lot of examples with same and different themes, describing Karbala events, and its episodes.

During the history many singers with wonderful voice were interested in these elegies in the mourn ceremonies. They preferred to perform in such events rather than being a well-known singer living in the XIXXX centuries. Kharrat Gulu (1823-1883) is one of such singers. History still remembers singers like him in Garabagh, Shirvan, Absheron.

Historical reality is evident: after the death of Prophet Mohammad (570-632), first Abu Bakr ibn Abdulla, after his death in 634 Omar ibn

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Khattab, and after his murder in 644 Osman ibn Affan, and after his murder in 656 Ali ibn Abu Talib became khalifas.

Hasan became khalifa in Irag as his father - Ali was killed in 661. But he was removed from the government and committed suicide. And in 680 his son Yazeed came on the throne. Ali’s little son’s march against the reign of Yazeed in 680 results in the cruel death of the former with his family.

Genius Fuzuli was a willing light-turner of Ali’s grave till the last days of his life. Every night he was going to his grave and lit a candle, and every morning he was switching it off. And he made a testament to be buried in the lower side of his grave (10, 24).

His love to Ali was also very emotionally described in many of his poems. His love to Ali was not reasonless. Ali was against Yazeed’s reign and with a little troop decided to fight. He knew he would lose but despite of this he did his best in order to defend his side with his beloveds and supporters. That is why Karbala tragedy was the symbol of the fight and victims in the name of the belief. “Asirlarin Karbalaya dakhil olmasi” (Prisoners entry to Karbala), “Alinin gatli” (Ali’s murder), “Madina safari” (Madina visit), “Imam Huseynin shehid olmasi” (Saint Huseyn’s being martyr), “Hezret Abbasin shehid olmasi” (Saint Abbas’s being martyr), “Fatimanin gatli”(Fatima’s murder), “Karbala davasi” (Karbala fight) and many other plays were staged on the Azerbaijani theater for years.

It was not a secret that to present such themes to the audience was not a simple work. It was very difficult to find out the needed figures that were able to learn the text, to assimilate the role, to sing the parts properly, to prepare costumes for the actors, the persons to hint the actors when the texts were forgotten, etc. They even arranged artificial effects like blood while getting murdered from the animals’ blood. The main difficulty that the organizers faced was to find the proper persons for performing negative roles like Yazeed, Shumr and so on. Most Muslims did not agree to act in these roles. That is why many times these roles were performed by the actors of different religions which resulted in the unexpected issues many times.

K. Inostransev notes that in the XVIII century in the play “Imam Huseyn shabihi” (Saint Huseyn’s elegy) the role of Shumr was performed by a kazakh actor. He was instructed to run when the saint would fight him, but he did not follow this instruction and began to fight with him who caused the audience to laugh. When he was asked the reason of his disobedience, he replied that he could not afford a young boy to make him run on the stage (2, 112).

Azerbaijani writer Abdulla Shaig (1881-1959) also remembers that one Armenian actor agreed to play Shumr in this play in Tbilisi. He was instructed that Huseyn would come up to you and beg you to give him water, and you would not give him. When the play began and Huseyn came up to Shumr for water and he gave him water as felt sorry for him (1, 39-40).

An outstanding Azerbaijani actor, singer and ethnographer Huseyngulu Sarabski also speaks about the elegies in the XIX-XX centuries: “Elegies were widely spread in Baku, on night you may heal Aliakbar elegy, the other night Gasim elegy, and then many different

ones. On the 10th day of the month of Maharram 50-60 people wearing all black would say elegies in the mosques of the cities. They would decorate one horse and put a white cloth on it. This was the symbol of Saint Huseyn’s horse- Zuljanah”.

In the month of Muharram of the 1885 year the people saying elegies were moving in the direction of Bayil region and the daughter of the Governor was frightened when seeing this crowd”.

These elegy ceremonies were the examples of the nation’s open-air theater on one side, on the other side they were the easy condition for the development of the religious ignorance. Many ignorant actions like injuring themselves, making their heads blood were the reflection of the fanatic religious people. It would not be fair if we speak about elegies’ being a historical tradition and but not to mention its negative sides.

It would be noted one more that elegy ceremonies were the reason for the people to cry out their sufferings, grief and mourn for the saints and their own lost. But along with these ceremonies there were organization of entertainments. And these ceremonies were much wider than the tragic ones.

Some types of the nation and open-air theaters still exist in nowadays. One of the comedy types spread wide was “hogga” (juggling). The person doing juggling was called juggler. This comedy type originates from the shaman magicians. Firstly there were only magic, conjurers, hand-works, etc and then became open-air theater (for more information about such games). The name of this game was taken from the word “juggling”. Juggling appeared as a show in the circus but then it got improved and developed into the theater show.

One of the most popular actors of this genre was Mashadi Jabbar Vahabov who was famous with his nick-name “Lotu Jabbar” (the word “lotu” was also given to several prominent persons of that times – Lotu Ibish who was a comedian from Nakhchivan and lived in Garabagh. Lotu Ismayil Bezzas - a joker living in the South Azerbaijan in the XIX century. Due to its origin the word “lotu” originates to the Prophet Lut. People who were known for their free behaviour, negative steps were also known as “lotu”).

Mashadi Jabbar lived in the XIX-XX centuries. Along with the memories about this person, his live voice also survived till our days – the songs “Sharbatali”, “Mirza play”, “Garavalli”, “Animal speech”, “Selling sour-milk”, “Jeyran”, etc. were recorded by the company “Ekstrafon” in 1915.

Mashadi Jabbar was from Ardabil and working as a juggler in the Nikitin circus. The he became a travelling-actor and from time to time had plays in Absheron, including different regions of Azerbaijan, as well as Georgia, Turkmanistan.

As a usual he started his show with magic, put cotton into his mouth and got a thread for hundred meters from it. He showed an empty cap to the audience but then got an egg in it.

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in the dramatization of these stories on the stages. In his stage play “Man dovletli idim” (I was rich) Lotu Jabbar played 12 satiric roles on his own.

Some of these plays were seasonal and performed on the certain months of the year, on certain holidays, but some were still played on non-occasional cases (17, 30-65).

One of these actors who were very famous in the XX century in Azerbaijan was Abdal Gasim. He was one of the most prominent actors of the open-air theaters. Like Lotu Jabbar he also a master in the story-telling and acting like different roles on the stage (On the 11th Fenruary of 1915 year the newspaper “Seda-yi hagg” it is said: If the Europe had such an actor, he would be popular for the World. He had stories “Kurdish story” and “Pahlavan Panba” which would make the saddest person on Earth laugh (16, №3).

For example, the plays like “Kos-kosa”, “Kosa oyunu” (Game of Kosa), “Gulverme” (Giving a flower), “Shahbezeme” (Decorating a Shah), “Shah oyunu” (Game of Shah) were performed during the Novruz holidays, wehereas “Ekende yokh, bichende yokh, yeyende ortag gardash” (Brothers on the good days), “Cheltikchiler” (Rice plougher), “Shabih oyunu” were played on the different month of the year. Or the “Garavelli”s that was the different variant of the national theater with dancing and songs. Playes like “Dayirman oyunu” (Playe of windmill), “Hambal ve khanim” (Porter and lady), “Nakhirchi molla” (Shepherd mullah), “Tajir Muhammad” (Merchant Muhammad) were “Garavalli” versions that performed by various talented actors in the regions of Azerbaijan and based on improvisation. The main importance of these plays were that the audience was not only watching, entertaining, resting but also getting lesson from them.

But his activity differs from the other as along with the juggling and storytelling, he could masterly conducting puppet plays. Puppet plays historically were called differently in different times. In the ancient times it was called “oyugh”. This word still exists in this pronunciation but the meaning of which is “a garden watch”. These puppets were different from the dolls in their sizes, features, materials that they were made of (wood, baked clay, pelt, cloth, etc.). Big puppets were called “Muqavva” (scarecow), the medium ones – “bebek” (baby).

This game was called “lobet” and the person playing with puppets – “lobetbaz”. This game was mention by Nizami in the XII century. This information makes us think of two ways – either about the puppet game in its real meaning or the shadow play that was also popular at that time. These two were different type of games and existed in Azerbaijan from the ancient times. The game called “Khayal az-zill” in Arabic countries was famous when this game was known in Azerbaijan with the names of “Khayaloyunu” (Game of imagination) or “Garagoz” (Black-eyed). The latter word had the meaning of the person who cried by false, and during the plays the actors had to cry instead of the puppets, that’s why the play had this name from the audience (see 6).

One of the most popular and beloved games of the open-air theater is “Kilimarasi” (Between the carpets). On of the prominent features of this play is that it is characteristic only for Azerbaijan. This game was made by the actor who lied between the carpets, stayed unseen for the audience and accompanied with the music. Two actors were playing with four puppets in their hands and two people were keeping the carpets so that it was a barrier between them and the audience.

“Maral Game”, “Tapdig choban” games were where the actor held two puppets in his hands, made them move and told the text himself.

These plays were variations of “Kilimarasi”.

German scientist Adam Olearius was in Shamakhi in 1637 year and saw this game. He wrote about the actor holding puppets in his hands and talking to the audience (12, 543).

On June 16, 1931 the Puppet theater was opened in Azerbaijan. But till this time Azerbaijan had a 1000 year of history of puppet games.

Azerbaijan state theater had a wide variation of games but open-air theater and comedies are very important among them. They are having the best features of the cultural history and tried to include the best sides of the nation. They were very powerful when joining with the different genres of the theater and were very effective on the audience.

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While investigating the theater history of Azerbaijan theatre cultures, the most attractive point is the multifunctional skills of the actors who were very unique. That is why the aerobics and dances were the inseparable part of the actor abilities.

“Masqara” plays were not only famous in Azerbaijan but also in the Western countries. The word itself is also international and exists in the same style in different languages – in Italian “maskhera”, in Persian “masghara”, in Spanish “mascara”, etc. with the meaning of “mockery, fun, joke”. This word was used by greeks 24 centuries ago and it is possible it got spread from them. Mockery actors were very close to the jokers in the palaces and that’s why they were also called actors in the East and West. Along with the entertaining the ceremonies, festivals, talking jokes, different funny plays, they were very clever. The lords had given the right of talking the truth to the jokers because they were sophisticated and able to criticize everything including the lord himself without any fear.

“Talkhak” (mockery) was a person living in the palace of Sultan Mahmud Gaznavi in the X-XI centuries. He was the master of this profession, danced very well, could compose numerous numbers of jokes and even became the main figure of others’ jokes. Meanwhile his name became famous and spread all around the region. It is also evident that not all mockeries could get into the palaces and it was the reason of the creation of the “masqara” theaters.

One of the figures of the national theater culture was “Kechel” (Bald-headed). Kechel was a hero of many stories. He was bright, kind-hearted and fought black power, harm, tyrants with his intellect.

He was not only the character of the stories but there exists separate play named “Kechel oyunu” (Game of the Bald-headed). In Iran there is also similar play called “Kechel pehlevan” (Bald athlete) but it is very different from the Azerbaijani one in its theme and plot. In “Kechel oyunu” the performers are two brothers, their old mother, ignorant people and the audience. In all versions of this plays Kechel wins. The other thing that remains unchanged in all regions of Azerbaijan is the look of Kechel. This role was performed skillfully by many actors but the prominent one was Kechel Inayat who lived in the palace of I Shah Abbas during the XVII century. Then his name

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underwent to dissimilation and remained like Kelniyet in the history.

And in the XX century – 1912-1913 years the satiric magazine issued in Baku the publisher of which was Seyid Huseyn was named as “Kelniyet”.

Thus, Azerbaijani open-air and nation theaters that passed more than two thousand year of development was a foundation for many actors, directors, dramatic works the most of which were written down in the XX century. Those who worked during this long period reflected the moral and spiritual progress of the Azerbaijani people, helped them to grow, educated in the love to the beauties of the life, gentle feelings towards the people.

Different moments of the Azerbaijani open-air and nation theaters were described in the portraits of many foreign artists travelling to Azerbaijan in the XVIII-XIX centuries. There is also preserved the image of the Azerbaijani actor painted by the Azerbaijani artist. In one of Sultan Muhammad’s paintings who was the XVI century’s prominent miniature artist, an actor in the goat skin was described in details – an unknown actor is acting in front of the audience.

Azerbaijani people are very grateful to the unknown masters who preserved the valuable examples of national theater traditions!

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The Globe Split: a view of the sustainable disequilibrium paradigm Robert Nizhegorodtsev

Doctor of Economics, Chief of the Laboratory of Economic Dynamics and Control for Innovations in the Institute for Control Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. ICS RAS, lab. 67, Profsoyuznaya St., build. 65, Moscow, 117997, Russia.

The author of more than 700 published works, including 24 monographs and 9 handbooks. Majors in Informational economics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Regional economy, Institutional economics, Economic forecasting.

Full Member of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Dept. of Informatics and Cybernetics (2009).

Bonafide Member of the Oxford Academic Union (2015).

Contemporary economics (especially its part using quantitative of monetary deficit or surplus: the demand for money is either models as the main instrument) is based on some preliminaries that sustainably exceeds their supply, or falls behind it (excessive or can be called an equiliblial paradigm. As usual, the scholars tacitly insufficient level of monetization of the economy). assume preconditions that can’t really happen, and no proof about it has emerged during their expositions.

Cyclical fluctuations experienced by a macrosystem are also often represent oscillations around certain disequilibrial state.

The most rampant of those preliminaries are: So, macroeconomic disequilibrium shouldn’t be considered as · The macrosystems under studying are equilibrial. a deviation from a situation of equilibrium. Disequilibrium of macrosystems is a self-contained and deserving topic of study. The · The processes occurring in them are linear. crucial moment is that disequilibrium is not transitory, not occasional, but rather sustainable and renewable during a long period (Goridko et · Their technological base is homogenous and unchanged during a al., 2013). period of observation.

This fact increases the significance of heuristic models, considering · The external impacts onto them are insufficient and may be scenarios of disequilibrial dynamics of contemporary macrosystems. neglected (dynamics of their key indicators can be explicated The tendency to use equilibrial models among modern economists when no outer factors involved). is so strong that even the AD-AS model is often called a model of balance for aggregate parameters, although it is completely untrue.

A piece of new reality for macroeconomic systems is all the There are substantial reasons to name this model as a model of their assumptions mentioned are incorrect. The economists are disequilibrium, as we shall see shortly. usually indifferent about how close their formal model coincides a real life: they simplify a problem in order to be able to solve it.

That we shall see in the foreseeable future, is an increasing impact of Equilibrial macrosystems have some comfortable features – laws factors associated with the disequilibrial dynamics of macroeconomic of conservation, and linear processes can be forecasted easily. systems - primarily technological shifts. Therefore, increasing So, researchers attribute some features to real systems under importance of the theoretical paradigm of disequilibrium and investigation, then construct a model grounded on those inventions, analytical and forecasting results obtained with its help. and finally draw some conclusions based on studies of their own model. The approach described puts aside the main question: how The greatest merit of John Maynard Keynes for the study of those conclusions relate to a real life. equilibrium of aggregate parameters is, inter alia, that he has proved the fact of the possibility of macroeconomic equilibrium with any The most of real macrosystems (which are not thought up by the degree of resource involving. The scholars of the classical school authors of scientific treatises and textbooks) are disequilibrial. before the Keynesian era believed that a balance is possible only in Thereby recessionary and inflationary gaps are often very stable, a state of full employment. Sometimes, macroeconomics textbooks and a macrosystem remains in a certain state of imbalance for written by neoclassical economists still identify an equilibrial value decades, and during that period it doesn’t feel some bias (that is often of the macrosystem output with a potential one, that, of course, is attributed to it), some "aspiration" to the equilibrium state. This means absolutely wrong. In fact, an aggregate demand curve is able to cross that in certain macrosystems the aggregate demand outstrips either an aggregate supply curve in any of its part (Fig. 1). the aggregate supply (this type of imbalance is called an inflationary gap) or, on the contrary, ranks below the aggregate supply (a No one should mix up a potential GDP and an equilibrial one. The recessionary gap). obvious desert of the Keynesian theory is a proof that macroeconomic equilibrium occurs at any level of resource engaging.

As for the money market, yet (let not for dozens of years, but for several years) a macrosystem is capable to dwell in a state

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Let’s note that the situation of "full" employment, which aspires to achieve the governments of developed countries, is not really a "blue dream" for public authorities. The state of full employment, if we could reach it, would mean that the total volume of labor is involved in the production, the resource is exhausted and hence further stimulation of an aggregate demand (arrow in Fig. 3) will not bring success to ensure an output increase, and will just lead to an inflationary overheating of the economy. Thus, we can see that a state of full employment (assuming that it has been reached) knocks out the most important control lever that permits a government to adjust a macrosystem – an aggregate demand.

Fig. 1. The states of macroeconomic equilibrium in different parts of AS curve

The root cause of differences between Keynesian and classical doctrines is that Keynes and his disciples studied a different piece of economic reality, a different type of economy. Economic systems investigated by Keynesians, are based on the quasi-monopoly markets, while the main conclusions of the classical school (as well as the neoclassical synthesis, largely inherited the logic of the classical doctrine) are related to perfectly competitive economy (Fig. 2).

Many textbooks in economics indicate that a "Keynesian" part of the AS curve describes the short-run relationship between Y and P (SRAS curve - short-run aggregate supply), and a "classic" part - a long-term relationship between those parameters (LRAS curve long-run aggregate supply). However, this is absolutely untrue. That position expresses the neoclassical view of the differences between the Keynesians and neoclassicals. In fact, anyone can see both shortterm and long-term effects in any part of the AS curve.

One of the typical examples of macroeconomic disequilibrium in developed economies is shown in Fig. 4 by AD-AS model. Let the general price level P0 in a macroeconomic system (country or region) was established at a level exceeding the equilibrium, so that the current aggregate demand YAD is above the current aggregate supply YAS. Keynesians (and - after them - economics in general) called the situation of that kind a recessionary gap, because the fact that an aggregate supply exceeds an aggregate demand often means that the economy is on the verge of recession, originally described in the economic literature as a crisis of overproduction.

However, until the crisis has not come yet, there is only the fact of overproduction, and a government has a number of ways to prevent baneful effects and to implement macroeconomic stabilization.

Sustainable disequilibrium of macroeconomic systems in a state of recessionary gap assumes a number of possible scenarios of rebalancing, which are indicated by arrows in Fig. 4 (Nizhegorodtsev, 2011).

Fig. 2. “Keynesian” (arrow 2) and “classical” (arrow 1) reaction of economy to aggregate demand shocks

Fig. 3. Situation of total employment in the AD—AS model

Fig. 4. Recessionary gap: scenarios of disequilibrial dynamics

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Another example of macroeconomic imbalances crucially different from the first one is an inflationary gap (Fig. 5). Let the general price level is fixed at P0, where the current level of an aggregate demand YAD is ahead of the current level of an aggregate supply YAS. This situation also permits to describe different scenarios depending on the actions of a government and on the specifics of investigated macrosystem.

A government suppressing a price level in inflationary gapped economies evokes some externalities concerning resource outflow.

Underevaluated resources move to recessionary gapped economies where they must be highly evaluated. So, that’s a reason for internal protection of resource markets in a planned economy and for their certain isolation from the rest of a global economy.

Inflationary gapped economies cannot be open also for monetary circulation. If we assume that free circulation of currency permits to accumulate it in the hands of non-residents, they will go with that currency to the domestic market of the country and put her systematic plunder due to great difference in a general price level.

Goods export from an inflationary gapped macrosystem should also be centralized, otherwise the difference in a general price level will lead to the immediate devastation of the country through the efforts of residents seeking to sell all they can at a low price in order to make a quick profit, albeit small. Actually, exactly this happened with the post-socialist economies where their foreign trade has been liberalized.

Fig. 5. Inflationary gap: scenarios of disequilibrial dynamics

We note the state of an inflationary gap doesn’t allow to "heat" an aggregate demand, shifting the AD curve to the right and upward. It is dangerous for the macroeconomic balance, because in this case the general price level starts to rise spontaneously, trying to "reach out" to the point of equilibrium, which entails growing inflation (precisely saying - demand inflation). The safe way to stimulate an aggregate demand in a situation of inflationary gap can only be associated with the methods that, leaving an AD curve in its place, shift to the right along it the curve of AS, i.e. change the relationship between the price level and aggregate supply.

Considered situation, of course, do not exhaust all the possibilities of disequilibrial dynamics. In a real life, the curves of aggregate demand, aggregate supply and the line of the general price level move not alternately but simultaneously, that significantly complicates the analysis of macroeconomic dynamics. The key to this analysis may be obtained by studying the factors of movement of corresponding curves, as well as the challenges that a government or a regional administration face to.

Let’s note that the state of an inflationary gap usually characterizes developing countries and countries with so called planned economy where a government restrains a price level to meet the needs of people. An aggregate demand outstrips an aggregate supply, and, generally speaking, that’s an economy of deficit – a subject has been described many times by researchers of a planned economy (Bukharin, 1920; Kornai, 1988). An aggregate demand can’t be an important driver for economic growth of such macrosystem because its heating is detrimental for stability of a macrosystem, since it even more deepens a gap between jumping AD and AS dragging behind it.

Thus, a macrosystem in a state of inflationary gap is a closed economy with a government monopoly for foreign trade and monetary transactions. Autarchic, isolated character of an economy of this type is logically derives from the specifics of its internal devices.

Most countries with developed market economies, by contrast, often have the state of a recessionary gap, in which an aggregate supply outstrips an aggregate demand. This is the standard economics of excess (by speculating on this fact, adherents of this economic system call it an affluent society or a society of consumption), in which almost the only scarce resource is money, and the amount of effective demand is the main limitation of final consumption. Thus, the abundance in the economic systems of this type takes place only for those agents who has no problems with solvency. It’s an obvious tautology, since a market economy is an economy for the rich, where the principle of class inequality is elevated into a cornerstone.

Macroeconomic systems of both types face overt problems associated with imbalances of aggregate parameters, with a sustainable gap between an aggregate demand and an aggregate supply. No one of considered types of disequilibrial macrosystems is free from problems associated with market failures and boundaries for government adjustment.

Macrosystems of two considered types are characterized by different institutional entities. Institutions operating in one of them cannot be imported into another one without proper adaptation, because the importing system requires other functions for the same institutions.

That’s the main reason for the institutions of a market economy imported into transitional economies have never been properly installed. The most reliable way of institutional development of macrosystems is the growing institutions on its own basis, when the formation of the institute starts with determination of some functions to execute.

The monopoly for creation of global financial institutions and institutions of international law assigned by developed countries

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evokes protests of underdeveloped countries, whose economies experiencing inflationary gap. They will inevitably make efforts aimed at the destruction of that monopoly through creation of an alternative global institutional system, and some developed and rich countries interpret it as an attempt to overturn the global order.

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Thus, the modern global economy is subdivided (not by geographical but economic principles) into two unequal parts, one of which includes a macrosystems in a recessionary gap, the other consists of economies in an inflationary gap. Their interests are antagonistic, and conflicts between them are unavoidable. Despite the fact that the recessionary gap countries increasingly resorting to forceful remedies, the tools of adjustment should be sought only through mutual coordination of long-run interests.

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State Authority and Governing the Nation National Identity and State Ideology Nur-Akhmet Dosmukhamet

Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, President to the International Turkic-Slavic Academy ("Academy TURKISLAV"), Astana, Kazakhstan Turkic Akademy 57, Tauelsizdik str., Astana, 010000, Kazakhstan Email: 7nurdos@gmail.com Phone: +7701 777 1701

National Identity and State Ideol

State Authority and Governing the Nation

In this essay highlights of forming nation as the largest communications have been analyzed. From the viewpoint of communicativistics the basic criteria for the existence of national identity have been comprehended, features and differences of national states have been defined. The role of ideology as a powerful communication informational systems in the lives of nations has been also revealed, the role of «nation forming» teachings was studied, as well as substantiates the necessity of its own national ideological doctrine, especially for the newly independent state.

The paper deals with the topical issues of national building and state authority. Based on findings of analyzing the mechanism of authority system formation and intra-national relations, the author proposes the integrated system to govern both the state and the nation. The attention is focused on academic and practical issues of state formation and finding out, what is the essence of authority, which are its main features and which is the difference between the state and personal authority. Conceptual elements and mechanisms of state governance and national development are considered, the role and importance of a national leader is emphasized. It is written in the most open manner, hoping for a broad discussion. This paper is the part of the wider scientific treatise, which itself is the logical extension of the “National Unity Doctrine of Kazakhstan”, the main text of which has been written by the author earlier.

(Article first published: April 10, 2014)

Keywords: national identity, intellectuals of the nation, the state ideology, communication study, ideological doctrine. http://www.naukaru.ru/journal/article/ view/3446/

(First published: December 15, 2014)

Keywords: state authority, essence of authority, state governance, national interest, governing the nation, Nation Unity Doctrine of Kazakhstan, managing national interest, national values, leader of the nation. http://upravlenie.guu.ru/wpcontent/uploads/2015/01/ Уп ра в л е н и е _ 4 _ 2 0 1 4 . p d f

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The Treatment of Some InflammatoryDegenerative Pathologies of Joints by IntroArticular Joint Cartilage Formation Maximilian Kravchik

Professor, MD, PhD, neurosurgeon at “International Medical Center” (Moscow), head of the department of rehabilitation at “Pain Clinic” (Tel-Aviv)

Galina Karimova

MD, head of “International Medical Center” (Moscow)

Professor Grigory Kravchik

Professor, MD, PhD, orthopedist at “International Medical Center” (Moscow)

In orthopedic and trauma practice occurs a number of pathologies, therapeutic treatment which is ineffective, and surgery for various reasons is undesirable. Such diseases include chronic polyarthritis, deforming arthrosis 2-3 stage, meniscus injury, and so on.

The technical result is achieved using a method of treating inflammatory and degenerative pathologies by intra-articular joint modeling is the high efficiency of therapy, allowing to achieve a complete cure, able to avoid surgery, including joint replacement, the possibility of outpatient treatment, the absence of contraindications.

The inventive effect is achieved in the implementation of a method for treating inflammatory-degenerative pathologies of joints, comprising the fact that the treatment is carried out in three stages, the first of which is conducted in at least one course of combined therapy aimed at suppressing the inflammatory response and pain relief. The second stage is used, at least one session focused extracorporeal shock wave therapy Ultra High Power, aimed at 308

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creating a thicker cartilage microcavities that the third stage is filled with modeling compound, which is used as a mixture of 15 parts of particulate biopolymer gel, 65 parts of hyaluronic acid, 15 parts of the extract of animals cartilage and 5 parts of Dimexidum solution, and filling is carried out by intraarticular microcavities electrophoresis followed by stabilization via noninvasive pulsed infrared laser with a high-with a wavelength of 785 nm, while ensuring the heating of the filling simulator to 44 degrees Celsius.

The main difference of the method for treatment of inflammatory and degenerative pathologies by intra-articular joint modeling from other known methods is to create a micro-cavities in the intraarticular cartilage, and then fill the cells by the modeling structure and stabilization of the resultant structure, to achieve full recovery of shape, volume and consistency of the normal intra-articular cartilage.

Combined therapy at the first stage of treatment includes microwave heating of the musculo-ligamentous apparatus of

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the affected joint, ultrasound therapy and drug anti-inflammatory therapy.

Microwave heating of the musculo-ligamentous apparatus of the affected joint is electromagnetic radiation between radio waves and infrared at a frequency of 30 GHz 300MGts. In medicine uses three frequencies and microwaves respectively three lengths: 2450 MHz (12.245 cm), 915 MHz (32.79 cm) and 433.9 MHz (69.14 cm).

In Europe, the use of all three frequency microwave therapy in the US - only the first two.

For the electromagnetic field of the microwave magnetron vacuum is used, combining the functions of electronic valves and oscillating circuit. The electron source is a magnetron cathode.

The electric field between the cathode and anode accelerates the electrons. Small-sized permanent magnet, which is equipped with a magnetron, produces a magnetic field directs the movement of electrons. The electromagnetic field of the microwave supplied to the tissue via special directional emitters which constitute the dielectric antenna. Radiators are used for contact and remote methods of exposure. When the remote unit is set in the exposure screened cabin, so that the emitter is directed towards the outer wall.

Microwave energy is mainly absorbed by water molecules, the permeability of the dielectric in connection with this small.

When exposed to microwaves in the centimeter range dipoles of water have time to turn around completely for one sign change polarity. Absorption of energy occurs primarily in tissues rich in water. Largely reflect their skin surface, take into account that at a dose procedure is not possible. Depending on the thickness of the subcutaneous fat layer and the emitter is reflected location features 25 to 75% of microwave energy, on average about 40%. Much a reflection of their interfaces from other tissues: skin - subcutaneous fat, subcutaneous tissue - muscles. Thus, the formation of so-called "standing" wave in the tissue. They are formed when a wave is reflected from the boundary between two media, and the imposition of the reflected to the next incident wave.

According to the laws of physics "standing" wave is formed in the case, if the distance between the boundaries of the two media is more than a quarter wavelength. This situation can occur when the thickness of the subcutaneous fat layer more than 2 cm.

Microwaves (UHF-therapy) is about twice less intense reflective surface of the skin. They are less than a centimeter wavelength range absorbed by water, since the phenomenon of resonance of dipoles of water at this frequency electromagnetic fields are less pronounced. The energy of these waves as the penetration depth of the tissue dies twice as slow compared to centimeter waves.

Warming tissue UHF therapy occurs at a depth of 3 cm. In the formation of "standing" waves are significant local increase in tissue temperature up to burn. This overheating of tissue accompanied by a feeling of fullness, burning, bursting pain that requires immediate dose reduction or cessation of exposure procedures.

Physiological effects of exposure to microwave treatment on a living organism are to improve the metabolic activity of cells,

reducing the viscosity of all liquids, increasing the extensibility of collagen, increase blood flow, effective impact on the nervous system.

The therapeutic effect of microwave radiation is shown as an anesthetic (due to the direct effects on pain gate, accelerated removal of irritants and by increasing blood flow, reducing muscle spasms, sedation), reduction or complete cessation of muscle spasm due to direct effects on muscle spindle-shaped structure, the acceleration recovery by increasing the metabolic activity that has an impact on post-traumatic process and course of chronic infection, softening of collagen tissue, scar tissue and other fibrosis, treatment of muscle tissue by increasing intramuscular blood flow.

On the oscillatory effect associated anti-inflammatory effect of microwaves, anti-allergic effect, a positive effect on immunegenesis. Despite the fact that the action of the microwaves spread in a small volume of tissue, the overall reaction can be observed. They are implemented mainly through strengthening the function of the parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system: lowering blood pressure, slowing of the heart rate, slowing intraventricular conduction in the heart. Stimulation of synthesis of some prostaglandins.

With the thermal effect of microwaves connected analgesic effect, the intensification of blood and lymph circulation in the tissues, the intensification of metabolism. It should be remembered that the oscillator and thermal effects are inseparable and are shown simultaneously.

Ultrasound is a form of mechanical energy and represents the mechanical vibrations of an elastic medium frequency greater than 16 kHz, which are not perceived by the human ear. These vibrations are transmitted as a longitudinal wave causing alternating compression and rarefaction of the medium or material.

The greater the power of the transmitted energy, the greater the amplitude of the deviations of the particles of the medium on the initial state. The distance includes a compression region and a vacuum region is a wavelength which is inversely proportional to the oscillation frequency.

Low frequencies ultrasonic waves are propagate spherically with increasing oscillation frequency and accordingly, reduce the wavelength of ultrasonic beam becomes straightforward.

Rectilinear propagation of ultrasonic waves of high frequency (800 - 3000 kHz) is responsible for their use in physiotherapy. These waves propagate parallel to each other, they can be concentrated in a limited area. Absorption of ultrasonic waves varies in different tissues. For example, the absorption coefficient for the ultrasonic bone 12-15 times higher compared to the muscle tissue. In general, the higher the oscillation frequency, the more intense the absorption, the less the penetration depth. High frequency ultrasound intensely absorbed by the air.

His slightest layer between the emitter and the surface of the skin retain ultrasonic waves. In this regard, the therapeutic effect using airless contact medium: petrolatum, glycerin, lanolin. In those cases Socrates Almanac "Prime Business Destinations â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2015"

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where not possible contact between the ultrasound transducer and the skin surface (area of hand, foot), exposure is performed remotely through the water with a gap of 1-2 cm. For ultrasound using a reverse piezoelectric effect.

Under the piezoelectric effect to understand the phenomenon of electric polarization of crystals caused by their mechanical deformation: compression, tension, bending, torsion. These properties are quartz crystals of barium titanate and others. On the other hand, by placing the crystals in a variable electric field, they are stretched and compressed, depending on the field direction. The frequency of the received mechanical oscillations corresponds to the frequency of the electric field. Thus, the apparatus for obtaining ultrasonic generator comprises an ultrasonic high frequency transducer (vibrator applicator) in which is placed the plate barium titanate or quartz.

Ultrasonic emitter tightly pressed against the surface of the skin in the affected joint or, if not possible close contact, the remote wire exposure through water. Remote method is used in cases when the treated surface of the body has a complicated shape (fingers and toes) or larger surface area. For this purpose, a glass or ceramic cuvette filled with water or a drug solution, the entire portion of the body is placed, which is intended to be subjected to ultrasonic radiation. Then immersed in the water a source of ultrasound (emitting head) and include ultrasonic wave generator.

Basic biophysical processes in tissues associated with the three main effects of ultrasound: mechanical (mechanics and dynamic), physico-chemical and thermal.

Mechanical action is manifested at the cellular and subcellular levels. The impact of high-intensity ultrasound leads to rupture of tissue with the formation of microscopic cavities, the existence of which is comparable with the period of ultrasonic vibration.

The mechanical action of the low intensity ultrasound that is used in physiotherapy is vibrational micromassage tissues. In this case, cells and tissue structures amplified diffusion and osmosis processes.

Physico-chemical activity of ultrasound is associated with complex electron quantum phenomena at the molecular level. Accelerating the movement of molecules, increasing the formation of ions.

In tissues increases the number of free radicals, activate the formation of biologically active substances and redox reactions, increased dispersion colloids cells. In therapeutic ultrasound dosages is the catalyst of biochemical reactions.

Thermal effect associated with the conversion of mechanical energy into heat, and it comes to endogenous heat. Heat is produced primarily in the tissues rapidly absorbing ultrasound: nervous tissue, bones. Is heated throughout the tissue is the volume heating, heat is generated as the boundary between two media of different acoustic density - structural heating. As used in physiotherapy small intensity ultrasound noticeable increase tissue temperature during treatment is not observed. Thermal effect in this case, plays a secondary role.

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Depending on the applied dose can be observed damaging, depressing and stimulating effect of ultrasound. In physiotherapy using doses which cause a stimulating effect without causing destructive changes in the tissues. To determine the optimal frequency, power and duration of radiation treatments are standard tables for physical therapy ultrasound, wherein the dose of radiation depends on the depth of the surface area and the pathological focus.

Depending on the depth of the chamber and its surface should apply a different power and irradiation time. The depth of tissue penetration of ultrasound frequency of 800-1000 kHz is estimated at 5-6cm, frequency of 2400 kHz - three times less. Best ultrasound penetrates into the fatty tissue of the nervous and muscular delayed. A significant number of ultrasound is absorbed at the interface tissue with varying acoustic density. From bones reflect 60% of the incident ultrasound energy. In small subthreshold doses ultrasound can penetrate to a depth of 20 cm as the data visualization of reflected waves from this depth. This fact is used in the ultrasonic diagnosis.

Physiological responses associated with the main biophysical effects are closely intertwined and interact. At therapeutic doses, ultrasound has a generally stimulating effect on cell function. In the initial phase effects observed swelling of mitochondria, variations in the structure of the matrix structure of cell shape becomes blurred.

Irritation of cells leads to activation of its activity, strengthening the respiratory activity of mitochondria. In general, there is a biological effect of stimulation, which lasts for several hours after a single exposure. Higher doses cause abrupt changes in cellular microstructures inhibit the activity of cells, there are signs of the damaging effect.

Under the influence of ultrasound on the connective tissue is observed rejuvenation of its cellular and fibrous structures. There are cells with abundant cytoplasm represented mainly substance increases the amount of elastic fibers and collagen formation is inhibited. When exposed to excessive connective tissue with ultrasound has restructured, that makes more elastic scar.

Low intensity ultrasound accelerates regeneration of damaged nerve fibers, reduces the sensitivity of receptors, which is manifested analgesic effect. The ultrasound acts on the receptor apparatus of the skin without causing any noticeable subjective sensations. Most sensitive to its effects, facial skin and stomach.

Impact on skin receptors specific reflex zones leads to the common responses that are realized through higher autonomic centers of the hypothalamic-pituitary system. According to this mechanism of action of ultrasound therapy increases the lability of the nerve centers and the adaptive-trophic functions of the whole organism.

In some medical procedures used is the total effect of ultrasound.

Anti-inflammatory therapy is to appoint a course of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (Voltaren 75mg x 3ml) by intramuscular injection 1 ampoule 3 times a week, but not more than 10 ampoules for the entire course of treatment.

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The success of the first phase of treatment is determined by the results of repeated ultrasound images of the affected joint, which is determined by the dynamics of change in the severity of soft tissue swelling. In some cases, during the shots may be necessary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

In the second phase of treatment is used, at least one course of adjuvant therapy, aimed at creating a thicker cartilage microcavities, which will later be filled with modeling compound. A similar effect is achieved by using a focused extracorporeal shock wave therapy Ultra High Power (F-SWT).

Focused extracorporeal shock wave therapy is based on short-time (0.5 seconds) discharges of the low-frequency sound wave shock, which loosens the lime and fibrotic lesions that cause inflammation and pain, and also forms microfractures in weakened sections of cartilage degeneration.

By the power of radiated energy shock wave therapy can be subdivided on the low-energy (1-2 MPa, is mainly used to perform physiotherapy) regular (3-5 MPa is applied for the treatment of musculo-ligamentous apparatus), high-energy (up to 10-15 mPa is applied for the treatment of protrusions and herniations of intervertebral discs) and ultra-high-power (from 15mPa above, is used to destroy kidney stones and gall bladder, as well as describing the methods of treatment of joints).

F-SWT is based on creating a shock wave with a high flux density, which focuses on a limited target area. This is to ensure that the shock waves develop full power only in a selected area for treatment without harming the surrounding tissues. Hyperbaric effect of F-SWT based on the ability of the acoustic vibrations form a void in the tissues as a result of which a liquid to a gas and leaving it out. This component therapy F-SWT is crucial in the treatment of hastily-degenerative joint disease. Thus, the effects produced on the fabric, leading to deformation of the cell membranes by mechanical impact shocks.

Parameters determining successful extracorporeal therapy mainly are the energy and power density. These parameters depend on the degree of intra-articular cartilage degeneration and are selected for each patient individually. Mechanical or acoustic energy of the shock wave is determined by the amplitude of the pressure and its duration, the acoustic properties of the medium (density and acoustic velocity) and the spatial distribution of the shock wave. To achieve a noticeable effect in the tissue, the energy of the shock wave must be limited accurately focused on the target area, where it exceeds the threshold value, and will produce a therapeutic effect. It is believed that shock waves are effective if the pressure is 200 bar (20 MPa) or more. This zone corresponds to the so-called focus 20 mPa. F-SWT is at the threshold energy, selected from the range of 15-25 MPa. In this case, the optimum is considered to be a way to find a course of F-SWT when one session microcavity formed in 10-15% of the mass interarticular cartilage that can be tracked by results of US joint. The energy of F-SWT settings during the treatment, and pulse frequency (0.5 to 20 Hz) is determined by the doctor depending on the dynamics of the therapy. If the patient begins to

experience pain even when properly focused shock waves flow, reduce their energy at 2.0-5.0 MPa. It is also possible to reduce the pulse frequency 1-5 Hz. Practice shows that in most cases this is enough for a relatively small decrease in the effectiveness of therapy. For maximum effect, wave penetration into the tissues of the body, it is desirable to use the gel conductors, such as conductive gel for ultrasound therapy / diagnosis. During the procedure, the head of the emitter F-SWT tightly pressed against the surface of the joint, moving slowly so as to focus the radiation always been concentrated in the affected cartilage.

As mentioned above, the rate of F-SWT consists of a large number of sessions. To create the desired amount of microvoids in cartilage tissue may require from 3 to 20 treatments. It is absolutely necessary to perform the control ultrasound images of the joint to be treated every 5-6 sessions to manage the process of loosening cartilage. Completion of the second phase must also be accompanied by a study using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

The third stage of treatment is used to fill of microcavities interarticular cartilage tissue and stabilization derived cells with a laser. Due to the fact that the amount of composition filled microwells volume exceeds microcavity blank after completion of the simulation screen in the cartilage is increased to 70-75%, but the method of treating joint cartilage does not increase the thickness more than 50-60%, otherwise, it may affected the structural integrity of the cartilage due to the expression of heterogeneous tissue.

Simulating composition as a mixture of 15 parts of particulate biopolymer gel, 65 parts of hyaluronic acid (in the form of preparations on its basis: preparation Osteonil, Fermatron, Synovisc, Duralan), 15 parts of the extract of cartilage from animals and 5 parts of a solution Dimexidum. The resulting sterile formulation introduced directly in the affected joints, evenly redistributed in thickness interarticular cartilage filling the microcavities. After simulating composition impregnate and fill the cartilage microcavity that is determined by the results of the ultrasound images of the joint, carried out by means of stabilizing the infrared high intensity laser having a wavelength of 785 nm.

At the heart of bio-stimulating effects of laser radiation in the red and infrared processes are active molecules capture light particles - photosensitizers, transporting energy to the negative form of the molecule, followed by a break ionic bonds in them, and the formation of free ions. Simultaneously, there is increased permeability of the cell membrane to ions and enzymes, thereby increasing the bioenergetic activity of cells in protein, nucleic and lipid metabolism. Upon absorption of laser radiation, it is completely transformed into thermal energy. As a result, thermal expansion of the cytoplasm, activation of various enzyme systems, and possibly change the visco-elastic properties of the membranes which serve as natural boundaries between phases in a biological space. These changes at the molecular level may provide an impetus for deeper secondary effects.

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determine the hydrodynamic effects that are common initial pulse infrared laser action. Even short-term increase of temperature fluctuations in the critical areas of the molecule leads to its transfer to a new conformational state of the other reactive. Photoactivation in complex biological objects such as humans, there is a multistage process.

In the human body, in addition to specialized photoreceptors, there is a lot of photoreceptors with universal properties. These include hemoglobin, having different absorption bands in dependence on the state at or hydroxy desoxy: porphyrins, cyclic nucleotides, iron and copper-containing enzymes (catalase, superoxide dismutase), enzymes redox cycle, cytochromes, pigments and other substances.

The intensity of the laser irradiation is determined both by the nature of the radiation (wavelength, power density, exposure, modulation frequency and amplitude, etc.) and the properties of biological systems. The penetration depth of the laser beam in biological objects depends on the wavelength of the radiation and methods of exposure (contact, Distant). The penetrating ability of radiation increases gradually from orange to ultraviolet spectral region.

The nature of the laser radiation on biological objects depends on the length and the laser power. Under the influence of laser radiation on bone activates the regeneration of bone tissue in the form of accelerated proliferation of osteoblasts and osteoclasts while enhancing cell differentiation; increase of bone calcium, phosphorus and protein, increase bone volume, bone tissue vascularization.

Under the influence of the laser radiation of low intensity at the articular cartilage observed anti-inflammatory effects of laser radiation, increased fibrinogen levels, proliferation of fibroblasts.

The positive effect of laser therapy in deforming arthrosis and arthritis expressed in the elimination or reduction of pain, normalize or increase the range of motion in the affected joint, the disappearance of stiffness and facilitate walking.

All methods of laser therapy used to treat patients with orthopedic and trauma profile can be divided into two major groups - invasive laser therapy (made in violation of the integrity of the tissue) and non-invasive (without compromising the integrity of the tissue).

The most commonly used externally (percutaneous) laser therapy.

Irradiation is carried out in the fields, zones, acupuncture points.

Use options stable (stationary) and labile (laser beam scanning) method. Irradiation may be carried out by a focused and defocused

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laser beam through air, or through a liquid medium. Furthermore, it is possible to allocate a distant (with a certain gap between the skin and the transducer) and the contact (without gap) effects.

When the contact radiation exposure using fiber or radiating head is applied directly to the skin without any gap between them.

Distinguish contact, contact with compression (dosed pressure on the skin or the emitting end of the fiber head) and contactmirror effects (on both sides of the fiber has a reflecting mirror).

To enhance absorption of laser radiation (in pathologically altered tissues) may use some dyes in colored areas as the absorption of the laser energy in the red range is increased to 60-70%, which, naturally, increases the therapeutic effects.

In the described method for the treatment of inflammatory and degenerative pathologies of joint used noninvasive pulsed irradiation of high-energy infrared laser with a wavelength of 785 nm and emission power of 7-10 W at a pulse duration of 0.5 seconds and a pulse frequency 1 Hz. The purpose of this manipulation - heat the filling microcell modeling the composition of up to 44 degrees Celsius. At this temperature inside the microcell microscopic droplets merge fine biopolymer gel in large vacuoles. After cooling, the modeling composition to normal for a person within the joint temperature of 37-38 degrees Celsius, each microcell is filled with modeling compound, is securely held inside the cartilage drops biopolymer gel. During the manipulations necessary to carefully monitor the temperature of the cartilage as measured by infrared thermometer. If the heating is too rapid cartilage must either reduce the radiation power of 1-2 watts, or to increase the interval between pulses of 1-2 Hz, or to reduce the pulse duration of 0.2-0.3 sec. After each manipulation is necessary to monitor the result with the help of ultrasound images of the joint.

The described method for the treatment of inflammatory and degenerative pathologies by intra-articular joint cartilage modeling offers an exceptionally high performance even in the third stage of arthritis, are inconclusive when all other methods of conservative treatment. At the same time, this method avoids surgery for joint replacement, until recently, was considered the only way to treat with severe intra-articular cartilage degeneration. According to statistics obtained by the Israeli clinic ÂŤPain ClinicÂť on the results of 13 years of experience in conducting more than 14,000 patients with different pathologies of the joints, the effectiveness of treatment by intra-articular cartilage modeling approaching 95% clinical and laboratory confirmation of a positive result.

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Why SLOW LIFE? Why now?

Sonu Shivdasani

Soneva Group, Founder and Chief Executive Officer 142 Two Pacific Place, 19 F, Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok, Thailand Email: mail@soneva.com Website: www.soneva.com; www.slowlifefoundation.org; www.slowlifesymposium.com

When you look back at the early history of corporations, the expectation that they should serve to benefit society is clear. From the 15th century onwards, a Charter of Limited Liability was a gift by the citizens of a country through their governments, so that corporations could provide a service to the public. There were limits on profits, limits on the amount of debt allowed and even limits on how much land corporations could own. They had a clear mandate by the people to serve the people. Over time this relationship has gradually changed. Corporations have grown increasingly independent. In many cases, the emphasis has moved away from the creation of public good towards the creation of wealth for shareholders, and as such, the contract between businesses and society has broken down. Today corporations measure success through profits, share price and dividends. But as Robert Kennedy said, this “measures everything except that which makes life worthwhile”. It seems that corporations are no longer mandated by society to do good, and yet they still enjoy the benefits that limited liability brings. So, how will this imbalance affect our society, our economy and our planet? The charity Oxfam recently published research forecasting that by 2016 the richest 85 people in the world will have the same wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population: 3.5 billion people. Christine Lagarde, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, proclaimed, “Make no mistake; it is the world’s most vulnerable people who will suffer most from the convulsions of climate.” She went on to say that due to environmental degradation, by 2030 “almost half of the world’s population will live in regions of high water stress or shortage” and “that 40% of the land now used to grow maize in sub-Saharan Africa will no longer be able to support that crop”. So we will see the natural environment upon which we depend to sustain us instead turning against us.

I have spent my life working in the hotel industry, and have devoted my career towards building what is now a network of luxury resorts. I do not believe that this puts me at odds with conservation but I am the first to admit that my sector has a role to play in admitting where it has failed. Hotels serve the richest 20-30% of the world’s population, and in doing so consume far too many natural resources, therefore negatively impacting the other 70-80% of society, the world’s poorest. There can be no doubt that we, as an industry, consume far more than our fair share of resources. But I believe that all companies, hotel businesses included, must have a purpose beyond profit. They must play a greater role in the world beyond just enriching their shareholders. I don’t believe that this has

to run counter to a successful business model – in fact it can be central to it. In the hotel business we can find opportunities to make small positive changes that do not impact negatively on either our profitability or our guests’ perception of our products, yet which can generate considerable good for both the environment and society. In fact, they can often enhance our guests’ experience. By taking bold steps we can fundamentally redress the balance between business and society, and shift back to the original purpose of the corporation as a service to society.

We are trying to achieve this at Soneva. We have made some radical changes to the way we do things, but we are the first to admit that this is the beginning of a journey and that there is still much to do. Our hotels are located amongst some of the world’s most pristine waters and natural environments which make us acutely aware of their natural importance, and we are passionate about conserving them. Reducing our environmental impact is central to our company’s philosophy. We have implemented some specific initiatives that we can practice in our own business, but we also have programmes that are designed to impact the wider world. In 2008 we took the simple step of adding a mandatory 2% carbon levy to our guests’ bills, to off-set their travel emissions. It was a small change and relatively small charge, which we found our guests more than happy to accept.

And the rewards have been great. In seven years we have raised about USD5m, which the SLOW LIFE1 Foundation has used to fund a reforestation programme in northern Thailand. Through this, we have planted around half a million trees, mitigating around 250,000 tons of CO2. Additionally, funds have financed wind power generators in South India, and we have distributed 30,000 low carbon cooking stoves in Myanmar and Darfur, helping 150,000 people. We have also convened some of the world’s greatest minds across science, business, philanthropy and policy at our annual SLOW LIFE Symposium. Described by one of our participants as a ‘laboratory of intent’, the event, now in its fifth year, provides these leaders with the time and space to address the worst challenges threatening our incredible natural environment, and create tangible, collaborative solutions.

The Symposium has delivered real results. For example, in 2011 the WHOLE WORLD Water (WWW) initiative was conceived and cofounded by Symposium attendees Karena Albers and Jenifer Willig in partnership with the SLOW LIFE Foundation. The premise was

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simple: how can we scale the Soneva model of filtering and bottling water locally and using part of the revenue to fund clean water initiatives rather than importing bottled water? The model devised not only eliminates plastic waste but also cuts out unnecessary transportation miles. Today WWW extends this concept out to the travel and tourism industry, with 10% of sales revenues invested in clean and safe drinking water initiatives around the world. The scale of ambition for WWW is dizzying – we estimate that if the entire travel and tourism industry united around this single issue, we could raise $1bn annually. While this target is still some way off, last year WWW made its first investments in clean water projects in Cambodia, Uganda and India. It is remarkable that many children in our island nation, The Maldives, do not swim. A fear of the water is compounded by a nationwide waste problem that sees local island beaches used as a dumping ground for household waste. Following the 2013 SLOW LIFE Symposium, Soneva Fushi established a Learn To Swim programme with our neighbouring island Eydhafushi. By teaching children to swim, we hope that they will learn to love their ocean, and when they love it, they will protect it. In 2015 we will scale this programme to offer intensive swimming programmes across Baa Atoll, partnering with other resorts, local and national NGOs, environmental awareness groups and government ministries.

Supported by filmmaker and National Geographic adventurer Jon Bowermaster, who made a documentary film of the 2014 Learn To Swim programme, we aim to develop a model of environmental inspiration and education that can be applied around the world.

At the 2013 SLOW LIFE Symposium, we were inspired by Jochen Zeitz’s introduction of an environmental profit and loss account at the sports brand Puma. We have committed to adopt this at Soneva and we will use the methodology we develop to support other businesses that are preparing to take this step.

We already undertake a granular analysis of our environmental performance, but the EP&L will take this to another level. As Jochen says, you cannot manage what you do not measure.

Much of this management is necessarily via our supply chains. At the 2014 Symposium, discussions with Maldivian government ministers centred around plans to develop a Blue Economy. Connections were made between foundations, marine experts, economists and government ministries to devise an economic model for the Maldivian fisheries that is sustainable, provides a viable livelihood for the nation’s fishermen, and values and protects the reef ecology.

Digital Green, led by the remarkable young social entrepreneur Rikin Gandhi, is doing amazing work through peer-to-peer video tutorials to increase yield for smallholder farmers in India.

Digital Green is supporting many of these farmers to convert from an anaerobic floodbased cultivation of paddy to the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), which can reduce nitrous oxide emissions by 0.90kg per hectare. A team from the SLOW LIFE Symposium is assisting Rikin to certify SRI farmers for Gold Standard carbon credits (and possibly water credits). The returns will be reinvested to sustain and scale Digital Green’s important work. These examples of SLOW LIFE Symposium initiatives give an insight into what we can achieve when we collaborate. There is no question that if a change is to be made it is partnerships, collaborations, and brilliant innovations that will bring the greatest efficacy. The private sector has a huge role to play in the solutions agenda and we assume this responsibility as totally central to our core purpose. Corporations should look back to the history books and remember that having a purpose should be central to their mandate – and that this contribution should be measured and valued as robustly as any financial returns.

— Ends — Soneva’s core purpose is to create innovative, enlightening SLOW LIFE. SLOWLIFE is the guiding principle that embraces who we are and everything that we do. SLOWLIFE stands for Sustainable, Local, Organic, Wellness, Learning, Inspiring, Fun, Experiences.

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Table of contents EBA World: Projects and programmes of the Europe Business Assembly — New Opportunities for your Business ................. 5 How do the projects and programs of the Europe Business Assembly ....................... 9 How do the projects and programs of the Europe Business Assembly ................................................... 10 EBA Program for your business ....................................................... 20 Social cultural project ......................................................................... 28

Summits ...........................................................31

Oxford Academic Union Visiting Session ........................................ 32 London Summit of Leaders ‘Achievements Forum’ .................... 36 Excellence in Quality............................................................................ 38 European Awards Night ..................................................................... 40

International prizes and grants 2015 .................43 International scientific prizes ............................................................ 44

The Prime Business Destinations City — Participants ......................................................47

Budapest ................................................................................................ 48 Odivelas .................................................................................................. 50 Rzeszow ................................................................................................. 52 Solin......................................................................................................... 54 Ukmerge................................................................................................. 56 Arad ......................................................................................................... 58 Timisoara ............................................................................................... 60 Braga ....................................................................................................... 62 Smederevo............................................................................................. 64 Boleslawiec ........................................................................................... 66 Ruse ........................................................................................................ 68 Plock ....................................................................................................... 70 Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina...................................... 72

Haifa ........................................................................................................ 74 Robni Terminali Zagreb ....................................................................... 76 Kyauk Phyu Special Economic Zone................................................ 78 City of Trebinje ...................................................................................... 80 Jordan Development Zones Company ............................................ 82 Prime Quality Standard ....................................................................... 83

Prime Business Destination: City of the Future .............................................85

Local government ................................................................................ 86 Digest of World`s Modern Cities ...................................................... 88 Digest of World’s Green Cities........................................................... 92 Architectural companies and their projects.................................104 Digest of architectural projects.......................................................116 Public transport ..................................................................................122 The Most Unusual Sculptures From Around The World ...........126

Prime Business Destinations in the field of Science and Education ................................ 163

The University of the 21st Century, between tradition and innovation ...................................................164 Brief Profiles of Worldwide Universities .......................................172

Prime Business Destination`s in the field of Medicine and Health Tourism ..................... 211

“Prime Business Destination” in the field of medicine.

Introductory article ............................................................................212 Digest of Healthcare Providers .......................................................214 Digest of Ski Resorts .........................................................................218 Digest of World Beaches ..................................................................224 The most beautiful islands of the world .......................................228

Scientific articles ............................................. 267

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Subhash Sharma................................................................................159 Sonu Shivdasani .................................................................................313 Sajedul Islam Shoubro .....................................................................158 Stanislaw Sienko.................................................................................. 52 Soliev Ashurboy..................................................................................295 Hussein Souob ....................................................................................141 Plamen Stoilov...................................................................................... 68

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EDITORIAL BOARD Prof. Abdul Sattar Ahmad Al-Alusi

Iain B. McIntosh

Prof., Chancellor of the Ittihat University, UAE, Chartered Fellow, the Chartered Quality Institute (UK)

Dr., founder member and Honorary Fellow of the British Global and Travel Health Association, UK

Victor Andrushchenko

Myron Michailidis

Prof., rector of the National Pedagogic University, Ukraine

Conductor and artistic director, Greek National Opera

Anatoly Asaul

John Netting

Prof., director of The Institute of the problems of Economic Revival, Saint-Peterburg, Russia

Prof., Director General of European Business Assembly, United Kingdom

Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi

Karol Sikora

Prof., Director General of the Emirates Center of Strategic Studies and Research

Uraz Baymuratov

Prof., acad. of the National Academy of Republic of Kazakhstan, doctor of economics

Valery Boyko

Prof., Chief Medical Officer, Cancer Partners, United Kingdom, Karol.

Sikora@ cancerpartnersuk.org – Co-Head of the Editorial Board, Head the Section ‘New in Medicine’

Alexander Sviyash

Writer, PhD., coordinator of the Internet project SPACE of selfdevelopment, Russia

Prof., director of the Institute of General and Emergency Surgery named Zaitsev, Ukraine

Vincent Ado Tenebe

Dr. Vincenzo Costigliola

Heinz Wehrle

President of the European Medical Association, Belgium

Dipl. Hotelier SHV, Managing Partner, Horwath HTL, Switzerland

Maria Amata Garito

Paolo Zammatteo

Prof., rector, UNINETTUNO International Telematic University, Italy

Editor of “Il Nodo di Gordio” magazine, Italy

Anatoly Getman

Kishor Kumar Tripathy

Prof., vice-rector for research work of Yaroslav the Wise National Law University, member of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine

Hatam Hidayat Guliyev

Prof., Vice Chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria

Editor, Cultural Informatics, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Ministry of Culture, Government of India; Editor, Lokaprajna Journal of Indology; Member of the Editorial Board, The Solitarian; Indian Correspondent, DIOGEN pro culture magazine for culture, art, science and education.

Prof., Director of Institute of Geology of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

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