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World Economic Forum and OECD Launch SDIP ASEAN Hub

  The Sustainable Development Investment Partnership (SDIP) is to establish an ASEAN regional hub to advance blended finance for sustainable infrastructure investment in the region SDIP, a collaborative initiative managed by the OECD and the World Economic Forum, brings together a community of 35 governments, banks, pension funds and philanthropic organizations committed to mobilizing $100 …

ANDRITZ receives two orders for hydropower plants in Norway and DR Congo

Graz/Vienna, January 16, 2017.  ANDRITZ HYDRO, part of international technology Group Andritz, has received an order from Eidsiva Vannkraft AS to supply electromechanical equipment for the new Nedre Otta hydropower plant in Norway and from the Government utility SNEL (Société Nationale d’Électricité) for rehabilitation of the existing Mwadingusha hydropower plant in the Democratic Republic of …

New Partnership to Catalyse Sustainable Development Investments for Developing Countries

The Sustainable Development Investment Partnership (SDIP), which includes the World Economic Forum, aims to mobilize $100 billion in private financing over five years The founding members include the governments of Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, USA and UK The SDIP aims to create investment opportunities in water, sanitation, transport, green energy, agriculture, health, telecommunications …

Optimism and Keen Business Interest in ASEAN, Rising in Norway and EU

OSLO, 16 June 2015 – H.E. Le Luong Minh, Secretary-General of ASEAN called on Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway yesterday where they discussed the increasing importance of ASEAN-Norway trade and investment relations. Both sides deliberated on the ways to strengthen and possibly formalise this relationship, noting that ASEAN integration has created opportunities for further …

Scandinavian national jewellery associations unite to form Nordic Jewellery Federation in CIBJO

Scandinavian national jewellery associations unite to form Nordic Jewellery Federation in CIBJO    Representatives of the founding member organisations of the Nordic Jewellery Federation at the inaugural meeting in Stockholm (from left): Trine Thorning, Denmark; Björn Carlsson, Sweden; Henrik Kihlman, Finland; Annie Bengtson, Sweden; Linda Klein, Sweden; Jens R. Møller, Denmark, Ingebjørg Alfsén, Norway; CIBJO …

LIQUI MOLY RESEARCHER OLIVER KUHN COMMENTS ON RAINER ZIETLOW’S EXTREME TRIP FROM NORTH CAPE, NORWAY TO THE SOUTHERN TIP OF AFRICA

October 2014 – 17,000 kilometers in ten days from North Cape in Norway to the southern tip of Africa. Motor car adventurer Rainer Zietlow successfully completed this tour in his VW Touareg. He arrived in Cape L’Agulhas on Sunday. His motor oil, LIQUI MOLY, contributed to this success. Assistant Laboratory Manager Oliver Kuhn explains where …

Goa Tourism witnesses most successful edition of Goa International Travel Mart (GITM)

~The event recorded over 1,200 footfalls across two days. 100 international buyers from 28 countries and 250 hosted buyers from India were present at the event ~Around 8,000 appointments were successfully conducted for the travel-trade ~ Awards were conferred by Goa Tourism for the Best Designed Stalls. Winners included Maharashtra Tourism and Karnataka Tourism among …