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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — 1Berkshire and Berkshire Regional Planning Commission have launched a survey to ask businesses about the technical assistance they would benefit from in recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and building resiliency for the future.  All businesses and non-profits in the Berkshires are encouraged to provide their feedback to this short survey, which will help inform a comprehensive technical assistance program being organized by the two agencies.    Businesses should ...

Gemma Cruz Araneta A UP professor friend sent me a photo of a burly band of youngish males, properly protected with surgical masks and face shields posing in front of the Maginhawa community pantry after depositing donations in kind. They were wearing tees of various colors and designs, with a single blaring message — Sara Duterte. On the heels of Angel Locsin’s birthday party, here come the politicians. Oh, no! Anonymity is the unwritten law of community pantries. We all know who Ms. Ana P...

Share this article Share this article Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions invests nearly $1.4 million in snowmobile and quad trail maintenance in both regions to help attract winter activity enthusiasts from home and abroad in the coming years. The practice of winter trail activities contributes to Quebecs regional vitality. In the context of a global pandemic, several regions have been impacted by the temporary absence of international tourists. Outdoor activities have nonetheless e...

Ukraine’s local authorities and the Covid-19 pandemic UkraineAlert by Iryna Ozymok A woman wearing a face mask pictured on March 24 in Lviv. (Mykola Tys/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via REUTERS) One year on since pandemic lockdown regulations were first introduced in Ukraine, many of the country’s cities found themselves obliged to impose a fresh round of coronavirus quarantine measures during the final days of March 2021. As Ukraine enters a second year of pandemi...

March 16, 2021 Members of WSU Extension’s Department of Governmental Studies and Services are helping lead a partnership for remote worker training statewide. By Seth Truscott College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences A new, statewide remote worker certification program launched by Washington State University Extension is helping rural Washington residents seize opportunities in an increasingly digital workplace. Created in partnership with Northwest businesses, technology...

The Belarusian People's Congress, the country's main social and political event of five years, starts in Minsk on 11 February. The two-day forum will bring together 2,700 people from all over the country: almost 2,400 delegates and more than 300 invited persons.

18:1715.01.2021 10793 Arriving on the eve of a working visit to Lebap province, President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov held an extended enlarged meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers at the Ruhiyet Palace, where some issues of state life were discussed. Initially, the Speaker of the Parliament G. Mammadov briefed on the activities of the National Parliament on the further modernization of the countrys legal and legal framework, which is being carried out in the context of the socially-oriented polic...

DGAP-News: b-public AG / Key word(s): Personnel Sectoral Asset Management: Vincent Duhamel joins the Board of Directors (news with additional features) 11.01.2021 / 07:00 Media Release Vincent Duhamel joins the Board of Directors of Sectoral Asset Management Geneva, January 11, 2021. Sectoral Asset Management, which has operations in Montreal, Hong Kong and Geneva, is pleased to announce the appointment of Vincent Duhamel, CFA, as a member of its Board of Directors. Vincent Duhamel will bring ...

Marshall County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) is pleased to announce and welcome Laura Walls as its new President/CEO. Walls joins MCEDC from the Carroll County EDC in Delphi, Indiana. Walls brings 15 years of economic development experience to MCEDC after ten years at the Carroll County EDC and five years in Tippecanoe County working for the city of Lafayette, Main Street Manager for Downtown Lafayette-West Lafayette, and Economic Development Program Manager at Greater Lafayette Com...

Article by Social Share St John’s – Authorities and experts attending the high-level virtual Second Meeting of the Signatory Countries to the Escazú Agreement here, have underscored the importance of guaranteeing human rights in Latin America and the Caribbean. According to the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), delegates have also highlighted the significance of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and ...