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Scottish firms receive funding to support offshore wind ambitions A dozen UK companies, including several in the north-east, are to benefit from a share of more than a million pounds to help realise their offshore wind ambitions. Updated: 15/02/2021, 11:51 am Register here for the Energy Voice daily newsletter, bringing you key news and insight from across the global energy landscape. Thank you for signing up to our newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A doz...

Minister Hackett launches new Farming Biodiversity Initiative Farmers, NGOs, Local Authorities, Communities all encouraged to apply Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett has today launched a call for new locally-led farm and community biodiversity initiatives. The €1.25 million initiative, which is under the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s Rural Development Programme, invites project applications from far...

The Big Ban Theory You’ve probably heard of it, but I’ll say it again. On Friday, the Central Bank of Nigeria sent out a circular to commercial banks reminding them that "dealing in cryptocurrencies or facilitating payments for cryptocurrency exchanges is prohibited" and ordering them to close any accounts transacting with cryptocurrencies. What this means: While the CBN has not banned the use of virtual currencies, it has effectively blocked the ability of the exchanges which trade them t...

 28 February 2021! In the five years since the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) were adopted in 2015, many governments, UN entities, international and regional organizations and stakeholders have gained in-depth knowledge and expertise and taken innovative steps towards implementing this ambitious global framework.   Many inspiring breakthroughs and success stories are showing results and impacts all over the world, and several good practices can be replicated and sc...

Open call for innovative ideas to make Limerick city Energy Positive Reporter: );  ); THE leaders of the +CityxChange project in Limerick are running an Open Call to the public, looking for innovative ideas to improve how homes, businesses and residents use energy. The overall project is working to develop areas of positive energy in Limerick city which produce more energy than they consume. Limerick is one of two EU ‘lighthouse’ cities that is involved in a major climate-change pilot p...

-------------------------- There are two types of Techfluence events: our "flagship" events that feature products and services across consumer technology categories and our new Techfluence Summit Series that focus on specific consumer technology product categories such as Smart Home, Health & Fitness Tech, Gaming, and Cybersafety. ------------------------- DotGov Design Conference (Govt Design) returns May 18, 2021 to highlight amazing projects and inspiring people working in the government spa...

Copy On the 4th of August 2020, a massive explosion hit the heart of the city of Beirut. The Epicenter of this explosion was the main port surrounded by the historic center of the city. This scar left more than 300,000 people without a home, and destroyed hundreds of historical buildings. The area was also known to be an attraction to a majority of the Lebanese youth, an Art and Cultural Hub standing side to side with a Nightlife and culinary center. The area affected was part of a collective m...

If singing for a living has ever been a dream of yours maybe it's time to take NBC's The Voice up on their offer for a virtual open call!

New Online Exhibition Captures Community Experiences Of Lockdown 22 January 2021, 05:12 AM Entertainment 2020 Vision: Lockdown Experiences from the Cayman Islands is a new online exhibition by the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, developed in collaboration with the Cayman Islands Government’s Covid-19 Commemorative Project. It seeks to explore our community’s diverse experiences of lockdown – reflecting ...

Wheels for Wellbeing has received support from Sport England’s ‘Open Call for Innovative Solutions’ to develop and pilot an inclusive cycle hire scheme for London, with east London partner Bikeworks. During the pandemic, non-disabled people have been encouraged to get their cycles out, but this has not been an option for most disabled people. The London-wide demand from disabled people for hiring non-standard cycles (trikes, handbikes etc.) is not currently met, and this has been exacerba...