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FSSAI Registration in Kunjaban

FSSAI license is mandatory before starting any meals enterprise & food business. All the manufacturers, traders, restaurants who are involved in food business need to obtain a 14-digit registration or a license number which should be printed on food packages.
This step is taken with the aid of government to make certain that food products undergo sure satisfactory, quality, assessments, thereby reducing the times of adulteration, substandard products and enhance duty of producers. Registration Filing can help your commercial food businesses to achieve FSSAI Registration.

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What is FSSAI ?

Food Licensing & Registration System (FLRS) is an internet application launched by means of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to facilitate Food Business Operators (FBO) in India to use for License/Registration Certificate and track their applications at some stage in the direction of processing.
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is an autonomous body established  under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. The FSSAI has been established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 that is a consolidating statute associated with food safety and regulation in India. FSSAI is accountable for protecting and selling public health thru the law and supervision of foods & meals safety.

Every Food Business Operator(FBO) is required to gain FSSAI registration. Operating a Food Business with out a license is a punishable offence.

FSSAI Basic Registration

Those who started their food business within a small area or a particular area and their annual turnover is about 12 lakh rupees. They can do the basic FSSAI registration and the validity of this registration is 1 – 5 years issued by the state government to the FBOs.

FSSAI State License

All kind of business relating with food like storage units, retailers, marketers, manufacturers transporters and others whose income scale turn from small to medium scale means whose annual income between 12 lakh to 20 crore rupees. They need to make the FSSAI State License. The validity of this license is also about 1 – 5 years.

FSSAI Central License

It’s the highest chargeable registration license cause those who carry their annual business to take over more 20 crore rupees they must have to register with FSSAI Central Food License Registration. Mandated by The Central Government in association with The Ministry of Health and Family Affair. This license provides all the trades including imports – exports. The license has earned to deliver food at airports and seaports also.

FSSAI food license provides for any service related to food business such as FSSAI renewal, food serving license, catering license or resolving queries related to food.

Basic FSSAI Registration Eligibility
This includes all kinds of food business and related like storage, distribute, sales, repacking and labelling for which the annual turnover is Maximum Rs. 12 lakh. Depends on this annual income FBOs apply for the simple FSSAI Online registration in form A.

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UPDATED: ‘Product sandbox’ comments due; hearing eyes cannabis banking; Powell speaks; NCUA Board nominees testify; more

The coming week includes a mix of regulatory agency proceedings, congressional hearings and public remarks addressing federal financial institution regulators and their policies. First up here is the winding down of the public comment period on a “product sandbox” proposed as part of revisions to the federal consumer financial protection agency’s “no action” letter policy, with comments due Monday (Feb. 11).

The proposed no-action policy revisions were released in December by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The aim of the proposal is to: (1) streamline the application process; (2) streamline the bureau’s processing of applications; (3) expand the types of statutory and/or regulatory relief available; (4) specify procedures for an extension where the relief initially provided is of limited duration; and (5) provide for coordination with existing or future programs offered by other regulators designed to facilitate innovation. The revisions would also create a “product sandbox” intended to provide similar “no-action” relief.

The process can facilitate a safe harbor or exemptive relief from statutory or regulatory provisions. The December proposal drew almost immediate criticism from the incoming chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. (See story.)

See below for more on the week ahead.

  • Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome H. (“Jay”) Powell gives a speech, “Economic Development in High Poverty Rural Communities,” at the Hope Enterprise Corporation Rural Policy Forum in Itta Bena, Miss. Powell’s speech, scheduled for 12:45 p.m., will be webcast live.

  • The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Committee (FFIEC) Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) holds an open meeting at 10 a.m. ET. The agenda includes a report on delegated state compliance reviews, a subcommittee financial report, and a request for reprogramming of a fiscal 2018 grant for the Appraisal Foundation. The meeting will be held at Federal Reserve Board facilities at International Square in Washington, D.C.
  • The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions will hold a hearing on “Challenges and Solutions: Access to Banking Services for Cannabis-Related Businesses.” The hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET. Witnesses slated are Fiona Ma, California State Treasurer; Maj. Neill Franklin (Ret.), Baltimore City & Maryland State Police Departments, and Executive Director, Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP); Rachel Pross, Chief Risk Officer, Maps Credit Union, on behalf of Credit Union National Association (CUNA); Gregory S. Deckard, President, CEO and Chairman, State Bank Northwest, on behalf of Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA); and Corey Barnette, Owner, District Growers Cultivation Center & Metropolitan Wellness Center.

  • The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board holds an open meeting for a briefing on an interagency rule on flood insurance and consideration of a proposal for comment on credit union supervisory committee audits. (The two-member board approved the flood insurance rule by notation vote Jan. 31.) A closed meeting follows.
  • The Senate Banking Committee, also at 10 a.m., holds a hearing on federal agency nominees, with testimony from Todd Harper and Rodney Hood, both nominated by the president to terms on the NCUA Board. Also slated to testify are Mark Calabria, nominated to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency; and Bimal Patel, nominated to be Treasury’s assistant secretary for financial institutions.

View Fed Chairman Powell’s speech Tuesday

CFPB no-action letter/product sandbox proposal (Federal Register notice)

RR: UPDATED: ‘No-action’ letter, ‘reg  sandbox’ proposals draw fast criticism from incoming Democrat (Dec. 11, 2018)

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Project Development, Wind Power

Department of Energy Proposed 2003 Budget Increases Funding for Wind Energy

The proposed fiscal year 2003 Department of Energy (DOE) budget presented earlier this week increases funding for wind energy systems by more than US$5 million to US$44 million.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (US) 2002-02-12 [] The budget acknowledges the reduced cost of electricity generated from wind in the past 20 years and its place as “the fasted growing energy supply source in the United States and worldwide.” Up from US$38.5 million in FY 2002, the budget calls for increased research and development of wind turbines that can “operate cost competitively in areas with moderate (class 3 and 4) wind speeds.” Jon Chase, Asst. Director for Legislative Affairs with the American Wind Energy Association in Washington, D.C., said his group is pleased with the increase in funding for the industry and that low speed wind turbine research is a practical direction to pursue. “It’s certainly a program that has merit,” Chase said. “If the technology can improve putting wind turbines into lower speed sites, near transmission lines, I think that benefits this industry.” The budget sets aggressive goals for increases in U.S. installed wind energy capacity by 11,000 MW in 2010 and by 45,000 MW in 2020. Mike Bergey, president and CEO of Bergey Windpower, Co., in Norman, Oklahoma agrees that low speed wind turbine development is a good direction for the industry but warns that advances will depend on significant innovations in the design of “less robust” wind turbines. “Concentrating on lower average wind speed areas greatly increases the areas where wind turbines can be put to work, Bergey said. “Lightweight wind turbines have historically been relatively fragile and short-lived–even when designed by very clever engineers. So, we will need to advance the art and science of less robust wind turbines-a chore not to be underestimated.” Also included in the budget are goals to reduce the cost of wind powered electricity generation in class 4 wind areas (13 mph annual average) from 5.5 cents per kWh in 2002 to 3 cents per kWh by 2010. In FY 2002, the DOE has been preparing an improved resolution national wind resource atlas, which would first focus on new maps for high priority regions for commercial wind energy projects. In FY 2003, the DOE proposes completing low speed wind turbine designs and beginning testing. Within the Wind Energy Systems budget, funding was eliminated for WindPACT, avian research, next generation turbine (transferred to low wind speed technology), cold weather turbine and certification.


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PPM Energy Acquires Wind Power Developer

Just as the critical U.S. federal wind power tax credit kicks into effect for 2005, PPM Energy announced they are acquiring the Richmond, Virginia-based Atlantic Renewable Energy Corporation and its wind development portfolio. This is part of a growing trend of consolidation in the wind energy industry worldwide, and comes during a year that will see a large spike in wind power developments in the U.S.

PPM Energy’s new wind power development entity will be called PPM Atlantic Renewable. “With a project pipeline of more than 500 MW in development in the Northeast with on-line dates between 2005 and 2010, we are eager to combine strengths to work toward the successful completion of projects,” said Theo de Wolff, former principal of Atlantic Renewable and now Managing Director of PPM Atlantic Renewable. The acquisition comes as the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions have passed some of the most robust state Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs) in the nation. New York State and Pennsylvania are the most recent to make statewide commitments while the District of Columbia approved a district-wide RPS as well. In addition, aggressive air emissions regulations and other policies in these regions provide greater incentives for alternatives to coal and oil-fired generation. “Atlantic Renewable has significant expertise in wind project development, permitting and political and regulatory affairs in the Northeast,” said Peter van Alderwerelt, PPM senior vice president. “Those skills, combined with PPM’s strengths in renewable marketing, project implementation and energy management, will help PPM expand its successful West Coast and Midwest wind business to Northeast energy markets.” Of the total 250 MW built to date on the East Coast, PPM Atlantic Renewable is responsible for initiating and developing six projects totaling 162 MW.


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Hydrogen Office Plans Awarded GBP 1.1 Million

[] The Business Environment Partnership and Scottish Enterprise got a GBP 1.1 million (US $2.1 million) award to help them develop their plans for a Hydrogen Office. Hydrogen and fuel cells won’t have the entire spotlight in the plans, however, as a variety of renewable energy technologies will be used to create a building that operates independently of fossil fuels and meet all its energy needs from renewable energy sources. The Hydrogen Office will serve as a high profile demonstration that innovative renewable and hydrogen energy technology can safely and reliably meet all the needs of a modern office building. Though a final development site has not been chosen, the hydrogen office will be located in Midlothian, Scotland. The award for the hydrogen office was one out of GBP 12 million award from the government that was split between various projects for the region.


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Offshore, Project Development, Wind Power

Offshore Wind Hostilities Increase in Long Island

While the U.S. lags behind Europe with as-of-yet no wind offshore wind farms installed, the same hostilities that have plagued the Cape Wind project up in Massachusetts are now being echoed down the coast in Long Island, New York. A host of critics, including wealthy coastal landowners, are trying to prevent the Long Island Power Authority from constructing a proposed 140 MW project slated for construction in 2008. For a full article on the rising anti-wind sentiment, see the following link to a Newsday story.


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European Solar Photovoltaic Update

It’s no surprise some of this week’s notable European solar photovoltaic (PV) announcements involve Germany and Spain, each a top solar market thanks to strong feed-in energy policies.

Phonix SonnenStrom AG has been commissioned to plan, deliver and construct a large-scale solar electricity plant with a peak power output of around 1.7 megawatts (MW). The commissioning party is a solar fund initiated by mainfrankenSolar. Back in 2005 Phonix SonnenStrom built a 1 MW green-field plant for another fund of mainfrankenSolar. Construction work on the ground mounted photovoltaic plant in Buchheim near Wuerzburg is due to start in mid-July. The power plant is to be constructed with some 26,000 thin film modules made by First Solar, an American manufacturer, and is to be connected to the grid in November of this year. The total investment volume comes to around Euro 7 million [~USD$9 million]. The construction of another photovoltaic plant with a peak power output of 2.2 MW on the same site has been planned for this year as well. And as large installations continue in Germany, so does the larger campaign among companies to maximize their limited solar-grade silicon stockpiles. ErSol is proposing to introduce crystalline silicon solar cells with 3-busbar (3BB) technology they say offers up to a 2% higher fill factor that provides a higher overall conversion efficiency. The cell thickness will be below 200 micrometers. 3BB technology at ErSol is currently at the prototype stage and is expected to be transferred to series production before the end of 2006. The first modules with these solar cells show 3% better performance relative to the conventional cell technology with two conductors, says the company. With the introduction of premium pricing for solar power effective April 1, 2005, Spain has become the fastest growing solar power markets in the world. REC Solar, the solar division of Sweden-based REC, is making inroads into this fertile market through a large 50 MW supply contract with Spain-based Gamesa Solar. Through this arrangement, REC Solar will provide a steady supply of solar modules to Gamesa, which is increasingly involved in the construction of solar farms. The contract is for five years, starting in 2006 and valued by REC at between Euro 25-35 million. Likewise, Canada’s Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd announced that its partner, Gabriel Benmayor SA, has begun manufacturing the company’s “Sunergy” inverters at their production facility near Barcelona, Spain. The first product to be made in Spain is a 5 kW grid-interactive inverter for the Spanish grid-connected solar power market. The Sunergy “5” is well suited to the Spanish environment, says the company, as it operates at full power over extended periods of time and in ambient temperatures in excess of 500 C. The production facility has the capacity to assemble and test up to 100 units per month and production capacity can be expanded with minimal incremental capital cost.


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American United Global Acquires Hungarian PV Manufacturer

Somers, New York [] American United Global, Inc. completed the previously disclosed acquisition of ordinary shares of Kraft Rt., a Hungarian equipment manufacturing company headquartered in Budapest, engaged in the design, development and manufacturing of equipment used in the production of thin film based photovoltaic modules. Subsequent to the completion and acquisition and financing, on June 15, 2006, shareholders of the Company representing a majority of the outstanding voting stock of the Company authorized the Company to increase the authorized shares and change the company’s name to Solar Thin Films Inc. The Company will continue trading under “AUGB” until a name change and symbol change are finalized.


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Solar, Storage

A New Bold, Bright Era for Solar

Back in 1998, Forbes magazine ran a story pooh-poohing the solar power industry. The article called the concept of spurring demand to increase production and bring costs down “an error in the history of solar energy” and brushed aside a million solar roofs proposal from then-President Bill Clinton with the line, “The religion of environmentalism dies hard.”

The year 1998 also saw the debut of Forbes’ annual “E-Gang” feature—a series of profiles of leading companies and entrepreneurs in the year’s hottest technology sector (that year, it was E-commerce pioneers like Yahoo and OnSale). How times have changed.

This year, on the cover of the Sept. 3 issue of Forbes, is Applied Materials CEO Michael Splinter in front of the headline “Shine On! The New Players in Solar Power Generate Golden Returns (Really).” The article profiles solar energy leaders like Applied Materials, Miasole, Kyocera, and Germany’s Conergy—the Forbes E-Gang of 2007.

Golden returns—really. From the Nevada desert to the roofs of Wal-Mart stores to the legendary plains of Spain, solar is entering a bold, bright new era. Each week, solar seems to be winning new enthusiasts like Forbes, new investors of all stripes, and new large-scale business users like Wal-Mart, Macy’s and Kohl’s. Late last month, North Carolina Governor Mike Easley signed that state’s first renewable portfolio standard into law, which includes a solar set-aside.

The North Carolina RPS, though modest (12.5% electricity from renewables by 2021, with incremental mandates every three years before then), is significant for three reasons. It brings the total number of U.S. states with an RPS to 25; it’s the home of highly influential utility Duke Energy, whose CEO Jim Rogers is an outspoken leader on climate change; and it pokes a big hole in the argument advanced by nationwide RPS critics that Southeastern states don’t have adequate clean energy resources to meet RPS targets.

But back to solar. Investment money is pouring in, production lines are humming and expanding, the silicon shortage is being addressed, and the long-fought challenge of bringing solar to scale (the title of a 2002 Clean Edge report) is finally showing real hope. Last month, red-hot Chinese solar wafer supplier LDK Solar (whose second-quarter revenue grew 700%) announced manufacturing expansions that would raise its production capacity above 1,600 megawatts (MW) by the end of 2009. German solar cell producer ersol Solar Energy AG just inked a contract for 1 billion euros to supply Germany PV module company Solon AG for 11 years.

Big scale is happening on the deployment side as well. Acciona’s 64 MW parabolic-trough Nevada Solar One project, the world’s first solar thermal plant in 16 years, went online in June. Less than three months after Portugal opened the GE-financed, SunPower-built Serpa Solar Power Plant—the world’s largest PV plant at 11 MW—Cleantech America in San Francisco announced plans for an 80 MW solar farm, aimed for 2011 completion, in California’s Central Valley.

What’s making all this possible, as Forbes points out, is increased global confidence that solar will soon be price-competitive with grid power, even without heavy subsidies, in major markets like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix, and Las Vegas. (Other less sunny areas, ranging from Germany to New Jersey, have the right incentives in place to make the numbers work). The key solar trends that Ron Pernick and I mapped out in our book The Clean Tech Revolution—scaling up manufacturing and driving down costs—are coming to pass.

Do big hurdles remain? Of course. Thin-film solar pioneer Miasole, for example, has had to push its targeted commercial production date back nearly two years, to this year’s fourth quarter, because of unexpected technical challenges. And state and federal subsidies will always be a moving target, as will solar company stock prices riding the investor expectations roller coaster (although for what it’s worth, the stocks of First Solar, SunPower, LDK and many others have had terrific performance so far this year).

At this month’s Solar Power 2007 conference in Long Beach, California, the featured speakers include one hard-charging business mogul (Ted Turner) and another who played one on TV (Larry Hagman). Yes, Hagman is a solar maven, living in a PV-powered southern California home and supporting the Solar Electric Light Fund that promotes clean energy in the developing world. Who would have thought we’d see both Forbes magazine and J.R. Ewing on board the solar bandwagon? I’d say the solar future looks bright.

Clint Wilder is Clean Edge’s contributing editor and co-author of The Clean Tech Revolution. E-mail him at [email protected]

Make sure to listen to this Thursday’s “Inside Renewable Energy” podcast for a conversation with Clint Wilder on The Clean Tech Revolution.


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Offshore, Wind Power

Areva Acquires Offshore Wind Turbine Rotor Group

French technology firm Areva has announced the acquisition of offshore wind turbine blade manufacturer PN Rotor GmbH.

The agreement to acquire the German manufacturer of high performance rotor blades for offshore wind turbines comes from Prokon Nord Energiesysteme GmbH.

In a statement, Areva says the strategic acquisition will strengthen its competitiveness in the fast growing offshore wind market.

“This acquisition reinforces Areva’s ability to bring value to its offshore wind customers by securing the supply of a broader range of key components. The group is on track to become a major player in this rapidly growing sector,” said Anil Srivastava, CEO of Areva’s renewables business unit.

The news follows the recent signature of a binding Memorandum of Understanding worth more than €700 million (US $996 million) to supply 80 of its Multibrid M5000 offshore wind turbines for the 400-MW German Global Tech I wind farm in the North Sea.


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Abengoa $600 Million Spinoff Shows Momentum for Renewable Energy Yieldcos

Abengoa SA is beginning the $600 million initial public offering of its renewable energy unit, in a spinoff that’s being imitated by companies including SunEdison Inc.

The Spanish energy company’s Abengoa Yield Plc unit expects to sell 23.1 million shares for between $25 and $27 a share, generating gross proceeds of $600 million at the mid-price, it said today in a filing. The company has applied to be listed in the U.S. on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “ABY.”

Abengoa Yield will be 71.1 percent-owned by Seville-based Abengoa once it’s public and plans to offer a 25.92 cent-a-share quarterly dividend, or about 4 percent a year if sold at the mid-range. Abengoa, which began trading in the U.S. in October, expects the unit to become its main vehicle worldwide to own, manage and acquire renewable and fossil fuel power projects and transmission lines.

It’s one of a half-dozen companies known as yieldcos that energy providers have announced or said they were considering this year to separate units that develop new power projects from those that own and operate completed assets and enjoy a lower cost of capital.

Most recently, SunEdison said on May 29 that it will spin off 524 megawatts of solar projects. NRG Energy Inc.’s yieldco unit NRG Yield Inc. raised $431 million in a July offering and the shares have gained 84 percent.

Abengoa Yield will own 710 megawatts of renewable generation, 300 megawatts of conventional power generation and 1,018 miles (1,638 kilometers) of power transmission lines. The company expects net proceeds from the spinoff of $567.6 million after expenses.

Abengoa Yield will initially focus on projects in North America, South America and Europe, with later plans for projects in Africa and the Middle East, according to the filing.

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Solar for All: Making Solar PV Accessible to Low-Income Families in the US

We love seeing electricity generated by the sun. And while it’s great to see large homes owned by the likes of Woody Harrelson and Will Ferrell being solar-powered, rooftop solar should be accessible to people across the socio-economic spectrum of the U.S., not just the one percent. But putting solar on all of these different roofs is currently a serious challenge.

Even with lowered PV costs and the prevalence of third-party financing programs, solar is largely out of reach for many low-income families. Many are renters who do not own their homes, putting them at the mercy of their landlord. For those that do own their homes, few have enough tax liability to take full advantage of federal and state tax incentives for rooftop solar. That’s largely a moot point anyway, since even with incentives the steep upfront cost of rooftop solar in the U.S. still puts a PV system financially out of reach for low-income families. That’s where third-party leasing can come in, but many low-income families have low credit scores and most solar leasing companies require a credit score of at least 700. It’s one potential financial barrier after another.

Fortunately, there are groups around the country working to overcome these barriers to market participation and ultimately bring solar to low-income households. Giving low-income families access to solar PV systems can help lower their utility bills, provide employment opportunities, and bring about an element of environmental justice.

Saving Money

Low-income families spend over twice the proportion of their total income on energy bills than the average person in the United States. When low-income families have high energy bills one of the first thing they often skimp on is food. Researchers from the Boston Medical Center have found that children in energy-insecure households don’t get enough food, have poorer health, and are more prone to developmental problems. One way to lower energy bills and keep food on the table is to power homes with solar photovoltaics.

“Low-income families pay into the rebate pool like everyone else. Yet often, even with rebates, they can’t afford a solar home system,” Shirley Moore, program manager at Grid Alternatives, told RMI. Grid Alternatives, or simply Grid, as it is fondly called, is a nonprofit organization providing low- to no-cost PV systems to low-income families throughout California, Colorado, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Homeowners who earn 80 percent or less of the median income and have a solar-appropriate roof qualify for a Grid Alternatives PV system. “We see people save an average of 50 to 75 percent off their electric bill. Money that can go towards paying their mortgage, putting food on the table, or saving for college,” said Moore.

Grid works with local partners to find qualifying families. The families do not have to put any money down, but do have to contribute 16 hours of sweat equity. They can work in the Grid office, help on the installation, or even cook lunch for the installation volunteers. They then pay $0.02 per kilowatt-hour for what their system produces. It’s a small price to pay for leasing the system, often adding up to only about $100 per year, but according to Chuck Watkins, executive director of Grid Alternatives–Colorado, “we want the homeowners highly engaged with their system and aware of their energy usage.”

A similar organization, Citizens Energy, provides free solar PV systems that reduce homeowners’ electricity costs by 40 to 50 percent in the Imperial Valley of California, an area with the highest unemployment rate in the country. With temperatures in the area climbing to 120 degrees Fahrenheit, homeowners can have a difficult time paying for the electricity to run their air conditioners. Citizens Energy uses 50 percent of its profits from its share of the Sunrise Powerlink high-voltage transmission line that brings renewable energy to the San Diego region to purchase, install, and maintain the systems. The homeowner signs a 20-year lease only after they receive a free energy audit and weatherization services. One of the 200 homeowners to receive the free PV system saw her monthly summer electricity bill go from $350 to $85.

A statewide program in California is also helping low-income families. SASH (Single-family Affordable Solar Homes) provides fully subsidized 1 kW systems to very-low-income households (50 percent or below the area median income), and highly subsidized systems to other low-income households. The incentives for the subsidized systems range from $4.75 to $7.00 per watt, depending on the customer’s utility rate schedule and tax liability. Incentives are higher for customers who cannot take advantage of the ITC. Over 3,600 systems have been installed, and participating families’ electricity bills have been reduced by approximately 80 percent.

Green Jobs

Another benefit to bringing solar access to low-income families is increasing employment opportunities. Low-income communities often have high rates of unemployment. Yet more than 140,000 people are employed in the solar industry, more than half of them in installation jobs that can’t ever be outsourced. That’s a drop in the bucket of the 46.5 million Americans currently living in poverty, but with solar installations growing at a rate of 40 percent, those jobs are going to keep growing as well. Grid Alternatives, for its part, installs its systems with local volunteers and partners with job training organizations to provide hands-on field experience students need to get certified as solar installers and to get jobs. Partners include community colleges and vocational schools, the Center for Employment Training, YouthBuild, Veterans Green Jobs, and Green City Force.

At a recent installation in Carbondale, Colorado, twelve local volunteers along with the homeowner helped install a 3.6 kW system for Dan and Pam Rosenthal. “Once a volunteer comes out to at least four to six of our installs, they can become a team leader,” Moore told RMI. “They then get valuable hands-on experience as well as experience in leading crews, and a lot of our team leaders end up getting employed in the industry.”

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“Clean energy access for low-income Americans,” writes clean energy development and policy professional Bryan Lewis for ThinkProgress, “is not just an issue of economics, but an issue of justice, as well.” Lower-income people in the United States are more susceptible to the negative impacts of climate change, may be more affected by urban pollution, and face health issues from living closer to coal plants. “Often times low-income families are the ones most affected by pollution,” Chuck Watkins told RMI. “So it’s nice for them to be able to be part of the climate change solution.”

The Rosenthals had been trying to figure out a way to get a solar PV system for years. Even with the rebates it was still out of reach. So they were ecstatic when they learned about Grid Alternatives. “It’s great that we will be saving money,” said Pam Rosenthal, “but even more important to us than that is we want to reduce our ecological footprint and do our part for the environment.” The Rosenthal’s system is estimated to save them 75 percent off their $90 electric bill each month. But more exciting for Pam is the amount of CO2 that they will be offsetting in the lifetime of their system, helping Carbondale reach its carbon goals.

The town of Carbondale has a goal of generating 35 percent of its electricity by renewable energy by 2020. “It’s a big goal,” said Carbondale Town Trustee Pam Zentmeyer, “and we need participation from everyone if we’re going to do it. It’s great these organizations have erased the financial barriers.”

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Could Hydro Become Asia’s Backup Battery?

As solar, wind and other intermittent renewable energy capacity scale up in Asia, hydro’s ‘battery function’ qualities could become an important resource for regional grid stability and reducing carbon emissions.

China is Asia’s largest producer of hydropower. In addition to engineering marvels like the Three Gorges Dam, China has countless other hydro projects spread throughout the country.

Using US Energy Information Administration figures for 2010, the most recent available, hydropower accounted for 18% of China’s overall net electricity generation.

In that same year, by comparison, solar and wind accounted for a miniscule 1% of China’s net electricity production. But wind and solar output are growing at annual rates of 50%+ per year, compared to about 12% per year for hydro.

Over time, the rapid growth of wind and solar — and their intrinsic intermittency — may present future problems for China’s electricity transmission and distribution system.

Hydropower has a unique capacity to be turned on and off within seconds. This means hydropower could become a premium-priced balancing resource as solar and wind energy expands.

In China, as elsewhere, many large-scale solar and wind resources are located far from energy consuming cities.

To bring this energy to market, long-distance transmission will be needed. This kind of transmission already has been developed and demonstrated to deliver hydropower, most notably with the US$26 billion Three Gorges Dam. It produces and delivers electricity 2,000 miles away to coastal Shanghai.

Many other dams also are located in the center of the country along the nation’s major rivers.

As increasing numbers of solar and wind installations are built in northern and western China to deliver electricity to China’s eastern cities, hydropower plants located between the two could offer load balancing.

But all of this will require a much more integrated grid. It would also require market reforms that more accurately price distance, availability and carbon content of electricity.

In future electricity markets, this more flexible ‘switching ability’ between energy sources may become an important component of grids, which are now largely largely designed to handle point-to-point delivery of consistent power.

It’s also worthwhile to stress that hydropower, while cleaner than coal, is more environmentally problematic than wind or solar. Hydropwer does have environmental and social drawbacks — despite its advantages.

For instance, construction of the Three Gorges Dam displaced a large number of people. It flooded large areas of river. It has been blamed for silt buildup, earthquakes, methane emissions from rotting vegetation and has disrupted fisheries.

Despite this, China plans many more hydropwer dams. So do its neighbors. Burma is planning a multi-billion dollar series of hydropower dams in its northern region to export power to China. Dozens of new dams are planned for the Mekong River.

In the shift to a low emission regional economy, therefore, the goal with hydropower — as with all energy sources — will be to get the most amount of electricity with the smallest environmental footprint. Building as few hydropower dams as possible and using them most efficiently is in everyone’s interest.

If future electricity networks in Asia are better configured over time to use hydropower for load-balancing rather than for baseload power, two benefits will occur.

The first is that markets can better price hydropower’s value to grid stability through more dynamic dispatch auctions for its output. This will produce more accurate price signals for investment, reducing waste.

The second benefit is that putting hydropower to its highest economic use may mean fewer dams are needed. That would be good for environmental protection and social stability.

China looks well-suited to take on both challenges. China is now building out much of its interior electricity network for the first time, and that offers an opportunity think ahead. China’s infarstructure companies are also some of the most advanced in the world.

State Grid, for example, is now operating and upgrading the Philippine grid under a 25-year outsourcing contract. State Grid also recently bought a significant share in South Australian electricity distributor Electranet. Meanwhile, China Southern Power Grid Co. now operates seven cross border interconnections to export electricity to Vietnam .

These kinds of projects offer China the opportunity to influence electricity grid technical standards across Asia. Over time, it’s possible to imagine how northeast Asia’s (China, Japan, South Korea) cross-border electricity grids could become better interconnected.

For instance, the Tokyo-based Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre has suggested that power lines might one day cross the East China Sea to enable Mongolian wind energy to power Japanese air conditioners.

The center noted that such interconnection would be efficient since northern China’s peak power needs come in winter for heating, while Japan and South Korea’s annual peak power needs occur in summer for air conditioning.

In Southeast Asia, meanwhile, deeper cross-border interconnection is already moving toward reality.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nation States (ASEAN) has developed its Trans-ASEAN Electricity Grid (TAEG) and Trans-ASEAN Gas Pipeline (TAGP) projects. Both are aimed at deepening energy market interconnections between the 10-nation’s national energy markets.

All of this indicates a more integrated Asian energy network is taking shape. The challenge is to recognise the pattern, and maximise the opportunities.

In coming years, Asia needs trillions of dollars of new energy infrastructure of every kind as the region emerges as the world’s largest economic bloc.

Built right, this infrastructure could serve the region well for a century or more and help reduce the devastating regional impact of uncontrolled global warming.

Done poorly, it could worsen climate change and increase territorial tension and spark war over regional energy resources.

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Karma Automotive LLC, the Chinese-owned carmaker once known as Fisker Automotive, has taken another step in its resurrection with the online reveal of its plug-in hybrid sedan that seeks to compete with Tesla’s Model S electric car.

The rebooted automaker has revealed the all-new Revero, which will cost more than the $115,000 sticker price on the original Fisker Karma when deliveries begin no later than next year’s first quarter. The car will be able to go about 50 miles (80 kilometers) in pure electric drive before a gasoline engine kicks in, said Chief Revenue Officer Jim Taylor. It also has a solar panel on the roof that can charge the battery, he said.

Karma’s plan is to sell an exclusive sports sedan to people who currently buy the Tesla Model S and other expensive sporty cars. Under Wanxiang Group Corp. and its chairman Lu Guanqiu, Karma is one of several Chinese-backed plug-in car companies that are targeting the U.S. market with electric cars that will take on Tesla Motors Inc.

“We think we’re in Tesla’s court,” Taylor said in a telephone interview. “If it was just about style, we would only go head to head with Aston Martin and Maserati. But these buyers are also interested in the technology.”

Solar Role

Karma is among the first to use solar panels to charge a production car’s high-voltage battery that powers the motor. The predecessor company’s original car, called the Fisker Karma, used a solar panel to charge the 12-volt battery that powers lights and other accessories, and Toyota Motor Corp. has used solar power in the Prius to run the ventilation system. Toyota’s new Prius Prime plug-in, going on sale this year, will have an optional solar panel to charge the battery for buyers in Europe.

Solar power is a big part of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s vision. He has proposed merging Tesla with SolarCity Corp., in which he holds a 22 percent stake. Musk wants his buyers to be able to buy his cars and then charge them with solar power at home. Several of Tesla’s fast-charging stations are also solar-powered.

Karma has been working to get back to car production since its predecessor company, Fisker, defaulted on a U.S. government loan and went bankrupt in 2013. Wanxiang, an auto parts maker, bought its assets out of bankruptcy the following year. The company has filed documents seeking to open a $375 million factory in Hangzhou, China.

As Karma rolls out its electric-drive technology, it wants to add smaller plug-in hybrids and fully electric cars to its lineup, Taylor said.

Similar to Tesla’s strategy with low-volume sellers like the early Roadster and Model S, Karma wants to use the Revero to start building its capabilities and intellectual property so the company can eventually build cars in higher volume, Taylor said.

The predecessor company sold 2,000 cars, Taylor said. Those owners will get the first chance to reserve and buy the new model this week, he said. Costa Mesa, California-based Karma will make about 900 Reveros in the first year and boost production later, Taylor said.

“Those owners are so passionate, borderline fanatical,” he said. “We want to give them first crack at it.”

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Best Mother’s Day Gifts for a Busy Mom’s Car

May 6, 2020

Chances are, your mom has seen it all. From bad dreams and scraped knees to woeful prom dates and countless missed curfews, she’s been there with you during the best of times and the worst of times. Sure, you’ve forked over cash for gift cards and scented candles. You’ve even created a cringeworthy coupon book for “unlimited hugs.” But this year, maybe it’s time to bump it up a notch. Now that you’re all grown up, gift your mother with something cool and cutting-edge — not frilly and flowery. Gear up her ride with the latest gadgets! She just might give you unlimited hugs in return.

1. AKASO Dash Camera

Nothing gives a lady peace of mind like feeling safe behind the wheel. Help get her there with a dash camera from AKASO. The AKASO Dash Camera records video in full HD and snaps 12 MP photos. Its powerful Sony sensors capture rich detail that’s displayed on a three-inch screen. Mom will love how its 170-degree mega-wide-angle view monitors four lanes with ease. Another plus? The Emergency Accident Lock. The dash cam locks videos of incidents automatically, which can help determine responsibility in the event of a dispute. Also, no more wondering who nicked her ride in the Kohl’s parking lot. The camera has a parking monitor and motion-detection function, so if someone messes with her car, it’s recorded. Safe ’n secure? Done and done. For about $50.

2. Premium Heated Travel Mug

You’ve managed to wean your mother from that $5 chai tea latte habit, but how about keeping her homemade matcha warm on the road? That’s where a heated travel mug from RoadPro comes in super handy. It plugs directly into a car’s 12-Volt power port, fits standard drinking cups, features five temperature settings, and has a non-spill lid. It holds a hefty 15 ounces of hot liquid, which means that you can ensure mumsie gets to her water-aerobics class with a warmed-up cuppa joe in hand. The RoadPro Mug retails for about $40.

3. ZUS Smart Car Charging Hub

Mothers are swifthanded — from whipping up dinner to unearthing a soccer uniform under a mound of sports equipment. So, get her something she could use to speedily charge her phone on the go — a ZUS Smart Car Charging Hub. The ZUS hub re-powers two high-wattage devices at their fastest speeds — up to twice as faster as an average car charger, according to the manufacturer website. It also acts as a car locator, thanks to the free ZUS Smart Driving Assistant App (available for both Android and iOS). Simply open the app to find your car with the Map or Compass feature. Gone are the days where mom gets stranded with shopping bags, at a loss as to where she parked her car. It’ll set you back about $27.50.

4. Drop Stop Car Seat Gap Filler

Long lost quarters. Forgotten French fries. Missing M&M’s. They’ve all fallen irretrievably into a place called “the carmuda triangle” — otherwise known as the between-seat abyss. Enter the Drop Stop Gap Filler: a simple gizmo that easily fits between your car seat and console that keeps stuff from dropping between your seats. It’s constructed from black neoprene casing, which acts as a streamlined gap blocker. And, it’s nearly invisible once installed. It attaches via the seat-belt catch and moves with the seat. The filler will most definitely keep mom from fumbling around for her dropped phone, which is always a good thing. It sells for about $10.

5. PURGGO Natural Car Air Freshener

Skip the coconut sprays and sugary spritzes. Mom doesn’t need to fill her car with cloying sweetness to remove that smell of stale food or wet dog. Instead, gift her with a natural-scented car air freshener from PURGGO. What makes this freshener such a breath of fresh air is what it isn’t. It’s not a spray, a gel, a scent bomb, nor an ionizer. It contains no fragrance or chemicals. PURGGO is made from 100% bamboo charcoal that naturally absorbs odors. The porous materials act like a big sponge, absorbing the stench of stale coffee or fried chicken in a pinch. As air passes through, odor particles get trapped on the surfaces inside. Best of all? The PURGGO Car Air Freshener is truly the gift that keeps on giving. It lasts for about 365 days, which means mom can have a sweet smelling Mom’s Day in 2018 and 2019 — all for around $20. So now that she’s not schlepping little ones around anymore, these gifts are sure to help her hit the road in style. [adrotate banner=”103″]


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Your living room is the one room in the house that needs to fulfil very different functions. You want a room that you can comfortably entertain your friends in, but conversely, you want a room that allows you to kick back and relax in comfort after a hard day’s work; it also has to be functional and stylish at the same time. That’s a tall order, and your living room has to appeal to you on many different levels. Here are 5 tips to help you achieve the look you crave without breaking the bank.

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You don’t need to dip into your purse and buy interior design magazines to get inspiration for your living room transformation. Get online. You will be able to sneak peek into other people’s living rooms to get an idea of what you like, and just as importantly, what you don’t. For luxury, Cayman Islands real estate for sale is the ideal starting point to see just how the other half live and to see how their interior designers have styled the homes. You can bet your bottom dollar that only the best will have been hired for the job. Print off any images that you like, and use them for reference.

A fresh lick of paint can do wonders to brighten a room. Revert to your printed pictures for color combinations. Paint is an affordable and effective way to transform your room. Update tired furniture, and be brave: use a color accent from your favorite piece of art that will be hung in the room and apply it to a piece of furniture to turn it into a statement. Refresh tired wooden floors and any architectural features. Do not ignore the ceiling. You can add height to your room by having a lighter tone on it.

You need to strip out your living room and be ruthless as to what stays and what goes. By getting rid of excess clutter, you are immediately changing the status quo. Your tastes change as the years go by, and what may have been a cutesy ornament twenty years ago may now very well look dated.

Just because you have always had your sofa against that wall, does not mean that is the best position for it. Have a friend help you move the furniture around to see where the best fit is. You may be surprised how moving a cabinet away from being near the window makes the room so much lighter.

Your choice of textiles can add a real sense of luxury, but at an affordable price. You don’t need curtains that cost the earth, but your pillows are your opportunity to showcase opulence. Pillows are relatively easy to make yourself, so choose fabrics such as velvet or silk that exude luxury. Use the expensive fabric for only one side of the pillow, the other side can be faux silk and can either contrast in color or complement. This is where you can show your personal style.

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Education systems in many of the world's poorest countries are experiencing the aftermath of the global economic downturn. The 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, argues that the crisis could create a lost generation of children whose life chances will have been irreparably damaged by a failure to protect their right to education. The Report examines who these children are and why they are being left behind, and looks at concrete solutions for making sure that no children are excluded from schooling.

On the first day of school, children often worry whether they'll make new friends or like their teachers. But in the Dominican Republic, some confront a far graver concern: Will I be turned away because I don't have a birth certificate?

The report, Left Behind: How Statelessness in the Dominican Republic Limits Children's Access to Education, shows that many children born in the Dominican Republic but descended from foreigners, particularly Haitians, are denied an education. For generations, such children were recognized as citizens, but within the last decade, the Dominican government has refused to issue many of them birth certificates, identity cards and other essential documentation, rendering them stateless. The report concludes that the Dominican Republic is failing to comply with its domestic and international human rights obligations, including the human right to education.

The report is the product of months of research, including interviews with dozens of affected children and families, as well as educators, advocates and government officials. Several of the Dominicans of Haitian descent interviewed were prevented from attending primary school, secondary school or university because they could not obtain identity documents. Of those allowed to attend school despite not having birth certificates, many were denied the ability to take national exams required to graduate.

All of this occurs in spite of laws, policies, constitutional provisions and international human rights commitments that are meant to guarantee children's right to education. The report found that administrative barriers, discrimination and confusion about the law has meant that in practice not all children in the Dominican Republic are allowed to go to school, even if they consider themselves Dominicans.

In 2009, India enacted the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, which provides for free and compulsory education to all children aged 6 to 14. However, the evidence presented in this report indicates that despite the 3 year deadline to implement the key provisions of the Act, it has yet to be adequately implemented.

This lack of implementation, enforcement and monitoring particularly affects children from marginalised groups, such as children with disabilities, girls, and Da lits. Children from these groups are excluded and discriminated against, affecting access, participation, retention, achievement, and completion of elementary education.

This report examines the obstacles preventing certain children from attending school and the government’s failure to take the steps necessary to address the problem.

Turkey’s education system, despite the country’s legal commitments to provide equitable and non-discriminatory education to all, continues to marginalise many minority communities and perpetuate nationalist principles in the classroom. Discrimination based on Colour, Ethnic Origin, Language, Religion and Belief in Turkey’s Education System, a jointly published report by History Foundation (Tarih Vakfı) and Minority Rights Group International, highlights the effects of this exclusionary system on children from minority communities and their ability to secure adequate access to education.

Despite legislation passed in 2012 to support teaching of minority languages, in practice there are many obstacles due to lack of resources and limited political will. Moreover, education in their mother tongue remains out of reach for many communities. This can have lasting impacts on the learning outcomes of minority children. In addition, compulsory religious education in Sunni Islam from grade four means that some minority members, such as Alevis, are obliged to take the course. Though technically Christian and Jewish children can apply to opt out, the procedure for opting out can itself undermine their human rights. Minority communities are also frequently overlooked or misrepresented in educational materials such as textbooks and curricula, meaning that prejudices and stereotypes about their communities are being recreated among the next generation. Finally, disadvantaged communities such as Afro-Turks and Roma often struggle to secure full educational access.

This report presents an overview of the current state of Turkey’s educational system during 2014 to 2015, drawing on fieldwork by Monitoring Discrimination in Education Network, an alliance of 16 organisations working in Turkey. Besides outlining the relevant legal standards and key rights relating to education access, such as language and pluralism, it also presents a detailed overview of key areas of discrimination and ongoing inequalities faced by minority children. It ends with a series of recommendations, including legal reforms, increased resources for mother tongue learning, revised curricula and improved discrimination monitoring, to support the development of a more inclusive and socially just educational system in Turkey.

Also available in Turkish, here.

This report consists of three main chapters. The first chapter enumerates all the mechanisms contributing to the development of educational inequalities in the Czech Republic’s education system, which are summarised to provide a context for the focus of this report—the ECEC of Roma children. It highlights the lack of ECEC provision for children under the age of 3 years (in terms of insufficient professional support to young Roma children, including that provided in some circumstances by crèches), problems related to insufficient kindergarten capacity (available child places), and low participation of Roma children in ECEC programs overall. This chapter also deals with the transition from preschool settings to primary education, and the placement of Roma children into schools with reduced curricula. All this has to be understood in the context of a highly diversified education system that “sorts” children into different educational pathways early in life, starting as early as Grade 1 in primary school. Another problem discussed is the large proportion of postponed primary school enrolments. The first chapter is based on statistical data and data from the Czech Longitudinal Study of Education, which studied educational transition in compulsory education. These are complemented by available data from other available research surveys.

The second chapter analyses the level of inequalities in ECEC provision for Roma children. It is the main analytic chapter of the report and describes the participation of Roma children in kindergartens and how this impacts their successful enrolment into primary education. The analysis is based on: Czech data collected for the 2011 regional Roma survey organised by the UNDP, World Bank, and European Commission (European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and UNDP 2012); research into the educational pathways of Roma pupils (Gabal Analysis and Consulting 2010); group interviews with Roma parents (Nová škola 2011); and regional situational analyses produced by the Office of the Czech Government Demographic Information Center (2011).

In comparison with their non-Roma peers, Roma children’s enrolment in preschool education is markedly less frequent. The key causal issues identified by the analysis include economic reasons, the different parental priorities of socially excluded families in comparison with other more affluent groups in society, and direct and indirect discriminatory barriers in preschool institutions. However, as stated above, it is well known that the beneficial influence of preschool education is more significant for marginalised and materially deprived Roma children than for their non-Roma counterparts.

The third chapter draws conclusions and lists a number of key recommendations, some with addenda.

Parallel Report submitted by the National Campaign for Education-Nepal, the Nepal National Teachers Association (NNTA), the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and other partners, including the Right to Education Project, on the occasion of the examination of the report of Nepal during the 72nd session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

The report shows that the growth of unregulated private education in Nepal supported by the State, is creating and entrenching segregation in education, threatens access to education for girls and children from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds and is a cause of discrimination with regards to access to quality education. As pointed out recently by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), such segregation in itself constitutes a human rights violation and must be ended.2 Segregation is also the source of other human rights abuses, including discrimination on the grounds of socio-economic background, gender and caste, a limitation on the right to free quality education, and the lowering of education quality. This situation is extremely problematic because of the injustices it generates which threaten the fragile social cohesion and peace that exist in Nepal. If the situation remains the same, experience shows that the education system is bound to generate instability and protests in an already unstable country that is slowly trying to recover from conflict and humanitarian disaster.

The Special Rapporteur examines the right to education in the digital age and, specifically, how to uphold the norms and principles that underlie the right to education while embracing digital technologies, which are revolutionising teaching and learning processes and transforming the landscape of higher education. He considers issues related to marginalisation and exclusion, as well as the quality of education, especially human values in education. Concerns are expressed about the digital divide and about how it affects fundamental principles, such as equality of opportunity. The Special Rapporteur sets out policy and legal responses to address these issues and challenges, bearing in mind the normative framework of the right to education as established in international human rights treaties. He also highlights the repercussions of digital technologies on public investment in education and on the quality of education, especially in respect of preserving human values in education, and underlines the need to safeguard education as a public good. Finally, he offers a set of recommendations for ensuring that the implementation of digital technology in education is in keeping with State obligations on the right to education as laid down in international human rights conventions.

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“Today, Syrian refugee children in Jordan face a bleak educational present, and an uncertain future. Close to one in three—226,000 out of 660,000—Syrians registered with the United Nations refugee agency in Jordan are school-aged children between 5-17 years old. Of these, more than one-third (over 80,000) did not receive a formal education last year.”

This report looks at the needs of Syrian refugee children in Jordan specifically around access to education, what success the Jordanian government has already had in getting Syrian child refugees into education, but also the considerable work still needs to meet the Jordanian government's ambitious target of increading enrollment amongst those children currently still without access to education.  The report also looks at what role donor financial aid is playing in helping to alleviate the situation.

Violence in schools and other educational settings is a worldwide problem. Students who are perceived not to conform to prevailing sexual and gender norms, including those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT), are more vulnerable. Violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression, also referred to as homophobic and transphobic violence, is a form of school-related gender-based violence. It includes physical, sexual and psychological violence and bullying and, like other forms of school-related violence, can occur in classes, playgrounds, toilets and changing rooms, on the way to and from school and online. This report presents the findings of a global review, commissioned by UNESCO, of homophobic and transphobic violence in schools and education sector responses.

In this report, the Special Rapporteur argues that treating economic and social rights as human rights is essential both for efforts to eliminate extreme poverty and to ensure a balanced and credible approach in the field of human rights as a whole. He argues that economic and social rights currently remain marginal in most contexts, thus undermining the principle of the indivisibility of the two sets of rights.

Conventional wisdom celebrates the great strides that have been made in recent years in relation to economic and social rights. At the international level, the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has been adopted, an impressive number of special procedures have been created to focus on these rights and bodies like the Human Rights Council spend much more time than they once did debating these issues. At the national level, economic and social rights proponents celebrate the impressive degree of constitutional recognition of some or most economic and social rights, the growing capacity of courts in many countries to enforce them, the growth of national non-governmental organisations working on economic and social rights and the emergence of a vibrant scholarly literature on the justiciability of those rights.

However, despite important recent progress, the reality is that economic and social rights remain largely invisible in the law and institutions of the great majority of States. In support of this proposition, the Special Rapporteur notes that: many of the States whose Constitutions recognise economic and social rights have not translated that recognition into a human rights-based legislative framework; the increasingly widespread constitutional acceptance of the justiciability of economic and social rights contrasts with the resistance of many of the relevant courts to acting on these rights; many of the States that enjoy the world’s highest living standards have specifically rejected proposals to recognise economic and social rights in legislative or constitutional form; most national-level institutional mechanisms for promoting human rights neglect economic and social rights; and national economic and social rights accountability mechanisms are generally much rarer than mainstream accounts would suggest.

The extent to which economic and social rights remain unacknowledged as human rights is the frequency with which debates about economic and social rights slide imperceptibly and almost naturally into broad discussions of development. But, in fact, development initiatives might not be rights-promoting, or even rights-protecting. In this report, the Special Rapporteur spells out why it matters that economic and social rights be treated as human rights and examines the ways in which this can be done by outlining the recognition, institutionalisation and accountability (RIA) framework that focuses primary attention on ensuring recognition of the rights, institutional support for their promotion and accountability mechanisms for their implementation.


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Sport NI in partnership with the Department for Communities are delighted to announce the re-opening of the Sports Hardship Fund; to further help sports clubs and other organisations delivering sporting activities, who are still experiencing financial hardship.

Initially opened on 14 April the Sports Hardship Fund has so far provided support totalling over £1mto help over 500 sports clubs maintain facilities during the lockdown.

This next phase will prioritise new applications for £2,000 and now includes club and organisations who ‘block book’ (hire) their facilities as well as owning or leasing facilities.

Returning applicants may also apply for a £1,000 top up to their award if they have fully expended the initial £2,000.

Who we can support

Eligible organisations delivering sport and physical recreation can apply to our fund if experiencing financial hardship.

These organisations include:

  • Governing Bodies of Sport recognised by Sport NI (with and office base in NI)
  • Constituted local sports clubs affiliated to a Governing Body of Sport recognised by Sport NI
  • Community & Voluntary sector organisations that deliver or enable sport and/or physical recreation as their primary activity. Sports and activities must be recognised by Sport NI.
  • Small charitable trusts that deliver or enable sport and/or physical recreation as their primary activity; and do not qualify for financial help elsewhere. Sports and activities must be recognised by Sport NI.

A list of recognised Governing Bodies and activities is available (List of Recognised Governing Bodies & Activities)

What we’ll fund

The fund has been developed to help sport and physical recreation organisations meet their obligations, in particular fixed costs, which are no longer supported with revenue as a result of coronavirus. This might cover expenditure on:

  • Facility Hire i.e. block bookings.
  • Rent/lease payments
  • Heat
  • Light
  • Utilities
  • Water Rates
  • Essential grounds/facility maintenance (to maintain a state of readiness)
  • Some Insurance (essential building/contents insurance, public liability, pro-rata)

How much we’ll fund

Each successful applicant (previously not in receipt of a Sports Hardship Fund award) will receive £2,000 towards eligible costs incurred from 1st April 2020.

Applicants who have previously received funding from the Sports Hardship Fund may be eligible for an additional grant of £1,000,

Priority will be given to those applicants not previously in receipt of a Sports Hardship Fund award.

Organisations should not apply if they have:

  • Received grant funding through the Department for Economy Retail Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Grant.

Where to apply

Please click here to read the programme guidance note and to begin an online application for the financial support fund.

This fund will close for completed applications at 12 noon on Thursday 5th November 2020. Click here for more information.

 In the event that the 3rd call is oversubscribed, we will assess new applicants first (on the basis of date/time of submission). Repeat applications will  be assessed on the basis of date/time submitted.

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News Update from Ronald Bolding ’71

Ronald Bolding has been named CEO of Pilgrim Place, a continuing care retirement community in Claremont, CA, having just completed eight months as the interim president and CEO.

Bolding most recently was president and CEO of the not-for-profit Inter Valley Health Plan, a senior health plan headquartered in Pomona, CA, for 12 years. During that time, he provided strategic vision and expertise to this $290 million enterprise, which services more than 22,000 members.

Bolding is a graduate of Ripon College, WI, with undergraduate degrees in economics and history. Upon graduation, he entered the U.S. Navy, serving 28 years in active duty and reserve, retiring with the rank of captain. He was awarded both the Navy Commendation Medal and the Joint Service Commendation Medal.

Following his military career, Bolding worked in the management of healthcare institutions, including extensive responsibilities for infrastructure and facilities.

He is a former vice chairman of the board of Mt. San Antonio Gardens life care community in Pomona, CA, and a current board member of the Claremont Senior Foundation, among other volunteer activities.


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