2023-12-11 08:36:58
Despite a vague timetable, the dismantling of monetary cooperation in West Africa is now more than a possibility. In Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, just like the allusion to the presence of the French army, the mention of the old colonial currency irritates, and the hour of its end has undoubtedly come.
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December 2023
Norway announces, at COP28, a new donation of R$245 million to the Amazon Fund
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2023-12-11 12:56:14
The donated resources must promote, above all, measures to combat deforestation and promote sustainable development in the Amazon region
Norway announced this Monday a new donation of R$245 million to the Amazon Fund, in the midst of COP28, taking place in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. The announcement was made by the Scandinavian country’s Minister of Climate and Environment, Andreas Bjelland Eriksen, during a panel celebrating 15 years of Brazil’s initiative, managed by the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) and led by the Ministry of the Environment Environment (MMA).
The donated resources must promote, above all, measures to combat deforestation and promote the sustainable development of the Amazon region through the Fund, which is the largest project to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) in the world. The initiative also highlights Norway’s role in the Fund, whose contribution was pioneering and represents the largest amount, with more than R$3 billion donated.
Tereza Campello, Socio-Environmental Director at BNDES, stated that “this announcement renews Norway’s commitments and is a demonstration of confidence that, with the Lula government, we have resumed the fight once morest deforestation, following four years in which the Amazon Fund was paralyzed”, he emphasized. The announcement was attended by Minister Marina Silva (MMA) and the BNDES Environment Superintendent, Nabil Kadri.
Other donations
The Amazon Fund also received an additional contribution of R$215 million from the United Kingdom during the summit. This year, donations to the European Union (R$110 million) and Denmark (R$105 million) also announced. In 2023, the Fund received R$110 million from the German government, and signed a contract for the contribution of around R$500 million from the British government, in addition to R$30 million from the Swiss government and R$15 million from the United States, whose The total donation disclosed is approximately R$2.4 billion, with no defined deadline.
The year 2023 stood out for the restructuring of the Amazon Fund and its operational and institutional structures, with the reissue of the Decree that establishes the Fund and determines its governance, the recomposition of the steering committee, the COFA, and the review of the Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm) and the Biennium Guidelines and Focus applicable to the Fund.
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FCU Gerersdorf/Ebersdorf: President Franz Haiderer Re-Elected and New Coach Frenkie Schinkels
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2023-12-11 12:15:00
At the FCU, things continue with President Franz Haiderer (center) at the top. In the picture with Honorary President Josef Moderbacher, the board members present, local councilor Wolfgang Linauer, raffle organizer Manfred Günter, Union chairman Andrea Gartner, the former Union chairman Karl Pasteiner and Karl Scheiber as well as other FCU employees.
Photo: Ferdinand Bertl
Franz Haiderer will lead FCU Gerersdorf/Ebersdorf through the next four years. He was unanimously re-elected in the election of the board at the football club’s general meeting on December 9th at the Heuriger Moderbacher.
The most important goal for the future, Haiderer emphasized, was the successful game once morest relegation and staying in the 1st class West-Central in the spring. The new coach Frenkie Schinkels should be of significant help. Haiderer is also hoping for some new additions to the team.
You need “a guy like Schinkels, who is up to speed” to achieve this goal, says Haiderer. At the meeting and the subsequent Christmas party, the FCU President not only thanked the team for their commitment, but also all employees and volunteers at the home games, especially the “good soul” in the canteen and club premises, Lisi Fuchs.
The following were also elected to the board: Karl Martin Gruber (Deputy President), Karl Moderbacher (Treasurer), Felix Haiderer (Deputy Treasurer), Astrid Dirnegger (Secretary), Andreas Hubmann (Deputy Secretary), Erwin Bertl and Manfred Günter (cash auditor).
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#FCU #Gerersdorf #Haiderer #remains #boss #relies #Schinkels #relegation #battle
Sting to Headline Vieilles Charrues 2024: Catch the British Singer’s Greatest Hits Live!
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2023-12-11 10:56:18
Sting will be on the bill for Vieilles Charrues 2024, according to information from RTL that Le Télégramme was able to confirm. The British singer will headline the second day of the festival, Friday July 12.
The former singer of The Police has already performed once in Carhaix, in 2012. Next year, he will sing at Vieilles Charrues as part of the promotional tour for his album “My songs”, released in 2019. He revisits all his great classics… We can therefore assume that the set he will play at Kerampuilh will be composed of his greatest hits: “Englishman in New York”, “Message in a bottle”, “Roxanne”…
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