Sharing experience for the promotion of green jobs can play a key role in helping countries to advance towards a greener and a more sustainable future. This is the aim of the ILO Solution Forum that’s taking place this week in ...
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Six months on from the Rana Plaza building collapse, the ILO is helping survivors develop new skills and find jobs. Minu Aktar had been working in Phantom Apparels on the fourth floor of Rana Plaza for four and a half years. She still ...
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People from rural Gazipur and remote North Bengal, Bangladesh’s poorest region, are now being employed in the readymade garments sector after completing a 3-month skills training programme. The project is a partnership between East ...
Furniture West and the Canadian Home Furnishings Alliance, two of this country's three regional associations of furniture and bedding manufacturers, importers and associate members, are merging effective immediately. The new organization ...
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New-home production and remodeling contribute billions of dollars to the nation's economy each year, and with the right policies in place housing can serve as a catalyst to boost job and economic growth, the National Association of Home ...
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The government is to launch a plan to reduce the nation’s reliance on food and drink imports and increase consumption of UK produce. David Cameron delivered a video message praising the food and drink industry’s export ...
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May 17, 2013 - Territorial premiers met in Whitehorse, Yukon, for the 11th annual Northern Premiers? Forum, where they discussed numerous issues of importance, including cost-effective energy systems, as well as cleaner alternatives. The ...
Tags: Hydropower, Connectivity, Skills Training
Don Morgan, Saskatchewan’s advanced education minister, announced the province is providing $1 million in design funding through the 2013-14 budget to Parkland Regional College for a new Trades and Technology Centre in Yorkton. ...
Experience Media Studios today announced the worldwide launch of its patent-pending 3DPOV? system, a pioneering new solution for capturing, delivering, and experiencing immersive media. Experience Media Studios' 3DPOV system enables the ...
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The Canadian Building Trades says the federal government’s budget for 2013-2014—the Canada Jobs Grant, specifically—will allow an increase in the delivery of training and the capacity to access such training. “We ...
March 22, 2013 - The Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCI) commends the Government of Canada for its 2013 budget, saying it provides strategic investments in the manufacturing sector, as well as investing in skills training that ...
Tags: Nuclear Industries, Federal Budget, Consumer Electronics
A recent donation of $7,500 in products from Akro-Mils, a North American leader in storage, organization and transport products, is aiding the educational mission of the Lehigh Career & Technical Institute (LCTI) in Schnecksville, Pa. ...
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Heart attacks and cardiac events are the leading cause of firefighter Line of Duty Deaths (LODDs), resulting in over half of LODDs in 2011. But new technologies, such as the Wearable Advanced Sensor Platform (WASP), show promise in reducing ...
Tags: WASP, Protective Clothing, Disabilities
March 5, 2013 - The B.C. Ministry of Education and the Kamloops/Thompson Board of Education have signed a formal project agreement that clears the way for work to begin on the new $7.4-million trades training centre at NorKam Secondary. ...
The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF) announced a new project to investigate the participation rates and ROI for employers who invest in Essential Skills training, and is seeking Working Group members who will provide expertise and ...
Tags: CAF, Literacy, Essential Skills