The Export Development Board of Sri Lanka (EDB) is planning to organise a webinar on the Electrical and Electronics Industry of Sri Lanka. The purpose of the online event is to apprise the German companies and investors of the potentials of the market in Sri Lanka and to explore the possibilities to export the products to the German market.
Diplomatic Council Members are invited to join by invitation of Honorary Consul Nihal Samarasinha, Diplomatic Council Founding Member.
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Life after Covid-19 for Startups?!
Covid-19 has shaken up the old and new economy equally – world citizens have adapted to isolation quickly. However this virus has taken corporations and startups on the wrong foot. All business is going through an intensive learning and out-side box thinking is critical for survival.
By Diplomatic Council Startup Advisor Aman Khan.
Covid-19 – some facts
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Doing Business with Sri Lanka
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The great effort of the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Madrid
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The storm: Pandemic and oil price crash
Diplomatic Council (DC) Members are invited to join webinars by the DC partner organisation Brussels Diplomatic Academy (BDA), which belongs to the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
The Perfect Storm. How the COVID-19 pandemic and oil price crash combine to undermine prospects for geopolitical and economic stability in 2020 & beyond.
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Bashir Bernard Siman OBE, Financial Diplomacy Coordinator, BDA, and former UK Special Representative for Financial and Professional Services.
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ITU asking Diplomatic Council Members for Anti-Covid ICT Response
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU), part of the United Nations, is asking Diplomatic Council members to apply for the COVID-19 Response ICT Case Repository.
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COVID-19 Safe Certification Program for hospitals and clinics
Diplomatic Council partner and global accreditation leader, Temos International Healthcare Accreditation, announces the launch of its new “Certificate of Compliance: COVID-19 Safe” program for hospitals and clinics to address the crucial issues facing them during the SARS- CoV-2 crisis while looking ahead to the provision of services post-coronavirus. The program is officially recommended by Diplomatic Council, a global think tank enjoying United Nations Consultative Status.
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None of us is safe until we all are
None of us is safe until we all are, says UN chief at EU push to end COVID-19 pandemic
In a strongly-worded personal message, UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed donor countries’ contributions to a more than $8 billion fund, to speed up the production of diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines to end the new coronavirus threat.
But he said that five times that amount will likely be needed to put us all on “a path” to a world free of the disease.
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Raise your voice in a UN survey about Covid-19
Evidence for Transformative Change: UNRISD Survey on Responses to Covid-19 and Vulnerable Communities
The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) is interested in Diplomatic Council members` assessment of government policy responses to Covid-19, particularly from the perspective of groups that may be especially disadvantaged or left behind by the responses that governments are pursuing or not pursuing.
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DigiHealthDay 2020 Update
The Diplomatic Council partner organization International Society for Tele-Medicine and eHealth (ISfTeH) informs about the DigiHealthDay 2020. The ISfTeH is in official relationship with the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and also a partner of the Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DIT) organizing the DigiHealthDay 2020.
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Go digital on diplomacy
by Diplomatic Council partner Sunil KC, CEO Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs (AIDIA), a foreign policy think tank based in Nepal. Statement republished from myrepublica.nagariknetwork.