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The closing date for responses is Friday 23 November 2007.
Download the document here
For more information visit:
Academy for Sustainable Communities
English Partnerships
American Society for Mining and Reclamation (ASMR) and International Affiliation of Land Reclamation (IALR)
"New opportunities to apply our Scinece"
Conference, June 14-19, 2008 Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Richmond, Virginia, home of the USA's first commercial coal mine, will host the 25th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation in mid-June of 2008. In addition to ASMR's historical concentration on coal and metal mining applications, this meeting's program and field trips will focus on remediation of other disturbances such as exposure of acid-sulfate materials, mineral sands mining, dredge spoil placement, and wetland impact mitigation. We hope that the timing and location of this meeting will allow meeting attendees and their families to enjoy the wealth of great attractions in and around Richmond!
More information available at the conference website, here.
Aid-funded opportunities for West Midlands firms in the environmental sector
Wed 14th Nov 2007
West Midlands firms in the environmental Aid-funded opportunities for West Midlands firms in the environmental sector are being invited to find out more about the lucrative opportunities available to them through aid-funded business UK Trade & Investment's Aid-Funded Business Service, which is delivered from Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is holding a free seminar at the Chamber on Tuesday 4 December to help companies win new business in the developing world, from 9.30am-1.30pm.
The seminar will focus on how UK companies can help solve problems in the environmental sector relating to issues such as solid waste management, contaminated land remediation, air pollution control, water waste treatment and water reuse.
At the end of the event, delegates will have the opportunity to network over lunch and participate in one-to-one meetings with the speakers.
Speakers will include procurement experts from UNIDO, the World Bank and the European Commission, plus senior UK Trade & Investment trade advisers from the British Embassies in Washington DC and Vienna and the UK permanent representative office in Brussels.
Claire Gamage, project manager of the Aid Funded Business Service, said: "Multilateral donors spent approximately US$60 billion per year purchasing equipment and services - this is a huge potential source of business for UK companies.
"This is a huge market and we are urging West Midlands companies to make sure that they don't miss out on their share.
"It is extremely rare to get such high level contacts in the same room at the same event and this seminar will provide an excellent opportunity for firms looking to bid for work through the multilateral aid agencies, or for companies that already supply the agencies and would like to learn more about future developments."
For further information, or to book your place, contact Claire Gamage on Tel 0845 603 0084 or email c.gamage@birminghamchamber.org.uk
NOTES
1. UK Trade & Investment is the government organisation that provides integrated support services for UK companies engaged in overseas trade and foreign enterprises seeking to locate in the UK. It brings together the work of teams in British embassies and FCO posts overseas and government departments across Whitehall. In England, international trade support is coordinated by nine International Trade Directors working in partnership with each Regional Development Agency. UK Trade & Investment services are delivered locally through a network of International Trade Teams. The devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own arrangements for local delivery of services. For more information visit the website http://www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk
The seminar will focus on how UK companies can help solve problems in the environmental sector relating to issues such as solid waste management, contaminated land remediation, air pollution control, water waste treatment and water reuse.
At the end of the event, delegates will have the opportunity to network over lunch and participate in one-to-one meetings with the speakers.
Speakers will include procurement experts from UNIDO, the World Bank and the European Commission, plus senior UK Trade & Investment trade advisers from the British Embassies in Washington DC and Vienna and the UK permanent representative office in Brussels.
Claire Gamage, project manager of the Aid Funded Business Service, said: "Multilateral donors spent approximately US$60 billion per year purchasing equipment and services - this is a huge potential source of business for UK companies.
"This is a huge market and we are urging West Midlands companies to make sure that they don't miss out on their share.
"It is extremely rare to get such high level contacts in the same room at the same event and this seminar will provide an excellent opportunity for firms looking to bid for work through the multilateral aid agencies, or for companies that already supply the agencies and would like to learn more about future developments."
For further information, or to book your place, contact Claire Gamage on Tel 0845 603 0084 or email c.gamage@birminghamchamber.org.uk
NOTES
1. UK Trade & Investment is the government organisation that provides integrated support services for UK companies engaged in overseas trade and foreign enterprises seeking to locate in the UK. It brings together the work of teams in British embassies and FCO posts overseas and government departments across Whitehall. In England, international trade support is coordinated by nine International Trade Directors working in partnership with each Regional Development Agency. UK Trade & Investment services are delivered locally through a network of International Trade Teams. The devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own arrangements for local delivery of services. For more information visit the website http://www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk
ASC and EP Consultation on Brownfield Skills Strategy
Wed 24th Oct 2007
At the English Partnerships Brownfield Strategy policy consultation workshop in December 2006, practitioners identified the lack of people with brownfield skills as a major barrier to the reuse of brownfield land. This and other issues raised during consultation led to English Partnerships publishing in Spring this year, recommendations for a National Brownfield Strategy for England. Policy Recommendation F focuses on the skills issue. As a result, the Academy for Sustainable Communities are working with English Partnerships to develop the first ever nationwide review of the skills needed to successfully re-use brownfield land. This will in turn provide the evidence basis for the National Brownfield Skills Strategy.
To ensure the strategy address the skills issues being encountered by the industry, I have attached to this email the Scoping Study Consultation which allows interested practitioners and organisations to comment on and direct the scope of the Brownfield Skills Strategy. This document offers an opportunity to:
- Comment on the definition of brownfield skills;
- Comment on the suggested approach to developing a Brownfield Skills Strategy
- Provide relevant information; and
- Suggest mechanisms to address the skills gap.
Please circulate this document to the groups you represent. This document will be available for download from both the English Partnerships and Academy for Sustainable Communities websites by midday Thursday 10 October. There are consultation questions in Annex 2 to help guide responses.
The closing date for responses is Friday 23 November 2007.
Download the document here
For more information visit:
Academy for Sustainable Communities
English Partnerships
ASMR (IALR) Conference June 14-19, 2008
Mon 15th Oct 2007
"New opportunities to apply our Scinece"
Conference, June 14-19, 2008 Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Richmond, Virginia, home of the USA's first commercial coal mine, will host the 25th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation in mid-June of 2008. In addition to ASMR's historical concentration on coal and metal mining applications, this meeting's program and field trips will focus on remediation of other disturbances such as exposure of acid-sulfate materials, mineral sands mining, dredge spoil placement, and wetland impact mitigation. We hope that the timing and location of this meeting will allow meeting attendees and their families to enjoy the wealth of great attractions in and around Richmond!
More information available at the conference website, here.
