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Training programme to manage sports events, tournaments held

Training programme to manage sports events, tournaments held

Muscat: A training programme was organised in managing sports events and tournaments by the Ministry of Education, represented by the Directorate-General of Administrative Affairs – Department of Training and Rehabilitation, in cooperation with the Omani School Sports Federation and the Ocean Institute.

The training programme kicked-off on Sunday morning, and will continue until Thursday at Al Amal Club.

The implementation of this training programme comes in light of the increase in the number of events organised annually by the sports committees in the educational governorates, which reach nearly 100 sports events in all governorates and require organising by specialists in managing events.

The programme targets 34 employees of the Office of the Omani School Sports Federation and the educational governorates to provide them with effective management skills and accurate planning.

Participants in the programme will obtain the necessary qualification to work in the management of sports events, through several themes, including methods of organising, evaluating, and managing sports events, financial and accounting management of sports events, management of sponsorship, financiers, designers, suppliers, stakeholders and the public, and attracting, managing and training employees and volunteers to work in sporting events, marketing sports events, and managing risks related to sports events.

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Expect Kejriwal to be present in future events: LG’s message after Delhi CM skips joint programme

Expect Kejriwal to be present in future events: LG's message after Delhi CM skips joint programme

The feud between Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal escalated after the latter skipped a pre-decided combined programme on Sunday.

The LG said that he expects the Chief Minister to be present in future events “to give a message” that they “want to work together” for the city’s development.

A pre-decided combined programme of tree plantation drive at Asola Bhatti mines was organised, which was skipped by the Chief Minister.

The Delhi government sources said that the government programme was turned into a political BJP programme, because of which Kejriwal decided not to attend the event.

This comes days after Kejriwal skipped the weekly meeting called by the LG on Friday citing ill-health. However, the Aam Aadmi Party alleged that the LG had also skipped one of the meetings on July 8.

“Delhi Police forcefully took over the stage of Van Mohatsav before the programme. It is a Delhi government event, the CM and LG were to attend jointly. Posters showcasing Prime Minister Narendra Modi were put up and the government programme was turned into a political BJP programme. This is the reason Delhi CM and ministers decided not to attend the event,” said the AAP.

However, the Delhi LG said that he wanted Kejriwal to attend the event, adding that all should work together for this tree plantation drive.

“I wanted CM Arvind Kejriwal to attend this event but due to some reasons, he could not. This is a programme where all of us should work together. I expect him to be present in future events to give a message that we want to work together for Delhi’s development,” LG Saxena said during his address.

Earlier in the day, the sources said, “After absenting from the scheduled weekly meeting with Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Friday, citing ill health, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday again skipped a pre-decided combined programme of tree plantation at Asola Bhatti mines in the national capital gain due to ill health”.

The said programme of tree plantation corresponding with the ‘Van Mahotsav’, was to be undertaken jointly by the Lieutenant Governor and Chief Minister.

A mutual decision in this regard had been taken on July 4, 2022. A total of 1,00,000 trees are planted as a part of the programme, and the Lieutenant Governor and Chief Minister were to launch the same together.

“One is left to wonder if recommending a CBI inquiry into an apparently illegal excise policy is taking the focus of the CM away from Delhi’s environmental concerns,” said LG sources.

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Scripts announces full programme of events | Westmeath Independent

Scripts announces full programme of events | Westmeath Independent

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After two years of online and hybrid events, Scripts Ireland’s Playwriting Festival is back with a jam-packed programme from July 7 to July 10 in Birr.

This innovative playwriting festival features a host of exciting performances and workshops for lovers of theatre – those who want to create, perform, and watch live new theatre in the beautiful surroundings of a heritage town.

Live performances include Bloody Yesterday by Deirdre Kinehan, Wake by Irene Kelleher, Looking for América by Janet Moran and an exclusive new work called Promenade Performance created especially for the festival in collaboration with Birr Stage Guild. Jay Ryan’s Living with a Fairy is also on the schedule for family audiences.

Earlier this year, Scripts received a record-breaking number of entries (over 130) to its call for submissions for new short plays. This year’s selected writers are Tony Doyle, Sarah McKenna Dunne and Jacqueline Corrigan and Robert Webster. They will receive a week of mentorship with award-winning Offaly writer Eugene O’Brien during the festival. Then, all three plays will be performed as rehearsed readings by a team of professional actors at the Scripts headline event, Nurtured New Works at Birr Theatre & Arts Centre on Sunday, July 10, at 4pm. The winning play will be chosen by a distinguished panel including playwright Christian O’Reilly and Fishamble’s Gavin Kostick. Scripts also continues to collaborate with the national theatre, The Abbey, to support its winning playwright.

This July, there will also be the unveiling of the very first George B. Miller Award, a new collaboration by Scripts and Youth Theatre Ireland. The selected writers will see their new plays for 11-14 year olds performed for the very first time as live readings during the festival.

For those who want to learn more about the art of playwriting, Fishamble’s Gavin Kostick and playwright Chrisitian O’Reilly will deliver workshops focusing on new writing. Former Scripts winner Lesley Conroy will host Family Proofing Your Arts Practice: A workshop on creative solutions to challenges facing parenting artists at Birr Library. David Walsh from Open Minds will also facilitate Unconscious Bias, exploring the way unconscious bias operates and help participants identify it and understand barriers to truly inclusive creativity.

For the full programme and some exciting special ticket offers, visit www.scriptsireland.com

Scripts Ireland’s Playwriting Festival is kindly supported by Arts Council of Ireland, Offaly County Council, Birr Municipal District, Fishamble and Youth Theatre Ireland and Creative Ireland.

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SB56 UN Climate Change Conference Side event: Update on COP26 Health and Climate Programme

In November 2021, World Health Organization (WHO), together with the UK Government and other partners, established the COP26 Health Programme – a flagship initiative to bring a stronger health focus and ambition to the UN climate negotiations.

As part of the COP26 Health Programme, over 50 countries have already committed to build climate resilient and low carbon health systems. Countries agreed to take concrete steps towards creating health systems that are resilient to growing climate impacts, while many countries also committed to transform their health systems to be more environmentally sustainable and low carbon. Fourteen countries have also set a target date to reach net zero carbon emissions in their health system before 2050.

These country commitments will at the same time promote health, address climate change and guide countries towards a healthy and green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO and its partners will be supporting these countries in achieving their commitments in the months and years ahead.

Side event “Update on COP26 Health and Climate Programme”

WHO, UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) and Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) will co-organize this side event at the margin of SB 56 UN Climate Change Conference, with the aim of:

  • Presenting the COP26 Health Programme and country commitments on building climate resilient and environmentally sustainable low carbon health systems;
  • Informing on the WHO technical support package to support the implementation of the COP26 health commitments on building climate resilient and low carbon health systems;
  • Inviting new countries to make commitments on climate resilient and environmentally sustainable low carbon health systems;
  • Endorsing the Health Community Recommendations submitted to SB56;
  • Promoting the open letter to universities and education stakeholders “A call for strengthening climate change education for all health professionals”.

Speakers will include representatives from UN organizations, civil society, vulnerable communities, policy makers, and youth leaders from both developed and developing countries:

  • Dr Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Head of Climate Change Unit, WHOElena Villalobos Prats, Technical officer, Climate Change Unit, WHO
  • Chris Carter, Deputy Director – Head of Human Development Department, FCDO
  • Dr Jeni Miller, Executive Director, GCHA
  • Mohamed Eissa, Liaison Officer for Public Health Issues, International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA)
  • Anna Fuhrmann, Climate Officer, Health Care Without Harm Europe
  • Moderator: James Creswick, Technical officer, WHO EURO

 

 

 

Logistical information

SB 56 UN Climate Change Conference will take place on 6-16 June 2022 in the World Convention Center, Bonn, Germany.

The side event “Update on COP26 Health and Climate Programme” will be primarily in-person and will be live-streamed on the official UNFCCC YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/UnfcccInt

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Minister McEntee launches justice sector programme of commemorative events for 2022-2024 as part of the Decade of Centenaries’ Programme

The Decade of Centenaries Programme is an ongoing programme of commemoration of the period from 1912 to 1923. The justice sector commemorations programme is part of the recently published, cross-government Decade of Centenaries 2022 Programme co-ordinated by Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.

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Hay Festival unveils events as in-person programme returns for 2022

Hay Festival unveils events as in-person programme returns for 2022

The Hay Festival has revealed some of the 500 events taking place this Easter as the annual literary celebration runs in-person for the first time in three years. 

Organisers have marked 100 days until the festival takes place with 22 early-bird events on sale now. 

Returning for its first in-person spring event since 2019, the programme, which runs from 26th May to 5th June, will offer insights and debate in a range of topics featuring more than 600 award-winning writers, policymakers and experts. 

Among the line-up of 500 events, the festival’s “10@10” series will showcase debut writers at 10 a.m. each morning on site, while a partnership with Publishing Wales spotlights Welsh publishers and their work. 

Collaborations with eight leading universities will showcase the latest research in the arts and sciences in a Lunchtime Lecture series. The festival has also partnered with various organisations which will feature throughout the programme including the Booker Prize, the Royal Society, British Council, the TLS, Prospect, BookAid International and the British Library among others. 

Organisers said: “A series of #HayFestival100 events on site will explore the iconic publishing year of 1922 and the century of literature that has followed, including discussions and performances of James Joyce’s Ulysses and T S Eliot’s The Waste Land. The public will be encouraged to share the books that have most influenced them from this past century of publishing.  

“The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee will be marked with a series of conversations on Women and Power, while anniversaries of the BBC, Marcel Proust, and Ferdinand Magellan will be reflected in discussions.  

“Lunchtimes at St Mary’s Church will be given over to live music, Hay Castle will be transformed into an open air space for daily performances, and late nights will be given over to a dynamic programme blending music and comedy with theatre and poetry.” 

There will be a strong focus for young people too. The festival will run family-themed events, called Haydays, to “give young readers the opportunity to meet their heroes and get creative throughout the festival”. The Programme for Schools strand on 26th and 27th May allows teachers and pupils to access festival events for free.

The BBC will return to Hay Festival bringing some programmes and podcasts to the site in free events, while a selection of main-stage sessions will be streamed live via the festival’s Hay Player video and audio platform.   

Hay international director Cristina Fuentes La Roche said: “Our 35th annual event in Wales, Hay Festival 2022 is going to be a return to remember and we look forward to welcoming friends – old and new – to our revamped festival site this May. As we put the finishing touches to this year’s line-up, we’re excited to preview some of this year’s themes: a promise of spring and a spark of hope for the year ahead.” 

For more information, visit hayfestival.com/wales/home.