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Access, learning and development in the creative and cultural sector: from 'creative apprenticeship' to 'being apprenticed'
This paper challenges the prevailing conventional wisdom in the UK that the government is the sole architect of the education and training (E&T) system and that qualifications are the magic bullet for securing employment in the creative and cultural sector. It also argues that if policy-makers are serious about wanting to diversify the occupational profile of the creative and cultural sector to reflect both the multicultural composition of the UK's population and the rising demand for broader creative and cultural products and services, then it is necessary to develop a less qualification-driven and more multifaceted approach to facilitating access and supporting learning and development in that sector. The paper maintains that this presupposes a shift from the current credentialist strategy to develop 'creative apprenticeships' towards a strategy that supports people to 'be apprenticed' in a variety of ways in the creative and cultural sector. Š 2006 Taylor & Francis
Further improvement of the implementation of the Aarhus convention in Malta : a review
Chapter 2Th e Twinning project MT/06/IB/EN/01 âFurther Institution Building in the
Environment Sectorâ aimed at supporting the Maltese Government in improving
the implementation of the Aarhus Convention on public access to environmental
information, public participation in environmental decision making and access to justice
in environmental matters.
Th e project was carried out by MEPA as Benefi ciary Institution and the Austrian
Environment Agency as Lead Member State Partner. Th e project duration was 15 months
as from 16th April 2008. Th e project was co-funded by the European Union and the
Maltese Government under the 2006 Transition Facility Programme for Malta.
Th e project consisted of four components:
⢠Component 1: Assessment of the current situation and development of
recommendations,
⢠Component 2: Implementation of recommendations,
⢠Component 3: Development of guidance documents,
⢠Component 4: Training and awareness-raising.
In Component 1, the legal instruments and institutional arrangements in place for the
implementation of the Aarhus Convention in Malta were assessed, and recommendations
were drawn up on how to improve the existing situation with regard to public access to
environmental information, public participation in environmental decision-making and
access to justice in environmental matters.
In Component 2, the recommendations were discussed with a wide range of
stakeholders, and consequently applied in the practice, establishing an effi cient and
eff ective administrative system to implement the Aarhus Convention. Amongst other measures, its implementation formulated a series of agreements between the benefi ciary
and key holders of environmental information in Malta, with the aim of securing
the availability, timeliness and quality of environmental data, supported by effi cient
information management systems.
In Component 3, guidelines were produced addressing the public authorities, the
industry and the general public in Malta.
Component 4 provided training for public offi cers and awareness-raising for key
stakeholders and the general public.
The most relevant project results are summarised in this chapter, as achieved under each
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Willful Misconduct: How Bill Frist and the Drug Lobby Covertly Bagged a Liability Shield
Drug industry lobbyists conspired with the White House and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) last year to craft a sweeping liability provision that shields the industry from lawsuits over products used to treat pandemic illnesses, even in cases of gross negligence or gross recklessness.This report relies on internal documents and e-mails of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) to illustrate the degree to which Frist's office deferred to drug industry demands and describes Frist's sleight of hand in securing passage of the provision. It underscores the enormous power of the drug industry and its lobbyists to steer a highly controversial provision into law.Frist inserted the shield provision into an already-completed conference report for the defense appropriations bill in the dead of night, with the aid of House Majority Leader Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.). Many of the members of the conference committee had never seen the language, let alone approved it. Committee leaders explicitly assured Democrats, made wary by rumors circulating in the preceding days, that no attempt would be made to insert the liability measure into the spending bill.The shield is unnecessary because the government now can -- and does -- indemnify drug companies in contracts, using provisions saying that the government will cover costs in excess of the companies' insurance.The pharmaceutical industry used legions of influence-peddlers to push for the measure. The industry deployed at least 158 lobbyists to influence policies relating to vaccines and pandemic preparedness in 2004 and 2005, including 84 who were previously employed by the federal government. Of those, seven were former members of Congress, two were former top health care aides to Frist and another was the son of the speaker of the House
Small Business - A Cyber Resilience Vulnerability
Small business in Australia comprise 95% of businesses. As a group this means that they contain increasing volumes of personal and business data. This creates escalating vulnerabilities as information is aggregated by various agencies. These vulnerabilities include identity theft and fraud. The threat environment of small business is extensive with both technical and human vulnerabilities. The problem is that the small business environment is being encouraged to adopt e-commerce by the government yet lacks resources in securing its cyber activity. This paper analysed the threats to this situation and found that questions of responsibility by individual businesses and the government are fundamental to the protection of small businesses information. Ultimately this raises the possibility of an undefined and unrecognised major vulnerability for Australia
Climate Benefits Tenure Costs: The Economic Case for Securing Indigenous Land Rights in the Amazon
A new report offers evidence that the modest investments needed to secure land rights for indigenous communities will generate billions in returnsâeconomically, socially and environmentallyâfor local communities and the world's changing climate. The report, Climate Benefits, Tenure Costs: The Economic Case for Securing Indigenous Land Rights, quantifies for the first time the economic value of securing land rights for the communities who live in and protect forests, with a focus on Colombia, Brazil, and Bolivia
Securing urban land for housing among lowâincome earners in SubâSaharan Africa: Case study of workersâ coâoperative society, Enugu, Nigeria
Coâoperative societies across the world have ageâold tradition of assisting members gain
easy access to vital resources and services through collective efforts. This paper explores the strategies
adopted by public sector workersâ coâoperative society in securing urban land for housing
development. This study is motivated by dearth of empirical studies on strategies used by lowâ and
middle âincome earners in overcoming myriad challenges militating against access to urban land and
housing in Nigerian cities. We used a qualitative research method to carry out an empirical
investigation through oneâonâone interviews with purposively selected members of Land Acquisition
Committee (LAC) of the NEPA District Coâoperative Thrift and Saving Loan Association Enugu,
Nigeria. Findings show that a mixture of customary,informal and formal practices involved in securing land from indigenous landowners was principally aimed at ensuring customary and statutory
legitimacy as well as secured tenure. The paper concludes that coâoperative approach has great
potentials in addressing problems of multiple payments for land, âindigenous land ownersâ factorâ and
high cost of urban land in Nigeria, and therefore, should be encouraged and promoted among
disadvantaged urban residents in developing countries
Securing The Root: A Proposal For Distributing Signing Authority
Management of the Domain Name System (DNS) root zone file is a uniquely global policy problem. For the Internet to connect everyone, the root must be coordinated and compatible. While authority over the legacy root zone file has been contentious and divisive at times, everyone agrees that the Internet should be made more secure. A newly standardized protocol, DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC), would make the Internet's infrastructure more secure. In order to fully implement DNSSEC, the procedures for managing the DNS root must be revised. Therein lies an opportunity. In revising the root zone management procedures, we can develop a new solution that diminishes the impact of the legacy monopoly held by the U.S. government and avoids another contentious debate over unilateral U.S. control. In this paper we describe the outlines of a new system for the management of a DNSSEC-enabled root. Our proposal distributes authority over securing the root, unlike another recently suggested method, while avoiding the risks and pitfalls of an intergovernmental power sharing scheme
Government response to the consultation supporting separated families; securing childrenâs futures
The Declaration of Independence and the American Theory of Government: âFirst Come Rights, and Then Comes Governmentâ
The topic of this panel is the Declaration of Independence, to which I devoted a chapter of my recent book, Our Republican Constitution. I want to draw on that book to make five points
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