Kurdistan
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is embarking on a water supply and sewerage programme worth $910 million USD (1 billion IQD), according to AKnews.
Samir Abdullah [Samir Abdullah Mustafa, Samir Akrawi], Minister of Municipalities and Tourism , told a press conference that the Goptapa-Chamchamal water project will supply drinking water for 300,000 people in central Chamchamal at a cost to the regional government of 130 billion IQD ($111 million USD).
The Erbil sewerage project will be carried out in several stages at a cost of $800 million USD (900 billion IQD). The project is part of a master plan for Erbil set to get fully underway in 2012.
(Source: AKnews)
Reuters reports that Iraq has signed contracts worth $396 million with South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering to build two new power plants.
Laith al-Mamury, head of investments and contracts at the electricity ministry, said the plants will have a total capacity of 1,752 megawatts.
There will be five units of 292 MW each in Rumaila, with a total value of $308 million, and a separate deal worth $88.5 million for a single 292 MW gas unit at Taza in Kirkuk province.
The gas units were bought from Siemens in a contract signed in 2008.
The Rumaila contract is expected to be completed in 21 months while the Taza deal should be finished within 18 months.
Iraq finalised a $1.08 billion contract with China’s CMEC last week to build a 1,260 MW plant in Salahaddin province.
(Source: Reuters)
The Iraqi Cement Company made a profit of 16 billion dinar [$13 million], according to Aswat al-Iraq.
“A major success has been achieved by the Ministry of Industry Minerals and the Iraqi Cement Company,” a media spokesman for the Company’s Director-General, Nasser al-Madani reported.
“The Company had achieved more than 16 billion (b) dinar proft from its invested plants, following the [provision] of necessary electric power to coninue its commissioning and productivity,” Madani said.
(Source: Aswat al-Iraq)
(Picture: Kirkuk Cement Factory)
How to Invest $200 billion over 6 Years
This investment would be broken down as follows:
- $100bn to develop upstream oil and gas fields;
- $40bn to develop the gas industry;
- $30bn to increase refinery capacity;
- $30bn to expand export facilities.
With regard to refineries, Shahristani said the refineries law provided investors with a 5% discount to the market price for crude oil, and in some cases all output would be bought by the Ministry of Oil.
Danielle Mitterrand, ancienne Première Dame de France et Présidente de la Fondation France-Libertés, est décédée dans la nuit du lundi 21 au mardi 22 novembre, à l’Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou où elle avait été admise vendredi dernier pour des problèmes pulmonaires.
Née le 29 octobre 1924, engagée dans la Résistance dès l’âge de 17 ans, elle avait consacré sa vie d’abord aux combats de la Gauche aux côtés de François Mitterrand, puis à partir de l’élection de ce dernier en mai 1981 à la défense des droits de l’homme en France et à travers le monde. Mettant à profit sa notoriété et sa position de Première Dame, elle a pris la défense des groupes et des peuples victimes des dictatures, des injustices de l’Histoire et de la Realpolitik.
Dès 1982 elle a joué un rôle actif pour la cause kurde en soutenant la création de l’Institut kurde de Paris pour sensibiliser l’opinion publique et “éveiller les consciences”. Elle a ensuite envoyé des observateurs aux procès des militants kurdes persécutés par la junte militaire turque des années 1980, dénoncé les campagnes génocidaires menées de 1986 à 1990 par le régime de Saddam Hussein contre les Kurdes en Irak, défendu les Kurdes d’Iran lors de l’assassinat de leur leader, Dr. Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou en juillet 1989 à Vienne par le régime iranien.
Après une visite dans les camps des réfugiés kurdes irakiens en Turquie, rescapés des gazages, elle a convaincu les autorités françaises d’en accueillir un millier à l’occasion du bicentenaire de la Révolution Française. Ensuite, elle n’a pas ménagé sa peine pour sensibiliser les Grands de ce monde à venir en aide au peuple kurde. À cette fin, elle a multiplié des voyages à Moscou, à Washington, à Bonn, organisé avec l’Institut kurde et sa fondation France-Libertés, des conférences, des colloques pour sensibiliser l’opinion publique internationale à la tragédie kurde. Ses efforts ont beaucoup contribué à la création en juin 1991 d’une “zone de protection” pour les quelque 2 millions de Kurdes fuyant vers les frontières de l’Iran et de la Turquie au lendemain de la première Guerre du Golfe. Elle se rendit auprès des réfugiés en franchissant “clandestinement” la frontière irano-irakienne et leur apporta une aide matérielle substantielle. Plusieurs centaines de manuels scolaires imprimés en kurde en France furent acheminés au Kurdistan irakien pour assurer la rentrée de 1991.
En juillet 1992 elle a inauguré l’Assemblée nationale du Kurdistan fraîchement élue. Lors de ce séjour, sur la route de la ville martyre de Halabja, son convoi fut victime d’un attentat des services irakiens faisant plusieurs morts parmi les peshmergas chargés de sa protection.
En 1994, lors de l’arrestation d’une dizaine de députés kurdes démocratiquement élus du Parti de la Démocratie (DEP) en Turquie, elle prit leur défense en créant un Comité internationale pour leur libération (CILDEKT) et mena une vaste campagne international pour sensibiliser l’opinion à leur sort.
Considérée comme “la mère des Kurdes”, Danielle Mitterrand s’est rendue à deux autres reprises au Kurdistan irakien, en 2002 et en 2009 où elle fut accueillie avec tous les honneurs et surtout beaucoup d’affection et de reconnaissance. Dans chaque ville kurde, des écoles et des rues portent son nom.
La disparition de Danielle Mitterrand endeuille le Kurdistan.
Un livre de condoléances sera tenu à l’Institut kurde pour les Kurdes et leurs amis qui veulent exprimer leur sympathie et leur témoignage.
Sources: Institut kurde de Paris
Pentru a viziona live emisiuni din Kurdistan accesati:
1. Kurdistan TV
2. ASO TV
3. Kurd 1
4. Zagros TV
CONCEPT
CHIN-ALLIA is a unique and globally-recognized event. CHIN-ALLIA 2012 Welcomes in Shanghai small and medium size businesses from various industry and services sectors
CHIN-ALLIA proposes over 2 days, face-to-face meetings in a “business speed dating” format from the 16h to 18th of January 2012.
This international business development event CHIN-ALLIA will allow business leaders to have up to 14 personalized and pre-scheduled 30-minute face-to-face meetings with potential partners of their choice.
CHIN-ALLIA is a springboard toward making new international partnerships, in addition to informal meetings in a professional and friendly environment.
8 Reasons to Participate to CHIN-ALLIA 2012
Ignorance more expensive than INFORMATION!
• Better understand the trends of big and booming Chinese market.
• Reinforce your position in the international marketplace
• Create new partnerships with different sectors and countries
• Look for commercial, financial, strategic or technical partnerships
• Develop new export markets and first of all in China
• Identify new business opportunities
• Research and gather information on international markets
• Develop and create new products in China by sharing Know-How and creativity with partners
CHIN-ALLIA 2012 by numbers:
One day check-in, conference and welcome ceremony
• 2 days of professional meetings: January 17 and 18th
• Up to 14 personalized pre-scheduled business meetings for each participant
• More than 400 business leaders from various innovative sectors
• More than 2,400 one-on-one business meetings scheduled.
From 19th on, additional program to visit Shanghai or to do additional contacts on demand.
B2B MEETINGS
Are you looking for new partnerships?
Participate to Chin-allia thanks to the collaboration with Futurallia, gives to the participants the opportunity to meet potential business partners through a series of personalized B2B meetings. Over two days, you will participate in up to 14 personalized and pre-scheduled 30-minute each, face-to-face meetings.
A fascinating race against time that almost always ends up with business and investment opportunities.
So if you would like to register or simply obtain more information, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Preparing your Individual Business Meetings
• Each registered company is provided with a unique login code to access our proprietary on-line client area, where each participant will create a personal profile, specify his/her business activities, and indicate the type of partnership(s) sought and/or offered.
• Once the online catalog opens, X days before the event you will be able to browse and search the list of participating companies and view the profiles of your potential partners or new contacts.
• You can then select up to 14 meeting choices from the list of participating companies.
• Our very efficient and well proved matchmaking software then creates a personalized meetings schedule for each participant, which is received upon arrival at the event.
Organization of your individual business meetings
You will receive a personalized schedule of 30-minute one-on-one meetings with up to 14 companies according to:
• Your meeting requests, but also…
• Companies that have asked to meet with you
• And of course, Reciprocal requests = this is the must!
If necessary, an interpreter will be assigned to any of your meetings as required. You can also take advantage of networking breaks, lunches and dinners to socialize, relax, and informally develop other contacts.
Not the least, you can be in touch with our delegates from western countries present in their booth
EXHIBIT
In addition to the one-on-one B2B “matchmaking” meetings, CHIN-ALLIA 2012 participants will have a unique opportunity to visit and network with a diverse group of exhibitors located within and around the meeting area. Specially designated “development zones” within China are invited to participate.
Exhibitors will have plenty of opportunity to promote their services to an international audience of small and medium size business owners from around the world (100,000 direct contacts minimum guaranteed).
The Exhibit Area provides an ideal venue outside of the scheduled meetings to form many additional contacts and relationships!
Exhibitors: AROBASE COMMUNICATION is the official Service Contractor for Chin-allia. You can order additional display items directly from AROBASE COMMUNICATION in Shanghai.
If you have any inquiries, please contact us at adrian@mihailovici.ro for a free quotation.
The Experts Exhibits
International trade specialists and Corporate service providers will be located in the Experts Village. These will include transportation and logistics companies, international banks and financial institutions, international law firms, insurance companies, international trade organizations, etc.
The Participant can be sponsors and exhibit their own products or present their services as a sponsor of Chin-allia
The Partners / Sponsors Exhibits
The Partner/Sponsor area will showcase these companies in a prime location.
International Exhibits
The international area is always popular at CHIN-ALLIA. These booths are where international Delegation Leaders from around the world will be located representing their countries, regions and/or territories or regions.
SECTOR
Since the first held in 1990, the event has always been conceived of as for owners, directors, and managers of small and medium size businesses from all industrial sectors wishing to develop business partnerships. This is one of CHIN-ALLIA ‘s strengths: bringing together professionals from different industries who can then share their know-how and apply it to other sectors at the events. CHIN-ALLIA is about creating new partnerships and new opportunities: to develop those, the partners first need to be informed and of course to meet!
“The better understanding comes by direct contact”.
To facilitate your seeking or survey, and finding connections, a non-exhaustive and “open” list of predefined sectors is proposed:
Agri-food and Wines
Construction, public works and infrastructure.
Automobile, mechanical and metallurgical industries, aeronautics
Energy- Environment and Sustainable Development, Solar.
Communication, advertising, media, printing and publishing
Transportation, logistics.
Human and animal health, cosmetology
Electronics, optics, photonics
Promotion and economic development agencies
Corporate and business services and Hospitality
Biotechnology, chemistry, new materials, new technologies
Consumer goods, clothing, and luxury.
COUNTRIES
We are expecting participants from around the world: North and South America, Europe, Africa, Middle-East. CHIN-ALLIA has a definite global reach.
CHIN-ALLIA 2012, thanks the Futurallia partnership and network, will reconfirm this once again with the participation of delegations from more than 30 countries:
United StatesCanada
Mexico Brazil Colombia Argentina Chile |
GermanyFrance
UK Italy Spain Switzerland Greece Portugal Netherlands Denmark Sweden Finland Norway Poland |
TurkeyLebanon
South Arabia Morocco South Africa Ivory Cost Senegal Australia New Zealand Hong Kong Taiwan Macao India |
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INVITATIE PENTRU CHIN-ALLIA 2012
FORUMULUI INTERNATIONAL DE DEZVOLTARE AFACERI
16-18 Ianuarie 2012 la SHANGHAI, China
DE LA “MADE IN CHINA” LA “CREIAZA SI INOVEAZA IN CHINA”
Oportunitate unica de dezvoltare rapida a afacerilor pe plan mondial
In parteneriat cu Futurallia – Alianta pentru viitor (Franta) EML , Global Education Centre, organizeaza Forumul International de Dezvoltare Afaceri, la Shanghai – China, o tara recunoscuta ca lider al megatendintelor globale, care raspunde in mod inovativ provocarilor pietei globale ca de pilda energii neconventionale sau produse durabile. Nu uitati – China este a doua piata din lume si reprezinta o reala oportunitate.
Prin contacte directe si intalniri B2B participantii pot intelege cele mai bune practici in China, pot intalni intreprinzatori chinezi, pot primi oferte comerciale sau de parteneriat, pot schimba informatii si idei cu intreprinzatori din intreaga lume. In program vor fi incluse si vizite la site-urile industriale din zona Shanghai.
IGNORANTA ESTE MAI SCUMPA DECAT INFORMATIA !
OPT MOTIVE PENTRU A PARTICIPA LA CHIN-ALLIA 2012
- A intelege mai bine tendintele pietei explosive a Chinei
- Repozitionarea firmei pe piata globala
- Creare de noi parteneriate in diferite sectoare si tari
- Cautarea de noi parteneriate comerciale, strategice, financiare sau tehnice
- Dezvoltarea de noi piete de export in China
- Identificarea de noi oportunitati de afaceri
- Colectarea de informatii despre pietele internationale
- Dezvoltarea si crearea de noi produse in China prin impartasirea cunostintelor si creativitatii
DESFASURAREA FORUM-ului
Forumul ofera participantilor pana la 14 intalniri bilaterale, de cate 30 minute, prestabilite si desfasurate in doua zile,cu intreprinderi din intreaga lume, ofeind participantilor diferite tipuri de parteneriate: aliante comerciale ( contracte de distributie, vanzare); aliante industriale ( joint-venture, concesionare de licente); aliante tehnologice ( inovare,transfer tehnologic); schimb de informatii. Peste 800 de oameni de afaceri din peste 40 de tari vor participa la lucrarile Forum-ului;
Participantii vor avea acces la un spatiu expozitional in special cu firme din China dar nu numai, destinat zonelor de dezvoltare.
Sectiunea Expertilor va reuni specialisti in comertul international, in sistemul financiar si bancar, logistica si transporturi, asigurari si drept comercial international, dispusi sa ofere consultanta;
Toti participantii vor ramane in contact si vor putea dezvolta relatii de afaceri datorita retelei interactive de parteneriat on-line care se pastreaza un an de zile.
Scurt istoric despre Futurallia sub egida careia se organizeaza CHIN-ALLIA 2012
Primul eveniment Futurallia a avut loc in anul 1990, la initiativa Camerei de Comert si Industrie Vienne , din Poitiers, Franta, in parteneriat cu Consiliul Regional Poitou-Charentes si Consiliul General din Vienne. Celelalte editii au fost organizate in Franta, Canada, Belgia Polonia, Qatar, SUA..
Pentru facilitarea realizarii de contacte se propune o lista deschisa de sectoare predefinite
Industria alimentara si vinuri;
- Constructii, lucrari publice si infrastructura;
- Industria auto, mecanica, metalurgica si aeronautica;
- Energie – dezvoltarea sustenabila a mediului, energii neconventionale;
- Comunicatii, publicitate, media, edituri si tipografii ;
- Transport, logistica;
- Sanatatea umana si a animalelor,cosmetica;
- Electronica, optica, fotonica;
- Organisme de promovare si dezvoltare economica;
- Servicii pentru afaceri si corporatii, industria ospitaliera;
- Biotehnologie, chimie, materiale si tehnologii noi;
- Bunuri de consum, confectii, textile si obiecte de lux.
PROCEDURA DE INREGISTRARE SI PARTICIPARE
ADAF-Asociatia pentru Dezvoltarea Antreprenoriatului Feminin este organizatia cu statut de principal partener, conducator de delegatie, mandatata de organizator sa se ocupe de promovarea si inregistrarea firmelor din Romania interesate sa participe la parteneriatul din CHINA.
Inregistrarea firmelor care doresc sa participe la Chin-Allia 2012 se face numai prin conducatorul de delegatii. ADAF asigura asistenta tehnica pentru inregistrare si stabilirea programului de intalniri.
CHIN-ALLIA 2012 ofera un pachet de servicii (fara cazare) la valoarea de 1.100 euro care include:
- Inregistrarea la eveniment
- Intalnirile personalizate B2B
- Includerea in Catalogul si Programul on-line
- Accesul la expozitie
- Prezenta un an de zile in catalogul on-line la catalogul participantilor
- Breakfast, pranzuri,
- Receptia de bun venit,
- Gala dinner
- Seara internationala;
- Servicii de interpretare la intalniri bilaterale, la cerere;
- Nu sunt incluse costurile de transport cu avionul.
La taxa de inregistare se adauga 50 euro pentru acoperirea comisioanelor bancare si a diferentelor de curs valutar. Plata se face in lei in contul ADAF nr: RO10WBAN2511000097800167 deschis la Banca Intesa Sanpaolo Romania SA
Termene limita pentru inregistrare:
Inregistrarea si plata taxei de participare (pana la 15 decembrie 2011)
Catalogul online al participantilor se va deschide la 19 decembrie 2011.
Regimul retragerii de la Futurallia 2011
Pentru anularile pana la 19 decembrie 2011 rambursarea taxei achitate se face fara a se percepe penalizari,.
Pentru retragerile intre 19 decembrie 2011 si 2 ianuarie 2012 se percepe o penalizare de 250 euro;
Dupa data de 2 ianuarie 2012 nu se mai ramburseaza nici o suma.
Pentru detalii va stau cu placere la dispozitie pe email : adrian@mihailovici.ro sau tel 0722.484.650
Minister Foster who is heading a business delegation from Northern Ireland said she and her business delegation are very pleased with their visit to Erbil, especially participating in this year’s Erbil International Trade Fair.
“We have had a very successful visit so far and we have a number of companies from Northern Ireland that participated in the Erbil Trade Fair. I think it will be an ongoing engagement between Northern Ireland and the Kurdistan Region,” said Mrs. Foster, adding that there also other opportunities for cooperation other than trade and business.
President Barzani praised the significant participation of companies from Northern Ireland, hoping that this relationship will grow stronger and expand to cover other areas, saying “the size of this participation was very encouraging for us.”
The trade fair this year, held the 24-27 October, will be the largest so far, highlighting the rapid economic growth in Kurdistan. This year’s fair will host more than 850 companies from over 25 countries, showcasing a wide selection of goods and services in different economic sectors.