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17th February 2015 Montreal, Canada
Global Young Leaders in Dementia: Japanese Event
Again I am not taking credits for this blog. SIN Canada organised the 1st youth event on the 10th September (immediately before the Global Action Against Dementia Legacy Event- GAADLE) to discuss Dementia at the British High Commission. We facilitated the attendance of two Canadian young leaders (Laura Booi and Felicia White) to the Japanese […]
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16th February 2015 London, UK
Consular appointments – the challenges and lessons learnt
Lessons in configuring a service, running pilots and handling diversity in skills As we’ve developed our new consular appointment booking service we’ve encountered several challenges along the way, not least getting into the embassy in Madrid, and learnt many lessons which we can apply to future transformation work on legalisation and emergency travel documents. Parents […]
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16th February 2015 Sana’a, Yemen
Yemen: the ball is in the Houthis’ court
On 11 February, the UK took the decision on security grounds to temporarily suspend operations at the British Embassy in Sana’a and withdraw diplomatic staff. I would like to explain why. The UK wants to see success in Yemen. We have our national counter-terrorism objectives against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. But we have […]
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13th February 2015 Toronto, Canada
DementiaHack 2014: Video recap
DementiaHack, the world’s first dementia-themed hackathon, took place in September 2014 in partnership with HackerNest. If you don’t have four hours to watch the raw video from the event then here are two- and ten-minute recaps: Look out for a guest post from hackathon winners CareUmbrella in the next few weeks. We also hope to […]
13th February 2015 Beirut, Lebanon
UNITY AND IMPUNITY, TEN YEARS ON
Spring 2005 was when I decided that I would one day work in Lebanon. I was based in our Paris embassy when Rafik Hariri and 21 others were murdered. I remember reading the powerful reports sent by the then ambassador, James Watt, and sharing frantic updates with Lebanese and French friends. The Valentine’s Day massacre ripped […]
13th February 2015 Kingston, Jamaica
Working in Jamaica while studying in the UK? Yes , you can!
Ever so often your private life and your public life collide – thankfully this time it’s for the better! In July, I will attend my graduation at the University of Leicester, where I will be given my certificate acknowledging that I have completed a Masters of Business Administration programme. It is the culmination of almost […]
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13th February 2015
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Speaking your language, and yours’, and yours’………. Do you want to speak mine?
As Brits we often get away with just speaking English. So I never thought I would have to speak more than 20 languages in order to be understood. Especially not when all those languages occur in just one country. In the next few weeks I will be participating in events in Panajachel which will bring […]
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13th February 2015
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Hablando tu idioma y el tuyo y el tuyo…. quieres hablar el mio?
Como británicos a menudo conseguimos llegar a lo que queremos solamente hablando Inglés. Así que nunca pensé que tendría que hablar más de 20 idiomas para poder ser entendida. Especialmente cuando todos esos idiomas se hablan solamente en un país. En los siguientes días estaré participando en eventos en Panajachel, lo que unirá a líderes […]
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13th February 2015 Brasilia, Brazil
Celebrating diversity
Confetti, serpentine, dance, costumes, parades, floats, giant puppets and joy… in a simple approach, perhaps this can sum up the Brazilian Carnival. The festival that aimed to thank the gods for soil fertility and production in ancient Greece came to the Brazilian lands under European influence around 1723, being welcomed with open arms by the […]
13th February 2015 London, UK
Guest Blog from Baroness Anelay: "Freedom to Believe"
This week, we’ve hosted two events at Wilton Park, and in Geneva, on freedom of religion or belief. To mark them, I’m inviting you to join me in our social media campaign #freedomtobelieve. Here’s why: Last month I visited a training centre for Imams and Mourchidats (female spiritual guides) in Morocco. What I witnessed there […]
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