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Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Live Webinar on “How to Raise Funds from the European Commission” Date: Thursday, August 13, 2015
Monday, July 20, 2015
FEMA PUBLISHES JOB AID ON THE USE OF CONTRACT SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HAZARD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE GRANT APPLICATIONS
FEMA announces the release of a job aid on the use of contract support for the development of Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant applications.
This document presents eight common HMA application development scenarios and provides guidelines to address procurement issues related to non-federal use of contracted support for the development HMA applications elements.
The job aid was developed to ensure compliance with procurement regulations found in the “Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards” (2 C.F.R. Part 200).
These guidelines apply to all Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) and Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) award made on or after December 26, 2015, and all Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) awards granted under a major disaster declarations issued on or after December 26, 2014.Job aid is available in the FEMA library at: https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/102051
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Resiliency Building. Preparedness, Response, Recovery, Revitalization. Sierra Leone. Ebola Crisis
FYI…
Resiliency building within the emergency
management arena requires the involvement of all stakeholders: pubic officials and agencies, nonprofit, faith-based,
all private sector members, entrepreneurs are involved in rebuilding and
revitalization efforts of any community from the U.S., Europe, and other
communities throughout the world.
Within your community what
activities do corporations play in community engagement normal, and during
disasters?
Continued relationship building does not end
during a crisis, but increases the relationship of those affected during, and after the crisis.
The Social Progress Index (SPI), http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/data/spi
suffices as a functional measurement tool for social progress that could be
utilized by all stakeholders for review and discussion on community resiliency building.
We at BEMA will be focusing in on those private
sector contributions before, during, and after the Ebola crisis for the
revitalization of those nations affected.
International
Stakeholder (Category: Mining. Diamond Industry)
Key Word Search:
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Sierra Leone
Guinea
Liberia
African Continent. Seawater Greenhouse Project.
FYI....
Potential use for all coastline nations on the continent.
Potential use for all coastline nations on the continent.
Seawater greenhouses to bring life to the desert
- Date:
- July 14, 2015
- Source:
- Aston University
- Summary:
- Greenhouses that will use seawater to grow crops in one of the hottest and driest places on earth will be designed by researchers at Aston University working with industry partners as part of an international project.
- The installations are to be erected in specially selected sites across the Horn of Africa, a region where temperatures regularly breach 40°C, water is scarce and food insecurity is very high. Due to the climate, conventional agriculture has been severely marginalised and the situation is worsening.
- The project aims to overcome the region's inhospitable conditions to help farmers drastically increase their crop yields, providing them with a consistent, sustainable income. Currently in Somalia, only 1.5% of the country's land is cultivated and average annual crop yields per hectare are just 0.5 tons -- compared to 700 tons per hectare in commercial greenhouses.
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- ..................................Once installed, the innovative greenhouses will pump seawater from the sea using solar energy and convert it into freshwater for irrigation via the desalination process.
Saturday, July 18, 2015
FREE..... July 20, 2015 Pandemic and Ebola Safety for Ancillary Volunteers and Workers Online Course
This training was developed with our partners Rutgers University and The National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences.
The course consists of the follow topics:
• About Pandemics
• Ebola Checklist for Preparedness
• Ancillary Support Roles in Response to Ebola
• Safety and Precautionary Measures
• Use of Personal Protective Gear
• What to if….
This is a four hour training with three breaks
Details at: http:// worldcarescenter.wiziq.com/ online-class/ 2944681-pandemic-and-ebola- safety-for-ancillary-volun teers-and-workers
The course consists of the follow topics:
• About Pandemics
• Ebola Checklist for Preparedness
• Ancillary Support Roles in Response to Ebola
• Safety and Precautionary Measures
• Use of Personal Protective Gear
• What to if….
This is a four hour training with three breaks
Details at: http://
FREE Webinar Series.. Public Health Accreditation Process
Are you interested in learning all about Public Health Accreditation?
The National Partnership for Action, the National Indian Health Board and Association of State and Territorial Health Officials are co-hosting a two-part webinar series on Public Health Accreditation.
Primary Audience:
Tribal Public Health Departments (all Public Health stakeholders welcome)
Webinar Series Learning Objectives
Participants will learn about:
- The basics
of the public health accreditation process - Accreditation Primer
Webinar
- The
prerequisites and domains of public health accreditation - Accreditation
Immersion Webinar
- Challenges
that tribes experience with public health accreditation - Accreditation
Immersion Webinar
Webinar #1: Accreditation
Primer: The What, Who, When, How of Public Health
Accreditation
TIME: 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time SPEAKERS: Robin Wilcox, M.P.A., Chief Program Officer, Public Health Accreditation Board Robert Foley, M.Ed., Deputy Director of Public Health Programs and Policy and Temporary Acting Department Director, National Indian Health Board Lorrie Shepard, R.N., Community Outreach Director, Forest County Potawatomi Community
Register here: Accreditation
Primer
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Webinar #2: Accreditation
Immersion: Understanding the Nuts & Bolts of Public Health Accreditation
Standards & Measures
TIME: 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time SPEAKERS: Robin Wilcox, M.P.A., Chief Program Officer, Public Health Accreditation Board Robert Foley, M.Ed., Deputy Director of Public Health Programs and Policy and Temporary Acting Department Director, National Indian Health Board Cathy Abramson, Tribal Council Member, Sault Ste. Marie, Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Register here: Accreditation Immersion
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Situation Awareness. EU Sub-Saharan Africa Funding. Resiliency Building
Situation Awareness list.
1.
MAJOR EU BOOST FOR DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT IN AFRICA
14
July 2015, ADDIS ABABA – Details of an €80
million package of support from the European Union to disaster risk management
across sub-Saharan Africa over the next five years, were unveiled today at the
Financing for Development Conference.
Margareta Wahlström, the head of the UN Office
for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), said: “This is a strategic long-term
investment in building resilience in Africa. It will help to reduce mortality
and economic losses by improving preparedness, early warning systems and
putting in place systems for understanding how disaster losses are generated in
order to avoid them in the future.”
Roberto
Ridolfi, Director for Sustainable Growth and Development in Europeaid, said:
"Resilience has many facets. Natural and climate related hazards dominate
the disaster profile of Sub Saharan African. A holistic approach to building
disaster resilience and to secure development gains in Africa, based on
accurate risk information and improved decision support systems, is therefore
necessary – and with this programme we will make an important contribution to
achieve this goal."
The
programme “Building Disaster Resilience to Natural Hazards in Sub-Saharan
African Regions, Countries and Communities”, an initiative of the African,
Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, will be financed by the European Union
within the frame of the 10th European Development Fund...........
2.
Africa disaster reduction fund is major new step
ADDIS
ABABA, 14 July 2015 –
An €80-million package of funds from the European Union to support disaster
risk management across Sub-Saharan Africa was unveiled today at the 3rd
International Conference on Financing for Development, winning praise for its
potential impact...
Read
more at: http://www.unisdr.org/archive/45134Submit Promising Practices Proposals by Monday, July 27, 2015;
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015
FREE Business Preparedness Webinars. July 14, 2015
FYI...
Small, medium, and large companies....
Please find below information on two free business preparedness webinars July 14, 2015
The first is being hosted by the organization Business Forward and features FEMA's Private Sector Division Director Rob Glenn. Business Forward has graciously agreed to allow us to extend an invitation to our private sector e-bulletin subscribers.
The second is the monthly SBA/Ability "Prepare My Business" webinar.
Please find information on both webinars below:
Business Forward Webinar -
It’s hurricane, thunderstorm, and tornado season. Is your business prepared?
Join a webinar on what businesses can do to prepare for and mitigate the effects of these and other natural disasters with Rob Glenn, Director of the Private Sector Division at FEMA’s Office of External Affairs. He'll discuss everything from disaster insurance to evacuation plans.
Rob brings decades of experience to the discussion. Before joining FEMA, he worked as a preparedness and emergency management expert at Booz Allen Hamilton, served as the Homeland Security Advisor and Homeland Security Director for the State of Ohio, served as a member of the National Emergency Managers Association (NEMA) Private Sector Committee, and founded Resilient Standard Ltd., an organization that helps companies prepare for emergencies.
Here are the details for the call:
At Business Forward, we help business leaders
brief Washington about the policy issues that matter most. This is your chance
to speak directly with FEMA about what your business can do to plan for
potential natural disasters.
Here's the link to register: http://www.businessfwd.org/blog/webinar-with-femas-robert-glenn
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SBA/Agility Webinar: What Are the Top Five Disaster Risks to Small Businesses?
For some reason, the building where you run your business was hit with a power outage, and you’re forced to shut down for several days. Your customers wonder why your doors are closed, and they decide to spend their money elsewhere. It’s even worse if you run a business like a florist shop or a restaurant, because you’ll lose much of your expensive inventory thanks to the power outage.
Small business losses more often are the result of small, isolated incidents. Assessing your company’s risks, and becoming more aware of those hidden threats, is one of the first steps in creating an effective business continuity plan.
Join Agility Recovery and the U.S. Small Business Administration on Tuesday, July 14, at 2 p.m. EDT for an online discussion on the top five small business disaster risks, and how to protect your assets before a crisis hits.
The SBA has partnered with Agility Recovery to offer disaster preparedness strategies through its “PrepareMyBusiness” website.
Visit www.preparemybusiness.org to access past webinars.
The SBA provides disaster recovery assistance in the form of low-interest loans to homeowners, renters, private nonprofits and businesses of all sizes. To learn more, visit www.sba.gov/disaster.
Small, medium, and large companies....
- Have you planned for the recovery of your business in a disaster?
- Have you considered contingencies in finance, emergency funding, staff individual and family recovery for long-term business outage?
- Do your vendors, suppliers, and service entities have contingency plans?
- Considered contingencies for how long your business will take to recover?
BEMA
Please find below information on two free business preparedness webinars July 14, 2015
The first is being hosted by the organization Business Forward and features FEMA's Private Sector Division Director Rob Glenn. Business Forward has graciously agreed to allow us to extend an invitation to our private sector e-bulletin subscribers.
The second is the monthly SBA/Ability "Prepare My Business" webinar.
Please find information on both webinars below:
Business Forward Webinar -
It’s hurricane, thunderstorm, and tornado season. Is your business prepared?
Join a webinar on what businesses can do to prepare for and mitigate the effects of these and other natural disasters with Rob Glenn, Director of the Private Sector Division at FEMA’s Office of External Affairs. He'll discuss everything from disaster insurance to evacuation plans.
Rob brings decades of experience to the discussion. Before joining FEMA, he worked as a preparedness and emergency management expert at Booz Allen Hamilton, served as the Homeland Security Advisor and Homeland Security Director for the State of Ohio, served as a member of the National Emergency Managers Association (NEMA) Private Sector Committee, and founded Resilient Standard Ltd., an organization that helps companies prepare for emergencies.
Here are the details for the call:
WHAT: Disaster Preparedness for Businesses An interactive webinar
WITH: Robert C. Glenn, Director, Private Sector Division, FEMA
WHEN: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT
Here's the link to register: http://www.businessfwd.org/blog/webinar-with-femas-robert-glenn
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SBA/Agility Webinar: What Are the Top Five Disaster Risks to Small Businesses?
For some reason, the building where you run your business was hit with a power outage, and you’re forced to shut down for several days. Your customers wonder why your doors are closed, and they decide to spend their money elsewhere. It’s even worse if you run a business like a florist shop or a restaurant, because you’ll lose much of your expensive inventory thanks to the power outage.
Small business losses more often are the result of small, isolated incidents. Assessing your company’s risks, and becoming more aware of those hidden threats, is one of the first steps in creating an effective business continuity plan.
Join Agility Recovery and the U.S. Small Business Administration on Tuesday, July 14, at 2 p.m. EDT for an online discussion on the top five small business disaster risks, and how to protect your assets before a crisis hits.
The SBA has partnered with Agility Recovery to offer disaster preparedness strategies through its “PrepareMyBusiness” website.
Visit www.preparemybusiness.org to access past webinars.
The SBA provides disaster recovery assistance in the form of low-interest loans to homeowners, renters, private nonprofits and businesses of all sizes. To learn more, visit www.sba.gov/disaster.
WHAT:
“The Top Five Risks for Business Disasters in America”– Disaster
preparedness tips from Agility Recovery, followed by a Q&A session.
WHEN: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 – 2 to 3 p.m. EDT
HOW:
Space is limited.
Register at http://agil.me/sbatop5
Friday, July 10, 2015
Seeking Young Professionals To Speak to Black/Latino High School Scholars (1 Hour Sessions) | NYC & Washington D.C.)
FYI....
Now is the time! Actions speak much louder than words.
Washington, D.C. - Professional Panel
Session information
Organization: Catalyst Network Foundation Inc.
(CNF)
Location: Howard University
Address: 2400 Sixth St NW, Washington, DC –
Blackburn Center (Room 148)
Panel Session Time Frame: 12:45 – 1:45pm
Number of Panelist: 4 -5
Audience: 15 CNF Fellowship Scholars (High
School Students), Education Programs Manager and Photographer
Week 1:
Tuesday August 4th: Business and Finance
Wednesday August 5th: Education,
Government, NGO & Nonprofit
Thursday August 6th: Technology, Media
& Fashion
Week 2:
Tuesday August 11th: Medical, Nursing
& Healthcare
Wednesday August 12th: Legal &
Compliance
Thursday August 13th: Entrepreneurship
If interested in speaking on any of the panel sessions
contact Laurel Djoukeng: LDjoukeng@Catalyst-Network.org
About Catalyst Network Foundation Inc.
The Catalyst Network Foundation Inc. (CNF) is a
New York City and Washington D.C. - based 501(c) (3) organization, founded in
2011. CNF is a non-profit focused in career and professional development
programming our mission is to engage high-potential youth (ages
14-25) and veterans (ages 21-30) with successful projects by
providing the proper tools, network, and development opportunities.
CNF holds a Summer Intensive Program for high school
sophomores and juniors in New York City and Washington, D.C.
in partnership with local high schools for students who are accepted
in their Fellowship Program. The Fellowship Scholars have the
opportunity to tour corporate offices and to pitch business ideas, as well as
develop professional skills. Through CNFs Mentorship Program; Fellowship
Scholars are paired with a Mentor that is a trailblazer in the profession and
career field their Fellows aspire to pursue. Through their internship program,
CNF fellows are placed in paid internships with top startups, scientific and
medical institutions. Several fellows have gone on to attend prestigious
colleges and universities.
Over 120 High School students have been admitted to the
Fellowship Program and are CNF Fellows.
Since 2011 the Fellows have participated in corporate
tours and created/pitched presentations to corporations such as Google,
Goldman Sachs, Nike, LinkedIn, Morgan Stanley, HBO, Microsoft, Essence
Magazine, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Hughes Hubbard Reed LLP, Bloomberg,
FOX News, BET, and NBC Studios to name a few; pertaining to solving concerning
matters that affect their high schools. Career and college
preparatory workshops are held throughout the year and educate over 400 high
school students in the Washington, D.C and New York City Metropolitan area.
The Catalyst Network Foundation Inc. is truly grassroots, the
leadership team in New York City and Washington, D.C. all
volunteer and steer the nonprofit. In 2012 the Catalyst Network Foundation Inc.
was awarded a Proclamation issued by Ranking Member, Congressman Ed Towns
for recognizing the achievements of the Catalyst Network Foundation Inc.
____________________________________Laurel Djoukeng
BBM: 2b757dca
Catalyst Network Foundation Inc. (CNF)
www.Catalyst-Network.org
YouTube: http://youtu.be/pc841qNmH9g
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Individuals Needed to Evaluate a Government Website - $75
UserWorks, Inc., a user experience design and usability research
firm, is currently looking for individuals to look at designs for a new
government website for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and
provide comments and feedback about the experience.
Sessions are being conducted at a metro-accessible location in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, July 15, through Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Each session lasts about 60 minutes. In appreciation for your help with this research project you will receive $75 cash at the end of the session.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO ANYONE WHO YOU THINK WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS STUDY.
Who:
Sessions are being conducted at a metro-accessible location in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, July 15, through Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Each session lasts about 60 minutes. In appreciation for your help with this research project you will receive $75 cash at the end of the session.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO ANYONE WHO YOU THINK WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS STUDY.
Who:
- Adults,
age 18 and over who use a laptop or smartphone to search government
websites
What:
- A
one hour session
When:
- Wednesday,
July 15, through Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Where:
- A
metro-accessible location in Washington, DC
If you are interested
in participating, please click on the button below to answer a few brief
questions.
If
you are unable to click the button, simply copy and paste this URL into your
browser:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R37SBRC
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R37SBRC