...pipeline company and the environmental group, as each approach the three branches of government: Executive, Judicial, and Legislative. The two groups will run into problems when implementing the project or protecting the environment because of the different way each group views of the project. The final view between the groups comes to the conclusions should the government allow the project to produce oil and increase the job rate or should the focus be about the environment and the affects that will come from the company. Both views are equally important but ultimately the government will make a final decision. Reaching a final decision will involve the three branches of government. Branches of Government: Executive branch- “Carries out laws made by Congress” (Melvin, 2011, p. 29). Judicial branch- “Authorized to decide cases and controversies falling within federal jurisdiction.” (Melvin, 2011, p. 29). Legislative branch- Power to regulate commerce, power to tax and spend, power to regulate bankruptcy, patents, and copyrights; and a general implied authority to make all laws necessary for carrying out its enumerated powers. (Melvin, 2011, p. 38). The Legislative branch controls the approval or decline of the pipeline project; the pipeline company will have to design a detailed proposal for the project while making sure it follows environmental and safety regulations before submission to this branch of government. After the project is approved or decline it can carry...
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...Successful Projects with PRINCE2TM 2 Managing and Directing Successful Projects with PRINCE2TM Written by Andy Murray of Outperform, Lead Author of PRINCE2 this brochure provides an overview of both Managing and Directing Successful Projects with PRINCE2TM. The public consultation comprised of: • Reviewing the Issues Log • A series of workshops/focus groups facilitated by the Best Practice User Group (BPUG) • ‘Champion’ interviews of key users • A series of surveys. More than 170 organizations and individuals provided feedback as part of the consultation process. Analysis of the feedback shows a general consensus for change as follows: • Reduce the size of the manual and improve the style of language (more guidance less instruction) • Integrate with other OGC products • Show linkage to other methods and bodies of knowledge • Provide more guidance on tailoring (particularly for smaller projects) • Include (or reference) the soft aspects of Project Management (e.g. people management, change management, ‘fuzzy’ requirements). Why has PRINCE2 been refreshed? PRINCE2 is often cited as the world’s most widely used project management method. Its success is largely due to it being non-proprietary but also due to the ability of organizations to apply it to a variety of industries, environments and project sizes. Since its launch in 1996, the project management industry has not stood still. The emergence of Agile and iterative approaches to project management...
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...Fernald closure project 12 years early and $7.8 billion below estimates. The overwhelming success of the project earned the 2007 Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Project of the Year Award. (Project Management Institute, 2012) The objective of the project was the environmental cleanup and site closure of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fernald uranium production facility. The project was undertaken with the knowledge that government funding may not always be available, the public had a very poor perception of the project and current workers at the site would be laid off when the project was complete. One of the ethical issues that developed early came from reports in the local press about waste, fraud and abuse. The Department of Energy (DOE) had to report to the U.S. Congress to address these allegations. DOE has not exercised adequate management and oversight of the vitrification and uranyl projects or of the contractor’s safety and health activities. In addition, the contractor has not complied with some required procedures in maintaining its major performance and financial systems. As a result of these weaknesses, costs have increased, schedules have slipped, and safety and health risks exist. (United States General Accounting Office, 1997) After the report was published, DOE and Fluor changed the way they did business. The project became more successful because DOE took a less hands on role and Fluor stepped up to the challenge to make sure the project was run according...
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...QUESTION You are the project manager responsible for the overall construction of a new international airport. Draw a dependency map identifying the major groups of people that are likely to affect the success of this project. Who do you think will be most cooperative? Who do you think will be the least cooperative? Why? As an project manager in building a new international airport, important tasks of the project managers across any work scope or vertical is to ensure that the planned projects get finished well in time within the given budget and the planned time frame. Project management is one of the most high ranking areas of study and plays a meaningful role in organizations across all the scope. The main responsibilities of the project manager contain appropriately and strategically mapping available backup with the project. A project manager need to check and identify the different kinds of risks and also need to identify the danger of the project on time to avoid the delaying in project due date. There are both good and bad side in being as project manager. Some people will help company to finish up the project on time while others may lead to a danger. Likewise is the case of a project manager responsible for the overall construction of a new international airport. The project is huge with lots of stakeholders and unimagined level of complexities.The dependency map drawed in following picture and the were cateorgazid according to most cooperative group and least cooperative...
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...financing the purchase and if you can afford to pay back the money you’re planning to borrow. Borrowing money becomes a problem if you borrow too much – that is, more than you can afford. It’s a problem if you borrow to where you can’t do other things or if you need to borrow to pay your regular monthly expenses. Just like your own money, you have to stay in control of the money you borrow from others. Borrowing money doesn’t have to be a bad thing. It can help. Borrowing just has to be done wisely, managed well, and held to a limit you can afford. I. History Land Bank of the Philippines (Filipino: BangkosaLupangPilipinas), also known as LANDBANK or by its initials, LBP, is a universal bank in the Philippines owned by the Philippine government with a special focus on serving the needs of farmers and fishermen. While it provides the...
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...A Project Report On Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project Submitted by Group 06 Madhukar Rathod -300683322 Ravi Joshi -300700707 Varin Furia -300698168 Under the Guidance of Prof. Farhad Moayeri Centennial College School of Business Academic Year 2012-2013 Letter of Transmittal Group 06 Centennial College, Section 102, PMGT-729 School Of Business Centennial College, Progress Campus Scarborough, Ontario M1G 3T8 November 27th, 2012 Prof. Farhad Moayeri Professor, PMGT-729 School Of Business Centennial College, Progress Campus Scarborough, Ontario M1G 3T8 Respected Farhad Moayeri, We submit herewith the term report of our project entitled “Chad and Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project”. The report was performed in group and the main reason of doing the same was to understand, explore, analyze and compare the past international project. This report includes all the documents which we need to submit for our project. We received full cooperation from the Professor. We are thankful to you for giving us such a valuable project in which we can use our knowledge and skills which we learned from our course. Please accept the report as the fulfillment of the course activity. Sincerely, Group number 6: Madhukar Rathod 300683322 Varin Furia 300698168 Ravi Joshi ...
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... By: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES OF TANZANIA P. O. BOX 110062, DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA. Tel: 022 2863271, Mob: 0713-602390, 0786-951999, 0787-909045 E-mail: sedit_vicoba@yahoo.com Introduction: 3 MKUKUTA clusters and goals are: 3 Cluster 1 has six goals: 3 Cluster 2 has five goals: 3 Cluster 3 has seven goals: 4 Context: 5 Technical description: 6 Group formation: 6 Governance: 6 Bank Operations: 6 Capacity building: 7 The Credit of this Procedure: 7 VICOBA Performance Cases: 7 Ilala District VICOBA project: 7 Mtwara VICOBA project: 7 Orgut-SEDIT VICOBA project: 7 Intake one: 8 Intake two: 8 Intake Three: 8 Constraints: 8 Cultural constraints: 8 Educational Level constraint: 8 Infrastructure Constraint: 8 Lack of funds: 8 Challenges: 9 Mushrooming Actors: 9 Documentation System: 9 Office Management Expenses: 9 Different styles by different Agencies: 9 Strength: 9 Recommendations: 10 To the Government: 10 To the Government agencies 10 To the Development partners: 10 To the community 10 Conclusion: 10 Special Thanks: 11 Introduction: Fight against poverty is as old as the history of man on this planet. In year 2000 critical poverty symptoms in Tanzania were, illiteracy, underfeeding, poor shelter, diseases such as Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, diarrhea, cholera, anemia and unemployment especially for primary, secondary...
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...KERALA PORTS Public Private Partnership Project and Infrastructure Finance JOBIN T JAMES 14DM024 Kerala is constructing two port projects worth over Rs 6,200 crore under the public private partnership (PPP) route. The state government completed one port project worth over Rs 700 crore under PPP and it has been put to service delivery, a study conducted by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) shows. The industry body released the report titled 'Port Developments in India'. DS Rawat, Secretary General of Assocham said 62 projects in the port sector worth over Rs 82,000 crore are in different stages of implementation under the PPP model. To put it in perspective, in all 881 PPP projects worth over Rs 5.4 lakh crore are taken up across India in different sectors. While there are 31 completed port projects worth over Rs 24,700 crore, about 21 PPP projects in the port sector with a share of 52 percent worth over Rs 43,000 crore are under construction, eight projects worth about Rs 14,000 crore with a share of about 17 percent are under bidding. International Container Transhipment Terminal Vallarpadam Terminal The Kochi International Container Transhipment Terminal (ICTT), locally known as the Vallarpadam Terminal. is a container trans-shipment facility which is part of the Kochi Port. It is the only trans-shipment port in India, and is situated in Kochi, in the state of Kerala.The terminal is biggest in its kind in South Asia Being constructed in...
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...work? Social Impact Bonds are developed as a risk-free way for government to pursue social programs. The process involves five participants: governments, intermediaries, investors, service providers and independent evaluators. Firstly, governments define problems that they want to address. In order to show the feasibility of the decision, governments need to clarify several issues, such as the target population and their need. Also, they are required to analyze the budget and identify an appropriate outcome. After that, governments need to enter a contractual agreement with an intermediary. The intermediary will find outside investors such as banks and individuals to invest in the program. It also needs to hire a non-profit service provider to conduct the program. Then, the independent evaluator will judge whether the outcome meets the standard or not. If the outcome of the program is satisfying and reach the standard of the appropriate outcome that has been set by governments before, governments will repay investors with required return as the result of the successful program (Pettus, 2013). 2. How should Social Finance structure the financial instrument: as a bond? As equity? As some hybrid? In my opinion, the way that Social Finance structures the financial instrument depends on the aims of investors that are attracted. There are three types of investors of Social Impact Bonds. The first group of investors is known as financial-first investors. They invest in...
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...Economy Canada is considered an annex 1 country. It has many CDM projects around the world to help non annex 1 countries reduce greenhouse gas emission. In china, Canada is involved with various projects in different parts of the country. Canada is engaged with the very large Guangrun Hydropower CDM project located in the Jianshi County, Hubei Province of China. Along with Canada, Netherlands, Italy, Finland, Austria, Luxembourg, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Norway and Spain are also parties involved. The project is located in the southwest corner of Hubei Province in the Jianshi County. It is home to the Enshi Tujia and Miao Minority Autonomous region. The Guangrun Hydropower project includes two small reservoirs and three hydropower stations named Hongwawu I station, Hongwawu II station and Zhamushui station. Hongwawu hydropower plant is located on the Hongwawu River, a tributary of the Zamushui River in Jianshi county. Zhamushui hydropower plant is located on the Zhamushui River which is by the upper reaches of the Guangrun River in Jianshi county. The map below shows the location of the proposed project. The Guangrun Hydropower project includes two small reservoirs with a total flooded area of 0.87 km2 and the reservoir storage capacity of 24.99 million m3. The three small hydropower stations have a total installation capacity of 28MW. The annual generation from the Guangrun Hydropower project is expected to be 89.28GWh. The hydropower stations will generate...
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...late the Zambian Government have been pushing for the enactment of the NGO Bill into an Act of Parliament. In doing so the essay will firstly define the key concepts in the question. Thereafter give an analysis of why the NGO Bill and why it met with a lot of dissent from the NGO fraternity and other stakeholders. Furthermore, why government was so eager to enact such a law and what factors contributed to the NGO’s reaction towards Governments intention. 2.0 DEFINITIONS 2.1. Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) There are so many definitions of the Non-governmental Organisation. World Bank defines the NGO as many groups and institutions that are entirely or largely independent of government and that have primary humanitarian or cooperative rather that commercial objectives. They are private agencies in industrial countries that support international development; indigenous groups organized regionally or nationally; and member-groups in villages. NGOs include charitable and religious associations that mobilize private funds for development, distribute food and family planning services and promote community organization. They also include independent cooperatives, community associations, water-user societies, women’s groups and pastoral associations. Citizen groups that raise awareness and influence policy are also NGOs. It is also defined as an organization established by and for the community without or with little intervention from the government; they are not only...
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...of September 25, 2012 on Padma Bridge English Español Français ﻋﺭﺑﻲ Русский Search GO ABOUT DATA RESEARCH LEARNING NEWS PROJECTS & OPERATIONS PUBLICATIONS COUNTRIES TOPICS News & Views This page in: English PRESS RELEASE MOST POPULAR World Bank Statement of September 25, 2012 on Padma Bridge September 25, 2012 World Bank Statement of September 20, 2012 on Padma Bridge Rethink Role of State in Finance, says World Bank WASHINGTON, September 25, 2012—The World Bank today issued the following statement concerning the Padma bridge project in Bangladesh: Media reports have quoted senior Bangladeshi government officials misrepresenting the World Bank’s position concerning the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project. We feel obliged to issue the following clarifications: The Bank has shared repeatedly with the Government of Bangladesh credible evidence of corruption involving senior public officials related to the financing of the Padma bridge. This led the World Bank to cancel the US$1.2 billion credit in the absence of a credible response by the government. On September 20, 2012 the government agreed: MEDIA CONTACTS In Washington Angela Walker tel : (202) 4730626 awalker1@worldbank.org Statement by Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group World Bank Appoints Kaushik Basu Chief Economist Severe Droughts Drive Food Prices Higher, Threatening the Poor RESOURCES World Bank in Bangladesh World Bank Bangladesh on...
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...individuals and communities in Thailand. This increase in knowledge and awareness has been, by and large, the result of campaigns and education programmes run by major public interest groups concerned with the environment. These include non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at the international, regional and national levels, as well as groups concerned with the empowerment of marginalized sections of society, such as women, indigenous peoples, and youth groups, and other community based organizations. . Major public interest groups are increasingly contributing efforts towards sustainable development through participation, advocacy, demonstration projects, monitoring and research, as well as cooperation and networking with other NGOs and government departments. This chapter reviews the contributions made by such groups to the promotion of environmental knowledge, awareness and action in the region. Traditionally, community based organizations played an important role in the management of common property resources such as forests and fisheries in the Asian and Pacific Region. Although over successive years their role was reduced by governments in some countries, recent years have seen a re-emergence of community involvement and the development and growth of NGOs, youth, women and indigenous people’s groups and associations of farmers and businessmen. NGOs have, in particular, played an important role in raising environmental concerns, developing awareness of environmental issues...
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...Analysis of Cross-sectoral Networks in Local Sustainable Development Projects in Japan Noriko Sakamoto Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the International Masters in Environmental Sciences, Lund University, Sweden November 2005 Submitted by: Noriko Sakamoto 4-41-4-805 Arakawa, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 116-0002 Phone: 81-3-3893-5171 Email: noriko.sakamoto.755@student.lu.se Supervisor: Dr. Tomas Kåberger TallOil Phone: 0853524723 Email: tomas.kaberger@talloil.se Mr. Kes McCormick International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University Phone: 0462220256 Email: kes.mccormick@iiiee.lu.se Acknowledgement First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to my supervisors, Tomas Kåberger and Kes McCormick, for their continuous advice, support and encouragement throughout this thesis work. Without their support, I could not finish writing this paper. Next, I would particularly like to thank my interviewees, Ayako Fujii, Minoru Yamada, Yasuhito Endo, and Hiroshi Shimotenma for warm hospitality. They gave me inspirations for this thesis, and their energy gave me courage to finish this work. I would like to express my gratitude to LUMES program for offering me an opportunity to study environmental sciences, continuous support, and wonderful classmates. Special thanks to all of my classmates, Becky, Cynthia, Eda, Leah, everyone, for sharing laughs and tears, from hard time of thesis writing to wonderful party time. To Kerstin...
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...The Company’s incentive to invest in Africa now Need for Infrastructure development in Africa Africa is rich in natural resources and thus also has an agro-based economy. It is seeing a great demand of its products like tea and coffee internationally leading to higher exports; in spite of the surge in exports, Africa has not been able to rival its counterpart emerging economies like India and China in terms of economic development. The cause of this misbalance is the lack of infrastructure development, which has a direct causal relationship with economic development. It is important to invest in Infrastructure in Africa for poverty reduction and economic development. Infrastructure has always been costly in Africa due to lack of efficiency but that doesn’t deter the increased demand, which resulted from an increase in population and urbanization. The World Bank estimates that the current infrastructure financing needs are US $95 million in Africa out which there is financing for US $45 billion1. The current gap should have been US $48 billion but leads to much more since nearly 35% of it is wasted due to inefficiencies. Most of the current financing in infrastructure has been through the Public sector with the Private sector contributing 21% share2. Infrastructure development would have positive effects in East and Central Africa and would contribute to 2% to the Gross Domestic Product. An example of connection of infrastructure to economic development is seen in China, where...
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