26May
2016

Chris Brown, Vice President at OLAM International, one of Better Rice Initiative Asia (BRIA) Partners and a leading rice trader, has delivered a message to the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi in May 2016.

Chris Brown, VP for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability at Olam International, gives his message of support ahead of UNEA2. The second session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2) will take place at UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, (23-27 May 2016) under the overarching theme of Delivering on the environmental...

25May
2016

GIZ and the Partnership for Regional Oceans Governance (PROG)

The adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in September 2015 brought about an unprecedented agenda for sustainability, setting ambitious goals that must be implemented by all countries. For the first time conservation and sustainable use of the ocean is paired off with the world’s other most pressing...

25May
2016

Better Rice Initiative Asia (BRIA)’s SMART Approach in Viet Nam

BRIA Viet Nam is implementing its SMART programme (Sustainable Management of Rice production systems through introduction of improved Technologies) in the provinces of Đong Thap, Hau Giang and Kien Giang. BRIA intends to promote the implementation of the Agricultural Restructuring Plan to improve farmers’ livelihoods in those provinces, promote...

24May
2016

A Public Private Collaboration for MSME Development

The Philippines --- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Philippine government agency primarily mandated to promote economic development of the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship (PCE), a private sector initiative with a nationwide, huge...

20May
2016

Sector Programme Soil Policy and Land Management

OBJECTIVE The project aims to: provide technical and conceptual advice on international (EU, FAO, World Bank, SDGs, etc.) and national processes and agendas together with partners from the academia, the civil society and the private sector (TU München, University of Marburg, various NGOs, consultants, etc.) interact within strong networks and supports initiatives...

11May
2016

The Solution-ing Approach – Learning from inspiring experiences world-wide

The Blue Solutions Project and the Panorama Initiative provide global platforms to assemble and promote knowledge on successful approaches, tools and processes, focusing on what works why and how. These solutions have proven their success and inspire others to replicate and adapt them. While Blue Solutions focuses on the...

11May
2016

MOTOLAO DIARIES I Khammouane province Laos

Discover Khammouane province of Laos, located in the center of the country. The Mekong River Valley in the west is framed by the Annamite Mountain Range which separates Khammouane from Vietnam to the east. The Limestone Mountains are honeycombed with countless caves, some of which for ages concealed forgotten...

11May
2016

Ho Chi Minh Trail Story I Laos

Mr. Lung Ky from Ban Nong Bua, located at the Ho Chi Minh Trail in the Khammouane province of central Laos shares his personal story during the secret war. His village lived and survived for almost 9 years in a nearby cave, hiding from bombings of the Vietnam war. From...