FINAL CALL FOR AIDEX 2016 HUMANITARIAN & DEVELOPMENT JOURNALISM AWARD

AidEx 2016 Humanitarian & Development Journalism Award – final call for entries   Deadline for entries is this Friday 2 September.   Brussels, 31 August 2016: AidEx, the leading forum for the international aid and development community, would like to inform the global journalism community that the deadlines for entries to the 2016 edition of the AidEx Humanitarian & Development Journalism Award is this Friday, 2 September. Submissions and nominations are still being accepted on our website until this date.   The award celebrates the best of humanitarian and development reporting and photojournalism. In 2015, the winners of the award were Holly Young, from The Guardian's Global Development Professionals Network (for reporting) and Victor Lacken, of Lensman Media Services (for photojournalism). Learn more about last year's finalists and winners here.   The AidEx Humanitarian & Development Journalism Award is run in partnership with NRS International, a leading international manufacturer of innovative products for the humanitarian aid, public health and development sectors. Nominations for the Award will be judged by an independent panel of experts and by an online public vote. Two winners will be selected in the Photojournalism and Reporting categories respectively; they will receive a trophy and cash prize of €2,500, conferred in person at AidEx in Brussels on 17 November 2016. To enter your own work or to nominate someone for the AidEx Humanitarian & Development Journalism Award, please visit the AidEx website, where full Terms and Conditions are also available. Follow #HDJA and @AidEx2016 on Twitter for more updates. --- ABOUT AIDEX Now in its 6th year, AidEx is a major international conference and exhibition for humanitarian and development professionals of all stripes. Its fundamental aim is to engage the sector at every level and provide a forum for the visitors to meet, source, supply, and learn.   The two-day event taking place in Brussels annually was created to help the international aid and development community come together in a neutral setting, drive innovation and support the ever-growing need for emergency aid and development programmes.   The theme for AidEx 2016 is "Localisation", and the event will take place on the 16 and 17 November 2016 at Brussels Expo, in Brussels, Belgium.   ABOUT NRS INTERNATIONAL   NRS International is a family-run company that develops and manufactures products for the humanitarian aid, public health and development sectors. It aims to improve the everyday lives of people in need by providing cost-effective aid essentials. Headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, it is the parent company to three subsidiaries: NRS Relief offers core relief items and multi-purpose shelters Flexiway Solar Solutions provides fit-for-purpose solar products TANA Netting manufactures WHOPES-recommended DawaPlus® 2.0 insecticide treated nets as a tool for malaria control and prevention.

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International Unions Welcome Australian High Court Decision on Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Visas

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Yours,

Sam Dawson

ITF

 

 

31st August 2016

International Unions Welcome Australian High Court Decision on Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Visas

The ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) has welcomed a decision by Australia's High Court to rule invalid a decision by the nation's conservative government to exempt workers on vessels in the multi-billion dollar offshore oil and gas industry from domestic visa requirements.

 

The exemption, granted by the Immigration Minister, Peter Dutton, in December 2015 was overturned by the High Court today following a case lodged by the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and Australian Maritime Officers Union (AMOU).

 

The long-running saga was thwarted first by the Australian Senate in July 2014 and then the full federal court in March 2015. Today's decision in the High Court was unanimous.

 

ITF President and MUA National Secretary Paddy Crumlin said: "Bringing in often exploited foreign workers is a dangerous attack on the rights and safe working conditions of seafarers, regardless of their nationality.

 

"The ITF welcomes the decision which helps rehabilitate Australia's international reputation for adversarial and destructive attacks on the trade union movement.

 

"The offshore industry in any country's territory must be the domain of the national workforce as it involves the development of that country's sovereign and public wealth."

 

ITF Maritime Coordinator Jacqueline Smith said: "It is clear that the failed legislation and subsequent circumvention by the Australian government that was rejected by the High Court today was partly driven by international hydrocarbon players including Chevron and Allseas.

 

"This is a great victory for the protection of workers rights in the offshore industry all over the world."

 

AMOU President Tim Higgs said: "The Government has hugely overreached with these tricky legislative instruments. The Minister's attempts to bypass existing laws and give unfettered work rights to non-Australian workers was always a terrible idea."

 

Please see the following link for more information from the MUA: http://www.mua.org.au/maritime_unions_v_turnbull_government_high_court_decision

 

Media contact: Darrin Barnett at +61 428 119 703 or Darrin.Barnett@mua.org.au

 

ITF communications: getting the message out - when and where it matters

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ITF release: ITF backs Nautilus International in fight to stop Boskalis cutting and downgrading seafarers¹ jobs

30 August 2016

ITF backs Nautilus International in fight to stop Boskalis cutting and downgrading seafarers' jobs.

 

The International Transport Workers' Federation has pledged solidarity with Nautilus NL/FNV Waterbouw – its Dutch affiliate – in its fights to stop maritime and energy giant Boskalis sacking skilled seafarers and downgrading the quality of jobs.

 

The company plans to cut 650 jobs worldwide, including 150 in the Netherlands, and scrap 24 ships despite making EUR440 million profit in 2015 and EUR148 million in the first half of 2016.

 

In the Netherlands, Fairmount Marine - a wholly owned subsidiary of Boskalis – is attempting to replace permanent seafaring officers with lower paid nationals by outsourcing its entire ship management and crewing to Anglo Eastern.

 

So far Boskalis and Fairmount have refused requests from Nautilus NL/FNV Waterbouw to see the financial data that the company says justifies its plan.

 

ITF maritime coordinator Jacqueline Smith said: "Boskalis continues to make a healthy profit, so it is clear that this is another case of crude social dumping – using highly vulnerable workers to do skilled work for low pay. The company plans to use this attack on seafarers to cut salaries, but with no regard for the impact on workers. The ITF is fully behind Nautilus NL/FNV Waterbouw in opposing and exposing these actions, which are bad for workers and bad for good business.

 

General secretary of Nautilus International Mark Dickinson said: "If there has to be redundancies as a result of declining volumes of work, then Boskalis should show us the financial data proving this. Then we can work with the company to ensure that the workers affected are redeployed - something that should be easy for a global company like Boskalis that employs more than 80,000 people. Until they do this we will fight this proposal and we welcome the backing of the ITF."

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For more information contact Andy Khan-Gordon on tel: +44 (0)20 7940 9282 / +44 (0)77 1135 6964. Email: khan-gordon_andy@itf.org.uk

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Andy Khan-Gordon

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International Transport Workers Federation

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No complaints about the water from Sweden’s four-legged athletes competing in Rio summer games

Bluewater Bluewater - Aug 28, 2016 08:28 EDT Sweden's horses competing at the Rio games were treated to purified, pollution free water to drink generated by a Bluewater Pro water purifier. Stockholm, Sweden, August 28, 2016 – Sweden's four-legged equine athletes that competed in the recent summer games in Rio had little reason to fear the quality of the water they drank.  The Swedish equestrian team horses were kept up to par with drinking water purified of contaminants by a powerful, yet compact water purifier unit supplied by Bluewater, a Swedish company that innovates, makes and commercializes the world's most advanced residential water purifiers. Sweden's Peder Fredricson riding 'All In' won a silver medal in the horse jumping event. "The wellbeing of the Swedish horses in Rio was top of every team member's mind and keeping the four-legged athletes hydrated with water and electrolytes, or salt, is vital in high-intensity competitive environments. Equine athletes are no more immune to contaminated water than their human counterparts. So it's important to ensure the liquid they drink is pollution free, which is where a transportable water purifier is an essential piece of travelling kit," said Kim Borjesson, head technical officer at Bluewater's science lab in Jonköping, Sweden.  Horses sweat profusely during competitions and can quickly lose large amounts of the 10 gallons a day of water an average horse drinks. Giving a competing horse water differs according to each specific event. Horses doing short bursts of exercise need to be cooled down first and only given frequent sips of water, while those involved in longer activities require a drink during and immediately after the event. "Regardless of the number of medals won in Rio, Sweden's four-legged could count on being treated like hero's by the full-time staff who cater to their every drinking requirement with no need to worry about the plumbing thanks to Bluewater," said Kim Borjeson. Background Sweden's equestrian team in Rio used a Bluewater Pro water purifier that is capable of generating 52 gallons or 100 liters of cleaner, healthier drinking water from the tap every hour, 24/7. Bluewater's patented filtration technologies can remove over 99% of most known pollutants such as lead, chemicals, and microorganisms in water and deliver 1,248 gallons of purified water per day, which equals 4,726 one-liter (33.8 fl.oz) bottle of water. About Bluewater Sold across Europe, North America, China and South East Asia, Bluewater water purifiers harness patented second-generation reverse osmosis technology to deliver on-demand cleaner, healthier water direct from the tap. Innovated with love in Sweden, Bluewater water purifiers improve user quality of life, health and wellbeing by removing practically all known contamination from drinking water, including heavy metals, microorganisms, pesticides, pharmaceutical residues and other toxins.

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