Asia Foundation Encourages Digital Transformation in Emerging Asian Economies and in the Organization

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Microsoft’s Asia News Center features a piece by Geoff Spencer highlighting the Foundation’s goal to encourage Asian economies toward digital transformation, establishing new industries and developing relevant skills for their labor force:

World Heritage Volunteers 2018: Empowering the Commitment to World Heritage.

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This year’s theme for the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2018 campaign is Empowering the Commitment to World Heritage. For its 11th year, 51 action camp projects will be implemented at 50 World Heritage properties and sites inscribed on the Tentative Lists, from June to December 2018, by 44 organizations in 28 countries.

Joint Media Statement of The Sixth Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting

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The Ministers from the 16 RCEP Participating Countries (RPCs) attended the 6th RCEP Ministerial Meeting held on 30-31 August 2018 in Singapore

Interview with Takumi Kawahara, Sport for Tomorrow ( Part I, 2nd Part will be published on the 4th of September)

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Mr. Takumi Kawahara is the Director of the Secretariat of Sport For Tomorrow Consortium that is a unique innovation in the field of sport for peace program initiated by Japan. In the first part of this interview, Mr. Kawahara explained about the aims and activities of the consortium while also explaining how his overseas development aid experiences shaped his daily work.

Interview with Mark Takfman, Takefman, Citizen Sector Consulting, Founder and CEO ( PART II)

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In the second part of the interview, Mark, an activist and development expert focuses on her passion and expertise on environment related issues. The 1st part was published on the 17th of August.

Finding the Fluoride: Why Relationships Matter

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Search Institute is in the midst of a multi-year effort to study and strengthen developmental relationships in young people's lives. Our most recent publication, “Finding the Fluoride: Examining How and Why Developmental Relationships Are the Active Ingredient in Interventions That Work,” is a comprehensive summary of what we have learned thus far.

Small Charities Are Being Left Behind by Big Data for Social Good Initiatives

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Data has the potential to help nonprofit organizations work at a scale larger than ever before and to solve problems more efficiently and effectively. Data can help organizations improve their monitoring and evaluation, determine where the biggest problems lie and where the most value can be added, influence policy through evidence, increase their reach, and enhance their fundraising capabilities.

GPE Results Report 2018

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The Global Partnership for Education published its Results Report 2018 shows progress against agreed-upon targets and identifies critical gaps that need to be addressed.

Skoll Venture Awards 2018 Winner Announced

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Now in its sixth year, the Skoll Centre at Saïd Business School recently held the final pitching round for the Skoll Venture Awards. On Thursday 14 June, four early-stage social ventures, drawn from 52 applications and developed by Oxford University students and alumni, were presented to an expert panel of judges and a live audience.

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