Marrakesh

Type: City

Name: Marrakesh

Country: Morocco

Latitude: 31.629999

Longitude: -8

population: 942,631

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

King Mohammed VI of Morocco

Good Intentions Echo In Marrakesh At Start Of Negotiations On Treaty For The Blind

The World Intellectual Property Organization diplomatic conference expected to yield a treaty creating exceptions and limitations to copyright for the benefit of visually impaired people opened today in Marrakesh, Morocco. Assurances of good faith and ... [Published Intellectual Property Watch - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Marrakesh, World Intellectual Property Organization, Francis Gurry, King Mohammed VI of Morocco, Louis Braille

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

UNEP UN Environment Programme

World: UNEP Launches First Graduate Course on Disasters, Environment and Risk Reduction

Source: UN Environment ProgrammeCountry: World The course aims to increase awareness among graduates on the links between environment and development. Some of these graduates will go on to put these lessons into practice while others will work with academics ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: UNEP UN Environment Programme, Disasters, Environment, Disaster Risk Reduction, Disaster

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

World Intellectual Property Organization

Can Global IP Rules Be Responsive To Public Interest Demands? The Case Of The Treaty For The Visually Impaired

By Ahmed Abdel Latif and Pedro Roffe, ICTSDTo what extent can global intellectual property rules address in an effective manner the needs of the most vulnerable members of society? This is the key question facing member states of the World Intellectual ... [Published Intellectual Property Watch - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: World Intellectual Property Organization, Marrakesh, Adoption, Intellectual Property

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

A place for the madding crowd

It was the summer of 2008. Barely past noon, I was already on my sixth glass of orange juice, freshly squeezed by the pushcart vendor. I was standing in the middle of Djemaa El-Fna $ the historic public square at the heart of Marrakesh in Morrocco.The ... [Published The Hindu - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Marrakesh, Orange Juice, Shahrukh Khan

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

T Magazine: Travel Diary | Ami’s Alexandre Mattiussi Goes to Marrakesh

The cult Parisian menswear designer shares his snapshots from a much-needed solo getaway to Morocco earlier this year. ... [Published New York Times - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Marrakesh, Morocco, Stocks

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

A smoky date in the rain

The irritable summer is long gone. Pune has finally got it's date with the monsoon. Now is the time to tuck into smoldering hot delicacies while the drops of rain hit the ground. Aanchal Kurmi does a round-up of the most lip-smacking kebabs available ... [Published Mid Day - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Pune, Marrakesh, Vegetarianism, Dhole

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 2 reports

Siemens AG

Morocco incentive aims to drive Siemens sales

Resellers can experience a taste of Morocco as part of a new sales incentive from Nimans and Siemens Enterprise Communications - with a three night stay in Marrakesh up for grabs.The trip includes accommodation in a luxury hotel and spa in October. The ... [Published Comms Dealer - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Morocco, Siemens AG, OpenScape, Siemens Enterprise Communications Group

First reported Jun 09 2013 - Updated Jun 09 2013 - 2 reports

'Education holds the keys to sustainability,' declared Irina Bokova, with Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Hasnaa in Marrakesh

Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General, opened the 7th World Environmental Education Congress with Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Hasnaa, President of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, Mr Mario Salomone, Secretary General of the ... [Published UNESCO - Jun 09 2013]

Entities: Irina Bokova, Marrakesh, Environmental Education, Sustainability

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 2 reports

African infrastructure fund "could reach $50 billion"

MARRAKESH, Morocco (Reuters) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Thursday the fund it hopes to create to finance infrastructure investment on the continent could be as big as $50 billion."The Bank has explained its plan to build the continent's ... [Published Reuters India - May 30 2013]

Entities: Infrastructure, Marrakesh, African Development Bank

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 2 reports

Moroccos AttijariWafa Bank to raise $500 mln in bond issue

7:29am EDTMarrakesh May 30 (Reuters) - Morocco's Attijariwafa Bank is preparing to raise $500 million via a foreign bond issue to finance projects, the bank said on Thursday."We have the approval of our general assembly, so we can go for $500 million ... [Published Big News Network - May 30 2013]

Entities: Attijariwafa Bank, Morocco, Marrakesh, International Bank, African Development Bank

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 2 reports

Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa: Project Financiers gather in Marrakesh to discuss finance of small and medium-sized projects in Africa

African Press OrganizationMARRAKECH, Morocco, May 29, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- A side event entitled Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA): Reaching out to Project Financiers in Africa was held during the African Development Bank's ... [Published BizWire Express - May 29 2013]

Entities: Sustainable Energy Fund, African Development Bank, Marrakesh

First reported May 27 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 3 reports

How to grow Africa’s economy without leaving anyone behind

AFTER the gathering of political leaders in Ethiopia for the 50th birthday of the African Union (AU), money men and women head to the Moroccan tourist city of Marrakesh for the annual meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB), at which they will ... [Published BDlive - May 28 2013]

Entities: African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, Marrakesh

Quotes

"They are players able to make the difference on the wings. It will be in anyway a great boost for us against Tanzania" said Lamouchi

Awesome Task for Stars [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 17 2013]

...course on Disasters, Environment and Risk Reduction is a new approach" said Dr Muralee Thummarukudy, Chief of Disaster Risk Reduction at UNEP. "We aim to increase awareness among graduates on the links between environment and development. Some of these graduates will go on to put these lessons into practice while others will work with academics to create new evidence to support the case for ecosystem-based approaches to DRR."

World: UNEP Launches First Graduate Course on Disasters, Environment and Risk Reduction [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Jun 16 2013]

"I think that half of Africa's countries are not viable as a business" Ibrahim glumly concluded, saying that he believed there was complicity among some African leaders to plunder its resources and sabotage its economic...

Is infrastructure the cure of poverty? [Published Financial Mail - Jun 13 2013]

Nimans Head of System Sales, Paul Burn says the competition provides an incentive for resellers to drive sales of OpenScape Business. "This promotion is a great way for them to spice up their sales and make a flying start with such an innovative and powerful comms platform."

Morocco incentive aims to drive Siemens sales [Published Comms Dealer - Jun 11 2013]

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