photo docu: Days of India in Germany + Indian Festival (HH Port Anniversary)

1st official pics documenting the visit of Anand Sharma (H.E. Indian Minister of Commerce & Textile) on 11th May 2012 @ Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, Hamburg City Hall and Hamburg Port for the inauguration of the “Days of India in Germany” (2012-2013) + INDIAN FESTIVAL @ 823rd Port Anniversary (11th-13th May 2012)

More infos: http://www.imcradio.net/daysofindiaingermany

(images/source: © 05/2012 – Indian General Consulate Hamburg)

26th April: World Intellectual Property (WIP) Day 2012

Every year on April 26, World Intellectual Property Day celebrates innovation and creativity and how intellectual property fosters and encourages them.

How World IP Day began

To increase general understanding of what IP really means, WIPO member states chose April 26 – the day on which the WIPO Convention came into force in 1970 – as World IP Day.

Since then, IP Day offers an exciting chance each year to join with others around the globe, to highlight, discuss and demonstrate how the IP system contributes to the flourishing of music and the arts and to driving the technological innovation that helps shape our world.

WIP Day 2012…

In 2012 the World Intellectual Property Day focuses on Visionary Innovators – individuals whose ingenuity and artistry have broken molds, opened new horizons and made a lasting impact.

Behind every great innovation, either artistic or technological, is a human story – a tale in which new pathways open as a result of the curiosity, insight or determination of individuals.

The Wright Brothers’ boyhood fascination with flight leads to a flying machine and travel by air. Louis Pasteur’s inquisitive mind advances the science of disease prevention. Tu Youyou’s dogged analysis of herbal remedies results in a malaria treatment that saves millions of lives. Steve Jobs’ ambition to make digital technology simple and accessible to everyone gives rise to personal computing and – three decades on – a new paradigm for the delivery of entertainment.

The list of visionary innovators is long. It is a catalogue of human ingenuity and creativity. It includes the many artists, writers and musicians who changed the way we see and hear things: Rembrandt and Turner, Picasso and Kandinski, each reshaping our perceptions of light, shape and form; Chekhov and Tagore, Neruda and Mafouz, their writing giving new insights into the human experience; Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, Hendrix and Rostropovich – musicians who challenge the status-quo, and endure.

What you can do

Organize an event or activity for World IP Day

Download the official Visionary Innovators poster (28 MB PDF)

Browse IP Day activities, posters and photos on the world map (Google Maps)

Check in the archive the themes from previous years

visit WIPO @ Facebook

(Source: 04/2012 – WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation))

22nd March: World Water Day 2012 (United Nations)

There are 7 billion people to feed on the planet today and another 2 billion are expected to join by 2050. Statistics say that each of us drinks from 2 to 4 litres of water every day, however most of the water we ‘drink’ is embedded in the food we eat: producing 1 kilo of beef for example consumes 15,000 litres of water while 1 kilo of wheat ’drinks up’ 1,500 litres.

When a billion people in the world already live in chronic hunger and water resources are under pressure we cannot pretend the problem is ‘elsewhere’. Coping with population growth and ensuring access to nutritious food to everyone call for a series of actions we can all help with:

• follow a healthier, sustainable diet;
• consume less water-intensive products;
• reduce the scandalous food wastage: 30% of the food produced worldwide is never eaten and the water used to produce it is definitively lost!
• produce more food, of better quality, with less water.

At all steps of the supply chain, from producers to consumers, actions can be taken to save water and ensure food for all.

And you? Do you know how much water you actually consume every day? How can you change your diet and reduce your water footprint? Join the World Water Day 2012 campaign “Water and Food Security” and find out more!

(Source: 03/2012 | FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation)

Download PDFs: Official Brochure | Ceremony Programme | Water and Food Security at the 6th World Water Forum | Advocacy Guide (Produced by UNW-DPAC)

22nd March: World Water Day 2012 (United Nations) – Ceremony Programme (PDF)

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22nd March: World Water Day 2012 (United Nations) – Official Brochure (PDF)

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22nd March: World Water Day 2012 (United Nations) – Water and Food Security at the 6th World Water Forum (PDF)

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22nd March: World Water Day 2012 (United Nations) – Advocacy Guide (Produced by UNW-DPAC, PDF)

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Der Kulturinfarkt: “Deutsches Subventionssystem muss umgebaut werden” (Buchtipp)

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Morgen im SPIEGEL zum Buch “Der Kulturinfarkt”: “Deutsches Subventionssystem muss umgebaut werden”

Der KNAUS-Titel “Der Kulturinfarkt. Von allem zu viel und überall das Gleiche” wird morgen ausgeliefert – und ist zugleich großes Thema im SPIEGEL: Das Buch eröffnet eine Debatte über Kulturpolitik, Kulturstaat, Kultursubventionen. Das meldet heute der SPIEGEL vorab:

“Die Hälfte aller staatlich geförderten Theater, Museen oder Bibliotheken in Deutschland könne geschlossen werden”. Das behaupten vier ausgewiesene Experten in einem Beitrag für den SPIEGEL. Dieter Haselbach (Leiter des Zentrums für Kulturforschung bei Bonn), Armin Klein (Professor für Kulturmanagement in Ludwigsburg), Pius Knüsel (Direktor der Kulturstiftung Pro Helvetia) und Stephan Opitz (Leiter des Referats für Kulturelle Grundsatzfragen im Bildungsministerium von Schleswig-Holstein) sind davon überzeugt, dass die Forderung “Kultur für alle” gescheitert sei. Das kulturelle Angebot wachse ständig, die Zahl der Konsumenten dagegen nicht. Die Autoren folgern daraus, dass man künftig auf die Hälfte der subventionierten Institutionen verzichten könne. Das System werde dann besser funktionieren. Die frei werdenden Mittel müssten neu verteilt werden. Das Ziel der Autoren ist es, den Staat aus der Verantwortung für die “ästhetische Erziehung des Menschengeschlechts” (Schiller) zu entlassen. Kulturpolitik sei heute “ein anonymer Auftrag an viele zur normativen Anpassung an wenige”. In Zukunft müsse sie dafür sorgen, dass es nur “Regeln” geben solle, “in denen die Menschen, frei und ihrer selbst mächtig, sich entfalten” können.

Der SPIEGEL-Beitrag der vier Autoren basiert auf ihrem Buch “Der Kulturinfarkt”, das am 20. März im Münchner Knaus Verlag erscheinen wird.”

(Quelle: 11.03.2012 – BuchMarkt – Das Ideenmagazin für den Buchhandel)

Presseveröffentlichung: Medienanalyse für Museum in Delhi… (01/03/2012)

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Press Release: Media Research for Museum in Delhi (03/01/2012)

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