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Latest pods

  • Youth Empowerment through Mobile Learning

    UNESCO Bangkok

    Helping students strengthen their capacity for lifelong learning and live to their true potential.

  • APYouthNet

    ILO

    Bringing together people who share a passion for the subject of youth employment.

  • Youth Peace Ambassadors International

    Eubios Ethics Institute

    Building peace in the world through empowering youth from different countries.

  • London Accord

    Long Finance

    A collaborative ‘open source’ initiative among investment researchers to provide policy-makers, academics, NGOs and the general public free access to financial thinking.

  • The Blue Card

    The Blue Card

    Providing financial assistance to destitute Holocaust survivors.

  • Project Foundation

    Project Foundation

    Combining village-based media production & open air film festivals to help ‘offline’ communities project and broadcast their narratives.

  • Financial Centre Futures

    London Accord

    Rating present centres and developing scenarios for finance centres of the future.

  • Flood Risk Mitigation Plan for the World Heritage Site of Ayutthaya

    UNESCO Bangkok

    Setting an example for World Heritage sites across the region.

  • Ageism

    My Senior Portal

    Help rid the world of discrimination against older Americans and others throughout the world…

  • Monitoring Quality Learning in the Asia-Pacific

    UNESCO Bangkok

    Providing a regional platform dedicated to information exchange and monitoring educational quality.

  • Alleviating Poverty Through Microfinance

    Shanti Life

    Helping the poor graduate out of microfinance and build sustainable livelihoods.

  • Meta Commerce

    Long Finance

    Searching for critical questions leading to a robust financial system.

  • Partners

    Latest posts

    May
    26

    Politics and Peace in the Middle East: An Interview with H.E. Dr Gholamali Khoshroo

    May 26

    Gholamali Khoshroo is the Senior Editor of the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Islam and former Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Islamic Republic of Iran (2002-2005). Interviewed by Professor Joseph Camilleri, Dr Khoshroo discusses the challenges and opportunities of peace in the Middle East. Dr Khoshroo is also a contributing thought leader for Ideapod's launch in July, creating a “pod” to promote constructive relations between Islam and the West

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    May
    21

    The Future of US-Sino Relations: An Interview With Professor Shen Dingli

    May 21

    We recently sat down with Shen Dingli, professor and associate dean at Fudan University’s Institute of International Studies, to discuss the future of Sino-US relations. Professor Shen Dingli is Vice President of the Chinese Association of South Asian Studies, the Shanghai Association of International Studies, and the Shanghai Association of American Studies. He received his PhD in physics from Fudan in 1989 and did post-doctoral research in arms control at Princeton University from 1989 to 1991.

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    May
    02

    Ultraman Triathlete Inspires Others to Achieve the Impossible

    May 02

    Completing an Ultraman triathlon is an amazing feat. Winning your first Ultraman competition? Impossible.

    But Stephen Ray Stafford did just that. Late last year Stafford not only won his first Ultraman competition but set two course records along the way. What’s even more amazing is that he is relatively new to the sport. Six years ago he didn’t own a bike, hated to run, and couldn’t swim more than a single pool length.

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    Apr
    24

    How to go from a poetry novice to Poet Laureate

    Apr 24

    Reading and writing poetry can be intimidating. Many people read poetry and feel like they don’t get it. Others have an aversion to certain genres of poetry and equate their hatred of Shakespearean sonnets to a distaste for poetry in general. And some may simply think that poetry doesn’t matter.

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