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Thrilled to be in Cape Town, South Africa, this week at the Global Alliance of Cities for Road Safety (ACRoS) City-to-City Exchange! From March 5th to 8th, 2024, I'll be joining participants from around the world to collaborate on enhancing road safety in our different cities. Hosted by the UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme), this event promises to ignite innovative ideas and foster impactful interventions towards road safety. The Global Alliance of Cities for Road Safety (ACRoS) was created by the UNRSF – UN Road Safety Fund to support the exchange of lessons learnt and inspiring practices among cities in Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean. It aims to become a one-stop shop for cities to engage in capacity building, receive technical advice, and benefit from city-to-city knowledge exchange. The objectives of ACRoS are: 📌 To provide a platform for cities to learn in order to find the most appropriate local solutions to solve their road safety challenges while contributing to climate goals. 📌 To inspire and build the capacity of cities to improve road safety management in alignment with the safe systems approach, complementary to the national policy framework. 📌 To reduce road crash fatalities through catalytic pilot initiatives at the city and neighborhood level with strong participation of vulnerable groups. 📌 To secure additional investment in road safety and sustainable mobility to scale up interventions at the city level. 📌 To bring together existing road safety initiatives to ensure synergies and peer learning. As we strive to make our cities safer and more sustainable, I look forward to learning from the other cities how best they're tackling their road safety challenges.

The institution of the marae does not have its origins in New Zealand, it was a concept brought across from Polynesia and Peru. To believe that the idea of a marae is restricted solely to the shores of New Zealand is very small minded. All the captains of the canoes that first settled New Zealand made it their business to establish marae for themselves. With every successive generation after that, forged ahead to build new settlements and set up new marae. More recently, when Māori moved from rural villages in search of better employment opportunities in urban cities they quickly set up urban marae. Two of my uncles set about founding the Manurewa Marae, an urban marae. I remember them planting a tree at the dawn service. Again, another set of uncles, who were in the Airforce and Navy set up a marae in Singapore. With more Māori settling Australian cities, it is only a natural progression for them to establish marae. In fact, Māori, wherever they decide to settle in the world on a permanent basis, they will build marae. If I was a billionaire, I'd buy land and build marae for Māori to gather for functions. I would purchase the land and have the indigenous people come and bless it first, then start building a marae. No further consultation with the indigenous peoples would be required. For in the future, as humankind begin settling other planets, it is anticipated that Māori will continue the long tradition of building marae for themselves where ever they decide to settle long term.

The cult of productivity has lead us astray. There's more to success than discipline. After nearly ten years of frustration and failure, one day I finally realised that David Allen's Getting Things Done process was never going to work for me. I realised that discipline and structure weren't the tools that would lead me to success... I suspected instead that enthusiasm and energy would. I discovered David Kadavy and his book "Mind Management not Time Management", which encapsulated a lot of the ideas I had been thinking. I've used the phrase "energy is _everything_" approximately a gazillion times since then. In The Solo Program community, we talk about how we have to win the energy transaction before we can win the commercial transaction. In solo business, if we don't know how to give ourselves energy, or how to give energy to others, the rest of our business is almost certain to fail. And now, one of the most energetic people ever has written a book about the most fundamental and important currency of the universe. I doubt there's anyone in the world who understands energy in the personal sense better than Lisa O'Neill. I'm like the energizer bunny and she puts even me to shame! Incredibly, she's an even better public speaker than she is author, and she's running a tour of events around ANZ. You've seriously gotta go. She's worthy of the main stage at the comedy festival. She's one of the funniest people ever. I'll be there in Melbourne, but wherever you are around the country, get yourself to the launch. Worst case scenario: great night out. Best case scenario: changes your life.

Planning a return to New Zealand? Here's a helpful resource to keep in your bookmarks. Kea New Zealand has a range of valuable guides to assist you in planning your journey back to NZ.

Planning a return to New Zealand? Here's a helpful resource to keep in your bookmarks. Kea New Zealand has a range of valuable guides to assist you in planning your journey back to NZ.

Crisis Management in Stavanger? Soon 5,000+ young people will meet in Norway to begin their journey to Stavanger, host city of the International Roverway camp. I am there from July 24 as volunteer for World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts We have spent the past months preparing a 'Crisis Game'. Here we are testing and developing participants' skills in decision-making and crisis management. They will be working with dilemmas arising from two incidents, a natural disaster, and a pandemic. Teams are international so participants will work with peers with different experiences and approaches. This is Learning by Doing - for the facilitators as well as participants. And we believe we are doing something important, raising awareness of young people's ability to analyse and act in crisis situations. This is part of the global mission of the guiding and scouting movement - to become 'better prepared' for environmental and humanitarian crises. And because our general theme of 'Crisis Management' is something important in many areas, I will bring the game home with me, to Aalborg University.I am planning to run one or two sessions for BA students in Language and International Studies. This is to prepare our students for the 'messy' situations that can arise for those working in international organisations and NGOs. This is #videnforverden 😀

One of the possibilities offered by European projects is that young people can work within the organizations that manage these projects. Through the Interreg Volunteer Youth Marta works in the Atlantic InnoBlue Communities project in the Vida Lactea organization, combining her training and the development of activities, programs and projects in the communication of the Atlic project. ATLIC is a pioneering project co-financed by the European Union through the Interreg Atlantic Area programme. #atlicEU #AtlicCommunity #AAyouth #AAcreative #AtlicInnoBlue #BlueEconomy #AtlicInnoblueProject

As one of the founders and organizers of Navigo Nepal, it was essential to describe Navigo Nepal. Want to learn more about Navigo Nepal? Check out our latest video that provides an in-depth look into our operations and services! 👉 Watch the video on YouTube Feel free to share your thoughts and questions in the comments below!

Australia, the land down under, is surrounded by oceans on all sides. Do you think this continent shares its land border with any country? Think…think! #AmberInternationalSchool #BestEducation #School #CertifiedTrainers #ExcellentTeachers #ExpertEducation #AdmissionProcess #BestSchoolinThane #bestschoolindhokali #QuizTime

LESSONS FROM SUMMITING THE TALLEST FREESTANDING MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD 🗻 : 1. You are only as good as your next step - It feels great to rest on your laurels and be proud of everything that you've accomplished. The reality, however, lies in the fact that your next step has to be your best. Summiting through the night for eight straight hours was a test of willpower unlike anything I've done previously. Step by step, inch by inch; everything counts. In the business world, the same principles apply. Keep moving, take note of your wins, do better. 2. The 40% Rule - Goggins said it best: when you think you're done, you're really only 40% of the way to your full capacity. Getting to base camp (proverbially or literally) is amazing, but the view from the top is even more special. An object in motion stays in motion. 3. Say yes more often - This trip happened on a whim after I'd previously written it off. The best experiences, the best opportunities, are often the ones that are on the other side of a hard "yes". It would be ignorant to say "drop everything and fly to Tanzania!", but whatever situation that means in your life, say yes next time something comes across you. Onward and upward always; grateful for this experience above all else.