Mediterranean Sustainability Partners

By Ellen Wasylina

This podcast is a forum of discussion with strategic actors on geopolitical and geoeconomic subjects in and around the Mediterranean Sea bassin, and is heard in 88 countries and on 5 continents in Fre... more

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January 19, 2024 Journey to Sustainability : Exploring Azerbaijan's Path to Green Tourism
Segment 1 : introduction to Gunay Bayramova, her background, her education, what she currently does and hopes to do Segment 2 : policy and actions Azerbaijan is taking as a Sustainable tourism destination Segment 3 : Azerbaijan’s challenges and long term objectives in Tourism.
Biography of Gunay Bayramova :
Gunay Bayramova is the head of the Tourism Industry and Project Management Division at the State Tourism Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan. After earning her PhD degree in Political Science from the University of Sheffield, she fully devoted herself to improving public policy making process in her home country. In parallel, she contributes to improving human resources in the tourism sector by sharing her professional experience with students of Azerbaijan Tourism and Management University. Her prior experience includes project coordination at the Ministry of Energy, local consultancy for ADB (CAREC programme) and World Bank projects.
In her capacity as a tourism policymaker, Gunay places a significant emphasis on fostering sustainable tourism development in Azerbaijan, among other responsibilities. She has earned a Professional Certificate in Sustainable Tourism from the GSTC Sustainable Tourism Course and received a Recognition of Achievement for completing the course on Sustainable Tourism Destination Management from Cornell University in 2023. Gunay has led a team to develop the Sustainable Tourism Development Action Plan for 2024 at State Tourism Agency/ She will now concentrate all efforts on the successful implementation of the plan in the upcoming year.

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December 14, 2023 Hybrid Threats : Security, Stability and Solidarity
This is Ellen Wasylina’s speech at the Stratcom Summit in Istanbul, November 24, 2023.
Strategic communication is a prerequisite for combating hybrid threats, as it comprises crisis communication, public relations, public diplomacy, civil preparedness, awareness, strengthening coordination, and the fight against disinformation.
The biggest challenge for governments and politicians is to inform their citizens and maintain the trust of their citizens .
The biggest challenge for news organisations is to be able to present true and verified facts from reliable, trustworthy sources.
The biggest challenge for young people today is to be able to distinguish between true and untrue news.
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December 08, 2023 Biodiversity Investments : global security, agricultural resiliency, enhancing the value chain
This is a very spécial épisode of Ellen Wasylina’s speech at this Sustainable Development Forum that took place in Baku on November 16, 2023.
The National Coordinating Council for Sustainable Development of Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Economy of Azerbaijan and the Delegation of the United Nations Development Program in Azerbaijan jointly organised the Sustainable Development Forum on the topic of "Sustainable finance and investment". The topics of climate financing, green development, in in biodiversity were discussed.
Here are the three Questions she addressed during the panel discusssion on Biodiversity investments
Question 1 : How does the relationship between biodiversity and national and global security impact the agricultural sector?
Question 2 : In addressing agricultural resilience, particularly in the context of women's roles, how can we leverage biodiversity considerations?
Question 3 : Furthermore, to enhance the value chain and attain economies of scale in farming, how can sustainable practices and biodiversity préservation be integrated effectively ?
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18min
December 04, 2023 AMAR : Part 3
What’s next for Raj and Juice?
They have some advice for you!
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16min
December 04, 2023 AMAR : part 2
Learn more about the AMAR, the sustainable fashion pop-up curated by Raj , and supported by Juice, who entered a jacket made of cactus material.
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17min
December 04, 2023 AMAR : à Sustainable fashion pop-up : Part 1
segment 1
Meet the designers of the AMAR pop-up upcycled, vintage Sustainable Fashion expo, who introduce themselves in this first segment
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14min
December 04, 2023 Sustainable Fashion in Paris by AMAR
This is a very special episode of the podcast, as I interview two of my former students in Sustainability in the Fashion industry at IESA Arts and Culture School
Raj Rathod, who was the curator of the exhibit/pop-up in Paris from November 8-10 , and who will introduce the concept of the AMAR exhibit, the backstory, and tell us about the group of multicultural designers, notably, with Hayford Okyere , known to friends as “Juice”.
Segment 1 : Introduction to the 2 designers
Segment 2 : Concept of the AMAR show
Segment 3 : what’s next ?
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48min
November 06, 2023 Why Waste Wednesdays ?
Interview with Dr. Ruby Makhija, a trained ophthalmologist, but who has transitioned to dedicating her time to waste management and eliminating
single use plastic (SUP).
Here are the 3 segments of the podcast :
1. Her Journey from A medical doctor to Waste Management
2. Plastic: From A Miracle to A Menace
3. Key solutions
Here are some highlights of her actions in this space :
* Ophthalmologist. Has been working with Charitable Hospitals as a Senior Consultant/Clinical Head.
* Founder and Director, Why Waste Wednesdays Foundation that is focussed on Waste Management and other Environmental and Social issues.
* Founder, Aastha Charitable Trust
* Member, City Level Task force for Implementation of Plastic Waste Management Rules, Municipal Corporation of Delhi
* Co-Chairperson, Environment Committee, Inner Wheel Club District 301 with 90 clubs and over 5000 members
* Fellow, Swachhta Saarthi Fellowship under Principal Scientific Adviser to Government of India
* Chairperson, Local Committee, South Revenue District (District Magistrate, South) against Sexual Harassment at Workplace
* Secretary, Navjiwan RWA for the last 6 years
* Social Activist – She is a member of many activist groups that are striving for a better governance system in Delhi, gender and racial equality, justice, environment protection etc.
* TEDx Speaker (Two times)
* Earth Day Network Star
* Brand Ambassador, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Swachh Survekshan 2023

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November 03, 2023 Israel at War with Dr. Stephen Blank
Following the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, this is an interview with Dr. Stephen Blank .
Here are the 3 segments :
1)Israel attacked,
2) What should Israel do?
3) Endgame
Biography of Dr. Stephen Blank
Dr. Stephen J. Blank is Senior Fellow at FPRI’s Eurasia Program. He has published over 900 articles and monographs on Soviet/Russian, U.S., Asian, and European military and foreign policies, testified frequently before Congress on Russia, China, and Central Asia, consulted for the Central Intelligence Agency, major think tanks and foundations, chaired major international conferences in the U.S. and in Florence; Prague; and London, and has been a commentator on foreign affairs in the media in the U.S. and abroad. He has also advised major corporations on investing in Russia and is a consultant for the Gerson Lehrmann Group. He has published or edited 15 books, most recently Russo-Chinese Energy Relations: Politics in Command (London: Global Markets Briefing, 2006). He has also published Natural Allies? Regional Security in Asia and Prospects for Indo-American Strategic Cooperation (Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2005). He completed a book entitled Light From the East: Russia’s Quest for Great Power Status in Asia published in 2014 by Ashgate. Dr. Blank is also the author of The Sorcerer as Apprentice: Stalin’s Commissariat of Nationalities (Greenwood, 1994); and the co-editor of The Soviet Military and the Future (Greenwood, 1992).
Contact: [email protected]
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49min
October 16, 2023 Ukraine : Chaos & Merveilles
Le titre de cet episode s’inspire d’une exposition collective qu’a organisé Anna Canter a Verderonne (Oise) en 2012, intitulé
« Chaos et Merveilles »
Voici les 3 segments de ce podcast :
Segment 1 : Little Odessa Gallery : la culture comme arme de guerre
Segment 2 : Terre d’Ukraine : accueillir les femmes et les enfants ukrainiens en France; Intégration, Déplacement, Création
Segment 3 : Centre Anne de Kiev : focus sur l’avenir
Courte bio d’Anna Canter :
Àrtiste , elle a fait ses études 1991/1993 à l’École des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg, et
ensuite à l’ESRA Paris (Enseignement Supérieur de Réalisation Audiovisuelle) en 1992/1994.
Elle a fait plus de 30 expositions artistiques personnelles ou collectives : Salon Révélations, Grand Palais, Paris Art Paris, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, CUMF, Toronto, Canada Galerie de Latine, Troistorrents, Suisse Orange Matrix, La Haye, Pays-Bas...
En 2013 elle a fondé le Centre Anne de Kyiv qui est une ONG franco-ukrainienne qui promeut l'identité ukrainienne en Europe
Le Centre œuvre en faveur d’une coopération entre la France, l’Ukraine et l’Union Européenne. Nous voulons ainsi contribuer à l’intégration de l’Ukraine dans l’Union Européenne.
Le Centre Anne de Kyiv nourrit son histoire dans la ville médiévale de Senlis, vieille de plus de 2.000 ans. La ville est située à 40 kilomètres de Paris. Entre 1051-1073, la reine de France Anne de Kyiv, a vécu à Senlis. Elle était la fille de Yaroslav le Sage, roi de l’Ukraine et d’ Ingigerd de Suède. A Senlis, Anne de Kyiv fonda l’Abbaye Saint-Vincent, qui a survécu jusqu’à nos jours. L’ancienne Abbaye abritant aujourd’hui un lycée.
En 2014 Elle fondé la galerie Little Odessa Gallery à Paris, spécialisée en design et photo
En 2022, elle a fondé L’ONG Terre d'Ukraine (qui accueille des femmes et enfants déplacés durant la guerre en Ukraine; qui procure l'écoute, la scolarisation, le lien entre les familles accueillantes et accueillies et le développement de projets artistiques communs).
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49min

FAQs about Mediterranean Sustainability Partners:

How many episodes does Mediterranean Sustainability Partners have?

The podcast currently has 177 episodes available.