Cities are economic and political powerhouses. The GDP of the state of New York is larger than that of Spain or South Korea. In Latin America, São Paulo state alone is richer than Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia combined. Guangdong in China is wealthier than Russia or Mexico. More than a deliberate choice, paradiplomacy …
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I was delighted to get the monthly September statistics for this blog, ‘CapacityNow’ www.larskarlsson.com. September was anothet fantastic month with 13.887 visitors! I can only say that it is absolutely amazing that so many people visited my blog last month. These visitors came from more than 70 different countries. Thank you for reading my …
The United Nations Security Council reached a surprisingly swift consensus Wednesday on its choice for the next secretary general of the United Nations: António Guterres, a former prime minister of Portugal. Mr. Guterres, who ran the United Nations refugee agency for 10 years, had been the clear front-runner, and was apparently the choice of …
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From the ‘Bosnian Luis Suárez’ to Milan’s wonderkid Gianluigi Donnarumma, English Newspaper The Guardian identifies in its annual review some of the best young players born in 1999. There are two Swedish players on the list, Joel Asoro and Alexander Isak. Both are great talents and the future of Swedish fotball. The Guardian: Future …
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I am spending a few days in our office for Management Team meetings and other planning meetings. We have projects all around the world. Since I travel a lot to our clients, partners and colleagues in countries in all regions, it is more and more important to visit the office when I can. It …
President John Dramani Mahama has revealed that steps are being taken by the government to re-introduce the operations of Black Star Line; the national shipping line that in the 1970’s was a key player in the transport of Ghana’s commodities to abroad. The re-introduction of the national shipping line, the President said, was to …
Travellers face £5 charge to get through passport control faster! Charges of up to £17.50 at UK airports to jump immigration queues could be rolled out nationwide, a new report suggests. English newspaper The Guardian reports today thst travellers are to be charged to get through passport checks quickly at British airports, with some …
Boxing’s greatest-ever bout, the Thrilla in Manila took place on this very day in 1975. Having just returned from a visit to Manila yesterday it is hard for me not to think about Muhammad Ali today. Pure skill was much of it. The brutal delicacy of the ring-craft, so rare in the heavyweight division. …
Yesterday night Swedish exceptional soccer superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic did it again, scoring the only goal when Manchester United beat Zoraya Luhansk in the UEFA Europe League Group Round, 1-0 at home on Old Trafford in Manchester. The goal was number 57 for Ibrahimovic in the European tournaments, same number of goals as legendary Italian …
Time to take another plane after a tour in Asia this week. I have had great meetings. I have really no idea how many airmiles I have done this year, but I do know that there is a lot of agencies out in the world that needs advise. I am on my way. It …
This week the world of Customs came to Manila to discuss academic research in the field of Customs, trade, borders and security. The World Customs Organization held its annual Acadmic conference here over the last days. Government officials, academics, scientists and private sector meet to learn about the latest goobal findings and to discuss …
In 1975 the greatest fighter of all times, Mohammad Ali met heavy weight boxing champion Joe Frazier in Manila, Philippines. The game was named ‘The Thrilla in Manila’ and it was the third and final boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Smokin’ Joe Frazier. Ali won on technical knock-out. The contest’s name is …
This week I participate in the World Customs Organizations (WCO) annual Academic conference PICARD in Manila, Philippines. The 2016 PICARD conference is an international event where the Academia, Government and Private Sector meet to discuss Academic Research & Development around Customs, borders, trade and security of the international supply chain and safety of our …
What are your favourite cities? Ibhabe visited 164 countries andvthese are my personal favourite cities: 1. Sydney 2. Rio de Janeiro 3. Singapore 4. San Francisco 5. Cape Town I also like Bangkok, New York, Istanbul and Stockholm. Every year MasterCard do a ranking of the most popular cities from a travel destination point-of-view. …
The last days I have spent in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia – or KL as everybody say – for meetings. I like this city. I have always liked the big cities in Asia. I have visited Malaysia many times in the past and it is always a pleasure to be back. KLIA Airport in KL …
Marin Insight has published an article on how to prevent smuggling of contraband on ships. Transportation of illegal and contraband items through ships is a legal offence. The master of the ship must take all the steps possible in order to prevent smuggling of such items. Smuggling on ships has reduced greatly with introduction …
We live in an age of individualism, which also means an age of selfies. We see tem everywhere, people taking selfies. I do too. People have noticed and I sometimes get comments about it. I never use a selfiepin personally, but the sales of this device has skyrocketed I travel a lot, go to …
Last week in Brazil I participated in several meetings in the AEO Brazil Phase III. The third phase of the project includes several different further developments of the AEO concept, the most important being an integrated AEO model introducing a Single Government AEO Model. Common AEO training: Customs, Agruculture and Health – in Brazil …
Scientists are looking at how language ability impacts te overall perrormance of human beings. It seems like the abolity to speak more than one language trains the executive system more generally. A steady stream of studies over the past decade has shown that bilinguals outperform monolinguals in a range of cognitive and social tasks …
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This week we have delivered a AEO Validation Training WorkShop in Sao Paulo, Brazil. We have over the last three years together with Allianca Procomex – helped the Federal Revenue Agency of Brazil (Receita Federal) to design, develop and implement the new AEO programme of Brazil. The programme is since March this year fully …
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