For some people, twinning means nothing more than a sign at the entrance to a town or village. But for evolving SAIs, twinning can be a crucial part of their efforts to acquire the skills and expertise they need to meet the challenges of public sector audit in the modern world. In recent years, capacity-building in SAIs has become a hot topic, as recognized in the establishment of the new INTOSAI Capacity Building Committee. For twinning to be most effective in delivering beneficial change, it must provide the right expertise at the right time. To achieve this end, the key stages identified must be recognized and addressed: 1. identifying needs and required changes, 2. developing a strategic plan, and 3. choosing the twinning partner. At the conclusion of the project, the beneficiary sh...
As foreign universities wait for India's lawmakers to approve a bill granting full access to this country's education market, some institutions are reaching Indian students through twinning programs. As colleges and universities worldwide wait for India's lawmakers to approve a bill granting full access to the country's vast education market, some institutions are reaching Indian students through twinning programs.
A national effort to forge better ties between Jews and Muslims has run into opposition from some Jewish community members who view the interfaith partnerships as a ruse perpetrated by radical Muslims. An undercurrent to the "twinning" events in mosques and synagogues has had a significant impact in Western New York, where two rabbis who participated in last year's local twinning weekend have since distanced themselves from the effort.
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A sad twinning of funerals in Liverpool and Russia speaks to the disparate ways to mark our common fate of death. In 1985, this city of outsize mercantile and civic buildings and bygone prosperity, of sea smells and dipping gulls, was the setting for a touching low-budget movie, "Letter to Brezhnev.
HOPEWELL - Two sister cities an ocean away from each other have united again for the 20-year commemoration of ties going back to the 1600s. The Hopewell Twinning Association, which was formed in 1993, has overseen exchange visits between Hopewell residents and those of its "twinned" city of Ashford, Kent, England. Capt. Francis Eppes, who was born in Ashford, settled in City Point in 1635. Now these historic ties and the two decade cultural exchange are being honored by the installation of an English-style directional sign unveiled yesterday in Hopewell's downtown Ashford Plaza. Members of city government, the Hopewell Twinning Association, English visitors from the Friends of Hopewell and other citizens gathered for the event.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Concrete measures aimed at helping mayors on both sides of the Atlantic to tackle the issue of global warming will be launched today by Committee of the Regions (CoR) President Mercedes Bresso at the Plenary Session of the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) in Washington, DC. Among the measures proposed by President Bresso are a city-twinning and visit programme that would facilitate direct knowledge sharing between mayors on key climate actions, based on the model of the EU Covenant of Mayors. Speaking to over 200 American mayors gathered in Washington for the USCM Winter Plenary session, President Bresso said: "Across the Atlantic, we share similar challenges and goals: fighting climate change, improving the quality of life in our cit...
... successful global initiatives is the Twinning Project. Established in 2001, the project helps in...
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