January 10, 2019: US Women's Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act

→ Great chance to intensive support economic activities of women as USAID is mandated by a 10 January law to empower women economic involvement 

Editing, composition of texts, data, images, photos, drawings and tables,

by Dipl.-Ing. Janos Vas, GAFÉIAS Principal Investigator

December 26, 2018: Yemen

→ Rapidly deteriorating of food security in Yemen end of 2018 

Yemen was plunged into civil war in 2015, GAFÉIAS reported first time 2016 About the terrible Situation in Yemen, and the Situation worsened since year to year.

Editing, composition of texts, data, images, photos, drawings and tables,

by Dipl.-Ing. Janos Vas, GAFÉIAS Principal Investigator

July 10, 2018: Ethiopia

→ PM Dr. Abiy Ahmed - ETHIOPIA 2018 - LANDMARK PEACE in the region

Dr. Abiy Ahmed: Ethiopia's prime minister assumed office April 2, 2018.

PM Dr. Abiy Ahmed is a clever and astute politician astonishing development in the region.

The speed at which he has been changing Ethiopia has been unprecedented but should not be a surprise.

The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea have signed a declaration as of July 9, 2018, saying that the state of war between the two countries is over.

Editing, composition of texts, data, images, photos, drawings and tables, 

by Dipl.-Ing. Janos Vas, GAFÉIAS Principal Investigator

June 27, 2017: Global Food Trade 

→  Chokepoints and Vulnerabilities in Global Food Trade

W: Chatham House

W: Chokepoints and Vulnerabilities in Global Food Trade

Editing, composition of texts, data, images, photos, drawings and tables, 

by Dipl.-Ing. Janos Vas, GAFÉIAS Principal Investigator

January 09, 2017: Global Trends 2017-2015

→  National Intelligence Council: Global Trends 2017-2015

ODNI - Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Washington DC, USA

Editing, composition of texts, data, images, photos, drawings and tables,

by Dipl.-Ing. Janos Vas, GAFÉIAS Principal Investigator

June 6, 2015, Il Corriere della Sera: Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life

→  Ahead of his visit to Italy, Milan, celebrating the Russia Day at the Universal Exhibition EXPO 2015 – core theme of this year’s exhibition “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life.” - Vladimir Putin gave an interview to the Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera. June 6, 2015:

Putin Statement 2015 June 06

Editing, composition of texts, data, images, photos, drawings and tables, 

by Dipl.-Ing. Janos Vas, GAFÉIAS Principal Investigator

Artikel Kleine Zeitung 07.01.2015:

Am BRG Feldkirchen soll erstmals das Programm „Phäno-Mental“ der Organisation „GAFÉIAS“ durchgeführt werden. Direktorin plant langfristige Aufnahme in Stundenplan

→  Ein neues Mental-Projekt soll Schüler stärken

GAFÉIAS Presseaussendung 22.12.2014:

GAFÉIAS AT Welcome Homes für AsylbewerberInnen;

Asylantenunterkünfte: Wie Gemeinden und Staat bis zu 1,5 Mio. Euro sparen können.

Neues Unterkunftskonzept für Asylsuchende und Flüchtlinge spart Millionen und hilft Allen!

→ Link: GAFEIAS_PR-Flüchtlingsunterkünfte-Presseaussendung-221220214

GAFÉIAS Presseaussendung 12.12.2014:

Bundesrealgymnasium Feldkirchen

→ GAFÉIAS PHÄNO-MENTAL Pilotprojekt für SchülerInnen im BRG-Feldkirchen

→ Pressefotos Quelle: www.fepress.com

October 10, 2014:

Initiative Pro Mitteleuropa (IPM) - Konferenz, Fürstenfeld, Österreich, 10.10.2014;
Politiker und NGO-Vertreter diskutierten Fragen der Energiepolitik

→  Artikel Kleine Zeitung - IPM Konferenz Fürstenfeld 2014

September 13 - October 15, 2014:

UNIDO - UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION

Establishing industrial processing and marketing of Beles-based food products for increased income in rural communities in Northern Ethiopia.

SAP ID 100092, XX/ETH/11/X05 (43884)

MISSION September 13 - October 15, 2014

Ralph LIEBING, ORA - International Organic Retailers Association

Andreas G. ANDIEL, GAFÉIAS - Global Association for Environmental Investments and Sustainability  of Economic, Social and Environmental

19. Februar 2014:

GAFÉIAS European Young Worker Progress Base 4U;

Aus der Region hinaus ins große Europa -

Organisation will arbeitslosen Jugendlichen Weg ins Ausland ebnen.

Initiator Manfred Maierbrugger, GAFÉIAS Secretary General,

plant europaweit 42 "Jugendkonsulate".

→  Artikel Kleine Zeitung - European Young Worker Progress Base

→  mein bezirk at - GAFEIAS 42 Archen gegen Jugendarbeitslosigkeit in Europa

January 22, 2014:

TOOLS  for LIFE® Sozialkompetenztraining für Jugendliche

Sie gilt als Schlüssel zum Erfolg: die Sozialkompetenz, die Fähigkeit, mit sich selbst und seinem Umfeld zurechtzukommen. Laut Experten von "Gaféias", Globale Gesellschaft für Umweltinvestitionen und Nachhaltigkeit, basiert diese Fähigkeit auf drei Säulen; Kommunikation, Eigen- und Fremdmotivation sowie Mentalkraft: diese werden Jugendlichen über das TOOLS for LIFE® Sozialkompetenztraining für Jugendliche vermittelt.

→  Artikel Kleine Zeitung - TOOLS for LIFE® Sozialkompetenztraining für Jugendliche

August 29, 2013:

Supporting agribusiness development in the Tigray region of Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA, 29 August 2013 – UNIDO has launched an agribusiness development project to help rural communities in Tigray establish a stable source of income. The project focuses on Beles, a type of cactus which provides a highly nutritious food source that can be processed into a diverse range of food products.

→  (article download) (UNIDO web link)

April 11 - June 2013:

UNIDO / GAFÉIAS feasibility study for the project 'Establishing industrial processing and marketing of Beles-based food products for increased income in rural economies in Northern Ethiopia' (GAFÉIAS Project P1). UNIDO project code SAP ID: 100092, XX/ETH/11/X05 (43884)

March 20, 2013:

OFID – The OPEC Fund for International Development

Technical Assistance Grant Operations

Since OFID's inception, technical assistance operations have constituted its core grants activities. Such grants are extended to national and regional development projects that aim at sustainable development and poverty reduction, and that serve the poorest segments of society, particularly those in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Women and children, especially, are accorded high priority.

Technical assistance grants are awarded largely on the basis of the type of project and its expected outcomes, the number of beneficiaries and the recipient country’s socio-economic situation. As of December 2012, OFID had provided some US$548.2m in outright grants across all programs, working with UN agencies and a host of international and national NGOs, among many other partners, to meet the needs of vulnerable populations.

Supported Projects and Programs

Technical Assistance

Establishing a Beles Agro-industrial Processing Plant

Sector: Agriculture

Organization: UNIDO

Country: Ethiopia

Region: Africa

Amount: US$600,000

Approval Date:3/20/2013

Co-financiers:

Total Cost: US$

Executing Agency:

Grant administrator: OPEC Fund for International Development

Project Description:

The project aims at establishing a processing plant to manufacture a stable supply of marketable Beles-based products. The industrial transformation and packaging of fruits and pads into various high-quality food commodities will not only increase the shelf life but also increase the marketability both domestic and international markets. The plant will contain modern fruit processing technology and its staff will be sufficiently trained to operate and maintain the plant and handle the food according to good manufacturing practices.

Copyright 2013 - www.ofid.org/GrantTypes/TechnicalAssistance.aspx

December 2012: GAFÉIAS Corporations International, Business Unit 6 Social Skills starts operation

August 2012: GAFÉIAS Corporations International & Business Units under foundation

August 2012: Three GAFÉIAS projects submitted for project co-financing to OFID, the OPEC Fund of International Development: P2 Edible Wild Plants (EWP), P8 Aquaculture and P9 Non-Wood Forest Plants (EWFP) - in Eastern African Countries

June 20, 2012: Final approval of UNIDO for the project 'Establishing industrial processing and marketing of Beles-based food products for increased income in rural economies in Northern Ethiopia' (GAFÉIAS Project P1). UNIDO project code SAP ID: 100092, XX/ETH/11/X05 (43884)

May 2012: Three GAFÉIAS projects under preparation for submission for project co-financing to OFID, the OPEC Fund of International Development: P2 Edible Wild Plants (EWP), P8 Aquaculture and P9 Non-Wood Forest Plants (EWFP) - in Eastern African Countries

April 23, 2012: According a private public partnership model GAFÉIAS, NutrArfrica and the University of Pennsylvania, USA submitted a project regarding environment and food security in Eastern African countries and Yemen to USAID - GAFÉIAS Project PPP1

April 15, 2012: Three GAFÉIAS projects have been submitted for project co-financing to ADA, the Austrian Development Agency: P2 Edible Wild Plants (EWP), P8 Aquaculture and P9 Non-Wood Forest Plants (EWFP) - in Eastern African Countries

April 2012: Final Cactus project documents (Ethiopia) submitted to UNIDO project appraisal committee

 April 4-5, 2012: GAÉFIAS Bio-farm visitations in Austria in regards of organic food production expertise - in co-operation with BIO-AUSTRIA

→ Report (download)

November 2011 - February 2012: GAFÉIAS Project P1 mission in Ethiopia according UNIDO Preparatory Assistance Fund

 
October 20, 2011: UNIDO Preparatory Assistance Fund granted for  GAFÉIAS Project P1: The Role of Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica L.) in restoration of degraded land and improving income of the rural poor communities in the semiarid areas of Northern Ethiopia. PA implemented under YAETH10003