Day: June 22, 2022

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ApplyBoard and Ireland Join Forces to Educate the World

The global education technology platform launches in Ireland to deliver innovation within the international education sector

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, June 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, ApplyBoard, the global technology platform powering an education revolution, is thrilled to announce Ireland as its latest study abroad destination. This is the fifth study abroad destination that ApplyBoard has expanded to as part of its ongoing mission to educate the world.

ApplyBoard is excited for this opportunity to help Ireland grow and reach its international education goals. To date, five higher education institutions in Ireland have partnered with ApplyBoard: Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, Maynooth University, University College Cork, and the University of Limerick. ApplyBoard looks forward to building more momentum within Ireland’s international education sector.

“With a highly-regarded education system, rich history, and innovative culture, Ireland has so much to offer international students,” says Martin Basiri, CEO and Co-Founder of ApplyBoard. “Building this strong relationship with Ireland signifies an important step in expanding new opportunities for future students, supporting the long-standing legacy for excellence in the Irish education sector, and continuing to break down barriers to education for countless students around the world.”

Now, students and recruitment partners can look forward to having access to Ireland’s higher education institutions on the ApplyBoard Platform.

“ApplyBoard is incredibly well placed to partner with University College Dublin (UCD), to promote Ireland, to connect with international students who are looking for an educational experience that sets them apart and provides them with a competitive advantage,” says Una Watkins, Director International Student Recruitment, UCD. “Sharing our values in putting students first and supporting the success of all students, we very much look forward to working alongside ApplyBoard as they empower people around the world to study abroad and access the very best education.”

“Ireland is becoming an increasingly popular study destination for international students as the world-class standard of our education is matched by the post-study work opportunities available in Ireland,” says Giles O’Neill, Head of Education in Ireland. “ApplyBoard puts the student at the heart of what they do and keeps them there — this is a mission that we share and something that I am sure we can build on together into the future.”

ApplyBoard recognizes the need to continue to scale and expand its diversity of tech offerings to propel the international education sector forward. Most recently, ApplyBoard announced the acquisition of TrainHub, an education industry training ecosystem, to help strengthen international student recruitment. ApplyBoard also launched the ApplyBoard Insights Dashboard, a SaaS tool that leverages the latest study abroad data to help higher education institutions make important choices in international student recruiting.

To learn more about ApplyBoard growing in Ireland, visit here: www.applyboard.com/resources/ireland-resources

About ApplyBoard

ApplyBoard empowers students around the world to access the best education by simplifying the study abroad search, application, and acceptance process to more than 1,500 institutions across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Ireland. ApplyBoard, headquartered in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, has helped more than 300,000 students from more than 125 countries along their educational journeys since 2015. To learn more, visit: www.applyboard.com

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Alessandra Manieri
ApplyBoard
226 220 9826
alessandra.manieri@applyboard.com
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MDIS X Artisans For A Better World Collaboration: Supporting Upcoming New Designers With the House of MDIS at REKA

SINGAPORE, June 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Embarking on the global marketplace as an independent designer has its set of challenges such as the lack of resources and capital. With the advancements in technology making their way to the fashion space, Artisans For A Better (AFAB) World dedicates itself to helping the fashion community. Thanks to AFAB’s innovative ecosystem and its digital platform including REKA, independent artisan designers are now, more than ever, empowered. With the ability to connect the real world and the fashion industry, artisan designers, especially fresh faces of the fashion industry, have plenty of opportunities to get their names out there.

Preparing these young designers for the industry is the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) — School of Fashion and Design (SFD). Together with MDIS, REKA has launched The House of MDIS on its e-commerce platform. This marks the first school to collaborate with REKA’s channel — making it a big success milestone for both.

REKA is a fashion e-commerce mobile application that was created by Artisans For A Better (AFAB) World to develop a better ecosystem for independent artisan designers. REKA caters to fashion-forward enthusiasts with an interest in tailor-made, sustainable designs and designer-direct shopping experiences. This industry collaboration with REKA would elevate the MDIS SFD brand and allow the young designers’ fashion portfolios and ideas to be exposed to the ASEAN market. This collaboration would feature SFD students’ collections and enable these students to expand their learning and industry knowledge even before their graduation. Establishing themselves is just the tip of the iceberg; students will also get to experience hands-on entrepreneurship and undergo this study journey process as a transition from student to a professional designer.

Apart from introducing the next generation of fashion designers to the industry via e-commerce, AFAB bridges the gap between new designers and the industry through other approaches such as external partnerships with the entertainment industry and well-known Asian fashion weeks.

Engagement with prominent figures such as celebrities and film producers, as well as entertainment events (e.g., Canada International Film Festival), through wardrobe creation and styling enables students to gain more traction and visibility for their collections. Notable fashion shows (Vietnam International Fashion Week, etc.) featuring The House of MDIS collections would provide students with the rare opportunity to expand their collection awareness on a global scale. Locally, the AFAB World collaboration will also be a segment in the MDIS’s Graduation Night Fashion Show happening on 8 December 2022, whereby guests can purchase the avant-garde designs shown on the runway.

Media Contacts

Jesline Wong
Marketing & Communications
Jesline_wongmn@mdis.edu.sg

Betache Precious Mae Laranjo
Marketing & Communications
precious_laranjo@mdis.edu.sg

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Anaqua to Acquire Practice Insight to Round Out its Law Firm IP Management Solutions

Acquisition will enhance both AQX and PATTSY WAVE as IP practice management platforms for law firms by adding fully integrated IP time and billing capabilities

BOSTON, June 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Anaqua, the leading global innovation and intellectual property (IP) management technology provider, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Practice Insight Pty Ltd, and its intelligent time capture software WiseTime, from IPH Limited.

In leveraging Practice Insight’s technology for integrated IP time and billing functionality, Anaqua continues its investment in both AQX® Law Firm and PATTSY WAVE® as end-to-end IP practice management solutions, while adding WiseTime, Practice Insight’s flagship autonomous time capture tool to its suite of standalone offerings.

“This acquisition underscores our steadfast commitment to meeting the evolving needs of the law firm market,” said Bob Romeo, CEO of Anaqua. “We have listened very carefully to practitioner feedback across the globe, and it is clear that law firms are seeking IP management solutions that offer advanced reporting and analytics, integrated document management, secure cloud hosting, collaborative client portals, intuitive user experience – and integrated time and billing. With the acquisition of Practice Insight, we will now have all of these features fully integrated into both AQX Law Firm and PATTSY WAVE.”

The Practice Insight team, led by co-founder and current CEO Thomas Haines, will maintain its footprint in Perth, Australia, joining Anaqua’s global R&D organization.

“Our companies share a deep passion for leveraging technology to drive efficiency within IP operations,” said Haines, a former practicing patent attorney, who will join Anaqua as Vice President and continue to lead the Practice Insight team. “We have quickly developed a strong rapport with the Anaqua team and look forward to joining the organization, as we execute against our shared vision for an end-to-end IPMS for law firms.”

“WiseTime’s service offering strongly aligns with Anaqua’s suite of IP management software and will provide the team growth opportunities,” said Andrew Blattman, IPH CEO and Managing Director. “We wish the team every future success as part of Anaqua.”

The transaction is conditional on regulatory approvals and other usual conditions and is expected to complete early in the third quarter.

About Anaqua
Anaqua, Inc. is a premium provider of integrated intellectual property (IP) management technology solutions and services for corporations and law firms. Its IP management software solutions, AQX and PATTSY WAVE, both offer best practice workflows with big data analytics and tech-enabled services to create an intelligent environment designed to inform IP strategy, enable IP decision-making, and streamline IP operations, tailored to each segment’s need. Today, nearly half of the top 100 U.S. patent filers and global brands, as well as a growing number of law firms worldwide use Anaqua’s solutions. Over one million IP executives, attorneys, paralegals, administrators, and innovators use the platform for their IP management needs. The company’s global operations are headquartered in Boston, with offices across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. For additional information, please visit anaqua.com, or on LinkedIn.

About WiseTime (also known as Practice Insight)
As a member of IPH, WiseTime (also known as Practice Insight) has been at the forefront of developing IP business intelligence software, including its flagship offering WiseTime, a seamless and automated timekeeping solution. For more information, please visit wisetime.com, or on LinkedIn.

About IPH Limited
IPH is the Asia Pacific’s leading intellectual property services group, comprising a network of member firms working in eight IP jurisdictions and servicing more than 25 countries. The group includes leading IP firms AJ Park, Applied Marks, Griffith Hack, Pizzeys and Spruson & Ferguson, and the autonomous timekeeping business, WiseTime, and employs more than 900 people working in Australia, China, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and Thailand. For more information, visit IPH Limited, or on LinkedIn.

Company Contact:
Amanda Hollis
Director, Communications
Anaqua
617-375-5808
ahollis@Anaqua.com


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Malaysia Donates Sinopharm Vaccine To Laos

VIENTIANE, A second consignment of 500,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, donated by the Malaysian government, arrived in the Lao capital, Vientiane, local daily, Vientiane Times, reported today.

Malaysia’s first donation of 283,400 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Laos last Dec. The donations are part of Malaysia’s contribution to global efforts, to end the pandemic and support Laos’ goal, to vaccinate at least 80 percent of the adult population by the end of this year, the Lao daily report said.

The latest batch of donated vaccine will be administered to people of all age groups, and those with underlying health conditions, under the National Deployment and Vaccination Plan, said the report.

Following the arrival of the vaccine at Wattay International Airport on Monday, the shipment was handed over to the Lao Ministry of Health.

The Lao health authorities are expediting the vaccination programme to bring an end to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK

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Progress on National Commitment on Family Planning reviewed

The Ministry of Health through the Department of Hygiene and Health Promotion and Mother and Child Health Centre, with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Supplies Programme, conducted a two-day workshop from Jun 21-22 to review progress and achievements of the Family Planning programme since last year.

The meeting agreed that there should be improved data analysis and reduced unmet needs among adolescents, improved supply chain management, capacity building for health providers on service and information and, increased investment on Family Planning programme from domestic resources.

The Government of Laos has made a Commitment to the ICPD25 (International Conference on Population and Development 25) that by 2030, it will end the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) through the quality of care and the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Strategy and policies and ensure the provision of health services based on availability, affordability and high quality services, and provided a target for increasing the Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) to 70%.

The current estimate for 2021 is CPR reached 53%, which means that Laos has to increase by 17% in the next 8 years to achieve the target set.

The Ministry of Health, who implements the programme has made concerted efforts and investments in order to meet the targets. However, from 2012 to 2021, there had been only 190,000 additional users of Family Planning. There needs to be 140,000 additional users by 2030 to reach the target. Access to Family Planning services reduced drastically during the COVID19 pandemic. The programme will need to accelerate to ensure that those who need it can access Family Planning.

Family Planning is one of the three pillars that reduces maternal and newborn mortality rates and improves the health and wellbeing of women and their existing children. It allows women and men to decide whether to have children or not, when to have them, how many to have and how often to have them. In 2021, by up taking FP services, 243,000 unintended pregnancies were averted, 63,000 unsafe abortions averted and 170 maternal deaths averted.

In his remarks, Dr Bouakeo Suvanthong, Deputy Director of the Department of Hygiene and Health Promotion, said “the increase of Contraceptive Prevalence Rate pre-COVID-19 was steady, and Laos was on its way to almost achieve the goal set. However, access to Family Planning reduced considerably during COVID-19 pandemic, which means that we really need to more than double our efforts if we still aim to meet our goal.”

The meeting was co-chaired by Dr. Viengkhan Phixay, Deputy Director of Mother Child Health Centre and Ms Siriphone Sakulku, SRH Programme Coordinator of UNFPA. It is well attended by Director/Deputy Director of Provincial Health Departments, key Statistics and Mother and Child Health Staff from all 18 provinces, as well as key staff from Ministry of Health relevant departments, and development partners who support Family Planning programme.

Source: LAO News Agency

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Gov’t asked to achieve a 4.4% economic growth as planned

People’s representatives has urged the government to struggle to achieve an annual economic growth of 4.4% as planned justifying that the growth rate is realistic to the capability of economic drivers in the country.

Vice President of the National Assembly Sommad Pholsena told a press conference on Tuesday that members of the National Assembly have also called on the government to accelerate providing enough plant and animal varieties, fertilizers and other production inputs to farmers to ensure their monsoon production and encourage them to increase production for domestic consumption and export purposes.

At the ongoing 3rd Ordinary Session of the National Assembly, lawmakers have asked the government to take immediate actions to tackle rising inflation, especially with respect to goods and oil prices, and promote domestic production with concrete measures to ensure food security in the year to come.

NA’s members have urged increased patriotism and better promotion of the use of made-in-Laos products and tightened measures against the import of products that are of the same types produced in the country.

The government has been asked to consider diversifying oil import markets, settle oil payments in various currencies aside from US dollars, attach attention to collecting revenues from sustainable sources using modern banking technology and the bank-based management of foreign exchange from various sources including registered capital from foreign investors, exports – electricity, minerals, processing industry and agricultural products – to ensure there are enough foreign currencies for import of fuel, consumer goods and agricultural production needs.

The government needs to speed up tackling illegal exchange businesses and reduce the gap between the exchange rates of banks and parallel markets, limit the use of foreign currencies and introduce a universal exchange rate as well as set a certain maximum level for holding foreign currencies for individuals and legal entities, according to the NA’s Vice President.

The parliamentarians have also urged the government to bring to strict punishment individuals and legal entities manipulating exchange rates and hoarding foreign currencies and allow only commercial banks to provide exchange services according to the rate set by the Bank of the Lao PDR.

Source: LAO News Agency