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Dear Member, Reader
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What better way to fulfil the Centre's lone objective to bring Indians and Europeans closer together again than to share common concerns of our day-to-day lives and evolve common answers?
Joining hands for a shared future is the stake in our budding yet forceful endeavours to bring leading denizens of our cities together, so that they can discuss their respective visions and needs across the table as old-time friends committed to the well-being of their own cities and our common planet.. |
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This is what the first Forum of Goa achieved rather unexpectedly well. The same success was repeated with the first-ever mission of Indian cities to Europe that took place on 10-16 October
Led by the Centre and the Confederation of Indian Industry, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and the State of Goa could get a first-hand account of European achievements in four domains that had been identified as core priorities, namely heritage conservation, water supply and sanitation, solid waste treatment and urban transportation.
Lyon, Frankfurt, La Rochelle, Alstom and Veolia, all Partners in the first EuroIndia Forum, played marvellous hosts and demonstrated their best practices to their Indian visitors in an open and friendly manner, with desk presentations and on-site visits leading to a very fruitful exchange.
It is expected that such a visit will trigger further exchanges of experts both ways that will not only add European value to India's commendable urban renewal endeavours, in the wake of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, but also help Europeans understand the grassroot realities of emerging India and evolve a neighbourly rapport with her citizens.
In the process, we have started building a web of like-minded European and Indian cities with the same urge to co-operate that cannot but grow much larger, considering the potential, if we can sustain our budding momentum, while remaining focused and committed.
To ensure the latter, we strongly believe selectivity of players is a must, hence our invitation to cities who pionered the first Forum to join the Centre as Members With that firm grounding, only the sky will be the limit to our collective achievements!
This is the second issue of the EuroIndia Newsletter and I am pleased to report that a few of our members contributed their thoughts to it on a subject dear to their heart. We'd like to thank them wholeheartedly for the same, as it is one more step towards our goal of making "a newsletter for members by members". In the same spirit we invite all our members to contribute to the following issue due in two months.
We also extend a sincere invitation to all like-minded readers to apply for membership of the Centre, which will enable them also to make a decisive contribution to our collective endeavours in ways they deem fit.
Finally, it gives me great pleasure to salute the Euro-Indian spirit of our Co-President Colette Mathur, who has been instrumental in organizing at the India week in Geneva the exhibition of paintings that had been specially commissioned for the first Goa Forum with painters Luc Joly and Subodh Kerkar working in tandem over the Internet. This exhibition will now travel to other Indian Partner cities of the Goa Forum.
Thank you for your renewed support and your faith in our Euro-India destiny,
Yours sincerely,
Michel Sabatier
Secretary General
2008 Forum in Goa (3-5 April)
To ensure entry, please register without delay through:
http://www.the-euroindia-centre.org
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Vantage Point |
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India 's scorching growth- the economy has been growing at an average of 8.% over the past four years - is showing signs of being constrained by its creaky infrastructure. Poor infrastructure may be the single most important issue India faces.
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Policy & Regulations |
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Government retains subsidy on LPG and Kerosene for another three years.
The UPA Government has decided to retain the existing subsidy....
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Markets |
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India's fast growing telecom market lures new entrants...
According to the telecom regulator, 7.6 million subscribers have been added to the wireless segment
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Foreign Investment |
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Foreign firms eye Indian broking firms
Even as foreign institutional investors interest in India's equity markets grows - FIIs, which may invest in all securities....
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Trade
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Spanish companies make inroads into the Indian market
With the gradual liberalization of foreign investment rules and lifting of import restrictions, more and more Spanish companies are seeking entry into India's growing market.
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Infrastructure and Industry Monitor |
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Rotschilds sells stake in Bharti joint venture
UK based EL Rothschild company, has sold a 40.1 per cent stake from its 50 per cent stake in the JV - Indian FieldFresh Foods Private Ltd - to Philippine-based Del Monte Pacific Ltd for $20.85 million.
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Memberspeak |
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What's New |
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The 2008 EuroIndia Forum Status
On creating efficient and sustainable cities and on building Euro-Indian Partnerships.
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The Euroindia Sphere |
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The return study tour of Indian Forum partner-cities (Ahmedabad, Goa, Kolkata) to their European counterparts (Frankfurt, La Rochelle, Lyon) has taken place very successfully from October 10th till 17th:
Further technical exchanges at working levels are contemplated
The Indian delegation inaugurated an Indian contemporary paintings and sculptures exhibition at the EuroIndia Centre Head Office
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Culture |
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After its inauguration at the Goa Forum, the exhibition of paintings by Subodh Kerkar and Luc Joly "Euro-Indian weaving of minds through a Web shuttle" travelled to the Geneva India Festival (October 4th to 6th, 2007) and will travel to other Indian Forum partner cities soon.
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Member News |
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On the 6th of October 2007, Shazia Aziz Wülbers gave birth to a cute EuroIndian baby boy: welcome to Pierre Alim Wülbers.
Ludovic Jonard celebrated the 10th anniversary Architecture & Developpement, an NGO he founded.
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Member Amal Mukhopadhyay joined member Erich Mayer in Gateway Knowledge Partners
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Member, Andreas Waldraff is happy to announce UBF.B latest Indo-German deal with IFCI Venture Capital Fund as a contribution. UBF.B has signed, during Angela Merkel's visit to India, a Memorandum of Understanding with IVCF aimed at a 100 million Euro fund of Private Equity. For details see the article in the Hindu Business
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/10/31/stories/2007103151091100.htm
or a tv-excerpt of his press-conference
http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/video/stockmarket/16/10/newsvideo/311260
Founding member, Prabhu Guptara, Executive Director of the Wolfsberg Institute, is pleased to announce the eminent jury for the Calaspia International Storywriting Competition for Young People, including founding member, Gurcharan Das, named after the famous novel written by his teenage twins.
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