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On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland this week, van Houten won the Fortune Award for Circular Economy Leadership for his pursuit of a circular economy — development without waste.

On April 28, 2009, the Bloc's critic for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, Jean - Yves Laforest, introduced a motion in the House of Commons calling for the feds to negotiate in good faith with the Government of Quebec to resolve the dispute, demanding a compensation package prorated to that awarded Ontario.

Grant Opportunities OSPRA (The U of I Office of Sponsored Programs & Research Administration) OSPRA interacts with faculty, department business staff, University administration, and external sponsor program officers and award negotiators to provide service and support to the University's missions of instruction, research, public service, and economic development.

The 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Amartya Sen, who defines economic development in terms of the free supply of basic necessities such as education and health care.

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In 2016 the Prize was awarded to Venezuelan chef María Fernanda Di Giacobbe for her Cacao de Origen project, a network involving education, entrepreneurship, research and development around cocoa as a source of identity, culture and economic wealth in Venezuela.

In the presence of the authorities and distinguished figures, the Basque Government's Councillor for Economic Development and Infrastructure, Arantxa Tapia, awarded the Colombian chef Leonor Espinosa with the prize for her work within Funleo, a «Gastronomy for Development» foundation that aims to restore and promote the ancestral knowledge of communities, especially indigenous and afro - Colombian populations.

Anyone with a professional culinary career — regardless of their culinary culture and nationality — can win this award, based on their work in fields such as culinary innovation, health, nutrition, education, the environment, the food industry, social or economic development, among others.

The annual awards are presented to some of the fastest growing small businesses in northeast Ohio by Cascade Capital, an economic development finance company.

But the potential disbursement of funds through an arm of SUNY Polytechnic comes as economic development projects throughout the state are coming under scrutiny from federal investigators over how contracts are awarded.

All ten regions competing for economic development money were awarded some portion of $ 788 million dollars in funds in a ceremony led by Governor Cuomo Thursday, but some regions were more equal than others, with four areas receiving the top grant prizes.

Today's sweeping indictments by federal and state prosecutors resoundingly confirm that the state's use of non-profits and SUNY to award billions in state economic development contracts has created huge and systemic opportunities for corruption.

Citi FM was awarded for supporting the tourism industry and creating awareness on how the industry can contribute to the socio - economic development of the country.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the announcement of the Regional Economic Development Awards on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, in Albany, NY.

Through his annual awards to regional economic development councils, Cuomo has also approved state grants of about $ 4 million to COR to demolish the former Kennedy Square housing project in Syracuse and about $ 4 million to COR to redevelop the former Mercy Hospital site in Watertown.

Frontier Communications Vice President of Business and Community Development Kevin Smith ($ 43 million Awarded to - date, Capital Region, Central NY, Finger Lakes, Mohawk Valley, Mid-Hudson, North Country, Southern Tier, Western NY) said, «The significant educational and economic opportunities that come with a broadband connection are important to New York's future, and Frontier.

Close to $ 2 Billion in public funds in play Today's sweeping indictments by federal and state prosecutors resoundingly confirm that the state's use of non-profits and SUNY to award billions in state economic development contracts has created huge and systemic opportunities for corruption.

The groups urged bans on a pay - to - play culture in Albany to limit political donations by firms seeking state contracts, closing a loophole heavily used by Cuomo and others that allow limited liability companies to skirt donation limits to politicians by private companies, creation of «truly independent» ethics oversight agencies, a public, searchable database of state economic development deals and creation of «clean contracting» systems to govern awards of state contracts.

This comes on the back of not - always - successful attempts from the coalition to award powers, particularly over local economic development, to the eight «core cities» outside London.

The state's comptroller has a plan to reduce corruption in the awarding of economic development contracts that has led to the indictment of former associates of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Some lawmakers agree with some of Miner's criticisms, specifically those that question the «Hunger Games» approach of those $ 500 million economic development awards.

It would instead create a new inspector general to investigate potential corruption in the awarding of economic development contracts.

«With an award from Governor Andrew Cuomo's Regional Economic Development Council initiative, Phase II is moving forward and injecting millions of dollars into Rome and the Mohawk Valley.

As a result of the first two rounds of competitive awards, the State is supporting more than 1,450 regionally significant economic development and community revitalization projects that are creating new jobs for New Yorkers and generating investments that grow our economy.

The County of Chenango Industrial Development Agency (CCIDA) is pleased to announce that it has received a $ 12,500 Empire State Development grant through the annual Regional Economic Development Council Awards.

SCHENECTADY - The Chautauqua County Department of Planning and Economic Development has received a prestigious award for its effort in trying to find ways to sustain and even improve the health of Chautauqua Lake.

WHITE PLAINS, NY (June 2011)-- The Westchester County Office of Economic Development and its advertising agency — Thompson & Bender — were the big winners in the Advertising Club of Westchester's 40th Annual Big W Awards program held held June 8 in Tarrytown.

The County Office of Economic Development and Thompson & Bender won seven awards plus Best of Show — the top award of the program — for Westchester County's «Intellectual Capital» campaign.

Now, some lawmakers, like DeFrancisco, are members of the Regional Economic Development Councils, a new process of awarding economic development money created bEconomic Development Councils, a new process of awarding economic development money createDevelopment Councils, a new process of awarding economic development money created beconomic development money createdevelopment money created by Cuomo.

Each December since he took office, Governor Cuomo has presided over what amounts to an awards ceremony to hand out what's now a total of three billion dollars for economic development projects.

The final budget is expected to include the governor's plan to allocate $ 1.5 billion, from $ 5.4 billion from bank settlement funds, for an economic development competition where seven regions in the state would compete for three awards of $ 500 million in economic aid paid over the course of five years.

Muldoon Gardens received an award of $ 465,900 from Governor Andrew Cuomo's Regional Economic Development Council initiative.

Jamaica is one of 10 communities in New York State that has been awarded $ 10 million for downtown revitalization and economic development projects.

When reporters asked the governor on May 25 in Syracuse about economic development contract awards to politically connected campaign contributors — a matter that's at the heart of the federal probe — Cuomo said SUNY made those decisions, not him.

Provides $ 300 million in new money for repair of roads, bridges and infrastructure under the transportation component of the NY Works program with $ 100 million of it awarded competitively through the Regional Economic Development Councils.

Awards of $ 10 million will likely be announced this summer to one municipality represented by each of the state's 10 regional economic development councils.

In December 2015, Central New York was awarded $ 500 million in state economic development assistance, $ 25 million of which was targeted at pursuing initiatives that grow out of Consensus» work.

The public - private partnership will be jointly funded by a $ 2.4 million award from the Governor's Regional Economic Development Councils and a $ 3 million investment by the Development Authority of the North Country.

New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) today announced a major northeast producer of wood construction material and supplies will be able to expand its production facilities and add jobs at its home in Oneida County with the assistance of a $ 120,000 Community Development Block Grant — Economic Development Program award.

Cuomo appeared alongside the members of the Central New York Regional Economic Development Council — including the council's co-chairs, Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud and CenterState CEO President Robert Simpson — to discuss the significance of the $ 500 million award, which will be spent over the course of five years.

SARANAC The Town of Saranac was awarded $ 907,348 in state economic development funds last week, giving new life to a water project over two years in the making.

The winners would be announced in the fall, as part of the existing Regional Economic Development Council awards program.

But good - government groups insist there needs to be broader, more independent reforms, including the creation of a database of subsidies published online, empowering the state comptroller to review all contracts worth more than $ 250,000, and ending the awarding of government economic development incentives by SUNY.

New York state's comptroller has a plan to reduce corruption in the awarding of economic development contracts that has led to the indictment of several former associates of Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Municipal leaders, along with city, county and downtown economic development and business promotion groups, are hoping a two - year bid for a Downtown Revitalization Initiative award will fast - track projects and solve long - standing sore spots in the core of Batavia.

He pushed back against criticism of his so - called «Hunger Games» approach to awarding economic development aid, saying more cash will ultimately be available to all regions.

Aubry, a Queens Democrat who chairs the Assembly's Corrections Committee, expressed concern over the lack of information on how, exactly, the regional economic development councils proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo would be awarding cash to communities that lose prisons.

Reports on the latest questions about a possible special session, the results of this year's Regional Economic Development Council awards, State Education Commissioner John King leaving for DC, and congressional staffers showing support for Eric Garner's and Michael Brown's family.

«Once again, extreme weather came to New York and once again New Yorkers came together to help our neighbors in their time of need,» Cuomo said in a press release, (issued smack in the middle of the regional economic development council awards ceremony).