CSR practitioners may learn universal guideline for sustainability reporting in English or Arabic throughout March

UAE, February 28, 2017 – Arabia CSR Network, the leading corporate social responsibility (CSR) training provider in the Arab region, will hold several training sessions on Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, the leading universally applicable framework for sustainability reporting. The courses will be conducted exclusively in both English and Arabic and will cover all types of companies and organizations – large or small – in terms of preparing their sustainability reports.

CSR and sustainability practitioners in the Middle East seeking to get a conceptual understanding and insights about the latest GRI reporting process may take the program. The GRI G4 course will help them define their company’s focus and efforts in order be more targeted with their sustainability reports and address stakeholders’ concerns. A clear and concise sustainability report has been deemed essential for many companies – local or multinational – as an important platform in communicating with investors, suppliers and consumers regarding the company’s non-financial performance or its environmental, social and governance activities.

The GRI G4 training program covering accredited content enables participants to become skilled and knowledgeable at using the framework, helping them to prepare and plan their GRI sustainability reporting; connect and dialogue with key stakeholders; identify key issues that require action and reporting; monitor and check the processes of the report; and launch the report.

Habiba Al Mar’ashi, President and CEO of Arabia CSR Network, said: “Arabia CSR Network has been continuously upgrading its training capabilities to help empower organizations and sustainability professionals in the region through CSR courses particularly through use of the GRI framework. Throughout the Arab region, over 140 sustainability reports have been published using the GRI G4 guidelines and there has been steady progress over the years. This indicates the serious efforts of companies in the region to respond and keep up with the global call for more transparency and accountability among organizations.”

Studies show that sustainability reporters worldwide have been using the GRI Guidelines for the last 15 years, having been published in more than 90 countries. Regulations in more than 40 countries and regions, including 24 major stock exchanges, reference GRI as a tool for reporting.

GRI G4 training in English will be held from March 12 to 14, 2017, while the Arabic sessions will be held from March 19 to 21. Arabia CSR Network will also conduct two short one-day sessions on the GRI Standard Transitional Module, one in English to be held on March 15, followed by an Arabic session on March 22, 2017. Candidates who have completed the courses will get certificates of attendance from the GRI headquarters in The Netherlands, as well as benefit from the support Arabia CSR Network provides to companies planning their future reporting.

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Pondicherry from 14^th  to 30^th Dec 2015

New Delhi: The Embassy of France in India and its cultural network (Institut Français en Inde and Alliance française de Pondichéry), in collaboration with the Department of Tourism, Government of Puducherry, and Indianostrum Theatre, have invited Ariane Mnouchkine, Europe’s foremost experimental theatre director, to tour India with her École Nomade. On this occasion a press briefing was held on the lawns of the Service for Cooperation and Culture, Embassy of France, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Road where Ariane acknowledged the significant influence of traditional Indian theatre. Speaking on the occasion she further explained that when she realised that she would dedicate her life to the theatres she took the initiation and embarked on a long journey and first arrived in India in 1963. She said ‘… India would be my treasure. I knew I would probably learn the basics of what to do without even knowing what I was going to do. I am indebted towards different forms of traditional theatre.’

A theatre workshop conducted by Ariane Mnouchkine and twelve artists of Théâtre du Soleil will be held in Puducherry from 14^th to 30^th December. Extracts of these workshops will be available for streaming from the website of Institut Français en Inde (www.institutfrancais.in) for a limited period of time for a larger outreach.

Theatre enthusiasts from across India have been encouraged to apply for these workshops. Auditions will be held for shortlisted candidates to select about 80-odd participants. These selected artists will participate in workshops to hone their skills and exchange creative processes and ideas.

A production should follow the programme, which is scheduled to be showcased in France by the end of 2016 and in India early 2017 as part of the festival of France in India, “Bonjour India”.

Deeply inspired by Asian Theatre, Ariane is Europe’s foremost experimental theatre director, an Ibsen awardee and also one of the most known theatre directors globally, having directed world renowned plays, twelve artists from the Théâtre du Soleil and Ariane Mnouchkine will conduct workshops for the transmission of her style of discovering theatre in India.

Ariane Mnouchkine on her India workshop video link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3I_VpOAc9E

Théâtre du Soleil is an avant-garde stage ensemble founded by Ariane Mnouchkine, Philippe Léotard and theatre students in 1964 as a collective of theatre artists in Paris. The company creates original theatrical works using a devising process based on physical theatre and improvisation.

Ariane Mnouchkine, an Ibsen awardee, is one of the best-known international theatre directors, having directed world renowned plays. She has always been inspired by Asian theatre. The Ibsen citation declared: “to enter a Mnouchkine production is to enter another world”, while noted critic Judith G Miller proclaimed that she was nothing less than a “nomad of the imagination”.

Since the beginning, the roots of her work have been inspired by the traditions of Asian theatre (essentially Indian, Balinese and Nô), which she discovered through her encounters with Asia over long months. In 1987, she created L´Indiade or The India of Their Dreams, based on a text by Hélène Cixous. Since several years now, she has been regularly hosting actors, musicians and other Indian artists in residence at the Cartoucherie in Paris.

Indianostrum Theatre in Pondicherry is an eight-year-old theatre company founded by Koumarane Valavane, along with a few actors who were ready to pursue theatre with single-minded dedication. A Franco-Indian who started practising theatre at a very young age, Koumarane left for France in his early years for his studies, where he worked as an actor at Theatre du Soleil in Paris. With the rich experience of contemporary theatre gained from France, Koumarane returned to India in 2006 with the decision of exploring theatre at home by forming his own group. It was thus that Indianostrum came into being in 2007.

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USTAD Baha’ud-din Dagar, son of the legendary Rudra Veena maestro Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, will be conducting a course on Concept of Drupad in Indian Classical Music at the Goa University from 6^th to 19^th October 2013.He has been invited as a Visiting Scholar for the Nana Shirgaonkar Chair in Traditional Music under the Visiting Research Professor Programme of Goa University in collaboration with the Department of Art and Culture of the Goa Government  .

Belonging to the 20th generation of the Dagar family he has been responsible for keeping the Dagar Vani style of Dhrupad alive on the Rudra Veena. While Baha’ud-din’s music clearly reflects the training he has received from his father, he has incorporated a personal dimension to the depth and exploration of the raga.

Acknowledging his responsibility in taking the Dhrupad tradition to future generations, Baha’ud-din teaches both, vocal and instrumental forms of music to students from different backgrounds in various parts of the country in India and also abroad. During his course in Goa University, Ustad Dagar will introduce the Dagar Tradition in Indian Classical music and will conduct elaborate discussions on aalaap, jod and the jhala. His course will also give special emphasis on composition and preparedness for musical presentation. The course will be open to all students of Goa University as well as  music lovers across the state. The course requires no prior knowledge of the subject.

Information regarding course details and registration procedure is available on the website of the Goa University ( www.unigoa.ac.in ) 

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