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Environmental expert from UWE collaborating with partners
in China
Dr Jona Razzaque (FBL) was invited by the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) to give a paper on ‘environmental
governance in Europe and Asia’ in Beijing. This lecture explored the participatory rights of communities in
managing resources such as water and biodiversity. This invitation is part of the ongoing collaboration with the
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research of CAS. Dr Razzaque and Professor Tang of CAS
have already put together a project on ‘Ecological Conservation and Eradication of Poverty in the Middle and
Lower Reaches of the Tarim River’ that assesses the impacts of the degradation of ecosystem services on local
communities.
During the same visit to China, Dr Razzaque was invited to present papers to staff members of the Research
Institute of Environmental Law (RIEL) of Wuhan University. This is part of the fellowship that she receives since
2008 at the Law School of Wuhan University. She gave papers on ‘Sovereignty and environmental governance’
and ‘Participation and access to environmental justice in Asia’. This visit enabled RIEL to discuss progress of the
ongoing research on public interest litigation in China and explore further collaboration on supervision of their
postgraduate students.
Maltese Prime Minister, the Hon.
Lawrence Gonzi
UWE lecturer
shares the platform
with Maltese
Prime Minister,
the Honorable
Lawrence Gonzi
Dr Salima Paul, from the Centre for
Global Finance (BBS) was invited by the
Malta Association of Credit Management
(MACM) to present her research
findings on the late payment problem
to an audience of around 200 credit
managers from all over Europe. Dr
Paul’s presentation was related to recent
research funded by the Association of
Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
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Dr Razzaque visit to China
Dr Paul was amongst many distinguished
speakers invited to celebrate MACM’s
tenth anniversary. Dr Paul’s presentation,
entitled ‘Combating Late Payment in
Trade Credit’, gave an insight into the
realities of trade credit relationships,
offering the prospect of finding ways
to help organisations work better. She
explained the need for good trade credit
relationships, where both customers and
suppliers achieve mutual benefits, which
are deemed to be equitable, ethical and
sustainable and which will reduce the
late payment problem, one of the main
reasons for corporate failure, especially
amongst SMEs. The Prime Minster of
Malta congratulated Dr Paul for her very
informative presentation and thanked
her for sharing her research with the
practitioners and guest speakers.