CBAM and Russian export

The EU is expected to introduce the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in 2026. The estimates of the resulting Russia’s economic loss, that can be found in the literature, appear to be blown up, static, and not directly related to the change in the incomes of Russian exporters. These estimates are driven by the authors’ speculations, rather than by the CBAM concept as announced by the EU. This paper aims to assess the potential implications of CBAM for the Russian raw materials exports. CBAM will launch a carbon intensity reduction race for industrial products. Those who will not be able to keep abreast of the leaders will be losing their market niches. Because Russia is freezing its current carbon intensity levels, it will see its CBAM exports shrink and, small at the beginning, export incomes reduction may gradually become substantial. At the same time, proactive GHG emission control in the industrial sector can help avoid the loss and even yield additional income.

Implementation Of Recipient Design And Additional Recipient Criteria For Income To Civil Servants Of The Education And Culture Office Of Kutai Kartanegara Regency

Abstract—In general, the success of bureaucratic reform is entirely in the hands of civil servants and CPNS. As servants of the state, their main task is to provide maximum service to the community. However, complaints about the lack of welfare so that they cannot carry out their duties to the maximum are very often we listen to, as happened with civil servants and CPNS in the Kutai Kartanegara District government often correlate between the lack of salary, position, performance, productivity. analyze the Implementation of Recipient Design and Criteria for Receiving Additional Income to Civil Servants of the Education and Culture Office of Kutai Kartanegara Regency. This research is a qualitative study, the method of data collection is carried out intensively, the researchers participate in the field for a long time, note carefully what happened, conduct a reflective analysis of various documents found in the field, and make detailed research reports. In qualitative research, the research instrument is the researcher himself. The data in this study are in the form of field notes, observations, preliminary observations, opinions expressed by education officials, and staff in the Education and Culture Office of Kutai Kartanegara Regency and their archives. Research results show that based on the evaluation results found in the recipient and the recipient's criteria have met the specified requirements. However, on the other hand, it can be found the recipient and the recipient's criteria are still far from what they should be so that various weaknesses can be seen in terms of determining the recipient and recipient's criteria. As stated earlier, civil servants and CPNS at the Office of Education and Culture are divided into five different job categories, but in receiving additional income they should not have the status but are "equally feeling equal" because the place where employees work is different in the program additional income policy

Impact of Front Line Demonstrations on Mustard Crop in Sirsa District of Haryana

Krishi Vigyan Kendra conducts cluster demonstrations every year as per target assignedby ICAR. The study evaluates impact of 300 demonstrations on mustard crop in 120hectare area conducted by KVK Sirsa since 2015-16 to 2017-18 in different villages of thedistrict. The extension gaps in technologies were identified through farmers meetings andgroup discussions with the farmers. The findings indicated significant increase in the averageyield of demonstrated plot (15.13%) over the farmer’s practice plot of mustard crop. Averageyield of demonstration plots was recorded higher by 18.18 per cent, 14.09 per cent and13.13 per cent in years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18, respectively. The extension gapwas 4.0 q/ha, 3.10 q/ha and 2.89 q/ha while technology gap was 2.0 q/ha, 2.90 q/ha and2.11 q/ha during consecutive years respectively. During these three years, yield increase indemonstration plots expressed as additional income over check plots accounted for Rs.7670/ha, Rs. 12350/ha and Rs. 11590/ha respectively during various years.

Aplikasi Mesin Pemasak Minuman Rempah Jahe (Zingiber officinale) Dengan Pengaduk Otomatis di UKM Polanmadu

<p><em><strong>Cooking Machine Application of Ginger Drink (Zingiber officinale) with Automatic Stirrer at UKM Polanmadu</strong></em>. The trend of instant spice drinks that function to maintain the body’s immunity is growing rapidly in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic. Ginger, which is a spice with various benefits, has made many Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) industry players take advantage of this potential. One of them is the instant spice drink SME industry player "Polanmadu" which produces natural instant spice drinks. The processing of instant spice drinks is still done conventionally, making Polanmadu SMEs unable to reach consumer demands. The purpose of these activities was to the introduction of appropriate technology in the production of instant spice drinks to produce products with more guaranteed quality and able to generate additional income for partners. The application of the cooking machine is useful so that the stirring process which has been going on for 3 hours conventionally using human power is replaced with electric power so that it is more efficient and profitable. The implementation begins with identification, planning, assembling tools, testing tools, and introducing tools to the spice instant drink production unit. The result showed that the introduction of a spice instant drink cooking machine can produce 20% more crystal ginger extract, automatic stirring while at the same time speeding up the formation of crystals from 3 hours to 2.5 hours, and the product crystal size is more homogenous and an increase in profit of Rp906,000-/day. Overall, the introduction of this spice-cooking machine makes the productivity of SMEs for instant spice drinks increase in quality and quantity.</p>

Community Economic Empowerment through Creative Economic Program in a Business Cooperative in Setu District, Tangerang Selatan

This study aims to determine the process and results of empowering the community's economy through the creative economy program at the Cipta Boga Multipurpose Cooperative. This research was conducted using a qualitative research approach with a descriptive type of research. The data collection techniques used, namely: observation, interviews, and documentation studies. Observations were carried out thematically about the process of community empowerment in the creative economy. Five informants were interviewed, consisting of the management of the cooperative and three program beneficiaries. The selection of informants is based on the fact that they know and are involved in empowerment activities. The documentation study was conducted by collecting data on the process and empowerment program in the creative economy sector at the cooperative. This study indicates that community economic empowerment through a paper bag training program can improve the welfare of the Kranggan village community. The Seba Usaha Cipta Boga Cooperative carries out the stages of community empowerment, starting from planning, implementation, institutionalization, and monitoring evaluation. The influence of the training program results can be seen from the behavior and economic life of the community. People get additional income, increase knowledge in entrepreneurship and get activities for entrepreneurship.

An analysis of students’ response to changes in financial situation during the pandemic by digital traces in the VKontakte social network

В статье представлены результаты исследования круга проблем и вопросов финансового положения студентов в период пандемии по цифровым следам в социальных сети ВКонтакте студенческой аудитории. Для анализа были использованы тексты постов в сообществах студентов и комментарии к ним за период второго учебного года в условиях пандемии. Для оценки контента обсуждаемых тем и вопросов в сообществах использованы результаты НИР Консорциума исследователей больших данных «Образование в условиях коронавируса: большие данные как инструмент измерения реакции общества» за февраль – июнь 2020 г. Подготовка данных для анализа включала выгрузку данных из социальных сетей, отбор релевантных сообщений, выявление категорий и тематических сюжетов, определение тональности сообщений. По предварительно выгруженным с использованием специализированного программного обеспечения (Polyanalyst, библиотек машинного обучения) сообщениям сообществ вузов региона была проведена разметка всех сообщений по релевантности изучаемой темы, что позволило в дальнейшем систематизировать сообщения по тематике и тональности. Контент анализируемых релевантных сообщений позволили выделить четыре основные тематические категории такие, как стипендия и материальная помощь, стоимость образовательных и дополнительных услуг, возможность получения дополнительных доходов, разное. В группе сообщений по вопросам стипендии и материальной помощи были выделены тематические сюжеты о размере и сроках выплаты стипендии и материальной помощи и о процедуре начисления стипендии. В группе сообщений по вопросам стоимость основных и дополнительных услуг были выделены тематические сюжеты о цене-качестве образовательных услуг, возврата стоимости за обучение в условиях дистанционного формата работы, а также ценообразование образовательных услуг. В группе сообщений по возможности получения дополнительных доходов студенты рассуждали преимущественно о размере стипендии в сопоставлении со сложившимися ценами на товары и услуги и о необходимости поиска дополнительных источниках доходов. В группе разное были рассмотрены низкочастотные сообщения по различным тематическим сюжетам. Тональность сообщений, в которых студенты высказывали свое мнение и оценку, преимущественно нейтральная, но негативная тональность доминировала на начало каждого учебного семестра. Полученные результаты исследования на основе выборки данных социальной сети ВКонтакте за анализируемый период могут послужить обоснованием для дальнейшего исследования сообщений в социальных сетях с целью выявления и анализа обратной связи студентов о качестве, эффективности и развитии дистанционного образования в стране, а также мониторинга появления/развития/отмирания проблем и вопросов в сфере финансового состояния студентов. The article presents the results of a survey on the range of problems and questions of students regarding financial situation based on digital traces in the VKontakte social network. The analysis was based on posts in student communities and comments to them during the second academic year during the pandemic. To assess changes in the content of the discussed topics and issues in the communities, the results of research work of the Consortium of Big Data Researchers “Education in the context of coronavirus: big data as a tool for measuring the reaction of society” for February – June 2020 were used. Preparing data for analysis included downloading data from social networks, selecting relevant messages, identifying categories and thematic plots, and determining the sentiment of messages. According to the messages from the communities of the universities in the region, previously unloaded using specialized software (Polyanalyst, machine learning libraries), all messages were marked up according to the relevance of the topic being studied, which made it possible to further systematize messages by topic and tone. The content of the analyzed relevant messages allowed us to single out four main thematic categories such as scholarships and material assistance, the cost of educational and additional services, the possibility of obtaining additional income, and miscellaneous. In the group of presentations on the issues of scholarships and material assistance, thematic stories were highlighted on the amount and timing of payment of the scholarship and material assistance and on the procedure for awarding the scholarship. In the group of messages on the cost of basic and additional services, there were highlighted thematic stories about the price-quality of educational services, the return of the cost of training in a distance format of work, as well as the pricing of educational services. In the group of messages about the possibility of obtaining additional income, students talked mainly about the amount of the scholarship in comparison with the prevailing prices for goods and services and the need to search for additional sources of income. In the Miscellaneous group, low-frequency messages were considered on various thematic topics. The tone of the messages in which the students expressed their opinion and assessment was predominantly neutral, but the negative tone dominated at the beginning of each academic semester. The results of the study based on a sample of data from the VKontakte social network for the analyzed period can serve as a rationale for further research of messages on social networks in order to identify and analyze student feedback on the quality, efficiency and development of distance education in the country, as well as monitor the emergence / development / withering away problems and questions in the field of the financial condition of students.

Analisis Kebijakan Peraturan Bupati No. 6 Tahun 2019 Di Lingkungan Kabupaten Tapanuli Tengah Dalam Meningkatkan Kinerja Pegawai Di Kelurahan Sibuluan Indah

The level of community satisfaction with services from the kelurahan is still relatively low, as can be seen from the many protests from the community against the kelurahan policy. This situation can be seen from the implementation of the work which is still slow so that most of the work cannot be completed on time. This study aims to determine what policies and constraint factors cause the less successful policy of Regent Regulation no. 6 of 2019 concerning Provision of Additional Income for Civil Servants in Central Tapanuli Regency in Improving Employee Performance in Sibuluan Indah Village, Pandan District. The research used was descriptive method, and the data analysis technique used descriptive qualitative. The results of the study show that the TPP policy has not fully succeeded in improving the performance of employees in Sibuluan Indah Village, Pandan District, with the following recommendations: 1) that the Central Tapanuli Regency government needs to revise the TPP policy so that it is more detailed about the elements of performance appraisal, 2) Officials appraisers need to eliminate the influence of personal relationships in making assessments of the performance of subordinates, and 3) The government needs to pay attention to the payment of TPP funds can be made in a timely manner.

A Review on Utilization Routes of the Leather Industry Biomass

The use of biomass to produce bioenergy and biomaterials is considered a sustainable alternative to depleting fossil fuel resources. The world tanneries consume 8–9 MT of skin and hide every year producing 1.4 MT of solid waste. Most of the solid biomass generated from tanneries is disposed of as waste in the environment using either landfilling or thermal incineration. Disposal of this waste into the environment affects the ecosystem, causing bad odor (air pollution) and has an antagonistic impact on the environment. Due to this, European Union legislation bans the landfilling of biomass. This study aims to comprehensively review the possible valorization routes of leather processing industry biomass into high-value biomaterials. Leather biomass (trimmings, shaving, splitting, and buffing dust) mainly contain 30%–35% collagen protein, which is produced by acid or alkali hydrolysis. The biopolymers obtained from leather industry biomass can be utilized in the production of several high-value materials. In addition, leather processing industry biomass also contains fat, which can be converted into a bio-surfactant, and other useful biomaterials. Keratin protein can also be extracted from the hair waste of hides and skins. The increased demand for biomaterials makes the using of leather industry biomass very attractive. From this study, it can be concluded that the conversions of leather processing industry waste to valuable biomaterial can protect the environment, generate additional income for leather industries, and pave way for sustainable and renewable biomaterials production.

Oman will struggle to balance social and fiscal needs

Significance The additional income is being partly used to direct support to poorer segments of society. However, this has not ended the mounting popular pressure for accelerated change. The main demands, expressed on social media platforms, include expedited employment and fiscal relief programmes, curbs on government bureaucracy and limits to the number of state-owned enterprises competing with the private sector. Impacts The high-employment tourism and construction sectors could be slow to recover post-pandemic and manufacturing may take a hit. Saudi and Emirati investment offers benefits but conditions could strain Oman’s policy of regional neutrality. Difficulties in accessing credit for non-state employees will keep people focused on seeking government jobs.