A writer for the Microfinance Insights blog is posting from the 2009 Global Youth Enterprise conference. Visit the Microfinance Insights blog for posts on the following conference topics:
Under the innovative new Youth-Inclusive Financial Services Program (YFS-Link), Making Cents International has designed a ground-breaking new survey on youth-inclusive financial services for youth-serving organizations, financial serving providers, microfinance networks and associations, training and technical assistance providers, and a variety of supporting organizations such as funders and researchers.
Take this brief (10-15 minutes) survey and capitalize on the opportunity to share your perspectives, raise the visibility of your organization’s work, and be profiled as an emerging leader in the nascent sector of youth-inclusive financial services. The results will be included in a report on the state of the sector and will be used to inform the development of curricula that will build the capacity of organizations working in youth-inclusive financial services.
Those who complete the survey will be entered in a drawing to win a free conference registration to the Global Youth Enterprise Conference.
Click here to learn more about the survey to take the survey. After beginning the survey, you can save your answers and come back, but please complete by 11 September 2009 to have your data included in our presentation at the 2009 Global Youth Enterprise Conference.
Making Cents International invites you to a half-day, hands-on session where you can learn how to adapt field-tested enterprise development curriculum resources to your specific youth programming needs. This workshop takes place one day before the Global Youth Enterprise Conference.
Featured curricula include:
- Agricultural Enterprise Curriculum: This curriculum enhances agricultural processors', input suppliers', and retailers' understanding and awareness of basic business concepts and market linkages, which affect their ability to maximize profits and improve production.
- Market Opportunities: This curriculum helps young entrepreneurs understand how to conduct value chain assessments. It also enhances their ability to identify market opportunities and potential business partners. They will ultimately gain critical skills that will enable them to develop successful and sustainable businesses.
- MicroEnterprise Fundamentals: This curriculum is for start-up and established grassroots microentrepreneurs who have limited literacy skills. It teaches participants basic and practical business concepts. Steeped in experiential learning, the curriculum uses visual aids, simulation, facilitated discussion, and peer-learning techniques.
- Business Fundamentals for Cooperatives: This curriculum is designed to professionalize the activities and operations of cooperatives and associations. It aims to help producer cooperatives and associations identify their strengths and weaknesses, set goals, develop strategic plans, and provide demand-driven services to their members. The material covers topics such as cost-benefit analysis, business plans, goal setting, financial statements, calculating business costs, and negotiations skills, among others.
The training will take place on:
Monday, September 28, 2009
9:00am-1:30pm
at
Making Cents International
1155 30th Street, NW
Suite 200
For more information and to register, please contact Fernando Maldonado at fernando@makingcents.com and +1 202-783-4090.
