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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Advanced Reflective Education and Training (ART) on Community based Development Finance training offered by Tata-Dhan Academy

Advanced Reflective Education and Training (ART) on Community based Development Finance, December 1-12, 2009, at Tamilnadu, India, presented by the Social Tata-Dhan Academy and sponsored by the DHAN Foundation.

December 1-12, 2009, at Tamilnadu, India

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Costs: Entire course (12 days): USD 3000; One theme of the course (4 days): USD 1,000

Summary of Event:  Tata-Dhan Academy is hosting its seventh international course for staff of microfinance organizations, banks, capacity-building organizations, NGOs, government organizations and funding agencies, from India and abroad. The pedagogy includes case analysis, experience sharing by the experts, group exercises, field visits and panel workshops. The themes for the course include:

  • Community based development finance (December 1-4, 2009);
  • Social security for poverty reduction (Micro Insurance for the poor) (December 5-8, 2009);
  • Microfinance and business development (December 9-12, 2009)

Background on the Presenter:  Located in India, The Tata-Dhan Academy nurtures, grooms and educates young graduates as Development Professionals. They possess multi-disciplinary knowledge including applied technologies relevant to the ‘context’. Equally high is the emphasis on ‘learning’ and ‘building knowledge’ through action-reflection-action. Side by side the focus is on building high quality techno-managerial competencies supported by appropriate motivations, values and attitudes to work with people, the disadvantaged in particular, with a view to “building people’s organisations to build people”.

Key Event Themes: The Course has three independent themes.

Theme 1: Community based Development Finance (December 1-4, 2009)

The theme focuses on the following areas:

  • Alternate paradigm of institutional finance: learning from the successful micro finance models from South Asia, Africa, and Latin America through case analysis
  • Financial inclusion and mainstreaming: learning from the experiences of India and Bangladesh through case analysis
  • Microfinance for poverty reduction: Social intermediation, financial intermediation and civic intermediation through case analysis from Indian experience
  • Sustainability of community based development finance models:learning from different community based models in India
  • Field visit: understand the Community Banking Programme (Kalanjiam model)

Theme 2: Social Security for Poverty Reduction (Micro Insurance for the poor) (December 5-8, 2009)

The theme focuses on the following areas:

  • Micro insurance: Learning from the successful experiences of Asia, Africa and Europe
  • Product development: Insurance needs and product development – life, health, crop and livestock insurance
  • Mutual insurance: Concepts and promotion of community based mutual insurance and reinsurance
  • Micro Insurance Regulations: Indian experience
  • Field visit to understand micro insurance

Theme 3: Microfinance and Business Development (December 9-12, 2009)

The theme focuses on the following areas:

  • Business Development Services (BDS): Status, Need, Impact and Opportunities
  • Integrated approach to Microfinance for Livelihood Promotion through Business Development
  • Microfinance for Microenterprise Promotion and Development
  • Community based Business Development Models: International case studies from agriculture, livestock, fishery and non-farm sector based organizations
  • Inclusive Value Chain: Concepts and Practices
  • Field visit: To experience and understand the impact of community based business organizations on poverty alleviation

Participants can choose to attend any one or two themes or the entire course. The medium of course teaching is English only.

Who is invited: Everyone

Important Dates: Program begins on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 through Saturday, December 12, 2009 Tamilnadu, India.  Registration deadline is October 31, 2009  

Location: Tata-Dhan Academy, c/o, DHAN Foundation, 18, Pillaiyar Koil Street, S.S.Colony, Madurai – 10, Tamilnadu, India

Online Registration:  Please click here.

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Event Type: Training

Event Starts: December 1, 2009

Event Ends: December 12, 2009

Location: Tamilnadu, India

Contact information: 

Contact Name:

Ms. A Umarani

Telephone:

+91-452-2475318

Email:

tatadhanacademy@gmail.com

Tata-Dhan Academy, c/o, DHAN Foundation
18, Pillaiyar Koil Street
S.S.Colony, Madurai – 10
Tamilnadu
India

Telephone: +91-452-2475318
Fax: +91-452-2602247

Organized By: Ms. A Umarani, Tata-Dhan Academy

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