Event Name: Effectively Catalyzing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) Growth Through Business Plan Competitions: Innovative Examples from Latin America
Event Date: March 9, 2011, 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Event Location: Online or at 1250 Eye Street, NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20005, USA
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Cost: This is a free event
Registration Deadline: March 9, 2011
Summary of Events: The seminar will be presented by two members of TechnoServe, a US-based nonprofit that works in collaboration with the US government agency, United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The presenters, Andrés Rico Toro- Manager of Entrepreneurship Development for Latin America and the Caribbean, TechnoServe and Peter Ippolito- Program Development Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean, TechnoServe, will share their experiences on using business plan competitions to help catalyze SME growth, with a focus on regional efforts in El Salvador and Chile.
Event Website: http://microlinks.kdid.org/events/after-hours/effectively-catalyzing-sme-growth-through-business-plan-competitions-innovative-e
Online Registration Address: email: afterhours@qedgroupllc.com or http://microlinks.kdid.org/events/after-hours/effectively-catalyzing-sme-growth-through-business-plan-competitions-innovative-e
Registration to participate remotely via webinar: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/993938090
For additional information you may contact: +1 202 521 1900 or afterhours@qedgroupllc.com
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About TechnoServe: Established in 1968, TechnoServe is a US-based nonprofit that focuses on development of entrepreneurs, businesses and industries in developing countries. The organization offers entrepreneurship development and training programs such as business plan competitions and business acceleration models to enable entrepreneurs to launch or expand their businesses. TechnoServe has regional offices in South America, Central America, West Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa and Asia. TechnoServe partners with a large number of organizations such as The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft and the Rockefeller Foundation.
About The United States Agency for International Development (USAID): The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is a government agency that provides international economic and humanitarian assistance. It focuses on areas such as economic growth, agriculture, trade, global health, democracy, conflict prevention and humanitarian assistance. Under the Development Credit Authority (DCA), it provides partial credit guarantees that cover up to 50 percent of defaults on loans made by private financial institutions to institutions that lend to underserved borrowers.
USAID offers a suite of resources aimed at improving the outcomes of microenterprise development research and practice at http://microlinks.kdid.org/.
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