Making Cents International, a social enterprise based in Washington, DC, has issued a call for proposals to lead breakout sessions at the sixth annual Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference to be held in Washington, DC, USA, beginning on September 11, 2012. The deadline for submissions is March 30, 2012.
Proposal topic areas include workforce development; adolescent girls and young women; youth-inclusive financial services and financial capabilities, monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment and youth enterprise development. Proposals may be submitted using the form available at http://www.youtheconomicopportunities.org/overview.asp. Registration fees start at USD $675.
By Amira Berrada, Research Associate
About Making Cents International: Founded in 1999, Making Cents International is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit social services organization focused on building the youth microenterprise sector. Through the organization of learning opportunities and networks, Making Cents intends to inspire youth, practitioners, policy makers and funders to more effectively share and develop partnerships, programs and policies that support youth entrepreneurs. The organization focuses on providing a demand-driven and participatory learning space where members of all sectors can share information of programs, methodologies, strategies and tools; network to build partnerships; gain new technical capacity; and help build the youth enterprise, employment and livelihoods development field. No financial information has been disclosed on Making Cents International.
Sources and Resources:
[1] http://www.youtheconomicopportunities.org/overview.asp
MicroCapital.org article, February 16, 2012, “MICROFINANCE EVENT: Making Cents International Hosts 2012 Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference, September 11-13, 2012, Inter-American Development Bank’s Conference Center, Washington, DC” https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-making-cents-internationa…
MicroCapital.org article, June 13, 2011, “MICROFINANCE EVENT: Making Cents International Hosts the 2011 Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference in Washington, DC, September 7 – September 9, 2011” https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-making-cents-internationa…
MicroCapital.org article, April 20, 2010, “MICROFINANCE EVENT: Making Cents International Hosts the 2010 Global Youth Enterprise & Livelihoods Development Conference in Washington, DC, USA, September 15 – 16, 2010” https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-making-cents-internationa…
MicroCapital Universe Profile for Making Cents International: https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Mak…
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