MICROFINANCE EVENT: International Training Program: Business Development Service Providers for Micro Enterprises & Microfinance

International Training Program: Business Development Service Providers for Micro Enterprises & Microfinance, January 4, 2010 – February 12, 2010

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Cost: Information regarding the training program, please contact Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India or the website at: http://www.ediindia.org/InterCore6_3.asp for Fellowship support.

Summary of Event: The program aims at strengthening knowledge and developing skills for planning and implementing Micro Enterprise & Micro Finance projects effectively. Micro businesses need an enormous range of services. The issues and debates in Business Development Services (BDS) for micro enterprise and microfinance sector have raised a few important issues like: What roles should Micro Enterprise and Microfinance promoting institutions assume? How does BDS relate to local economic development? How could sustainability of BDS be ascertained, and so on? This international program on Business Development Service Providers for Micro Enterprise and Micro Finance has been designed to address these issues.

Background on Organizer: Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (Ahmedabad, Gujarat) was established in 1983 with the mission to augment the supply of new entrepreneurs through research, education & training, enterprise creation, employment generating and poverty alleviation at grassroots through developmental interventions. Education and training includes, capacity building of NGOs in Micro Enterprise Development, training of rural poor as entrepreneurs, enhancing competitiveness of SMEs through cluster development, and development of case studies on successful women entrepreneurs.

Event Themes and Discussion Topics: The program aims at strengthening knowledge and developing skills for planning and implementing Micro Enterprise & Micro Finance projects effectively. An in-depth orientation on aspects like identification of viable business opportunities and linking these with entrepreneurs, preparation of business plan, introducing entrepreneurs to key business management areas of finance and accounts, Business Development Service (BDS) for micro enterprise and micro finance and marketing complemented with field visit, will help provide an integrated understanding on the sector.

During the five week program, the course will include three modules:

· Microenterprise Development (MED)

· Microfinance Development (MFD)

· Role, the Importance and Emergence of Business Development Services in Microenterprise and Microfinance

Who Is Invited to Attend: Senior and middle level professionals, officials from ministry, department of small industry promotion, ministry of finance (microfinance), department of rural development, ministry of industries (particularly with focus on small & microenterprises), representatives from MFIs/commercial banks, practitioners from self help promoting institutions (SHPIs), microcredit organizations, Grameen replicators, business development service providers, microenterprise and microfinance development consultants.

About the Presenters: Information regarding the course, instructor and possible presenters, please email Manoj Mishra: manoj@ediindia.org

Important Dates: Registration Deadline is November 4, 2009

To Register Please Visit: http://www.ediindia.org/InterCore6_3.asp

For additional information, please contact:

Lalitha Krishnan

lalitha@ediindia.org

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