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ADFIAP conducts special study tour program for CreditEase, China
June 10, 2014 23:24
ADFIAP conducted a special on-request study tour program on agriculture finance for eight (8) officers of the CreditEase (China) Inc. from May 26 to June 9, 2014 in Manila, Philippines. The objective of the program is to broaden the CreditEase officers’ knowledge, skills and attitudes on international best practices in agriculture financing and learn key... ...Strengthening partner performance in Bolivia
June 10, 2014 5:47
Fondo de la Comunidad (FONCOM) is an Oikocredit partner and microfinance institution (MFI) in Bolivia which mainly serves low-income earners in the urban and semi-urban areas of Cochabamba. The majority of FONCOM’s clients have set up micro, small or medium enterprises with few resources. In addition to providing loans, FONCOM offers its clients other financial... ...IDF holds microfinance & community development STP in Vietnam
June 9, 2014 22:52
ADFIAP’s professional training and career development unit, the Institute of Development Finance (IDF), in collaboration with the Hanoi-based Microfinance & Community Development Institute (MACDI), conducted a study tour program (STP) on Vietnamese microfinance and community development in Hanoi, Vietnam from May 26-31, 2014. Seven (7) participants of ADFIAP-member institutions from Oman, Malaysia and Palau attended... ...ILO includes cooperatives in a future Recommendation on tackling the informal Economy
June 6, 2014 15:16A fundamental aspect of cooperatives’ mission is to satisfy ordinary citizens’ needs through an enterprise which is democratically controlled by the same citizens. This is the main reason why they play an important role in the transition towards the formal economy. Following the discussion in the framework of the International Labour Conference held from 28... ...
Syria and Other Dilemmas Reveal US Frustration as Its Hegemony Declines
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By An Huihou (People’s Daily Online) June 5, 2014 – The Syrian authorities opted to hold a presidential election on June 3. Bashar al-Assad is one of the three candidates. The international media generally assume that there is no doubt that Bashar al-Assad will win re-election. In spite of public discontent with the current situation... ...Vermont’s Socialist Senator Leads on Worker Coops
June 4, 2014 18:27
Black Start Co-op Members Gather for the Unveiling of their New Space in Vermont Sanders Unveils Employee Ownership Legislation SolidarityEconomy.net Monday, June 2, 2014 BURLINGTON, Vt., June 2 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was joined this morning by representatives of Vermont-based, worker-owned businesses and an employee-ownership expert at a news conference to announce legislation... ...Take Action During the 100in1 Day Festival of Community Engagement
June 3, 2014 21:43
Vancouver Toronto MontrealCanadian Alternative Investment Foundation Offers Capacity Building and Technical Assistance Grants
June 3, 2014 19:31
Deadline for submissions is June 9th, 2014 The Canadian Alternative Investment Foundation (CAIF) has announced a call for a second round of granting in 2014 for their Capacity Building/Technical Assistance Grants. Theme: Practitioner StrengtheningShareable Seed Grants to Help Fund Sharing and Solidarity Economy Projects
June 3, 2014 19:17
Shareable is soliciting seed grant proposals to support the development resource sharing and solidarity economy projects to be launched by December 2014. Along with seed grants of $500-$1000, Shareable will offer a support package which includes training, project promotion, and peer support from the Sharing Cities Network. Theme: Practitioner StrengtheningNew Book by CCEDNet Co-Founder Paul Born: Deepening Community – Finding Joy Together in Chaotic Times
June 3, 2014 18:50
It’s up to us to create community. In Deepening Community, Paul Born shows us that the opportunity is right in front of us if we have the courage and conviction to pursue it. Theme: Practitioner StrengtheningMindful(l) of development: UNRISD welcomes 25 Master’s students from ISS
June 2, 2014 21:00A group of Master’s degree students from the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, paid a visit to UNRISD on 2 June 2014 as part of their study programme. Katja Hujo, UNRISD Research Coordinator for social policy, received the 25 students and presented the ongoing research project, Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization.
Cooperatives provide their members with the adequate tools enabling the transition towards the formal economy
June 2, 2014 14:23“Cooperatives provide their members with the legal basis, the economies of scale, skills training, accumulation and access to markets and to credit and a long term vision, which enable the transition towards the formal economy”, has enumerated, on behalf of the International Cooperative Alliance, Bruno Roelants, Secretary General of CICOPA, the advantages of those enterprises... ...
ADFIAP/AC conducts one-on-one training for PIDB
June 1, 2014 23:43
ADFIAP, through its advisory service unit, the ADFIAP Consulting (AC) Group, conducted a one-on-one training on lending aspects and practices for Ms. Rosa D.L.S Weilbacher, Manager of Administration in charge of the consumer and housing loan programs of the Pacific Islands Development Bank (PIDB) from May 16-29, 2014 at the ADFIAP Headquarters in Makati City,... ...Cultivating hybrid collectives: research methods for enacting community food economies in Australia and the Philippines
May 31, 2014 3:04Authors: Ann Hill, Jenny Cameron, Katherine Gibson In this paper authors Cameron, Gibson and Hill discuss two research projects in Australia and the Philippines in which we have cultivated hybrid collectives of academic researchers, lay researchers and various nonhuman others with the intention of enacting community food economies. We feature three critical interactions in the... ...
