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Please note that the application deadline for the Simon Fraser University CED certificate course has been extended to September 4, 2009!

Details about the course can be found in the attached brochure. Please feel free to be in touch if you have any questions.

Best Regards,
Brenna

Brenna Atnikov, MSW, RSW
Community Economic Development Facilitator 
Momentum

403.204.2668 
brennaa@momentum.org
www.momentum.org 

16, 2936 Radcliffe Drive SE
Calgary, AB T2A 6M8

Greetings from the Coady International Institute!  You may be interested in our certificate in Community-Based Microfinance . This three week program will be offered September 7–25, 2009, on the St. Francis Xavier University campus in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.
 
Financial support is available. We are now fortunate to be in the position to distribute scholarships for those studying Community-Based Microfinance  and/or Livelihoods and Markets  from the MasterCard Foundation to cover the costs of tuition as well as room and board.   It’s an exciting year to study at Coady as we celebrate 50 years (1959-2009) of providing leadership education to development professionals from around the world.  Apply today!
 
Working with development leaders from all over the world, this one of a kind certificate allows participants to:
 
·         Strengthen skills in microfinance programming, financial analysis, monitoring, strategic planning, problem solving, comparative analysis and scenario building;
·         Identify current innovative strategies in the leadership and management of a microfinance organization in the areas of governance, financial management, staff development, client analysis and product development;
·         Develop a critical analysis of the broader issues and environment in which microfinance initiatives are based;
·         Better analyze and adapt current sound practices from international experience to their own context.
 
The certificate focuses on innovative community-based microfinance initiatives that have significant potential, not only for broad outreach, but for improved leadership capacity and self-reliance, with an emphasis on equity and asset-building as well as credit.  It also explores governance, social intermediation, self-reliance, leadership and the combination of financial services with social programs such as health or education. Drawing on the participants’ own experiences, the program examines the potential issues and problems involved in establishing sustainable community-based microfinance organizations or initiatives.  It also encourages the practical application of the content to the individual’s own work environment.
 
The Coady also offers a number of other educational opportunities:
 
·         2009 Diploma in Development Leadership
 
Certificates:
·         Advocacy and Citizen Engagement (2009)
·         Community-Based Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding (2009)
·         Livelihoods and Markets (2009)
·         Mobilizing Assets for Community-Driven Development (2009)
·         Organizational Learning and Change (2009)
 
Once again, funding options are available.  Special efforts are also made to enable women and Indigenous peoples to attend.
 
For more information please visit our website at www.coady.stfx.ca, or contact Jennifer MacPherson, Recruitment Assistant, jmacpherson@stfx.ca
 
 
 

Impact! The Co-operators Youth Conference for Sustainability Leadership
www.impactyouthsustainability.ca
Application deadline: Feb. 27, 2009  

Achieving sustainability requires a multi-disciplinary approach and a broad
social commitment. It also requires the energy and passion of youth.


That’s why The Co-operators has launched an unprecedented partnership of
business, academia and non-government organisations to bring together
students from all fields of study from across Canada to develop and
implement real sustainability solutions for their current lives and their
future careers.


All conference related expenses will be covered for selected participants.
Their contribution is time and commitment.


     ·      September 24-27th, 2009 at the University of Guelph in Guelph,
     Ontario


     ·      180 university & college students from across Canada


     ·      Explore tangible multi-industry and sector sustainability
     solutions with national business and academic leaders


     ·      Build networks and develop skills to lead sustainability
     initiatives long after the conference


     ·      Excited, empowered & equipped for change


Share this message or URL with your network, especially with students. To
learn more visit www.impactyouthsustainability.caor contact us at
impact@cooperators.ca.


Conference partners: The Co-operators, Research Network for Business
Sustainability, David Suzuki Foundation, The Natural Step, the University
of Guelph, Wilfrid Laurier University,  AIESEC, Coopsco, the University of
Saskatchewan’s Centre for the Study of Co-operatives and the Richard Ivey
School of Business.