Public Trainings in July

The Ateneo de Manila University Microfinance Capacity Building Program is going to hold two public-run training events in July. These are Financial LIteracy for Remittance Receivers and Marketing Microfinance Products and Services.

Training Event

Date

Location

Financial Literacy for Remittance Receivers

July 3-5

Ateneo de Manila

Marketing for Microfinance

July 7-9

Davao

Click on each training event for detailed course descriptions.

The courses may be credited towards a Diploma in Microfinance. Each course will run for three days and costs PhP 3,500 for local participants and USD 200 for international participants. Participants will be given a Certificate of Attendance for each course attended. On the other hand, participants who will complete all four courses will be given a Certificate of Completion.

For inquiries call Dimples at +63 929 4634169 or +63 927 9523636;  Yoh at +63 2 9202934; or email us at info@sedpi.com.

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AMiDA Taps SEDPI as Resource Person in Bali, Indonesia

In April 2008, the Academy for Microfinance Development in Indonesia (AMiDA) invited SEDPI's president, Mr. Mariel Vincent Rapisura, to be part of the first faculty to deliver trainings in AMiDA. Mr. Rapisura delivered a training on entitled: "The New Frontier: Linking Microfinance and Remittances." The participants evaluated the delivery of Mr. Rapisura at 4.78 from a possible high score of 5.00.

The Microfinance Innovation Center for Resources and Alternatives (MICRA) hosted AMiDA. MICRA is an INdonesian foundation focused solely on the development of the microfinance industry. Mercy Corps founded MICRA in early 2006 to institutionalize and expand its work over the past six years in microfinance throughout Indonesia. Three of SEDPI's staff were participants in AMiDA.

cbn_diploma SEDPI Delivers Trainings in Europe and Africa

In the first five months this year, SEDPI has already delivered 42 training events, up 30% compared last year. The growth in the number of trainings delivered is primarly due to the expansion of SEDPI's delivery of trainings outside of the Phiippines. A total of 11 international training events were delivered in the following countries: Belgium, Indonesia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates.

Due to te success of the of the delivery of the Diploma Course in Microfinance to the Central Bank of NIgeria (CBN), the delivery was replicated this year. The conclusion of the trainings held came with the announcement from CBN to make the Diploma Course in Microfinance that SEDPI staff delivers through the Ateneo de Manila University as a permamnent capacity buildig program of the bank.

The financial literacy trainings that SEDPI offers to overseas Fiipino workers were replicated in three European countries and one in the Middle East. The trainings were warmly welcomed by the training participants. The financiall iteracy trainings aim to educate overseas Filipino workers and migants to manage their personal finances and leverage their remittance through develoment such as investing in microfinane institutions.

 

The Social Enterprise Development Partnerships, Inc. (SEDPI) was established in 2004 and has since reached out to 502 local and international organizations. In a short span of three years, it has carved its niche in the microfinance industry as a leading capacity-building institution, providing innovative and excellence-driven services, as well as facilitating social investments for microfinance and microenterprise stakeholders. Internationally trained faculty members of the Ateneo de Manila University and the University of the Philippines, the same staff that currently handles the Ateneo Microfinance Capacity Building Program of the Development Studies Department, established SEDPI.

Living up to its institutional values of social entrepreneurship; shared leadership and teamwork; commitment to innovation and excellence; and honesty and transparency, SEDPI takes pride in its solid academic background; relevant on-field broad experience; and youthful enthusiasm of its staff. These dynamic social entrepreneurs facilitate Organizational Appraisal, Public and Customized Training, Technical and Mentoring Assistance, Strategic Planning, and Research, which are services refined through time by extensive theory and practice, the SEDPI way.

By 2010, the company aims to (1) reach out to 500 organizations; (2) mobilize PhP182 million social investments; (3) maintain financial sustainability and market-based approaches; (4) delight customers with quality products and services; and (5) make SEDPI a rewarding place to work in.

Whether it is in Europe, Africa, Asia, or most especially in the Philippines, SEDPI will continuously work harder to broaden its scope and ultimately achieve sustainable social enterprise for the economic empowerment of the poor.


 

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