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Designing a Strategy to Develop Microfinance Services & Clients in Bicol and CARAGA Regions |
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To expand income opportunities and promote social development through microfinance services have been the greatest challenge in providing adequate services to the poor.more... |
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| A New and Dynamic Technical School Helps Boost Employment in Region 3 - Philippines |
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Fundacion CODESPA’s European Commission (EC) Funded-- Tarlac Training Center (TTC) Project, co-managed with the Hanns Seidel Foundation, has benefited many out of school youths in Region 3, primarily in the province of Tarlac.more... | |
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| The CODESPA seminar of January 28 and Feb.3 |
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Codespa held two seminars for
development organizations in Luzon, Visayas and
Mindanao, in an effort to strengthen their knowhow
and skills in logical framework formulation that
is critical for supporting development project
proposals. Participants were officers tasked in
resource mobilization and program management. more... |
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| The TSKI Business Development Services project |
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TSKI takes first step in deepening
services to microfinance borrowers through the
Business Development Services technology transfer
from ACTUAR, of Medellin, Columbia.more... |
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| APPEND training in Boracay |
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The Alliance of Philippine Partners
in Enterprise Development, Inc. (APPEND), the
first and one of the largest networks of microfinance
organizations in the Philippines, is composed
of ten microfinance organizations and one microfinance-oriented
thrift bank. As of June 30, 2004, APPEND is assisting
a total of 305,817 microentrepreneurs from all
over the Philippines. more... |
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| CODESPA ASIA's CHAIRMAN FACILITATES PROJECT COLLABORATION |
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Last April 30, 2004, Dr. Bernardo
M. Villegas' group visited the Informatica Technology
Center (ITC) in Maharlika Village, Taguig, to
receive a briefing on the Center's four (4) programs
which are awaiting formal registration under the
Unified TVET Program Registration and Accreditation
System of the Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA). Formal inspection by TESDA
of the facilities of the Center is tentatively
scheduled for June 1-4, 2004. more... |
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| TELEVISION ESPAÑOL HongKong News Bureau Covers
CODESPA's APPEND Project |
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Television journalists of TV
Español Asia Pacific news bureau based
in Hong Kong covered Codespa's microfinance project
with the APPEND (Association of Philippine Partners
in Enterprise Development), while here in the
Philippines for the May 10, 2004 election coverage.
An APPEND member-partner, the Kabalikat Para sa
Maunlad na Buhay, Inc.(KMBI) assisted TVEs exposure
to some of its client's projects in an urban poor
community in Baclaran, Parañaque City. more...
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| PCFC to Close Project With CODESPA 56 training runs |
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| More than 200 MFIs have participated in PCFC ‘s
Codespa-AECI Assisted microfinance (MF) capacity building
programs. This exceeded the project’s target beneficiaries
of 176 MF Institutions. The project entitled “Apoyo
a los Programas de Microfinanciacion de Filipinas”
will have completed close to 60 training runs by December
2003, covering subject areas aimed to improve the management
and operation of MFI partners and potential partners of
PCFC, and PCFC’s own capacity building. |
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| As of August 30, 2003, or five semesters into the term
of the project, there were 48 trainings conducted for
microfinance institutions covering around 800 participants
from among them. Meanwhile, forteen (14) trainings were
conducted inside PCFC to strengthen its various departments. |
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| MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS : |
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| Bank Management
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| The Bank Management Course, the lengthiest
training provided to PCFC partners was held last
May 2003. It was envisioned to develop, hone and
update banking competencies of top management participants
coming from PCFC accredited micro finance lending
institutions. Each course is a two week live-in
seminar conducted in two batches. After year- long
preparations, the training of the first batch finally
ran from May 5-16, 2003 and the second batch from
May 19-30, 2003. more >> | | | | | Nationwide Fora
on Microfinance Best Practices | |
| A nationwide fora on microfinance
best practices was held last September 11, on the
occasion of PCFC’s eight founding anniversary.
The event brought together for the first time all
program partners of PCFC from the three major island
groups of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, in one forum
entitled “Microfinance Evolution: Philippine
Experience --Lessons Learned and Successful Practices”.
The event was presided by leading researchers in
the academia i.e. Ms. Marcia Feria Miranda of Punla
sa Tao Foundation and Prof. Ronald T. Chua of the
Asian Institute of Management Center for Development
Management. more >> | | | | | Inaugural Board
Meeting of Codespa-Asia Held October 1 | |
| Last October 1, at the UAP board room,
the board of trustees of Codespa-Asia convened for
the first time to discuss the rationale for Codespa
Asia’s existence and to seal various issues
in the incorporation. more
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