Newsletter
28.11.2007
MEA-I November 2007 Newsletter - Read our latest newsletter
MEA-I DELIVERS TRAININGS IN ASIA
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MEA-I delivered two Train the trainer sessions in Asia: in Beijing (July) and in Bangkok (October) In Bangkok, 15 trainers from seven countries (Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, India, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia) attended the course, reprensenting various training organisations. The training was part of the HP Asia-Pacific program on Micro-business development. Six grant recipients from the Enterprise Development Program of HP Asia-Pacific were selected to attend a MAP training in Beijing. For this, the MAP curriculum had been translated into Mandarin and was delivered by our Master Trainers with the support of qualified translators. It was an intensive six days of training that generated highly positive appreciations from participants. More info at: www.mea-i.org |
MAP CENTER NEWS OF THE MONTH
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Under the Patronage of the Ministry of Economy and Trade of Lebanon, Berytech organizes an Entrepreneurial Linkages Fair on Tuesday 27 November 2007 This is a networking event where you will have an opportunity to hear presentations and meet with representatives of Financial Institutions and the Business Development Centres and learn more about the wide range of services they offer innovative entrepreneurs.More info at: www.berytech.org |
CURRICULUM NEWS
| MEA-I develops a new curriculum for the young underserved In October, MEA-I has released a new curriculum for the GET-IT program: the T-Tools curriculum. The curriculum uses new Virtual Entrepreneurs specifically tuned to young people as teaching material to foster entrepreneurship and their creative business skills. T-Tools was used in the Guidance Course held in Geneva, in October. |
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“GET-IT” TRAININGS
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MEA-I completed the 2007 GET-IT round with trainings in Africa and Europe GET-IT is the HP program for Europe, Middle-East and Africa that helps young people to start their own business. After completing the trainings in Zurich and in St Petersburg for the HP GET-IT program, MEA-I managed the delivery of a Guidance Courses in Jo’burg and in Geneva. In Jo’burg with representants form : Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa. In Geneva with representants from : Sweden, Finland, Russia, Belgium and Romania. The participants were from the organisation JA-YE (www.ja-ye.org) and were trained on the new T-Tools curriculum. More info at: www.graduate-training-through-it.net |
DELIVERING MAP TRAININGS
| MEA-I increases the number of MAP trainers and Master Trainers with its November sessions, in Geneva A Training-of-Training (TOT) session and a Master Training (MT) session were held in MEA-I training center facilities, in Geneva. New MAP trainers were certified during the TOT. MEA-I is expecting to increase its Master Trainers capacity with the MT session. MAP trainers took the course, and are in the process of being selected. |
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Representative of local authorities of Mali and Burkina Faso trained on MAP In collaboration with the Association Internationale des Regions Francophones, MEA-I has delivered a training in Bamako for the newly created Region Administrators of MALI and BURKINA FASO. The training took place on the week of November 12. It was the first time, MAP concept was used for the public sector opening up innovative "intra-preneurs" curriculum for public administrators. |
MAP NETWORK
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MEA-I signed up for additional MAP centers and extended collaboration with its partners COVENTRY – MEA-I signed a MAP collaboration agreement with Coventry University (UK) during the EBN annual congress. BELGRADE – A MAP collaboration agreement with the Faculty of Economics of Belgrade (Serbia) was also signed. BAMAKO - MEA-I and AIRF (Association Internationale des Regions Francophones) have extended their collaboration and have jointly piloted a MAP training specifically adapted for administrators of the public sector. The MAP concept which was originally developed for Entrepreneurs and Small business Owners is now used to turn Public sector administrators into IT skilled intrapreneurs. For more info, contact www.info@mea-i.org SIERRE - Official opening of the MAP center in Sierre (Switzerland) The Micro Enterprise Acceleration Institute in collaboration with HES-SO Valais (Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse Occidentale du Valais) and TechnoArk have inaugurated the first MAP center in Switzerland on the 26th of October. HES-SO Valais is a University focussing on pratical curriculum to provide students direct knowledge of scientific method-base professional work. TechnoArk is the leading technological pole of the western part of Switzerland. |
| More info on AIRF: www.regions-francophones.com More info on HES-SO Valais: www.formationcontinue.ch |
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INTERNATIONAL EVENTS AND CONFERENCES
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MEA-I participated at the EURADA conference in Sofia (Bulgaria), in October with 150 Regional Development Agencies EURADA , the Association of Regional Development Agencies is a non profit-making organization aiming to promote regional economic development through dialogue with the European Commission services, interchange of good practice among members, transnational co-operation among members, regional development agencies as a concept. EURADA gathers around 150 development agencies from 25 countries of both the European Union and Central and Eastern Europe. More info at: www.eurada.org |
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Jelena Godjevac (MEA-I) participated in the the workshop run by HP in the Women's International Networking (WIN) conference The workshop provided the participants with insights into current HP education programs like MAP (Microenterprise Acceleration Program) and HP GET-IT (Graduate Entrepreneurship Training through IT). During a hands-on training session the participants experienced the benefits of selected training modules which will helped them understand how to better use Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for an increased business success. More info at: www.winconference.net |