Sustainable Microenterprise and Development Program (SMDP) Certificate New Hampshire
This is the fourth year of the SMDP New Hampshire and the fifteenth year we have offered a summer program in the Granite state.
June 17-28, 2013
A Unique Development Finance training workshop in beautiful New Hampshire, USA
http://carseyinstitute.unh.edu/smdp/nh
Attention Africa Women Development Finance Practitioners!
MasterCard Foundation Scholarships are now available â€"
Act today - Deadline is May 10, 2013
Limited travel assistance is available â€" Partial applicant contribution preferred but not essential.
Download the SMDP NH Certificate 2013MasterCard Foundation scholarship application from the SMDP registration page:
http://carseyinstitute.unh.edu/smdp/nh/registration
Program Overview
This far-reaching curriculum encompasses historic and theoretical foundations of development finance interventions to help poor individuals and communities move out of extreme poverty. The course will look critically at what works, what doesn’t work, and how non-governmental organizations, government agencies, private donors, and the capital markets have all contributed to the success and failure of microenterprise development and microfinance. We will also explore the relatively new fields of social enterprise development and impact investing.
The underlying theme of the certificate will be a livelihoods emphasis that seeks to build holistic solutions to the root causes of global poverty. Both U.S. and international cases and models will be explored, and many leaders of the field will join the classes as guest presenters throughout the two-week course. Students will earn a Certificate of Microenterprise Development from the Carsey Institute's Sustainable Microenterprise and Development Program (SMDP).
Faculty
* Malcolm Harper, Professor Emeritus Cranfield School of Management, UK
* Michael Swack, Carsey Institute and Whittemore School of Business, UNH
* William Maddocks, Carsey Institute UNH
Confirmed and Invited Speakers
~ Wajiha Ahmed, Bankable Frontier Associates
~ Jeffrey Ashe, Independent Savings Group Consultant
~ Kristy Bohling, Bankable Frontier Associates
~ John Carroll, UNH Professor, Natural Resources (invited)
~ Marilinne Cooper, Women’s Rural Entrepreneurship Network (invited)
~ Charlie French, UNH Cooperative Extension (invited)
~ James Hokans, Bankable Frontier Associates (invited)
~ Luke Mahoney, Brookford Farm (invited)
~ Vinod Parmeshwar, Oxfam America
~ Drew Tulchin, Social Enterprise Associates
~ Greg VanKirk, Community Enterprise Solutions (invited)
~ Chuck Waterfield, Microfinance Transparency
SMDP Certificate Goal
The goal of the SMDP NH Certificate is to give both new and experienced development practitioners a solid understanding of the wide range of options available in the development finance field and help students to critically explore which methodologies, strategies, products, services, organizational models, and movements have the greatest efficacy towards building dignity, assets, financial and civil inclusion among the poor in less developed and more developed economies.
SMDP Certificate Topics
• Sustainable Livelihoods and the Portfolios of the Poor
• Extreme Poverty and Ladders of Economic and Social Progress
• The Grameen Bank Experience and the Coming of Age of Microfinance
• Traditional and New Forms of Financial Services for the Poor
• Things fall apart â€" the Commercialization of Microfinance: Market Success, Client Failure and Innovative Approaches to Financial Services for the Poor
• A New Path Toward Livelihood Development - Social Enterprise and Social Responsible Investment
• Sustainable Microfinance and Approches To Ensure Transparency, Client Protection and Social Performance Outcomes
• ProPoor Agricultural Value Chain Development and Sustainable Agriculture in New Hampshire
• Building Local Sustainable Communities and Microenterprise Development in the U.S.
• Putting it all together: Building the road to financial inclusion and sustainable livelihoods
Sustainable Agriculture and Microenterprise Field Visits
• Brookford Farm â€" a biologically diverse farm that practices sustainable, community-based farming Women’s Rural Entrepreneurship Network
• Portsmouth and New Hampshire Seacoast
• The Mount Washington Hotel â€" Location where the Brettonwoods Conference launched World Bank
Who should attend the SMDP NH Certificate?
A wide range of professionals can benefit through participation in the SMDP NH Certificate including investment bankers, financial managers and other financial service industry professionals exploring moving into social impact investing. Donors who are funding or exploring support for microfinance programs and mid- to upper-level managers of microfinance institutions and banks, microfinance regulators, other development field practitioners who wish to learn about strategies for reaching the very poor. U.S. based development practitioners who wish to learn about microenterprise development and local economic development in the developing world, those who want to design and initiate microfinance and impact investment programs, as well as employees of government agencies and programs who are promoting microfinance and those students who are new to the field will learn significant new skills and insights..
Earn Academic Credit
There is an option to earn three Masters-level academic credits for attendance at the SMDP NH Certificate and completion of a course assessment assignment.
Apply today at:
http://carseyinstitute.unh.edu/smdp/nh
For additional Information please contact:
Mr. Sanjeev Sharma, Registration Manager, smdp.info@unh.edu
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