We have just added two more links to our site: (a) BIDNetwork and (b) Aid for Artisans. Both are based in Holland but they have presence in Asia and Latin America. Please visit the sites.

The Growing SMEs: It’s time to invest! is a practitioners’ forum on access to finance SMEs in developing countries which will be held from 2nd to 4th of June 2010 in the Fokker Terminal in The Hague in Netherlands. It is a unique event. Seasoned practitioners… Continue

When is education appropriate? When it opens a door out of poverty. However, you and I know that in most developing countries, technical/vocational education is inadequate or not readily available to poor students. Not until Martin Burt founded the Fundación Paraguaya, an NGO devoted to the promotion of entrepreneurship among the world’s poor. He is also co-founder of… Continue

Consulting Hour Today at 13 a.m. GMT

Dear CEFE friends,
the large and active community of CEFistas in the Balkans meets again.
07-11 April 2009; near Valjevo, Serbia
Please read the invitation and agenda on www.cefe.net on the main page or under this link

http://www.cefe.net/en/node/22918

Regards

CEFE International

¿Cómo sería un día sin dinero? Al menos, sin dinero oficial. La respuesta está en la denominada moneda social, un sistema implantado desde la década de los ochenta en regiones de América Latina y que, a finales de 2009, se puso en marcha en España. El lugar elegido: Cataluña. Allí s… Continue

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A cute French animation with a special message for CEFE trainers. Can we get out of our comfort zones? A animação cute francês com uma mensagem especial para os formadores CEFE. Será que podemos sair de nossas zonas de conforto? Una animación francesa linda con un mensaje especial para formadores CEFE. Podemos salir de nuestras zonas de comodidad? Animasi Perancis yang lucu dengan pesan khusus bagi pelatih CEFE. Bisakah kita keluar dari zona nyaman kita?




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For all the CEFEistas... a marvelous lesson in leadership....




I remembered Rainer Kolshorn today. He was the first dancing guy. Then we followed. I like how the video processed the lessons. It is an example of a 3-minute processing of a typical CEFE exercise. We were the dancing guys.... Look where it brought all of us! And we are still dancing....even after 20 years. You can have the full transcript at this site prepared by … Continue

Just thinking how do we present a new game or energizers in future CEFE TOTs? Off course tracing how we did it before is definitely a long, tedious, and labour crunching exercise. You need a format, then you have to write, others will have to test, some feedback (and cautions) and then written in a manual. That was then. When we do not have computers and internet and YouTube. Today, here's how YouTube will do it. Watch the YouTube version of our famous Zip-Zap-Zop energizer. Off course, it is no… Continue