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Requests for Applications: The Value Initiative (due July 9, 2008)
Help millions of people work their way out of poverty

The SEEP Network seeks innovative & committed partners to advance urban value chain development (UVCD).

RFA-1, Business Planning:
Grants, peer networking & links to funders for advanced practitioners in VCD, social enterprise, fair trade, etc. $25,000 over 5-months.

RFA-2, UVCD:
Action research and capacity building grants for practitioners new to UVCD and their TA providers. $400,000-$700,000 over 3 years.
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Featured Discussion

Defining Social Enterprise: On-line Conference
July 15 – 30

The SEEP Network and Virtue Ventures present Defining Social Enterprise, an on-line conference about Social Enterprise. We will:
- Discuss a paper that positions Social Enterprise in a wider context
- Define Social Enterprise: what it is and what it is not!
- Contribute your own examples of successful Social Enterprises
- Consider The SEEP Network’s future role in the Social Enterprise field
The Online Conference will be followed by the establishment of the Social Enterprise Working Group (SEWG).

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What’s New

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Social Enterprise Working Group
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July 8-10 USAID Speaker’s Corner on Savings: The Forgotten Half of Financial Interventions?
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MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST (WASHINGTON, DC-BASED)
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DEPUTY TO THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, Africa region, Kampala
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Enterprise Development and Microfinance Instructions for authors

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Private Sector ICT and Ag-Marketing

Launched in 2000 as a social business initiative, ITC has reached more than 3.5 million farmers growing a range of crops – soybean, coffee, wheat, rice, pulses, shrimp – in over 36,000 villages th
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