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Palm Companies exchange experiences thanks to SNV

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:03:00 +0100

Top managers and technical specialists of the Honduran Company HONDUPALMA and Guatemalan INDESA met in the offices of the latter on August 25. The objectives of the meeting were to exchange experiences and knowledge and define a joint working plan. During the meeting, both companies signed a technical cooperation agreement to reach such objectives.

Also during the first meeting participants discussed areas of common interest such as the use of biomass to generate energy, the sustainable management of african palm and Mechanisms of Clean Development, among others.

Both companies identified specific areas of technical cooperation. This cooperation will take place in both countries through trainings and field visits in order to implement techniques and knowledge to improve the productive, environmental and social performance of INDESA and HONDUPALMA.

This visit and the signature of the agreement were facilitated by SNV as part of the project "Competitiveness Program for Sustainable Environmental and Productive Management of a Small Producers Cooperative" . This project has been funded by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECID ) and is being implemented by SNV.

For more information please contact SNV Advisors: Rubén Gallozzi rmgallozzi@snvworld.org and Bella Sosa bsosa001@snvworld.org

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SNV's New Projects in Central America

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:11:00 +0100

SNV in Central America has signed 3 new projects with 3 entities: Acción Internacional, Nicaragua's Educative Forum Eduquemos and UNDP.

In the project with Acción Internacional, SNV will be providing advisory services to the financial institution FAMA, which is a beneficiary of the project “Expansion to Rural Regions of a Micro-Financing System" in Nicaragua, in order to consolidate alliances with key actors in 3 value chains and with the aim of offering their services adapted to the participants in each chain.

With Nicaragua's Educative Forum Eduquemos, SNV will advise in the implementation of the project called “Investing in Human Capital”, an initiative also supported by The Netherlands Embassy planning to encourage more investments in the education sector.

With UNDP, SNV will carry out a study to assess the possibility of developing biogas initiatives in Honduras. The study will help identifying raw materials to produce biogas in different industries and technologies to be applied, defining the uses of biogas, assessing the potential for a carbon market and identifying the financial needs of the industry.

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Conference on the Quality of Bolivian Education

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:05:00 +0100

SNV, as member of the Education Working Group, took part in the Conference on the Quality of Bolivian Education last 18-19 August. Participants included authorities from the Ministry of Education, research institutes, NGOs and representatives of education centers.

The key note speaker was Dr. Vernor Muñoz, former Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, who focused his presentation on the problems of education worldwide and the current tendencies for its analysis and discussion. Also, he analyzed the link between education, economy and development.

The Education Working Group (Mesa de Trabajo en Educación -MTE) is an entity focused on the coordination in the education field. Some of its members are: The Netherlands Embassy in Bolivia, SNV, Plan International Inc., Terre des Hommes, CEBIAE, Autapo Foundation, CNC-CEPOS and ICCO. Its main objectives are to create knowledge for mutual learning and support to the education sector of Bolivia.

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Delizia on CNN in Spanish

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:52:00 +0100

In few days CNN in Spanish will start filming a story on the Inclusive Business of Delizia, a leading company in the dairy industry of Bolivia. We will inform you of the broadcast date and time shortly.

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New Guide on best Practices of Inclusive Business in the Palm Oil Sector

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:52:00 +0100

SNV in Colombia presents a new "Guíde on Best Practices to Implement Inclusive Businesses in the Palm Oil Sector" (in Spanish).

This publication is based on an evaluation conducted during 2009 by SNV-CECODES, Fedepalma and the USAID/ MIDAS Programme where 22 cases of productive partnerships were analysed in all regions producing palm oil. These partnerships involve more than 20 extractive companies, 90 producers' organisations and 3900 families of small producers of palm oil.

The evaluation revealed the strengths and weaknesses of these partnerships and also showed their performance in production aspects, environment, social impact, commercial activities, organisational capacities, as well as institutional, administrative and financial aspects.

The Guide also uses the experience and procedures used by the Project called "Support to Productive Partnerships" carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development of Colombia. This publication was financed by USAID.

For more information please contact María Clara Rodriguez, Advisor, SNV in Colombia: mrodriguez@snvworld.org

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SNV receives Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:25:00 +0100

SNV is one of the six international prize winners at the prestigious Ashden Awards ceremony in London today. More than 150 project contributions were sent in for these awards.

SNV Vietnam was rewarded for its innovation in tackling the twin problem of dangerous cooking practices and untreated animal waste. In partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, SNV launched a programme to convert the waste into energy via biogas digesters. The digesters provide clean, reliable energy for cooking and heating. They also reduce the health and environmental hazards associated with wood fuels, not to mention, the animal waste. Since 2003, over 80,000 systems have been installed, benefitting more than 400,000 people, with CO2 savings of around 167,000 tonnes per year.

The Vietnamese biogas programme is one of the seven domestic biogas programmes SNV supports in Asia. Since 1992, this resulted in 300,000 constructed biogas plants, improving the quality of life of 1.8 million people.

Articles and photo from: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/snv-netherlands-development-organisation/news/article/2010/07/snv-among-ashden-awards-prize-winners

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Minister of Industry meets with SNV and representatives of the Federation of Ecuadorian ...

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:56:00 +0100

Guayaquil, June 2010 - The Federation of Ecuadorian Chambers of Industry and SNV presented their initiatives on production development and Inclusive Business to the Minister of Industry and Productivity (MIPRO), Ms. Verónica Sión.

The presentation was given by the President of the Federation, Xavier Durán y representatives of SNV, in Guayaquil.

Download PDF in Spanish here.

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SNV contributes to New Study by the Rockefeller Foundation and Monitor’s Global Business Network

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:05:00 +0100

San Francisco--(Business Wire)-- The new study on how technology’s power can transform the lives of the poor has been recently published. W. Robert de Jongh, Regional Director of SNV in Latin America, was one of the experts invited to contribute to the one year-long project.

While it’s understood that technology will shape and possibly revolutionize the futures of developing nations in the years to come, inevitably there will be many new and unforeseen paths and turns throughout the journey. But, without a clearly defined destination, how can organizations devoted to improving living standards and livelihoods throughout the developing world position themselves to identify and spread technologies that improve lives in poor communities?

That is the question that the Rockefeller Foundation asked Global Business Network (GBN), a member of the Monitor Group, to help it explore using scenario planning. On May 25, the results of this year-long collaboration were published in a joint report, titled, “The Future of Technology and International Development.”

Read all press release here.

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La Prensa: Nicaragua has potential for biofuels

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:20:00 +0100

La Prensa (Nicaraguan Newspaper) publishes an article on the presentation of a study by the Ministry of Energy and Mines and SNV on biofuels. The study reveals that Nicaragua has great potential to explore biofuels and ethanol without jeopardizing food security.

Read online (in Spanish):
http://www.laprensa.com.ni/2010/06/23/nacionales/28848

Download PDF: mm/file/PDFs/Nicaragua%20biocombustibles.pdf

Photo: Lorena Lanza, Vice- Minister of Energy and MInes, © La Prensa.

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Launch of National Programme of Inclusive Business

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:53:00 +0100

Ecuador: Thanks to SNV's advisory services, the Ministry of Agriculture will launch the National Inclusive Business Program on July 1, 2010, in Hotel Ramada, Guayaquil. 6 pm.

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SNV at Expoferia on Corporate Social Responsibility

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:58:00 +0100

SNV participated in the 7th Edition of Expoferia on Corporate Social Responsibility organised by Perú 2021 (the Peruvian chapter of the WBCSD) at the Pontificia University from 2 to 4 June 2010.

In Expoferia, Karime Pávez, SNV Advisor, gave a presentation titled “Knowing a Universe of Opportunities: the Base of the Pyramid". During the presentation Karime analysed how companies traditionally focused their strategies on a small segment of clients saturating the market and how the Base of the Pyramid, the low-income sector earning less than 2 USD a day, is becoming an emergent market with great opportunities for pioneering firms.

Karime also presented the Inclusive Business for Consumers model. This type of Inclusive Business creates win-win relationships between consumers and the companies. Consumers win because they receive a better offering of products and services based on their needs and companies win by selling these products and services to a new large-scale segment of the market.

At the SNV's stand, visitors got acquainted with our institution and obtained information about SNV's services and the opportunities existing for companies working with us.

Check the agenda of the Expoferia (in Spanish) here .

For more information, please contact Cecilia Carrillo, Regional Communications Officer at SNV: ccarrillo@snvworld.org

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New Publication: "Tourism: An Opportunity for Development"

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:50:00 +0100

SNV and Empresa Metropolitana Quito Turismo presented their new leaflet called "Tourism: An Opportunity for Development" (in Spanish), thanks to the financial support of the European Union.

The goal of this leaflet is to show how tourism can benefit the communities and how the communities can contribute to develop and sustain tourism activities in the region where the initiative "Strengthening family productive units" is being implemented.

The distribution of the leaflet is carried out in conjunction with workshops to raise awareness about the potential of tourism in urban and rural areas of Quito, Ecuador. Local authorities are contributing to the organisation of these workshops promoting a warm and helpful attitude towards the tourist and also encouraging inhabitants to create new touristic products and services.

For more information, please contact Pablo Torres, SNV Advisor: ptorres@snv.org.ec

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SNV selected by Agrobanco

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:16:00 +0100

May 18th, Lima: Agrobanco, Peru´s rural development bank, has selected SNV to provide technical assistance and training programmes to promote productive chains in what is one of Peru´s most important staples, the potato. The implementation will take place in Huachon and Quiparacra Districts (Province of Cerro de Pasco). SNV continues to expand its financial solutions for development practice by now also including state actors.

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From coffee waste to bioethanol: renewable energy innovation in Central America

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:07:00 +0100

During the Honduran cultural coffee festival last March, SNV, Café Orgánico Marcala, S. A. (COMSA), the Foundation for Investment and Development of Exports (FIDE) and the Foundation for Rural Enterprise Development (FUNDER) officially launched the first bioethanol plant from coffee waste in Central America. The plant has the capacity to produce 500 litres of ethanol per day and was designed with the technical assistance of EcoEnergy BG using local labour and materials. SNV focuses, through innovative market-based solutions, on improving income and clean energy opportunities for low-income communities.

The launch of the bioethanol plant is part of the Environment Support Programme (PREMACA), which is funded by the DANIDA (Danish International Development Agency). SNV provides technical advisory services to the programme, based on its three pillars: establishing eco-enterprises, sustainable management of natural resources and poverty reduction in Honduras. The main target of this programme is to increase the competitiveness of coffee companies, generating positive economic, social and environmental impacts. The inauguration event was attended by producers, processing professionals, coffee buyers, public ministries and representatives of FIDE, FUNDER, and Ecoenergy BG.

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Statement by the Managing Director of SNV in Latin America, on the passing of CK Prahalad

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:33:00 +0100

Statement by W. Robert de Jongh, Managing Director, SNV in Latin America, on the passing of Coimbatore Krishnarao (known as CK) Prahalad, the Harvey C. Fruehauf Professor of Business Administration at the University of Michigan Business School and a longstanding and outstanding member of WRI’s Board of Directors.

“CK Prahalad was an inspiring thinker and visionary committed to innovative solutions that had the potential to transform the practice of business — relentlessly pursuing that “next practice” through which business could do well by doing good. As one of the father’s of “inclusive business,” Prahalad embodied the wisdom, patience, and intelligence required to catalyse a movement that we as SNV and in his honour, are proud to continue to embrace, advance, strengthen and scale in Latin America and around the world. He will be missed, but his legacy will continue.”

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Training on Base of the Pyramid and its Potential - PERÚ 2021

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:13:00 +0100

On Friday 30 April, Karime Pávez, SNV's Advisor and specialist in Base of the Pyramid, will conduct a training session called "Knowing a Universe of Opportunities: the Base of the Pyramid". The "training breakfast" will take place in the Communications School of San Martin de Porres' University, Lima, from 8am to 9.30am.

Karime will talk about the potential that this group of low-income people has and how it is becoming an emergent market offering great opportunities to pioneering companies.
Her presentation will focus on Inclusive Businesses with consumers. These initiatives create sustainable and beneficial relationships between consumers and companies.
The challenge is knowing the members of the Base of the pyramid in depth, their habits and behaviours, where do they live, how are they organised, etc. Thanks to that information innovative solutions can be designed and adapted to their reality and their demand.

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Video on Hondupalma - Clean production

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:40:00 +0100

Check the video on SNV's work with Hondupalma, Hondurian company producing palm oil, derivatives and biofuels.
http://www.youtube.com/user/SNVLA?feature=mhw5#p/u/1/K8SKHDr0QqY

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SNV presents report on "Accountability Initiative"

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:13:00 +0100

SNV's "Accountability Initiative" is a pilot developed in three Departments of Bolivia. In Santa Cruz, for example, SNV worked with the Productive Development Secretariat and SEDAG (Department's Service of Agricultural Development). The implementation of the pilot used tools to collect information on baselines, define impact goals and make sure the data was available and transparent. This data collection permitted to achieve accountability targets and enabled the initiative's beneficiaries to compare the goals which had been set to the results obtained.

This pilot improved the relationship between the Departments' authorities and the beneficiaries and opened more interactive channels of communication which in turn improved the positive impact of public investment. Thanks to the success of this initiative SEDAG and SNV will carry on working together in other projects to support the Department's authorities and will continue to improve the living conditions of small producers.

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SNV participates in EXPOFOREST 2010

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:14:00 +0100

The Forestry Council of the Municipality of Concepción participates in EXPOFOREST 2010 with SNV's support.
This Council comprises the main actors from the forestry value chain, public institutions and NGOs and benefits SNV's advisory services.
The main objective of the Council was to show the potential of the forestry sector of Bolivia and offer their products to the Fair visitors and to the participants of the Business Matching session.
Thanks to the visibility of the event the Council could sign several contracts and present their products to a large audience.
In addition to these positive outcomes, SNV in Bolivia won the "Best Stand" award.

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New page in SNV in LA's website: Inclusive Public Policies

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:37:00 +0100

We have just launched a new webpage on Inclusive Public Policies on SNV in LA's website:
http://www.snvla.org/en/Products/inclusivepublicpolicy.html

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SNV participates at ANDE's Latin American Conference

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:53:00 +0100

From 24 to 26 March, W. Robert de Jongh, Regional Director of SNV in Latin America, participated at ANDE's Latin American Conference, in Granada, Nicaragua.

On March 25, W. Robert de Jongh was a panelist in the session called "Connecting Small Growing Business with Large Corporations".

The organizers of the event were ANDE, Agora Partnerships, Root Capital, and TechnoServe.

Other institutions present at the event were: Swisscontact, World Resources Institute, FUNDES and CDC Development Solutions.

For more information, please visit: http://www.andelatinamerica.org/

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Plan for Production Development and Economic Inclusion in Chuquisaca

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:59:00 +0100

SNV, the Council on Competitiveness, the Private Sector Federation, San Francisco Xavier University and the Chuquisaca Prefecture are about to launch the "Department's Plan for Production Development and Economic Inclusion 2010-2015" to guide the development of the Agriculture, Tourism, Industry and Handicrafts sectors.

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SNV in LA receives grant from Ford Foundation

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:24:00 +0100

SNV in LA secures US$ 400,000 from Ford Foundation for the initiative called "Learning, Systematizing & Scaling the Lessons From Inclusive Business in Latin America" that includes the "Inclusive Business Accelerator" and will start implementing it on April 1, 2010.

The "Inclusive Business Accelerator" will contribute to improving the livelihoods of at least 50,000 low-income people and foster a sustainable Inclusive Business community of practice of at least five hundred active stakeholders in two years through the:

1) Formulation/Implementation of no more than five inclusive public policies in Andean countries;

2) Development of an evidence-based Inclusive Business publication that will review and systematize the critical approaches, lessons learned, and standards from practice;

3) Sharing knowledge and information on www.inclusivebusiness.org .

For more information, please contact: Reintje van Haeringen, Director of SNV's Knowledge Institute, Email: rvanhaeringen@snvworld.org

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SNV & GSRD Foundation join forces for a vocational education initiative

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:30:00 +0100

Peru: SNV & GSRD Foundation join forces for a vocational education initiative to create jobs in the value chain of Globe Grape in Sullana.

This vocational education programme is focused on young adults while simultaneously targeting specific labour demands in the grape sector in Peru. The goal of the programme isl to increase the skill level and competitiveness of young adults and to enhance their economic opportunities while improving their livelihoods by integrating them directly into the strategy and core business activities of a select group of local, growing for-profit grape companies.

The objective of the programme is to improve the income and employment of at least 300 low-income young adults in the district of Sullana in the Piura region by developing their labour and entrepreneurial skills and ensuring their inclusion into the value chain of export grape production.

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Initiatives with potential to create innovative businesses

rjones@snvla.org (Richard Jones) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:39:00 +0100

The IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain, this month published a paper entitled ‘Inclusive Business: Creating value for companies and the low-income segment’, making reference to the concept of Inclusive Business and its benefits. Some practical examples are presented, including the case of the SNV-CEDES Alliance and the dairy producer Delizia in Bolivia. This project assists small producers with access to the latest technology in their production process at minimal cost.

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La inclusión hace ganar

ccarrillo@snvla.org (Cecilia Carrillo) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:22:00 +0100

Informe especial a doble página sobre Negocios Inclusivos aparecido en "Mi Empresa" el Suplemento de Economía y Negocios del Diario El Comercio el domingo 22 de noviembre de 2009. "Mi Empresa" intenta responder la pregunta ¿Pueden sostenerse los modelos de negocio que buscan incluir a los más pobres como clientes o proveedores? Lea el resultado de su investigación aqui.

La inclusión hace ganar

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Regulatory Dialogue on Inclusive Business Established

admin@snvla.org (Admin) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:06:00 +0100

Tegucigalpa, Honduras. SNV, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) have initiated a dialogue to present a comparative analysis of public policies on Inclusive Businesses in Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua.

The event was hosted at the Clarion Hotel in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, last Friday, 13 November. In addition to the presentation of the Study, the event promoted reflection amongst participants on the opportunities and advantages of creating a favourable atmosphere for the development of Inclusive Businesses in the Central American region.

For more information, please contact Gina Canales: gcanales@snvworld.org

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SNV integrates human capital into its work plan

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:09:00 +0100

The Work Experience Certification Scheme is a tool developed by SNV to certify competencies gained in the workplace and the skills of workers not yet recognised in the formal labour market.

The certification of workers that have not had sufficient academic opportunities offers important benefits for the company and the workers alike. For the company it represents an increase in productivity and savings in the manufacturing process. For the worker, the qualification offers better opportunities to increase income and guarantee insertion into the formal labour market.

According to recent data from SNV in Bolivia, the percentage of people who do not count on some form of work qualification totals 70% of the 4.5 million economically active people in the country.

For more information, contact Juan Espinoza: jespinozadelvillar@snvworld.org

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Send us your feedback!

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:09:00 +0100

We hope you enjoy our new SNV in Latin America website and we’d love to hear from you, our readers, with feedback. If you’d like to drop us a line, write to latinamerica@snvla.org

You can also follow SNV_LA on twitter.com (www.twitter.com/SNV_LA) where we were recently ranked by twitter.grader.com as the #6 user account in Latin America, keeping our ‘followers’ informed with the latest news, views, and events from around the region.

For more information, contact Richard Jones: rjones@snvworld.org

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Inclusive Business with service providers

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:08:00 +0100

An SNV working group in the sectors of biofuels, Inclusive Business and education have developed a project with a company whose key activity is developing energy projects. Low-income communities will provide services to this company for the development of biofuels.

This proposal envisages the use on the part of the company of 10,684 hectares of fallow land set aside for the cultivation of sugar cane used to produce automotive ethanol. The company has anticipated that 90 agricultural workers coming from the low-income sector will be employed in growing the sugar cane, benefiting from a tailored curricular programme. For this, a Higher Technological Institute has been identified to help SNV develop the proposed curricular programme. At this stage of the proposal, it is envisaged that services will be contracted to micro- and small-sized enterprises at the construction stage in addition to production and the commercial link-up phase.

For more information, contact Cecilia Carrillo: ccarrillo@snvworld.org

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SNV works with large multi-national

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:07:00 +0100

SNV has advised a multinational company on creating an enterprise strategy directed towards satisfying the daily nutrition and hygiene needs for communities with limited resources.

The enterprise strategy proposed by SNV will allow the generation of employment and improve the income of people at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) in Central America in line with SNV objectives, as well as satisfying the basic needs of low-income communities. The programme has much potential, and represents a good opportunity for replication and up-scaling at regional level.

For more information, contact Leonardo Velásquez: lvelasquez@snvworld.org

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SNV launches Social Investment Fund

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:07:00 +0100

The iVentures investment fund that will launch operations next year will promote economic inclusion through the development of Base of the Pyramid (BoP) capacities to implement successful Inclusive Businesses (IB).

An important business strategy when incorporating the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) within company value chains is to build capacity in the low-income sector. To achieve this objective, SNV has designed the iVentures investment fund as a mechanism through which to create financial incentives that allow financing for the development of local capacities, so that the BoP can establish sustainable commercial relationships with businesses.

For more information, contact Richard Jones: rjones@snvworld.org

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Inclusive Business with Polypropylene Bags in Ecuador

xelizalde@snvworld.org (Xavier Elizalde) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:38:00 +0100

A well-known Ecuadorian company that manufactures polypropylene bags is now working with SNV. Institutions are among the company’s top customers and account for 60-70% of its sales. Middlemen account for the remaining sales, and therefore the company had little idea who the end-users of their plastic bags were.

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Press Release: SNV unveil International Advisory Board

rjones@snvla.org (Richard Jones) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:04:00 +0100

SNV establishes International Advisory Board

The Hague, 8 July 2009 - SNV today announced the formation of its new International Advisory Board. The Board’s members include social, political and academic leaders from around the world. Each member has professed a keen interest in engaging with SNV to promote its mission to eliminate poverty and inequity in emerging markets worldwide. Download full Press Release...

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New website for SNV in Latin America!

lfaendrich@snvla.org (Laura Fähndrich) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:05:00 +0100

Welcome to our new website!

We recommend you visit our 'Latest news' section, where you can find SNV's recent news and press releases.

Don't miss 'SNV in the Media' where you can download press clippings and read what others say about SNV.

Let us know what you think by writing to: suggestions@snvla.org

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