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Latest FDC Briefing Note Now Available!
During January, The Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC) released the latest version of the FDC Briefing Note entitled: Financial Services Models in Papua New Guinea: Increasing Access to Finance in Rural Areas. A copy of this issues is available here.

Partners Improving Marketplaces Project: Piloting New Initiatives for ?Empowerment of Women Vendors and Engendering Market Management in Melanesia?
The Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC) has recently been contracted to undertake the second phase of UNIFEM Pacific?s Partnerships to Improve Markets project in Fiji, which will run from January to May 2010. This project seeks to improve the social, economic and physical conditions of women market vendors and to encourage local governments and other [...]

Microfinance Institutions Reducing Fossil Fuel Dependence
In December, the Pacific Renewable Energy and Microfinance (PREM) project trained Microfinance Institutions on the important role they play in reducing Pacific fossil fuel dependence. The training, undertaken by The Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC) is just one part of the PREM project that aims to develop innovative loan products that support financing of renewable [...]

Bangladesh Social Enterprise Project (BSEP) Workshop
11 - 12 January 2010 BEI Conference Room, Dhaka, Bangladesh The Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) in association with The Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC) based in Australia and Libra Advisory Group based in UK is going to organise a two days Project workshop on Bangladesh Social Enterprise Project (BSEP), supported by the British Governmentâ??s Department for International [...]

Joint ASPI-FDC Research Report: Australian Resource Sector Companies Overseas â?? Assessing Development Impact
The Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC) and Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) have joined efforts to convene a blue-ribbon Independent Task Force. The Task Force â?? a combination of CEO-level individuals from a cross-section of Australiaâ??s leading resource sector companies and PEAK organizations - will focus on assessing the role, influence and impact of Australian [...]

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Partners Improving Marketplaces Project: Piloting New Initiatives for “Empowerment of Women Vendors and Engendering Market Management in Melanesia”  
Field Activities for the Partners in Marketplaces Project have commenced, with an economic analysis survey about to be administered at the four target markets: Suva, Nausori, Sigatoka and Labasa. This survey seeks to determine the levels of economic activity generated by the Markets and will help inform the practical and policy-oriented recommendations made for improving the conditions of women market vendors. FDC Project Manager Carly Stephan was recently in Fiji to meet with several project stakeholders and conduct market site visits.

Energy for All Partnership (E4ALL) 
During February, FDC as a manager of the Energy for All Partnership (E4ALL) Secretariat organised a small gathering for several of the E4ALL Steering Committee as a side event to the WLPGA Asian LP Gas Regional Summit "LP Gas: Exceptional Energy for Asia" held on 23 February in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This meeting was used to discuss the progress of E4ALL and to make further preparations prior to the next formal Steering Committee meeting which will be held as a side event of the Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) in June 2010 in Manila. The ACEF aims to share best practices in policy, technology, and finance to meet the region's climate and energy security challenges. More...

Participatory Project Management Workshop
23 - 25 March (3 full days)
Singapore

This workshop is for those who are: Involved in Community Development (CD) projects, NGO and International Development Consultancy Project Officers or Government or UN officials, returned volunteer or students who wants to learn more about CD/PM. The purpose of the workshop is to learn practical and participatory project management skills or to up-skill and refresh your skills. The three main project management methodologies introduced are: 1. Project Cycle Management (PCM); 2. Participatory Learning and Action (PLA); and 3. the Logical Framework Approach (LFA). More....

Latest FDC Nai Sema Now Available!
The Foundation for Development Cooperation is proud to present the second issue of its occasional paper series: FDC Nai Sema - Post-Earthquake Recovery in Haiti: The Challenges Ahead. More...   

Australian Aid Resource and Training Guide 
This Australian Aid Resource and Training Guide (AARTG) is a monthly newsletter which provides information about how community development and overseas aid practitioners can become involved in humanitarian and development activities. The AARTG was published and edited by TorqAid between 2002 through to 2009. From January 2010, this responsibility has now been taken over by The Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC). More...