Job Vacancy ? Pacific Regional Representative
After exemplary performance since opening the FDC Pacific office two years ago, Ms Luse Kinivuwai is completing her service as FDC Pacific Regional Representative at the end of November, 2010. Applications for the position of FDC Pacific Regional Representative are invited by 20 September. Please see attached.
Asia Microfinance Forum 2010
Preparations for the BWTP Asia Microfinance Forum 2010 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 12 to 15 October 2010 are in full swing. To register and for more details go to asiamicrofinanceforum.org.
Update on FDC facilitation role for Energy for All Partnership
The Energy for All Partnership (E4ALL) leadership and secretariat function, provided to date by FDC, will be transferred to another organisation from August. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will assume core responsibility for the E4ALL Partnership?s continued success and the ongoing leadership of the Steering Committee. The recent E4ALL Steering Committee meeting in June 2010 [...]
Briefing Note 11 ? Governance and Leadership in the Pacific: Options to Increase Female Participation
Despite a large amount of funding and numerous programs dedicated to improving governance in the Pacific region, the female parliamentary participation rate within the Pacific currently stands at 4.2% – the lowest in the world. Between the years of 1995-2008, Arab states (female participation rate 8.8%) and Sub-Saharan African states (female participation rate 18.6%) increased [...]
FDC FY09 Consolidated Annual Report
FDC is pleased to release its consolidated FY09 annual report. It is accessible (here). FDC Singapore and Pacific annual reports are also available here.
July AARTG
For the latest July AARTG please visit here.
Partners Improving Marketplaces Project
FDC recently held a training session for women market vendors in Suva, Fiji as part of the UNIFEM funded Partner?s Improving Marketplaces Project. FDC project manager Carly Stephan, and Pacific Regional Representative Luse Kinivuwai trained women from Suva, Nausori and Sigatoka markets in team building and how to form associations. It is hoped that [...]
Pacific Island Private Sector Organisation (PIPSO) Workshop
The FDC Pacific Regional Representative will be presenting at the Pacific Island Private Sector Organisation (PIPSO) EU-PACREIP Workshop on the Microfinance Pasifika Network and Microfinance Development in the Pacific in Nadi, Fiji on the 23rd of June 2010 to the PIPSO members from 14 island countries. This is a unique opportunity to share microfinance developments [...]
FDC & Australian Strategic Policy Institute Paper on the Resource Sector
FDC and ASPI have released a report entitled “A case for collaboration: Enhancing the development outcomes of Australian resource companies? operations overseas”. The report traces through the role, influence and impact of the resources sector in developing countries and offers six recommendations for further action. Please find the report here.
World Bank Praxis Discussion Series: Microfinancing
FDC?s John Conroy presented at a World Bank discussion on microfinance in Sydney in May. Watch the video here: http://www.worldbank.org/praxis