Course Announcement
Making Cents is pleased to announce the Youth Financial Services: Emerging Best Practices course.

September 17-19, 2008
Washington, DC

For additional information and to register, please click here.



ADDRESS CHANGE
Please note that Making Cents International has moved offices. Our new address is: Making Cents International, 1155 30th St., NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20007.



Global Youth Enterprise Conference. Making Cents International is organizing the Global Youth Enterprise Conference, which will take place in Washington, D.C. September 15-16, 2008. Call for Proposals is open! (www.youthenterpriseconference.org).



Making Cents International is pleased to announce the release of Youth Microenterprise and Livelihoods: State of the Field Lessons from the 2007 Global Youth Microenterprise Conference. To download the publication, please click here. To download the publication in French, please click here. To order hard copies, please click here.



On February 25, Making Cents International brought together leading practitioners in the field of youth enterprise and livelihoods to discuss the outcomes of the 2007 Global Youth Microenterprise Conference. Participants shared their ideas and questions about these issues, and discussed how they can be integrated into Making Cents' 2008 Global Youth Enterprise Conference. See our News page for photos from the event.



Making Cents International is pleased to announce our new partnership with the Cisco Entrepreneur Institute. Through this partnership, Making Cents International has been selected to be a Cisco Entrepreneur Training Center that will identify, train, and certify entrepreneur-training organizations around the globe that are interested in becoming Cisco Entrepreneur Institutes. To learn more about this opportunity, contact Making Cents International Business Development Associate, Fernando Maldonado, at . To view a brief video about the partnership, please click here!



Youth Enterprise and Livelihood Development in Conflict Settings

Click here to read an article Making Cents International contributed to CHF International's journal, International Development Matters. The article examines Making Cents International's work to expand youth entrepreneurship in conflict-affected environments, as well as the common findings and lessons learned following the first-ever Global Youth Microenterprise Conference.



New curriculum launch: Developed with funding from Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Making Cents launches an innovative business and technology training curriculum for entrepreneurs. Available in English, French, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish. Download description.

Updated 7/31/2008