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In the spirit of SOCAP (Social Capital Markets), we invite you to continue (or join!) the conversation on social enterprise and impact investment with your friends at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and the Frontier Market Scouts Program.

When: Wednesday, September 4, 4:30-7 PM

Where: The Pub at Ghirardelli Square, 851 Beach Street, San Francisco, CA, 94109

Who: This event will bring together SOCAP conference attendees, and friends and alumni from the Monterey Institute and Frontier Market Scout programs.

Join us for cocktails and appetizers!

Please RSVP on this site by September 1st.

For questions, call, 831-647-3550 or email fms@miis.edu.

The Team Peru practicum is now available as a course option for 4 elective credits for GSIPM students. Working in an immersive education framework alongside the Andean Alliance for Sustainable Development (AASD), an NGO founded by MIIS alumni, students will have the opportunity to continue the grassroots community projects and to analyze the elements of community-led development through various stakeholder participants in the Peruvian highlands.

Following the J-term practicum, students can enroll in the Community Social Change Spring workshop (MPAG 8555) that will be co-taught by Professor Alfredo Ortiz and the AASD to apply their experiences from working in Peru or other parts of the world and to gain a deeper understanding of participatory development.

Jointly developed and managed by the Monterey Institute, Sanghata Global, and Village Capital, the Frontier Market Scouts (FMS) program turns compassionate and capable young professionals into talent scouts and investment managers serving local entrepreneurs and social-minded investors in low-income and capital-weak regions of the world.

The Scouts’ mission is to enable the enterprising poor to scale poverty alleviation solutions in capital-weak areas of emerging markets, while gaining career defining and life changing experience.

The Frontier Market Scouts Fellowship in Social Enterprise and Impact Investment Management is awarding 30 fellowship positions for Spring/Summer 2013.  Opportunities are available in 20+ countries with organizations like Village Capital, the Shell Foundation, and Invested Development.  Applications due November 1, 2012 – submit yours today! http://go.miis.edu/fms

DPMI is a three-week intensive professional training program that prepares you for a development career.

Winter 2013 Sessions Application Deadline: October 31, 2012. To apply go here!

DPMI Consists of Three Intensive Modules:

• Module 1: Designing and Managing Development Projects

• Module 2: Social Entrepreneurship and Strategic Partnering

• Module 3: Facilitating Participatory Development

For more information please email dpmi@miis.edu or call Carolyn Meyer, Special Programs Director,  at 831-647-6417. You may also visit our website.

Applications are now being accepted for the January 2013 DPMI training! DPMI is a three-week intensive professional training program that prepares you for a development career.

Winter 2013 Sessions Application Deadline: October 31, 2013. To apply go here!

DPMI Consists of Three Intensive Modules:

• Module 1: Designing and Managing Development Projects

• Module 2: Social Entrepreneurship and Strategic Partnering

• Module 3: Facilitating Participatory Development

For more information please email dpmi@miis.edu or call Carolyn Meyer, Special Programs Director,  at 831-647-6417. You may also visit our website for more info.

Jointly developed and managed by the Monterey Institute, Sanghata Global, and Village Capital, the Frontier Market Scouts (FMS) program turns compassionate and capable young professionals into talent scouts and investment managers serving local entrepreneurs and social-minded investors in low-income and capital-weak regions of the world.

The Scouts’ mission is to enable the enterprising poor to scale poverty alleviation solutions in capital-weak areas of emerging markets, while gaining career defining and life changing experience.

The Frontier Market Scouts Fellowship in Social Enterprise and Impact Investment Management is awarding 30 fellowship positions for Spring/Summer 2013.  Opportunities are available in 20+ countries with organizations like Village Capital, the Shell Foundation, and Invested Development.  Applications due November 1, 2012 – submit yours today! http://go.miis.edu/fms

Applications are now being accepted for the January 2013 DPMI training! DPMI is a three-week intensive professional training program that prepares you for a development career.

Winter 2013 Sessions Application Deadline: October 31, 2013. To apply go here!

DPMI Consists of Three Intensive Modules:

• Module 1: Designing and Managing Development Projects

• Module 2: Social Entrepreneurship and Strategic Partnering

• Module 3: Facilitating Participatory Development

For more information please email dpmi@miis.edu or call Carolyn Meyer, Special Programs Director,  at 831-647-6417. You may also visit our website.

The Frontier Market Scouts program trains and places young professionals in emerging markets, working directly with social entrepreneurs and impact investors to use business practices for poverty alleviation.  Past student placements include Brazil, India, Ecuador, Vietnam, Tanzania, and Lebanon, and we are currently offering field internships in more than 20 countries for Winter/Spring 2013.  Our training faculty comes from renowned social enterprise organizations such as Village Capital, the Calvert Foundation, the Shell Foundation, and Invested Development.  We will be holding and information session for the upcoming Winter program on Thursday, September 27th at 12:15 p.m. in MG 100.

Winter 2013 training dates:

• January  8-22 (for February – July field assignment)

Summer/Fall 2013 training dates:

• Two-Week Training: May 28-June 11 (for July/August- December field assignment)
• One-Week Training: May 28-June 1 (for June- August field assignment)

We are now accepting applications for the winter 2013 and summer/fall 2013 training program and field assignments through November 1^st and April 1^st , respectively.  For more information or to apply visit go.miis.edu/fms or email fms@miis.edu

Visit the MIIS in Nepal 2012 blog to keep up with an adventurous group of MIIS students as they explore Nepal this January. The voyage  is part of the Monterey Institute’s Challenges to Peacebuilding in Nepal course taught by Professer Pushpa Iyer.

Given events around the world over the last year, the Monterey Institute, in collaboration with Middlebury College has reevaluated the ways in which we support Institute students during the periods of time they are abroad.   Because our students engage the world in a wide variety of ways, it is important that we manage the risks that students take when going abroad.  To this end, in those instances when students are participating in an activity that is sponsored or supported by the Institute in any way, we are introducing new protocols designed to better manage the inherent risks of traveling abroad.

Beginning with the fall 2011 semester, we will initiate a new Institute policy requiring all students traveling abroad on any Institute-sponsored activity to register their plans and all contact information with the Institute prior to departure. We need this information in the event of any natural or man-made emergencies. 

With 2012 upon us, the Graduate School of International Policy and Management would like to honor the  service of Frontier Market Scouts and Development Project Management Institute professional immersive learning participants.

DPMI Plus Participants (summer-fall 2011)

Miho Yoshimura – Foundation for Older Persons Development, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Monique Ouffoue – INT, World Bank Group, Washington, DC and The Phillipines

Paul Bonwich – Peace Corps, Macedonia

Grant Ennis – Youth Iniatives Kenya (YIKES), Nairobi, Kenya

Kathleen Gordon – All Hands Volunteers, Belval Plaza, Rue Belval, Haiti

Tanilee Eichelberger – Centro Ecologico Akumal, Mexico

Rebecca Marcus – Futures and Options, New York, New York

Emily Patrick – Root Change and Legal Action Services, Windhoek, Namibia

Frontier Market Scouts (summer-fall 2011)

Grace Andrews (MPA ’12)
San Paolo, Brazil
Artsemisia Foundation

Megan Christenson (MBA ’12)
Ecuador
Yachana Foundation

Sean Brownlee (MBA ’12)
Cairo, Egypt
Nahdet El Mahrousa

Huston Hedinger (MAIPS ’12)
Beirut, Lebanon
Berytech

Partners of the Americas is seeking two volunteers for Short Term Technical Assignments in Guyana who will work as part of Partners’ USAID-funded Farmer to Farmer Program (FtF).  The FtF program provides technical assistance to agricultural producers, organizations, agribusinesses and universities in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through the program, U.S. specialists donate their time and expertise and spend two to three weeks on specific technical assignments, working directly with counterparts in the region to address local needs. Volunteers may travel individually or in teams. The Program covers all costs of airfare, lodging, meals, insurance, and any work related expenses.

Position #1: 

Title: Disaster Risk Management Specialist

Location:  Guyana

Potential Dates of Assignment:   2-3 weeks during December 2011 or  Winter 2012

Assignment Summary for Disaster Risk Management Specialist:

The Disaster Risk Management Specialist will be going to Guyana to help prepare a Disaster Risk Management Project where the risks of flooding and droughts will be mitigated through Hydroponic Shadehouse Vegetable Production. This proposal will be prepared according to guidelines provided by the donor and the base information and data will be provided by FtF Field Staff.  The Disaster Risk Management Specialist will ideally travel as a team with the Project Development Specialist.

Volunteer Qualifications Requirements:

• Experience with disaster risk management
• Small-project preparation skills
• Experience in third world countries working with small operators
• Must be a US Citizen
  

Expected Results:

The Disaster Risk Management Expert will team up with a Project Development Specialist to write a Disaster Risk Management Project where the focus will be to reduce the risks of flooding and droughts through Hydroponic Shadehouse Vegetable Production.  This proposal will be submitted to the Canada Caribbean Disaster Risk Management (CCDRM)

Here are Expected Deliverables for Disaster Risk Management Specialist: 

• A Disaster Risk Management Project focused at the reduced risks of flooding and droughts through Hydroponic Shadehouse Vegetable Production.
• Volunteer trip report

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Position #2: 

Title:  The Project Development Specialist

Location:  Guyana

Potential Dates of Assignment:   2-3 weeks  during December 2011 or Winter 2012

Assignment Summary for Project Development Specialist:

The Project Development Specialist will be going to Guyana to help prepare two projects. One will be a second phase Hydroponic Shadehouse Vegetable Production Project.  The second one will be a Disaster Risk Management Project where the risks of flooding and droughts will be mitigated through Hydroponic Shadehouse Vegetable Production. These proposals will be prepared according to guidelines provided by the respective donors and the base information and data will be provided by FtF Field Staff.  A Disaster Risk Management Specialist will provide support to the Project Development Specialist.

Volunteer Qualifications Requirements:

·         ·         Experience with small project preparation, knowledge of vegetable production and marketing

·         ·         Experience in third world countries working with small operators

·         ·         Must be a US Citizen

Expected Results:

1. The Project Development Specialist is required to help develop a second-phase hydroponic shade-house vegetable production project focused at increased production in new areas, expanded marketing support and expanded networking support. This proposal will be submitted to the IDB the current donor agency.
2. The Project Development Specialist will team up with a Disaster Risk Management Expert to write a Disaster Risk Management Project where the focus will to reduce the risks of flooding and droughts through Hydroponic Shadehouse Vegetable Production.  This proposal will be submitted to the Canada Caribbean Disaster Risk Management (CCDRM) Fund.  
3. Expected Deliverables for Project Development Specialist:

·         Trip report;

·         One new expanded Shadehouse Hydroponic Vegetable Production Project focused on increasing production in new areas, expanded marketing support and expanded networking support;   

·         One Disaster Risk Management Project focused at the reduced risks of flooding and droughts through Hydroponic Shadehouse Vegetable Production.

How to Apply:  Please send resume/CV that clearly shows you meet the required qualifications of the position by email to Linda.aines@internationalink.net.  Please include the name of the position you wish to apply for in the subject line of your email.

Deadline for Application:    December 5, 2011

J-Term 2012 Opportunities

Please click the link above to see all of the great J-Term opportunities that MIIS is offering!

This January the Monterey Institute will offer practica in Chile, Egypt, Nepal, and El Salvador as well as two intensive on-campus training programs (FMS and DPMI).

Learn more about these opportunities.

We are now accepting applicants for Team El Salvador 6!  Our online application is up and running.  We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Application Process:

• Complete the online application and submit all materials (listed on online application) by October 1st.
• Applicants will be notified via email if they have been selected for an in-person interview.  A portion of the interview will be conducted in Spanish.
• Applicants will be notified if they have been accepted into the program.

About us:

Team El Salvador is a three-week practicum that provides professional, international opportunities for MIIS students to enhance development expertise, language skills, and multicultural competency through a partnership with La Coordinadora, a community-based organization in the Bajo Lempa region of El Salvador.

Through ongoing projects, we offer invaluable practical experience for burgeoning development professionals and linguists, while benefiting Salvadoran communities.

Contact us at:

teamelsalvadormiis@gmail.com

Visit our blog:

sites.miis.edu/teamelsalvador

So what is the Frontier Market Scouts program at MIIS?

Introduction and Overview

The Frontier Market Scouts Program is being developed by the Monterey Institute of International Studies, the Sanghata Institute for Social Entrepreneurship and Investment, and an expanding network of international partners.  Its objective is to realize the concept of a self-sustaining ecosystem for social enterprise development and investment in low-income countries by with entrepreneurs in the “missing middle,” those ventures that are too large to receive microfinance funds and too small to attract traditional venture funding.  The program pilot takes place  January through August of 2011. 

The pilot begins with a 90-hour training program at the Monterey Institute in January for over a dozen individuals who have been selected as the first cohort of Scouts.  In February, they will be placed with social venture enterprises in a number of countries for four to six-month assignments and will return to Monterey in August, where they will participate in a capstone team learning program.

The Scouts have been selected from a pool of students with a solid background in business and management, an enthusiasm for applied, immersive learning, and a strong belief in enterprise and market development as a means to a sustainable improvement of living standards.  Their assignments will vary based on the partner organization with which they are matched, but each will work directly with indigenous entrepreneurs with an overarching goal of generating high-quality deal flows for social impact investment.    

The Training Program

The January training program was delivered by experienced professionals in the social and commercial venture investment industries.  Monterey Institute faculty have partnered with these individuals on the pedagogical elements of their offerings, with the final curriculum consisting of the following courses:

• Understanding social investors (15 hours)
• Managing small and growing businesses in frontier markets (30 hours)
• Investing in social enterprises in frontier markets (15 hours)
• The art of learning from failures (15 hours)
• Professional preparation for the challenging frontier market environment (15 hours)

The Assignment

Once the Scouts have completed the training, ten will  complete an assignment tied to one of several partner organizations, including GrayGhost Ventures, Wazobia Investments, and Root Change.

Interested in using your Spanish language skills? What about having a unique professional experience working directly with community members from El Salvador’s Bajo-Lempa region, on projects of infrastructure, environment, agricultural production and more? Everyone welcome to apply! Team Monterey 5 has extended its application deadline to Monday, October 18th. Application and further details can be found here http://sites.miis.edu/equipomonterey/application/. You may also contact us at equipomonterey2011@gmail.com if you have additional questions. Look forward to receiving your application!

Assistant Dean Toni Thomas and Profs. Jan Black, William Arrocha, and Harvey Arbelaez will lead a MIIS study tour entitled “Southern Exposure” this January 2011 for 17-18 days. The group will travel to the Southern Cone of South America (Chile, Argentina, and Brazil).  

A student information session is tenatively scheduled for Tuesday, October 26 from 12-1pm in MG 102. Please check the GSIPM blog and Institute Events Calendar for the most up-to-date information.

This week, a new searchable Course Catalog went live at miis.edu! The new catalog replaces the old Courses page. Students can now search for courses by subject, professor, time, day of the week, and much more. In addition, courses taught by a particular faculty member are now displayed on that individual’s faculty profile under the heading “Courses.”

Check out the new Course Catalog here.