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In order to increase opportunities for more people
around the world to participate in the global
marketplace, we realize that vocational, skills-based
training which includes access to market linkages is
key.
To achieve this, The Kearny Alliance partners with organizations focused on
strengthening business acumen and enhancing opportunities for export trade,
thereby fostering job creation, employment and economic independence.
Key areas of engagement are:
The Export Service Centre
(http://www.ExportServiceCentre.com)
Denpasar, Indonesia
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Export Service Centre mission is to create lasting jobs by aiding low-income
entrepreneurs to promote and facilitate export trade of handmade consumer
products. The program’s development aims encompass training, marketing,
linkages and trade facilitation and seeks to assist entrepreneurs in
overcoming the barriers to global commerce. It is the result of
collaborative efforts between The Kearny Alliance and the International
Finance Corporation’s SME division – the private sector development arm of
the World Bank.
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The Developing County Export Assistance Program
Indonesia, Vietnam, The Philippines, India & Cambodia
The Kearny Alliance’s Developing County Export Assistance Program
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aims to support small and medium export producers in developing Asia to
leverage on the reach of the Internet to market their products to more than
800,000 professional importers worldwide. Hands-on, individualized training
not only teaches export-ready suppliers to manage their own export website –
but more importantly gives them the tools and ability to generate sales
inquiries from buyers seeking to place container-quantity orders.
Beneficiaries are featured in Business-to-Business sourcing reports
co-developed and marketed by Global Sources (http://www.globalsources.com).
This program is managed by Kearny Alliance Scholar graduates who are
dedicated to giving back to their communities to help create lasting jobs
via exports.
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Digital Divide Data
(http://www.digitaldividedata.org)
Cambodia & Lao
Digital Divide Data, a social enterprise established in 2001, creates jobs
and educational opportunities—primarily for polio and landmine victims, and
trafficked women—by securing international, outsourced data services
contracts. This financially self-sustaining organization, managed by local
staff, provides its employees with above-average wages, technical expertise,
health care, tuition reimbursement, and career advancement.
The Kearny Alliance facilitated Digital Divide Data’s expansion into rural
Cambodia and Lao and sponsored an MBA intern from Thunderbird School of
Global Management (http://www.thunderbird.edu),
Savvy Him, to assist with the opening of these offices. In 2008, the Skoll
Foundation (http://www.skollfoundation.org)
recognized Digital Divide Data with a Skoll Award for Social
Entrepreneurship
(http://www.skollfoundation.org/grantees/a-e.asp)
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The Crafts Center
Artisan Entrepreneur Program
The Crafts Center, headquartered in Washington D. C., is a nonprofit
organization working in 55 countries to empower artisan entrepreneurs to
compete in the global marketplace and improve the quality of their lives.
The Kearny Alliance has partnered with the Crafts Center and the World
Bank's Small and Medium Enterprise Department to sponsor the development of
training curriculum for the Artisan Entrepreneur Training Program. This
module curriculum includes hands-on business instruction, market linkages to
expand global trade opportunities, and information and technology resources.
It is designed to support the transition of small businesses into
sustainable enterprises.
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Opportunity International
Microenterprise Development Program
For over 30 years, Opportunity International (http://www.opportunity.org)
has been an innovative leader among nonprofit organizations in economic
development and microenterprise creation. With activities in 32 countries,
Opportunity International works through indigenous partner organizations
that provide business loans, training and counsel. The result is stronger
communities and the creation of sustainable income and lasting jobs for
low-income entrepreneurs.
The Kearny Alliance had joined other individuals and foundations in a China
urban micro-development program that encompasses loans, business training in
regional and potential export trade, and capacity building to stimulate the
growth of small businesses with low-income Chinese entrepreneurs.
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