OCIC Connects

OCIC convenes regular Breakfast Meetings and Lunch & Learn Sessions in collaboration with members as ongoing opportunities to network and share experience and skills. Members are encouraged to contact OCIC with suggestions of topics, requests to accommodate Southern partners, or offers to host. Topics, dates and venues are announced in our monthly e-Bulletin and through our listserv. Participation is free for OCIC members, light refreshments are provided and all are welcome.

Upcoming OCIC Connects Events

OCIC Breakfast Meeting ~ NGO - Private Sector Partnership: CUSO-VSO and Accenture in Tanzania - August 26, 2010

Join CUSO-VSO and OCIC for a breakfast meeting about a partnership project that CUSO-VSO and Accenture deliver in Zanzibar, Tanzania.

In the spirit of internationally agreed development targets, and in particular Millennium Development Goal number 8, 'to develop a global partnership for development', the NGO-Private Sector Partnership between CUSO-VSO and Accenture is a truly innovative and inspirational model. Within this framework, both organizations are collaborating to deliver the Making Markets Work for the Poor project. Building on the success of CUSO-VSO's innovative Secure Livelihoods program, this project is increasing the capacity of local partner organizations to support secure livelihood solutions for Tanzanians.

Presenters:

Ken Wood: Tourism Advisor (VSO Volunteer), Associazione di Cooperazione Rurale in Africa e America Latina (ACRA)

Meaghon Dunphy: Corporate Partnerships Advisor, CUSO-VSO

Where and when?

This Breakfast Meeting is hosted by CUSO-VSO
Date: Thursday August 26, 2010
Time: 8:30 – 10:00 AM
Location: CESO Board Room, Suite 800, 700 Bay St, Toronto ON

A light breakfast of tea, coffee, and baked goods will be provided.  To register click here.

For more information click here

Questions?

Please contact Jia Lu at public.engagement@ocic.on.ca / 416.972.6303