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Minister of Industry meets with SNV and representatives of the Federation of Ecuadorian ...

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:56:00 +0100

Guayaquil, June 2010 - The Federation of Ecuadorian Chambers of Industry and SNV presented their initiatives on production development and Inclusive Business to the Minister of Industry and Productivity (MIPRO), Ms. Verónica Sión.

The presentation was given by the President of the Federation, Xavier Durán y representatives of SNV, in Guayaquil.

Download PDF in Spanish here.

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Launch of National Programme of Inclusive Business

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:53:00 +0100

Ecuador: Thanks to SNV's advisory services, the Ministry of Agriculture will launch the National Inclusive Business Program on July 1, 2010, in Hotel Ramada, Guayaquil. 6 pm.

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New Publication: "Tourism: An Opportunity for Development"

admin@snvla.org (SNV Admin) — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:50:00 +0100

SNV and Empresa Metropolitana Quito Turismo presented their new leaflet called "Tourism: An Opportunity for Development" (in Spanish), thanks to the financial support of the European Union.

The goal of this leaflet is to show how tourism can benefit the communities and how the communities can contribute to develop and sustain tourism activities in the region where the initiative "Strengthening family productive units" is being implemented.

The distribution of the leaflet is carried out in conjunction with workshops to raise awareness about the potential of tourism in urban and rural areas of Quito, Ecuador. Local authorities are contributing to the organisation of these workshops promoting a warm and helpful attitude towards the tourist and also encouraging inhabitants to create new touristic products and services.

For more information, please contact Pablo Torres, SNV Advisor: ptorres@snv.org.ec

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Inclusive Business with Polypropylene Bags in Ecuador

xelizalde@snvworld.org (Xavier Elizalde) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:38:00 +0100

A well-known Ecuadorian company that manufactures polypropylene bags is now working with SNV. Institutions are among the company’s top customers and account for 60-70% of its sales. Middlemen account for the remaining sales, and therefore the company had little idea who the end-users of their plastic bags were.

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