It’s our pleasure to invite you to Seva’s 10^th anniversary! You are welcome on Friday the 15^th of June, at 2 PM in the ‘Christus Triumfatorkerk’ at the Juliana van Stolberglaan 154, The Hague.

The program will consist of an introduction into ‘Diaspora in poverty reduction’ and a follow- up workshop on ‘Business against poverty’. Afterwards five entrepreneurs will present their business ideas during an elevator pitch, which will be judged by a panel of professionals in the field of financing businesses.

In the past 10 years Seva has financed over 300 development projects and social businesses. Throughout the day you can visit a ‘Matchmaking Market’ with an interesting selection of these organizations and businesses. The market will exhibit goods and services, produced by migrant organizations and businesses which were co-funded by Seva. In addition there will also be an exhibition of the work of some partners of Seva.

In the evening, the Seva Lecture 2012 ‘Circular migration, entrepreneurship and development…added value and more values’ will be presented by Mr. Klaas Molenaar, founder of IntEnt and Triodos Facet. We will conclude the day with a reception for which the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ben Knapen, is invited. During the reception you can enjoy a warm buffet.

If you would like to attend this special day, we ask you kindly to fill out the registration form  and send it to info@seva-group.org
You can register until Friday the 8^th of June 2012 and attendance will be free of charge.

We are looking forward to welcome you on Seva’s 10^th anniversary!

Program:
13:30- 14:00   Doors open
14:00- 14.30   Word of welcome
14:30- 15:00   Introduction ‘Diaspora in poverty reduction’ by Radj Bhondoe
15:00- 16:00   Workshop ‘Business against poverty’
16:00- 16:15   Coffee & Tea Break
16:15- 17:15   Elevator Pitch and Panel review
17:15- 18:00   Break and ‘Matchmaking Market’

18:00- 18:30   Doors open
18:30- 18:45   ‘Seva 10 Years’ by Radj Bhondoe
18:45- 20:00   Seva Lecture by Klaas Molenaar
20:00- 20:15   Reception with Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Mr. Ben Knapen
20:15- 21:15   Warm buffet

Throughout the day you have the opportunity to visit our ‘Matchmaking Market’ which will be located in the building.  

On 17th, 24th and 25th of March 2012 Seva organized the training programme of the Seva Business School. During this training, 16 migrants participated who were looking for assistance in transforming their business ideas into a business plan. The Seva Business School offered a 3 day training programme for those who want to start a business in their countries of origin. The training programme started on 17^th of March with an introduction to Development Cooperation, followed by diving into the content of a business plan. The participants had some interesting business ideas, such as a potato processing factory in Ethiopia or a fruit production business in Colombia.

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On Friday 16^th of March 2012 Seva organized the third Business Club meeting since the launch in September 2011. It was also the first Seva Business Club meeting of the year 2012. The event is a quarterly get-together, with the purpose to bring together ambitious entrepreneurs with investment ideas for the countries of origin, financiers and others. It took place at ‘Het Ondernemershuis’ in The Hague.

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Last Friday, the 27^th of January, Seva held her annual stakeholders meeting. The activity was held in combination with a New Year’s reception with food and drinks. The evening was opened by Amu Shrestha, one of Seva’s board members. Then Janice Aliar (accountmanager) and Radj Bhondoe (director of Seva) revealed Seva’s 2011 results and future plans for the year 2012. The focus in 2012 will be on financial and technical support, lobby and innovation. Approximately 75 people were gathered in Seva’s training room to join the evening, of which the official part was followed by a nice vegetarian buffet and networking opportunity. The evening was a great success and Seva would like to thank all of you who were present!