This event is being run with the participation of Jean Claude Rodríguez-Ferrera, social entrepreneur of Ashoka International and speaker at the IMPULSA Forum 2012, and with the support of the charity Càritas Diocesana de Girona and the SER.GI Foundation.
Self-financed Communities are those in which members make modest financial contributions towards providing credit to cover small but essential needs. The workshop aims to bring this experience closer to the participants and provide them with the tools to promote Self-financed Communities in Catalonia.
More info:
SER.Gi.- 972.21.30.50- [email protected]
CARITAS.- Mercè Ribó: 972.20.49.80- formació@caritasgirona.cat
June 28, 18:00PM - 20:00PM
Factoria Cultural Coma-Cros de Salt (Girona)
Jean Claude Rodriguez-Ferrera
(Barcelona, 1967)
Founder of four businesses, he set up his first one while he was still a student. He subsequently spent four years working with indigenous communities in Guatemala, where he founded Tesoros Mayas. In 2004, he began his largest project to date: Self-Financed Communities (CAF). In recognition of this initiative he has been chosen as a social entrepreneur by Ashoka International, and has been awarded various international prizes, including the CYEA award, which recognises the best creative young entrepreneurs in the world. CAF are communities in which partners provide microcredits to cover small but essential financial needs. Rodríguez-Ferrara graduated in Economics and holds a PhD in Microfinance. He has worked as a lecturer in several universities throughout the world. He is the author of the book Global Economy and Development and co-author of The Other Microfinance.