CSR On Line Course: Course developed by the World Bank Institute and that has as main objective to provide the general concepts on CSR to participants, this course will complement the on site training that participants already received in the previous workshop held in Barbados.

Dates: March 17 - April 18
Target Participants: SME representatives from the 5 participating countries

National Training Workshops: 5 national workshops will be developed in 2008, 3 within the 2008-1 period and 2 within the 2008-2 period. The training session will target a maximum group of 30 SME representatives from the Economic Sectors identified by UN ECLAC who will used the content developed within the project. A special work will be also developed for the national trainers, having a special session before and after each national workshop with them.

Sessions for 2008 - 1:

Guyana:
Special Session for Local Trainers: April 22 and April 26, 2008
Training Session for SME representatives: April 23 - 25, 2008

Jamaica:
Special Session for Local Trainers: May 4 and May 8, 2008
Training Session for SME representatives: May 5 - 7, 2008

Saint Lucia:
Special Session for Local Trainers: June 22 and June 26, 2008
Training Session for SME representatives: June 23 - 25, 2008

Sessions for 2008 - 2: * (Tentative dates)

Trinidad and Tobago:
Special Session for Local Trainers: August 3 and August 7, 2008
Training Session for SME representatives: August 4 - 6, 2008

Barbados:
Special Session for Local Trainers: September 14 and September 18, 2008
Training Session for SME representatives: September 15 - 17, 2008

Luis Viguria
Deputy Executive Director
Young Americas Business Trust
Email: lviguria@oas.org - Tel: +1 202 458 6452