Who will be the 1,000th member?

Dear SA LED Network Member,

The LED Network has been growing fast during this year! With a bigger LED community on our platform (over 930 members currently), we thrive to improve our services and are currently re-designing our website to make it more user-oriented and interactive. The new version will be launched by end November 2010. In the meantime, we're looking forward to welcome our 1,000th member! Help us and spread the word, send your colleagues the link and if you're not registered as a full member, yet, take the opportunity now. Our 999th, 1,000th and 1,001th member will win a LED Network t-shirt!

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InWEnt is organising a LED and Trade Promotion Study tour to the Western Cape that will provide an opportunity to discover how processes that support trade and export promotion are arranged as well as offer a prospect to learn more about the institutions and organisations that support LED and Trade promotion. It will take place from 22 to 26 November and a discount for LED Network members is available. Click here for further information and application details.

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Very small is beautiful is the latest article posted to the LED Discussion Forum by one of our members, discussing current views on micro or survivalist entrepreneurship or informal trading and the opportunities arising from these sectors for economic growth, including some international examples and thoughts on the way forward in south Africa. Click here to read the full article and share your views as well.

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The GTZ SLGP (Strengthening Local Governance Programme) and SALGA are appointing a service provider to conduct a study on the potential to utilize information and communication technologies (ICT’s) to facilitate and promote inclusion, public participation and accountability in local governance in South Africa (e-Inclusion, e-Participation and e-Government). Deadline for submissions of applications is 29 October 2010. Click here for the full tender documentation.

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Reminder! Mesopartner is running an event titled "Understanding and addressing market failures in local and regional economic development" on 28th November in Pretoria. This event is part of the mesopartner Africa Capacity Building Series: Practically improving the performance of the private sector within the context of LED. Registration is still open. Click here for more information.

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