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Cologne, 9th of March 2008
Dear CEFE friend,
You all should have been
informed by email about the sudden decease of Rainer Kolshorn,
creator of CEFE and Director of CEFE International, on Jan. 6, 2008.
Let me thank you all for the
overwhelming response and sympathy that so many of you have shown
during the past weeks. It proves your ongoing interest in CEFE and
your deep appreciation for what Rainer has contributed to our world
by his magnificent work.
With the help of friends, I
am actually negotiating the future status and terms of management of
CEFE International with GTZ – and it looks very promising. CEFE
International will be back with a new appearance, services and
interesting features by mid April.
Please understand that, for
the time being, I cannot answer specific requests. But all
correspondence will be followed up as soon as possible. Please stay
in contact and keep your CEFE engagement and interest alive.
Best regards
Eberhard Peter Baerenz
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Novidades |
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Estimad@ amig@ CEFista,
Todos vocês já devem ter
recebido através de e-mail as informações sobre o súbito falecimento
de Rainer Kolshorn, criador do CEFE e Diretor do CEFE
Internacional, no último dia 6 de janeiro de 2008.
Deixe-me agradecer pela
surpreendente resposta e simpatia que tantos de vocês manifestaram
nas últimas semanas, demonstrando o continuado interesse no CEFE, e
o profundo apreço pela enorme contribuição que deu Rainer ao nosso
Mundo através de seu magnífico trabalho.
Com a ajuda de amigos, estou
em negociação com a GTZ para definir sobre o futuro status e termos
para a gestão do CEFE Internacional – o que me parece muito
promissor. O CEFE Internacional retornará com uma nova identidade
visual, novos serviços e outras novidades interessantes a mediados
de abril.
Por favor, solicito sua
amável compreensão, pois não tenho conseguido responder de imediato
todas as solicitações
que chegaram, mas todas correspondências serão processadas tão
prontamente quanto possível. Por favor, mantenha o contato e
conserve seu interesse e compromisso com CEFE vivos.
Com um grande abraço,
Eberhard Peter Baerenz
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Nouvelles |
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Cher CEFiste,
Vous étiez tous informés sur la
mort subite du créateur de CEFE et Directeur de « CEFE
International », Rainer Kolshorn, le 6 Janvier 2008.
Je vous remercie de toutes vos
réponses et la sympathie que vous avez démontré les dernières
semaines. Ceci prouve votre intérêt continu et votre appréciation
pour le travail qui Rainer a contribué à notre monde.
Avec l’appui des amis, je suis
en train de négocier avec la GTZ concernant le futur statut et les
termes de management. Et, il y a du progrès. CEFE International sera
de retour vers mi-Avril avec une nouvelle apparance, des services et
des sujets intéressants.
Comprenez que pour l’instant je
ne suis pas en mesure de répondre à vos demandes spécifiques. Mais
je ferais tous à ce que la correspondance sera suivie le plus tôt
possible. Je vous prie de rester en contact, et conservez votre
engagement et votre intérêt pour CEFE.
Meilleurs voeux.
Eberhard Peter Baerenz
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| Events |
| January
05, 2008: CEFE TOT in
Concepcion, Chile ...
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... Our certified Partner
Organisation Trabajo
para un Hermano in Chile (TPH Concepcion) is organising this TOT workshop in cooperation with CEFE International
from January 15 til January 26. Facilitators are our International
Senior Trainers Paulina
Pacheco, Jorge
Tagle, Omar
Cid, and Oriana
Orellano, certified at international level for their professional
competence. 
More about ... (in Spanish) |
| News
Flash |
| January
01, 2008: CEFE International wishes
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| ... all our friends,
colleagues and visitors a happy and successful
new year. Our special additional wishes of course and a big thank
you goes to all our members and the holders of the certificate of
professional competence around the globe. Let us together experience
yet another year of CEFE as one of the important tools to better the
life of millions of people in all strata of the world's
population. |
| Case
Studies |
| December
19, 2007: CEFE training for community health insurance systems ... |
| ... Two documents are
demonstrating the flexibility, versatility and usefulness of the
CEFE concept in sectors beyond the classic field of promoting small
entrepreneurs. Have a look at the final reports of the
CHIC-Management Seminars in Dar
es Salaam, Tanzania and (in French) Mamou,
République de Guinée.
More about ... |
| News
Flash |
| November
18, 2007: CEFE International welcomes 27 new members from
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| ... Nicaragua. All 27
participants of the recent Central American TOT in Rivas, Nicaragua
(see below) have joined the International Network of CEFE
Practitioners thanks to the motivation of their lead trainer, our
certified International Chief Adviser Ricardo
Rodriguéz Duarte. |
| For
Members only |
| October
28, 2007: Business Climate Simulator
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| ... If you are involved in
a policy dialogue with government, you can find out yourself the
most effective means to improve the business climate for your
clientele and increase the ranking of the country you are working
for.
More about ... |
| Entrepreneurship |
| Oktober
17, 2007: New Data on Business Creation and How to Promote It ...
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| ... The World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey continues to extend our knowledge of the importance of entrepreneurship for a dynamic economy. In its second year, with more countries participating, the survey again shows a strong relationship between entrepreneurship, the business environment, and governance. New data shed light on how the distribution of businesses among sectors varies by level of development. And analysis of new data on business registration suggests that automation can greatly reduce the barriers to starting a business. This finding makes a strong case for pursuing e-government initiatives to spur entrepreneurship.
More about ... |
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News of the Day |
| October
3, 2007: First International Senior Adviser upgraded to Chief level
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| ... On October 2 Ms.
Viji Aravind Shankar
from Sri Lanka, but living in Australia, was upgraded to the
highest professional level as International CEFE Chief Adviser.
This upgrade is our sincere appreciation of her past and present work
for her clients in many parts of Asia and for the case of CEFE.
Buyers of her services can be sure to receive the best out of many
services available in the market. For details on the certification
system you can click the link in the left hand bar.
More about ... |
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News of the Day |
| September
26, 2007: WB publishes 'Doing Business in 2008'
Report ... |
| ... Thanks
to reforms of business regulation, more businesses are starting up,
finds Doing Business 2008 - the fifth in an annual report series
issued by the World Bank and IFC. Countries in Eastern Europe and
the former Soviet Union reformed the most in 2006/07 - along with a
large group of emerging markets, including China and India. This
year Egypt tops the list of reformers that are making it easier to
do business. Egypt greatly improved its position in the global
rankings on the ease of doing business, with reforms in five of the
10 areas studied by the report. And for the second year running,
Singapore tops the aggregate rankings on the ease of doing business.
In all, 200 reforms - in 98 economies - were introduced between
April 2006 and June 2007. Doing Business 2008 ranks 178 economies on
the ease of doing business. Good background material for CEFE
Advisers working in and for these countries.
More about ...
(Overview available in English,
French,
Portuguese,
and Spanish,
full
report in English for our members) |
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News of the Day |
| September
15, 2007: IADB Excellence Award 2007 for CEFE
NGO in Peru ... |
| ... The Colectivo
INTEGRAL de Desarollo (CID) will receive the
Excellence Award for Business Development Services 2007 of the Interamerican Development Bank (IADB)
that will be handed over on 4th of
October during the Microenterprise Forum of the IADB. This prize is
the most important award that IADB every year grants to the best
organizations promoting entrepreneurs and microenterprises.
Without any doubt this is a recognition of 15 years of work with and
effort for young people in the promotion of business creation during
which CID has sensitized more than 40.000 young people in
enterprising culture and promoted the creation of more than 4.000
businesses. For IADB this CEFE NGO therefore is the best support
programme of young entrepreneurs in Latin America, “a distinction
that as Peruvians we are proud of and that we want to share with all
those who in one way or the other have supported and encouraged us
in these years”, the CID says.
More about ...
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News of the Day |
| September
11, 2007: First CEFE Senior Adviser in the Balkans certified for her... |
| ... professional
competence. The first international Certificate of Professional Competence at
Senior Level in the Balkans was awarded
to Anja
Vrandecic from Serbia. This
certificate is our sincere appreciation of her past and present work
for her clients, especially in the Balkans and Indonesia and for the case of
CEFE.
Buyers of her services can be sure to receive the best out of many
services available in the market. For details on the certification
system you can click the link in the left hand bar.
More about ... |
| Poverty
Reduction |
| September
1, 2007: UNCTAD's Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Report 2007 ...
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| ... Knowledge
is becoming more and more important in the global sphere of
competition and production. In this context, there is a danger that
LDCs will be increasingly marginalized if they do not enhance the
knowledge content of their economies and achieve economic
diversification through learning and innovation. The Report shows
that the current pattern of technology flows to LDCs through
international trade, foreign direct investment and intellectual
property licensing does not contribute to narrowing the knowledge
divide. Sustained economic growth and poverty reduction are not
likely to take place in countries where viable economic
re-specialization would remain impossible in the absence of
significant progress in technological learning and innovation
capacity-building.
More about ... |
| Entrepreneurship |
| August
26, 2007: Toward a Creation Theory of
Entrepreneurial
Opportunity ...
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| ... Formation. One
view of entrepreneurial opportunities is that they exist,
independent of entrepreneurial actions, just waiting to be
discovered and exploited by unusually alert individuals. In
this view, entrepreneurial opportunities are like lost luggage in a
train station; they exist, just waiting to be claimed by alert
individuals who know of their existence. There is, however, another
view about how entrepreneurial opportunities are formed and
exploited. In this view, opportunities do not exist, just
waiting to be discovered. Far from being
“lost luggage in a train station waiting to be claimed,” in this
perspective, entrepreneurs may end up exploiting opportunities they
could not have initially conceived of and that did not exist until
they were created by entrepreneurial actions. Interesting
material for CEFE training from Sharon Alvarez, Jay B. Barney,
Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, which might
lead to adjustments in some marketing exercises and to a different or fine tuned processing.
More about ... |
| Case
Studies |
| August
14, 2007: Stimulating entrepreneurial motivation in secondary
schools.. |
... Case Study from Linden
Economic Advancement Programme (LEAP), Guyana
by certified International CEFE Chief Adviser Torsten
Striepke. LEAP’s input consisted in providing the seed
money to the schools, conducting three introductory sessions (1.
brainstorm on possible micro-project ideas, 4 P Marketing Mix; 2.
accounting exercise; 3. loan handout and start-up advice to students)
and one advice- and follow-up session the first week after loans had
been handed out. A wrap-up and lessons-learned session was held on
the last day of the exercise after the loans had been reimbursed
including interest. The Manual
for Schools is available for CEFE Members.
More about ... |
| News
Flash |
| August
12, 2007: US$ 7.26 million for a program for small enterprises
business plan competitions
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| ... in Bolivia, Chile,
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Last week the Inter-American
Development Bank’s Multilateral Investment Fund announced the
approval of a US$4.4 million grant for this program. The
project will be executed by TechnoServe, an organization that
supports and stimulates entrepreneurs. The non-profit will provide
US$2,860,000 in counterpart financing to the initiative. The
methodology to be utilized in this new program covers the entire
cycle of business and entrepreneurship development and is structured
in three phases: preparation and design, competitions (including
capture of business ideas, training and business plan preparation,
and selection and reward) and technical assistance to winning
business plans to support launch and implementation. |
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News of the Day |
| August
11, 2007: First Thai Adviser certified for her professional
competence
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| ... The first international Certificate of Professional Competence at
Senior Level in Thailand was awarded
to Ms. Sansana
Siritarm . This
certificate is our sincere appreciation of her past and present work
for her clients, especially in Thailand and neighbouring countries and for the case of
CEFE.
Buyers of her services can be sure to receive the best out of many
services available in the market. For details on the certification
system you can click the link in the left hand bar.
More about ... |
| News
Flash |
| August
9, 2007: New Regional Centre for entrepreneurship development
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| ... The Bahrain Ministry of Finance has announced the country
was chosen by the World Bank to host the centre for regional
collaboration for entrepreneurship development in MENA (Middle East
and Northern Africa) countries, reports Bahrain Tribune.
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| Did
you know? |
| July
26, 2007: Greetings from Fiji
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| ... In 2003 CEFE was fully introduced to the
Fiji
Islands. On the request of the National
Centre for Small and Micro Enterprises (NCSMED) a first
CEFE TOT was conducted. Soon afterwards NCSMED started with their
first CEFE New Business
Creation Courses. NCSMED tells us that they are finding CEFE very
useful and effective. Until the 2nd Quarter of 2007 they
have trained a total of 888 people in 83 workshops, 401 businesses
have been set up so far with a total of 1144 new jobs created, they
report. Their success rate thus stands at 45% of total trainees and
we wonder what the others are now doing with their newly acquired
competencies. This is a respectable performance for a
government institution in a country which is ranked in the newest World Bank Reports
as number 55 (with 175 countries listed) when it comes
to the ease
of starting a business and at place 31 for doing business
in general. Regarding good governance we can find Fiji in the lower
middle ranks of the Pacific Island countries, but far better on the control of corruption.
NCSMED
is now organising a second TOT to enlarge the pool of CEFE trainers.
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News of the Day |
| July
17, 2007: Good or bad governance in CEFE countries?
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| ... The
report, Governance
Matters, 2007: Worldwide Governance Indicators 1996-2006,
launched on 10th of July by the World Bank Institute and the World
Bank Development Economics Vice-presidency, shows that a number of
countries are making progress in improving governance and fighting
corruption. This is encouraging given that good governance and
corruption control are fundamental for long-term growth and reducing
poverty. CEFE
International has extracted some data to show you how well
governments are doing in countries in which you find our CEFE
advisers and trainers working for their clients. Charts are
available for CEFE countries in Africa,
the Americas,
Asia,
and selected
countries in Europe.
More about ... |
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News of the Day |
| July
11, 2007: First CEFE Chief Adviser in Central America certified for
his
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| ... professional
competence. The first international Certificate of Professional Competence at
Chief Level in Central America was awarded
to José
Ricardo Rodríguez Duarte from Nicaragua. This
certificate is our sincere appreciation of his past and present work
for his clients, especially in Central America and for the case of
CEFE.
Buyers of his services can be sure to receive the best out of many
services available in the market. For details on the certification
system you can click the link in the left hand bar.
More about ... |
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News of the Day (Advertisement) |
| June
20, 2007: Is human guidance the key to success?
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| ... Reinhard Mohn, the German founder and owner of
Bertelsmann, one of the World’s biggest Media Empires, thinks so.
Yesterday he was honoured for his life's work in the context of the
award of the annual founder price in
Germany.
And what is your own leadership style? CEFE Member Dr.
Martin Carnap
seeks your collaboration to verify special leadership
quality criteria of the personality of all our Spanish speaking
colleagues and guests. As a thank you he will distribute a free
access code to receive an on line report of your personal leadership
mastery.
More about ... (in Spanish) |
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News of the Day |
| June
18, 2007: Three CEFE Senior Advisers from Bolivia and Chile
certified
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| ... for their professional
competence. The new international Certificates of Professional Competence at Senior Level
were awarded
to Marlene
Ibáñez and
Guido
Arana Centellas from Bolivia and Pablo
Reyes from Chile. These
certificates are our sincere appreciation of their past and present work
for their clients in South America and for the case of CEFE.
Buyers of their services can be sure to receive the best out of many
services available in the market. For details on the certification
system you can click the link in the left hand bar.
More about ... |
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News of the Day |
| May
20, 2007: Introducing national categories of certificates of
professional
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| ... competence. CEFE
International has introduced today the certification of national
CEFE advisers cum trainers for their professional competence for all
those who would not qualify for the international certification
system because of lack of experience outside their home country.
Such very professional advisers we find in countries with language
barriers and/or in countries in which the home market for CEFE
services is very sizable. Countries of this type are for example
Brazil, China or Indonesia. Certification is possible as adviser or
as senior adviser, the existing international benchmarking system
does apply also for these national certificates.
More about ... |
| Training
Material |
| May
7, 2007: Second Edition of the international CEFE Manual for
trainers
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| ... published today in
Spanish for sale. This second
edition of the international manual has been enhanced by an
interactive self-learning centre to safeguard the professional use
of the CEFE method by recently graduated or less experienced CEFE
facilitators. This second edition is available only in Spanish, on
request we could provide also an English or Portuguese version.
Order Form ... |
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CEFE Case Study |
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April 2, 2007: Rural Industry Development and Poverty Reduction
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| ... Under the PRIME
Program customized CEFE training programs were developed (e.g.,
Basic Business Management, Market Development, Production or
Technology Improvement, Financial Management) for PDAP's Rural
Enterprising Community (REC) partners and their partner NGOs/BDSs.
Other hands-on upgrading programs will also be introduced as the
Enterprise Trainers and Advisers (ETAs) gain more experience and
skills.
More about ... |
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News of the Day |
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March 22, 2007: New International Chief Adviser awarded by
CEFE
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| ... International with
Certificate of Professional Competence. The 17th International
Certificate of Professional Competence at Chief Level was awarded to
Eduardo Pereyra da Silva from
Uruguay. He has received his Certificate of
Professional Competence in March 2007. This
certificate is our sincere appreciation of his past and present work
for his clients in many parts of South America, Central America and
the Caribean Region, and for the case of CEFE. Buyers of his
services can be sure to receive the best out of many services
available in the market. For details on the certification system you
can click the link in the left hand bar.
More about ... |
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CEFE Case Study |
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March 1, 2007: Planning Economic Recovery after Tsunami with CEFE
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| ... The economy in Aceh
suffered from a thirty years civil war and the destructions caused
by the Tsunami on December 26, 2004. The joint efforts of the
government of Indonesia (GOI) and international donors have resulted
in a quick and comprehensive reconstruction; however, the economy
has not yet fully recovered. A key problem is the insufficient
economic dynamic of MSME, mainly caused by a lack of adequate
financial services and limited business skills. To undertake the
shift from emergency and recovery to sustainable development
orientation, the provision of assets will not be sufficient.
Sustainable financial and business development services will be
needed in order to promote the economy and increase competitiveness.
The paper was written by certified international chief adviser
Peter Eberhard Baerenz .
More about ... |
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CEFE Case Study |
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February 28, 2007: A classic TOT approach in Bhutan
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| ... The Ministry of Labor
and Human Resources (MoLHR) and the “Ministry of Trade and Industry”
(MoTI) supporting the initiative of the “Bhutan-German Project of
Promotion of the VET-System”, the “Rural Enterprise Development
Project” and the Helvetas, planned to introduce the CEFE-concept
(Competency-based Economics through Formation of Enterprises) in
Bhutan as an important component of skills development/vocational
training and of enhancing the development of the private sector and
creation of micro- and small enterprises. The paper was written by
certified international senior adviser
Viji Aravind Shankar
in February 2007.
More about ... |
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News of the Day |
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February 7, 2007: Tough work for our CEFE Advisers
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| ... It is quite interesting to see that many of our
colleagues are working in environments which offer the most severe
obstacles for entrepreneurs. According to the Global Competitiveness
Report 2006 CEFE is being implemented only in three among the 25 top
scoring countries, while 17 out of the 25 worst places are heavily
involved in the CEFE type of entrepreneurship development. Among the
125 countries covered in the report the tail lamps as worst
countries for CEFE are Timor Leste (rank 122),
Mozambique
(rank 121) and
Ethiopia
(rank 120).
More about ... |
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News of the Day |
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February 5, 2007: First International Advisers awarded by CEFE
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| ... International with
Certificate of Professional Competence. The first Certificates of
Professional Competence at International Adviser Level were awarded
to
Crispina B. Almonte,
Jaime Guanzon Jr.,
Jerry Pacturan,
Ma. Normita Palo, and
Roberto Palo, all from the Philippines. These
certificates are our sincere appreciation of their past and present
work for their communities and clients and for the case of CEFE.
Buyers of their services can be sure to receive the best out of many
services available in the market. For details on the certification
system you can click the new link in the left hand bar.
More about ... |
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CEFE Newsletter |
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June 23, 2006: The CEFE Newsletter June 2006 informs about ... |
| ... new entries of
documents in our web site in the last three months and about latest
developments in CEFE. The newsletter also contains links to more
Electronic Business Cards of our Members and other interesting
information.
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