frontier market scouts: training for social enterprise and impact investing
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Accelerating Purpose-Driven Careers: The Frontier Market Scouts (FMS) program selects and trains professionals who seek a career in social enterprise management and impact investing. Certificate Training with the Experts: FMS offers a two-week FMS certificate training taught by leading social sector practitioners. Sessions are held biannually in Amsterdam, NL and Monterey, California. Social Sector Fellowships: After successful completion of the FMS Certificate Training, participants can become candidates for a 2-12 month paid fellowship with a social enterprise or impact investment fund. Locations and assignments vary depending on availability.TRANSCRIPT
Frontier Market Scouts Acclerating Purpose-Driven Careers
The Frontier Market Scouts (FMS) selects and trains professionals who seek a career in social enterprise management and impact investing.
www.fmscouts.org @FMScouts #WeEconomy
Cultivating dynamic talent for a purpose-driven economy around the world.
The FMS program offers a two-week practitioner-led certificate training followed by an optional 2-12 month social sector fellowship.
View FMS fellow profiles via: go.miis.edu/fms
FMS Training:Practice to Scale
• Designing an Innovative Business Model
• Introduction to social enterprise management and impact investing
• Seed Stage Due-Diligence for impact investors
• Profiling Ventures – Social Impact Metrics
Trainings are offered in Amsterdam and Monterey.
Our Impact
Since 2011 FMS has trained over 240 social enterprise professionals and graduate students from 20 countries worldwide.
FMS participants have helped to scale social enterprises around the world during field assignments based in Amsterdam, Brazil, India, Ecuador, Vietnam, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, and Lebanon.
Training faculty are practitioners from globally recognized social enterprise organizations and impact funds including Village Capital, Shell Foundation, Accion, Invested Development and more.
For more information
Visit www.fmscouts.org
Read our blog at blogs.miis.edu/frontier/
Connect with us on Twitter @FMScouts
and on Facebook at facebook.com/frontiermarketscouts