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 Programs
Aboriginal Women for Tomorrow (AWFT)
This workshop series is aimed at strengthening today’s Aboriginal Women to increase participation in non-traditional roles of business, governance and leadership.
The workshops part of the AWFT program are:
- Building personal skills – focuses on the development and improvement of personal skills which enable the participants to improve their confidence level and self-esteem. It develops communication, self-confidence, leadership skills, and finding and retaining a job.
- Communication – a vital component to the effective leadership. The main focus of this workshop is developing skills on how to communicate one on one; how to communicate with a group; public speaking, written communication, telephone skills, etc.
- Starting Your Own business – focuses on exploring business opportunities, writing a business plan, getting the business started, running the business profitably, and it also looks at financial management of the business.
- Governance – Skills Development for Boards - focuses on the functional and legal responsibilities of a board member or council member. At the end of the workshop the participants will have a good understanding of the relationship between boards, councils, committees and staff and how to avoid the conflict of interest as a board member.
- Budgeting/Financial Management – focuses on understanding the personal finances, business financial reports and band finances.
More information about Aboriginal Women for Tomorrow
Aboriginal Financial Management: The Road To Success
This 2 workshop seminar series, developed by CESO Aboriginal Services and funded by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), is offered free of charge to Aboriginal peoples across Canada. The standard application fee of $150 applies.
Workshop 1: Understanding Basic Bookkeeping
Understanding Basic Bookkeeping (UBB) is an introduction to the basics of double entry bookkeeping, making journal entries, and some understanding of income statements and balance sheets. The course is helpful to anyone new to accounting or with a need to understand bookkeeping as part of their job responsibilities.
Workshop 2: Aboriginal Financial Management
Aboriginal Financial Management (AFM) builds on the basics and concentrates to a greater degree on balance sheets, income statements, budgeting, variance reporting and managing the financial aspects of a business. It is intended for those persons who have attended the UBB or have an understanding of accounting, and will be of interest to individuals from the band office, entrepreneurs, and community organizers.
National Métis Development Fund
- The CESO Métis Development Fund, supported by the Royal Bank Foundation and the Government of Alberta, has helped CESO provide services for Métis peoples, who account for 30% of the Aboriginal population.
- Since 1999 the Fund has allowed CESO to complete more than 40 Métis projects in the areas of governance, organizational development, strategic planning, forestry planning, fundraising and business development.
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