Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 15, Number 6, 1 June 1998 — Eeonomie Development Training Institute [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Eeonomie Development Training Institute

By Paula Durbin & Randall Quihones

More than 350 people, including 1 14 Native Hawaiians, attended the Hawai'i Community Eeonomie Development Training Institute j sponsored by the City and County of Honolulu's Department of Community Development, the state's Department of Business, Eeonomie Development and Tourism, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Participants represented many community eeonomie development, cooperative and nonprofit organizations as well as Hawaiian Home Lands homestead associations from across the state. The institute offered seven different one-and one-half-day courses on !various aspects of planning„ eeonomie development and management and six half-day seminars on special topics such as legal issues, accounting rules, develpment on Hawaiian Home Lands and the U.S. Department of L,abor's welfare-to-work program. Networking opportunities were available during an evening reception and at the community marketplace whieh showcased agencies, sponsors and projects. At one luneheon, Sherry Salway-Black, vice : president of First Nations Development Institute spoke on indigenous economics and the impaek of development on native peoples. Held at Honolulu's Ala Moana Hotel, the training was also sup- ; See CONFERENCE on page 4

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From page 3 ported by corporate donations from Ameiiean Savings Bank, the Aspen Institute, Bank of Ameiiea, Bank of Hawai'i, Central Pacific Bank, First Nations Development Institute, the National Eeonomie Development & Law Center and the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation. ■ j

Conference