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14 Sep 2010

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Accenture

Accenture to Equip 250,000 People by 2015 with the Skills to Get a Job or Build a Business

Accenture...today announced that, by 2015, it will equip 250,000 people around the world with the skills to get a job or build a business…Additionally, Accenture and the Accenture Foundations will contribute more than US$100 million over three years…to support the company’s corporate citizenship efforts…Accenture currently has more than 80 Skills to Succeed initiatives…[in countries such as:] Africa…Brazil…India…Philippines and Cambodia…Spain…United Kingdom…United States…Accenture will continue to work with a number of strategic partners that share its skills-building goals. Current partners include organizations such as Enablis, Genesys Works, Oxfam, Passerelles Numériques and Youth Business International…