SIFE teams design, develop, deliver and document community projects that utilise business and entrepreneurial skills to improve the quality of life and standard of living of identified groups in need.
SIFE students are encouraged to take part in training sessions which are conducted once or twice a year. These sessions provide students with development opportunities in different areas including: project management, presentation skills, fund raising, team leadership and career development. In addition to the skills development the sessions also provide an opportunity for students to interact with others from businesses and different universities.
SIFE teams report the outcomes of their projects in their annual reports.
The SIFE Australia National Conference and Championship is conducted in July each year where teams present the results of their projects to a panel of judges who are members of the business community. The judges rate the projects, based on the annual report and team presentation, against the current SIFE criterion:
“Considering the relevant economic, social and environmental factors, which SIFE team most effectively empowered people in need by applying business and economic concepts and an entrepreneurial approach to improve their quality of life and standard of living?”
The new team handbook for this SIFE year has been posted on the SIFE Australia website. Please make sure that everyone is referring to this handbook not any of the previous ones. There is a lot of new information in this handbook that will be very useful in planning and implementing projects.
E-mail : sife@sifeaustralia.org.au
Telephone : +61 2 9335 8149
GPO Box 1091
SYDNEY NSW 2011