Event Name: Fourth Annual Convergences 2015 – Working Towards the Millennium Development Goals
Event Date: May 3 – May 5, 2011
Event Location: City Hall, Paris, FranceSee Our Comprehensive Event Calendar Here: http://microfinanceassociation.ning.com/events
Cost:
-Nongovernmental organizations: Free
-Private organizations: EUR 300 (USD 424) for participation on May 3 & May 4; free on May 5
Summary of Event: The conference serves as a forum for representatives from the private, public and nonprofit sectors to discuss strategies for attaining the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by 2015. It aims to create synergies between all actors concerned with poverty-reduction strategies, with a strong emphasis on microfinance. It will also launch the Convergences 15 Competition for which prizes will be awarded to organizations that have a sustainable socioeconomic mission. Nominations for prizes will be accepted until March 25, 2011. Sessions will be held in French.
Event Themes and Discussion Topics:
-Creating wealth at the bottom of the pyramid
-Strategies to support sustainable social entrepreneurship
-Implementing effective regulation and supervision of microfinance institutions (MFIs)
-Strengthening rural and agricultural finance
-Understanding the emergence of impact investing
-Lessons learned from the turmoil in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh
-Measuring the social performance of MFIs
-Promoting client protection
Event Website: http://www.convergences2015.org/
For additional information you may contact: (+33) 1 42 65 78 84 or contact@convergences2015.org
Submit your event at: http://microfinanceassociation.ning.com/events
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