MICROFINANCE EVENT: CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) and the Microfinance Management Institute (MFMI) Host “Funder” Training Course in Croatia

CGAP/MFMI FUNDER TRAINING COURSE

SEPTEMBER 8-12 2008 DUBROVNIK, CROATIA

Organized by CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) and nonprofit management training organization the Microfinance Management Institute (MFMI), the “Building Inclusive Financial Systems: How Can Funders Make a Difference” course will provide an overview of microfinance as well as practical recommendations, techniques and tools for building micro-financial systems, encouraging microfinance policy, and developing microfinance projects.

The course is looking to attract donors, investors and policymakers from public and private foundations, non-governmental organizations, development agencies, banks or government agencies. In the past five years, 500 people have attended previous CGAP/MFMI training sessions.

The cost of the event is USD 1,900. While this course will be held in English, a French version will be held in Kigali, Rwanda on November 10-14 2008. MicroCapital reported on CGAP/MFMI’s first “Building Inclusive Financial Systems: How Funders Can Make a Difference” course in Ethiopia this past April, here.

Registration is on-going. For more information contact Nataša Goronja at ngoronja@themfmi.org.

By Sarah Knapp, Research Assistant

Additional Resources:

CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor): Course Schedule, Event Brochure, Registration, Rwanda Brochure

MicroCapital.org : CGAP and MFMI to Hold Funder Training Course In Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Microfinance Management Institute