by Aliz Crowley -

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago Present “2014 AFI Global Policy Forum,” September 9-11, 2014, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Event Name: Alliance for Financial Inclusion Global Policy Forum “Global Partnerships, National Goals, Empowering People”

Event Date: September 9 – 11, 2014

Event Location: Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

by Sarah Luo -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Gate Global Impact, RocketHub, United Nations, US State Department to Launch Crowdfunding Projects in Effort to Improve Access to Finance in Developing Countries

Gate Global Impact and RocketHub, US-based organizations that “crowdfund” small amounts of money online from large numbers of people, have developed partnerships with the United Nations Global Compact, a policy initiative aligning businesses committed to operating in accordance with UN human rights standards, and the US State Department, which manages the United States’ international relations and policy.

by Aliz Crowley -

MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Triple Bottom Line Investing Presents “TBLI Conference Nordic 2014,” September 10-11, 2014, Oslo, Norway

Event Name: Triple Bottom Line Investing Conference Nordic 2014

Event Date: September 10 – 11, 2014

Event Location: BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway

by Aliz Crowley -

MICROCAPITAL EVENT: 2015 Cracking the Nut Conference, “Expanding Rural & Agricultural Markets Amid Climate Change,” March 2-3, 2015, Lusaka, Zambia

Event Name: Cracking the Nut Conference 2015

Event Date: March 2 – March 3, 2015

Event Location: Lusaka, Zambia; Radisson Blu Hotel Lusaka

by Aliz Crowley -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: 2014 CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) Microfinance Photo Contest Accepting Entries Through October 8

CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), a US-based, nonprofit policy and research center that aims to facilitate the expansion of financial access, has announced the opening of its annual photo contest to entries of original images that capture the “diversity and dynamism of microfinance and financial inclusion around the world”[1].

by Juan Blanco Ramos -

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Microcredit Summit Campaign, Mexican Ministry of Economy to Host 17th Microcredit Summit “Generation Next: Innovations in Microfinance,” September 3-5, 2014, Merida, Mexico

Event Name: 17th Microcredit Summit “Generation Next: Innovations in Microfinance”

Event Date: September 3-5, 2014

Event Location: Centro de Convenciones Yucatán Siglo XXI, Merida, Mexico

by Chikondano Faith Chisala -

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Munich Re Foundation, Microinsurance Network to Host 10th International Microinsurance Conference, November 11-13, 2014, Mexico City

Event Name: 10th International Microinsurance Conference

Event Date: November 11-13, 2014

Event Location: Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel and Towers, Mexico City,

by A'kos Szebeni -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Impact Investing at a Crossroads Raising Awareness, Expanding Product Offerings, Sound Metrics and Mainstreaming Were Among Key Themes at “5th Annual Impact Conference at Sustainatopia 2014”

Panelists at the recent Fifth Annual Impact Conference at Sustainatopia in the US city of Miami, Florida, showed consensus on some of the short-term steps needed to develop the impact investing sector toward becoming a mainstream, investable asset class that is attractive from a risk-reward perspective.

by Chikondano Faith Chisala -

MICROFINANCE EVENT: International Conference of Social and Solidarity Finance, May 8-9, 2014, Bochum, Germany

Event  Name: International Conference of Social and Solidarity Finance

Event Date: May 8-9, 2014

Event Location: GLS Bank (Gemeinschaftsbank für Leihen und Schenken eG), Bochum, Germany

by Chikondano Faith Chisala -

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Mobile Money and Digital Payments Africa Conference and Workshop, May 20-22, 2014, Johannesburg, South Africa

Event Name: Mobile Money and Digital Payments Africa

Event Date: May 20-22, 2014

Event Location: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa

by Chikondano Faith Chisala -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Mutual-Aid Credit Cooperative for Private Farmers of Bulgaria Among Finalists for $69k 6th Giordano Dell’Amore Microfinance Good Practices Europe Awards

Fondazione Giordano Dell’Amore, an Italian foundation that supports microfinance, in partnership with the European Microfinance Network (EMN), a Belgium-based nonprofit organization, recently announced three finalists for the Sixth Annual Giordano Dell’Amore Microfinance Good Practices Europe Award, a series that recognizes initiatives that promote financial inclusion as a tool for development.