Event Name: Investment and Innovation in Microfinance Summit: Africa
Event Date: October 18 to October 19, 2011
Event Location: Hilton Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Category: Events
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Smart Campaign Revises “Client Protection Principles” for Microfinance Institutions (MFIs)
The Smart Campaign, a global initiative to improve client protection in the microfinance industry, recently announced revisions to its “Client Protection Principles,” which are intended to help microfinance institutions (MFIs) improve their business through good ethics [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: MFTransparency, Mozambican Association of Microfinance Operators (AMOMIF) Launch Transparent Pricing Initiative in Mozambique
MFTransparency, a US-based nongovernmental organization that provides information on credit products and pricing, recently announced plans to expand its Transparent Pricing Initiative to Mozambique with the objective of collecting and publishing pricing data for microfinance products offered in the country and providing financial literacy training to microfinance clients.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Mobile Money Southern Asia Conference and Expo, Mumbai, India, September 26 – September 29, 2011
Event Name: Mobile Money Southern Asia Conference and Expo
Event Date: September 26 to September 29, 2011
Event Location: Mumbai, India
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: New Criteria Announced for Social Performance Reporting Awards from CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Ford Foundation, Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX)
The Social Performance Reporting Awards, instituted in 2009 to recognize microfinance institutions (MFIs) committed to “transparent social performance monitoring and management,” recently announced that this year, in addition to promoting MFIs on the basis on transparency, the award will also recognize “good practices in social performance management” [1].
MICROFINANCE EVENT: 2011 Toronto International Microfinance Summit, Toronto, Canada, September 16 to September 17
Event Name: The 2011 Toronto International Microfinance Summit: From Microcredit to Financial Inclusion: Making a Difference in our World
Event Date: Fundraising gala: September 16, 2011; “the micro way” conference: September 17, 2011
Event Location:
Fundraising gala: Arcadian Court, Simpson Tower, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
“The micro way” conference: Allstream Centre, Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
MICROFINANCE EVENT: European Microfinance Platform Hosts European Microfinance Week 2011, Abbaye de Neumünster, Luxembourg, November 2 – November 4, 2011
Event Name: European Microfinance Week 2011: Inclusive Finance for Excluded People
Event Date: November 2 – November 4, 2011
Event Location: Abbaye de Neumünster, Luxembourg
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: CGAP Microfinance Photography Contest 2011 Accepting Entries through September 15, 2011
CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), an independent policy and research center dedicated to facilitating the provision of financial access to poor people, recently opened its 2011 photo contest and seeks entries of original images that capture the impact of microfinance. Participants may submit up to 20 images.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: 2011 SEEP Annual Conference “Savings and Enterprise & Market Development,” Arlington, Virginia, USA, October 31 – November 3, 2011
Event Name: Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) Annual Conference: Savings & Enterprise and Market Development
Event Date: SEEP Member Day October 31, Annual Conference November 1 – November 2, Global Network and Practitioner Trainings November 3
Event Location: Sheraton National Hotel, Arlington, Virginia, USA
MICROFINANCE EVENT: National Partnership of Microfinance Market Stakeholders (NAMMS), Russian Microfinance Center (RMC) to Host Tenth Anniversary National Conference on Microfinance, Moscow, Russia, November 16 – November 18, 2011
Event Name: Tenth Anniversary National Conference on Microfinance – “New Decade, New Challenges: Regulation as a Driver of Development”
Event Date: November 16, 2011 to November 18, 2011
Event Location: Moscow, Russia
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Social Performance Task Force (SPTF) Releases Proposed “Universal Standards for Social Performance” in Microfinance
The Social Performance Task Force (SPTF), an initiative set up in 2005 to improve the social performance management of microfinance institutions, released its proposed Universal Standards for Social Performance at its recent annual meeting in the Netherlands.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Proposals Sought by African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), European Union’s Microfinance Framework Programme
The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) and the European Union’s Microfinance Framework Programme (ACP/EU Microfinance Programme), an initiative that supports the dissemination of good practices in microfinance, recently announced a call for proposals to fund projects aiming at providing financial access to poor and vulnerable populations in ACP member states.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: MFTransparency Hosts “Uganda Data Launch Webinar” to Present Microloan Pricing Data, July 27, 2011
Event Name: MFTransparency Uganda Data Launch
Event Date: July 27, 2011, 10:00 am Eastern US Time EDT/5:00 pm Uganda time
Event Location: Online
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Imp-Act, MicroSave Launch Guidance Notes on Social Performance Management for Microfinance Institutions (MFIs)
Imp-Act, a UK-based consortium of nine organizations focused on the social performance management (SPM) of microfinance institutions (MFIs), and MicroSave, a for-profit technical assistance, training and resource center in India, recently introduced two new “guidance notes” in English, French and Spanish, titled “Strategic Planning: Integrating SPM into Microfinance Capacity Building” and “Governance: Integrating SPM into Microfinance Capacity Building”. According to the Social Performance Task Force (SPTF), an initiative of CGAP
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: World Economic Forum, Boston Consulting Group Publish “Mobile Financial Services Development Report 2011”
The World Economic Forum (WEF), a nonprofit headquartered in Geneva that engages world leaders “to improve the state of the world”, in association with the US-based Boston Consulting Group (BCG) recently published a report entitled “Mobile Financial Services Development Report 2011”. Assessing the development of the mobile financial services (MFS) ecosystem in 20 countries, the report identifies several areas which might be addressed to build scale in MFS thus bringing more people into the formal economy.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Microfinance Investment Transparency and Evaluation in Washington DC, USA, and Online, July 20, 2011
Event Name: USAID Microenterprise Development Office After Hours Seminar #53 – Microfinance Investment Transparency and Evaluation
Event Date: July 20, 2011; 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm EDT
Event Location: QED Group, Washington DC, USA or online
MICROFINANCE EVENT: International Labor Organization (ILO), Microinsurance Network Host “New Frontiers in Microinsurance Distribution” Webinar, July 13, 2011
Event Name: New Frontiers in Microinsurance Distribution
Event Date: July 13, 2011
Event Location: Online
MICROFINANCE EVENT: POSTPONED: CEO and Senior Leader Roundtable, Hosted by the Small Business Banking Network (SBBN) of CapitalPlus Exchange, September 6 to September 7, 2011, Mumbai, India
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL 2012
Event Name: CEO and Senior Leader Roundtable, A Small Business Banking Network Forum
Event Date: September 6 to September 7, 2011.
Event Location: Mumbai, India