The European Union/Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Microfinance Program is offering scholarships for ACP policymakers to participate in the Boulder Microfinance Training Program that will take place in Turin, Italy, from July 18 to August 5, 2011 [1]. The scholarship, worth EUR 3,100 (USD 4,200), will cover tuition for the three weeks of training [1]. The scholarship does not cover accommodation or travel expenses. Candidates must be policymakers such as staff members of central banks or other ministries or supervisory bodies that create or implement policies that impact access to finance within ACP [1]. The Boulder Microfinance Training Programme covers topics such as agricultural and rural finance, analyzing microfinance institution (MFI) performance, branchless banking, business planning, financial risk management, microinsurance and integrating social performance into microfinance management and reporting.
Category: Events
MICROFINANCE EVENT: NEW DATES Triple Bottom Line Investments (TBLI) Hosts TBLI Conference Asia 2011 in Tokyo, Japan, September 15 to 16
Event Name: Triple Bottom Line Investments (TBLI) Conference Asia 2011
Event Date: September 15 – September 16, 2011
Event Location: Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo, Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) Housing Finance 2011 – Investment Strategies to Scale Up Affordable Housing Finance, June 28-29, 2011, Miami, Florida, United States
Event Name: Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) Housing Finance 2011 – Investment Strategies to Scale Up Affordable Housing Finance
Event Date: June 28 – June 29, 2011
Event Location: Miami, Florida, United States
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Microfinance Pasifika Network Presents Third Pacific Microfinance Week 2011 (PMW2011), July 25 – July 29, 2011, Port Vila, Vanuatu
Event Name: 3rd Pacific Microfinance Week 2011 (PMW2011)
Event Date: July 25 – July 29, 2011
Event Location: Port Vila, Vanuatu
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Hanson Wade Hosts Transformational Microfinance LATAM in Mexico City, Mexico, May 17 – May 19, 2011
Event Name: Transformational Microfinance LATAM
Event Date: May 17 – May 19, 2011
Event Location: Mexico City, Mexico
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Social Investment Organization (SIO) Presents Canadian Responsible Investment Conference 2011 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, June 20 – June 22, 2011
Event Name: Canadian Responsible Investment Conference 2011
Event Date: June 20 – June 22, 2011
Event Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Intellecap Presents Sankalp 2011: Social Enterprise & Investment Forum in Mumbai, India, May 5 – May 6, 2011
Event Name: Sankalp 2011: Social Enterprise & Investment Forum
Event Date: May 5 – May 6, 2011
Event Location: Mumbai, India
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Africa Investor Hosts Investors’ Summit on Social Investing and Social Enterprise in Africa, Capetown, South Africa, May 3, 2011
Event Name: Investors’ Summit on Social Investing and Social Enterprise in Africa – Incorporating Sukuma Afrika Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Awards
Event Date: May 3, 2011
Event Location: Capetown, South Africa
MICROFINANCE EVENT: 5th Annual University of Pennsylvania Microfinance Conference, Philadelphia, USA, April 9, 2011
Event Name: 5th Annual University of Pennsylvania Microfinance Conference
Event Date: April 9, 2011
Event Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Microfinance Crisis in India: Local and Global Implications – A Panel Discussion, April 8, 2011, Hosted by the American University, Washington DC, USA
Event Name: Microfinance Crisis in India: Local and Global Implications – A Panel Discussion
Event Date: April 8, 2011, 5.00 pm – 6.30 pm
Event Location: Room 120, School of International Service (SIS), American University, Washington DC
MICROFINANCE EVENT: 9th Annual Women’s World Banking (WWB) Microfinance and the Capital Markets Conference, New York City, USA, April 6-7, 2011
Event Name: 9th Annual Women’s World Banking (WWB) Microfinance and the Capital Markets Conference
Event Date: April 6 – April 7, 2011
Event Location: New York City, USA
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: CANCELLED Developing Inclusive Financial Systems: The CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) Course for Funders of Microfinance in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 22 to 29, 2011
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Event Name: Developing Inclusive Financial Systems: The CGAP Course for Funders of Microfinance, “How Can Funders Support Microfinance Effectively?”
Event Date: April 22 – April 29, 2011
Event Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Reserve Bank of Fiji to Take Microfinance “Expos” to Rural Islands
Reserve Bank of Fiji (RBF), the nation’s central banking authority, has announced plans to take microfinance expos to the outer rural islands Fiji in an effort to raise awareness of microfinance and promote greater financial inclusion.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Chicago Microfinance Conference (CFMC), May 6, 2011, Hosted In the US State of Illinois by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Event Name: Chicago Microfinance Conference (CFMC)
Event Date: May 6, 2011
Event Location: University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois, USA
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Cracking the Nut – Overcoming Obstacles to Rural and Agricultural Finance, Washington, DC, United States, June 20-21, 2011
Name of Event: Cracking the Nut – Overcoming Obstacles to Rural and Agricultural Finance
Date of Event: June 20 – June 21, 2011
Place of Event: Washington, DC, United States
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Microcredit Summit Campaign 2011, Valladolid, Spain, November 14-17, 2011
Event Name: Global Microcredit Summit 2011
Event Date: November 14 – November 17, 2011
Event Location: Valladolid, Spain
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Fourth Annual Convergences 2015 – Working Towards the Millennium Development Goals, Paris, France, May 3-5, 2011
Event Name: Fourth Annual Convergences 2015 – Working Towards the Millennium Development Goals
Event Date: May 3 – May 5, 2011
Event Location: City Hall, Paris, France
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: International Finance Corporation (IFC), Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) Host Development Finance Institutions to Discuss Sustainable Development, Finance for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-investment arm of the World Bank Group, and the French Agency for Development hosted policymakers and representatives from several development finance institutions (DFIs) on Wednesday to discuss sustainable economic growth and finance solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).