Event Name: Conference: Transparent Pricing Initiative in Bolivia
Event Date: December 2, 2010 (date has been revised)
Event Location: Radisson Plaza Hotel, La Paz, Bolivia
Category: Events
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Obama Attends Sixth Annual Meeting of Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), Microfinance Initiative by Pakistan’s Kashf Foundation Announced
On September 21, 2010, US President Barack Obama and 64 current and former heads of state attended the opening of the sixth annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), a forum on international development founded in 2005 by former US President Bill Clinton.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Social Investors Investigate Criteria for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Performance of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), Triple Jump, Oikocredit Hold Meeting to Mull Harmonization of ESG Evaluation
The Social Investor Working Group on Tool Sharing and Harmonization, a group born out of the Social Investor Group meeting in Bern in June 2010, where approximately 40 investors representing about half of total assets under management in the microfinance sector met to discuss socially responsible investing, is exploring different ways to assess the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs).
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: International Impact Investing Summit 2010, New York City, December 2 to December 3
Event Name: International Impact investing Summit
Event Date: Thursday, December 2, to Friday, December 3
Event Location: The Flatotel, New York City, USA
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MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Prepaid Mobile 2010 Conference, Barcelona, Spain, September 27-September 30, 2010
Event Name: Prepaid Mobile 2010
Event Date: September 27-September 30, 2010
Event Location: Barcelona, Spain
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Intellecap Hosts 2010 Srijan Financial Inclusion Forum and Awards in Mumbai, India, October 7 – 8, 2010
Event Name: 2010 Srijan Financial Inclusion Forum
Event Date: October 7, 2010 – October 8, 2010
Event Locations: Taj Land’s End, Mumbai, India
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI) Hosts “Understanding Failures in Microfinance” in Washington, DC on September 22, 2010
Event Name: Understanding Failures in Microfinance
Event Date: September 22, 2010
Event Location: Center for Financial Inclusion, Washington, DC, USA
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance India 2010 Awards to be Presented at The Microfinance India Summit, November 15, 2010
Access Development Services, an Indian nonprofit organization that offers consulting services to microfinance institutions (MFIs), and Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Limited, an international banking group, will present the Microfinance India Awards 2010 at the Microfinance India Summit on November 15, 2010.
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: 2010 Toronto Microfinance Conference and Gala, Toronto, Canada, October 1 to October 2
Event Name: 2010 Toronto Microfinance Conference and Gala: ‘moving out of poverty… the micro way’
Event Date: Gala – ‘the micro ball’ – October 1, 2010, and Conference – ‘the micro way’ – October 2, 2010
Event Location: Allstream Centre, Toronto, Canada
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: European Microfinance Network (EMN) and Center for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi) Host the Microfinance in Europe Seminar in Brussels, Belgium, September 23, 2010
Event Name: European Microfinance Network (EMN) and Center for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi) Seminar: Microfinance in Europe
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Africa Microfinance Network (AFMIN) Hosts the Ninth Annual Microfinance Conference and General Assembly in Ghana, October 5 to 9, 2010
Event Name: 2010 Annual African Microfinance Network (AFMIN) Conference and General Assembly “Access to Financial Services: Reaching the Poor and Excluded”
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) Hosts Virtual Conference on Microfinance and Mobile Banking, September 8 and 9
Event Name: CGAP Technology Blog: Microfinance and Mobile Banking
Event Date: September 8 and September 9, 2010, the blog will open from 6:00am to 12:00pm (ET) each day
Event Location: Online
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Hanson Wade Hosts Microfinancial Services World: Innovation In Microfinance Conference in Washington D.C., October 25 to 28
Event Name: Microfinancial Services World: Innovation In Microfinance
Event Date: October 25 – October 28, 2010
Event Location: Crowne Plaza Hamilton, Washington D.C.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Application Deadline For $122,000 European Microfinance Award Extended to September 30, 2010
The European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP), a network of approximately 120 organizations involved in microfinance in developing countries, has announced that the deadline to apply for the 3rd European Microfinance Award has been extended to September 30, 2010 from September 1, 2010.
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Mitigating Cost of Access to Finance for Micro and Small Enterprises in Southern Africa, September 29 – 30, 2010, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Event Name: Mitigating Cost of Access to Finance for Micro and Small Enterprises in South Africa
Event Date: September 29 – September 30, 2010
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Banking with the Poor (BWTP) Network, South Asian Microfinance Network, Citi Host “Invest Asia: Panel Discussion and Market Place” at Asia Microfinance Forum 2010
The Banking with the Poor (BWTP) Network, an Asian microfinance network based in Singapore; the South Asian Microfinance Network, an initiative to promote economic development in South Asia; and Citi, an affiliate of global financial services provider Citi plan to host “Invest Asia: Panel Discussion and Market Place” on October 14 during the Asia Microfinance Forum.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Sri Lanka Banks’ Association (SLBA) Becomes Supporting Partner for Asia Microfinance Forum
The Sri Lanka Banks’ Association (SLBA), a network of 29 banks in Sri Lanka, has announced that it will become a supporting partner for the Asia Microfinance Forum, a conference taking place in Sri Lanka in October 2010 and organized by Banking with the Poor Network (BWTP Network) of Singapore.
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: 2010 SEEP Annual Conference: Reflecting on 25 Years of Milestones in Microenterprise Development, Arlington, Virginia, USA, November 1-5, 2010
Event Name: 2010 SEEP Annual Conference: Reflecting on 25 Years of Milestones in Microenterprise Development