Launched by the Guyanan government in cooperation with the World Bank and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Symposium on Agricultural Risk and Insurance was held in Georgetown, Guyana, from December 7th to 9th to address the primary risk factors affecting the agricultural sector of Guyana and to lay out a risk management strategy. The event included 70 participants from the policy, agriculture, risk management, and financial sectors.
Category: Events
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: MicroInsurance Summit 2010: Evaluating Stategies for Delivery, Partner-Agent Models and Scalability, February 23-25, 2010, Le Meridien Piccadilly, London
Event Name: MicroInsurance Summit 2010: Evaluating Stategies for Delivery, Partner-Agent Models and Scalability
Event Date: February 23-25, 2010
Event Location: Le Meridien Piccadilly, London
Event Website: http://www.hansonwade.com/events/microinsurance-summit-2010/index.shtml
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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Srijan Microfinance Forum & Awards 2009 on December 8, 2009 by Intellecap and Standard Chartered PLC
Event Name: Srijan Microfinance Forum & Awards 2009
Event Description: This event functions primarily as a forum to discuss social versus commercial aspects of microfinance and highlight innovative technologies utilized in providing financial services for the poor. It also includes awards which recognize successful financial models and practitioners in the sector that have been able to make a social impact on rural communities.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Microfinance in Post-Conflict Areas & Failed States on December 8, 2009 in San Mateo, California hosted by Silicon Valley Microfinance Network
Event Name: Microfinance in Post-Conflict Areas & Failed States
Event Description: This networking event is intended for anyone interested in microfinance and economic development. It aims to address key issues related to global microfinance initiatives, especially in war-torn regions.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: SEEP Practitioner Learning Program Seeks Applicants to Share Best Practices in Scaling Up Youth Microfinance
The Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) Network’s Practitioner Learning Program (PLP) “Reaching Scale in Youth Financial Services” is accepting applications through Monday, December 14, 2009. PLP is a learning project that will explore innovations in youth financial services to help microfinance and microenterprise institutions better respond to the growing need for appropriate and accessible products for people 12 through 24 years old. The PLP will focus on understanding the stages organizations must move through to achieve scale. The goal is to expand the number of youth clients served by appropriate financial services and to improve the quality and breadth of service provision to youth.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: National Conference on Microinsurance on December 10-11, 2009 in New Delhi, India
Event Name: National Conference on Microinsurance
Event Description: The goal of this conference is to facilitate discussions between practitioners, regulators, actuaries, and researchers on issues related to the provision of microinsurance in India, while especially focusing on more vulnerable states with lower Human Development Indices (HDI). Specific topics to be discussed include: (1) Microinsurance issues and innovations regarding weather, health, and other livelihood products, (2) Distribution models: relevance and operational challenges, (3) Role of microinsurance in financial inclusion, and (4) Role of policy makers in facilitating proper environment.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: 2010 Africa/Middle East Regional Microcredit Summit (AMERMS) on April 7-10, 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya
Event Name: 2010 Africa/Middle East Regional Microcredit Summit (AMERMS)
Event Description: This conference, which is attended by microfinance practitioners and other stakeholders, aims to encourage the integration between the microfinance industry with other sectors, and showcase current projects that have been successfully launched in Africa and the Middle East regions. It also plans to monitor progress towards fulfilling the Microcredit Summit’s two goals for 2015, which are (1) to provide financial services to 175 million of the world’s poorest and (2) to help 100 million families rise above the poverty line.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Insights on Regulatory Developments in Russia’s Microfinance Sector
Robin Ratcliffe, Director of the SMART Campaign, reports on her observations from the Eighth National Conference on Microfinance hosted by the Russian Microfinance Center which brings together 400 microfinance players across the country as well as representatives from the Russian ministries. Ms. Ratcliffe notes that the Russian microfinance sector is about ten years old, currently reaches about 600,000 clients and is dominated by small business lending carried out by government development funds. Also, credit cooperatives which have dominate microfinance activities of savings and lending in the rural areas, have been unregulated. As a result, foreign investors have found it difficult to operate in Russia because management, governance, and accounting standards vary widely. However, a state has passed new legislation that would establish standards to regulate credit cooperatives for the first time.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: At Conference, Kenyan Finance Minister Talks About Microfinance Reform
At the 16th Annual Conference sponsored by MicroFinance Network (MFN) in Nairobi, Kenyan Minister of Finance Uhuru Kenyatta commented on the progress of the government towards implementing reforms in the microfinance sector. Last year, the government passed its Microfinance Act and pursuant to it, has begun supervising and regulating the industry, including issuing licenses to operate as microfinance institutions. Currently, Kenya has 4.5 million customers in microfinance sector and those figures will go higher with reforms. Minister Uhuru noted that the Central Bank of Kenya has already created a microfinance supervisory division and plans on future laws to monitor remittances as well.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: 2nd Microfinance & Sustainable Development Summit on January 25-27, 2010 in New York City
Event Name: 2nd Microfinance & Sustainable Development Summit
Event Description: The 2nd Microfinance & Sustainable Development Summit will focus on the emerging opportunities of impact investing for investors looking for financial returns as well as social benefits. The event will discuss issues such as distribution channels and models for reaching the poor, profitable microfinance and social enterprise investments, mitigating risk for investments in emerging markets, innovative debt and equity structures, and more.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Microfinance Investments in Asia: Capturing the Untapped Potential of Asian Markets & International Investors
Event Name: Microfinance Investments in Asia: Capturing the Untapped Potential of Asian Markets & International Investors
Event Type: Conference
Event Description: This conference is intended for “central banks, policy makers, commercial banks, asset managers, private and institutional investors, multilateral investors, foundations, and family offices” to come together and gain exposure to opportunities for investments in microfinance in Asia. Attendees will gain such exposure through being presented with case studies and project results, as well as through the networking aspect of the conference. Specific opportunities through sessions are as follows:
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Africa Finance & Investment Forum 2009
Event Name: Africa Finance & Investment Forum 2009
Event Type: Conference
Event Description: Attendees for this conference will include leaders representing microfinance institutions (MFIs), development banks, commercial banks, governmental organizations, NGOs, and private firms. These representatives will have the opportunity to select sessions to attend and speakers to listen to, as well as network with other representatives. General themes running through the sessions will be “Capacity Building, Energy, Trade, Microfinance and Infrastructures.” Specific topics for this conference will include “Boosting African Economy through Entrepreneurship” and “The role of International Financial Institutions.” Speakers will include:
MICROCAPITAL.ORG EVENT: Asia Microfinance Forum 2010, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Event Description: The Asia Microfinance Forum 2010 will address the issues vital to Asia’s microfinance industry as it emerges from the current economic crisis, including regulation, financing, investment readiness, transparency, consumer protection, and MFI transformation. This event will bring together leading microfinance practitioners, policymakers, financiers, academics and advocates from around the world to outline their visions and priorities, and explore new ideas, opportunities and partnerships.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: MFTransparency Data Launch Calls 1 & 2
Event Title: MFTransparency Data Launch Call 1
Event Date:Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Event Time:10:00 PM – 11:30 PM EST (2:00 PM Sydney, 10:00 AM Jakarta and Dhaka, 8:30 AM New Delhi, 6:00 AM Nairobi)
MICROFINANCE EVENT: 2009 SEEDFINANCE Micro No More Stakeholders Conference
Event Name: 2009 SEEDFINANCE Micro No More Stakeholders Conference
Event Description: The Micro No More Stakeholders Conference is a forum to network form partnerships with development workers, support providers, and various stakeholders in the microfinance industry. There will be workshops and plenary briefings on topics such as “microfinance standards and regulations, mobile banking, microremittance, risk management, sustainable energy, housing microfinance, microinsurance, social performance and fair economic development.”
Event Date: November 26, 2009-November 27, 2009
MICROFINANCE EVENT: “Doing Good and Doing Well” – A Conference on Responsible Business
Event Name: “Doing Good and Doing Well” – A Conference on Responsible Business
Event Description: This event provides an opportunity for students, professors and professionals to discuss careers that are both profitable and socially responsible. The topics include microfinance, social entrepreneurship, corporate citizenship, public-private partnerships, renewable energy and socially responsible investing. There will be various speakers, a Career Forum, interactive panels, networking events, and a Venture Seminar to “facilitate the investment process of worthwhile start-up companies.”
Event Date: February 26-27, 2010
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Milagrow World Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Conference 2009
Event Name: Milagrow World Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Conference 2009
Event Description: The World SME Conference will bring together will bring together SME shareholders from around the world, including Government bodies and SME Associations, to discuss challenges, policies, enhancing competitiveness, innovative financial products, IT solutions, management, marketing, and improvement of quality standards. The theme of the conference is entitled “My Way, My Vision : From Giant Ideas to Giant Corporations.” Workshops and panel discussions will be held with the stated purpose of taking businesses from “Grassroots to Global.”
Event Date/Time: December 16, 2009: 8:30 am – 5:35 pm, December 17, 2009: 8:30 am – 6:50 pm
MICROFINANCE EVENT: 2009 Toronto Microfinance Conference
Event Name: 2009 Toronto Microfinance Conference
Event Description: The 2009 Toronto Microfinance Conference is meant for anyone who is interested in microfinance and wants to learn about initiatives and how they can get involved. Events include an information session called “Microfinance 101,” workshops on microfinance in Africa, Latin America, North Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and time set aside for networking. There will also be panel discussions with representatives from Panel Discussion with panelists from: Rotarian Action Group on Microcredit, Grameen Foundation, FINCA International, Access Community Capital, Federation for Women, and Scotiabank.
Event Date/Time: November 14, 2009: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm