Event Name: Risk Management Excellence in Microfinance – Connecting Luxembourg to Leading MFIs
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Category: Events
MICROFINANCE EVENT: SOCAP09 (Social Capital Markets 2009), 1-3 September 2009
Event Name: SOCAP09 – At the Intersection of Money and Meaning
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Cost: Individual Rate USD 1,195; Corporate Rate USD 1,395 (includes acknowledgement of organization on website). Early Bird Discount of 30% by Friday 31 July using the code SR30.
Summary of Event: Experts will deconstruct issues and explore new strategies for success in the changed financial environment, including how to create effective partnerships, learn from best practices, and how to tap into new resources. The first two days will include plenaries, break out sessions and workshops. This will be followed by a third day of participant-led sessions.
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Opportunity Collaboration Summit, October 17-20, 2009 in Ixtapa, Mexico
Event Name: Opportunity Collaboration Summit
Event Date: October 17-20, 2009
Event Location: Ixtapa, Mexico
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MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Microfinance India Summit 2009, October 26-28, 2009 in New Delhi, India, Organized by ACCESS Development Services
Event Name: Microfinance India Summit 2009
Event Date: October 26-28, 2009
Event Location: New Delhi, India, TAJ Palace Hotel
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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Promoting Financial Capability and Consumer Protection – A Step Forward Towards Financial Inclusion in Africa, 8-9 September 2009 in Accra, Ghana, Organized by German Development Cooperation, the World Bank, United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Event Name: Promoting Financial Capability and Consumer Protection – A Step Forward Towards Financial Inclusion in Africa
Event Description: Conference
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Cost: Not available. Please inquire with the contact person provided below.
Summary of Event: The two-day conference aims to discuss whether and how financial inclusion can be strengthened, share and learn from individual country experiences, and establish a roadmap that will define the roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders.
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Triple Bottom Line Investing (TBLI) 2009 Europe Conference
Event Name: TBLI 2009 Europe Conference
Date: November 12-13, 2009
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Elicium, RAI Convention Centre and Amsterdam Okura Hotel
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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Women in Microfinance Career Panel, July 23, 2009 in New York, NY, Organized by WAM-NY
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Women in Microfinance Career Panel, July 23, 2009 in New York, NY, Organized by WAM-NY
Event Name: Women in Microfinance Career Panel
Date: July 23, 2009
Location: The Carlton Hotel on Madison Avenue, New York, NY
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MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Microfinance Conference 2009 in Amman, Jordan on October 26-27, 2009, Organized by UniGlobal Research in Association with Sanabel
Event Name: MENA Microfinance Conference 2009
Date: October 26-27, 2009
Location: Amman, Jordan
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MICROCAPITAL STORY: CGAP Microfinance Photography Contest Opens for Entries
Over the past three years, the CGAP Microfinance Photography Contest has brought the work of professional and amateur photographers worldwide to a range of venues. Winning photos from the 2008 contest are currently on display at Citigroup Centre in London. We encourage you to share your vision of microfinance with the world by participating in this year’s contest.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: 5th International Microinsurance Conference in Dakar, Senegal on November 3-5, 2009, Organized by Microinsurance Network and the Munich Re Foundation
Event Name: 5th International Microinsurance Conference
Date: November 3-5, 2009
Location: Le Méridien President, Dakar, Senegal
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MICROFINANCE EVENT: 8th Africa Microfinance Network (AFMIN) Annual Conference & General Assembly 16 Nov 2009 to 20 November 2009
Event Name: 8th Africa Microfinance Network (AFMIN) Annual Conference & General Assembly
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Cost: No details regarding cost have been provided.
Summary of Event: This event will focus on recommending strategies to boost economic growth in Africa with the view to building strong and inclusive rural financing systems that create employment, wealth and increase income of the poor in rural areas.
MICROCAPITAL STORY: Client Protection In Microfinance – Observations by ACCION and Prizma Mikro From A Hanson Wade Conference On Microfinance Investments
At a recent conference on ‘Investments In Microfinance’ which was held in London and organized by Hanson Wade, a panel discussion was dedicated to the issue of client protection. The panel was led by Ms. Elisabeth Rhyne, Managing Director at the ACCION Centre for Financial Inclusion and Mr. Kenan Crnkic, General Director of Prizma Mikro, an MFI headquartered in Sarajevo. According to its profile on the MIX Market portal, a database which collects financial and other information about MFIs across the globe, Prizma is a non-bank financial institution and was established in 1997. Its total assets as at 31 December 2008 is USD 52,445,597 and it has a Debt To Equity ratio of 297.89 percent. Its Return On Equity is 8.17 percent and its Return On Assets is 2.28 percent. Prizma has 55,820 active borrowers as at 31 December 2008.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Microfinance for Institutional Investors Conference, September 21-23, 2009 in Washington, DC, Organized by Hanson Wade
Event Name: Microfinance for Institutional Investors Conference
Date: September 21-23, 2009
Location: Tyson’s Corner Marriott, Vienna, VA (Washington, DC metro area)
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MICROCAPITAL STORY – Highlights From A Hanson Wade Conference On Microfinance Investments And Observations By Key Panelists From MFX Solutions, ACCION, OPIC, Deutsche Bank, Microfinance Transparency And Others
The recent conference on ‘Investments In Microfinance’ which was held in London was attended by a variety of participants in the microfinance sector, including MFIs, investors, bankers, lawyers and researchers. Panelists and speakers at the event discussed topical issues affecting the microfinance sector which included the following: (i) Hedging foreign currency risk in microfinance transactions; (ii) The problem of over-indebtedness; (iii) Client protection issues and (iv) Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Finance. As shown in the conference agenda, panelists and speakers also discussed the future of microfinance and the impact of the current crisis on sources of funding for the microfinance industry. The conference concluded with a discussion on microfinance securitization and the key legal issues in such transactions. Below is a short summary of some of the points raised at the conference.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: 2009 SEEP Annual Network Conference in Washington, DC on November 2-6, 2009, Organized by SEEP
Event Name: 2009 SEEP Annual Network Conference
Date: November 2-6, 2009
Location: Sheraton National Hotel, Arlington, VA (Washington, DC metro area)
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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Rural Microfinance: Strategies for Reaching the Underserved, 30 Sept 2009 to 1 Oct 2009, Mexico City, Mexico
Event Name: Rural Microfinance: Strategies for Reaching the Underserved
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Cost: Participants pay 2,000 Mexican pesos + VAT. This event is free for donor agency representatives, however they must still register.
Summary of Event: This conference will bring together Mexican credit union practitioners and donor agencies from around the worldwide to discuss the role of microfinance in fighting rural poverty. It will also showcase the outreach efforts of rural credit unions and how adaptable these are to other regions.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Encuentro Centroamericano de Microfinanzas Conference in El Salvador on September 9 -11, 2009, Organized by ACCION International and Citi Foundation
Event Name: Encuentro Centroamericano de Microfinanzas
Date: September 9 -11, 2009
Location: Real InterContinental Hotel, San Salvador, El Salvador
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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Mobile Money Transfer, Conference and Expo, October 26-27, 2009, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Mobile Money Transfer, Conference and Expo, October 26-27 2009, Dubai
October 26-27 2009, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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