Category: Events

Financial Management Training for Microfinance Institutions, November 12-14, 2009, at Davao City, Philippines, presented by the Social Enterprise Development Partnerships, Inc. (SEDPI) and sponsored by the Social Enterprise Development Partnerships, Inc. (SEDPI) and Ateneo de Manila University.

November 12-14, 2009, at Davao City, Philippines.

Gateways to Global Poverty Reduction and Financial Inclusion: Linking Savings and Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs)

April 29, 2009, 9:30am-11:00am EST, New American Foundation Head Office, 1899 L Street NW, Washington DC, 4th Floor

International Insurance Society’s 45th Annual Seminar: Maintaining Sustainability in a Changing World

June 7-10, 2009, Amman, Jordan

Investments in Microfinance 2009: Surviving the Liquidity Crisis and Ensuring Sustainable Growth

July 7-8, 2009, London, United Kingdom

HansonWade Ltd., a London based research firm will host Investment in Microfinance 2009, a two-day conference event in London on the 7^th and 8^th of July, 2009. The event is focused specifically on the theme ‘Surviving the Liquidity Crisis and Ensuring Sustainable Growth’ and will explore how key microfinance institutions (MFIs) and funds are changing their strategies to ensure survival amidst the financial crisis. Participants at the event include institutional investors, portfolio managers, equity investors, consultants, asset managers, philanthropic investors and socially responsible investors. Key organizations participating in this event include the Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, CitiGroup, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, SKS Microfinance, Blue Orchard, IFC, KFW and Women’s World Banking among others. The event will be held at the Hilton Easton Hotel in London.

Boulder Microfinance Training Program

July 20, 2009 to Aug. 7, 2009, Turin, Italy

Transforming the Landscape of Leadership in Microfinance:  Maintaining the Focus on Women

 April 16, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. 

Macro to Micro: Performance of Investment in Microfinance in the Current Financial Crisis moderated by Andrea M Esposito, Managing Director (Standard and Poor’s NY) and sponsored by the Financial Women’s Associate of New York (FWA), Microfinance Club of New York.

May 7, 2009, at the McGraw-Hill Companies, Rockefeller Center, New York.

MICROFINANCE 2.0: INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THRIVE IN THE DOWNTURN

JUNE 15-17, 2009, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

Microenterprise and Development Institute Ghana 2009

April 27 to May 9, 2009, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Accra, Ghana

The 2009 Pacific Northwest Microfinance Conference, hosted and sponsored by Seattle Pacific University School of Business & Economics, the SBE Microfinance Initiative, and the Center for Integrity in Business

May 8-9, 2009 at Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Washington

RURAL MICROFINANCE: STRATEGIES FOR REACHING THE UNDERSERVED

JUNE 17- 18, 2009, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO

Market Research for Microfinance Managers

April 15-17, 2009, Hyderabad, India

Microfinance Connect, in association with Sambodhi Research and Communications, is conducting a training program on ‘Market Research for Microfinance Managers’ from Apr 15-17, 2009 at Hyderabad, India. The need for the training stems from the fact that market research, which is a generally widely accepted and employed science to collect and analyze relevant data about customers/ competitors and markets, has found limited usage in Microfinance. The supply side potential for microfinance is immense with a large population out of reach of formal financial systems and this makes it tougher for organizations to transition from supply driven to demand driven growth. Hence, there is a need to sensitize and capacitate microfinance practitioners towards understanding the market in greater detail and appreciating specific needs of customers. Thus, according to the organizers, the main aim of the training is to address this need and to create more use for market research in the microfinance industry.