3RD ANNUAL MICROFINANCE EAST: THE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY
JANUARY 29-30, 2009, THE HARMONIE CLUB, NEW YORK, NY
Financial Research Associates (FRA), an organization that provides information and networking opportunities through conferences and seminars, will host the 3rd Annual Microfinance East Conference in January.
Category: Events
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Women Advancing Microfinance New York (WAM New York) Hosts Panel Discussion on Female Leadership in Microfinance Sector on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2008, 6:30PM – 8:30PM, NEW YORK CITY
Women Advancing Microfinance New York (WAM New York), the New York branch of an international organization of professional women who work to promote microfinance, will host a discussion panel on female leadership in microfinance on Monday, November 17. The event will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Sullivan and Cromwell on 125 Broad Street in New York City.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: CGAP Roundtable and Webinar On Mobile Banking for Poor People: Pioneer Perspectives
MOBILE BANKING FOR THE POOR: PIONEER PERSPECTIVES
DECEMBER 11, 2008, 2:00PM – 5:00PM, WORLD BANK HEADQUARTERS, WASHINGTON, D.C.
CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) will be hosting a discussion on the CGAP Technology Blog on how mobile phone banking can deliver a range of financial services to poor people and change lives for the better.
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: 2008 Economic Self-Reliance Conference
NOVEMBER 6-7, PROVO, UTAH
Brigham Young University (BYU) will host the 11th annual Economic Self-Reliance Conference this week in order to bring together social entrepreneurs to address domestic and international poverty and economic development by highlighting new research and practices that are gaining momentum domestically and abroad. The conference will be held at the Brigham Young University Conference Center. It is hoped that the conference will provide a forum for participants from various backgrounds to construct cross-disciplinary solutions to the complex problems of poverty and economic development.
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: MOBILE COMMERCE 2008 EVENT IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA
DECEMBER 3-4, 2008, MOSCOW, RUSSIA
The Mobile Payments Project of the Infocommunication Union has organized Mobile Commerce 2008, an international conference meant to draw the government’s and businesses’ attention to problems and opportunities relating to the development of the domestic mobile commerce market and the distribution of remote banking services in Russia. The event will take place from December 3 to December 4, 2008 at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Moscow and has been endorsed by Russia’s Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation will also participate in the conference.
MICROCAPITAL STORY: Pro Mujer to Mark 18 years of Microfinance during 2008 Benefit Event
Pro Mujer, an international microfinance organization serving women in Latin America will hold its 2008 benefit celebration in New York City on October 30th. The event will celebrate Pro Mujer’s 18 years of operation and over one million women served.
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGIONAL MICROCREDIT SUMMIT OF 2009
JUNE 8-10, 2009, CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA
The Microcredit Summit Campaign (MSC), a U.S.-based microcredit social movement, and Banca de las Oportunidades, a government-run development bank in Colombia, have co-sponsored the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Microcredit Summit to be held from June 8 to 10, 2009 in Cartagena, Colombia. The summit is intended to provide an opportunity for microfinance practitioners to discuss technological and structural innovation, to share best practices and to network. Prominent speakers will include President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus of the Grameen Bank.
PRESS RELEASE: Grameen Foundation & Grameen Capital India to Offer Course on Alternative Debt Financing Structures for MFIs
Source: Microfinance Gateway.
PRESS RELEASE: Live Blog of Microfinance and New Technologies Summit
Source: Microfinance Gateway.
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE INVESTING (TBLI) 2008 EUROPE CONFERENCE
NOVEMBER 13-14, AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
Brooklyn Bridge – Triple Bottom Line Investing (TBLI) Group will host the TBLI 2008 Europe Conference, an annual international learning and networking event focusing on sustainable development, from Thursday, November 13 to Friday, November 14 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands at the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky. The conference runs from 9:00am until 5:30pm (Central European Time) each day. There is an additional one-day seminar on Wednesday, November 12 entitled “Integrating ESG Into Portfolios.”
MICROFINANCE EVENT: European Microfinance Platform to host Annual European Microfinance Week 2008 in Luxembourg
MICROFINANCE EVENT
NOVEMBER 12 – 14 2008, ABBAYE NEUMÜNSTER, LUXEMBOURG
The European Microfinance Platform (eMFP), a microfinance information exchange network for European financial institutions, government agencies, NGOs, consultancy firms, researchers and universities with interests in developing countries, will host its third annual Microfinance Week. The theme this year is “Frontier Issues in Microfinance – Opportunities and Challenges for European Actors” and will focus on working group sessions for participants on Rural Outreach, Social Performance and MFI Networks, among other matters.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: ACCESS Development Services to host Fifth Annual Microfinance India Summit 2008 in New Delhi
MICROFINANCE INDIA SUMMIT 2008
NOVEMBER 11 -13 2008, HOTEL ASHOK, NEW DELHI
The fifth annual Microfinance India Summit is organized by ACCESS Development Services and will feature “The Poor First” as its central theme. Issues discussed will pertain to the quality of products and services provided to the poor, client protection, community based models and the challenges of inclusive finance.
MICROCAPITAL STORY: Equity Bank Wins Best Micro Finance Bank in Africa Award at the African Bankers Awards In Washington DC
Equity Bank, the largest Kenyan bank with 48% of the nation’s bank accounts, has won the Best Micro Finance Bank in Africa award at the African Bankers Awards in Washington DC. Other nominees for the award were ACCION Microfinance Bank, Barclays, Development Bank of Mauritius, and Swazibank. The event, the second of its kind, was hosted by London-based IC Publications, publishers of African Banker magazine and endorsed by the World Bank. Sponsors included the African Development Bank, 3i Infotech, Ecobank, and the Bank of Industry.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) Working Group on Microinsurance, Munich Re Foundation, Fasecolda, FIDES and Colombia’s Finance Superintendant Host Microinsurance Conference 2008.
MICROINSURANCE CONFERENCE 2008
NOVEMBER 5th – 7th 2008, CONVENTION CENTER IN CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA
This event is the fourth international Microinsurance Conference jointly hosted by the CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance and the Munich Re Foundation. It will focus on the four themes of technology, capacity building, regulatory and policy issues, and innovative products and distribution channels. The conference will have plenary panel discussions on key topics addressing an interdisciplinary audience and will have in attendance over 300 experts in key areas relevant to microfinance.
MICROCAPITAL STORY: BRAC Receives US$ 1.5 million Hilton Humanitarian Prize
The world’s largest humanitarian prize, the USD 1.5 million Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, was awarded to BRAC, for helping more than 110 million people through microcredit and basic services programs. The prize was awarded on October 20th, the International Day to Eradicate Poverty, in Geneva, Switzerland. CEO of the Hilton Foundation Steven M. Hilton spoke of BRAC’s achievements, saying, “BRAC’s approach to creating self-sufficient and sustainable programmes on a massive scale has blazed a trail for development organizations around the world”.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Microfinance Investor Conference, December 11-12, 2008 in Beijing, China
Source: Symbiotics
Original Post available here.
Event site available here.
Beijing, China, October 19, 2008 – This conference shall bring together Chinese MFI and international investors, as well as other stakeholders.
The microfinance landscape in China is developing rapidly and various types of new institutions have entered the market in the past few years. As new institutions are being set up and older ones continue to grow, there is an increasing demand for outside funding.
Organized by the joint People’s Bank of China (PBC)-GTZ project on Microfinance and Rural Financial Sector Reform, this conference shall bring together Chinese MFI (mainly commercially oriented types such as Micro-Credit Companies and Village Banks), international investors, and other stakeholders.
The conference will provide an overview over the Chinese microfinance landscape. As speakers, co-sponsors can further make themselves visible to a wide range of MFI and government decision makers.
All participants have a unique chance to get to know each other and build their networks in our “Market Place”: International Investors will be given space to set up information booths and present themselves to the participating MFI.
Please visit the following homepage www.gtz-china.org/finance/pbc-gtz-2008. Details on registration will be available very soon.
Read more about the project on Microfinance and Rural Financial Sector Reform here.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Innovations for Poverty Action Microfinance Conference
INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION MICROFINANCE CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 17 – OCTOBER 18, 2008, ONLINE COVERAGE
This event sponsored by Innovations for Poverty Action features speakers such as Dean Karlan, Sendhil Mullainathan, Jonathan Morduch, Esther Duflo and Jonathan Zinman. Philanthropy Action has covered the event on its website. Further details were not available.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: USAID Presents Online Conference on How Microfinance Contributes to Economic Recovery in Conflict-affected Countries
HOW DOES MICROFINANCE CONTRIBUTE TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN CONFLICT-AFFECTED COUNTRIES?
OCTOBER 23, 2008, ONLINE
The United States Agency for International Development (AID) is offering this online “webinar” from 10 am to 11 am, eastern US time. Mayada El-Zoghbi of consulting firm Banyan Global will present lessons learned from a collection of recent case studies completed for the Microfinance Amid Conflict research theme of AID’s Accelerated Microenterprise Advancement Project.