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MICROFINANCE EVENT: European Microfinance Platform to Host European Microfinance Week 2007 in Luxembourg

EUROPEAN MICROFINANCE WEEK 2007

NOVEMBER 27-29, LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG

The European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP) will host its 2007 Annual Conference, themed, “European responses to global microfinance challenges” in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Global Microfinance Investment Congress to Convene in Paris in January

THE GLOBAL MICROFINANCE INVESTMENT CONGRESS

JANUARY 21 – 22, 2008, PARIS

Presented by PlaNet Finance, this conference is the first in a series aimed at microfinance investors. Topics are to include equity and fixed-income investment opportunities, measuring social performance, microfinance institution ratings, valuation, pricing and others. The cost is USD 330. For more information, visit www.microfinance-congress.com or contact Mr. Eike Haas at +33 (0) 1 49 21 26 15 or ehaas@planetfinance.org.

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MICROFINANCE EVENT: “Microfinance Dialogue: The Next Decade” at Tufts’ Fletcher School

MICROFINANCE DIALOGUE: THE NEXT DECADE

NOVEMBER 2, 2007 – MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, USA

Quite a few top thinkers in the industry will be on hand at the Fletcher School to state their positions and engage in discussion with the audience. Topics are to include:

Microfinance and the Capital Markets – Who Benefits?

What is the impact of commercial financing on microfinance? Who benefits – customers, investors, the local economy or the public at large? What is an appropriate role for policy in mediating microfinance, if any?

Microfinance and Soft Money – What Is It’s Best Use?

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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Women Advancing Microfinance International to Host Forum on Gender and Microfinance in Washington, D.C.

WOMEN ADVANCING MICROFINANCE INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON GENDER AND MICROFINANCE

OCTOBER 22, 2007, WASHINGTON, D.C.

Women Advancing Microfinance International (WAM) will host a one-day forum on gender and microfinance in Washington, D.C., on October 22, 2007. The forum will feature approximately 100 microfinance practitioners, network representatives, and researchers, gathered to discuss and identify challenges. Participants will develop strategies to enhance benefits for clients and to make more effective use of human resources and talents.

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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Microfinance and Microenterprise Promoter SEEP Network to Host 2007 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.

2007 SEEP NETWORK ANNUAL CONFERENCE

OCTOBER 22 – 26, 2007, WASHINGTON, D.C.

The Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) Network will host its 2007 Annual Conference, themed, “Powering Connections” in Washington, D.C. SEEP’s mission is to connect microfinance and microenterprise practitioners via a global learning network. The 2007 conference will allow participants opportunities to learn, to share, and to engage each other through training sessions, workshops and networking. Expected conference participants will include practitioners, donors, investors and other key stakeholders in microfinance and microenterprise industry.

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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Brooklyn Bridge-TBLI Group to Host Social Responsible Investment Conference, ‘TBLI 2007 Europe,’ Featuring a Workshop on Microfinance

TBLI (Triple Bottom Line Investing) 2007 EUROPE

NOVEMBER 15-16, PARIS, FRANCE

Brooklyn Bridge-TBLI Group, the Dutch consultancy and conference organiser specializing in triple bottom line investing, is hosting what it claims to be the largest regular global event on Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) in November. The event will have participants and speakers from microfinance institutions (MFIs), as well as investment bankers, social entrepreneurs, fund managers, researchers, environmentalists and all kinds of SRI stakeholders from around the globe.

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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Financial Research Associates to Host First Microfinance Conference for Institutional Investors

MICROFINANCE FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR; JANUARY 14-15, 2008; NEW YORK, USA

The event, hosted by Financial Research Associates, is designed to help institutional investors understand the world of microfinance and allow them to identify low-risk market-rate returns while alleviating poverty. The conference will review microfinance institutions and capital management in-depth and will cover specific topics such as microfinance rating methodology, securitization techniques and portfolio risk reduction strategies. There will be speakers and keynote presentations from some of the leading microfinance players.

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MICROCAPITAL STORY: Ethical Corporation Hosts Sustainable Finance Summit 2007 in London, Promotes Microfinance as Promising and Profitable Market

The Sustainable Finance Summit 2007 took place in London yesterday and today (September 18-19). The event was hosted by Ethical Corporation, an independent publisher, conference organizer, and outspoken advocate of responsible business practices worldwide. One of the topics covered at the summit was “Tapping into the £300 billion microfinance market.” Day one of the conference, Head of Global Microfinance at Citigroup, Robert Annibale presented a case study on Citigroup Global Microfinance’s joint venture with Compartamos, a partnership that won the FT Sustainable Deal of the Year award 2006.

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MICROFINANCE EVENT: NAMMS and RMC Present Sixth Annual National Conference “Microfinance in Russia: Building an All-Inclusive Financial System”

MICROFINANCE IN RUSSIA: BUILDING AN ALL-INCLUSIVE FINANCIAL SYSTEM

NOVEMBER 15-17, 2007, MOSCOW, RUSSIA

The National Partnership of Microfinance Market Stakeholders (NAMMS), a non-profit partnership of individuals and organizations dedicated to microfinance proliferation, and the Russian Microfinance Center, a non-profit organization that promotes microfinance in Russia, jointly present “Microfinance in Russia: Building an All-Inclusive Financial System” to take place in Moscow, Russia, November 15-17, 2007.

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MICROCAPITAL STORY: AMFOT and CAMFA Announce Microfinance Conference in Tajikistan

MICROFINANCE IN CENTRAL ASIA: ROAD AHEAD

SEPTEMBER 20-21, 2007, DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN

The Association of Micro Finance Organizations of Tajikistan (AMFOT) and the Central Asia Micro Finance Alliance (CAMFA) have announced its fifth annual regional conference to be held in Dushanbe,Tajikistan. The conference will be conducted simultaneously in Russian and English. Participants are expected from government, banks and microfinance institutions (MFIs), international institutes, support funds, rating agencies and international investors that specialize in financing banks and non-bank microfinance programs.

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MICROCAPITAL STORY: Microfinance Promoter Clinton Global Initiative to Hold 2007 Annual Meeting in New York City

CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE 2007 ANNUAL MEETING – SEPTEMBER 26-28, 2007, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA

The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) is a non-partisan, global effort to bring together world leaders to discuss pressing world challenges in education, energy and climate change, global health and poverty alleviation. At the core of the CGI is its annual meeting which began in 2005 and is designed as a working session to generate innovative solutions to problems across the globe. The CGI is a project of the William J. Clinton Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by US President Clinton, which aims to strengthen the capacity of people in the United States and throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence.

The 2007 meeting will include over 1,000 leaders from business, non-government organizations (NGOs), foundations, academia and government. The meeting will be held September 26-28, 2007 in New York City and offers various concurrent working sessions each day on the four primary areas of focus.