Event Name: “Microfinance Principles – Summer Academy”
Event Date: July 15 to July 17, 2010
Event Location: London, England
Event Website: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/645214855
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Cost: Tuition is GBP 750 (USD 1,160) and lodging is GBP 250 (USD 387)
Summary of Event: This three-day event will focus on developing practical skills for microfinance professionals. The Microfinance Association (MA) states that the goal of this seminar is to deliver “quality technical knowledge, build up a worldwide network and share your practical experience.”
Background on the Organizer: MA was established as a professional organization for all employed in the microfinance sector. On an ongoing basis, the MA provides opportunities for continuing education and promotes the development of the microfinance. Registered as a British nonprofit, MA claims members on five continents [1].
Event Themes and Discussion Topics:
– Introduction to microfinance
– Products and services in modern microfinance
– Main features of microcredit
– Sustainability and outreach
– Risk management in microfinance
– Monitoring microfinance processes
– Microfinance performance
– The role of regulation
Who is invited to Attend: All microfinance practitioners
About the Presenters: Dr Kenneth Rufasha has 14 years of direct management of banking and microfinance operations and seven years of consulting in the same area. He also teaches banking and finance at Nottingham Trent University in Nottingham, England. Dr Gianfranco Vento is an Associate Professor in Banking and Finance at the Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi in Rome, Italy. His primary research interests are capital market functioning and microfinance regulation.
Online Registration Address: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/645214855
For additional information you may contact: http://www.eventbrite.com/contact-organizer?eid=645214855
Additional resources:
[1] The Microfinance Association: “What We Do,” http://www.microfinanceassociation.org/page.aspx?id=4
MicroCapital’s Microfinance Universe profile: The Microfinance Association: https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=The+Microfinance+Association
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