Event Name: 5th Global Islamic Microfinance Forum
Event Dates: Conference: November 24-25, 2015; Post-conference workshop: November 26-27, 2015
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MICROFINANCE EVENT: 18th Microfinance Centre Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, November 5-6, 2015
Event Name: Employment, Youth and Investment: What can Microfinance do?
MICROFINANCE EVENT: 2015 Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) Network Annual Conference, September 28 – October 1, 2015, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Event Name: 30th Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) Network Annual Conference: Inclusion and Resilience: The Next Challenge
Event Date: September 28 – October 1, 2015
Event Location: Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel, Arlington, Virginia, USA
MICROFINANCE EVENT: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), World Bank to Host Global Forum on Remittances, June 16-19, 2015, Milan, Italy
Event Name: Global Forum on Remittances 2015
Event Date: June 16-19, 2015
Event Location: Centro Congressi Stella Polare Conference Centre, Milan, Italy
Summary of Event: This event is intended to promote awareness of remittances sent by migrants to their home countries. Session topics will include trends in remittances sent from Europe, best practices in regulation, opportunities for financial inclusion, competition and transaction costs, new technologies, opportunities for public-private partnerships and strategies for developing public-private partnerships to further financial inclusion.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Responsible Digital Finance; March 16, 2015; Frankfurt, Germany
Event Name: Responsible Digital Finance: Global and Local Perspectives on Emerging Opportunities and Risks
Event Date: March 16, 2015
Event Location: Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Frankfurt, Germany
Cost: There is no fee to attend the event, although participants must register in advance.
Summary of Event: Attendees will discuss the opportunities and challenges of implementing digital finance services in developing countries, such as the need for transparent and safe digital products tailor-made for low-income segments of the population living in remote areas.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: 4th Global Islamic Microfinance Forum Hosted by AlHuda Center of Islamic Banking and Economics, Concludes with Release of “Road Map of Industrial Promotion”
The 4th Global Islamic Microfinance Forum was hosted by the AlHuda Center of Islamic Banking and Economics (AlHuda) in November in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, bringing together delegates from 25 countries including this author.
SPECIAL REPORT: European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP) Announces Finalists for Fifth European Microfinance Award for Environmental Products: ESAF Investments of India, Kompanion of Kyrgyzstan, XacBank of Mongolia
The European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP), a Luxembourg-based network of approximately 130 microfinance organizations and individuals, has announced that there are three finalists for the Fifth European Microfinance Award, which is themed “Microfinance and the Environment” for 2014[1].
MICROFINANCE EVENT: AlHuda Center of Islamic Banking and Economics to Host 4th Global Islamic Microfinance Forum, November 1-4, 2014, Dubai, UAE
Event Name: 4th Global Islamic Microfinance Forum
Event Date: Conference: November 1-2, 2014; Post-conference workshop: November 3-4, 2014
Event Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Columbia Business School Social Enterprise Conference, October 31, 2014, New York City, USA
Event: Columbia Business School 2014 Social Enterprise Conference
Event Date: October 31, 2014
Event Location: Marriott Marquis Hotel, New York, New York, USA
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Asia Agriculture Insurance Conference: June 10-11, 2014, Singapore
Event Name: 2nd Asia Agriculture Insurance Conference
Event Date: June 10-11, 2014
Event Location: Mandarin Orchard Hotel, Singapore
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Impact Investing at a Crossroads Raising Awareness, Expanding Product Offerings, Sound Metrics and Mainstreaming Were Among Key Themes at “5th Annual Impact Conference at Sustainatopia 2014”
Panelists at the recent Fifth Annual Impact Conference at Sustainatopia in the US city of Miami, Florida, showed consensus on some of the short-term steps needed to develop the impact investing sector toward becoming a mainstream, investable asset class that is attractive from a risk-reward perspective.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: 2014 Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) Annual Conference, Arlington, Virginia, USA, September 22 – 25, 2014
Event Name: 2014 Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) Annual Conference
Event Date: September 22 – 25, 2014
Event Location: Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel, Arlington, Virginia, USA
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Columbia Business School to Host “Beyond the Pioneer: Scaling New Industries to Benefit the Poor,” New York, USA, April 28, 2014
Event Name: Beyond the Pioneer: Scaling New Industries to Benefit the Poor
Event Date: April 28, 2014
Event Location: Uris Hall, Columbia University, New York City, New York, USA
MICROFINANCE EVENT: EBRD, National Association of Business Women of Tajikistan (NABWT), Government of Tajikistan to Host “Symposium of Women Entrepreneurs of Central Asia and Afghanistan”, Dushanbe, March 27 – 28, 2014
Event Name: Symposium of Women Entrepreneurs of Central Asia and Afghanistan
Event Date: March 27 – 28, 2014
Event Location: National Library, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Dvk to Host “5th Annual Impact Conference at Sustainatopia 2014,” April 16 – 18, 2014, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Event Name: 5th Annual Impact Conference at Sustainatopia 2014
Event Date: April 16 – 18, 2014
Event Location: Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Microfinance Centre to Host 17th MFC Annual Conference, May 27 – 28, 2014, Istanbul, Turkey
Event Name: 17th Microfinance Centre (MFC) Annual Conference
Event Date: May 27 – 28, 2014
Event Location: Wow Istanbul Hotel and Convention Centre, Istanbul, Turkey
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Triple Bottom Line Investment to Host “TBLI Conference,” May 29 – 30, 2014, New York, USA
Event Name: Triple Bottom Line Investment (TBLI) Conference
Event Date: May 29 – 30, 2014
Event Location: New York City, New York, USA
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Gates Foundation, International Finance Corporation (IFC), MicroSave, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Partner to Create Helix Institute of Digital Finance
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a US-based nonprofit that provides grants to organizations; the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the US-based World Bank; MicroSave, an India-based for-profit consulting center; and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the global development network of the United Nations, have partnered to create the Helix Institute of Digital Finance, an online platform that will train mobile network operators, financial institutions and third-party providers in an effort to increase the efficiency and impact of their digital and financial services [1].