SPECIAL REPORT: Registration Opens for European Microfinance Week; November 14 – November 16, 2018; Luxembourg

Event Summary: On November 14, the European Microfinance Platform’s (e-MFP’s) ten Action Groups will meet in person to work on their respective topics of focus, such as rural outreach and innovation, investors, and green-inclusive and climate-smart finance.

On November 15 and 16, more than 80 organisations will be represented in over 25 sessions addressing topics including the following: making insurance markets work for the poor, the business case for gender-lens investing, crowdfunding, financial services for refugees, financing clean energy, meeting the financial needs of smallholder farmers, financial education, youth finance, microfinance and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, social performance management, financial inclusion through technology, regulation realting to digital financial services (DFS), and client protection relating to DFS.

Also on November 15, we will learn what organization wins this year’s EUR 100,000 (USD 115,000) European Microfinance Award, which will be for “Financial Inclusion Through Technology.”

Cost: The registration cost is EUR 625 (USD 725), with a student rate of EUR 100 (USD 115) available upon request. Corporate members of e-MFP receive one free registration, and individual members may register for EUR 250 (USD 290).

Event Website: https://registration.european-microfinance-week.eu/ehome/index.php?eventid=352821&

For additional information, you may contact the event organizers at contact[at]e-mfp.eu or +352 26 27 13 82.

This post is part of a sponsored series on European Microfinance Week, which is held annually by e-MFP. MicroCapital has been engaged to promote and cover the event on-site.

Sources and Additional Resources

Q & A on the $120k European Microfinance Award for Financial Inclusion through Technology
https://www.microcapital.org/special-report-q-120k-european-microfinance-award-financial-inclusion-technology/

MicroCapital Coverage of European Microfinance Week Since 2012
https://www.microcapital.org/category/european-microfinance-week/

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