European Microfinance Week 2009 to reflect on MF performance amidst crisis

European Microfinance Week 2009

Microfinance Focus, Nov. 06, 2009: European Microfinance Week 2009 will take place from 24th – 26th November 2009 in Abbaye de Neumunster, Luxembourg. Conference will be organized by the European Microfinance Platform, a microfinance network of over 115 organizations active in microfinance.

The theme for the 2009 meeting will be ‘Microfinance in a new financial era’ and will examine how the microfinance sector has reacted in the face of the global financial crisis. A combination of plenary, workshop and roundtable sessions will ensure participants make the most of their opportunity to stay informed, debate and contribute to discussions.

“Learning from the global crisis” and “Opening perspectives beyond the crisis” are some of the topics addressed by microfinance’s leading experts during a three-day programme. Among the issues raised are opportunities in microinsurance, transparency and supervision, environment and microfinance, social responsibility and funding in times of crisis.

Participants will have the opportunity to meet and share experience with European players from key sectors: financial institutions, NGOs and universities, as well as representatives of policy-making bodies such as the European Investment Bank and the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Development Cooperation. Guest speakers include Plutarchos Sakellaris (Vice-President European Investment Bank), Inshan Ali Nawaz Kanji (Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance – Switzerland)), Mary Ellen Iskenderian (Womens World Banking – United States), Roshaneh Zafar (Kashf Foundation – Pakistan), Teshome Dayesso (Buusaa Gonofaa, Ethiopia – winner of last year’s 2nd European Microfinance Award), Kimanthi Mutua (K-rep bank – Kenya), and Gregory Vincent (INTL Global Currencies), Anton Simanowitz (Imp-Act), Faisel Rahman (Fair Finance), and Malcom Harper.

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