Archive for the ‘Conferences’ Category

Microfinance Focus, March 2, 2010: The 6th International Microinsurance Conference will be held in Manila, Philippines from Nov. 9-11, 2010, in association with the Munich Re Foundation and the Microinsurance Network supported by GTZ/BMZ, the Department of Finance of the Philippines and Georgia State University’s Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk, said a news release. Around 500 participants and experts from around the world are ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, March 1, 2010: The Women’s World Banking (WWB) Center for Microfinance Leadership has announced its inaugural Advanced Leadership Workshop, co-designed with and hosted at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania’s Aresty Institute of Executive Education, from March 1 to 5. The five day program will bring together 22 senior leaders and managers in microfinance from 16 institutions in 15 countries across ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Feb. 20, 2010: Grameen Foundation and Standard Chartered are hosting an industry conference today in Nairobi, Kenya, to help MFIs navigate these changes and take advantage of new funding opportunities that can fuel their growth and outreach to more of the region's poor people. Professor Njuguna S. Ndung'u, governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, will deliver the keynote address at the opening session. ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Feb 17, 2010: A National Seminar on “Microfinance” has been conceived and being organized by Jaipuria Institute of Management in collaboration with NABARD at Jaipur (India) on 8th March 2010. Key focus areas of the seminar  includes “Inclusive Growth & Micro Finance :An Overview, key  elements  and current status”, ”NABARD initiatives and SHG Model”, “Financial Inclusion & Financial Literacy”, “Sustainability of Microfinance Operations” ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Feb 16, 2010: The second microfinance summit was held in Kathamndu on Saturday with the aim of uplifting people's lives through new innovations and strategies. Finance Minister Surendra Pandey inaugurated the summit by putting coins into a coin-box, said a report in The Himalayan Times. Mr Pandey hailed microfinance institutions for their role in poverty alleviation and urged them to expand their ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Jan.8, 2010: Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder of BRAC in Bangladesh and a pioneer in the fight to end poverty, will participate in the Africa-Middle East Regional Microcredit Summit to be held April 7-10, 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya. Mr Abed's name was included in HRH Queen Elizabeth of England's New Year's Honors List released on December 31, 2009. He will be knighted by Queen ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Jan 05, 2010: SA-DHAN, a network of microfinance institutions in India, in collaboration with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) is organizing national level microfinance conference on 17th & 18th March, 2010 in New Delhi. The theme of this year is “FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND RESPONSIBLE MICROFINANCE”. Financial Inclusion has been one of the highest priority areas for the Government in the ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Dec. 7, 2009: Spain will host the Global Microcredit Summit 2011. Spain is the second largest bilateral donor to international microfinance. The 2011 Global Summit to be held in Valladoid, Spain is expected to bring together over 2,000 delegates, from over a hundred countries. Spain's Queen Sofia, who is also the honorary co-chair of the Microcredit Summit Campaign, said the Global Summit in 2011 will ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Dec. 05, 2009: Srijan 2009 Microfinance Forum and Awards hosted by Intellecap & Standard Chartered Bank at Hyatt Regency in Mumbai will address and spur the discussion around Social vs. Commercial Aspects of Microfinance said the note.  The conference will take place in December 08, 2009. The conference has scheduled four panels, with panel discussion topics like ‘Microfinance and Subprime: Is the Comparison Real?’ ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Dec. 1, 2009: The IFC Global Corporate Governance Forum and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will hold a two-day workshop on Corporate Governance in Tbilisi this week to be attended by over 40 participants from 13 countries. The conference will address issues including qualification of board members, disclosure of beneficial ownership, internal and external audits, and transparency disclosure. The workshop will also ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Nov. 28,  2009: Even where 100% financial inclusion is claimed (Karnataka state in India), oftentimes it is inclusion only in a nominal sense, said RBI Governor Dr. Duvvuri Subbarao in a keynote address at the International Finance and Banking Conference organized by the Indian Merchants’ Chamber on ‘Banking - Crisis and Beyond’ on November 25, 2009 in Mumbai. "Despite its impressive progress, commercial banking ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Nov. 28, 2009:  KfW Entwicklungsbank will host its eighth Financial Sector Development Symposium on Dec. 3-4, 2009. This year's conference is titled "Preserving Access to Finance during the Global Crisis". The event is being organised by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, FMO, and KfW. The Symposium’s Thematic Sessions include: * Crisis Vulnerability and Access to Finance - The Macro Perspective * Preserving Access ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Nov. 26, 2009: Organised by the European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP), the three day "European Microfinance Week" that was held in Luxembourg has brought together over 300 delegates drawn from financial institutions, NGOs, government agencies, academics and sector specialists to share their experiences and create synergies among European actors. "European Microfinance Week is a meeting point for European actors to analyze the evolution of microfinance ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Nov. 26, 2009: The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) will partner with the Srijan 2009 Microfinance Forum and Awards to be held on Dec. 8, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency in Mumbai, said a statement. Lending its support for the second year running, FMO will partner with this national-level platform that recognizes emerging and innovative business initiatives in microfinance and financial inclusion. Commenting on ... Full story