Microfinance Focus, March 14, 2010: The Social Performance Task Force (SPTF), a support  group  for microfinance institutions announced its next annual meeting in Bern , Switzerland which will take place on June 30 to July 1, 2010, according to information release on their website. The meeting sponsored by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC, Liechtenstein Development Service, Ford Foundation and CGAP.

SPTF consists of over 600 leaders from various microfinance stakeholders since 2005. The task force has been charged with clearly defining social performance and addressing questions about measuring and managing social performance and Promote and support the management of social performance by Microfinance institutions globally.

During this two-day meeting, each working group will give an update on its work during the previous year, as well as the challenges and opportunities of the coming year. Additional sessions will address the most important themes as voted by SPTF members. The final portion of the meeting will focus on determining SPTF priorities for the coming year.

There will be pre-meetings on June 28 and 29 which includes a day-long introduction to social performance and the SPT and post-meetings on July 2.Related Posts:

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