Microfinance Focus, October 21, 2011: Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme (PFIP) and Inclusive Finance for the Underserved (INFUSE) in partnership with ILO’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility and the Microinsurance Network are organizing a three day training workshop on key financial performance Indicators for Microinsurance in Nadi, Fiji.

Twenty participants from across the region are expected to attend the workshop. It will gather insurance providers and regulators from Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste and Fiji. The workshop aims to improve the skill-set of microinsurance managers for the analysis and interpretation of financial performance ratios.

Every year, the global Microinsurance Network and its partners hold several microinsurance trainings globally and this training on Key Performance Indicators is the first to be held in this region.

The Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme (PFIP) is a Pacific-wide programme helping to provide sustainable financial services to low income households. It is funded by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the European Union and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and operates from the UNDP Pacific Centre.