MFC Membership meeting

  Last year we launched our first ever MFC Innovation Award! The MFC Innovation Award explores the new trends in optimizing business processes through the Digitalization for a Connected World. We’re glad to invite all organizations from the ECA region that add significant contribution to financial inclusion, society and improving peoples’ lives through their daily business, to apply for the ...

The European Commission in the frame of its Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) Programme has launched a fully renovated Helpdesk, which will assist all institutions and individuals interested in European microfinance. The service is addressed to microfinance and guarantee granting institutions, public and private banks, local and regional authorities, networks, business incubators, research centres and potential clients from EU Member ...

The pilot phase testing the European Code of Good Conduct for microcredit provision with some microcredit providers has come to an end in April 2017. This test phase has allowed some conclusions to be drawn in order to better meet the needs of the microcredit market in Europe. Revision of the APR clause: The networks have voiced some concerns about ...

  Dear Readers, Our first project newsletter introduces EaSI TA’s key achievements since the project’s start and announces project updates and future events. In particular, we are pleased to share that the EaSI TA’s second Call for Expression of interest is still open. Eligible institutions can apply by May 19, 2017. The Call for Expression of interest with all annexes ...

CALL FOR PROPOSALS скачать электронную версию предложения download the Call for Proposals in PDF “Increasing Access to Finance for the Rural Population of Belarus” Project, implemented by Republican Microfinance Center (Belarus) with support of USAID, (hereinafter – Project) is required to conduct 2-day training course on microfinance for economically active rural population and microenterprises in rural areas” (16 academic hours) ...

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  Are you a microcredit provider (greenfield microfinance institution, non-bank microcredit provider, guarantee-granting institution on a licensed bank)? Do you operate in one of the EU Member States, Albania, FYROM, Iceland, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia or Turkey? Apply now for the 2nd EaSI TA Call. Deadline: May 19, 2017 The second EaSI TA Call is also open to MCPs that have previously applied ...

The forum brings CEOs (26-27 May, Sarajevo)  to allow peer sharing as well as interaction with today’s high-level experts in organizational strategy and performance. We will welcome Andy Fleming from Way to Grow (USA) to discuss “culture as strategy” approach as well as David Collis from Harvard Business School (USA) on crafting a meaningful strategy. If you are interested in ...

Join us for the webinar (12 May, 11:00 CET)  with Paul Jones (UK), Head of Research Unit for Financial Inclusion, Liverpool John Moores University; Didier Gillet from French MFI, Parcours Confiance (MFI) and Olivier Jérusalmy (BE), European Financial Inclusion Network to discuss how savings habits are created when customers are expected to save while they borrow.