Join us in Brussels to celebrate the 4th European Microfinance Day!
The European Microfinance Network (EMN) and the Microfinance Centre (MFC) are pleased to invite you to the Brussels-based event to celebrate the 4th European Microfinance Day (EMD)!
On the occasion of the 4th European Microfinance Day Campaign, EMN and MFC are proud to announce that this year’s Brussels-based event will take place on 26 October. A panel debate will be organised in line with the 4th EMD tagline:
“E=mc² – an investigation of the exponential impact of microcredit”
The European Microfinance Day (EMD) aims to raise awareness of microfinance as a tool to fight social and financial exclusion in Europe. In this edition of the EMD, EMN and MFC organise a panel debate involving several practitioners, an impact investor and a public authority representative to debate on the social impact of microfinance and how can this impact be further developed.
The support of innovative funding sources (either public or private) will be fundamental for the further & good development of the sector and creating new opportunities for the “missing entrepreneurs”.
The panel debate will be followed by the launching ceremony of Helenos, the first private equity fund for inclusive finance in Europe.
AGENDA*
09: 00 – 09:30 Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:30 – 09:45 Opening and Presentation of the 4th European Microfinance Day
- Jorge Ramirez, EMN General Manager
- Katarzyna Pawlak, MFC Deputy Director
09:45 – 11:00 Panel Debate “E=mc² – an investigation of the exponential impact of microcredit”
- Giampietro Pizzo, Microfinanza President & MEMI Project
- Ann Branch, EC DG EMPL Head of Unit
- Elwin Groenevelt, Qredits CEO
- Christian Jurma, Vitas General Manager
- Patrick Sapy, microStart CEO
- Impact investor (tbc)
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee-break
11:15 – 12:15 Official launching of the Helenos Fund
12:30 – 14:00 Walking lunch
*Further details on the event programme will soon follow
After registering, you will receive a confirmation by email.
If you have any questions, please contact EMN at r.bujaldon@european-microfinance.org
We look forward to seeing you in Brussels!