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Join the EaSI Technical Assistance Webinar: Capital for microfinance growth: which social, environmental and governance criteria are important for social investors?  

27 June 2022

IntroductionThe purpose of the webinar is to acquaint the EU microfinance practitioners with new ESG (“Environmental, Social, Governance”) – related regulations and standards

Join the EaSI Technical Assistance Webinar: Digital identity and opportunities for MFIs.  

23 June 2022

IntroductionPandemic boosted development of digital services in finance ecosystem. MCPs try to keep up with the growing offer of commercial banks but they don’t have as much reso

Meet the new MFC Member – Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation

We’re delighted to welcome Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation as a new member of the Microfinance Centre. The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation’s mission is to contrib

Join the EaSI Technical Assistance Webinar: InvestEU – Boosting Social Investment in the EU.  

22 June 2022

IntroductionEU microfinance institutions need constant updating with regards to the EU funding available for microfinance. As InvestEU is a new EU investment programme, necessary u

Join the EaSI Technical Assistance Webinar: Awareness raising on the climate issues among microfinance clients.  

21 June 2022

IntroductionThe Overview Survery (OS) conducted biannualy by EMN and MFC has seen a large increase in the MFI and the public's interest in Green Products and Green Microfinance. Th

Meet the new MFC Member – The Microfinance Association

We’re delighted to welcome The Microfinance Association as a new member of the Microfinance Centre. The Microfinance Association is a non-profit professional membership organis

Join the EaSI Technical Assistance Webinar: Updated Environmental and Social Sustainability Framework of the EIB Group.  

20 June 2022

IntroductionThe interest and the need to invest considering environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria is growing steadily around the world.  Most of the impact investors

Meet the new MFC Member – National Contact Point for Financial Instruments of the European Union Programmes (NCP)

Shortly after the ARD Credit, we are delighted to announce that National Contact Point for Financial Instruments of the European Union Programmes (NCP) from Poland was approve

Meet the new MFC Member – ARD CREDIT

We're delighted to welcome Ard Credit as a new member of the Microfinance Centre. Ard Credit is a publicly listed non-bank finance company that provides access to inclusive financ

Meet the new MFC Member – AFC Agriculture and Finance Consultants

Microfinance Centre is delighted to announce that the AFC Agriculture and Finance Consultants GmbH has joined the membership!AFC Agriculture and Finance Consultants is a Germany b

Refugee Finance in times of uncertainty: mitigating risks and identifying opportunities

24 May and 26 April 2022

INTRODUCTIONThe crisis in Ukraine continues to impact financial markets across the world. As financial service providers begin to come to terms with the new reali

Join the EaSI Technical Assistance Webinar: What can microfinance learn from the EU crowdfunding? 

22 April 2022

IntroductionExplore how can the experience of the EU crowdfunding platforms be adapted by microfinance practitioners to expand their outreach to micro and social

Welcome a new Member of MFC – ASPEKT from Macedonia

We are delighted to welcome ASPEKT as a new member of the Microfinance Network. Their expertise will prove an essential contribution to the membership’s efforts towards digitaliz

Webinar on Engagement banking – applications for MFIs 

12 April 2022

Engagement Banking puts the customer at the center of all banking activities and delivers the digital experience that customers nowadays expect. It is important to understand that

Webinar on Innovation in BDS for farmers – ABA center and FED Invest case study 

6 April 2022

IntroductionSharing the experience of the partnership of FED Invest, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-supported Project on Financial Inclusion of Albanian Smallholders

Call for Proposals – Consultant for local Policy Forum Romania

Terms of Reference  Local Consultant for implementation of 4 Local Action Groups and Policy Forum in Romania  The main goal is to support the Romanian microfinance sect

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management courses – discount for MFC Members

Registrations for the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management courses are discounted for MFC members! Frankfurt School shares its experience in Financial Inclusion

MFC on the situation in Ukraine and ways of helping Ukrainians right now.

We have watched in shock as Ukraine was invaded last week by Russian military troops. We express our concern for all of those affected by the violence. With each new image of famil

EU Action Plan for the Social Economy

The European Commission presented a new action plan to support the social economy. With the action plan the Commission proposed a coherent set of measures aimed at creating en

Enhancing Refugees’ Financial Inclusion

Project title: Enhancing refugees’ financial inclusion (access to microfinance and business development support) Project status: active Project duration:�