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Transform Together Fund

Social innovations for fair green and digital transition. Project descriptionIt is observed that key target groups of social economy are left behind green and digital transitio

Meet the new MFC Member – AFIN

We are proud and happy to announce that MFC is growing! Let’s introduce and welcome our new Member – AFIN!AFIN – ALTERNATIVE FINANCING IFN SA is the first non-bank financial

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Meet the new MFC Member – AccessBank

We are proud and happy to announce that AccessBank has become a Member of MFC!Established in 2002, AccessBank Azerbaijan is a leading financial institution in microfinancing in the

Changes in the MFC Council

During the Membership Meeting at the 25 th MFC Annual Conference: Thriving Together. Silver Jubilee MFC Council went through important changes!After a year of gre

MFC joins Youth Entrepreneurship Policy Academy (YEPA)

On 9-10 March 2023,  the European Commission and OECD launched the Youth Entrepreneurship Policy Academy (YEPA), which MFC became part of. The YEPA focuses on strengthening youth

Meet the new MFC Member – The Yelo Bank

We’re delighted to welcome the Yelo Bank as a new member of the Microfinance Centre! Yelo Bank OJSC is a commercial bank in Azerbaijan with the focus on MSME and retail

MFC and 2022 in numbers

2022 was a busy year for MFC! We attracted 12 new members to our network. For our members and partners, our team organized:          ·           2  conferences: MFC A

Save the Date! Annual Conference Already 24-25 May Budva, Montenegro

We are delighted to announce the MFC Silver Jubilee, “Thriving Together”, and invite you to join us from 24–25 May 2023 in Budva, Montenegro.  Whilst any milestone annivers

Social Finance Trends 2022

Read the executive summary of key trends in microfinance sector of 2022. Social finance, social economy actors, best practices and new solutions – just a few pages of crucial con

Social Finance Mapping

Early 2022, MFC has kicked off the work around mapping of the key international and national stakeholders, that are engaged in social finance in European Union. The work in progres

Microfinance in Europe: Survey Report. 2022 Edition

 The 2022 edition of the report on the status of microfinance in Europe, compiled by the European Microfinance Network and the Microfinance Centre, is out now. This is the 10th e

Social Inclusive Finance Technical Assistance Program (SIFTA) 

SIFTA provides project advisory and market development support to financial institutions active in the microfinance and/or social entrepreneurship sectors. &nb

Memorandum of understanding between Associations of Central Asian countries

We are thrilled to announce that a Memorandum of understanding between associations of MFIs of Central Asian countries was signed on 30th June during the 24th MFC Annual Conference

Meet the new MFC Member – EVPA

We are very happy to welcome on board and introduce the new MFC Member – EVPA. Last month, EVPA and the Microfinance Centre (MFC) have signed a cross-membership agreement th

Changes in the MFC Council & newly elected Chair – Brunilda Isaj (AMA Albania)

In July the MFC Council went through important changes. Sanavbar Sharipova, MFC Council Chair left after 2 terms and 6 years of service. Paul Kalinauckas, the MFC Cou

Financial Inclusion for Green Inclusive Growth in Europe (FIGIG)

Financial Inclusion for Green Inclusive Growth in Europe (FIGIG) MFC’s new 4-year Programme Financial Inclusion for Green Inclusive Growth in Europe aims at advancing the EU g

Meet the new MFC Member – Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

After more than a decade of a successful partnership, we’re proud to welcome Frankfurt School of Finance & Management as new member of the Microfinance Centre. Frankfurt Sc

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