Tag: Case Studies

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

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

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

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

Microfinance in Europe: Survey Report (2020 Edition)

This Survey Report presents a detailed snapshot of the microfinance sector up until the very beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, with information gathered in 2018-2019. However,

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Microfinance Sector in Europe [Research Paper]

This paper summarizes the data collected by the Microfinance Centre (MFC) through a survey of microfinance institutions in Europe to assess the impact of COVID-19 crisis on the sit

e-MFP survey : Covid-19 Financial Inclusion Compass – deadline 23 June!

Our partners from European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP) are organizing a survey for microfinance sector in order to assess its challenges and priorities. Deadline to fill in the

Social Innovation Hackathon – EU Commission Calls for Challenge Owners (deadline 18 May)

  We want to help you solve your circular economy challenges! Business4Change is a 2-day Hackathon and initiative of the European Commission to be held on 16-17 Novembe

Good Read for Leaders in Times of Pandemic: Leonard Marcus and Eric McNulty – You’re It. Crisis, Change, and How to Lead When It Matters Most

By Piotr Koryński, for MFC CEO FORUM "It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about the serious problems afflicting the world and I tell myself; ‘I must tal

The Contribution of the Fintech Sector to Financial Inclusion and Health – A Review of Opportunities and Challenges

The case studies present findings on the current state of the fintech industry in six countries: (UK, Netherlands, Poland, Ukraine, Turkey and the Czech Republic) in the context o

Read our latest case study on start-up ecosystem in Macedonia!

[divider] Supporting “generation start-up”: Opportunities for Macedonia Поддршка на можностите за “Старт-ап Генерацијата“ з

Watch and listen again to recent Webinars!

[divider] Microfinance & Business start-ups: Review of the current practice in Europe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT8iJWZGxZE [divider]   Mikfrofinans Norge m

Read our latest case study on start-up ecosystem in Serbia!

[divider] This case note presents our research findings and analysis on the start-up enterprise landscape in Serbia. This research was designed to identify current good practice a

Case studies

[divider] Supporting “generation start-up”: Opportunities for Montenegro This case note presents our research findings and analysis on the start-up enterprise landsca

Read our latest case study!

[divider] This case note presents our research findings and analysis on the start-up enterprise landscape in Albania. This research was designed to identify current good practice

Microfinance Centre contributes to the latest EMN Magazine!

[divider] Microfinance Centre (MFC) contributes to the latest EMN Magazine - Microfinance and Financial Education: Evidences from Europe (May 2017). MFC has prepared five

A new round of the research on start-up ecosystem in Europe in 2017

[divider] [divider] This year, we continue exploring the conditions for business creation and the role of microfinance vis-a-vis start-ups. This year, we are teaming up with th

Microfinance & the start-up sector: Romania visit || Read our new case studies!

[divider] In early October, MFC staff visited Romania to meet with a range of stakeholders (including MFC members Vitas and GoodBee) to discuss how the microfinance sector current