Tag: social economy
Social Finance Mapping 2025
This publication provides a comprehensive overview of key actors and organisations shaping the microfinance and social economy finance sectors across Europe. The mapping identifies
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Social Finance Trends 2025
This briefing captures the most important developments, challenges, and opportunities in the social finance sector at various levels: from the perspective of practitioners wor
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Social Finance Trends 2025
This briefing captures the most important developments, challenges and opportunities in the social finance sector at various levels: from the perspective of practitioners working o
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Successful Impact Investors Models for Funding Social Economy in Europe: 8 case studies
Throughout all phases of the development of social economic entities, regardless of their legal form, financing remains a fundamental and often complex challenge. However, there ar
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The Final Countdown: Social Finance Vibe 2025
Our flagship virtual learning event, Social Finance Vibe 2025, returns with the theme “The Great Rebalancing". This two-day online event will bring together leading v
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Microcredit and Local Development in Southern Italy: Highlights from the Tricase Workshop
On July 28th, the town of Tricase hosted a full-day workshop dedicated to the role of microfinance in advancing local development and youth entrepreneurship in Southern Italyâ
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Get Ready for Social Finance Vibe 2025 – The Benchmark Online Conference
📅 Save the date: November 5-6, 2025 Our flagship virtual learning event, Social Finance Vibe 2025, returns with the theme “The Great Rebalancing". This two-day
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Social Finance Trends 2024
Read the summary of key trends in microfinance and social finance sector of 2024. Public sector engagement, ESG for social economy, innovation, technology and finance -Â best prac
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 Catalysing Impact: MFC & EN Member Meet-up
Mark your calendars for the Catalysing Impact: MFC & EN Member Meet-up on September 24, 2024, from 10:00 to 11:30 CEST on Zoom. This event is specifically design
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MFC has been re-elected as a member of the EU Commission’s expert group
We are thrilled to announce that the Microfinance Centre (MFC) has been re-elected as a member of the EU Commission’s expert group on ‘Social Economy and Social Enterprises’
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Join Microfinance for Youth Entrepreneurship and Borrow Wisely Campaigns 2024!
In October and November we’re going to run very exciting campaigns, and we invite you to join us in becoming our partner. Borrow Wisely Campaign 2024 For the past 9 years,
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Connecting Microfinance and Social Enterprise
Join Us for the "Financing Your Social Impact: MFC & EN Member Meet-up"! 📅 Date: September 24th⏰ Time: 10:00 - 11:30 CET The Microfinance Centre (MFC)
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Celebrating the Resounding Success of the 26th MFC Annual Conference Through Remarkable Images
The Microfinance Centre (MFC) is proud to announce the resounding success of the 26th MFC Annual Conference Embracing Diversity for Inclusive Finance. Held on May 14-15, 2024,
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Don’t Miss Out! Early Bird Registration Extended for the 26th MFC Annual Conference!Â
Join the upcoming MFC 26th Annual Conference: Embracing Diversity for Inclusive Finance. Register now at https://2024mfc.org/ and take advantage of exclusive rates.
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European Microfinance Award 2024Â
Applications now open for EUR 100,000 prize! The European Microfinance Award 2024 on ‘Advancing Financial Inclusion for Refugees & Forcibly Displaced People' is now open
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The role of Artificial Intelligence in Social Finance – Research Paper
This research paper was developed as part of a workshop that took place on April 28, 2023 on ‘New Developments on Social Finance’ organized by the European Center for Social F
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Equity Capital in the Social & Solidarity Economy
Barbara Scheck and Clémentine Blazy, from FEBEA member ECSOCFIN have written this Research Paper together with the collaboration of FEBEA. The paper is based on a workshop on Eq
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Capacity building needs of social finance providers
MFC aims at building capacity of members and partners for mission driven, sustainable microfinance, concerned with climate protection issues, fostering social and digital inclusion
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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
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Social Finance Trends 2023
Read the summary of key trends in microfinance and social finance sector of 2023. Social economy actors, financing vulnerable groups, mega trends - best practices and new solut
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